Screenshot Football Manager 2014 Story - Sutton United

[Parrhesia]

Fun fact, Bailey Wright (the Aston Villa guy who got sent off) went to the World Cup with Australia.

Didn't make a single appearance since he was fourth-choice centreback, and that was with our two best centrebacks injured before the tournament started, but still. Think he was involved in a match-fixing scandal or something.

[peener weener]

manchester united, tottenham, they still need to play their replay - whoever wins that will be playing us

the other two are stoke and chelsea

Fucking called it

[Rehab]

-Prospective Dublin Messi joins the battle

-Semifinals FA cup vs Manchester

-Assuming morale is pretty dang good

-Still in top spots

-Paulinho still looking great, but has had a spate of bookings recently

-Finances: holy shit how close are we to having made an actual profit from the original investments where we made it rain everywhere

Breathing: heavy

Edited September 21, 2014 by Rehab

[Tryhard]

I think it broke because I had too many images in this post, so I split it up and hopefully it should work.

It's a little unfair to have goalkeepers as the highest pass completion, though. Both wingers are covering the most average distance in the games.

Well, I tie up a contract for an extra few years right now as it's no doubt going to rise. As you can see, it's the first above £10K p/week, which is pretty conservative considering for a Championship team, so it's good to have him for a decent amount of time.

Championship

Fleetwood vs Sutton United

Final Score: 1-4

My face when a defender gets a hat-trick. Of course two of them came from corners and Coffey managed another goal for himself. Even Fleetwood's only goal was scored from a corner. And Dabanli took a late penalty to give himself the hat trick. Also bossing the possession from this game.

This is probably what's gonna happen for the Georgia game next month.

Scores more than David Luiz, and actually still defends.

I highly doubt that Blackburn, a League 1 team, are going to be able to get him off me unless they bring decent money.

But here are the expiring contracts, so maybe I will let at least a few go.

• Mark Beck - Doing well still, so I'll probably try to keep him if he doesn't ask for absurd wages.
• Max Kretzschmar - Good midfielder, the same as Beck.
• Tom Richards - Second choice left back, we'll see if I can get someone better
• Jamie Young - Probably gonna let his contract expire if I'm going to get a new goalkeeper. The same with Shane Lewis.
• Joe Rafferty - Like Richards, second choice right back so perhaps getting some better wing backs?

Our run of form comes third, but West Ham have been climbing the table from a low position, which may save them getting relegated. And it's Gus Poyet doing it, too.

I signed another contract finally for another year before it expires.

Dabanli gets himself here rightly so for his hat-trick.

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Championship

Sutton United vs Stoke

Final Score: 4-1

Stoke are actually a really good team so a three goal advantage over them was quite surprising, and it could have been a clean sheet considering they had scored last. Ortí got a penalty that he put away but for the most part a very easy game. Their goal came directly from a corner that somehow made its way into the goal.

A goal and two assists for Beck.

And someone has broken their own record.

Over at the sixth round replay, Manchester United are beaten by Tottenham at the last breath.

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Championship

Sutton United vs Watford

Final Score: 3-1

Beck got a free goal from a few yards out just before the end of the first half and they scored right after the break before our favourite defender scored from yet another corner and Ortí got himself in position to score later on too.

Paulinho himself got an assist.

Young has resumed training now.

Decided to get another physio to help out, this guy should be better too.

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Championship

Peterborough vs Sutton United

Final Score: 4-3

Pretty close. Unfortunately after taking a convincing early lead from Coffey and Foti, the defense kind of went down the drain, letting in three pretty soft goals in quick succession, before a penalty gave Foti another goal and drew the game level. After Lee Cattermole got himself sent off, Peterborough were able to scored from a indirect free kick and that's pretty much how it stayed.

Foti is still considered the best player of the match, though.

Wow, that's a lot of people.

He didn't end up starting for whatever reason, though he was a substitute later.

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FA Cup Semi Final

Tottenham vs Sutton United

Final Score: 1-2

Steve Arnold pretty much had the greatest game of his life and the man of the match award attributed to him is well deserved as he saved a huge amount of shots on target in this game. The game actually remained goalless for a good portion of time because of this. A penalty late on for Ortí was already surprising enough, but after soaking up all that pressure the fact that Wayne Brown scored his first Sutton United goal was outstanding. A very good long shot from outside the box, too. After that Lamela scored an equally good goal for Tottenham, but we were able to hold out.

And with that the job security goes to 90% or above since my time there.

Absolute beastly performance.

Interesting that he was looking at Beck for a possible Scottish callup.

I decide to sign a new under 18 coach and move my current under 18 coach to the first team as he is very good. This guy isn't bad and should do his job very well regardless.

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And of course Chelsea will be the finalists now after a 2-0 win over Stoke.

Yet another staff signing, while I know Wayne Shaw is literally perfect, he probably could use some help in the goalkeeping coaching regard.

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Lee Cox is finally back from his injury.

Apparently Middlesbrough had a takeover from financial troubles.

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Championship

Sutton United vs Sunderland

Final Score: 2-0

Strange that the Sunderland keeper scored an own goal considering he has the most clean sheets in the league, but apparently it was not his game consider he failed to completely stop a shot by Ortí and Beck scored at his near post in the second half, and apparently Sunderland can also not score.

Well, we've already secured a playoff spot along with Aston Villa and Brighton, Villa especially doing well recently.

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Championship

Leicester vs Sutton United

Final Score: 0-1

Barely any exciting moments in the match and it seem destined to be goalless by playing Coffey is for the best. Getting through to the goalkeeper and assisted by Paulinho, he won the game even though there wasn't too many chances for either side.

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Championship

Burnley vs Sutton United

Final Score: 0-4

Burnley did terrible here despite their decent league position, and they had barely any chances of note aside from a shot that glanced off the bar, but otherwise were pretty much overran and the scoreline depicts that. Could have been a couple more, too.

And with two games left, that run of wins was enough to secure the win of the Championship as Aston Villa lost their game.

Hearn even wishes he was here.

Foti actually has my biggest goals-to-game ratio right now, I believe, though Coffey is doing extremely well too.

Unfortunately that's going to be Ortí out for the rest of the season.

[Tryhard]

Championship

Sutton United vs Leeds

Final Score: 4-1

Another emphatic win, and once again goals from Dabanli and Foti. Horvat did well for the second as well, and Foti's was a great strike from outside the box before Leeds scored from a long distance cross. And Coffey got on the end of the scoresheet from a corner, just because.

This match condemned the relegation teams to their fate.

Once again another great game from him in order to get two assists and some shots on target.

Coffey was injured in the match but will be able to return at least for the Chelsea match.

That's a lot of red cards...

Lawless is going to be retiring, which is fine with me as he's got some games as a substitute but has pretty much finished being useful in the team.

Arnold has been playing well recently himself.

And a very deserved award here I think.

And that run of results is pretty impressive.

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Championship

Portsmouth vs Sutton United

Final Score: 2-1

It figures. Last game of the season and we lose to one of the relegations teams. I was resting some players but they should be fit anyway. For whatever credit they can receive they did play well for a team already relegated, but it was a little disappointed to concede from two set pieces.

And now Wolves and Sunderland definitely have playoff places.

Brighton managed to sneak past Aston Villa in order to take second place, which was rather amusing considering Aston Villa had probably been playing better than them recently and with a much more expensive squad.

That is pretty much nothing now.

Coffey manages to recover shortly after the match.

Unfortunately this exchange seems to go pretty poorly - I don't want to sign a new contract for him considering the one I have is until 2020 anyway and is pretty cheap.

Somehow the semi final doesn't receive as many at the game as the final.

"Best remembered for the last game that they participated in."

It's happening.

So yeah, they have Benzema.

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FA Cup Final

Chelsea vs Sutton United

Final Score: 1-2

Yeah, uh. For what they actually managed, Chelsea somehow had less shots on target than Tottenham did, even though they were still in control for vast portions of this game. Once again Steve Arnold had a great game, whiule Benzema did not. The first goal going to Lukaku was a great one despite some early chances possibly being able to go our way but Arnold was able to collect anything else for the majority of the rest of the game. Horvat chipped the ball to Paulinho who deservedly put it away and in the last seconds of the match, Foti scored after Gayá sent him through. I let out an audiable shout. I won't deny I'm the luckiest bastard.

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And of course, everyone is ecstatic over here. I can't imagine the same over in the Chelsea camp...

"Entirely undeserved."

To clear up the financial aspect, you get a decent amount from winning the FA Cup.

Manchester City somehow got beat by Brighton 3-2 in the third round, additionally.

And Gayá, who picked up the man of the match, will be out for a while. Luckily, that's the last match.

We'll be in the EURO cup games in the next season, which may actually congest the timetables a lot, so I don't even know how much emphasis I should put on it.

After a while, we wind down for the end of the season.

Despite asking for the board for a new stadium before and them rejecting it, they've decided to do it on their own. Sutton Utd Stadium is a terribly generic name, so I might go into the game files and change it after it's constructed. Any suggestions? Unfortunately, it'll take an additional two years to build anyway.

Also they put money towards youth facilities in addition.

As for the Championship playoffs, here are the semifinals. The final still to play between Sunderland and Stoke.

hold me guys

this totally happened because I didn't face manchester though

So, finances:

Fixture list:

Table:

Stats for goals and assists:

And for value, many of which has risen:

EDIT: I forget the final screens, but I added them in now.

Edited September 21, 2014 by Tryhard

[MRDRHAWK]

PREMIER LEAGUE A SHIT

#SUTTONRISING WILL FOREVER LIVE ON

[Rehab]

AND THE WALL WAS ASKED TO FALL

I am breathing heavily

[peener weener]

i don't think the premier league understands

sutton is not a giant killer

sutton is a giant, and they are all its prey

Edited September 21, 2014 by fuccboi

[BBM]

FROM ZERO TO HERO NEXT STOP CHAMPION'S LEAGUE

edit: sucks about Dabanli though, will you be able to keep him or is he going to walk?

Edited September 21, 2014 by BBM

[peener weener]

i'd say offer him a new contract if he's really serious about walking. he's been a quality player

edit: requesting a new sutton avatar to commemorate this joyous occasion

Edited September 21, 2014 by fuccboi

[Parrhesia]

i can do one better than that

presenting the new sutton signature

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i can do one better than that

presenting the new sutton signature

i like mine too much tbh

[Rehab]

Blatantly ripped from/inspired by yours, I intend to make an avatar myself that's basically just that but with Shaw's portrait (itself transparent hopefully) centered and translucent superimposed on the field taking up basically the whole thing, and with the red sutton rising text in full solid color as before

Edited September 27, 2014 by Rehab

[Parrhesia]

well I don't think you'll have to worry about keeping your job in the Premiership.

the boardroom can be very forgiving. two matches ago was the point in which they said i had five matches to save my job, do you think i can do it lads

the answer is i'm too depressed to even fucking try lol, my top scorer is literally jozy altidore and i'm going to hang myself

edit: fun facts include finishing a game with three red cards, and my rightback finishing a match with a rating of 3.9

Edited October 4, 2014 by Parrhesia

[BBM]

lmao are you using Sunderland?

[Parrhesia]

Yeah.

This was the first time I decided to play like a massive cunt and just hoof the ball forwards up to big lads and murder anyone who gets within my third of the pitch.

Funnily enough, picked up three wins in five. It was at a nice win-loss-win-loss-win-loss cycle. ... Then I stopped winning. For ten matches.

i have a file that isn't this, dammit

my credibility isn't ruined forever ;.;

Edited October 4, 2014 by Parrhesia

[peener weener]

This happens every promotion

[Tryhard]

i swear man it's my motivation

when I look at going for another season i think of all the player searching I usually do at the start and then i'm like fuck that

but then when I actually get into a season it goes relatively smoothly

uni has also been kicking my ass

i will try

[peener weener]

I had a dream where "gashing" was the action of making shit levitate through the use of the "gash force." it was called that way because michael gash discovered it. Then i saw a mythbusters episode where they get a gash expert to stop a paintball mid flight

[Parrhesia]

Having seen Sutton United legend Jamie Young in action against Sydney FC tonight, I have but one piece of advice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqbIsIt0Zgw

Fire him into the sun.

[Tryhard]

cripes

[Parrhesia]

He had a pretty bad game in general tbh, there was one point where he tried to slide out of his area for a ball going out for a corner to keep it in play and... chested it right to a Sydney player.

http://youtu.be/HCwt35sM7s0?t=1m10s

[BBM]

every time I see a notification from this thread I get my hopes up and then they get dashed every time ;_;

[Tryhard]

every time I see a notification from this thread I get my hopes up and then they get dashed every time ;_;

Sometimes I've got to disappoint you before I

[spoiler=Pre-Season]

[spoiler=Signings]

Goalkeeper - Ivan Tiric

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Transfer Amount - £1.3M

From - NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac

Looks to be a decent goalkeeper - I wanted to try and get a better one like Fraser Forster but he was a little too expensive and getting pretty old too.

Defensive Midfielder/Central Defender/Left Midfielder - Mile Skoric

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Transfer Amount - £700K

From - NK Osijek

Couldn't find many good defensive midfielders that actually wanted to come to the team, but this guy seems pretty good.

Right Wing Back/Right Defender/Right Midfielder/Right Attacking Midfielder - Quini, real name Joaquin José Marín Ruz

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Transfer Amount - £850K

From - AO Skoda Xanthi

Good right wing back. Not much else to say. Mostly went for acceleration, pace and crossing being pretty good.

Left or Right Defender/Left or Right Wing Back/ Right Midfielder/Right Attacking Midfielder - Daniel Wass

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Transfer Amount - £4.1M

From - Beşiktaş JK

This guy has some profiency in playing pretty much anywhere by the look of it, but he's meant to be a wing back on either side. The most expensive of the players I got, might have been a little too much, but he's a nice wing back to have.

Left Defender/Left Wing Back/Central Midfielder - Tommy Rowe

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Transfer Amount - £2.4M

From - Aston Villa

Another wing back, in this case on the left. Has pretty much the same stats I'm looking for - pace, acceleration, crossing. He actually makes a very good midfielder too, so he'll fit in there too.

Central Defender - Niko Datkovic

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Transfer Amount - £1.5M

From - HNK Rijeka

I need another player in the back to at least keep up some semblance of actual defense, so here's another I found in the Croatian league, just a coincidence. A little high in terms of aggression, so hopefully that doesn't affect red cards or such.

Central Midfielder/Central Attacking Midfielder - Valentino Lazaro

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Free Transfer

Another midfielder, who can be an attacking midfielder as well. Was lucky enough to get him on a free transfer - Have no idea why, since his stats look really good for not being signed at the time. Apparently he was signed with Chelsea before but was never played.

Striker - Doug Pearce

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Transfer Amount - £2.3M

From - Manchester City

This is one I'm not so sure about. While I was looking for a good striker for the future, this seems to be a great bet from Manchester City, but I was sort of hoping he would fit in the team even right now, and I don't know how likely that is going to be.

Right Attacking Midfielder/Striker - Guillermo, real name Guillermo Fernández Hierro

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Transfer Amount - £1.3M

From - Athletic Bilbao

I thought I needed another striker, and so this guy is a good deal I thought. Pretty good stats overall.

I'm not sure if this team is really Premier-league quality but FUCK IT I GUESS.

All in all, these players came to around a total of £14.42M, and I could have even spent a lot more... but I felt I should leave it for now after looking for players for a decent amount of time. I may get some players at the next update, or in the January transfer window. Of course, this broke the previous record, by more than double.

Staff Signings

Physio - David Fevre

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Having another physio so hopefully any injuries won't be for as long. At least I think that's why having multiple physios reduces the amount of time players are out for injury usually.

Fitness Coach - Cristian Osgnach

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Brought in as the second fitness coach to mostly train aerobic fitness.

Coach - Adriano Bonaiuti

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To have yet another coach - he is mostly meant to be a tactics coach, and because of this the training should be more spread out between the team coaches.

Stoke have been promoted to the Premier League as well.

And the payout for the Championship.

I don't exactly know why it's saying a profit of that much unless I've missed or forgotten something, but yeah.

Otherwise, you'll see that the Premier League is a big step up in terms of profits.

You'll soon see why the the transfer budget is set so high.

And as expected, the main man still.

And we can see that four of our players even got onto the best players of the year in the Championship.

Here is the financial fair play restrictions for the Premier League, though I don't think they'll be a problem for any Premier League team unless things go horribly wrong.

As for competitions, they are a lot less lenient.

As for expiring contracts, here are the ones in question.

Mark Beck is the only one I bothered to redeem a contract with, as Kretzschmar didn't want to get into contract talks with me for some reason. I offered him a chance, but apparently he didn't want to stay with the mighty Sutton United. Don't know why not, as he's now a free transfer. As for the others, I let them go.

Staines is still a feeder club, while Newcastle are going to be in the same league as us now.

You'll see that massive profit expected - that's from the TV rights from the Premier League, mostly.

I would buy a Paulinho shirt.

Out of interest, I checked Manchester United - and Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie, now 32 and 34 respectively, are on the U21 team. Right.

Looks like I won't need to fire him into the sun. He's going willingly.

While we have no home-grown players, we have a decent amount of English based players to keep with restrictions for the EURO Cup - and for the Premier League as well.

Lawless is retring as well, so there he goes.

I find it funny that Wigan had the top goalscorer and top assists, and still finished 11th.

And as for us. That Macheda was extremely good last season, and I even tried to sign him but... too expensive.

Some very good never players in the 17/18 season best players.

And for the overall best.

Once again, I'm taking the lowest one here.

So yes, after winning the cup the first match of the season is going to be against the champions for the Community Shield. I am probably going to lose this.

We are now able to scout wherever we want, which I think will be helpful.

Yeah, over the season this will give us around £50M in income.

After signing some more players here is what it's looking like:

Even gotten into one of the richest clubs in the world under 39th.

These countries joined the EU - I did actually sign a Bosnian player, too.

As for the world cup, the group stages saw WALES topping their group, Spain somehow doing the same. Brazil barely getting through against Ghana and Canada, and the US leaving with a whole 0 points.

Argentina always beat England, if only it was penalties.

Croatia somehow knocking out Germany, and Brazil needing extra time in order to beat Japan.

Mandzukic almost beasting Brazil to have Croatia win while France get sent in the finals.

Er, yeah. A little one sided for the third place playoff.

And Fred somehow manages to win the World Cup for Brazil. This is bullshit and would never ever actually happen even in alternate or parallel universes.

And the best players in the cup.

Since Dabanli was unhappy with his contract at the end of last season, I offer him another.

And after trying to sell Clough for a long time I finally just mutually terminate his contract.

I'm gonna leave these on the normal settings as well.

For some reason Tottenham are expected to win the Premier League.

Taylinho will be staying with us for a while longer at least.

And here's the team as it is currently:

As for the actual games, it's been the standard pre-season that I've set up against very easy teams. Actually only one goal conceded, in this case. Some good goals from newcomers and Foti did excellently in the pre-season at least, even if he might not normally too much. Fürth are actually in the Bundesliga.

And first up after the pre-season, is our match against Manchester City.

Even though I'm currently £10M in debt, cripes, that should be fine after a while.

Here is the table and all the teams currently in the Premier League. Everton were actually relegated.

Edited October 25, 2014 by Tryhard

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holy shit god bless scotland

i'm always a bit wary of free transfers. some have had solid numbers but then failed to get results. this one seems like sincerely really good though.

also what the hell you really are fucking minted