Ana, FM 2012 : Season 2 Seoul 2023 -2024

Hi there! :)

So after getting over my rather horrible illness I have been working very hard (well not too hard!) to try and get an update out as quickly as I could. Am back as a solo player again as my boyfriend returns back to his own game as my pentagon challenge starts to take some shape.

We (as in the readers! We are a community after all! :)) have managed to win two champions leagues in North America and South Africa and our journey now continues in South Korea.

Last time out we lost the Asian champions league final, then lost the K-league playoff final and lost the Korean league cup final!

Am a bad manager I guess! Or just hopeless in finals and playoff games but lets think positive as I bring you yet another long season so get ready. :)

Managerial C.V

— Black Aces (June 2011 – June 2018)

African Premier League : 2016

Super 8′s Winner : 2015, 2016

First Division : 2012

South African Knockout Cup : 2016

The African Champions League : 2017

— New York Red Bulls (January 2019 –December 2021)

U.S. Cup : 2019

MLS : 2020, 2021

North American Champions League : 2020

— FC Seoul ( January 2022 — Present)

Korean FA Cup : 2022

International Career

— U.S.A (May 2017 – July 2021)

Nothing.

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So first off lets take a look at our club information, and we did drop a few million from our estimated value on last year.

So far none of our players have managed to break into the favoured personnel lists but it has only been one season.

So something really annoying happened last season, remember our board upgraded our training facilities to five star’s? Well after one season they became obsolete and we are back down down to three stars so that was £5.5 million pounds wasted.

Then to further my annoyance my board then decided to upgrade them again! Costing around £4 million this time so our money is almost gone due to incompetence above my head. :)

Transfers In and Out — First Window

So it was quite a quiet window in truth, I just released some players I didnt want and sold another foreign player I had in my ranks.

I added three new faces so lets take a look at them.

Hae-Young Kim

Kwang-Jin Kim

Cabelo

So the first player was bought to help provide some cover and potentially become our starting central midfield player. The second was just a young keeper I found after having no real cover in my squad.

Cabelo was brought in for fellow Korean side Pohang and already has Korean citizenship he will provide cover upfront or out wide when needed.

Results and League Table First 15 Games

So again we were very strong through are opening fifteen games without losing once again.

We have scored more goals than this point last season but we have conceded a few more also, our rivals Ulsan are hot on our heels though.

Transfers In and Out — Second Window

So quite annoying that my chairman sold Hong Chul our star left back from last season so I had to bring in another one but ran out of time!

Instead I brought in another holding midfielder player with good potential.

How the Mighty Have Fallen!

Sack me then want me back, I dont think so. :)

Results Final League Games of the Season

So our long unbeaten league run final came to an end against Pohang as we lost that game by two goals to zero.

Ulsan finished on exactly what they got last season of 64 points but scored a lot more goals, we did score alot more goals but conceded far more also.

Onto my favourites now, the playoffs…………..

The K-League Playoff Final — First Leg vs Ulsan

Mane! 90+3 dont you just love that. :)

It was such a great game but I felt we deserved to win even the sending of didnt change that much and infact we did find it a bit tougher as they defended for most of the game using their fast counter attacks to cause us problems.

But for the first time I have an advantage I cant waste it……

……. can I?

The K-League Playoff Final — Second Leg vs Ulsan

Yay!

Finally a playoff victory and we have finally won the K-league!

Ulsan didnt really play that well this time and we took full advantage a goal after 27 seconds really settled my team down. The own goal compounded the massive amount of pressure we put them under as at times they couldnt cope with our attacks.

Donald missed a penalty even though he is a centre back and was behind about seven other players that were on the pitch so I have no idea why he stepped up to take it, he then got injured to cap an eventful day for him.

All in all we deserved our victory, and yes you are reading correctly I did win a playoff final. :)

Cup Competitions

The Asian Champions League

So defeat in the first knockout stage, we ended up losing despite scoring four away goals but they didnt count as it was only one leg!

We ended up losing on penalties so for another season our champions league dream was over before it really got going, Guangzhou did go on and win the competition.

The Korean FA Cup

So we failed to defend our FA cup after my rivals Ulsan beat us by three goals to two.

The Korean League Cup

De ja vu?

They also knocked us out of the league cup as well! Same scoreline same disappointing performance they are starting to provide a good test for my team.

Final Player Ratings of the Season

So I was very happy with my squad Edison continues to shine in South Korea topping our player ratings once again. Jae Hyung Kim was second again but he did score more goals than he did last season as well as creating lots of chances for everybody else.

Toure really shone so credit for my boyfriend for taking that gamble for me and Mane really has been improving but all my players were fantastic.

Star Man of the Season — Edison West (Who else!)

End of Season Finances and Game Save Status

Ok so my board are officially crazy!

They have had to cancel the work on our training facilities due to not having enough money so now we have nothing, or facilities are the same and it cost us around £10 million, so very frustrating.

Thankfully I am not a big spender so the lack of money wont hurt me too much but this has annoyed me quite a lot, spending all that money to get back to where we are when I took over.

End of Season Round-up Plus Extra Things!

So I didnt really have that much to round up my board are incompetent and seem to love wasting all their money and we won the K-league but failed to win any cup competitions.

So here a few things that made me smile/get annoyed this season. :)

So smile first! As you can see we had nine players in the team of the year! Our entire back four and keeper along with our two wide men in Toure and Mane and our attacking midfielder with our top scorer upfront.

Thats the best I have ever done! :)

So this really annoyed me! This is the history of Spanish managers who have managed the national side. As you can after Del Bosque was sacked Guardiola took over then Luis Enrique then Guardiola then Luis Enrique etc…

For over ten years the same two have took turns in managing the national side then leaving/getting sacked then joining Barcelona the Barcelona run was finally ended when Quique Flores took over but surely this cant ever happen! :)

So finally a look at the Spanish hall of fame, I havent won enough to be on the main hall of fame but look at the names around me! I am ahead of the European cup winning Luis Aragones and only three points behind La Liga winning and champions league winning Rafa Benitez!

Not bad considering I have yet to mange in Europe!

So thats that! Again thanks for reading this post and I will try and get the next one up as soon as I find time to play it!! :)