Hey guys and welcome back to my FM 2011 Newcastle story where I have a huge announcement to make at the end of the post. During the last post you witnessed the Toon Army lift more trophies after beating Tottenham in the FA Cup and Palermo in the Champions League. We even finished the season unbeaten and drew just three matches all of which came against Manchester United. We have a busy pre-season ahead and one full of big decisions. With many key players reaching an awkward age, I will be offloading most of them within the next two years but need to do this sensibly. I can’t just let them all leave at once as we need to maintain the wonderful Football experienced within Saint James Park. Read on to see who would leave this year and if I found some instant replacements. (Read the full post to avoid missing some important news.)
As always the new season begins with board expectations and media odds. Those expectations have become monotonous of late and nothing changed this year…I am expected to lift the EPL title, while the media still deem Manchester City worthy of the title. I have the maximum transfer budget of £150 million but won’t spend a penny and actually expect a massive profit yet again this year.
Before I reveal some exciting transfer news, let me showcase Newcastle’s latest ‘best of his generation’ academy player. Richard Leach plays left back and everyone within Saint James Park consider him to be a massive prospect. If I hadn’t read those reports I wouldn’t think much of the 16 year old to be honest. I have concerns over his natural fitness, pace and acceleration but will work on these in training.
My other home grown talent, Matty Fairclough, has now been at the club for two seasons and played more than 35 matches including more than 10 assists and one goal. This 18 year old is incredible and has made outstanding improvements already, his passing is now 19 and physical attributes underline his overall ability.
OK, so you’ve seen what I am brewing through the academy but now its time for our favourite part…transfers! I will begin with transfers out as some of my signings are to replace the players leaving Saint James Park.
We will begin with the smaller sales and a right winger aged 18. I bought Roberto two seasons ago from Santos in a deal worth £1.7 million but never expected him to progress so slowly. I have other options in this position and sold him for £5 million, making a £3.3 mill profit. I was left with a similar decision on the left wing, Gilson is now 22 and has great talent but not enough to play regular first team football. I sold him for £14.5 million equalling a profit of £11.8 million.
Now we move onto the big departures, I have three goalkeepers, one is world class in Mainetti, the other is Delac who’s a year older but not quite as good and then there’s my 24 year old Gohlert. Now Gohlert has great potential still and the other two are getting old at 27 and 28 so I couldn’t sell my young prospect. This left me with the decision between my top two keepers and I decided to let Delac go just two seasons after signing him for free. We made a huge profit though after Arsenal bid £17 million. My second biggest departure was on the right wing, I had to decide between Anconetani aged 26 and arguably my best player, or Ziegler who is a backup in that position aged 24. I decided that Anconetani was too good to let go and offered Ziegler out for £30 million, Real Madrid offered me £21.5 mill and I accepted to take away a profit of £7.5 million.
Now we move onto the biggest departure of the summer and it comes in midfield. My two central midfield stars are Hernandez aged 25 and Dardouri aged 26. One of these two had to go in order to make room for my young prospects. I decided that Hernandez had become invaluable for his goals and offered Dardouri out for £50 million. Loads of clubs came calling and I instantly rejected all the English teams, but couldn’t turn away from the £46 million Real Madrid offered. This meant a profit of £35 million and that sum seemed impossible when I first signed the Tunisian for £11 million.
A total amount of £106 million was brought in from transfers out. Very nice indeed and all the fees were paid upfront making my finances look incredible. More to the point I was now armed with a transfer budget of more than £220 million. :) Of course I didn’t spend it all, in fact I only dished out £17.5 million equalling an overall profit of £88.5 million from transfers. I bought two young prospects, one right winger to rotate with Anconetani and then one midfielder on a free which was a waste of time. I won’t show you Loustau as I endured a moment of insanity when signing him, the 23 year was instantly shipped out on loan and will be sold ASAP.
Guilherme (right winger)
This Brazilian has a bright future and already looks capable of filling Ziegler’s boots. I see him as the long term replacement for Anconetani and hope to see his attributes sore this season. At the age of 19, Guilherme has time on his side and should prove well worth the £12.5 million fee.
Serginho (the next big thing in central midfield)
Now this kid has talent, I had agreed the deal worth £2 million a few seasons ago and this 18 year old has already improved greatly from what I saw back then. Serginho could be my best midfielder within five years, but that all depends on my skills and how much game time I offer. With 18 for passing and a great base physically this kid can concentrate on his technique and hopefully prove another cheap superstar.
El Hadji N’Diaye (central midfield)
Another prospect in midfield, this area is getting crowded but I like to have options and have a lot of players due to depart within the next four seasons which gives all the prospects plenty of time to grow. N’Diaye is only 16 years old and may not look great now, but if he fulfils his potential this kid could be one of the best around. I envisage him with great physical attributes and I brain for football, lets hope those technical attributes make a quick increase too. Either way, I reckon he’ll be well worth the £3 million fee.
Now that we’ve seen all the ins and outs, let me introduce the Newcastle first team for 2021/22. We are very well staffed and hold a reasonably young side, not to mention all the youth out on loan.
Community Shield vs Tottenham
After a good performance in the league, Tottenham earned the right to face my boys in the Community Shield. With Internationals in the way I had a lot of unfit players but still managed to field most of my stars. The match highlights are below.
The first half was very drab, but my side came to life during the second and scored two well worked goals. Anconetani proved his worth again with one goal and an assist. There was however one massive negative and that was the torn calf of Padin, my best ball winning midfielder. He will be sidelined for 5-6 months, and its more his development that I’m worried about. Ow well, when one door closes another door opens and lets hope one of my youngsters has the initiative to walk through.
Its time to see my finances which finished last season on £365 million, but how had the latest transfer income effected that figure. Well at the end of pre-season my bank balance read £458 million, that’s right an increase of £93 million!
Now how did this effect the world richest clubs list? Well last season Newcastle United were valued at £649 million, now after this seasons transfer action Newcastle are valued at £836 million. An incredible increase which came from two pre-seasons of sell, sell, sell! But the big question remains, was this enough to rise above those Spanish giants, Real Madrid and Barcelona…
Real Madrid’s valuation in 2021 = £700 million (GET IN!)
Barcelona’s valuation in 2021 = £694 million (GEETTTTT INNNNN!)
Yes you read it right, Newcastle are now the richest club in the world valued at £136 million more than second placed Real Madrid. I have completed my biggest goal in guiding Newcastle to become the richest club in World Football…
Important news!!
Now I actually forgot to take the above screenshot before playing my first EPL match vs Blackburn. We lost 2-0 at Ewood Park and I was gutted to see my unbeaten record end. Of course the news above cheered me up no end…but left me with a difficult decision, should I end this save? After much deliberation I decided that starting a new save would have to happen soon if it were to happen at all. I have completed my biggest goal in becoming the Worlds richest club but I hated the idea of finishing this save with a loss…then I thought of how ironic it was seen as I’d won so many matches and been unbeaten for so many years. That was my mind made up and I resigned as manager of Newcastle United and retired from Football!!
Well after a sensational career I have finally pulled the plug and retired. Below is a poll for who I should manage next, I feel like there is no where near enough time to start too far down the Football league ladder and hope you all find at least one of the selections of interest. Please vote and have your say. Until next time please feel free to ask any questions below and I look forward to your comments. Thanks for reading as always. For anyone who’d like to download my Newcastle save you can do so here. As to not waste too much time, the poll for who I’ll manage is open until this Saturday lunch time GMT. So get your votes in now and help me decide who to manage next.
Darren Smith: "Which team should I be managing next in FM 2011?"
- Brighton (L1) (45%, 112 Votes)
- Stoke (EPL) (21%, 52 Votes)
- Leicester (CH) (17%, 42 Votes)
- Reading (CH) (17%, 42 Votes)
Total Voters: 248
Загрузка ...P.S. Nick asked about my assistant manager, well my current right hand man is Pablo Machin, a decent assistant but I could probably find better. His profile is below mate.
Kevin
16 августа, 2011 at 21:40
Hi Darren
What a shocker!!!
I really wasn’t expecting you to resign though I can see why. You’ve won absolutely everything you could, made Newcastle the best club in the world and now the richest; finally you have proven your Y2G worked a treat.
This has been a monumental story, one that I will miss though I’m equally excited to see you come down south and do something special with Brighton whom I voted for.
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:23
Thanks mate, looks like Brighton are winning the race.
vaibhavc
16 августа, 2011 at 21:46
Hey Darren
Interesting move there, and the title gives it away. You have achieved your goal, so you have achieved everything you wanted. I voted for Stoke, it will be easier to get success than managing a Championship, or if you still have your Southampton save, you could continue that.
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:22
Thanks mate, I would rather start a new game as that Southampton one was more for testing purposes.
Kieran
16 августа, 2011 at 22:20
wow darren, after following this story from day one on allthatisfoootballmanager.com it was a shame to see it come to an end!
You really excelled yourself with newcastle, it seems like an age ago you won your first EPL title!
Good luck with your new story!
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:22
Yeah it has been a long story. Thanks for the kind words.
Excessive
16 августа, 2011 at 22:22
Congratulations on achieving your goal mate, that really is something special that you have managed to pull off at Newcastle! Incredible, it really is! :D
I did vote for Leicester, but I think that choosing a foreign challenge such as Athletic Bilbao’s ‘Basque’ challenge (especially with your Y2G expertise..) would be better suited to you and would offer you more in terms of satisfaction.
Good luck anyway pal, and well done! :)
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:21
Thanks mate, as for the foreign challenge, well I just fancy staying in England to be honest.
Dunk
16 августа, 2011 at 22:24
Big surprise mate !!!
I think you definitely created the best team ever on FM .
Well done on a great career :D
Look forward to your next story.
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:20
Thanks Dunk, I appreciate the kind words.
Laxeyman
16 августа, 2011 at 22:25
Wow wasn’t expecting that Darren! However, I reckon you’ve done the right thing, and a different challenge will surely freshen things up a bit. Well done on what you did with Newcastle, you built an incredible side, and looking forward to seeing who you manage next :)
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:20
Thanks Laxeyman, I just hope the new save will be as good as this one.
dami
16 августа, 2011 at 23:32
Great story while it lasted. Congrats on the CS win and being richest club. Hope you manage stoke on your next save,would like to see how you perform with them.
Also how many trophies did you end up with.
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:19
Thanks Dami, I’d like Stoke also but looks like we’ll be reading about Brighton :)
I finished the save with 57 trophies (minor and major ones.)
Nicholas Phipps
17 августа, 2011 at 00:29
Wow, wasn’t expecting that and it seemed like a bit of an abrupt ending. However, you were right in the fact that you couldnt have achieved much more with Newcastle and to be honest the updates were starting to get slightly repetitive! Congrts on making Newcastle the richest club and your team really has become legendary. Tomorrow I’ll probably download your save and maybe play on it a bit, just for fun. If you want I can keep you updated on the progress of regens such as Fairclough! I voted Stoke as it will be interesting to see you try and turn around their reputation as a long ball side! Thanks for the assistant screenshot btw and will be following your new story with interest! :)
George Dobson
17 августа, 2011 at 01:05
Well done Darren I will follow your new story I think you should manage Stoke whom I voted for will you keep the manchelona tactic with your new team
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:17
Thanks George good to know you’ll be reading. I like the idea of Stoke and turning them into a team that offer sexy football :) As for the Manchelona, well it will depend on the squad I can develop really.
joelance
17 августа, 2011 at 01:22
Wow! Wasnt expecting that. I see your point though. How on earth did you lose against Blackburn by the way? Looking forward to your next story.
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:16
lol, I honestly was amazed to lose to Blackburn mate…but that’s the game I guess, new season and we screwed up. :)
Sears
17 августа, 2011 at 01:36
Tbh, I’m kinda shocked that you quit, but as you said you achieved everything that you set out to achieve so the new story should be very interesting!
ps I voted for Brighton ;)
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:15
Yeah it was a last minute decision mate…I considered how much time this story had left and feared been bored of it after another month or so with not enough time to start a new one. I reckon Brighton will be the team I manage going from current votes.
Malhar Bhadbhade
17 августа, 2011 at 04:28
hey darren, devastated that you ended your newcastle game! but anyway, looking forward to your next challenge. and seeing as i didnt follow the newcastle one from the beginning, i’m looking forward to following this one from the start. good luck whatever team you choose!
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:14
I’m sorry mate, a little gutted to end the story too but its gone on since the game first came out and if I am to start a new one it had to be soon. :) Hopefully the new story will live upto everyones expectations.
tom
17 августа, 2011 at 08:19
All good things must come to an end! Would have been good to see if you could of got Newcastle to be worth £1Billion!! And the saved game for download is much appreciated.
I pose a conundrum however.
If you look at West Ham, and their youth prospects you can build a team based entirely of players that come through the ranks with careful nuturing. This is a challenge that I am attempting at the moment. Whilst no one jumps out as world class, the team will certainly hold their own in the prem in the future.
Have a look. I’m certain you would turn these to world beaters (you need to with West Hams Finances lol)
4-5-1
Sam Cowler
Jordan Brown — Jordan Spence — James Tomkins — Matt Fry
Junior Stanislas — George Moncur — Mark Noble — Dominic Voss — Jack Collison
Freddy Sears
Keep up the good work.
(sorry for the long post)
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:13
Yeah we would have gotten to that value mate but I wasn’t sure there was enough left to keep this story going another few months which is required before FM 2012.
Yeah you could make that a challenge and those players can hold their own individually in a team but combined I don’t think they have enough PA to push for honours.
Daniel
18 августа, 2011 at 03:05
well as a west ham fan i made it my goal to give players with potential from my academy first team experience. On my game spence,tomkins,stanislas,sears,vose, noble, collison make parts of my rotated team and as darren should know from when my west ham save was being blogged on allthatisfm george moncur came in to my team and scored quite a few 30 yard strikes to win me games. also for me as i got my training facilities up they all prgressed well tomkins at 26 years old was sold for 17 million and jordan spence was worth 8 million
Birdy
17 августа, 2011 at 09:42
As Tom sid all good things must come to an end. I will have a look at the save game I think… Could be an Idea for a Story for someone in the Story. Continuing the legacy. I really want to see you start off with a bad club and make them Powerhouses. Brighton that would be.
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:10
Yeah it could make an interesting story in the forum for sure. I’d like to know how everyone does anyway.
Vineeth
17 августа, 2011 at 09:49
WOW! Always knew this had to end someday…but this was so sudden…
Thank you for sharing this great story Darren… And all the best for ur next story…will definitely follow it all the way!! :)
P.S — did u top the world manager list? I was hoping you would do that as well… ;)
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:07
I know mate, when I first write this pre-season post I hadn’t looked at the richest clubs list. Only realised I missed it out the other night and when I saw the biggest goal had been completed I thought now was the time to stop. Glad to hear you’ll be following the next story mate, just so you know I finished top of the managers list by 230 points. :)
Jacko
17 августа, 2011 at 10:07
Gutted to see it end but after everything you achieved i suppose it was time for a change. Very much look forward to reading your next story!
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:04
Thanks Jacko, as I’ve said I am gutted also but felt like now was the best time to call it quits. I’d like to give one other save a real good go and this is the best way.
Sibo
17 августа, 2011 at 10:24
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think that just about summed up what happened in my head when I read that…
Very shocked by this, in my humble opinion this was the best FM11 story I have read, no offence to Vitaliy, Johnny or any of the other fantastic stories I have read. It is a massive shame to see you end this, as this was one of the first blogs I read (I think it was the second after truefootballmanager) and it was actually the one that inspired me to blog myself! :D
You achieved some brilliant things with Newcastle and I am really going to enjoy my attempt to carry this on when I download the save, although I may be very tempted to splash out that budget on the world’s best regens (that you don’t have) one transfer window! :P
I am looking forward to your next story, I voted for Brighton and it will be interesting to see if you can implement the Y2G once you get them to the Premier League! :D
Sorry for the long comment, it is just that this story specifically has had a lot of influence on my FM playing and blogging and I was trying to illustrate that. Anyway, let’s look ahead and I wish you the best of luck with whichever team you end up managing.
Good luck! :D
Sibo
17 августа, 2011 at 10:28
I forgot to ask, if you want I can keep you up to date on how I do in your save? Show you how Fairclough etc. look in another couple of years? ;-)
Sibo
17 августа, 2011 at 11:16
First shock: Valencia are the biggest team in Spain?!?!?
I am probably not going to go with Newcastle Darren…hallowed turf for me, I’m just going to try and find a club and at least make it a two horse race for the Champion’s League! :D
Also, found a nice 19 year old Argentine striker, I will get a screenshot and a scout report to you in an e-mail or something, but just by gut instinct I reckon e could be as good as Marcelo Santos.
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 11:57
Thanks for the kind words Sibo…after having the morning to consider my decision which was made last night, I do feel sad and a little down about leaving the game. But all I need is a great new challenge to perk me back up again :)
Please do keep me up to date mate…I’d love to see how the guys get on and how far other gamers can go with my team.
lol, yeah Valencia have an incredible team and are well worth managing! Hmmm I am trying to think of who this Argentine striker could be…chances are I’ve contemplated buying him but…ahh he doesn’t play for Arsenal does he?
Sibo
17 августа, 2011 at 12:20
No, he plays for GF 38, I was surprised you didn’t have a report on him actually…
A few key stats to whet your appetite:
Heading-16
Finishing-15
First Touch-16
Pace-17
Agility-18
Oh, and he is 20, not 19.
Nicholas Phipps
17 августа, 2011 at 10:32
Wow, simply starting up the game unlocked most of my Steam achievements!
Nicholas Phipps
17 августа, 2011 at 10:55
FIrst game 4-1 against Chelsea, your team are ridiculously good!
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:00
lol, yeah there are a lot of achievements on there :) Great start mate, keep me updated on how you do…that set of players is unstoppable and you should have more than £200 million to spend also.
Nicholas Phipps
17 августа, 2011 at 12:03
Am trying to be careful with the money but it is very tempting to splash the cash :). So far I have sold Haan for 10 million to Napoli and signed a 16 year old from Man-U for 20 million. It is a lot but he just has incredible stats :) :)
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:09
You bought Chris Thompson didn’t you?? He’s great but I held concerns over his acceleration which is important for my tactic.
Nicholas Phipps
17 августа, 2011 at 13:42
Yeah, I’m focussing his training on speed :)
Chelsea 4-1
Inter Milan 1-0
Manchester City 3-1
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 18:48
Brill results mate, gotta love that team…it was a real pleasure watching every game. You’ll probably see how the players did all the work :)
Johnny Karp
17 августа, 2011 at 10:42
This was a huge story, I wasn’t expecting it to end so soon but I guess that the transfer activity pushed you to the top of the «rich league». I voted for Brighton, it’s nice to manage a club by the sea :)
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 12:02
I agree Johnny, I was expecting to carry this on for another three years but to be honest I contemplated how monotonous the posts were getting and what else I could realistically achieve…thats when I realised this game had run its course. Sad day really, but hey looks like I have a big challenge coming up by the seaside.
Plobdork
17 августа, 2011 at 10:56
im actually really shocked about this i was hoiping this would go on for at least november oh well any way i voted for brighton mainly because of the new amex stadium :)
Btw i dont think the save file works it keeps on coming up with save file could not be loaded.
Nicholas Phipps
17 августа, 2011 at 11:06
It works for me mate
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 11:59
Sorry Plobdork, I’m not sure why the save isn’t working for you…do you have the latest patch?
Plobdork
17 августа, 2011 at 15:51
uuuuuuuuum no is that important????
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 18:44
Well the latest patch I have is 11.3 and if you don’t have it the game won’t work unfortunately.
Plobdork
17 августа, 2011 at 21:30
ill get it now tell u how it goes
:)
vikingmarius
17 августа, 2011 at 11:34
First of all congratulations on finishinng your seemingly impossible goal and you have done brilliantly to get newcastle this far although I really enjoyed the newcastle story and didn’t want to see it end it is always nice with a change and cannot wait to see your new challenge, so good luck :)
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 11:52
Thanks Viking, I could have gone on for ever with this save but didn’t want to start losing interest in a month when its too late to start a new story.
Lye
17 августа, 2011 at 12:26
Hi Darren,
A wonderful step down in my opinion. All good things come to an end. One legacy ended but another will surface soon. Thanks for the wonderful story mate.
I voted for Stoke simply because i want you to turn them from physical side to a team playing fluent football. It seems my wish can’t come true as Brighton is way ahead. Whatever team you get, sure it will be another legacy.
There should be time for you since FM12 will not be out until Christmas. Good luck.
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 18:51
Thanks for the kind words mate, it was a nice way to end and I’m glad you enjoyed the ride. Stoke would make for a great story I reckon but looks like the decision is almost final on Brighton. We’ll see how much I can achieve with the new story.
Dan
17 августа, 2011 at 12:52
This brings a tear to my eye (queue sad music) ;)
What can I say, if I could type clapping I would but you definitely deserve a round of applause! This has been an amazing story and it had a great climax.
I voted for Brighton since I like them in real life so I’ll be great to see how far you can take them.
Well done and good luck!
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 18:49
lol :) Thanks for that Dan, it is a sad day indeed and this game held special meaning to me as a Toon fanatic. But every game has its course and I think this one was best to end now.
cobham
17 августа, 2011 at 13:59
Sad to see your retire, but maybe the right time to do so. Will be following your next story ! GL
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 18:47
Thanks mate, glad you’ll still be following and I agree, this was the best time to call it a day.
Stromson
17 августа, 2011 at 14:14
Well well well, the grand master has retired! It’s been quite the ride, and I believe congratulations are in order for a job well done. While I personally voted for Reading, I think Brighton would be pretty stellar too!
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 18:47
Thanks mate, it was one hell of a ride and sad to see it end. :( Ow well I’m looking forward to a new challenge.
Rob Yeats
17 августа, 2011 at 14:52
Go for Leicester, Darren. Show Sven how its done!
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 18:45
I would love to mate, but looks like the readers are calling for Brighton and you guys are what matters so I’ll go with the majority.
FM Blogger
17 августа, 2011 at 15:21
I’m shocked yet again…
I don’t know what to say, you did everything there is to be done. Congratulations!
Good luck with Brighton, the team I also voted for.
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 18:45
Thanks mate, I did break the news in harsh fashion but only because it was a last minute decision. Lets hope the new save is just as good.
George Dobson
17 августа, 2011 at 16:11
When I try to download the save it says its downloaded and come up as a file but whenever I open the file it just says open,save or cancel I press open and it just becomes an internet document and dosent open can anyone help me with this it would be very much appericated if someone could help me get it working
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 18:43
You need to save/download the file into, my documents/sports interactive/football manager 2011/games. And then launch FM and load the game as normal mate. Basically the save file needs to be put in the appropriate folder shown.
George Dobson
17 августа, 2011 at 19:07
thanks for your help Darren
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 19:36
Happy to help mate, let me know if there are any other issues.
Jakefog
17 августа, 2011 at 17:35
Wow! Can’t believe you ended the save!
Well when one door opens, another door opens, good luck for your next save :)
Anyway, I have a little idea for your next save that you might be interested in doing. Which ever team wins the vote, you should turn them into an all English team so you can’t have a single player from outside England in your team (Including reserves and u18’s)!
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 18:41
Yeah I am missing the save already mate…would usually be thinking of what needs doing for later tonight but not anymore :( Ow well I had to do it really and should probably start preparing for you know who as the voting is very one sided.
I won’t be doing the all English squad thing…I think its near impossible with the talent available on FM10. I have had two very long saves and seen limited talent for regens that are English. Besides I like to keep my games more based around the way a club is run on the pitch and add perks like that later.
Jay
17 августа, 2011 at 18:57
Congratulations!! finally looking for a new challenge , i was hoping you were going to do this soon becuase as you said earlier, the post were becoming a bit repetitive, but a new challenge is exactly what you needed!! and i think Birghton is just that, be good to prove your merits as a manager else were, spose its like when people say now ‘Would Ferguson be that good if he left United now’ and well nows your time to prove it mate :) all the best for whoever you choose, and will you be continuing this all when fm12 comes out?
Darren Smith
17 августа, 2011 at 19:38
Yeah it was time for a change Jay. I hope to prove myself in the lower leagues as it is completely different management and I may need to drop the Manchelona depending on my defence. When FM12 comes out I will start a new game and do it all over again…there will be voting available for that nearer the time.
Ana Garcia
17 августа, 2011 at 21:02
What can I say, except a massive congratulations!
An amazing journey that I really enjoyed reading, and am sure your next will be just as good.
I am going to put all your success down to your Spanish assistant! ;)
LoL! I would have liked to have seen a foreign adventure but you should always manage where you enjoy, I dont really know any of the teams but I have been to Brighton so I will vote for them.
Good luck!!
Darren Smith
18 августа, 2011 at 11:47
lol You and your Spanish connection :) But seriously thanks for the kind words Ana. I do often worry that I don’t manage abroad enough, but when I do I just don’t enjoy it as much. There’s nothing better than settling to play FM on a Saturday with Sky Sports News in the background and hearing how the team you’re managing is doing in RL.
Edward Wylie
17 августа, 2011 at 22:31
Hi Darren, what a wonderful story. A real shame it has come to an end. I would be interested to see what you could achieve at Leicester, they are very fun to manage and have the funds to buy young talent. Good luck! :)
Darren Smith
18 августа, 2011 at 11:45
Thanks Ed, all good things come to an end and hopefully the new story will go down well. Either way I can’t see Leicester making a late revival. :)
CsAtlantis
18 августа, 2011 at 00:03
You lost to Blackburn? Must’ve fallen down the pecking order of world football after that :P, what a great ending to a long story, you could give Brighton a go, they’re doing well under Gus Poyet in real life now and have just moved into a real stadium
Darren Smith
18 августа, 2011 at 11:50
Yeah I know Blackburn were a bad team to lose against but it had to come eventually :) Lets hope I can make the next story a success, can’t wait to move stadiums that’s for sure.
Dom
18 августа, 2011 at 12:58
What a fantastic story it has been…… The records you have set are amazing!!!!!
On my Fm2011 I have guided Harrogate Town from Blue Square North to the verge of getting into the premiership…… With no transfer budget available each season….. Its been tough I tell you…..
I voted for Brighton hope that is the team you pick….
goodluck and I look forward to your next story
Darren Smith
18 августа, 2011 at 18:37
Thanks Dom, sounds like you endured a real struggle with Harrogate but those games can be the most rewarding. Hopefully he next story will be as successful.
George Stafford
19 августа, 2011 at 02:04
Hey Darren, could i offer another club that could be a real good challenge. Coventry City??? challenge for you?
George Stafford
19 августа, 2011 at 02:06
Or could there be a chance of adding it to the poll as I see it as a good challenge to finish fm 11
Darren Smith
19 августа, 2011 at 11:53
Unfortunately the poll is locked mate, I won’t be adding teams too it. Sorry.
George Dobson
23 августа, 2011 at 09:19
On my one of your save darren they just named a stadium after you called the smith arena 79,500 capacity with a roof
Darren Smith
23 августа, 2011 at 11:51
Cool, such a shame I didn’t carry on playing to see that…the Smith Arena, I like it!