Sears — FM11 Terek: My Intentions Turn Elsewhere…. But Where? 15/16

Hey guys, welcome back to my FM11 journeyman story. So far I’ve managed to conquer the lower leagues in Scotland with amateur side Queens Park. I also managed to win the Scottish FA Cup during my turbulent years as Spiders boss. I then resigned and a short while later, Russian side Terek came calling for my services. I answered their calls and immediately settled in as I won promotion, thus leading Terek back into the Russian Premier Division. During pre season, I heavily strengthened my team spending a massive £11,000,000 or so. Let’s see how we settled during the first few months of the new campaign.

Premier Division results:

A wonderful but yet inconsistent start to the season. In truth, I was ecstatic with my teams form and it was much better than expected. I was fearing that we’d begin terribly and thus be thrown into an unwanted relegation battle. Thankfully, my players played to their full ability as we picked up some important points. The victories against Anzhi and Saturn were most pleasing.

League table:

I guess you all know what happened, Terek isn’t highlighted anymore because… I left them! Well known Russian side Rubin Kazan stacked their manager and after I expressed an interest in joining them, they approached me and I accepted their offer. Firstly I took the job to further enhance my reputation, and secondly, their one of the biggest teams in Russia and have some amazing players! It was simply an offer I couldn’t refuse. There’s loads of room for improvement because Rubin have been underachieving massively this season.

For those who know nothing about Rubin, here’s a short background:

Unless Zenit or CSKA Moscow approach me, I think I will be manager of Rubin for a few years at the very least. Rubin are a well known Russian club with an incredible 45,000 seater stadium and they have been constantly challenging for top honers in recent years. Like the background says, they are a club with a growing history and I hope to win some silverware in the coming years.

Although the majority of the squad is foreign, my assistants team report is extremely promising:

We boast some quality players like Chris Wood, Carlos Eduardo, and Vujadin Savic. These players will be essential if we are to challenge for a Champions League spot, I think we are good enough to do so. Here’s my squad in full:

Signing more Russians is on top of my to do list when the transfer window reopens. I will also try sell some of my overpaid foreign players like Martins and the heavily overpaid Carlos Eduardo. He’s a great player, but he is defiantly not worth £84,000 a week.

We have some daunting games, in particularly  against Zenit, CSKA and Dinamo Moscow. Those games will be arduous and my team will have to play to their maximum ability if we are to even secure a point.

It’s a shame that I left Terek, but sometimes in life you have to be selfish and greedy. I leave Terek with a heavy heart and I’m fully prepared to return Rubin to the top of Russian football yet again. Until my next post, thanks for reading and feel free to express your opinion. Thanks.