Well its about time we had a new challenge, i hope you can find this challenge entertaining, take either Ireland,Scotland,Northern Ireland or Wales (strictly not England) past the Wolrd Cup Qualifiers, your aim is to get past the qualifiers atleast, after that ...

THE MAIN PRIZE..

The first two to seven (depending on how many take the challenge)people to get past the qualifiers (screenshot to prove) will compete to who will get the furthest in the knockout league.

Can you win The World Cup, post here for how you are doing, i have taken the challenge up me self and have so far gone this far with Wales..

Azerbaijan 1-3 Wales
Wales 1-2 Northern Ireland

So how are you doin.. :rockman:

I'll join (H)

I'll be using Northern Ireland.

I think I'll join this one. Thinking about either Scotland or Ireland...

Ok, I've decided to go for the easiest one: Ireland. Just won my first match against Cyprus with 2-0. Goals from Roy Keane and debut player Jon Macken.

I was able to hold off Poland to a 0-0 draw in Belfast, but I lost David Healy in the match, and Stuart Elliott afterwards in training. I'll have to alter my tactic completely for the away game in Cardiff against Wales. I only have 2 decent strikers left in my selection, so I'll have to change from 4-1-2-1-2 to 4-1-3-1-1 :( I do have decent wingers so it might not be all bad :S

Decided on a 5-1-2-1 instead, as I didn't trust my DMC, Jeff Whitley, to be up to the job of controlling Hartson, and I beat Wales 1-4, after going behind in just 4 mins to an Earnshaw header off a Giggs cross. (H) Ferguson beat Jason Brown with a lob ahortly after, and McVeigh capitalised on a short pass gone foul in the Welsh defense just minutes later. He got his second after 40 minutes with a tap in from close range. Baird scrambled in a fluke from a corner shortly after the break, and Wales never even tried after that. The game was pretty even in the first half, the score really doesn't reflect the game. In fact, Wales got 11 shots and we got 5 (1 on target for them, 4 for us :p), they got 6 corners and we got 3.

Scoring line:
04: Robbie Earnshaw 1-0
13: Glenn Ferguson 1-1
15: Paul McVeigh 1-2
40: Paul McVeigh 1-3
47: Chris Baird 1-4

Thanks for doing this, its allways entertaining,
Can Yuz do me a favor, can you guys try to get other people to join da challenge, im starting over gain as i said detailed for Danish and English leagues and it takes soooooooooooooooo long to get to th enext game, so i am going to start again :) i wont be that far behind.

YEG so you guys plez can u get over peole to come and play, :rockman:

I would join, but I think all the teams are gone. :p

EDIT: Never saw gamerharkins post. :p

Just take any team of those four, doesn't matter.

I only have detailed all 3 N.Irish leagues. Works just fine.

I have England(Premiership only) and Ireland and Scotland as additional nations. Works fine and I have a quite crappy PC.

Anyway just came back from a 2-0 victory in and over Switzerland. Quite happy as Switzerland didn't get much open chances. We didn't get much chances aswell, but we made the ones that we got.
Goals from again Jon Macken and substitute Steven Reid.

Ill join i will take Scotland :rockman:

Ill post later on how im doing.

OK thATS good, i ym last post i did not mean to say that the whole challenge is cancelled. I just have to start over again

Just played my third game, away @ Azerbaijan. I had my full squad available again, and played my 4-1-2-1-2. The odds were in my favour, so I chose to go a bit more attacking than I did at home vs Poland.

That paid off immediately, with a good chance after 5 minutes. The goalie's kick that followed that chance was intercepted by Mark Williams at the midfield line, and quick passes through David Healy and Steven Elliott left Paul McVeigh shooting in the 0-1 from the edge of the 16 yard area. Halfway through the 1st half Healy got free from his marker, and had a one-on-one with their keeper to make it 0-2. 15 minutes into the 2nd half Healy made it 0-3 from in between two defenders, and a very long goalkick from Roy Carroll gave him his hattrick 8 minutes later.
After 3 games we're now in second place, 2 points behind England, who are still to lose a point, and 3 points ahead of Poland.

Scoring line:
06: 0-1 Paul McVeigh
26: 0-2 David Healy
62: 0-3 David Healy
70: 0-4 David Healy

This is going way above my expectations :D

:(
Lost my first match. N.Ireland - Austria 0-1
It was quite an even matchup, but a Roy Carroll foul after a corner for Austria gave Vastic the goal from the spot. Going all-out in the last 10 minutes did give me 3 small chances, but no goals.
Still second. Poland now also have 7 points from 4 games, but I'm 8 goals ahead. England are on 12 points, and already unlikely to be caught.

Scoring line:
34: 0-1 Ivica Vastic (PK)

EDIT Nevermind i solved it

great to know your going on the challenge rp :)

well i am about to play my friednly will psot up

just got a quick question here mainly for Ruud. I selected all of the 4 leagues of the Scotland league. Anyways i noticed that a lot of players that are Scottish are going to big teams for instance Liverpool have signed like 2 of them so far and they arnt even good :kader:

Is this happing in anyone elses game that has selected their own leagues like Ruud and I did?

Well my first match with Scotland, not too bad i got the win :lui: My players are crap at shooting though but defence aint too bad :jap:

http://img178.exs.cx/img178/7040/ehnotbad7jr.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

The Northern Irish players are moving clubs fast as well, but mainly in the Northern Irish leagues. I'm thinking they're just too crap to be noticed :p

Just a question: The second of the group gets qualified to the WC too right? Well atleast IRL it is this way...

Anyway I'll be continueing this whenever I got time for it but now mainly my time goes to (home)work and Midtown Madness...

The 2 best placed #2s get direct qualification. The others have a playoff over 2 legs.

The Northern Irish players are moving clubs fast as well, but mainly in the Northern Irish leagues. I'm thinking they're just too crap to be noticed :p

Most of mine go to English teams in all divisons :rockman: Good for me because i have lots of good young players that need to develope well.

Update i just played my second match against Norway. It was a close game which i won 1-0 :rockman: I now have 6 pts, great start for my team i just dont have a good AMC or MC with a good long shot :kader: But otherwise this team aint that bad.

Well im doing great with Scotland so far here is the table for the rest of the year. Concieded zero goals :hump: :lui: :chew: :rockman:

http://img115.exs.cx/img115/7797/scotlandtable1ox.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Have you got McFadden, his quite a good Mdfeilder,

good job by the way

Have you got McFadden, his quite a good Mdfeilder,

good job by the way

Yea i got him but i dont play him, i got someone better. He is a good backup though. I had 2 friendlys so far and i tied both 1-1 it was Mexico and Tunisia :kader:

Also thanks, how is your game going?

OMG GREATEST VICTORY EVER IN FM 3-1 IN Italy :lui: :rockman: :hump: My first 3 shots on target were my first 3 goals lol. I got outclassed by still won. (6)

http://i154.exs.cx/img154/5458/italykilled5zx.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

i'm in guys. well its obvious who im gonna use!

**** im never gonna do better than socrates though! cant believe robson and mcintyre scored at the san siro! dundee united scum!! :lui:

updating edit!

i drew my 1st game with slovenia 2-2 :f***: they only had 2 shots on goal but my keeper alan combe got a rating of 5 out of 10 and ****ed up big time for both!! :jambo:

This match might aswell gone out in 6-0 win to France. In the end I'm happy that it had only stayed 1-0 and I'm still 2nd with 2 points ahead of Switzerland. Is my first loss though

i'm in guys. well its obvious who im gonna use!

**** im never gonna do better than socrates though! cant believe robson and mcintyre scored at the san siro! dundee united scum!! :lui:

updating edit!

i drew my 1st game with slovenia 2-2 :f***: they only had 2 shots on goal but my keeper alan combe got a rating of 5 out of 10 and ****ed up big time for both!! :jambo:

I am playing David Marshall in keeper and his doing great. In that match i really got lucky though, lucky that DP and Vieri sucked :hump: Out of all the matches this was McIntyre only game where he scored and he scored 2 of em as well:| :lui: Im playing a 4-1-3-2, how about you?

Ok another update to my game i had my replay match in Scotland and it ended 0-0 :rockman: :jap:

http://img12.exs.cx/img12/2949/crapyo7ol.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

I then beat Norway 2-1, it was a close match. I have now qualified to the WC :rockman: :hump: :lui: :chew: here is the table

http://img12.exs.cx/img12/5453/qualified1hl.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Man Italy suck :jambo:

Another update, i know im taking over this thread :p I beat Belarus 4-1 at home and Solvenia 2-1 away. Here is the final table :rockman:

http://img18.exs.cx/img18/6150/finaltablescotlandwcq3oq.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Now i just need to hope that some of the young players develope by WC (6) I cant wait.

Just beat Egypt 3-0 away. Also check this out

http://img191.exs.cx/img191/9225/hahaha0ml.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

haha eat it b!tch :boohoo: :lui:

**** i got in a bad group.... :nape: :kader: Germany and USA..... looks like i wont go to the second round :rolleyes: :boohoo:

http://img21.exs.cx/img21/8505/damngroup4hn.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

youve done very well, so fa ronly one to qualify , and if you ge tpast this bit you probs going to win the challenge...


somebody is good at fm.....

Just had 2 good matches.

Qualifier against Faroe Islands which ended up in 4-0(Macken on fire: 3 goals, Connoly to make the last one)
The other one was a friendly against Slovenia which ended also 4-0, goals from again(!) Macken, Duff, Robbie Keane and debut player Noel Hunt.

Espacially proud of the last match against Slovenia since I though we would have a hard time beating them but in the end it was an easy victory.

How many time we have to complete the task?

I mean, we have to finish it before a specific date or we must finish before others? :confused:

BTW, I'll be Wales

you have to finish before others, if yu want to win you have to get to the quarter finals first, which socrates is looking like doing, but Zlatan, Ruud and you if ya hurry up can finish it before him, he might not even go through the group stage

Won a very important match against number 3 Israel. In the 2nd minute Israel scored and I was like shiitte this is going totally wrong(I missed Roy Keane because of an injury) but after some subs that turned outwell(Partridge and Connoly) Duff had a fantastic dribble and made 1-1. Then the keeper of Israel made a complete mistake he went out outside his area mistouched Connoly only had to tap it in: 1-2. In the 81th minute the match was decided with a free kick from about 25 meters: 1-3. To put the ice on the cake Connoly made his second and Ireland's forth: 4-1.
Might be the deciding game for the 2nd place although there are still much matches to play.

I'm very proud of coming back after such a fast backdrop.

you have to finish before others, if yu want to win you have to get to the quarter finals first, which socrates is looking like doing, but Zlatan, Ruud and you if ya hurry up can finish it before him, he might not even go through the group stage

Yea i havnt played yet becuase i was busy for most of the time, school, work, CM LEGENDS :rockman:

anyways i had time to play today and heres an update.

Opening match against Slovakia was tied 1-1 :kader:
2nd match i was about to **** my pants before the match but amazingly i won 2-0 :lui: (6) 2 shots the whole match both on target and i win :jambo:
third match i beat USA 2-0 easily they were horrible :rockman:

2nd match was against Bulgaria which was a hard fought match that i tied 1-1 but i went trought on penalties :rockman:

err i could have swern i had posted more in my last post like that i would play Italy but o well. I beat Italy 2-0 :rockman: Im in the Semis now against Portugal :kader:

I got to take a break though and go to a soccer match :jambo: score some goals.

Ok another update, i just finished up the challage. For the Semis i played Portugal who i beat 1-0 and i advanced to the Finals :D :amika: :wootman:

For the final i played the Dutch ( Holland ) no goals in the who game so we go to penalties. Im thinking yes i can actually win this but somehow the Dutch beat me in penalites to win the WC i got second place :lui: :hump: :rockman: :chew: :fool: (6)

Ill post pics tomarrow i swear... after school.

:|

:rockman:

well it looks like we ave a winner, the scots of all people, :ewan:

but if someone can win the final before saturday then they will be the winner, but for now it looks like Socrates will win :lui:

you must be bloody good at fm to get to final with such a bad team (6)

Small update, I have reached februari 2005 now, and played two friendlies:

N. Ireland - New Zealand 0-0
Norway - N. Ireland 1-0 (PK)

Very boring games, but I did manage some chances at least in both games. :(

Next match end of march...

ive already ogt challenge 2 up so dont take too long wit dis one, the other one is much better IMO

ok here are the pics

http://img113.exs.cx/img113/8518/wcresults9pg.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img113.exs.cx/img113/7240/wcfinal9bm.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

gamerharkin actually Scotland have some pretty good young players. like this guy

http://img113.exs.cx/img113/2112/hamill0pw.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Really good winger.

good to see you prove me wrong, wit saying bad players, might get that guy for my leicetser squad :)

heybuy him and use him in challenge2.

:lui:

oh by the way we officially have a winner to this challenge.

Socrates (FM Challenge Winner No.1),

why dont ya put THAT under yer sig

:rockman:

:lui:

oh by the way we officially have a winner to this challenge.

Socrates (FM Challenge Winner No.1),

why dont ya put THAT under yer sig

:rockman:

Everyone else still has till Saturday.... so just wait. I feel bad for rpvankasteren N Ireland :kader: ....

So... basically, the people who don't have time to play FM regularly can just stop bothering about your challenges. The time restriction is too much, mate.

I'll keep playing this anyway. I might get second position in the group still :(

Comparing Northern Ireland to Scotland is a bit off anyway. I think reaching the play-offs will easily tie my team's performance to Hassan's Scotland. :shades:

So... basically, the people who don't have time to play FM regularly can just stop bothering about your challenges. The time restriction is too much, mate.


Yer sorry i seem to get very impatient sorry, what time do you want the time restriction to be ?????

Yer sorry i seem to get very impatient sorry, what time do you want the time restriction to be ?????

Personally i didnt think there was a time restriction at the start but i also think that you should not have one at all. Just let people take thier time.

BTW i agree with Ruud N Ireland is just pish.

allright if you think thats the way to go :)

there is no time restriction :fool: so go at your own pace, soz for complaining about it.

but for people who do finish and still want to do challenges then no.2 is 4 U

:jambo:

I just shot up from #97 to #77 in the world ranking. :|


How that happened? I BEAT ENGLAND AT SAINT JAMES'S PARK!!! I actually dominated the match, had twice as many shots on goal. Still I only won 0-1, a lob by Glenn Ferguson over David James (H) I must say my team was way more fit then theirs, they only had 2 players over 70 left after the match, James and Rio Ferdinand. My side only had one player under 70, Chris Baird, who got a minor injury in injury time.

Scoreline:
61: 0-1 Glenn Ferguson

I'm only 2 points behind them now, with 5 to play. Tied for 2nd still with Poland.
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