Hi all, decided to give it a go. Never played the Swedish league before, I'm ashamed to say I've always stuck to the big leagues that I was familiar with. The lowest league I've ever played right now is still West Brom in the premiership, so this will be a refreshing change.

I'll see what I can do with the lineup and I'm the kind of guy who likes a midfield and a dmc. Will have to improvise. I'll try my best.

Hi from Hong Kong.


Fans are not happy.
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I've played quite a bit of the games and I need to post my results now.
Here's where I'm up to.

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having quite a lot of fun with the game. The problem still troubled with the lack of midfield. I rely on my defence/goalkeeper, wingers and my great striker Ringberg.

Check his stats guys. He's ultra slow but has everything else. It was a bargain which turned out to be great. I thought he would do well in a league like this.

Had a hard time getting the players I wanted. Initially I wanted 3 more players in the following order of importance:
- pacy reliable defender
- athletic goalkeeper
- big striker with good finishing and heading
(this is because I was going to use the wingers and since I knew I had no midfield=less possession, my attacking chances would have to count and I need someone to finish)

In the end this is what I got.

Transfers:
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Rubarth can play in several positions and was available. I wanted better defenders but couldn't find any good ones. My existing DC are converted DMCs (Svensson and Advission) and they are all in their 30s. So I had to buy 2, Stahl and Persson. Both ended up to be mediocre due to their bad concetnration and composure.

Ringberg on the other end had such fascinating stats. I couldn't beleive it, everything was good apart from his acceleration and pace. That also meant he was going to stay up all the time so I decided to give it a gamble. I have many fast strikers anyway

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/garleisg/Ringberg.jpg

He turned out to be absolutely f-ing fantastic. look at his career stats so far.

Per Johansson decided to leave and for 90k it was a good price.

I also signed an additional coach (who became assistant manager) and a physio.


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I couldn't get the goalkeeper wanted (Diego, Chilavert) despite many tries. about 8 people rejected me.

Morale was at an okay level and I decided I needed to get the players on my side. I turned to advice from the best manager in the world, the manager of my favorite team, Fergie of Man United. He replied I was doing a good job. That made some of my players feel better and trust me more.

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My first league game is again GIF.

Was pleasantly surprised with the result.

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This was my lineup and ratings

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MY second game at home against Orebo. I lost 1-0
I was very lucky to just have lost by one. It was a game where Orebo dominated.

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Look at the midfield. I lost it entirely. It meant my tactics needed tweaking
I had one shot at goal. they had six.

New signing Olof Persson got a 6 game rating and did not perform well. it meant I probably wouldn't use him that much. I played him as right back in the game.

Third league game was against Helsingborg.
I tweaked the tactics a bit and finally won 2-0

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Touma showed me how important he is in the team. Persson had another 6 game despite having decent stats. That's it.

4th game: Malmo FF against Halmstad. The big one. I knew this was going to be tough.

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I was a bit lucky to have won the game. Malmo attacked a lot but they coulnd't finish.
Andreas Johansson subbed in for Anklew in centre midfield 4 mins after kickoff. He became man of the match and had 2 assists. Told me how good he was in midfield.

New signing Ringberg finished his assists and I was glad he played well. I wanted him to be #1 striker all along. Let's see if he can keep this going.

5th game: Ogryte vs Halmstad

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I was very lucky to have gotten a draw in this one as Ogryte dominated with 30 percent possession in the midfiled. again I need to tweak the tactics for next match.

I was lucky that the two new signings scored. It's underlining the imporance of the transfer window. Halmstad would be a lot worse without them.

Persson had a 4/10 game with a yellow card .substituted him during half time and he was playing centre back, involved in conceding both goals. I'm not liking this new signing.

6th game: Swedish cup

Skiljebo vs Halmstad

As the league is much more important to me, I decided to rest as many important players as possible and I let the 2 Xi show their worth. stuck with the first team defence apart from RB. many of the players were tired.

The result was a good 2-1 victory.

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7th game: league match against Elfborg

First team players all had a good match and were delighted by the team's previous 2-1 win in the Swedish cup over Skiljebo. Though the opposition was rather crap, a win was a win.

This gave motivation to my first team players to give me my first convincing 3-0 win. CHuffed. Ringberg scores 2 again. :rockman: While I'm delighted for him I'm afraid I may relying on him too much.
I'm suggesting all those who are still playing this challenge to buy him.

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I won this game because my goalkeeper was on first. Sahlman got a 10. :rockman: Thanks thanks thanks

what would I do without him?