All I Want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit

[prockoop]

I cant believe I didnt see this thread much earlier, because its near Czech thread! BTW one of the biggest czech writer, Ota Pavel was the biggest Dukla fan and travel with them all over the world.

BTW nice Chelsea attack - Neymar, Muniain

And congratulations for the Champions League trophy, if its Champions League, because I think you should use some patch for actual league names like "gambrinus liga" and "ondrasovka cup" but nice stuff .

 

[Juventino]

Couldn't resist. Not even interested in his attributes, all I want is hang out with Ale. During team meetings I don't instruct my players, I show them highlights and goals of Del Piero's career. It has been awkward at times, especially the staring and the endless praising...

Dukla also welcomes a new right winger. I wanted to sign him from Maribor when he was just 16 years old, but he chose Atletico Madrid instead. He had a decent time there and Man U snapped him up when he was 21. He quickly became an international star and made a blockbuster move to AC Milan when he was 24. Sadly for him he couldn't live up to his price tag, only playing 28 league games in 3 years. His career got in a slumb, and I finally had a shot at him. He rejected Dukla early this summer, not being sure whether moving to the Czech Republic would be a good career move, but a month later I was finally able to convince him Dukla would be just right for him.

I also signed Sebastian Schulz from Serie A and Europa League champions Genoa (their first Serie A title in 100 years!). My midfield was excellent already, but very young. Sebastian adds experience, strength, speed, technique, dangerous free kicks, corners... Well, his attributes speak for themselves. An all all-round excellent midfielder.

No noteworthy departures.

The season kicked off again in the Czech Republic, and it's mind-numblingly boring.

Every game is like this. I don't like managing these games, and it's 70% of the schedule! Winning all games would be nice for once, but oh so boring...

Came across these guys with excellent names: The Kalashnikovs. No Dukla material though, but I'm sure Pizza would love to have them both at Sheriff, hehe.

 

[Juventino]

Dukla makes its fifth trip to Monte Carlo for the 2024 UEFA Super Cup. We won this prize twice before, in 2017 (vs. Chelsea) and 2021 (vs. Inter). We lost the game in 2016 (vs. Arsenal) and 2019 (vs. Porto). This time we'll face Europa League and Serie A winners Genoa.

Well, that was boring, despite the overtime. Totally dominated the Italian champions, although I didn't create that many clear cut chances. Simon Roger Bombele's red card proved to be fatal for them. UEFA Super Cup x 3 for Dukla.

Somehow this game feels completed after winning over 10 Czech First Division titles, over 10 Czech F.A. Cups, 3 Champions League titles, 2 Europa League titles, 3 European Super Cups and 2 Club World Cups. Dukla is now an elite club and not a whole lot is left to accomplish. Aside from that the Czech League and Cup have become a total drag, and that's the majority of the schedule. Back-to-back Champions League titles would be nice, and I'll probably go for that, but I feel like starting a new game.

Does anyone have a suggestion for a club or challenge? Thought about South America to have a shot at the Copa Libertadores for the first time, though MTK's rise makes me interested in doing something like that again. But I've learned that's very time consuming!

 

[ShiftyPowers]

My suggestion would be Mexico. If I'm not mistaken, their clubs qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League AND the Copa Libertadores. There's also some good talent from Mexico, and I think the league is generally considered prestigious; certainly more so than Czech Republic and Hungary.

 

[Juventino]

I finally found a photo of a very young Pavel Nedved in a Dukla jersey! If my game generates a Czech player very similar to him, this game will extend itself with 15 years, easily. So far no indication of anyone close to him though. Most really good Czech regens are defensive midfielders. Boring.

 

[Juventino]

My Dukla assistant manager and best friend Alessandro and I had a good conversation in Monaco when we were there for the 2024 UEFA Super Cup. We figured it'd be best to manage another season at Dukla, trying to repeat our Champions League victory for the first time, and to become Club World Champions for the third time in the Bird's Nest.

Back on the plane to Prague.

We failed to repeat our Champions League victory, being beaten by Atletico Madrid in the first KO round, but did win in China. We also won our 12th Czech National Championship, but saw our 129 (!!!) games unbeaten streak in the Gambrinus Liga, dating back to July 2020, broken in September 2024. We also won a sh*tload of other insignificant Czech F.A. Cups and Supercups... ehhh.

I'm in the summer of 2025 now, and bookies say I shouldn't hope for more than reaching the later stages in the 2025/2026 edition of the Champions League. They're quick to write us off after one bad season.

First off I wanted to freshen up the game visually, changing Dukla's standard logo to one they used in the early 90's. It features Prague's landmark building.

And we struck a deal with Adidas.

The history of Dukla Prague's home jersey
I didn't make the first Nike one... and it's the worst one, let's be honest. I only bother making these kits for my own saves occasionally. It's just filling in the colors on Photoshop templates, really.

-------2010-2017-------------2017-2023 -------------2023-2025

THE TEAM:
I also wanted to revamp the team tactically, switching to a Chelmsford inspired 4-2-4 formation. I decided on this quit late in the summer, and so could not make my ideal signings for this formation. But I think I did all right. Main priority: strikers! Both happen to be French, and both are all right. Viale scored over 100 goals in Ligue 1 over 6 years for Saint-Etienne, and I believe he'll make a good couple with Dukla star striker (and fellow Frenchman) Farid Raffalli. Driss is one for the future, and my fourth striker will still be 33 year old Vaclav Kadlec. The rest of my team fits this formation quite well.

One important outgoing transfer: Sebastian Schulz. He only played one season for Dukla, and did good... However, when Europe's elite teams showed interest and were prepared to pay up, I decided to cash in on him considering his age (29 turning 30 this season). It'll also enable me to give young players more time.

Now, what I'd ideally want from this save before FM12 comes out is win in Europe with another Czech club. This is partially inspired by this incredible story on Sortioutsi (you'll get the drift going from the first page to the last, and there are 2 more Polish club success stories in between)...
http://sortitoutsi.net/forum/topic/47812-polish-adventure/

Obviously I won't go as far, but it'd be nice to win in Europe with at least one other Czech club. I think Mandieta6 also talked about this in the DLR discussion. On top of that I'd be interested to see how Dukla progresses without me.

I'll start looking for another club next season, as it's too late now to change teams and be effective (it's the middle of September).

 

[Zlatan]

Man, statswise Del Piero must be the worst assistant manager ever, lol.

 

[Filipower]

**** that, he's Alessandro mother******* Del Piero

 

[Juventino]

Didn't really wanna open up a new thread yet, so I'll ask here:

So far I haven't been able to get into FM12. The only full season I played so far was with Luch, which makes me quite sad as I love this game. Does anyone have a good suggestion for a fun game? Inspiration is lacking on my end. I don't really have a clear preference, but I suppose I'm leaning towards a larger football nation this time, without strict foreigner rules.

 

[Mandieta6]

Journeyman save. Load up leagues, start with lowest rep and no job and wait for an offer and try to scale the pyramid and reach the top, hitting up a bunch of different teams and leagues.

 

[Juventino]

Oh, yeah, I've never tried that before, but always wanted to. I think I'll go for that!

 

[Mandieta6]

Cheers. Please start a thread for it, I like Journeyman svaes and you tend to post nice stuff.

 

[Juventino]

Thanks! Yeah, I think I will, also for motivation and to follow through on the game. I may go for a more templated approach this time, like this guy. Seems cool for a journeyman game.
http://community.sigames.com/showth...al-Managerial-Tour-This-is-the-Big-(FM12)-One

Eh, I'll probably improvise my updates though, like usual. It's more fun that way.