How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

[sportsfreak96]

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U.S. Avellino 1912
Lupi (Wolves)

January 2016 - Transfer Window

Bought



GK Dinu Moldovan, 67 Ovr, 25 years old, Romania
(Arrives from SD Ponferradina for €500,000)

Loans

None

Sold

None


Manager's Thoughts
A light January transfer window for us as we only made one transaction, bringing in goalkeeper Dinu Moldovan from Liga Adelante side SD Ponferradina. We had to snatch up a second keeper as Luca Lezzerini's short-term loan expired, and he headed back to Fiorentina. Moldovan will compete with Daniel Offredi, who is having an excellent season, for the top spot. He's also Romanian like Avellino manager Gheorghe Hagi.

[indiblue]

Sorry I've been MIA. Took some time off. Big update on Forest this weekend!

In other news, did you guys now the Football League is now the EFL? And with new fonts and numbers and branding. I think I'm definitely looking at the Championship for my first career mode save in 17!

http://www.efl.com/news/article/2015...e-2798210.aspx

[Simppu12]

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Transfers Out


Philip Heise, Left Back, 69 Ovr, 2-year-loan to Sturm Graz

The 24-year-old left back hadn't played a single game for us this season and he was never going to break into the starting eleven with Maximilian Mittelstädt and Emiliano Insua in front of him in the pecking order.


Arianit Ferati, Attacking Midfielder, 64 Ovr, 1-year-loan to RB Salzburg

This youngster has a good potential but he also doesn't get to play for us because he isn't good enough yet. A loan will do him well.


Marvin Wanitzek, Attacking Midfielder, 62 Ovr, €500,000 to Sturm Graz

Wanitzek has a poor overall and a poor potential and, consequently, he wasn't needed at the club.


Timo Werner, Striker, 75 Ovr, €19,500,000 to VfL Wolfsburg

Our biggest deal of the winter was selling our biggest gem and star Timo Werner. The 19-year-old was simply too good for a second-division team and Wolfsburg were willing to match his price tag of at least €19M, which is three times more than his market value.


Transfers In




Tobias Kempe

74 Ovr, Right Midfielder, 26 Years Old, Germany

Bosman Signing

VfB Stuttgart are on the verge of gaining promotion to Germany's top division while SV Darmstadt 98 are at the bottom of the table in the first division. Because of this it is easy to understand why right midfielder Tobias Kempe chose to sign a contract with Stuttgart. The 26-year-old will join Die Roten in the summer after his contract with Darmstadt expires. Kempe is an all-rounded winger who belongs to a family of footballers with his brother playing for Karlsruher and his father previously playing for several clubs in Germany, including Stuttgart.




Bobby Wood

71 Ovr, Striker, 23 Years Old, United States

€2,500,000

After Timo Werner was sold to VfL Wolfsburg, Stuttgart needed to find a replacement for him in the last two days of the transfer window. The second-league leaders decided to go after American striker Bobby Wood, who terrorised defences for Union Berlin last season, scoring 17 league goals in the process. The 23-year-old then earned a transfer to top-tier team Hamburger SV in the summer but now he will return to the Bundesliga 2. after a lack of playing time. Wood is a fast and talented striker who also possesses good dribbling and finishing abilities.


January 2017



1. FC Heidenheim 1 - 1 VfB Stuttgart
Beermann 90'
Kostic 23'

This was a disappointing draw as we threw it away in stoppage time. Our attackers had a lot of chances but they failed to convert them and as we know, when that happens the opposition will find a way to get back into the game.


Bundesliga 2. Table

1. VfB Stuttgart, 42 pts
2. VfL Bochum, 34 pts
3. Hannover 96, 34 pts
4. Arminia Bielefeld, 33 pts
5. FC St. Pauli, 28 pts
6. Union Berlin, 28 pts
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16. MSV Duisburg, 19 pts
17. FSV Frankfurt, 17 pts
18. 1. FC Nürnberg, 14 pts


The Squad

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Goalkeepers

Przemyslaw Tyton, 28 years old, 75 ovr
Mitchell Langerak, 27 years old, 74 ovr
Benjamin Uphoff, 22 years old, 62 ovr

Right Backs

Kevin Großkreutz, 27 years old, 75 ovr
Jean Zimmer, 21 years old, 71 ovr

Left Backs

Emiliano Insua, 26 years old, 75 ovr
Philip Heise, 24 years old, 69 ovr (on loan at Sturm Graz)
Maximilian Mittelstädt, 18 years old, 68 ovr

Centre Backs


Koray Günter, 21 years old, 71 ovr
Toni Sunjic, 26 years old, 70 ovr
Timo Baumgartl, 19 years old, 70 ovr
Duje Caleta-Car, 18 years old, 68 ovr

Central Midfielders

Alexandru Maxim, 25 years old, 76 ovr
Christian Gentner, 30 years old, 76 ovr (C)
Serey Die, 30 years old, 76 ovr
Johannes Flum, 27 years old, 73 ovr
Hany Mukhtar, 20 years old, 71 ovr
Alexander Ring, 24 years old, 70 ovr
Arianit Ferati, 18 years old, 64 ovr (on loan at RB Salzburg)

Wingers

Filip Kostic, 22 years old, 80 ovr
Lukas Rupp, 24 years old, 73 ovr
Christian Pulisic, 16 years old, 70 ovr

Strikers

Daniel Ginczek, 24 years old, 76 ovr
Lukasz Zwolinski, 22 years old, 72 ovr
Bobby Wood, 23 years old, 71 ovr
Shawn Parker, 22 years old, 70 ovr
Jan Kliment, 22 years old, 68 ovr

Starting XI




My Thoughts

Transfers - So it happened, we did sell Timo Werner. We received many offers for our attacking gem but Wolfsburg was the only team willing to match our valuation. I didn't really want to sell him but, again, in the name of making this career a little bit more realistic, I decided to sell him. Who knows, we might try to re-sign him in the summer. Additionally, we received quite a few offers for Maxim but not a single team wanted to match our demands. Interestingly, not a single offer was received for Kostic.

I made offers for around five players when looking for Werner's replacement and after some thinking and comparing I decided that Bobby Wood would be the best option. He didn't get to play a lot and HSV were in the bottom five. We should also get promoted this season so half a season in the second division shouldn't be too bad for him.

As far as signing Kempe goes, I just wanted to have another option on the wings next season. It was a tough choice between Kempe and Konstantin Rausch of Köln, but Kempe's side was lower in the table so I decided to go for him. Even if the signing doesn't work out, we will be able to sell him for huge profit as he is arriving for free.

Results - Thanks to the winter break of the Bundesliga we had to play only one game in January, and it didn't go too well. We conceded in stoppage time against a solid Heidenheim team to drop two points but luckily that wasn't important as we still have an eight-point lead.



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February 2017



VfB Stuttgart 2 - 1 SC Paderborn
Ginczek 19', Wood 31'
Koc 10'



Quarter Final
1. FC Köln 2 - 4 VfB Stuttgart
Modeste 81', Jojic 88'
Ginczek 5', Maxim 12', 37', Mukhtar 84'

We will face Bayer Leverkusen in the semi finals.



FC Nürnberg 2 - 1 VfB Stuttgart
Behrens 39', Petrak 79'
Wood 75'



VfB Stuttgart 2 - 0 FC Kaiserslautern
Wood 20', 45'
Schulze s/o 90'



MSV Duisburg 1 - 2 VfB Stuttgart
Bröker 86'
Zwolinski 12', Wood 58'


March 2017



SV Sandhausen 3 - 4 VfB Stuttgart
Bouhaddouz 4', 33', Krotz 11'
Ginczek 17' pen, 75' pen, Woods 22', 48'



VfB Stuttgart 1 - 1 1860 München
Pulisic 42'
Aycicek 69'



Hannover 96 0 - 3 VfB Stuttgart
Kostic 16', Ginczek 30', Gentner 80'



VfB Stuttgart 3 - 0 Karlsruher SC
Ginczek 14', Wood 37', 45'


April 2017



Union Berlin 0 - 3 VfB Stuttgart
Kroos s/o 24'
Ginczek 14', Kostic 37', Gentner 45'



VfB Stuttgart 2 - 0 Eintracht Braunschweig
Pulisic 56', Mukhtar 88'

VfB Stuttgart Secure the Bundesliga 2. Title!



VfB Stuttgart 3 - 0 Greuther Fürth
Ginczek 5', Mukhtar 79', Zwolinski 90'



Semi Final
VfB Stuttgart 2 - 0 Bayer Leverkusen
Maxim 34', Ginczek 65'

Oh my, this has to be one of the biggest shocks in recent history of the DFB Pokal! A top four Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen got beaten by second-division VfB Stuttgart and, consequently, we progressed into the final where we will face the reigning champions Bayer München. In the game itself Alexandru Maxim finished a brilliant passing combination with a powerful strike into the bottom right corner to get us the winner. Right after the hour mark our in-form striker crushed Leverkusen's dreams of the final with a finess shot into the bottom left corner of the net.



VfB Stuttgart 1 - 0 VfL Bochum
Kliment 82'



Arminia Bielefeld 1 - 3 VfB Stuttgart
Klos 51'
Wood 7', Zwolinski 77', 90'


May 2017



VfB Stuttgart 3 - 0 FC St. Pauli
Ginczek 14', 25', 45' pen



Fortuna Düsseldorf 2 - 3 VfB Stuttgart
Gardner 75', Bozek 80'
Ginczek 21', 39', 56'

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Final
VfB Stuttgart

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1 - 0

Bayern München

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Ginczek 57' pen, s/o 74'

Bayern were the clear favourites going into this game and we acknowledged that by playing more defensively than usually. The first half was quite even although we managed to test Manuel Neuer with a couple of dangerous shots.

The second half began and it started off in the same even way as the first half ended, but things changed in the 56th minute. Filip Kostic ran into the box and got taken down which resulted in a penalty for us. Our top striker and Bundesliga 2. top scorer Daniel Ginczek stepped up to take the penalty and he shot the ball into the top right corner of the net. We had taken the lead!

Following our goal we parked the bus and put two extra defenders on the pitch before Daniel Ginczek got a well-deserved red card in the 74th minute for a very bad tackle on Mats Hummels. In the last fifteen minutes of the game Bayern had some very good opportunities but Mitchell Langerak had a spectacular game in goal and saved us. The referee then blew his whistle to mark the end of the game. We had won the DFB Pokal!

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Road to the final

2. Bundesliga Table

1. VfB Stuttgart, 82 pts
2. Hannover 96, 61 pts
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3.SC Paderborn, 60 pts (playoff spot)
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4. Arminia Bielefeld, 58 pts
5. Fortuna Düsseldorf, 53 pts
6. VfL Bochum, 51 pts
7. Eintracht Braunschweig, 43 pts
8. FC St. Pauli, 42 pts
9. 1. FC Heidenheim, 42 pts
10. Union Berlin, 42 pts
11. Greuther Fürth, 42 pts
12. FC Nürnberg, 41 pts
13. Karlsruher SC, 38 pts
14. FC Kaiserslautern, 36 pts
15. 1860 München, 35 pts
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16. FSV Frankfurt, 33 pts (playoff spot)
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17. MSV Duisburg, 31 pts
18. SV Sandhausen, 30 pts




Golden Boot

Daniel Ginczek, VfB Stuttgart, 18 goals
Simon Terodde, VfL Bochum, 12 goals
Sören Brandy, Union Berlin, 12 goals


Most Assists

Alexandru Maxim, VfB Stuttgart, 11 assists
Christian Pulisic, VfB Stuttgart, 10 assists
Timo Perthel, VfL Bochum, 8 assists


Golden Glove

Mitchell Langerak, VfB Stuttgart, 15 clean sheets
Manuel Riemann, VfL Bochum, 11 clean sheets
Michael Rensing, Fortuna Düsseldorf, 8 clean sheets


Relegated Teams From the Bundesliga

SV Darmstadt
RB Leipzig

Champions League: Bayern München
Europa League: Atletico Madrid
Bundesliga: Bayern München
DFB Pokal:VfB Stuttgart
Premier League: Arsenal FC
Ligue 1: Paris Saint-Germain
Serie A: Inter Milan
La Liga: Real Madrid


My Thoughts

Promotion! - We managed to achieve our main goal of the season in amazing fashion as we won the title with 21 points separating us from second-placed Hannover. No team really stood a chance against us over the entire season and the league table shows that. We scored the most and conceded the least in the league. Next season we will be back with the big boys and I'm really looking forward to playing against them!

DFB Pokal Winners! - Oh my goodness, I can't believe we won the DFB Pokal! Köln are a strong first division team, Leverkusen play in the Champions League year in year out while Bayern are one of the best teams in the world. What do the three teams have in common? All of them lost to us in the German cup this season. We played amazingly in the cup games and at the end shocked the footballing world as we lifted the trophy in Berlin after beating Bayern. Europa League, here we come!

Players - Daniel Ginczek was our star player this season as the German striker scored 22 goals in 27 appearances. Bobby Wood also had an amazing half a season, scoring a dozen of goals, while Lukasz Zwolinski netted 12 goals in league play. The teenager Christian Pulisic also had a great season as he assisted 10 goals in the league and scored 7.

The worst part of the team was the defence. We rotated our young defenders quite a lot as no-one really shone and our backline was prone to errors. Hopefully this changes next season as the youngsters are improving and gaining more experience.

Transfer Window - I'm looking to sign a defensive midfielder and a goalkeeper and I have a couple of good options in mind. Spoiler: I was in Hungary and my targets might have been influenced by my amazing time there. Furthermore, I won't be signing any top players from big teams as we are a recently promoted team.

As far as selling players goes, I only want to sell a couple of dead wood players. Additionally, every player has their price and starters shall be sold if we receive an offer we can't refuse.

Christian Pulisic and Maximilian Mittelstädt, who were on loan at the club, have been signed permanently for €1,500,000 and €900,000 respectively.

Objectives For Next Season - The board wants us to finish midtable, reach the round of 16 of the DFB Pokal and the quarter finals of the Europa League. The first two seem very reasonable while I'm a bit unsure about the Europa League objective. We will see how things go.


Transfer Budget: €22,000,000
Wage Budget: €110,000


The next update should be a squad review. After that I will jump into the transfer window and our first month back in the first division!



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[TerpHamm]

Quote: Originally Posted by indiblue

Sorry I've been MIA. Took some time off. Big update on Forest this weekend! In other news, did you guys now the Football League is now the EFL? And with new fonts and numbers and branding. I think I'm definitely looking at the Championship for my first career mode save in 17! http://www.efl.com/news/article/2015...e-2798210.aspx

As a Newcastle supporter, I am admittedly pretty excited for FIFA 17. Despite being relegated this past year, we should be Championship front runners and it should make career mode a lot more fun. Each time they have made a signing over the last few days, one of the first things I've done is went to Sofifa to see what their ratings are like (Matz Sels has 81 potential!).

[vrabbit]

Stand by for a BIG question I have for you guys RE: Newport

[sportsfreak96]

The votes are in and you guys chose my team to be

Yeovil Town!


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[vrabbit]

alright so here's the dilemma. I'm giving you a bit of spoiler for upcoming updates but I feel I need some advise here. I sold Thuram. I'm near the end of the transfer window and I've decided to focus on Bosman signings. I reached out to a few different players but the only ones to accept (so far) are these two:





Farfan comes at a cheaper price at just €50K wages. He won't sniff the CAM role but he'd be a perfect fit at RM in the diamond midfield and would be serviceable there for the 3 years of the contract assuming he stays in good form and doesn't suffer too much regression. He'd be a sizable upgrade on Jack Giles who's at 71 OVR right now and doesn't have top potential (Ben Potter shows great potential but even he is a couple of season away from being at Farfan's level).

Martial of course needs very little explanation. As you'd imagine he's in high demand so I offered to match the €100K he's being paid at Man U. right now plus 10% bonus per goal and he's on board with that but I probably need to respond ASAP since other clubs are sniffing around (he JUST turned down an offer from Swansea City). Of course the idea of a Martial-Ambrose pairing up front is DREAMY but going through with this signing all but empties the transfer/wage budget so that's a bit risky.

I don't have €150K in wages so I can only sign one guy. Of course if I choose Farfan I may be able to get 1 or even 2 more Bosman signings.

WHAT DO I DO??? Feedback on this is appreciated ASAP because I may get to leave the office early today in which case it'll be pretty difficult not to get in front of the xbox ....