MY FM 2014 CAREER: Wolves Resumé
I never intended this type of articles because it hasn't got anything to do with the guide, but since I've had a couple of request I can't see why not.
I would love to have told you a continuous story about my career but I've already played until 2020 therefor a recap would be the right way to go.
So I started as Wolves in League One (English third division) and the whole club was a mess. The biggest problem I had was the minimal budget and to make matters worse I had a lot of poor players with very high wages and long contracts, a total nightmare. I sold what I could and bought what was available, I ended up having an okay but very young squad. To get the most out of the players I implemented a tactic that I thought would fit the squad, I choose a Tiki Taka Tactic but I would lie to you if I told you it worked out smoothly. In fact I had to adjust the tactic numerous times and in the end we found a working tactic. We cruised up the table and secured promotion with a couple of matches left to play. The season goal was fulfilled: we got promoted and furthermore we won League One which was the icing on the cake.
Now we were playing in the Championship. League One was a piece of cake, we probably were the big favorites but to be promoted again in the first season in Championship? No the media though we would end up at the 13th place, but seriously who cares about the media! In pre-season I figured out that Tiki Taka isn't to any good if I don't construct a plan B, therefor I developed a Gegenpressing tactic. I knew the club was poisoned with bad highly paid players so I wanted to redo almoast the whole team if we were to have any chance of success. In total I released or sold 27 players and I loaned out 10 players so in total 37 players left the club either permanently or temporary. At the same time I brought in 8 quality players, you call me mad for letting go of 37 players and bring in 8? Well we shocked everyone as we not just got the right results but also we won the whole Championship in big style, even though we probably had one of the thinnest budget in the whole league.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ALI ADNAN, DAVID DAVIES,
MEMPHIS DEPAY, WAYNE HENESSEY, ZELI ISMAIL
Okay i was the hero, we won against all odds everybody is happy. But now we are in Premier League and to summarize a couple of seasons: we have done very well. The first season was the most difficult because we were predicted to be demoted, but you can now guess that it didn't happen. At the same time we got a bigger budget, but even if it was bigger than before it was one of the smallest budget in the league. The thing is I had done miracles with small budget before and for the first time I could sign player I really wanted. Later after the first season I started to lap the wholes from the devastating time in the League One and Championship. The youth academy was a mess I rebuilding it wasn't going to be easy and it took time. But I managed and besides I even managed to rebuild the stadium.
Among others there are some people I wanted to highlight that really helped me through my career. These players have followed me for a long time very loyally, some even from the start when we played in League One:
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ALI ADNAN, DAVID DAVIES,
MEMPHIS DEPAY, WAYNE HENESSEY, ZELI ISMAIL
I've continued the hard work throughout the seasons, and each season we ended up at a higher place than the previous. I've been runner up for the Premier League's Manager of the Year Award twice and once I came in third place for the award. Next time I'll write about the season I'm in at the moment and to finish this Resumé here is a full list of the awards::
