[retired_rassoulis]

The Walter Smith Challenge:

win 7 SPL titles in a row as Rangers (Souness won the other 2 9 in a row titles)

Win EPL with Everton using only £2M for transfers + any money brought in, with average squad age of 30 (reflects his difficulties at everton)

Qualify for World Cup and European Championships with scotland (after a minimum of 8 years, this may be easier than it sounds.)

Return to Rangers, re-invent squad and win SPL in first year, Uefa Cup in 2nd and Champions League in 3rd (the biggie. he probably won't do this, but we can dream. see if you can.)

[shannon2007]

Originally posted by BobBev:
I didn't steal nuffink guv'nor, it was my idea I tell ya, my idea!

Cottager - honestly can't remember seeing this suggested before. Maybe it was before I joined the forums. Anyway, if it is adopted then you can always claim a partial credit!

Its possible there was something submitted, I think I can vaguely remember it but it wasn't a winner and really, I don't think it matters too much

Mind you with the level of interest shown so far, there might not even be an official challenge.

[shannon2007]

Originally posted by RossDee:
The Walter Smith Challenge:

win 7 SPL titles in a row as Rangers (Souness won the other 2 9 in a row titles)

Win EPL with Everton using only £2M for transfers + any money brought in, with average squad age of 30 (reflects his difficulties at everton)

Qualify for World Cup and European Championships with scotland (after a minimum of 8 years, this may be easier than it sounds.)

Return to Rangers, re-invent squad and win SPL in first year, Uefa Cup in 2nd and Champions League in 3rd (the biggie. he probably won't do this, but we can dream. see if you can.)

I would suggest not limiting this to one club, or even one country.

Win 10 domestic titles in a row (because 10 sounds better) with any club. (This would be easier or tougher depending on the league and gives a choice of difficulty level and also means the challenge isn't club or league specific).

The move to a club that is outside say the top 12 in a particular country at the point where you end your first club, which has to be after they won 10 in a row. You cannot buy players under 30 years of age, and perhaps a limit of 2-4 signings a season. You need to win the EPL.

Take over any country that has never been past the first round of the World Cup Finals, and guide them to winning that competition.

Return to either your original club IF they have failed to win a domestic title within the last five years or more OR as a rather perverse twist, it they have been successful domestically, or you just want to be perverse, take over their main rivals (that part may be obvious or you may have to decide who they are thats up to you) and guide them to say three titles in a row plus the Champions League.

[shannon2007]

When I say win the EPL, I meant of course whatever league you've gone to. An addition to this challenge you could suggest starting in a league outside the big ones of England, Spain and Italy and the second part has to be achieved within those three.

[retired_rassoulis]

OK, I suppose that'd work. however, if people want it to be as authentic as possible.

1. Start at dundee united and opt to manage U19s, win u19 trophy

2. do the same at rangers. then lead team to 9 in a row, you are allowed to spend a maximun of 45M in your Rangers tenure (as this is how much Smith is reported to have spent while at Rangers for 7 years)

3. Leave Rangers to take over club 1 place above relegation zone. spend 5 years at said club, allowing only 4 permanent transfers per year, with a budget of approx 5M. squad age must not be below 30 at any point.

4. Take over scotland, qualify for EU championships and leave national side in strong position to qualify for world cup.

5. Take over rangers again, win domestic treble in 1st year, and win Champions League in second

this is for those who are sticklers for authenticity, otherwise, peacemaker's alterations can apply
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better?

[retired_bbcarr]

I have to say, Ross, I prefer PM's version of the challenge. I still think yours is a little restrictive.

I've been trying to come up with a challenge of my own, but whatever little creativity I had seems to have escaped me at this point.

[shannon2007]

Yeah but the problem is Ross, you have to be a bit flexible. It can still be the Walter Smith Challenge, and you can still choose that way, but by not restricting the teams you allow more people a chance to play and a wider scope within which to play.

Trust us, we know

[shannon2007]

Originally posted by Terk:
I have to say, Ross, I prefer PM's version of the challenge. I still think yours is a little restrictive.

I've been trying to come up with a challenge of my own, but whatever little creativity I had seems to have escaped me at this point.

I know what you mean, I just can't think of anything. I'll give this a bit longer and then decide what to do, surely someone other than these two have a challenge

[retired_rassoulis]

:Scolari Challenge:

Build a High Profile while only managing clubs from a single country. (Scolari Plied his trade in Brazil before being offered the national Job)

If and when the managerial slot for the country you have been working in until that point becomes available, apply for it.

Lead the country to success in the first world Cup you play in. then quit job as national coach immediately.

Apply for any other national job, and lead them to Continental and World Finals.

[shannon2007]

Pole to Pole

Ok here's something I thought of last night when falling asleep not sure of the practicalities, but could be interesting.

Starting at either the North or South Pole, you have to work your way to the other side of the world.

Starting countries could be (From North, for South just reverse it):

Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Finland or Russia

Take a club from one of these countries, perferably from as far north as possible, and lead them to at least one domestic title.

When you are ready, its time to move south. Choose any country north of France, perferably Scotland, Denmark, Poland or Belarus but thats entirely up to you, its your journey. Win at least two domestic titles.


Time to move further south. Choose a country from France or below, preferably either France, Spain, Italy, or Portugal but again it's up to you. Win a domestic title.

(Note your choice of nations will make this challenge either easier or harder. You could go Iceland, Belarus, Greece if you wanted for a fairly easy ride or Norway, England, Italy for instance for a harder one.)

Time to move further south and your choice is now limited to South Africa or jumping across to any country in South America. Win a domestic title.

And finally you end up at Australia, where you must again win a domestic title.

As a final challenge take either the country you started with, or the country you ended with to the World Cup Finals and try to win it.


Variations

You could of course start south and work north.

You could start in Iceland, go to the USA next, then South America etc. Or, you could start in the USA, then go to Mexico and down that route or you could jump the atlantic back and forth.

At the end of the day, this is just a guideline, its entirely up to you how you get from Pole to Pole and will depend on your patience and PC. The only real rules here are, you must win at least one domestic title before moving and your next port of call must always be further south (or north).