gtzpower

Well, its taken all of my Scottish experience I could muster, but I've decided to put my past heartbreak behind me and look to the future, and have started this challenge over.

Things looked hopeless to start as my current team lost 7-0 in our first friendly, but calling upon my past experience I knew that I had to strike fast at building a team before my transfer budget disappeared permanantly. Only 2 original players were retained, with replacements brought in for all players other than Capece on left wing and Di Maio in central defence. In total 11 new players joined the club, but only four were able to be offloaded for a combined £160k. The money will help, but I'm disappointed I couldnt take more off the wage bill - especially Turchetta, who is the highest earner at the club.

With the transfer window just closed our new squad is locked in and looks promising - two 1-1 draws in the Serie C cup were both the fault of Dei, who has since been replaced, and an extremely impressive 2-0 win away to Spal, tipped to be our top promotion rivals.

My manager nationality is USA/Canadian - I wanted someone who spoke English like I do for real, but wanted two non-EU passports so that after 5 years I can gain a 3rd, San Marinese one :p However, I didnt want to dominate an obscure country's hall of fame as I did in 07 with Puerto Rico, so USA it was. It also gives me the pointless but oddly fulfilling Spanish and French languages - added to Italian and perhaps with some temporary international jobs while I wait for Mazza to retire, I can trot around the world collecting languages, something I've always oddly enjoyed.

This time around my goal is straight promotion - try not to let the board have any excuses to moan, bugged or not.

retired_Tonkaboy

I really like the sound of this challenge. Kind of enjoying my current game with a German side as I have got them to the 1.Bundesliga and I want see if I can keep them there. But once that’s over will give this a crack.

Out of interest do they get San Marino regens or Italian?

gtzpower

Most of their regens are San Marino, and all players signed for the club work towards a San Marino passport for their residency. You can only sign one non-EU player per year though, so takes a fair bit of planning to give San Marino new players that way.

Interestingly, there's about 5 or 6 very good players on amateur contracts playing within San Marino at the start of the game - I signed 4 (too many central defenders to pick them all up when I need to keep wages down), not sure if thats because they're set to have good ability in the database or just because with all San Marino players retained a couple lucked out with randomly generated stats.

retired_sajnesh

If you're happy to name them, I can tell you whether they are as good in my game..

I also picked up three or four from the San Marino leagues around the start of the game.

gtzpower

Carlo Valentini, DRL / DM
Luca Nanni, DC
Marco Di Luigi, AMRC / FC

Also Fabio Vitaioli, DRC who I chose not to sign as I had a decent right back already and didnt want to break the wage bill, Simone Bacciocchi (DC) (Wanted too much wages, now in November he only wants £450 so I'm trying again), Michele Moretti (MLC) (Didnt fit my tactics, very strong mentally but slightly physically lacking), Giacomo Maiani (AMLC), Matteo Bugli (AMRC), Damiano Vannucci (WBL, AMLC) and Nicola Albani (DR).

Lorenzo Moretti is unattached but scouts picked him up, AMRL who I've just offered a backup contract to.

Lots of talent to be had within San Marino, only problem I've found is that they tend to ask for a bit too much in wages.

retired_sajnesh

Does seem to be an amount of randomness in there then.

Of those, Carlo Valentini, Matteo Bugli and Michele Moretti were good enough to play for me in C1, along with a chap called Marani (DM/AM C). None of the others were up to much.

Starting to see some decent regens now in season 6 (will post some screenshots when I get round to the latest updates), and Cristea (Rom) and Erkaya (Tur) are close to being eligible for Sanmarinese nationality, so will be interesting to see whether they take it...

retired_karansoni21

In the history of this challenge, has anyone achieved CL glory or won a WC or European Championship?

retired_wrkhudur

tempted to get rid of my dafuge save and give this a go... like the italian leagues, and you've gotta like an underdog!! it's a good challenge....

might load it up and have a look at it.

gtzpower

Someone did with the national team in 06, but it was aided by some obscure regen issues that meant Belarus started producing San Marinese regens. I've got them up to the Serie A but no international success, someone in the 07 topic had got the club into the Champions league.

suitechic1979

Ok im gonna set upo this game now. Will start at the club side. Try and build up their youth system a bit before taking on the international job. I take it being San Marinese nationality is best to take the international job?