retired_stephandjoe

Takes me about 12-14 hours a season on average so over a couple of evenings I will have got through a season, I don't watch highlights, use commentary only. Am also self-employed and work from home so it is all too tempting to just play all day!

retired_teresaabailey

Alright it seems that i have made a mistake when starting this game. As i did not load all players from Australia, it is not possible for me to get the Australian job. I looked in job centre and the Australian team is not listed with all the other nations.

Should I:
a) Start again so it is possible to get the Australian job. (I'm only 1 and a bit seasons into it)
or
b) Continue playing and just ignore the Australian goal.

retired_stephandjoe

Blimey, that's an arse, I dunno man, up to you, it's your challenge! At least you're not that far into it so you could start again, especially as you weren't promoted first season!

It's a bit weird loading all players from Australia, plus playing with the Spanish league. To be honest I always just play the English leagues cos I prefer knowing the players, so this time around there's a lot more Spanish and Australian players about but most of all staff!

I wouldn't mind if you ignored the Australia goal, the rest of it is hard enough. Or you could replace Australia with a similarly ranked nation?

etonyx

I might start this challenge, sounds good, but due to limited time on the PC, I will take a while on this. But just asking, I could swear this is not Terry Venables career? Not trying to say this challenge is bad or anything, quite the oppisite, but was this intentional?

retired_stephandjoe

Not sure what you mean? This is Terry Venable's career, pretty much exactly, apart from his chairman / director of football roles.

Check it out: Venable's career on wikipedia

etonyx

Not sure what you mean? This is Terry Venable's career, pretty much exactly, apart from his chairman / director of football roles.

Check it out: Venable's career on wikipedia </BLOCKQUOTE>

Sorry my fault, it's just venables FM career says different. Its probably a bug?

retired_stephandjoe

Season 2013/14 - QPR - 9th in Premiership

No nearer to 5th place and no place in Europe this time around, and was also narrowly beaten on penalties by Chelsea in the FA cup semi-final, annoying. Especially as they scored a last minute equaliser. FA Cup semi-final

QPR - Premiership - 2013/14

retired_teresaabailey

Jeez, that was unlucky in the Chelsea match. Anyway it seems your starting to make progress towards completing the Q.P.R part of this challenge. Any chance of having a look at your squad?? (if it's no trouble)

I think i might start this one again, as it is such a long term challenge i'd like to actually complete it properly. My last exam is on Tuesday, so i'll be able to get through my game a lot faster than i have been previously.

retired_stephandjoe

Jeez, that was unlucky in the Chelsea match. Anyway it seems your starting to make progress towards completing the Q.P.R part of this challenge. Any chance of having a look at your squad?? (if it's no trouble)

I think i might start this one again, as it is such a long term challenge i'd like to actually complete it properly. My last exam is on Tuesday, so i'll be able to get through my game a lot faster than i have been previously. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Here's my squad, pretty unrecognisable now, only Ray Jones has survived from the original R's squad. Darren Pratley and Connor Clifford were there when I took over but the rest are all my signings!

QPR Squad 2014

Good luck with your exams, then I look forward to you maybe catching me up! God knows how long I'll be at QPR though...

retired_stephandjoe

Another couple of seasons done, time for an update, still no closer to my goal though, so this could be a long one!

Season 2014/15 - QPR - 10th in Premiership

Disappointing mid-table mediocrity. Missed out on Europe by one point though. Europe needs to be a priority to be able to attract players to challenge for that 5th place so I gotta get my act together.

QPR - Premiership - 2014/15

Season 2015/16 - QPR - 12th in Premiership

Even bigger disappointment. Nowhere near Europe this year. After losing my ambitious Israeli striker Damari to Porto, I had to rethink my formation and went for a 4-2-3-1 due to my abundance of quality central attacking midfielders and one quality striker Sturridge. I guess this tactic didn't prove as effective as I had hoped, but I was trying to play to the strengths of my squad, perhaps Sturridge can't cut it as a lone front man as scoring goals was a problem this season. Some big changes need to be made.

QPR - Premiership - 2015/16

On another note, Leeds finished 3rd in the Championship, but lost out in the play-offs, still keeping an eye on them.