retired_godfrey

Frank sent me to Austria, so I loaded up “Wiki-defined” Central Europe; all leagues from Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland. Completely unknown territory for me as I’ve never managed out of the UK on FM.


2006/07 - VfB Admira Wacker Mödling - Austrian First Division
Stadium: Bundesstadion Südstadt 12000 (3000 seated)
Facilities: Adequate training, Average youth + Academy
Finances: Okay, Value £1.2M

Board: Win the division
Fans: Respectable league position
Media Prediction: 1st from 12
Title odds: 7/4 (2nd Favourites)
Final Position: 8th Pld: 33 Won: 13 Drn: 6 Lst: 14 For: 51 Ag: 44 GD: +7 Pts: 45 (Winners: SC Austria Lustenau)
Austrian FA Cup: 3rd Rnd - 1-2 VfB Admira Wacker Mödling Amateure (Winners: SC-ESV Parndorf 1919)
Supporter’s player of year. 30yo Serbian ST

I thought that Frank was going easy on me, as it seems Admira Wacker were a fairly large club and I‘d heard of them, but I didn’t question his judgement. We started off relatively poorly, taking a while to get out of the blocks. Things started to pick up until I suffered the embarrassment of being knocked out of the Cup by my reserve team. Then we started a dismal run during which I received the dreaded vote of confidence every week. Surpringly, I was also offered a 2 year extension during the confidence voting which I signed, that seemed to spur the players onto a mini surge where we finished in the lofty position of 8th. Bizarrely, we won the Underperformer award(!)

retired_godfrey

b]2007/08 - VfB Admira Wacker Mödling - Austrian First Division
Stadium:[/b] Bundesstadion Südstadt 12000 (3000 seated)
Facilities: Adequate training, Average youth + Academy
Finances: Okay, Value £1M (down £200k)

Board: Fight bravely against relegation
Fans: Fight bravely against relegation
Media Prediction: 5th from 12
Title odds: 16/1
Final Position: 5th Pld: 33 Won: 16 Drn: 6 Lst: 11 For: 53 Ag: 32 GD: +21 Pts: 54 (Winners: SV Mattersburg)
Austrian FA Cup: 1st Rnd - 1-6 FC Wacker Tirol (Winners: SK Rapid Wien)
Supporter’s player of year. 22yo Austrian AM/FC

Promotion candidates the previous season, relegation candidates for this one. We showed true form too, flirting with the relegation zone for 2/3 of the season. Then bizarrely we proceeded to win 9 out of the last 12 games, a win on the final day would have put us 2nd but it wasn’t to be. The cup sucked spectacular ass. I’m enjoying the Austrian league, it’s very quirky, for example teams play each other 3 times a season, and not 2 or 4. It just depends on which Admira Wacker team show up next season for me to carry on enjoying it. During the summer, the board set up a link with French club Nantes as a parent team. My 22yo Austrian AM/FC has the highest average rating of the league with 7.45 and I pick up both the Worst and the runner up Worst Signing of the Season for my 29yo Austrian GK and 26yo Spanish AMR respectively.

retired_godfrey

2008/09 - VfB Admira Wacker Mödling - Austrian First Division
Stadium: Bundesstadion Südstadt 12000 (3000 seated)
Facilities: Adequate training, Average youth + Academy
Finances: Okay, Value £1M (no change)

Board: Stay clear of relegation
Fans: Stay clear of relegation
Media Prediction: 4th from 12
Title odds: 6/1 (4th favourites)
Sacked Position 10th Pld: 21 Won: 5 Drn: 5 Lst: 11 For: 28 Ag: 32 GD: -4 Pts: 19
Final Position: 10th Pld: 33 Won: 8 Drn: 9 Lst: 16 For: 40 Ag: 51 GD: -11 Pts: 33 RELEGATED(Winners: FC Gratkorn)
Austrian FA Cup: 1st Rnd - 1-2aet SK Sturm Graz (Winners: SCR Altach)
Supporter’s player of year. Unknown

It was the underperforming team that kicked the season off in our sluggish way. We were stuck in the relegation zone and I couldn’t buy a decent result at all. Our lack of depth showed as well and in February the board issued me an ultimatum, which I declined. I lasted 3 more games, winning two and losing 0-1 against the side bottom of the league with 2 points from 20 games. It took a month before I was hired again.

retired_godfrey

2008/09 - Békéscsabai Elõre FC - Hungarian Division II - East
Stadium: Kórház utca, 16000 (0 seated)
Facilities: Adequate training, Adequate youth + Academy
Finances: Okay, Value £650k

Board: Stay clear of relegation
Fans: Stay clear of relegation
Media Prediction: 4th from 16
Title odds: Unknown
Hired Position 14th Pld: 25 Won: 7 Drn: 7 Lst: 11 For: 28 Ag: 40 GD: -12 Pts: 28
Final Position: 15th Pld: 30 Won: 9 Drn: 7 Lst: 14 For: 34 Ag: 47 GD: -13 Pts: 34 RELEGATED (Winners: Gyõri ETO FC)
Hungarian Cup: 2nd Rnd - 1-2aet Bajai LSE (before I joined) (Winners: MTK Budapest FC)
Supporter’s player of year. Unknown

I was given a short term contract until the end of the season with one aim - Avoid relegation. There was no transfer budget and I was £5k over the wage bill. It didn’t happen. Winning 2 and losing 3 meant we were sent down on the final day of the season. I was sacked and this time had to wait until the next season to be rehired.

retired_g_stull

I have no either whether or not the Austrian league is LLM, my rodent friend. However, with form like that I reckon you'll get along just fine here

KUTGGetingSackedAfterFailingToPerformConsistently :thup:

retired_tinkfaeree

Why shouldn't it be LLM? It's the lowest playable league in Austria that he picked, and it's not too easy playing there either.

retired_g_stull

Which is why I said - "I have no idea whether or not the Austrian league is LLM"

Having no idea isn't the same as suggesting that it isn't LLM, Mr CP.

retired_angeliwuoma

A brilliant start to your career, being heavily involved in the relegation of two clubs takes dedication that I could only dream of.

KUTGW trying to convince a chairman that you're not who they think you are.

retired_pmetzger1

We could have a central European relegation tour on our hands here

retired_bj1fabre

KUTGWreckingClubAfterClubW!