Ahead of a poll giving managers the chance to vote for the best team of Football Academy Evolution, I'm looking for people to put forward suggested candidates. Say if you agree/disagree with teams people put forward, and a shortlist will be made up of the discussions here to create the poll. The final poll will decide the top 3 teams as voted for by you.
Football Academy Evolution is in its 6th season which equates to about 123 weeks of gameplay and 5166 league games being played. Nominate as many teams as you like, and give your reasons why you think they should make the shortlist. If someone nominates a team you agree/disagree with, say why because your backing/disagreement could effect whether they make the shortlist or not.
Some examples to get you going (you'll need to nominate these if you want them on the shortlist):
West Brom team of seasons 1-2 Led by Simon Jenkins, based around the midfield creativity of Jason Koumas and Zoltan Gera, they dominated a strong League One to be promoted champions in season 1. Jenkins left half way through season 2 with West Brom in contention for promotion to the Premiership.
West Ham team of seasons 1-2 Led by Yves Vanneste, with a strike force of Tevez and Ashton they won the Championship in season 1 and finished an impressive 5th in their first season up in the Premiership.
Sevilla team of seasons 1-3 Led by Stuart Price, with players such as Kerzhakov and Navas they won 3 Spanish La Liga trophies, 2 Spanish Cup trophies and 1 runners up appearance, and qualified 2 out of 2 times from their European group once reaching the final.
Chelsea team of seasons 1-5 Led first by Drew Frazer then in season 3 onwards by John Brady, with players from Lampard to Ramos, they have won all 5 English Premiership titles, 4 European Cup trophies, and the only 'blot' on a fantastic record being just 1 English Cup trophy all the way back in season 1, never reaching the final since. Chelsea are currently the most decorated club in FA Evo history in 5 seasons.
Inter Milan team of seasons 1-2 Led by Steven Esdale, built around Cambiasso, Beckham and Ibrahimovic, they completed the Italian double in both seasons winning Serie A and the Italian Cup although not matching their domestic success in Europe.
Any info needed to back up your nominations can be asked for, as I have all the records on file hence the above info (I don't have that good a memory!!) Criteria can be totally up to you, you can vote based on titles, relative success (to include low league promotions and over achievements) or surprise successes, the choice is yours.
Richard.
-- Edited by Football Academy on Thursday 24th of December 2009 11:33:47 AM
I would like to support West Brom's nomination. As a team they have endured the changes brought in by three managers with very different techniques. While some big names came and went, the core of the team was unfallable and managed to continue upwards dispite being overwhelming underdogs.
I would also like the nominate Real Valladolid (yes I can hear you groaning!!). A team includes the youth system and Valladolid have one unlike anyone else's. Almost every time the youth introductions roll around; quality seems to come through. The first team is balanced with Experience and quality stats along with youth ans talent. Estadio Zorilla (Valladolid's stadium) is the largest in the world, but still this is not as big as the team spirit. Definitely a small fish in a big pond; Valladolid have given even the big teams problems and it is not inconcievable that they will be one of the European super-powers in the next few season.
Did Jamie Walker get Watford From League One To The Premiership? I can remember he built up a terrific squad actually even though he left the majority of that squad is still playing for Watford and they have managed to get back to the premiership without a manager because of the quality he bought in
as Well as Mark Rollings doing the same with Coventry? he definately deserves a mention for doing so well there i think thats a far better achievement than Yves Vanneste for getting a more than capable West ham side into the premiership and 5th place i mean to fair if he did any less than that he would have probably been sacked
Real Valladolid and Juventus deserve a mention because of their superb youth and their teams had quality by the bucketfulls and they d a good job every season and it won't be to long before Real Valldoli are challenging the top three and Juventus win the league title and challenging the big giants in europe as i think they are the only side capable in Italy at the moment to do so
i think it has to go to Chelsea they just seem to win the league each and every season with no trouble and always winning something else the fact they don't win the english cup yet can still win the champions league shows they are a formidable side ive got two promotions with Ascoli but that doesn't at all compare to what Chelsea have done
-- Edited by Sinky2707 on Friday 25th of December 2009 02:20:14 PM
I would like to throw my weight behind the Jamie Walker Watford side. As I followed Jamie up the league I had first hand experience with how well he did at Watford and I still rank getting two draws from him that Championship season as one of my best results in FA, just based on knowing how good he was tactically. He built a young and effective side!
Obviously Stu's Seville team needs a BIG mention! Unbeatable! He got them so good he had to move cos he was bored of winning so easily! lol