Clueless FC

 So, here's the form of the team at the time I took over: Not exactly great, with only 2 wins in the league so far.  So it's no great surprise the previous manager was given the sack.  But, can I turn things around? My task is to keep the club in Ligue 1. It started off well enough, with a convincing win in the Coupe d'Algerie, but league form was an issue with no wins in February. March was an excellent month, with no losses and three wins from four league games. However, that's where the good news ended.  April and May were both absolutely terrible.  There were a couple of game where we were perhaps unlucky not to pick up at least a point, but for the most part the performances were every bit as bad as the results were. Our fate was sealed with one game to go when the 4-0 loss condemned us to relegation.  Then for laughs, the team decided to end the season playing like prime Barcelona to score a dominant 6-1 win against ES Setif. We ended the season in th...

  With the wait for FM25 and wanting something to freshen FM24 up, and I’ve seen mention of this challenge.  For those who don’t know (and I’m sure that’s nobody), I’ll explain.  The Pentagon is the challenge of winning the top continental competitions in Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Africa.  But you have to start unemployed, with no coaching badges and the lowest possible starting reputation. This sounds like a challenge.  And it will be!  For context, in my many years of playing this game (and I’ve been playing since the original CM), I’ve never won a Champions League and the only league titles I’ve ever won are the Premier League in the original CM (with Sheffield Wednesday - Chris Bart-Williams was an unstoppable goal machine) and Serie A with Milan a couple of years ago.  So, I don’t exactly have a record which suggests this is even remotely possible for me. Regardless, I’m gonna give it a go and record my successes (and more lik...