UNL - Half empty rather than half full

And season 15/16 is concluded, at least for the League games. Here are some of the major stats including:

United Nations League Table

United Nations League 2

2015/2016 fuxtures

It was an OK season for us really. 10th place in the league is actually below my personal expectations of this season. I was hoping to maintain that 5-6th spot. Anyway, part of the poor performance I think is a combination of tactics and player management. Since I used 3 different formations during my season, I required a lot of players, which are not getting enough games and are starting to complain.


I need to pick out a formation/tactic and stick to it a bit more. My mainly played tactic is the 4-4-2, which I believe I posted before. It's quite a normal setup. As you can see in the figure, I achieved a goal scored : goal conceded ratio of 1.32 (from 49/37). My 4-1-3-2 formation (the CM convention tactic) was used about a third of the amount as the 442 getting a ratio of 1.36. Finally the V 4-1-2-2-1 formation, which is the offensive tactice produced 7 goals in 6 matches, with a ratio of 1.4.In terms of goals per match, the ratings are: 4-4-2 (1.48 goals per match), 4-1-3-2 (1.36 goals per match), 4-1-2-2-1 (1.16 goals per match).

  And these are the awards for this season:

UNL - Cold March

Long while since I last posted a FM13 post, not because I haven't been playing, but mostly because I have been posting all those CK2 posts. It's crazy when you're into two games at once, it's almost like juggling two girlfriends. Anyway, to bring us up to date here are the fixtures.

As you can see I have been pretty busy, perhaps with fairly poor results for the most part, fortunately for us since the end of February we have been on a good 5 win run, which included a 3x0 win over Clube Paulista and a 3x2 vicory over Celtic Tigers. Now the real action will be my next game.

We made it to the group stage in the Euro Cup, which was my minimum requirement, I'm doing fairly poorly in the league this season, so UN Cup has all of a sudden turned into a bit of a deal. I have been fortunate, putting our team in the semi-final game against the French side La Pichard. The other game will be between two UNL2 sides: Universidad Santiago (Chile) and Reykjavik (Iceland). If we can somehow beat La Pichard, we would have a very tangible chance to win the cup, which would obviously help us financially and in terms of reputation.

Lastly, here are some stats for those who like it:

Club reputation

Club estimated values

The best players in the world

Lastly, there was a bit of drama this last trading season. We purchased a few new players including the Chinese prodigy Zhao Zhengbin (375K) from Shanghai. The Israeli striker Din Gennish (775K). The goalie we got on a free transfer, Ukranian Igor Levchenko. Finally the big purchase, Francisco Javier Martinez was purchased from Olympique Lyonnais for 3.8M. Maybe a mistake, but that remains to be seen. Raphael Bohmann was the cause for my dissapointment however. He took a contract from Geneve FC and I got none of my 1.4M back for this player. So here is a pick of me considering playing Bohmann, but deciding not to play him.

From the games shown above, this one was a fun one. A 2x1 victory over ASS Riga. Highlight was Yannis Tafer from Riga, displaying an 8.6 performance.

Slesvig AAR pt.10 - Burnt

So, apparently I was killed in this next little stretch...

I can't say I'll lose much sleep over it. My new leader is just so much better.
King Wilfred I of Denmark was 32 years of age when he assumed the throne. He is married to Queen Roza. He became King around April of 1170.

Soon after, it also happened that my friend of the Holy Roman Empire decided to invite me to pick a fight with Sweden with him. I did, we pretty much spent the whole time protecting our land, until the emperor got tired and declared peace again. Aside from that, the children are continuing to grow. Princess Ida became a Grey Eminence (22,8,4,4,6).

Later in 1171, I declared that despite my German roots, that I identify more with the Danish people I rule. Or so he said.

Finally, here is a tree of the House Silenieks at this point in time, after the death of Leto.

Here is how the world looks today...

Later in 1173, Princess Trude also became of age, turning to be a Naive Appeaser (16,2,3,6,4). Similarly Karin became a Misguided Warrior

Slesvig AAR pt.9 - King Sceadwian the first assumes room temperature

 

Well, it was a great long run with this King, and I must say it was a good part of the dynasties history. We shall see which new King will be able to top this fellah. King Sceadwian I died on July 28th, 1159 at the tender age of 69. This leaves the Kingdom of Denmark to King Leto I, age 23, heir to the Barony of Schlutup and Husband of Queen Karin.

Not long after I found out how terrible this new king is. His attributes are actually pretty horrendous and it was very difficult to make friends with him. Which led to another conflict, where a fair number of my counties decided to rebel in an attempt to gain independence of Lybaek and a few other counties in the east. I was far from having enough troops to fight this war off, so I ended up hiring some mercenaries. I was glad at this point that I had so much cash saved from before around 2K, which was enough to pay for my mercenaries up until I ran out of money and was fortunately able to call for a white peace.

During this period I also managed to gain the title of King Leto the Fat. Not quite the Honor I was looking for but hey, it's better than nothing. So once this war ended I actually had to imprison the perp, Lord Mayor Branislav of Lybaek.

I am almost hoping now that the war is over that I could get King Leto dead so that his brother Baron Wilfred of Schlutup (yes I gave him the title) could take his place. As you can see he has much much better stats.

Finally around 1169 some of our vassals decided to fight each other. I decided this would be a good time to sit and watch them get weaker, I may decided to steal some of the land for myself before I die, that way my successor will inherit the land but not the infamy, hopefully. Oh oh, I can't forget, I actually fullfilled one of Leto's aspirations, to have a son, little Sceadwian, who may even become a King one day.

Slesvig AAR pt.7 - Diether

Unfortunately I seemed to have erased the original post #7. Not sure what happened. Anyway, here is the script until I manage to recover the post.

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I made some progress since the last post, but have not yet managed to take over Denmark. I was, however, made Chancellor of Denmark by the King. A nice ego booster for my character, and it definitely helps me accumulate prestige (which is at 1547 at this point). I also thought it may be a good idea to post a picture of the new acquired land of our Kingdom, a good chunk of the Baltic region.

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My toon's children are also getting ripe. Impiastra Silenieks for instance turned 16 in 1148, becoming a Detached Priest (6/10/7/4/12 - Dip/Mar/Stw/Int/Lrn). I thought I could get Impiastra do something for me...

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...Marry the King of Denmark, why not.

Here is a picture of the new Queen Impiastra of Denmark. Proud father tonight.

Next along came Martha, the Charismatic Negotiator (15/4/4/6/11). This daughter I planned some other special plan...

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.. to marry the Prince Diether of the Holy Roman Empire. Not too bad, I may be getting my foot on the Kingdom of Denmark and the Holy Roman land. It's been a good day. However, to offset the good, our revered Mayor Gotfred of Lykstad died at the age of 48 from Camp Fever. There was a funky bug running around that killed also a few of my courtsfolk.

Slesvig AAR pt.8 - Denmark is mine !

Some development since last post. All my children are now married as I married Prince Leto to the now Princess Amalia Caetani, an attractive italian noblewoman. Prince Wilfred got married off to Baroness Roza of Schlutup. Princess Benedikt married Neiniad ap Ednowain, mostly so they can spawn some good members to our dynasty. More than ever now we need some good genes in our pool. Karin was also married to Archambaud de Lusignan, a 35 year old with good genes and not enough prestige to say no to a matriarchal union.

In this last little bit I also managed to accomplish my current biggest goal, which was to take over the Kingdom of Denmark. On July 8th of 1153 King Jorgen I was sadly found dead due to misterious causes, it is a tragedy for sure :) but I think the only thing I can do now is to try and be a strong leader for my Kingdom.

Unfortunately, my appropriation of Denmark caused one of our new vassals to grow discontent. Duchess Birgitta I of Skane declared a civil war because she wanted me to "Lower crown authority". Bitch please ! If you want my throne now, as it is still cold, say it. We'll sort it out like civilized people, by slaughtering each others vassals. Which I did with the help of my good friends of the White Company and the Great Company.
 

Well, after such a bloody and costly conflict, we managed to offer a white peace to Birgitta. I just wanted the kingdom to go back to peace so we can build Denmark up. Then down the line force some claims on some other counties and duchies. Unfortunately, on our treck back to Slesvig, I encountered some rebels fighting in the Swedish province of Wolgast. I barely wanted to intervene, but in the cross fire I was actually hit in the head, causing me to become a cripple :/ Not really a nice thing to happen. My lovely wife decided to take of me, and now she is running the show until I pass.

Slesvig AAR pt.6 -

I made some progress since the last post, but have not yet managed to take over Denmark. I was, however, made Chancellor of Denmark by the King. A nice ego booster for my character, and it definitely helps me accumulate prestige (which is at 1547 at this point). I also thought it may be a good idea to post a picture of the new acquired land of our Kingdom, a good chunk of the Baltic region.

My toon's children are also getting ripe. Impiastra Silenieks for instance turned 16 in 1148, becoming a Detached Priest (6/10/7/4/12 - Dip/Mar/Stw/Int/Lrn). I thought I could get Impiastra do something for me...

...Marry the King of Denmark, why not.

At the bottom there is a picture of the new Queen Impiastra of Denmark. Proud father tonight.

Next along came Martha, the Charismatic Negotiator (15/4/4/6/11). This daughter I planned some other special plan...

.. to marry the Prince Diether of the Holy Roman Empire. Not too bad, I may be getting my foot on the Kingdom of Denmark and the Holy Roman land. It's been a good day. However, to offset the good, our revered Mayor Gotfred of Lykstad died at the age of 48 from Camp Fever. There was a funky bug running around that killed also a few of my courtsfolk.

ps. I think I forgot to mention on my previous post, but I switched out of Gavelkind some time back, and now have an elective system... kind of a big deal for my little Duchy, since I can safely hold my land without having to murder my children. I just felt it was needed after murdering my son a while back.

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