Perfectly Posh - A Peterborough United Adventure (FM 2013) Part 1 - Signing a Team & Backroom Staff

Posh Hire Surprisingly Fat Man as Manager!

Peterborough United chairman Chris Simpson announced that unknown American Tom Delgado, who played for the Posh reserve team for two seasons before moving on to play in San Marino, will be the man to lead them forward into the 2012-2013 season at London Road. Mr. Simpson made the hire even though he is believed to be looking to sell the club.

Delgado, 27, played professionally for Peterborough but never made a first team appearance, spending 2 seasons in the reserves before moving to Tre Fiori in the Campionato Sanmarinese, playing 33 matches over 4 seasons before retiring at the end of the 2009-2010 season.

"I am very happy to be sitting here today as the new manager of Peterborough United" Delgado said in a press conference held at London Road. "Through the connections made during my career as a footballer, I am putting the final pieces of my backroom staff together, and we'll truly be ready to get started and sign some talent in the coming weeks. I am well aware of the challenge ahead of me, as I believe we've been picked to finish last this season. With all due respect, I hope that you will be eating your words" Delgado added, believing that he can take Posh into the Premier League.

Delgado's first task will be to finalize his backroom staff, as the two coaches currently employed by the club, Marc Lindsey & Eoin Jess, have left the club via mutual termination.

RESTRICTIONS FOR 2012/2013 SEASON(self-imposed)
- Maximum wage per player of 15,000 pounds per week
- Maximum of 8 non-English players in first team

OOC: There is also a new competition added to the game via add-on, the FIFA Champions League. You can get it on FM-Base.

Perfectly Posh - A Peterborough United Adventure (FM 2013) Part 0 - A Preview of the Fuckery to Come!

In another attempt to start a long term save, I've decided to start a new game as Peterborough United in the npower (now Sky Bet) Championship. I've thrown some editor data into the mix to give myself a better chance though. All the edits made are below.

- League-specific wage budgets for the English teams so that they can sign players.
$5,000,000 wage budget for Premier League sides
$3,500,000 wage budget for Championship sides
$2,000,000 wage budget for League One sides
$1,000,000 wage budget for League Two sides
$500,000 wage budget for Conference Premier & North/South sides

- Free agent database (Every player and most staff are free agents, including all chairmen! This creates chaos to sign the top players at the start of the game. I personally like crapshoots like this.)

 Use of FM Genie Scout 13 & FMRTE 13 will not be allowed under punishment of facepalm. I've tipped the scale in my favor enough as it is! :P

NEXT POST: Our story begins...