Hopefully this is okay to post here guys but after feeling fatigued with PES21 and really struggling to build any kind of longevity with an FC25 career mode, I have mixed things up a bit for my next football fix.
The issues with eFootball 25 and the lack of offline modes is well known, especially with no Master League. However, personally, I find the gameplay pretty decent and I have decided to make a ‘mock’ Master League using some pretty firm ground rules using the MyLeague mode. Obviously the full immersion of ML will be missing but hopefully I can use this thread for people to follow my story and progress. With promotion, relegation and league titles on the cards there is still plenty to play for 👍🏻
I have opted for JEF United Chiba in the J2 League as my club of choice. They are a pretty successful team in Japan with a great history and fanbase, however they have recently found themselves down in the second tier of Japanese football. This gives me the chance to fight for promotion in the first instance and hopefully add some longevity to the save.
To begin with, I traded in all of my original MyTeam squad/packs so that I was able to sign all of the authentic JEF United players. Meaning we start the season with their current squad.
In the absence of the ability to create a manager, I opted for one of the lowest ranking Brazilian managers with an in-game face. As a result, our manager persona will be André Jardine (Current manager of Liga MX side America). This meant we headed into our 1st MyLeague season as shown below:
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We have made a positive start to our promotion push with 3 wins out of 3, and we currently sit top of the table. Performances have been okay but we have definitely flattered ourselves with a couple of the results. The last two games have been really cagey affairs but Derek has been clinical up front, meaning we have been able to snatch the wins.
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I mentioned that I would implement some strict ground rules to hopefully add some immersion and an ML feel to this save, these include:
- Progression set to manual, as a result player progression will only be decided by me and player stats will not automatically increase. My initial feeling is that I will wait until the end of the season and only those players who have had exceptional seasons (i.e a top scorer etc.) will be allocated progression points. Even then, this will be restricted to one or two points for key stats
- No player over the age of 30 can receive progression points
- New players can only be added to the the team at the end of each season and this will be limited to 3 new players each season
- J League rules will apply, meaning only 4 (J2) or 5 (J1) foreign players can be in the squad at any time
- Players cannot be added from teams in the same league, as this will effectively duplicate the player in the league
All games will be played on Superstar.
Hopefully this is okay to post as I know it is strictly not ML, however the premise is the same and hopefully the ground rules above mean we have a few seasons to run at this before it fizzles out 👍🏻
The ultimate goal will be promotion and to become J1 League Champions. JEF United have won the top flight previously in 1976 and 1985, prior to the formation of the J League in 1993.
Let’s bring the glory days back to Chiba