El Aprendiz: Tú eres Despedidos! -- Sign-up Thread

El Aprendiz: Tú eres Despedidos!

Vicente del Bosque: This is not a game. This is a job interview from hell.

From all corners of the world, 20 people have come to Madrid.

Vicente del Bosque: I don’t care where you come from, whether you started in a council flat, or born with a silver spoon in your mouth. All I’m looking for is someone who’s drop-dead shrewd.

They’re here to compete for a job worth €100,000, with a man famously hard to please.

Vicente del Bosque: No one’s gonna make a fool out of me!

Vicente del Bosque has built up a cabinet of 7 domestic titles. Now, for the first time, he’s on the hunt for an apprentice.

Vicente del Bosque: I think this has been a bloody disaster! And I promise you, amigo, you will be out that door so quick, you wouldn’t know what’s hit you.

To succeed, they’re going to have to play…and win against each other.

It’s the chance of a lifetime.

Vicente del Bosque: You went out and lost me money! You’re fired. You’re fired. You’re a total shambles, you’re fired.

The Idea

20 forumers replace the incumbent 20 managers of La Liga clubs. The managers are split into two teams and each week, Vicente del Bosque sets the teams a task, which equates to a Football Manager Objective. The scores of the two teams are added up and the losing team is called into the boardroom. From that team, one person will be fired.

The Sign-up

As with all my sign-ups, the sign-up form is relatively simple and requires you to choose from a few simple options to determine your manager profile. As well as your vital statistics such as name and nationality, you need to tell me how many years you have spent playing, as a coach, as an assistant, and as a manager. This must be between 0 and 10, and don’t ask why these are the limits. All managers will be born in the year 2009 – 18 – their past experience, although if this is less than 30 they will be born in 1977. If you want a female manager, please add that to the bottom of your sign-up form.

The Teams

All managers are split into two teams. Initially called the Yellows and the Reds, the managers can then decide democratically their team name, which they will keep for the rest of the sign-up. The teams will be based upon the media predictions of the clubs, so each team will be as strong as the other. As the sign-up progresses and managers are fired, the teams will be reshuffled to keep seedings.

The Project Manager

Each task will have two Project Managers, one for each team. At first, these are selected at random and the list is enacted until everyone remaining has spent time as Project Manager. After this, I choose new Project Managers based on the number of times they have been Project Manager and the recentness of these times. I reserve the right to appoint a Project Manager of my choosing for any given task. This year, the Project Manager plays a more vital role in the team. In the task, the Project Manager scores double points for the team, regardless of the nature of the task, as long as the result is countable.

Notes

Just to clarify, this is a sign-up, which means you do not have to play any of the tasks. However, you will need to be available to email or PM me with votes and defence speeches. For more information, see last year’s version.

If you took part in last year’s version, while you are allowed to compete again, you may want to let someone else compete instead. However, if you were in last year’s and you sign up, I’m not going to judge you as denying someone else’s opportunity. I reserve the right to reject and sign-up form outright without stating a reason.

A schedule will be released in due course, but we will probably get through one task per week, at least for the foreseeable future.

The following people are banned from entering this sign-up:

eldereth

frithleeds

The Sign-up Form

Manager Name:

Date and Month of Birth:

First Nationality:

Second Nationality (if applicable):

Years spent as a Player (0-10):

Years spent as a Coach (0-10):

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10):

Years spent as a Manager (0-10):

There is no need to keep a list, I will keep this all myself.

Manager Name: Pompey13

Date and Month of Birth: 17/08

First Nationality:English

Second Nationality (if applicable):-

Years spent as a Player (0-10):4

Years spent as a Coach (0-10):3

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10):6

Years spent as a Manager (0-10):4

Manager Name: Jeremy English

Date and Month of Birth: February 1st

First Nationality: English

Second Nationality (if applicable): Spanish

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 10

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 6

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 2

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 8

Manager Name: Tom Hamilton

Date and Month of Birth: 20th September

First Nationality: English

Second Nationality (if applicable): Australian

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 10

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 6

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 3

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 4

Manager Name: Magnus Vestergaard

Date and Month of Birth: 24/4

First Nationality: Swedish

Second Nationality (if applicable):

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 10

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 1

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 3

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 3

Manager Name: Desmond Tiny

Date and Month of Birth: 13 July

First Nationality: New Zealand

Second Nationality (if applicable): Portuguese

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 2

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 9

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 3

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 0

Looking forward to it Canvey Cannot wait to take control of the teams.

The Sign-up Form

Manager Name: William Hall

Date and Month of Birth: 27 August

First Nationality: Australia

Second Nationality (if applicable): France

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 0

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 3

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 5

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 2

Canvey!!

Seeing as you've entered my sign-up, I'll enter yours!

Manager Name: Andy McMorton

Date and Month of Birth: 12 July

First Nationality: Scotland

Second Nationality (if applicable): England

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 8

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 3

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 2

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 6

Sign-up Form

Manager Name: Maz Jiminez Fernandez III

Date and Month of Birth: 27 June

First Nationality: Spanish

Second Nationality (if applicable):

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 7

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 1

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 2

Years spent as a Manager (0-10):

Looking foward to this

Manager Name: Super Lampard

Date and Month of Birth: April 12th

First Nationality: English

Second Nationality (if applicable): n/a

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 5

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 8

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 1

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 5

Great to be involved this year canvey, read last years thread with great interest

Manager Name: Carlos Ferrari

Date and Month of Birth: Feb 20

First Nationality: Italian

Second Nationality (if applicable): San Marino

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 5

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 5

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 5

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 5

Manager Name: Jonathon Robertson

Date and Month of Birth: July 6th

First Nationality: English

Second Nationality (if applicable): n/a

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 6

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 4

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 3

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 5

Manager Name: Takeshi Morishima

Date and Month of Birth: 14th December

First Nationality: Japanese

Second Nationality (if applicable): Spanish

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 9

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 7

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 3

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 4

Manager Name: Tomaldinho

Date and Month of Birth: 20/09

First Nationality: Portuguese

Second Nationality (if applicable): Spanish

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 9

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 2

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 0

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 6

Hoping to redeem myself after the shameful demise from the Race for the Whitehouse

Manager Name: Robert Boyle

Date and Month of Birth: 29th of June

First Nationality: English

Second Nationality (if applicable): German

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 2

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 1

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 3

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 6

Come on me making it two out of two.

Manager Name: Harry Barker

Date and Month of Birth: 17th of July

First Nationality: English

Second Nationality (if applicable): Portuguese

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 8

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 3

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 0

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 4

Manager Name: Joe Tompkins

Date and Month of Birth: 16/04

First Nationality: English

Second Nationality (if applicable):

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 0

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 8

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 4

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 4

The Sign-up Form

Manager Name: Whoopy Dee'e (it's like Eto'o but better )

Date and Month of Birth: 1/4

First Nationality:English

Second Nationality (if applicable): New Zealand

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 9

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 2

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 1

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 5

I'm in this time, followed with interest for most of the last one and was gutted to have missed out.

Manager Name: Andy Bewick

Date and Month of Birth: 25/12/85

First Nationality: English

Second Nationality (if applicable):

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 4

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 5

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 0

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 3

Last years looked interesting - am lookin forward to this!!

Manager Name: Stewart Robertson

Date and Month of Birth: 5th August

First Nationality: Scottish

Second Nationality (if applicable): none

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 6

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 2

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 0

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 5

Really intrigued by this. Would be really chuffed to be involved.

Manager Name: Ken Co

Date and Month of Birth: 21/09

First Nationality: English

Second Nationality (if applicable): Spanish

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 10

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 6

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 6

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 10

Manager Name: Tyler Burrows

Date and Month of Birth: 14/07

First Nationality: Australian

Second Nationality (if applicable): South African

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 0

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 0

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 0

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 0

Never kicked around a soccer ball in my life, I come from a Rugby League background.

Manager Name: Haowan Madridstas

Date and Month of Birth: April 14th

First Nationality: Spanish

Second Nationality (if applicable): English

Years spent as a Player (0-10): 10

Years spent as a Coach (0-10): 2

Years spent as an Assistant Manager (0-10): 1

Years spent as a Manager (0-10): 5

I think I might have missed this

22 people have signed up if I'm not mistaken

Thats the count I got as well Sid

It appears as though I have missed out again:(

Really disappointed if true.

Yes, I'm afraid PluckaDuck and Haowan have missed out.

There's no guarantee of us moving onto the next stage today - it looks like Wednesday will be the starting date.

I am sure we can all wait til Wednesday. All I want to see now is which team I pull out, I still believe a mid table side is a better bet than a top or bottom team. Go under the radar and surprise everyone at the end.

We can wait until Wednesday canvey!!, no worries mate

I am sure we can all wait til Wednesday.

We can wait until Wednesday canvey!!, no worries mate

What's all this we? I for one don't want to wait until Wednesday, get it sorted canvey!!

Roll on wednesday!!! Looking forward to seeing who i get.

Missed out on The Apprentice and then missed out on the Race to the Whitehouse, now this

Let me in or you risk disqualification from the Predictions League

Yeah i can wait until wednesday. Hope i get a uefa cup team.

Villareal por favor

Racing or Barça... El Campions!

I'd want Sevilla or Athletico Madrid personally

Villareal would be my preference.

Real Madrid, Barcelona or Valencia! Definately hopin for a big gun!!

We are starting sooner than I thought - new thread is here.

dafuge, this one can now be closed.