Calcio II: Catenaccio Reloaded

[noikeee]

You're having an unlucky amount of crash dumps and problems, any add-ons like extra leagues messing it up maybe?

I kinda admire the will to keep going despite having to go a few seasons back, I'd lose all motivation completely.

[Deisler26]

You're having an unlucky amount of crash dumps and problems, any add-ons like extra leagues messing it up maybe?

I kinda admire the will to keep going despite having to go a few seasons back, I'd lose all motivation completely.

It could be. I have added and taken away leagues for sure. But, equally it could just be a specific thing (i.e the coaching bug). Thanks though, man. I'm enjoying the idea of getting catenaccio up the leagues so this is a labour of love really.

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, October 2012 Review

Results
03.10.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 2 Andria Bat (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Not a bad performance, but beaten by a superior team who took their chances.

07.10.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 1 San Marino (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Ivan Graziani lashed home early, only for us to concede again in the last 5 mins. Still, looking up.

14.10.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 0 Salerno (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
This lack of cutting edge is worrying. The defence seems to have sorted itself out however.

21.10.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 Atletico Arezzo (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
CALL THE F****** PRESIDENT!! Ivan Graziani gave us our first win of the season!

28.10.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 2 Renate (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Aaaand back to Earth. Ivan Graziani was injured in the match which ultimately saw him out until March

31.10.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 1 Savona (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Nicola Di Pivo hit his first goal of the season to put us 1-0 up. Alessandro Corvesi converted his goal at the near post to put us 2-0 up and not even a late effort which sailed over Rocchi's head from 20 yards could stop us.

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Due to Graziani's injury, I had to pick up a new striker, 37-year old Ex-Basel, Marseille and Hertha BSC player Christian Giménez.

[ron6632]

Just keep the faith - it will turn round eventually. Two wins in three is a good start! It's always horrible being on one of those winless runs where everything seems to conspire against you.

[Deisler26]

Just keep the faith - it will turn round eventually. Two wins in three is a good start! It's always horrible being on one of those winless runs where everything seems to conspire against you.

It's just disappointing. I'm not doing anything different, yet we're just not able to win. The other problem is Graziani out til March.

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, November 2012 Review

Results
04.11.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 1 Poggibonsi (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
A bobbled goal that trickled in was the difference here.

07.10.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 1 San Marino (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Ivan Graziani lashed home early, only for us to concede again in the last 5 mins. Still, looking up.

11.11.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 2 Trapani (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Christian Giménez scored his first goal for us, before a mistake and a mishit, floating shot with less than 10 mins to go downed us 1-2.

14.10.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 2 Pro Patria (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
A slo-mo, agonising OG put us behind the eight-ball and, although Stéphane Sarni headed home an equaliser on 63 minutes, we threw it away again.

28.10.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 1 Teramo (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Another slow, trickling, mis-hit shot found the back of our net early on to put us 0-1 down after 6 mins. However, a great freekick by Kuami Agboh brought us level and finally, we got our own late winner as Stéphane Sarni headed home at the far post from a deep corner

29.11.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 0 Mantova (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Couldn't score, neither could they. Happy ending.

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[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, December 2012 Review

Results
02.12.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 3 - 0 AlzanoCane (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Kadir Caldi's two headers from Agboh freekicks and a late one from Pedro Rosario meant we recorded our biggest win of the season against the bottom club.

09.12.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 1 Ravenna (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Nicola Del Pivo fired home early from 20 yards, only for us to concede via a Kadir Caldi OG.

16.12.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 0 Montichiari (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
We were strangely reticient to even attempt to get the ball forward in this game, preferring to play it around the midfield. Result? Bore draw.

23.12.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 1 Uniao Venezia (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
A 30 yard wonder strike from the full back put them up and it was left to Kadir Caldi to rescue us, heading home an equaliser on 81 minutes.

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There will be departures. I'm just not sure who will be coming in...

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, January 2013 Review

Results
13.01.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 3 - 0 Carpi (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
A few tweaks and WHAMMY! Luca Onorato's two goals and the opener from Nicola Del Pivo meant we started 2013 with a bang!

20.01.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 2 Cuneo (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Two mistakes. Two goals. We were soundly punished against the league leaders.

16.12.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 -1 Valenzana (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Utterly battered them. Result? 0-1 defeat. Arse.

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Transfers
No-one came in, but outgoing were D/WBL Nicolo Bacchiocci for £12k and DM Andrea Bricca for £10k , both to Teramo. Also leaving were D/WBR Andrea Iozza for £18k to Ancona and calamity keeper José Rocchi went on a free to Giacomonese

[deltablue]

Bit inconsistent, hope you pick things up.

[Deisler26]

Bit inconsistent, hope you pick things up.

Me too. We've done better recently, but still wildly inconsistent!

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, February 2013 Review

Results
03.02.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 Cosenza (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Luca Onorato scored our only goal in the 92nd minute to give us a priceless win!

10.02.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 3 - 1 Andria Bat (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
What a win against the league leaders! New signing Andrea Castellano got the ball rolling with a delightful chip and then a double from Luca Onorato sealed the deal

17.02.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 -1 San Marino (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Club captain Ivan Graziani made his long-awaited return from injury, but couldn't help us beat the opposition.

24.02.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 -1 Salerno (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
We're playing quite impotently, something needs to be mixed up.
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Transfers
I picked up MRC Andrea Castellano on a free after he was released by Serie A side Catania

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[Deisler26]

Awesome intake, I see....

[abulezz]

Lol - its always such a let down when you get an intake like that

[deltablue]

Not a vintage year

[City2000]

Just catching up, great to see you up and running again.

Hopefully you can get some consistent form to finish the season off.

[Pangaea]

Send 'em off to the dole.

[Deisler26]

Send 'em off to the dole.

Maggie would be proud!

[AK22]

Yep, I'd be binning every single one of those youngsters, shattering their football dreams, and telling them they'd be better off getting a job in a drive-thru restaurant of their choice

[Pangaea]

Maggie would be proud!

Maggie would have them executed

[Deisler26]

Not a vintage year

I think that's putting it mildly.

[Deisler26]

Yep, I'd be binning every single one of those youngsters, shattering their football dreams, and telling them they'd be better off getting a job in a drive-thru restaurant of their choice

I wonder what the Italian equivalent of that is?

[Deisler26]

Maggie would have them executed

"These youngsters are not for signing"

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, March 2013 Review

Results
03.03.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 1 Arezzo (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
This is officially a slump and I am worried. Graziani, Giménez et al couldn't hit a bull in the arse with a bass fiddle!

20.03.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 2 Renate (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
We had two games called off due to snow so we ended up with a huge backlog. Ivan Graziani equalised after we went down to a 25 yard rocket. However, a late strike condemmed us to our fourth defeat in a row. This defeat dropped us into the relegation playout.

24.03.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 -0 Trapani (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
A win is a win. And I'll take it any way I can. We triumphed with an own-goal early on.

27.03.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 0 Savona (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Two in a row? Am I dreaming? Nicola Del Pivo stabbed home to open the scoring and FINALLY Christian Giménez scored, after 15 HOURS without a goal.

30.03.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 0 Pro Patria (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
A great, battling point against a promotion-chasing side.

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After the Renate game, both Christian Giménez and Kuami Agboh announced their retirement. Agboh will stay on as our youth coach and I will be looking to sign up Giménez to try and create a 'Boot Room' atmosphere at the club.

[Deisler26]

This isn't as bad as it could have been, simply through thr emergence of Luca Onorato.

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, April 2013 Review

Results
03.04.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 3 - 2 Poggibonsi (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Christian Giménez seemed to react to his impending retirement with gusto, netting two in this contest, including the game winner as Poggibonsi came from two behind after Kadir Caldi headed home the opener

07.04.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 4 - 0 Teramo (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Another game, another two goals from Christian Giménez. Add to that, goals from Luca Onorato and Luca Graziani and we had a good old fashioned spanking.

10.04.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 3 - 3 Mantova (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
This game had everything. Mantova had a player red-carded early on, but proceded to take a 0-2 lead over us by HT as we also lost a player to a red. Fabio Cozza dismissed for a two-footed tackle. Angry, I tore into the team. Luca Onorato then proceded to score a second-half hat-trick to put us up 3-2 on 88 mins. However, the Mantova striker complete his own hat-trick on 92 mins to cap a thrilling 3-3 draw.

24.04.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 4 - 0 AlzanoCene (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Christian Giménez netted another two and Luca Onorato scored his fourth and fifth goals in just two games as we hammered the bottom club

28.04.12
Santarcangelo Calcio 4 - 1 Ravenna (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Christian Giménez continued his remarkable scoring form (when it doesn't matter!). Nicola Del Pivo poked home for the third and Ivan Graziani lashed home the fourth into the top corner.

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[deltablue]

Wow, definitely flying now.

[Deisler26]

Wow, definitely flying now.

When it doesn't matter

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, May 2013 Review

Results
05.05.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 Montichiari (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Luca Onorato scored our only goal as he rounded the keeper and slotted home just after half-time!

10.02.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 1 Venezia (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
A disappointing end to the season. We conceded a freak goal and just couldn't break through.

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Well, we finished 12th again. A terrible start, inconsistent middle and good ending saw that we would at least have another season above ground. A few decisions need to be made in the off-season/pre-season though and another run needs to be taken at the board for training/youth upgrades.

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[Deisler26]

[withnail316]

I've signed Agboh on multiple occasions (indeed, he's in my Trapani side in my latest career) and he's always been a bit of a legend for me.

Hope you won't miss him too much!

[Deisler26]

I've signed Agboh on multiple occasions (indeed, he's in my Trapani side in my latest career) and he's always been a bit of a legend for me.

Hope you won't miss him too much!

I fear I will...

[Deisler26]

2013-14 Coppa Italia Lega Pro, Group E
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Ancona
Prato
Santarcangelo
San Marino
Savona

Winning a game. My only hope.

[B.W.G]

Solid season which hopefully has laid the foundations for a improvement for you.

[HotChocolate]

Absolute cracking thread

Can't believe I missed it! I spend a good half hour in college reading it all. It is brilliant

[Deisler26]

Solid season which hopefully has laid the foundations for a improvement for you.

I hope so. The lack of rep and my insistance in trying to buy Italian means we're not picking up much in the way of bargains/talent.

[Deisler26]

Absolute cracking thread

Can't believe I missed it! I spend a good half hour in college reading it all. It is brilliant

Thanks man! Much appreciated!

[rancer890]

Been following for a while, but didn't post here yet.

Hopefully you can get a good start in the next season and progress up the table.

And that intake is horrible!

[Deisler26]

Been following for a while, but didn't post here yet.

Hopefully you can get a good start in the next season and progress up the table.

And that intake is horrible!

Thanks man! Yeah, me too. I'd far rater try to stop sinking from 6th than 14th!

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, Pre-season/August 2013 Review

Pre-Season
Well, pre-season arrived and I had some work to do. Kuami Agboh and Christian Giménez did retire and became part of my backroom staff. The first thing I then did was to approach the board for some youth funding, both at junior and youth recruitment level. Both times I was laughed out of the office. I also requested some extra coaches and was given that. This resulted in an extra GK Coach and Fitness Coach. I also replaced my Ass Man with a better version. I took a long time scouting this season, so much so that we only started doing deals in the back-end of August. We were given the brief of making mid-table again and given a £1k transfer budget and a £6.25k wage budget, again £2k down on last season's totals.

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Results
21.08.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 2 San Marino (Coppa Italia Lega Pro, Group E )
Ivan Graziani twice gave us the lea, before being pegged back by wondergoals each time. We lost debutant Marek Kysela to a torn hamstring until the New Year as well.

28.08.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 Ancona (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
In the battle of Valentino Mazzola, we triumphed thanks to a Luca Onorato finish that was called dubiously onside! There were 13 yellow cards and one red, for Ancona, in this battle royale.

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Transfers
I tried to keep the main core of players together and I succeded in the main. Free transfers in were ST Pierre Pindi, ST José, DC Marek Kysela and DC/DM Thomas Battaglia. Along with that, the usual assortment of loans; DR Francesco De Prosperis, DL Gugelimo Amendola and DM Francesco Liotti from AS Roma; DL Nicolo Belloti, DM Andrea Congiu and AMC Nicolo Lini from Brescia Calcio and finally, DC Luigi Dalla Libera from Padova.

Leaving the club was one solitary player, MLC Pietro Panico who was sold to Turris for £30k, all of which was shoved onto the wage budget

[Deisler26]

Hooray! From bottom two years in a row, to this!

[deltablue]

That's a good step in the right direction.

[Deisler26]

Awww yeaaah!

[Pangaea]

Good news on many fronts there. Good luck for the new season. Let's hope this is a good omen for what is to come.

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, September 2013 Review

Results
04.09.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 1 Savona (Coppa Italia Lega Pro, Group E)
Juuuust couldn't get going.

08.09.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 3 - 3 Venezia (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Goals galore in this one. Luca Onorato put us ahead after a minute, then levelled it up at 2-2 on 56 minutes. Andrea Castellano then bulleted home a header to make it 3-2, but we again failed to close it out late on, conceding in the 85th minute.

11.09.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 3 - 0 Prato (Coppa Italia Lega Pro, Group E)
We needed to win to get past the Group Stage for the first time in 3 years. And win we did, with goals from Nicola Del Pivo, Ivan Graziani and Paolo Beatrizzotti. This win, coupled with an Ancona loss, meant we qualified in first place for the First Round.

15.09.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 2 Como (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Impotent display against the recently-relegated league leaders.

22.09.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 Ancona (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
The own goal decided this as José's shot came back off the post and then in off the keeper's head

29.09.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 2 Cosenza (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Nicola Del Pivo bundled in from close range early on, but a shot that barely cleared the line and another late goal sealed our fate.

[Deisler26]

I now don't have enough players for 7 subs....

[withnail316]

Ouch.

Is Italy renowned for injuries in FM, or is this simply coincidence?

[Deisler26]

Ouch.

Is Italy renowned for injuries in FM, or is this simply coincidence?

I struggled terribly in my first season. Second wasn't too bad. Seem to get a lot of in-game injuries.

[Deisler26]

Seriously, is this what I'm doomed to? A constant cycle?

[withnail316]

Administration for less than a million quid? Seems a little extreme!

I can see either a fire sale or a mystery businessman on the horizon. I hope for your sake it's the latter.

[Deisler26]

Administration for less than a million quid? Seems a little extreme!

I can see either a fire sale or a mystery businessman on the horizon. I hope for your sake it's the latter.

I had this in my first season. The big problem is the club came up from Serie D, so there's no fanbase to speak, I'm not doing well, which means no promotion and cash and my best players would not cover even half that debt..

[Deisler26]

[withnail316]

Are you considering your position yet? Looks like a rough ride ahead, and if you've already experienced it in this career, it might be for the best...

[Deisler26]

Are you considering your position yet? Looks like a rough ride ahead, and if you've already experienced it in this career, it might be for the best...

I've just been linked with ex-C1 side Monza. To be brutally honest, I want to take Santarcangelo up more than anything.

[withnail316]

Just gone back and read your entire thread. Wow. A hell of a crash dump and TWO admins is just so harsh. Hope you can stick it out.

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, October 2013 Review

Results
02.10.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 0 Pizzighettone (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
We gifted them their first point of the campaign with a terrible display.

06.10.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 1 Monza (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
The winning goal was fumbled into the net by Miceli. And that was the brightest point.

09.10.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 1 Giacomonese (Coppa Italia Lega Pro First Round)
We were up against last year's C2/A winners and we took the lead with Luigi Dalla Libera's first goal for the club. We then doubled our money with a José strike, his first for the club and overall for 15 hours!.

13.10.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 Renate (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
José again popping up with a goal to give us a tight match.

20.10.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 Lecco (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Ivan Grazianil got his name on the scoresheet for this one, netting a close range finish.

27.10.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 San Marino (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
A wonder-strike from José settled this contest, propelling us up the table.

30.10.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 2 AS Cittadella (Coppa Italia Lega Pro Second Round)
Ivan Grazianinetted to put him third in the scorer's chart, but by this time, we were 0-2 down and being tought a lesson by the high-flying C1/B side.

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[Deisler26]

[Deisler26]

Just gone back and read your entire thread. Wow. A hell of a crash dump and TWO admins is just so harsh. Hope you can stick it out.

Thanks man. Me too, I just hope I'm not dumped on the scrapheap!

[Pangaea]

Looks rough. Hopefully you get a loan or something that will at least take care of the worst financial burden. For now.

[Deisler26]

Looks rough. Hopefully you get a loan or something that will at least take care of the worst financial burden. For now.

Thanks man. I'm just wondering whether we can renegotiate our CVA?

[Deisler26]

And back to Square 1 for the third time..

[Deisler26]

A debut to remember for this fella.

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, November 2013 Review

Results
03.11.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 0 Mantova (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
A decent, if dull 0-0.

06.11.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 2 Salerno (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Nicolo Belloti scored from over 35 yards with a freak effort to put us 1-0 up, but a stonewall penalty and Mannone-esque antics from my keeper saw us go down 1-2.

10.11.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 Turris (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Luca Onorato rounded the keeper and stroked home on 28 minutes to give us the win.

17.11.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 1 Carpi (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Ivan Graziani put us in the lead before we conceded another soft penalty to send us in at the break tied. Late on in the match, I sent on 17 year old debutant ST Pierre Pindi and his first contribution was to roof the ball high into the net to give us a great win against the league leaders.

20.11.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 0 Messina (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Ivan Grazianil popped up again to give us the lead before Luca Onorato stabbed home in a meleé to double the score and give us the win.

24.11.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 0 Cuneo (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Another dull game, we seem to be scoring goals by commitee at the minute.

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[Deisler26]

Wow. The Club's current worth is £75k. It's loan debt? £400k. Mind: Blown.

[noikeee]

A bit bizarre that after turning back the time machine, things have gone worse. Finances are always a nightmare in the italian lower leagues...

I loved the April update. 3-2, 4-0, 3-3, 4-0 and 4-1. Is this really the Catenaccio thread?

[Pangaea]

Can'tenaccio surely?

[deltablue]

Shame about the financial trouble. Will you go if you can't take them up this year?

[AK22]

Better call the Mafia, they might be able to help

At least things on the pitch are going pretty well.

[HotChocolate]

You just seem to be a bit unlucky, don't know if you'd noticed

[Deisler26]

Shame about the financial trouble. Will you go if you can't take them up this year?

Definitely, I'm here until Serie A (or until they sack me!)

[Deisler26]

You just seem to be a bit unlucky, don't know if you'd noticed

I keep on going

[Deisler26]

Better call the Mafia, they might be able to help

At least things on the pitch are going pretty well.

I've just bought a job lot of horse's heads!

[Deisler26]

A bit bizarre that after turning back the time machine, things have gone worse. Finances are always a nightmare in the italian lower leagues...

I loved the April update. 3-2, 4-0, 3-3, 4-0 and 4-1. Is this really the Catenaccio thread?

Well, yeah. The club really isn't producing, but it's still fun. And yeah, Giménez went on a bit of tear after he confirmed he was retiring...

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, December 2013 Review

Results
01.12.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 1 Savona (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Luca Onorato slotted home to give us the lead, but we were pegged back after heavy pressure.

08.12.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 1 Ravenna (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Again, José fired home early to give us the lead and again, we conceded late on to draw.

15.12.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 Portosummaga (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
They missed an early penalty, before Ivan Graziani made them pay in first half injury time.

22.12.13
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 0 Poggibonsi (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
We mustered 2 shots on goal. They mustered 0. That's the story of this game.

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I'm pretty set for the transfer window. Possibly pick up a loan striker as I have two injured atm, but otherwise, I'm sorted.
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[Deisler26]

Never seen this before...

[HotChocolate]

I've seen that before

It's disheartening so you have my sympathy

[cerud]

Wow! That is new. Realistic, I guess, which is good.

[withnail316]

Weird. I could understand them selling players, but signing them?? Have you scouted him?

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, January 2014 Review

Results
19.01.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 Como (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Ivan Graziani finished well in the 5th minute to give us a priceless win.

22.01.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 2 Uniao Venezia (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
We were totally outplayed and were lucky to get nil.

26.01.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 0 Ancona (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
We just could not break through. Disappointing.

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We only picked up one player in the window. A D/WB/ML off the free transfer list, Emiliano Ponti. He'll be a permanent solution to the DL position, as I have two loan DL's.

[Deisler26]

Weird. I could understand them selling players, but signing them?? Have you scouted him?

I've had my eye on him since the beginning of the season. Constant scout reports too.

[noikeee]

Did you put a bid and then they negotiated, or did they decide to go for him on their own?

[Deisler26]

Did you put a bid and then they negotiated, or did they decide to go for him on their own?

I signed him on a Bosman. I could only offer him £325p/w at Key Player too.

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, February 2014 Review

Results
02.02.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 1 Cosenza (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Conceded an easy goal then struggled to beat the league leaders.

09.02.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 3 Pizzighettone (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Ivan Graziani put us in the lead early on and things looked rosy. However, a bad deflection and two own-goals meant our worst defeat of the season to the bottom club .

16.02.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 Monza (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Luca Onorato broke an 11-hour goal drought and gave us our first win in a good while.

23.02.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 5 - 1 Renate (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Ivan Graziani's hat-trick propelled us to this monumentous win. It was topped off with a Sebastian Mladen header and a late cool finish from Luca Onorato.

[Deisler26]

2013-14 Youth Intake



That's more like it..

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, March 2014 Review

Results
02.03.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 3 Lecco (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Torn apart is the only word for it.

09.03.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 0 San Marino (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
A good point against a promotion-chasing side.

12.03.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 2 Salerno (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Same old pattern. Concede an early strike, look lightweight upfront, concede late on.

16.03.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 3 Mantova (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
José's equaliser gave us hope at 1-1, but another own goal and a mistake put the game out of reach.

23.03.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 1 Turris (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
A dull defeat to a relegation-haunted club by a 30 yard rocket. I'm getting bored of typing it now..

[Deisler26]

Finally! Only 6 months later...

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, April 2014 Review

Results
06.04.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 3 - 0 Carpi (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Woah! Where did this come from? We stunned the league leaders with goals from Luca Onorato, Nicolo Lini and José

09.04.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 2 Messina (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Next.

19.04.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 0 Cuneo (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Francesco Liotti almost broke the net with the opener and Andrea Castellano tapped home to give us a good win.

23.04.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 1 Savona (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Luca Onorato equalised midway through the second half to cap a decent fightback.

27.04.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 1 Ravenna (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Luca Onorato and Sebastian Mladen were our goal heroes after going 0-1 down early on.

[Deisler26]

Santarcangelo Calcio, May 2014 Review

Results
04.05.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 1 Portosummaga (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Sigh. Same old, same old.

11.05.14
Santarcangelo Calcio 3 - 1 Poggibonsi (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A)
Luca Onorato's double and an own goal meant that we finished on a high for the season.

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We finished 11th this time. AGAIN, a decent challenge up to January (and we had the lowest goals conceded too), but it all fell apart again. As usual, the off-season will be trying to get more money into the youth/junior system and praying to God we don't go into receivership again.

Top goalscorer was Luca Onorato with 12 league goals, second was Ivan Graziani. Most assists went to Nicola Del Pivo with 6, ahead of Andrea Castellano with 4. Top rating was Andrea Castellano's 7.03, narrowly beating out Luca Onorato's 6.98.

[Pangaea]

Sounds like a frustrating season. Good luck with the summer dealings and next season. Let's hope you manage to take a step in the right direction and the financial sharks stay in deep water.

[B.W.G]

Very frustrating season for you,hopefully things will improve for you and that you can start moving up the table next season.

[HotChocolate]

Slow and steady wins the race

[Deisler26]

Sounds like a frustrating season. Good luck with the summer dealings and next season. Let's hope you manage to take a step in the right direction and the financial sharks stay in deep water.

Thanks man. I think it works out that we're paying out about £25k p/m in loan/CVA payments. So I'm not convinced we'll stay out of receivership. I should be in Serie D right now for financial irregularities!

[Deisler26]

Very frustrating season for you,hopefully things will improve for you and that you can start moving up the table next season.

I really hope so. Mainly I hope we don't collapse in the final part of the season. The only time we didn't struggle at the end, we struggled at the beginning!

[Deisler26]

Slow and steady wins the race

We're slow. But not steady

[abulezz]

In FM, when your team hits a bad run of form, its almost always catastrophic!

[Deisler26]

[Pangaea]

I know. Bad form is like getting a shotgun wound in the forehead. It doesn't heal quickly.

[Deisler26]

A quick review of the second time round

2011-12 Santarcangelo Calcio; 12th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
2012-13 Santarcangelo Calcio; 12th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
2013-14 Santarcangelo Calcio; 11th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A

[Deisler26]

Excellent

[deltablue]

Mot much progress yet, surely soon though.

[Deisler26]

Mot much progress yet, surely soon though.

Progress has been made. In an odd way.