Raware Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Ah! Unlucky in the playoffs To stay or to go now...that's the question. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 3, 2009 Author Share Posted September 3, 2009 Ah! Unlucky in the playoffs To stay or to go now...that's the question. I'll probably go. But I'll want to sign Luke Freeman on a permanent deal for them before I leave. I actually declared interest in the Ajax job, and their chairman was considering me, so I think I'll be able to get a top 4 club in France, Germany, or Holland if there are any vacancies. EDIT: I'm going to leave. You will understand in my end of season update. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 3, 2009 Author Share Posted September 3, 2009 2015-2016 Gillingham England - Championship Media Prediction: 8th Finishing Position: 6th Past Positions FA Cup: lost at Crystal Palace in 3rd Round (2-0) League Cup: lost in 3rd Round (Leeds, on penalties) Squad Squad Transfers Transfers Future Transfers - Craig McLean, Harmen Nijhuis Finances Finances Key Players GK - Markus Rosengren DR/DC - Vasco Bianchi DC - Dedryck Boyata DC - Kees Janssen MR - Javier MR - Johan Roest ML/MC - Adem Roxstrom ST - Andreas Wojtanowicz ST - Luke Freeman Club Information Affiliations Overview - chairman wants to leave the club. I might as well leave. Stadium/Facilities Goals for the Future while with Gills sign Luke Freeman on permanent transfer other find a top club in France, Germany, or Holland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Unlucky in the play-offs. Ajax is a good job. I guess we will find out who you are manager of soon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 3, 2009 Author Share Posted September 3, 2009 Unlucky in the play-offs.Ajax is a good job. I guess we will find out who you are manager of soon Feyenoord are interested too. PSV were somewhat interested couple years ago. With my continental rep, I'll find a job I like. There's no way I'm staying in England though. I hate work permits. Prevents me from signing Canadians. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 The Most Interesting Summer. July 1: I resign from Gillingham with immediate effect. July 1: Ajax sack their manager. July 1: NEC sack their manager. July 3: I resign from Senegal. July 3: I sign with Greece. July 4: Ajax job unsuccessful. July 5: Applied for Celtic and AS Saint-Etienne. July 6: AS Saint-Etienne job unsuccessful. July 6: Celtic job offered, and delayed for one week. July 12: Celtic job accepted. Transfer Budget: $31 million Wage Budget: $68 million/year My contract is 3 year/$4.5 million, so $1.5 million per year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raware Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Well done on the two new jobs rancer. So, we can expect some trophies coming your way now then? You've got a hefty budget too, any idea who you'll be bringing in? Any ex-Gills players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 Well done on the two new jobs rancer. So, we can expect some trophies coming your way now then? You've got a hefty budget too, any idea who you'll be bringing in? Any ex-Gills players Yes. Trophies will be coming, along with my second taste of European football. (remember Distillery was my first ) I'm trying to sign former Gills player Renzo Gallo again. I have already stolen (with a bit of bribery), my Ass Man Sandy Stewart, a GK coach, a coach with Senegal, all with The Gills who left with me, and my English, Norwegian, and Swedish scouts at Gillingham. Right now I'm trying to trim my wages and get rid of players who I don't need. (like transfer listing some for $0) The Gills are in the process of a board takeover so I think there's probably a transfer embargo atm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 Celtic Pre-season July 12: at Morton - W 2-0 July 20: vs Fulham - W 2-0 July 22: at Tokyo Metro Feliz - W 2-0 July 25: vs Juventus - L 0-2 July 29: at Getafe - L 1-2 July 2016 27th: vs APOEL - Champions League Champions Qualifying 2nd Round Leg 1 - W 3-0 - Lee Cattermole, Stuart McGwire (2) Solid win in my first competitive match. August 2016 3rd: at APOEL - Champions League Champions Qualifying 2nd Round Leg 2 - D 0-0 Not the best result, but we move on. 6th: vs St. Mirren - Premier League - W 2-1 - Mark Wilson, Tomislav Pavlov Close game, but I get my first SPL win. 10th: vs Bohemians - Champions League Champions Qualifying 3rd Round Leg 1 - W 1-0 - Lee Cattermole Cattermole scored in the 82nd minute, but I'll take the wins for now... 14th: at Hibernian - Premier League - L 0-1 First SPL loss...on a 90th minute goal. 20th: vs Dundee United - Premier League - W 1-0 - Lee Cattermole We only win by one, but it's 3 points. 24th: at Bohemians - Champions League Champions Qualifying 3rd round Leg 2 - D 1-1 - Lee Cattermole Cattermole scores in the 91st minute, to avoid E/T and help Celtic advance to the Group Stages. It was a subpar performance. 28th: at Aberdeen - Premier League - L 0-1 Bad game, and we were down to 10 for 2/3 of the match. Standings Transfers Transfers (after July 12) IN: Manfred Maier Adam Bogdan Alex Pelle Floren Javier Hugo Kildal Felix Oduro OUT: Kevin Cawley - surplus of requirements Paul Caddis - don't need a $2.1 million backup Blake Ellison (regen AMR) - not in my plans David Ball - I won't play him and making over $500k, $0 + 50% of next sale clause to Pompey. Gordon Thomas - loaned out with future agreed fee Steven Law - see above Tomislav Pavlov - surplus of requirements Andrew Turner - not needed, and had to get some funds back from my old team Daniel Philliskirk - when in doubt, sell to Man City Petar Skuletic - don't need a third striker making over a million per year I still need to find a good striker. They're all only average, and Scott McDonald is getting old... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Anyone who beats Bo*s is a friend of mine. Wearing my Rovers jersey now, only back from our match. Thanks for keeping up my good mood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 You can't get away from the UK at club level I had a feeling Javier would join you A decent ST should pop up with around $20mil left if you get 100% transfers back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 MeLikeFM: You're welcome mate. Bohemians were pretty tough. If they won, they would have went to the Group Stages! Good thing that didn't happen. Welsh Wizard: I'm trying my best to leave UK. I definitely won't manage an Irish or Welsh club team though. I don't need a decent ST. I need someone better than my current group. I could have signed a Brazilian striker for $9 million but he signed for Stuttgart. And forgot this: Champions League Group Stage (we are 4th seed) Group A: Dortmund, Zurich, Man Utd, Dinamo Kiev Group B: Besiktas, Lyon, Salzburg, Juventus Group C: Standard, Porto, Celtic, Barcelona Group D: sc Heerenveen, Arsenal, Olympiakos, Valencia Group E: Spartak Moscow, Marseille, Hoffenheim, Liverpool Group F: Galatasaray, Benfica, Wisla, AC Milan Gorup G: Real Madrid, IFK Goteborg, Fiorentina, Red Star Group H: Chelsea, Rapid Wien, Atletico Madrid, PSV Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 Celtic September 2016 10th: at Falkirk - Premier League - L 0-3 An embarrassment. We got totally outplayed. 13th: at Porto - Champions League - W 2-1 - Stuart McGwire, Manfred Maier I'm very pleased with the win, thanks to a bit of luck (Porto had a player red carded in the 39th minute) 17th: vs Kilmarnock - Premier League - W 2-1 - Stuart McGwire, Michael Hughes A nice come from behind win by the squad. 21st: vs Dunfermline - Scottish Cup 3rd Round - W 4-2 - Scott McDonald, Alex, Stuart McGwire (2) Another good win in the Scottish Cup. Next? We're travelling to Ibrox for the QF. 24th: at Motherwell - Premier League - D 1-1 - Scott McDonald We were down 2 men by the end of this match, so I'm relieved with the draw. I'm surprised that we scored our first away league goal and got our first away league points of the season. 28th: vs Barcelona - Champions League - L 0-2 I expected a loss so no complaints here. Standings UCL Group Stages (A-D) UCL Group Stages (E-H) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 Celtic October 2016 2nd: at Dundee United - Premier League - W 2-1 - Nathan Delfouneso (2) We finally get an away league win. 15th: vs Hearts - Premier League - W 3-1 - Manfred Maier, Stuart McGwire (2) We dominated most of this game, and limited Hearts to 2 shots. 19th: at Standard - Champions League - L 2-4 - Stuart McGwire, Manfred Maier Shocking result. We were down 3-0 after 25 minutes and 4-1 at halftime. We should have done better. 23rd: vs Rangers - Premier League - W 5-1 My first derby match as Celtic manager went very well. 26th: at Rangers - League Cup Quarter-Final - D 2-2 (lost 4-5 on penalties) We lost on penalties, but the board didn't lose much sleep over this game. 29th:at Airdire United - Premier League - D 0-0 It was an even game. Both teams were down to 10 men in the latter part of the game. I injured 3 of their players, all gone for 2-3 weeks. Standings UCL Group Stages (A-D) UCL Group Stages (E-H) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 Celtic November 2016 1st: vs Standard - Champions League - W 2-1 - Lorenzo Testa, Stuart McGwire We win the home leg against Standard. One step closer to going to a knockout round, whether Europa League or Champions League. 6th: at St. Mirren - Premier League - W 3 -1 - Scott McDonald, Mike Wells, Nathan Delfouneso We score 3 unanswered goals to for another league win. 12th: vs Hibernian - Premier League - W 3-1 - Felix Oduro, Nathan Delfouneso, Scott McDonald Tied 1-1 past the 80th minute, I change to a more attacking tactic, and score 2 goals in 3 minutes to win. 19th: at Dundee United - Premier League - W 4-1 - Nathan Delfouneso (2), Lorenzo Testa, Alex This time we score 4 unanswered goals against relegation threatened Dundee United. 23rd: vs Porto - Champions League - W 1-0 - Scott McDonald We hang on for the win after scoring in the 34th minute, and resisting pressure from Porto in the latter half of the game. Standings UCL Group Stage (A-D) UCL Group Stage (E-H) Don't forget to rate my thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raware Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Finally picked up your league form, good job as i think sitting behind Rangers wouldn't of gone down too well with the Celtic board What a great result against the Gers and Delfouneso looks like he's performing well! How many goals has he got now? Also, rated your thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 Finally picked up your league form, good job as i think sitting behind Rangers wouldn't of gone down too well with the Celtic board What a great result against the Gers and Delfouneso looks like he's performing well! How many goals has he got now?Also, rated your thread. Delfouneso has 8 goals in 24 games (although he has 8 goals in 14 league games, which means ZERO goals in European play). I fancy Stuart McGwire a bit more. He's only 21, and the $350k signing from St. Mirren a couple years back has 14 goals in 25 games (SPL and Europe) I'll love it if the Gers to finish outside the top 2. I got the next Ronaldo coming in June (he's not 18 by next transfer window) from a Brazilian club and a young GK. Leaving will be some players who are on high wages and I'm not playing much. We face AC Milan in the 1st Knockout Round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Well done in euro. It will be hard to get past AC. League is looking good and it would be funny if the Gers finished out the top 2. I voted when I first read it 5* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 Celtic December 2016 3rd: Aberdeen - Premier League - W 4-0 - Scott McDonald, Nathan Delfouneso, Dion Smyth, Lorenzo Testa A good win even though Aberdeen had more possession. We just had more scoring opportunities. 6th: at Barcelona - Champions League - L 0-2 Expected result, although once again we hung tough till goals in the 62nd and 69th minutes. 10th: vs Falkirk - Premier League - W 2-1 - Alex, Stuart McGwire A win against Falkirk moves us within 1 point of the league leaders. 18th: at Kilmarnock - Premier League - W 1-0 - Danny Swanson It wasn't a pretty game, but a win is a win. 26th: vs Motherwell - Premier League - W 3-1 - Javier, Nathan Delfouneso, Stuart McGwire Another solid to expand our league lead. Standings UCL Group Stage (A-D) UCL Group Stage (E-H) UCL 1st Knockout Round January transfers: still want a leading SPL quality striker. Maybe also a depth ML and DL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 Well done in euro. It will be hard to get past AC.League is looking good and it would be funny if the Gers finished out the top 2. I voted when I first read it 5* Actually Celtic finished 8th a couple seasons back. And then promptly won the league last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 League form has improved well done. KUTGW !!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 Thanks MeLikeFM. I'm nearly the end of January, and the transfer season has been busy. I'm starting to experience what Raware experienced with his time with the Gers... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raware Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Oh dear...looks like you'll have to start your rebuilding now! I had to do it 3 times in 4 years! There's a thread currently in GD which is discussing the same thing about players wanting to leave. Another reason why I knocked FM09 on the head and reverted back to FM08. Hope you manage to keep most of your players and get some decent replacements in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 Oh dear...looks like you'll have to start your rebuilding now! I had to do it 3 times in 4 years! There's a thread currently in GD which is discussing the same thing about players wanting to leave. Another reason why I knocked FM09 on the head and reverted back to FM08.Hope you manage to keep most of your players and get some decent replacements in. I don't mind the rebuilding. I always do a lot of building in the first couple transfer windows no matter which team I play as. I know I'm the feeder club to the bigger teams, but I'm also the parent club to Swedish and Norwegian teams. It can only help with the Scandinavian domination of Scotland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 I rebuild my team every transfer window. Celtic January 2017 4th: at Hearts - Premier League - W 1-0 - Stuart McGwire A good win but McGwire is out for a couple months. 7th: vs East Fife - Scottish Cup 4th Round - W 5-0 - Danny Swanson, Scott McDonald (2), Nathan Delfouneso, Michael Hughes Good way to pad stats. 11th: vs Dundee United - Premier League - W 4-0 - Lorenzo Testa, Nathan Delfouneso, Michael Hughes Nice win against better opposition than my previous game. 14th: at Rangers - Premier League - D 0-0 At least we didn't lose the Derby match at Ibrox. 21st: vs Airdrie United - Premier League - D 0-0 We should have won (Airdrie didn't even get a shot on goal...) but that's football sometimes. 29th: at Hibernian - Premier League - W 3-1 - Scott McDonald, Lorenzo Testa, Nathan Delfouneso Solid win against Hibs, using mostly the lineup I'll be using the rest of the season. Standings Transfers IN: - Kevin Lee - the future No. 1 GK for Celtic (if he doesn't get sold of course) - Ghassan Halabi - yes I see his low natural fitness too. But I think he's still very talented, and maybe some of my unhappy players to want more playing time will get a bit more. - Marcus Salminen - another Swedish import. I'm very high on this kid. - Jamie Adams - I've had him with TFC, Plymouth, and PSV during my FM08 career game. Yes, from 2008 to 2018, wherever I went, he went. Good memories. OUT: - Mike Wells - making way too much and I have no use for him. - Kyel Reid - surplus of requirements - Michael Zullo - wanted to leave the club. I'm paying him $175k/yr till June 2019. - Alex - offer too good to turn down. We won't face him in the 1st Knockout Round though. (since he played for us! ) - Lewis Bryson - fringe player - Dion Smyth - wanted to leave, so he's gone - Dean Whitehead - useless, so I just gave him just over $1 million and granted his unconditional release Looking towards the future, I have a young Brazilian striker, touted as the next Ronaldo. His future looks bright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Celtic seem to be quite popular in this forum these days. Looks like you are set up nicely for the title. What are your board's expectations? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 Celtic seem to be quite popular in this forum these days. Looks like you are set up nicely for the title. What are your board's expectations? Expectations are to win the title or else. I have now played 11 days, 20 hours, 8 minutes. I am now a Football Manager expert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 Celtic February 2017 5th: vs Hearts - Scottish Cup 5th Round - W 2-0 - Scott McDonald, Ghassan Halabi Solid cup win as Halabi scores his first goal at Celtic. 11th: vs St. Mirren - Premier League - W 3-1 - Nathan Delfouneso, Scott McDonald, Danny Swanson We controlled most of the game and got the win. 15th: vs Dundee - Premier League - W 2-0 - Nathan Delfouneso, Lee Cattermole It was a close match, despite our domination with our possession, but we eventually scored a couple goals to seal another 3 points. 18th: at Aberdeen - Premier League - L 0-1 Our league unbeaten streak is over at 21 games. 21st: vs AC Milan - Champions League 1st Knockout Round 1st leg - L 0-4 I didn't expect us to get destroyed...two goals by Kaka and Miguel Veloso. 27th: at Falkirk - Premier League - D 1-1 - Ghassan Halabi Not a pretty game at all. We probably should have lost this game. Standings Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 Celtic March 2017 4th: at St. Mirren - Scottish Cup Quarter Final - D 2-2 - Scott McDonald (2) Disappointed with the draw. But there is the replay at home... 8th: at AC Milan - Champions League 1st Knockout Round 2nd Leg - L 1-2 (L 1-6 agg.) - Tom Hall We knew we had no chance to advance. But we did score one goal. 12th: at Motherwell - Premier League - W 3-0 - Ghassan Halabi, Scott McDonald, Nathan Delfouneso Another good win. We went 3 for 3 in the shots on target department. 15th: vs St. Mirren - Scottish Cup Quarter Final Replay - W 3-2 - Ghassan Halabi, Danny Swanson, Nathan Delfouneso Again, not a dominating result, but it's a win and we move on to the Semis. 18th: vs Hearts - Premier League - W 3-1 - Scott McDonald (2), Ghassan Halabi We got off to an early lead and we never gave it up. 26th: vs Rangers - Premier League - W 3-1 - Zoumana Pruvot, Michael Hughes, Mark Wilson Despite losing over half my lineup from internationals, and the SPL deciding not to rearrange this derby, we still won. Standings Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corinthiano Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Have read through your career and it certainly has been interesting so far. Impressive how you manage to run your clubs financially, I almost always ruin my clubs finances Tough luck in the CL, but that was to be expected. Looks like the SPL will be yours Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 Have read through your career and it certainly has been interesting so far. Impressive how you manage to run your clubs financially, I almost always ruin my clubs finances Tough luck in the CL, but that was to be expected. Looks like the SPL will be yours Thanks. I always like to be financially sound wherever I manage. With Distillery we were in debt, so the priority was to cut wages and get back to the NI Premier League asap. I think when I left the club I had over US$200k, not bad considering the club was over $100k in the red when I joined. With The Gills, they had a $5 million debt, and a few million in the bank. Once again, had to get rid of all the deadweight at the club, and switched parent clubs from Coventry to QPR to Arsenal. Six years later, one of the promotion contenders to the EPL this year (I'll take a bit of credit for that ), and if my calculations are correct, they should have more than US$30 million in the bank. With Celtic, finances are not a problem, although losing over $30 million last year. I still make sure to balance the books though as best as I can. I target Scandinavians (low transfer fees), and Brazilians and Spain (release fees) for financial reasons, and the fact that they're pretty good players too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 The real story of this thread is Falkirk. well done Falkirk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 The real story of this thread is Falkirk.well done Falkirk. Once you see my next update, it will be a dose of reality for Falkirk... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 Celtic April 2017 2nd: at Airdrie United - Premier League - W 1-0 - Stuart McGwire Solid league win. 5th: vs Kilmarnock - Premier League - W 3-0 - Scott McDonald, Ghassan Halabi, Stuart McGwire A good game from the lads. 15th: at Dundee United - Premier League - W 1-0 - Lee Cattermole The game was a bit closer than I would have liked, but it was a relief to take home 3 points. 23rd: vs Dundee United - Scottish Cup Semi-Final - W 2-1 - Lee Cattermole, Stuart McGwire McGwire scores the winner in the 80th minute, as we come from behind to make the Final. THE FINAL FIVE 26th: at Rangers - Premier League - L 0-2 Bad performance by the team. We did not focus for this derby match. 29th: at Aberdeen - Premier League - W 1-0 - Ghassan Halabi A relief as we score a late goal to stay in 1st. Standings May 6th: vs Airdrie United 10th: vs Dundee United 14th: at Falkirk 27th: vs Kilmarnock (Scottish Cup Final) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 I'll skip the last few games, and just go to the summary, because first day of uni starts tomorrow, and I need to get ready for it. I have no idea how much time I'll have for FM, but I want to get off to a good start at uni, so updates won't be as frequent. 2016-2017 Celtic Scotland - Premier League Media Prediction: 2nd Finishing Position: 1st Past Positions Scottish Cup: Winners League Cup: lost in Quarter Final (2-2, 5-4 on penalties) at Rangers Squad Squad Transfers Transfers Lots of activity. I think this will be the norm every year... Future Transfers - Anderson - next Ronaldo - Jim Baird - left back depth. 90% sure Mark Wilson won't be back next year and release him. - Lasse Hansen - former Gills player. Some big clubs are looking at Maier, so I'm looking to cash in and Hansen might be his replacement. - Martin Saccone - striker of the future. Might just loan him out for a year, or train half a year at Celtic and loan him out in January. - Pape Cissokho - another former Gills player. He'll play some games hopefully. Finances Finances Key Players GK - Walid Ali DC - Michael Hughes DL/DR - Felix Oduro DM/MC - Lee Cattermole DM/MC - Lorenzo Testa MC/DM/DC - Pelle Floren MR - Javier AMC (I play him at MC) -Ghassan Halabi ST - Nathan Delfouneso ST - Scott McDonald ST - Stuart McGuire Awards Clydesdale Bank Premier League Players' Player of the Year - Javier - Winner Clydesdale Bank Premier League Top Goalscorer - Nathan Delfouneso - Winner Clydesdale Bank Premier League Young Player of the Year - Lorenzo Testa - Winner Clydesdale Bank Premier League Young Player of the Year - Stuart McGwire - 2nd place Clydesdale Bank Premier League Manager of the Year - me - Winner Team of the Year - Michael Hughes, Javier, Nathan Delfouneso Club Information Affiliations Overview Stadium/Facilities Goals for the Future retain league title and Scottish Cup maybe do the Triple next year CL 1st Knockout Round, or a deep run in the Europa League. Probably the latter to improve my coefficient. Gillingham - they finished 3rd, just missing out on auto promotion. They advanced to the Championship Playoff Final but lost to 5th place West Brom in extra time 1-0. 120th minute. And some late breaking great news! Celtic Park will be expanded by 14,465 seats! That brings stadium capacity to 75,000! Take that Gers with your puny 64,000 Ibrox. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 Squeezing a little bit of FM here, July transfer season with Celtic hasn't been exactly fun. I realize that no one who has good footballing abilities with that extra bit of skill to take us to a deep European run wants to come to the team...or they just stay for a year or two and leave. They rather sign with Championship clubs... I've been selling a lot more than buying. But there is good news, looking towards the future, as I am now a World Class manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 Celtic Pre-season July 13th: at Strasbourg - W 4-0 July 15th: at Beijing - L 0-1 July 18th: at Guangzhou - W 4-0 July 21st: at Rizhiquan - W 4-0 July 28th: vs PSV - W 1-0 August 2016 13th: at Patrick Thistle - Premier League - D 0-0 Disappointing result against the Premier League newcomers. 19th: vs Hearts - Premier League - W 2-1 - Ghassan Halabi, Danny Swanson Two goals early in the 2nd half give us the win. 26th: vs Aberdeen - Premier League - D 0-0 Another bad result as we were thoroughly outplayed. Standings Transfers IN: Jim Baird Lasse Hansen Anderson - loaned to feeder club Morton Martin Saccone - loaned to feeder club Morton Pape Cissokho Darren Hewitt Luca Silvestri Massimo Bucci Andres Vasco Bianchi OUT: Lorenzo Testa - wanted to leave. Sold to highest bidder. David Robertson - released youth Steve Macari - released youth Michael Reid - released youth Cammy Taylor - signed on Bosman by Shamrock Rovers Mark Wilson - He was making too much ($3 million plus/year) for a backup, so he was released Darren Howie - released youth Roy Kane - released youth Barry Wood - released youth Raymond Armstrong - loaned for experience Manfred Maier - wanted a move to bigger club Michael Hughes - wanted to leave, and I had adequate replacements for him Pelle Floren - Bucci essentially replaces him, for free Nathan Delfouneso - another 'wanted to move to bigger club'. I had a surplus so I don't selling the reigning SPL Golden Boot. Transfers Champions League Group Stage Group A - Zaragoza, AC Milan, Zenit, AS Saint-Etienne Group B - Man Utd, Lyon, Celtic, Salzburg Group C - Porto, Chelsea, Koln, Ajax Group D - FC Kobenhavn, Panathinaikos, Real Madrid, Juventus Group E - H. Tel-Aviv, Basel, Barcelona, Shakhtar Group F - Partizan, Galastasary, At. Madrid, Liverpool Group G - Dortmund, Inter, Levski, Sporting Group H - Palermo, PSV, Marseille, Arsenal I'm in a tough group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Shamrock ???????? Call us Rovers or go the whole hog and say Shamrock Rovers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 Shamrock ???????? Call us Rovers or go the whole hog and say Shamrock Rovers Oh fixed. Don't need extra attention in people trying to egg my house lol. I don't know much about Shamrock Rovers, or Irish league in general... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Oh fixed. Don't need extra attention in people trying to egg my house lol. I don't know much about Shamrock Rovers, or Irish league in general... You should learn, were deadly :D Im an Irishman supporting TFC ( 3-2, play-offs are on ) so there is no reason you cant be a Canadien supporting the hoops. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 21, 2009 Author Share Posted September 21, 2009 This will be a condensed update, and I played 2 months of games. Squeezing a bit of FM before I sleep... Celtic September 2017 3rd: at Kilmarnock - Premier League - D 0-0 16th: vs Falkirk - Premier League - W 3-1 - Luca Silvestri, Lee Cattermole, Darren Hewitt 19th: vs Lyon - Champions League - D 0-0 23rd: at St. Mirren - Premier League - W 1-0 - Stevie Smith YP8 27th: at Dundee - League Cup 3rd Round - W 2-1 - Marcus Salminen, Vasco Bianchi 30th: vs Hibernian - Premier League - W 3-1 - Scott McDonald, Danny Swanson, Hugo Kildal October 2017 4th: at Man Utd - Champions League - W 3-1 - Scott McDonald, Milan Misun, Danny Swanson 8th: at Rangers - Premier League - L 1-2 - Javier 21st: vs Airdrie United - Premier League - D 0-0 25th: vs Salzburg - Champions League - W 3-1 - Stuart McGwire (2), Marcus Salminen 29th: at Dundee United - Premier League - L 0-1 It's been an up and down 2 months. I'm delighted with my Champions League results, but we are losing points in league play. We need to step up and start winning consistently. Standings Champions League Group Stage (A-D) Champions League Group Stage (E-H) Other: Manchester United are struggling in the Premier League atm, in 11th. I'm surprised at their play in the Champions League as well, but I think they will bounce back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WH Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Good stuff in Europe. Now seems the time to play man utd. It's still early days in the league but if rangers start to pull away it could be a long way back with few points being dropped by the top teams. As you want out of the UK what are your long term plans? Is Celtic just a stop gap? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 21, 2009 Author Share Posted September 21, 2009 Good stuff in Europe. Now seems the time to play man utd.It's still early days in the league but if rangers start to pull away it could be a long way back with few points being dropped by the top teams. As you want out of the UK what are your long term plans? Is Celtic just a stop gap? I resigned from the Gills a couple years back and I was highly touted to become the next manager of Ajax. But then Ajax hired Celtic's manager, and so I became manager of Celtic. I'm looking at top tier jobs in France, Germany, and (especially) Holland with relaxed non EU restrictions. And my players want to move to bigger clubs, which is probably my biggest gripe about being at Celtic (and Scotland in general...). Why I want to leave the UK work permits. I like signing Canadian and American players. And I've lost out on some great foreigners because they weren't born in the EU. competition. everyone likes it, I might as well be different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 Celtic November 2017 1st: vs Airdrie United - Scottish Cup Quarter-Final - W 1-0 - Stuart McGwire 4th: vs Motherwell - Premier League - W 1-0 - Andres 7th: at Salzburg - Champions League - W 3-2 - Stuart McGwire (2), Luca Silvestri 11th: vs Patrick Thistle - Premier League - W 5-0 - Luca Silvestri, Stuart McGwire (4) 25th: at Hearts - Premier League - W 4-2 - Andres, Stuart McGwire (2), Javier 29th: at Lyon - Champions League - L 0-3 December 2017 9th: at Aberdeen - Premier League - W 3-2 - Luca Silvestri, Stuart McGwire, Ghassan Halabi 12th: vs Man Utd - Champions League - D 1-1 - Ghassan Halabi 16th: vs Kilmarnock - Premier League - W 2-1 - Javier, Marcus Salminen 23rd: at Falkirk - Premier League - D 2-2 - Luca Silvestri, Ghassan Halabi 26th: vs St Mirren - Premier League - W 2-0 - Luca Silvestri, Darren Hewitt 30th: at Hibernian - Premier League - D 1-1 - Lasse Hansen Standings Champions League (A-D) Champions League (E-H) Champions League 1st Knockout Round I have also resigned from Greece due to us not making the World Cup, and I want to focus on club management for the immediate future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCSavage Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Great story Rancer kutgw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 Great story Rancer kutgw Thanks mate. I'm torn between this save and my Beverly (part of my CSE challenge) save, not to mention EHM, and something called uni coursework, so I haven't been playing this save much. I'm not planning to get FM10 till Christmas, so I'm not going to give up on this save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCSavage Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Im in uni also (2nd year) and so I know what your going through although I also have a new born daughter to contend with lol I am currently in my 3rd season as Torquay manager and get to play a season in about a week! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Im in uni also (2nd year) and so I know what your going through although I also have a new born daughter to contend with lolI am currently in my 3rd season as Torquay manager and get to play a season in about a week! **** that, thats rough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 Celtic January 2018 2nd: at Rangers - Premier League - W 3-1 - Darren Hewitt, Stuart McGwire, Luca Silvestri 7th: at Airdrie United - Premier League - W 3-0 - Darren Hewitt, Javier, Andres 13th: at East Stirlingshire - Scottish Cup 4th Round - W 5-0 - Luca Silvestri (2), Hugo Kildal, Lasse Hansen (2) 17th: vs Dundee United - Premier League - W 2-0 - Luca Silvestri (2) 21st: at Motherwell - Premier League - W 2-1 - Stuart McGwire, Luca Silvestri 28th: vs Hearts - Premier League - W 3-0 - Stuart McGwire, Mark Reynolds, Marcus Salminen 31st: vs Falkirk - League Cup Semi Final - W 1-0 - Pape Cissokho February 2018 3rd: vs Aberdeen - Premier League - W 1-0 - Stuart McGwire 10th: at Clyde - Scottish Cup 5th Round - W 2-0 - Luca Silvestri, Andres 14th: at Patrick Thistle - Premier League - L 0-2 18th: at Kilmarnock - Premier League - W 1-0 - Stuart McGwire 24th: vs Falkirk - Premier League - L 0-1 27th: vs Chelsea - Champions League 1st Knockout Round 1st Leg - D 1-1 - Scott McDonald Speechless about our loss to Patrick Thistle, and annoyed about a 91st minute goal by Chelsea, which means we have to score at Stamford Bridge in the return leg. Standings One transfer in January: Rocha Future transfer: Mads Sijaeveland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 Celtic March 2018 5th: at St. Mirren - Premier League - L 0-1 10th: vs Ross County - Scottish Cup Quarter Final - W 2-0 - Stuart McGwire (2) 14th: at Chelsea - Champions League 1st Knockout Round 2nd Leg - L 1-3 The media after the game said it was an easy victory for the Blues. No it wasn't. We had two chances to get an upset at Stamford Bridge, if not for the Lee Cattermole OG, and Javier missed the bloody net. They were dominant, but we should have won if not for two mistakes in regulation. 18th: vs Rangers - Scottish Cup Final - W 5-0 21st: at Rangers - Premier League - D 1-1 - James Wesolowski OG 31st: vs Airdrie United - Premier League - W 1-0 - Massimo Bucci April 2018 8th: at Dundee United - Premier League - D 0-0 18th: vs Hibernian - Premier League - W 3-0 - Scott McDonald (2), Stuart McGwire 21st: vs Motherwell - Premier League - D 0-0 29th: vs Dundee United - Scottish Cup Semi Final - W 4-1 - Ghassan Halabi (2), Mark Reynolds, Stuart McGwire Standings We were struggling these months, despite actually losing one game. We had too many winnable games turn into draws. The Chelsea game was exciting, but you can just imagine my reaction once Javier missed the penalty. Not that we were going to win in the Quarters, but the Champions League 1st Knockout Round has always been a challenge for me... Final Games: May 2018 - 2nd: vs Hearts - 5th: at Falkirk - 12th: vs Rangers - 16th: at Airdrie United - 19th: vs Aberdeen (Scottish Cup Final) - 22nd: vs Dundee United Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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