GylfiAsCharged Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Welcome to my first journeyman career updates thread, I hope you enjoy reading it. Any pointers would be appreciated as I am what they would call a 'noob' around these parts. Patch 11.1 Leagues enabled: Most European Major N Ireland + Scotland + Poland Aus, China + S. Korea Brazil + Argentina Management Map. - Tracking the path of the journeyman. Season Team Country League Position Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2010/11 Dunfermline Scotland Division 1 6th Joined in September, Resigned in May 2011/12 Hartlepool Utd England League 2 - - Want to catch up on previous seasons before the current one? Here are the past season overviews. 2010-11 Dunfermline Athletic. CURRENT SEASON: Nickname: The Monkey Hangers. Ground: Victoria Park. Capacity: 7,787. Fierce Rivals: Darlington. Hartlepool popped up and offered me a job two weeks after leaving my post at East End Park with Dunfermline. My stay there wasn't particularly memorable, and there was nothing there that made me want to stay. However what attracted me to Hartlepool was the much larger wage budget. They had been relegated from the Npower League 1 last season, and I knew that this would be a good chance to win my first title as a manager. At first glance the squad was not great, but on further inspection, there are some good players. Gary Liddle, Fabian Yantorno, King Gyan and Ronny. It was evident that the past manager had been very active in the transfer window, and perhaps this is what led to relegation, a disjointed team. I only inherited an 18 man squad, so I had to sign many players on free transfers. Summer Signings: Carl Cort (Brentford), Free Transfer. Jonathan Worthington (Oldham), Free Transfer. Mazan Moslehe (Kapfenberger), Free Transfer. Amin Kabir (Willebroek), Free Transfer. Nick Ajose (Manchester United), Free Transfer. Andy Robinson (Leeds), Free Transfer. Calvin Zola (Crewe), Free Transfer. Ryan Donnelly (Airdrie), Free Transfer. Oliver Gill (Manchester United) Free Transfer. Rob Kozluk (Sheffield United), Free Transfer. Updates: Preseason - Aug, Sep, Oct - Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Good luck dude, you're running a lot of leagues there, so I'm looking forward to how you get on! Best tip I can give you is look at a lot of other threads and steal the styles/layouts that you like! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 Thanks Diesler, heh, it's running pretty slowly and I think I might actually jump into a job at Christmas rather than waiting for next season to mix things up due to my impatience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 jumping in mid season is always fun a lot of different leagues have different start dates though, so there is lots of times when people are getting the sack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GioGio85 Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Best of luck mate. My advice: just get stuck in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 I couldn't resist, I signed for Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish First Division just after the transfer window shut, a team which have had success only a few years back, but are now on the slide. It'll be nice to see if I can help them bet back into the SPL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 their club logo looks like a picasso painting of a house lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 Nickname: The Pars Ground: East End Park Capacity: 12,509 Fierce Rivals: Falkirk, Raith, East Fife. So, my first assignment. Joining just after the close of the transfer window will make things even more challenging. Dunfermline aren't doing too badly, sitting in 5th in the Scottish First Division, but the board want the team to be pushing for the title. Quite a lot of players are injured, and the squad seems paper-thin, my 23-year-old versatile full-back Calum Woods looks to be the team's star man, and most of the other players don't really look up to the task. My aim is to try and stay in touch with the top teams, until the January transfer window opens, and then make some signings to help push for promotion. There are no transfer funds available and it is instantly clear that the club is having financial pro blems, however resolving them isn't my job, winning games is my job. The cup tournaments are out of the equation, since the Pars went out in the first round of both. It's by no means a weak league, with Raith, Partick Thistle, Dundee and Falkirk propping up, and it sure is a challenge. Dunfermline have been dropping down the system over the last few years, hopefully I'll be the one to lift them back up again. Summer Signings: Martin Kelly (Liverpool), 12 month loan. Corry Evans (Manchester United), 12 month loan. Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur), 12 month loan. Updates: September - October - November - December - January - February - March - April - May TOURNAMENT NAME WINNERS RUNNERS UP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE ARSENAL MANCHESTER UNITED NPOWER CHAMPIONSHIP MIDDLESBROUGH NOTTINGHAM FOREST NPOWER LEAGUE ONE SOUTHAMPTON SWINDON TOWN NPOWER LEAGUE TWO WYCOMBE WANDERERS SOUTHEND UNITED BLUE SQUARE PREMIER RUSHDEN & DIAMONDS LUTON TOWN BLUE SQUARE NORTH AFC TELFORD GAINSBOROUGH BLUE SQUARE SOUTH ST ALBANS DOVER ATHLETIC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR RUBIN KAZAN EUROPA LEAGUE ATLETICO MADRID NAPOLI EUROPEAN SUPER CUP ATLETICO MADRID TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR WORLD CLUB CUP INTERNACIONAL AL-HILAL (SAUDI) FA CUP TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR ARSENAL LEAGUE CUP EVERTON ARSENAL COMMUNITY SHIELD CHELSEA MANCHESTER UNITED JOHNSTONE'S PAINT TROPHY SOUTHAMPTON WALSALL FA TROPHY YORK CITY WREXHAM LIGUE 1 OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS LIGA BBVA BARCELONA VILLAREAL SERIE A AC MILAN AS ROMA BUNDESLIGA FC BAYERN MUNCHEN SCHALKE 04 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 September Update. Corry Evans and Martin Kelly both join on a season-long loan. Two games, the first a disappointing loss and the second a solid thrashing against the bottom side. My head scout has just returned from Spain, with no reports, and my third scout, for some reason, is looking for Albanian goalkeepers, to no avail. Current Position: 5th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 Fixed up some graphics, made the Dunfermline badge's background transparent, etc. Anything that I should be doing differently? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 October Update. Kyle Walker is my third and final loan signing, however he has yet to arrive. A good finish to a tough month, with a great win over leaders and arch-rivals Falkirk. Martin Kelly has been scoring for fun from the right-back position, although the game recognizes him as mainly a centre-back. He won young player of the month for October, with 3 goals in 4 games. Current Position: 5th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GioGio85 Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Is that Kyle Walker of Spurs?If so what a capture! Alsogood that you are allowed to scout for players in Spain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 Yeah, I'm allowed to scout anywhere in Europe, so it's great. For the time being at least, I don't plan to stay on at the same club for more than 3 seasons. Adding a 'management map'. Basically when I move jobs it'll show how far I've travelled and I can calculate the distance, to see how much of a true journeyman I really am. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GioGio85 Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Adding a 'management map'. Basically when I move jobs it'll show how far I've travelled and I can calculate the distance, to see how much of a true journeyman I really am. Show off Sounds cool! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Adding a 'management map'. Basically when I move jobs it'll show how far I've travelled and I can calculate the distance, to see how much of a true journeyman I really am. OOOO thats a great Idea! Am I allowed to have your idea on loan with an option of making the move permanant? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nykav Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Nice thread, will be reading :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 OOOO thats a great Idea! Am I allowed to have your idea on loan with an option of making the move permanant? Yeah, of course. Nice thread, will be reading :-) Thanks, appreciate it. November update on the way in about half an hour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 November Update. A great first result followed by a couple of poor ones, and a couple of okay ones. Still no idea where Walker is though... Andy Kirk, my top scorer, got injured in the game against Stirling, luckily it isn't serious. And here is the current league table: Current Position: 5th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 Due to the lack of financial backing I've decided that I'll be leaving at the end of the season, for a club outside the UK with a little bit more money to spend, or in other words, more than £0. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashbag Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Good luck with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 December Update. A poor month for the Pars. With David Graham out injured with a gash to the lower leg for 3 months, we were lacking in firepower, and the goals dried up. And the league table: Dunfermline Leading Scorers: Andy Kirk: 8 Pat Clarke: 5 David Graham: 5 Martin Kelly: 3 Alex Burke: 3 Dunfermline Most Assists: Joe Cardle: 8 Willie Gibson: 7 Alex Burke: 4 Gary Mason: 3 David Graham: 2 Dunfermline MOM Awards: Alex Keddie: 2 Martin Kelly: 2 Austin McCann: 2 Dunfermline Clean Sheets: Chris Smith: 9 Current Position: 5th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Good luck with the move dude Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Just remember though, most teams you will go to wont have much cash to burn either :| Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 Yeah, it depends on how this season goes. If the board offer me a transfer budget next season, or if I somehow get promoted, I might stay. I'll wait and see what jobs are available. Oh, and just had my best result of my career so far - stay tuned for the January update! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 From the title I thought you'd be managing Southend United. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 From the title I thought you'd be managing Southend United. Haha, maybe in the future. And my scouts have just struck gold with a load of experienced free players, signing as many up as possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 yeh I thought itd be Morecambe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 I've requested a thread name change, to something more relevant. Keep an eye out for it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 January Update. Bar a horrible derby defeat against Raith, The Pars won every game this month, including a fantastic 4-2 victory away at table-toppers Dundee. The month saw a few new faces arrive at the club. Three Spaniards, and a Barbadian. Kiko, an experienced striker joined on a free from Oviedo, and scored on his debut, Juanma Delgado also joined, a fiery, strong centre-back, as well as Ivan Ania, a tricky left-winger with a mean free kick. Finally, Alvin Rouse, a 28 year-old goalkeeper came in to replace the soon-to-be-departing Greg Paterson. The month also saw a new contract for David Graham and Calum Woods. Overall a great month, overshadowed by a bad defeat against fierce rivals, and sees us climb to 4th. Oh, and Japan won the Asian Cup of Nations. Current Position: 4th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Ouch on the Raith result. How did that happen? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 Not sure really. We were on great form leading up to the game, and I guess everyone just underperformed. Just remembered that I won Manager of the Month for January too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Japan won the Asian Cup? Pshht thats not going to happen!! congrats on the progress Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 Cheers deadfncat, managing Dunfermline has become much more fun lately and I could well stay, the board are a bit moody every time we lose though, and I wouldn't be surprised if I was sacked sometime before the end of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Yeh my game is becoming more fun now as well, which is handy timing Apparently the media has a scoop and im leaving at the end of the season, news to me though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 Yeh my game is becoming more fun now as well, which is handy timing Apparently the media has a scoop and im leaving at the end of the season, news to me though Haha same here, just heard it! Drawn against Hibs in Scottish Cup Quarter Final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 February Update. An okay month in my eyes, a poor result at Stirling cancelled out by a fortunate derby victory over Falkirk aided by two goals from my new signings. Hibs are up next in the Quarter-Finals of the Scottish Cup, bring them on. Current Position: 4th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashbag Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Come on the Hibs! Watch out for Darryl Duffy. He tanks for me. And Riordan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 March Update. A poor winless month, things will need to improve. Current Position: 5th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Bad luck on the Hibs defeat. Was it as one-sided as a 2-1 can get or was it a close run thing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 Bad luck on the Hibs defeat. Was it as one-sided as a 2-1 can get or was it a close run thing? We missed a penalty 10 minutes in, then scored a penalty 20 minutes in. They scored just before half-time, and then I knew what was coming in the second half. It was an alright performance, I think the problem is my new signings, they're all playing well but the rest of the team aren't, there may be some unrest behind the scenes that I don't know about. Oh well, two games left in the season and I can still come second if results go my way... saying that, I can come 8th too. Apart from the promotion spot, relegation playoff spot, and bottom spot, everyone is within 7 points of each other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 April Update. The draw against Raith was a decent result, and the loss against Queen of the South was disappointing, but the victory and clean sheet against league champions Dundee was a high point, and we comfortably swept bottom-feeders Cowdenbeath with ease. Corry Evans picked up the Young Player of the Month award for a string of solid performances at central midfield in place of the injured Gary Mason. Two games left in the season, and my future is still undecided... Current Position: 5th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 May Update. A disappointing 1-1 draw against Stirling to end the season in 6th. Table - Graph And finally... Final Position: 6th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 A decent enough end. Wherefore art thou now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 Welcome to my first journeyman career updates thread, I hope you enjoy reading it. Any pointers would be appreciated as I am what they would call a 'noob' around these parts. Patch 11.1 Leagues enabled: Most European Major N Ireland + Scotland + Poland Aus, China + S. Korea Brazil + Argentina Management Map. - Tracking the path of the journeyman. Season Team Country League Position Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2010/11 Dunfermline Scotland Division 1 6th Joined in September, Resigned in May 2011/12 Hartlepool Utd England League 2 - - Want to catch up on previous seasons before the current one? Here are the past season overviews. 2010-11 Dunfermline Athletic. CURRENT SEASON: Nickname: The Monkey Hangers. Ground: Victoria Park. Capacity: 7,787. Fierce Rivals: Darlington. Hartlepool popped up and offered me a job two weeks after leaving my post at East End Park with Dunfermline. My stay there wasn't particularly memorable, and there was nothing there that made me want to stay. However what attracted me to Hartlepool was the much larger wage budget. They had been relegated from the Npower League 1 last season, and I knew that this would be a good chance to win my first title as a manager. At first glance the squad was not great, but on further inspection, there are some good players. Gary Liddle, Fabian Yantorno, King Gyan and Ronny. It was evident that the past manager had been very active in the transfer window, and perhaps this is what led to relegation, a disjointed team. Summer Signings: None. Updates: None. First post updated for the new season, signed a one-year deal at Hartlepool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Monkey 'Angers! Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 Thanks Deisler, hopefully I'll stick around for at least 2 seasons at Hartlepool, Dunfermline just weren't going anywhere with their financial troubles. EDIT: Just discovered that Hartlepool are also in financial struggles, and when the 1st of July came, half of my squad left. Looks like I'm gonna have to buy a lot of players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 Preseason Update. All of my preseason friendlies were very tough, and I'm proud that we came away from them having achieved something, two good results against good teams. The game against Motherwell was a very tight one, and a change from 4-4-2 to a 4-4-2 Diamond at half time seemed to make the difference, therefore I'll be using that as my main formation this season. As for transfers, I had been very busy signing the likes of Calvin Zola, Carl Cort, Rob Kozluk, Nick Ajose and Oliver Gill on free transfers. My team was rebuilt, above is what it will look like for the opening game, away at Port Vale. And here are all of my signings, costing a grand total of £0. Bring on the league! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichG Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 lol how old is Carl Cort man. He must be 40 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 you get to make the team how you want it. thats good good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GylfiAsCharged Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 lol how old is Carl Cort man. He must be 40 Only 33 and his fitness is still decent, thought he was worth a punt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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