TheGreatTraveler Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Hopefully they go after you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 The squad is awful and things aren't looking too good in the league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 I for Impossible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 A skilled manager like you should be able to turn that around . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 You're a brave man taking that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 More desperate than brave tbf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Well you need to stay 365 days to stay at the club to complete the challenge, heh? Otherwise I'd tell you to start thinking about J. Better turn that around quickly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 yeah if I was to be sacked I have to take on another 'I' job and complete the 365 days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I find it hard to believe you're that desperate, unless you didn't want to wait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Finally an I job. Not your favourite one, but at least you're progressing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nie jem frytek Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 6 point behind and little more than half of the season. I'm sure you won't get relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 I find it hard to believe you're that desperate, unless you didn't want to wait. desperately impatient would be a better way of describing by decision to take the job 5 games later and only 5 points, not great but I will be buying some players in the August transfer period so hopefully they can improve results. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 The transfers I've made definitely seem to have improved results, 12 points in 8 games sees us just 2 points away from safety with 8 games to go... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Not a bad run of form for a team in relegation trouble. Can probably survive if you keep it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 Whilst things aren't looking great with 3 games to go, we do have a decent run in for squeaky bum time, we face Avangard Podolsk away who we should get a draw at, a home game with Mordovia that I'd like a draw out of, and an extremely winnable last game - which sees us at home to already-relegated bottom place side Nizhniy Novgorod. I'll be disappointed if we do go down, I've spent quite a bit of money and the squad is good enough to compete for a mid-table spot next year if we stay up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarman Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Interesting move there, but hopefully you'll be able to save them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
himan Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 So... bring on the J-clubs Japan and? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 I don't think Japan are manageable because of the copyright thing, the main 'J' side is obviously Juve but unless we get a tycoon takeover or a crazy cup run I can't see me taking Irtysh to anything that big in Russia, so my reputation probably wouldn't be high enough for the Juve job if it came available. There's a few clubs in the lower Spanish/Italian leagues for 'J' like Jaen, Jerez, Juve Stabia, then there's a couple of lower league Portuguese sides - Juventude de Evora and Joane. There's also Jerv of the 3rd tier in Norway. So yeah, the chances of a glamorous 'J' are pretty slim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 That will be an interesting finish! Hopefully the boys can take those 3 matches and you get some help from other teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 What about Jamaica? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Or Jarrow Roofing Boldon way down the English leagues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 Jamaica sadly aren't an option, the only national sides I can manage are European, African, South American, Australia or one of Mexico, USA and Canada. And the English leagues are only down to the BSN and BSS, so no Jarrow Roofing Boldon either - A 2-2 draw with Mordovia (which should really have been a win, we were 2-0 up until the 82nd minute), a 3-1 win at Avangard Podolsk (which saw a Pavlov hat-trick) and a 2-0 win at home to Nizhniy Novgorod sees us safe by a mere point, although we had better goal difference so technically 2 points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Good Job Paul, good to see survival, now you can worry about "J" Clubs as you should keep your job for the new season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 Yeah, there is a chance it could take just as long/if not longer than an 'I' club just because there's not that many 'J's available. I'm content to stay with Irtysh until one becomes available though. Bit of a dead end team now I've spent all the money though, should be good enough to avoid relegation for the next few seasons but doubt I'd ever be able to push for promotion as there's not that much money in this division/at the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Well at least survival shouldn't be an issue now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
himan Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Survival is good enough No worries for a J-team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Done your job with survival. Well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Well done scraping it, hopefully you can push on up the mid-table as you think this team can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikal Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Wow, great end to the season there! Come join me in Mexico and sign for Jaguares . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 I is for Irtysh I took over at Irtysh when they looked pretty certain to go down, after fiddling around with their formation/tactics a bit and bringing in some better players, things started to look better and eventually I kept them up. The squad is now pretty decent and good enough to push for mid-table next season. The finances at the club aren't great, they had a decent transfer budget and I spent pretty much all of that meaning that I will probably have to sell in order to buy next season. The transfers that I did make included bringing in left back Gennady Golovin as the club had no real left back that wasn't complete crap. A defensive midfielder in Alexey Shevyakov as the other defensive midfielder was pretty useless. A cheaper guy I brought in was Alexandr Shevchenko who is a very decent right back for this division. Artem Alborov completed my spending, he's a decent central midfield player who has potential to become a very good player.The key players for the season were the Goalkeeper - Anton Provotorov, he's pretty good for this level but is unhappy and will leave on a bosman at the end of the season. I don't think replacing him will be particularly easy. The young Bulgarian central defender Stanislav Venkov, who is definitely the best defender at the club which is impressive considering his age. The 22 year old Ukrainian striker Mykhaylo Shpak is a strange one, he really should be scoring more goals than he does and I am hoping he scores more next season, his pace often sees him get into great positions but he'll blow an easy 1on1 chance which is frustrating. Victor Hugo Farias is a very good player for this level despite his age, his physical stats are fantastic and mean he gets a lot of assists despite his poor technical stats. Kirill Pavlov finished as top scorer with 14 goals in 30 games, a pretty good total really for a relegation battling side and his goals kept us up really. He's got a lot of decent stats and if he and Shpak can both get double figures next season we should definitely get a mid-table finish. History ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Club League Position Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10 Annagh United N.Irish 2nd Div 9th Joined in July 2010/11 Annagh United N.Irish 2nd Div 11th Screwed over by the board and sacked in April ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2011/12 Bradford Park Avenue Blue Square North 19th Joined in June 2012/13 Bradford Park Avenue Blue Square North 9th None 2013/14 Bradford Park Avenue Blue Square North 5th Promoted via play-off 2014/15 Bradford Park Avenue Blue Square Premier 1st Promoted as Champions, resigned in June ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015/16 Casa Pia A.C Portuguese 2nd Div S 8th Joined in November 2016/17 Casa Pia A.C Portuguese 2nd Div C 1st Champions, Promoted via play-off, resigned in June ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2017/18 Distillery N.Irish 1st Div 10th Joined in November 2018/19 Distillery N.Irish 1st Div 10th Sacked in January ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019/20 East Fife Scottish 3rd Div 10th Joined in May 2020/21 East Fife Scottish 3rd Div 3rd Lost in play-off semi final 2021/22 East Fife Scottish 3rd Div 1st Promoted as Champions 2022/23 East Fife Scottish 2nd Div 1st Promoted as Champions 2023/24 East Fife Scottish 1st Div 5th Resigned in June ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024 Fana Idrettslag Norwegian 2nd Div 3 7th Joined in July 2025 Fana Idrettslag Norwegian 2nd Div 3 4th None 2026 Fana Idrettslag Norwegian 2nd Div 3 1st Promoted as Champions, Resigned in October ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2026/27 Gallipoli Calcio Italian Serie C2/C 8th Joined in October 2027/28 Gallipoli Calcio Italian Serie C2/C 1st Promoted as Champions, Serie C2 Super Cup winner, Resigned in June ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2028/29 HFC Haarlem Jupiler League 8th Lost in 3rd round of play-off 2029/30 HFC Haarlem Jupiler League 4th Lost in 2nd round of play-off 2030/31 HFC Haarlem Jupiler League 6th Promoted via play-offs 2031/32 HFC Haarlem Eredivisie 11th Resigned in July ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2032 Irtysh Omsk Russian 1st Div 15th Joined in July Trophy Cabinet Bradford Park Avenue - Blue Square Premier x1 - 2014/15 Casa Pia - Portuguese 2nd Div C x1 - 2016/17 East Fife - Scottish 3rd Div x1 - 2021/22 - Scottish 2nd Div x1 - 2022/23 Fana Idrettslag - Norwegian 2nd Div 3 x1 - 2026 Gallipoli Calcio - Italian Serie C2/C x1 - 2027/28 - Italian Serie C2 Super Cup x1 - 2027/28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 Doesn't make for the happiest of reading, indicates I could be in Russia for at least another season or two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Probably Juve Stabia then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Well, may as well make the best of it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 An amazing run of form in our first 10 games of the season sees us top the league by 4 points, dropping only 5 points out of all the 10 games. I can't see us keeping this form up for the rest of the season, but it certainly will put us in contention for one of the two promotion places. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Doesnt look like staying in Russia is a bad thing . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Well, er, this was a very welcome surprise Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Hmmmm....interesting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Nice turnaround in fortunes on and off the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Hope the tycoon becomes the new owner and change the fortunes of the club with you at the helm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Irtysh might suddenly be the place to be! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Dropped down to 2nd and form hasn't been great, could drop out of the top two spaces sooner rather than later. Not heard anymore from the tycoon yet, hoping the interest doesn't die down! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Still going along nicely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 A possible English revolution in Russia? £23M definitely sounds very promising! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikal Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Tasty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 That's a huge amount of money for a team of that calibre Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Wait and see whether the takeover is successful, and whether he delivers the money if it is. It's puzzling why an English businessman would want to pump millions into a Russian team, especially one that doesn't have European football as a short term prospect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 Wait and see whether the takeover is successful, and whether he delivers the money if it is. It's puzzling why an English businessman would want to pump millions into a Russian team, especially one that doesn't have European football as a short term prospect. Looks like you've jinxed it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Bitches . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 And it's back on track Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 And it's back on track Yeah... they're going to play with you for a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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