Jason the Yank Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Helsingborg summer transfer window A quiet one for us, with only two moves: IN DM/MC Davy Lemaire (free transfer) 20 years old. Came up with Lille but got only 6 first team matches and wasn't re-signed. Rated as 3-1/2 star current ability, 4-1/2 star potential, media is comparing him to Yann M'Vila. Signed through 2025 season on $2,200/week, plus various clauses. He projects to be the more defensive-minded half of our holding midfield pair. OUT DL Tobias Englund ($20,000, Mjallby) Found himself bumped down to third choice left back and requested a transfer on Deadline Day. We were happy to accommodate him. We lose $4,000 on this deal (bought for $24,000 from IFK Norrkoping in the winter). Ended up making just 8 appearances for us, 5 of them off the bench. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Sunday, August 29, 2021 Helsingborg in control as Mjallby are brushed aside Helsingborgs IF 2-1 Mjallby AIF (Premier Division) Helsingborg had their midfield to thank on a fine summer's afternoon at Olympia as they showed their strikers how to finish. An error from Helsingborgs IF's Johan Sund allowed young striker Magnus Johansson to score a powerful close range effort. Winger Patrik Johansson then equalised for Helsingborgs IF in the 73rd minute with a close range finish which was timed impeccably. Young midfielder Rasmus Wikman then clinched a late winner on 80 minutes with a deftly executed finish. Wikman's impact delighted the fans with his late goal. Player of the Match: Magnus Johansson (Mjallby) Attendance: 7,113 Saturday, September 11, 2021 Honours even at Stromvallen Gefle IF FF 2-2 Helsingborgs IF (Premier Division) Goal-friendly Gefle drew 2-2 against Helsingborg on a mild autumnal afternoon at Stromvallen. Striker Peter Micic got Gefle IF FF off to a flyer by scoring a header on 7 minutes. Striker Vladica Bajic then equalised for Helsingborgs IF in the 28th minute with a well timed finish from close range. Midfielder Marcus Rohden put Gefle IF FF in front in the 31st minute with a shot from 20 metres. Winger Patrik Johansson equalised for Helsingborgs IF after 63 minutes with a deftly executed finish. Player of the Match: Ibrahim Moro (Gefle) Attendance: 3,169 Tuesday, September 14, 2021 AIK grab deserved win Helsingborgs IF 2-3 AIK (Premier Division) AIK continued their prolific campaign with a 3-2 win over Helsingborg at Olympia. Striker Vladica Bajic got Helsingborgs IF off to a flyer by scoring a good header from just inside the six-yard box on 8 minutes. Young striker David Rajalakso then equalised for AIK in the 21st minute with a curling shot. Rajalakso then added his 2nd goal of the game with a close range finish which was timed impeccably on 37 minutes. Centre-back Joseph Baffo then equalised for Helsingborgs IF in the 53rd minute with a close range header. Midfielder Christophe Birgersson scored what proved to be the winner on 76 minutes with a fine header from point-blank range. Player of the Match: Lalawele Atakora (AIK) Attendance: 7,704 Sunday, September 19, 2021 Djurgarden ease to victory Djurgardens IF 2-0 Helsingborgs IF (Premier Division) A potentially serious injury suffered by Djurgarden's Fernandinho overshadowed events on what was a breezy afternoon at Tele2 Arena. The first incident of note was on 45 minutes as Djurgardens IF were denied claims by Robert Eriksson for a penalty. Djurgardens IF finally took the lead when midfielder Dan Forsberg scored a freak goal on 50 minutes. With Helsingborgs IF staring at defeat, there was controversy as centre-back Joseph Baffo then had a penalty shout turned down. Striker Ronnie Engstrom finally rounded off their victory on 75 minutes with a simple finish from close in. Player of the Match: Emil Bergstrom (Djurgarden) Attendance: 11,734 Saturday, September 25, 2021 Helsingborg enter race for qualification Helsingborgs IF 3-2 Malmo FF (Premier Division) A strike from Vladica Bajic boosted Helsingborg's hopes of continental qualification after a 3-2 victory over Malmo on a breezy afternoon at Olympia. Striker Vladica Bajic got Helsingborgs IF off to a flyer by scoring a well struck effort from 19 metres on 9 minutes. An error from Malmo FF's Simon Thern allowed midfielder Sal Jobarteh to score a fierce shot. Centre-back Sebastian Ring gave the Malmo FF fans a glimmer of hope after 80 minutes with a fluke goal. Striker Andreas Nystrom Jensen then equalised for Malmo FF in the 84th minute with a placed shot. Striker Vladica Bajic's red card for ungentlemanly conduct on 86 minutes put Helsingborgs IF's position under question. Despite being down to ten men, midfielder Jocelyn Kola clinched a late winner on 91 minutes with a well struck effort. Kola's impact delighted the fans with his late goal. Player of the Match: Jocelyn Kola (Helsingborg) Attendance: 11,196 October 2, 2021: Board offer a new 3-year deal on $1,400/week. I've asked to delay it. Saturday, October 2, 2021 Helsingborg enter race for qualification Helsingborgs IF 1-1 IFK Goteborg (Premier Division) A Patrik Johansson strike helped Helsingborg move into the continental qualification hunt after their match against IFK Goteborg at Olympia finished 1-1. An error from Helsingborgs IF's Davy Lemaire allowed experienced striker Par Ericsson to score a tidy finish from 11 metres. Winger Patrik Johansson equalised for Helsingborgs IF after 84 minutes with a fierce shot. Player of the Match: Mikael Dyrestam (IFK Goteborg) Attendance: 6,940 [b]Swedish Premier Division[/b] GP PTS 1. Djurgarden 26 51 (+20) 2. Orebro 27 51 (+13) 3. IFK Goteborg 26 50 4. HELSINGBORG 27 48 5. AIK 25 47 6. Malmo 27 46 7. IFK Norrkop. 26 45 (+14, 49 GF) 8. Gefle 27 45 (+14, 48 GF) 9. GAIS 27 40 10.Assyiska 27 31 11.Elfsborg 27 30 12.Mjallby 27 29 13.Hammarby 27 28 -------------------------- 14.Atvidaberg 27 26 -------------------------- 15.Halmstad 26 21 R Trelleborg 27 10 So a really rough stretch of games that may have cost us our shot at Europe. We needed to fight back twice to get a draw at Gefle, who were in 2nd at the time. Then back-to-back-to-back games against 3 of the biggest clubs in Sweden (AIK, Djurgardens and Malmo). Lost a back-and-forth encounter with AIK, didn't turn up against Djurgardens, then gave the supporters a derby match with Malmo they won't soon forget as we choke away a 2-0 lead as we suddenly can't string two passes together, Bajic picks up a second yellow for diving (his first yellow was also for diving. STAY ON YOUR FEET, SON! ), and then the Malmo defense parts like the Red Sea for Jocelyn Kola to come up from midfield and score the winner in injury time. Then on top of all that, we get the new second-placed team IFK Goteborg, who put themselves there on the back of 9 wins on the trot. Considered myself a bit fortunate to get a draw out of it. The bottom line though is we pick up only 5 points from 15 in that tough stretch. And with teams around us having games in hand (substantial games in hand, as far as AIK is concerned), it's clear we'll need some help down the stretch. That said, AIK's run-in is complicated by them reaching the group stage of the Europa League. They got thrashed by Monchengladbach (7-0. On TV no less), and lost to BATE. They've also got Ajax in their group, so hopefully some more defeats and/or fatigue will set in with them; they have Ajax away during their run-in, and the return leg 4 days after the end of the league season. For us, we have away trips to Assyriska and Orebro, before closing the season at home against Elfsborg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Sunday, October 17, 2021 Helsingborg edge narrow Assyriska game Assyriska Foreningen Sodertalje 0-1 Helsingborgs IF (Premier Division) A young Helsingborg side showed that you can win with kids as they came out on top against a much more experienced Assyriska team on a breezy afternoon at Sodertalje Fotbollsarena. Centre-back Joseph Baffo gave Helsingborgs IF the lead with a good header from just inside the six-yard box in the 43rd minute. Despite having a number of corners, Helsingborg found little by way of success. Player of the Match: Richard Magyar (Assyriska) Attendance: 5,636 Sunday, October 24, 2021 Helsingborg lose ground in race to qualify Orebro SK 3-1 Helsingborgs IF (Premier Division) Helsingborg lost ground in the race for continental qualification after a 3-1 defeat to Orebro on a breezy afternoon at Behrn Arena in the Swedish Premier Division. Experienced centre-back Naim Aarab gave Orebro SK the lead with an incisive finish from 12 metres in the 44th minute. Midfielder Mohammed Saeid doubled Orebro SK's lead with a powerful effort on 57 minutes. Striker Vladica Bajic gave the Helsingborgs IF fans a glimmer of hope after 74 minutes with a well timed close range finish. An error from Helsingborgs IF's Shawn Barry allowed striker Emeka Emerun to score a well timed finish from close range. Player of the Match: Emeka Emerun (Orebro) Attendance: 9,104 Sunday, October 31, 2021 Helsingborg miss chance to win Helsingborgs IF 0-0 IF Elfsborg (Premier Division) IF Elfsborg ensured that Lars Christian Krogh Gerson, playing his last game for Helsingborg, could not end his HIF career with a win as they drew 0-0 at Olympia. The match began in controversial circumstances as Helsingborgs IF were denied claims by Erdin Demir for a penalty. The decision to disallow a 64th minute IF Elfsborg goal proved most controversial amongst the team's supporters. Helsingborg had a number of attempts at goal but their profligacy meant they didn't score as many as they maybe would have liked. Player of the Match: Shawn Barry (Helsingborg) Attendance: 7,876 [b]Swedish Premier Division - FINAL[/b] 1. Djurgarden 59 2. Orebro 57 3. Malmo 53 (+16) 4. IFK Goteborg 53 (+9) 5. AIK 52 (+19) 6. Gefle 52 (+17, 52 GF) 7. HELSINGBORG 52 (+17, 51 GF) 8. IFK Norrkop. 49 9. GAIS 42 10.Mjallby 36 11.Elfsborg 35 12.Hammarby 34 13.Atvidaberg 32 ------------------ 14.Assyriska 31 ------------------ 15.Halmstad 25 16.Trelleborg 10 Well, we blew it. There's no other way to put it. A disappointing season comes to a frustrating end with a damp squib of a game against Elfsborg. Win and we're in Europe in the summer. And instead we just mail it in. No doubt about it, we've underacheived this season. The board wanted Europe and we didn't deliver. They were also disappointed at our performance in the Europa League (even though they said they just wanted us to learn from the experience, so eh?) My contract is up at the end of November, but given that my job status is back to "very insecure", I doubt the board will offer the deal that was on the table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_Morgan Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Shame that the season went that way, it was still very tight too. Look forward to seeing if you can keep your job or take on a new challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 League Season Club Nation League GP W D L PTS FINISH ATTENDANCE 2012-13 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Second League 27 14 5 8 47 2nd (lost playoff) 564 2013-14 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Second League 27 19 5 3 62 1st 490 2014-15 NK Smartno 1928 SVN First League 36 9 7 20 34 10th (relegated on GD) 2,893 2015-16 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Second League 27 17 4 6 55 2nd (won playoff) 1,898 2016-17 NK Smartno 1928 SVN First League 36 13 5 18 44 7th 1,933 2017-18 NK Smartno 1928 SVN First League 36 15 5 16 50 6th 1,949 2018 Helsingborgs SWE Premier Div. 5 1 2 2 5 15th (relegated on GD) (hired Oct. 6) 2019 Helsingborgs SWE First Div. Eli. 30 23 5 2 74 1st 6,636 2020 Helsingborgs SWE Premier Div. 30 14 10 6 52 4th 7,991 2021 Helsingborgs SWE Premier Div. 30 15 7 8 52 7th 7,490 Cups Season Club Nation Cup Result 2012-13 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Slovenian Cup Second Round 2013-14 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Slovenian Cup First Round 2014-15 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Slovenian Cup Qualifying Round 2015-16 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Slovenian Cup First Round 2016-17 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Slovenian Cup Qualifying Round 2017-18 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Slovenian Cup First Round 2018-19 Helsingborgs IF SWE Swedish Cup WINNERS 2019-20 Helsingborgs IF SWE Swedish Cup Group stage 2020-21 Helsingborgs IF SWE Swedish Cup Quarter final Continental Competition Season Club Nation Competition Result 2017-18 Smartno 1928 SVN Europa League First Qualifying Round 2019-20 Helsingborgs IF SWE Europa League Playoff Round 2020-21 Helsingborgs IF SWE Europa League Second Qualifying Round Trophy Case Slovenian Second League: 2013-14 Swedish First Division Elite: 2019 Swedish Cup: 2018-19 Swedish First Division Elite Manager of the Year: 2019 Former Club watch [b]Smartno 1928[/b] 2018-19 10th, First League (relegated), Won Slovenian Cup 2019-20 1st, Second League, reached Europa League group stage 2020-21 10th, First League (relegated) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Wow - a very tight finish from 3rd down to 7th. Just a shame you couldn't get one point more. Hopefully, you can shrug it off and get back up the table next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK22 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Looked like you were going to turn it around. A point off third too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Ouch...players decided to go on holiday a bit too early. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 It was going so well then your players decided to take a early holiday.Hopefully you'll be able to strengthen for next season and improve on this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Shame that the season went that way, it was still very tight too. Look forward to seeing if you can keep your job or take on a new challenge. Wow - a very tight finish from 3rd down to 7th. Just a shame you couldn't get one point more. Hopefully, you can shrug it off and get back up the table next season. Looked like you were going to turn it around. A point off third too Ouch...players decided to go on holiday a bit too early. It was going so well then your players decided to take a early holiday.Hopefully you'll be able to strengthen for next season and improve on this season. And as I suspected, the board did not offer a new deal. So I'm out of contract and heading for the dole office. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Wow, close one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Panathinaikos AO Chairman Giannis Alafouzos has offered you a three year contract on $6.75K per week to take the managerial job at OAKA Spyros Louis. The board will not be judging the team's performance in the Superleague this season. Transfer Budget: $1,900,000 Wage Budget: $400K per week Current Player Wage Total: $420K Had to wait a little while for a good opportunity to pop up. Put in for a couple of MLS jobs: Seattle were "flattered" by my interest, and Toronto were interested, but both opted for managers with MLS experience (mainly, Seattle poaching Frank Klopas from Toronto, and Toronto opting for Ben Olsen) But the waiting paid off as I've hooked a whale. Panathinaikos are seriously underachieving this season. They were predicted to finish 3rd, but find themselves languishing in 15th, just 2 points above the drop with 10 matches to go. They'd finished runners up to Olympiakos 7 consecutive seasons, before a shakeup in the Greek order of things saw PAOK win the title and Xanthi come runner up last season. The club itself is in decent shape. The finances are "Okay", and there are more than 11,000 season ticket holders (about half again as many as Helsingborg would average for games). The stadium rent is quite pricey ($1.66M per year, plus 10% of the gate). Otherwise, we have: Good training facilities Good youth facilities Excellent junior coaching Extensive youth recruitment We're past the transfer window, so the current players are all I have to work with. As you can see, we're above the wage budget, so we'll have to conduct a thorough review of who's actually earning their paycheque. As for my remit, the board want to play possession football, which is fine as that's my general philosophy as well. The actual contract is more like the remainder of this season and the next two seasons; "three years" makes it sound more impressive than it really is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 That is definitely quite a step up.Best of luck with Panathinaikos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Good luck at Panathinaikos it's a very decent move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Going to change the posting style. Will give my own thoughts on the match rather than rely on the FM reports. Wednesday, February 16, 2022 AE Larisa 1964 2-0 Panathinaikos AO (Superleague) Attendance: 5,340 I'm thrown in at the deep end, roaming the touchline before there's even been time to set up my introductory press conference. My former Smartno striker Matevz Lenosek gets Larisa on the board late in the first half, and they add an insurance goal midway through the second. Now I see why the team is hovering above the drop. Most of the squad is rated as 2 or 2-1/2 stars. Bulk of the first team just isn't good enough for a club of Panathinaikos' standard. I'm going to have do a major rebuild in the summer. Saturday, February 19, 2022 Panathinaikos AO 2-1 AEK Athens (Superleague) Attendance: 36,960 A gutsy performance that ends with a smash-and-grab victory Playing the 2nd place team was always going to be difficult. It was made more so when one of my midfielders got himself sent off on 6 minutes for throwing an elbow. We finally went down after 70 minutes through one of the centre-backs missing a header, allowing an AEK forward to nip in for a goal. But the other centre-back Elis Bektasi scored from a corner on 91 minutes, and two minutes later forward Emilijano Zenunay takes the ball from inside our own half down to the other end before scoring a powerful goal. [b]Greek Superleague[/b] GP PTS 1. Olympiakos 26 53 2. AEK 27 48 3. PAOK 24 46 4. Atromitos 26 45 5. Aris 27 43 6. Xanthi 27 43 7. Ast. Tripolis26 42 8. Panserraikos 27 37 9. Panionios 27 36 10.Panthrakikos 27 35 11.Ergotelis 26 35 12.Veroia 27 33 13.Levadeiakos 26 33 14.Larisa 25 30 15.PANATHINAIKOS26 27 -------------------------- 16.Platanias 27 25 17.Panachaiki 26 24 18.OFI 27 18 Still in plenty of danger, but beating AEK with 10 men will surely put the supporters on my side? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Nice move - plenty of potential to take Panathinaikos far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_Morgan Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Brilliant leap up that, also good that the board aren't judging you on this season. Obviously financially staying up is important but as I have found when I took the Red Star job on, being in the 2nd division could be a great way to get a young squad and some form together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Panathinaikos in danger of going down..! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Not with him in charge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 Have you been reading the thread? My history is we go down, but make an immediate return. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Panathinaikos AO 2-0 AEK Athens (Greek Cup Quarterfinal First Leg) Attendance: 44,244 A deserved victory for us. Took a little while to settle in, but dominated possession. A couple good saves by the goalkeeper to keep the clean sheet. Monday, March 7, 2022 Panathinaikos AO 2-1 GS Ergotelis (Superleague) Attendance: 20,087 A bit of a fortunate win. Went behind earlier off a shot that seemed to take a slight deflection. Equalized late in the first half through a shot that deflected off a defender standing on the far post (credited as an own goal). Found the winner on 82 minutes when Pinto picked up a loose ball in the penalty area and managed to slot it past the keeper. Thursday, March 10, 2022 AEK Athens 1-1 Panathinaikos AO (Greek Cup Quarterfinal Second Leg) Panathinaikos win 3-1 on aggregate Attendance: 58,633 A jammy draw. Edgar Salli got us on the board inside 5 minutes with a solo effort to effectively kill off the tie. But then we kept repeatedly turning the ball over and couldn't get any shots on target. AEK leveled the match midway through the first half. Our DM Giorgos Katidis got himself sent off in the 67th minute after 2 yellows in quick succession, but we were able to hang on. Friday, March 11, 2022: Draw Aris Salonika in the Greek Cup semifinal Sunday, March 13, 2022 Skoda Xanthi 3-0 Panathinaikos AO (Superleague) Attendance: 3,600 If this match was a TV show it would be "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret." Some of the worst decision-making I've seen by a team in FM that culminates in central defender Souza making a soft pass out of our own area that's easily intercepted and buried past our keeper for the third goal. Our closest pursuers Platanias win at AEK and close the gap to 1 point, but we still have a game in hand. Wednesday, March 16, 2022 PAOK Salonika 0-1 Panathinaikos AO (Superleague) Attendance: 28,701 Looked like we were going to have to settle for a scrappy 0-0, but we hit PAOK on a textbook counterattack in the 67th minute. Harsh on PAOK who were better than us in all statistical categories, except for the one that matters. Sunday, March 20, 2022 Panathinaikos AO 2-2 AGS Asteras Tripolis (Superleague) Attendance: 21,067 An even game in every sense of the word. Went into halftime 0-0, when I told my nervous forward "no pressure." He then bagged himself goals in the 53rd and 54th minutes. But then our Swiss centre-back has a calamitous effort at dealing with a high ball and a Tripolis forward comes racing in to punish the mistake in the 57th minute. That forward then seizes on another mistake in the 61st minute to equalise. Lost our Dutch DM to a B.S. red card in the 88th minute but we held on for a draw. Saturday, March 26, 2022 Panionios 0-1 Panathinaikos AO (Superleague) Attendance: 9,379 A tight affair where the teams combined for only 5 shots on target and 2 clear cut chances (both by us). Were dominated in possession, but got a jammy 91st minute penalty. [b]Greek Superleague (through 31 of 34 rounds)[/b] 1. Olympiakos 63 2. PAOK 56 3. Atromitos 52 4. Ast. Tripol. 50 5. Xanthi 50 6. AEK 49 7. Aris 47 8. Ergotelis 45 9. Levadeiakos 43 10.Panthrakikos 42 11.Larisa 42 12.Panserraikos 41 13.Veroia 38 14.PANATHINAIKOS37 15.Panionios 37 ------------------ 16.Platanias 31 R Panachaiki 24 R OFI 19 *PAOK and Asteras Tripolis have played 30 matches So we're slowing pulling ourselves away from danger. Our final three matches are against Panthrakikos (home), Atromitos (away) and Larisa (home). Won't be an easy run-in, but it could be a lot harder and a win against any one of them should just about see us safe (although we would lose a tie-breaker against Platanias. Results between teams is the first tie-breaker in Greece, and we mustered only a draw and a loss against Platanias before my arrival) I'm having trouble getting through to the players following a poorly received post-match team talk after the second leg draw against AEK. I cautiously told the players that the team didn't look very good (it didn't), and they immediately went all Greek leftist protester on me. Still, we're doing just enough to scrape up enough points. We'll have to juggle the end of the league campaign with the semifinal of the Greek Cup. Playing Aris is a winnable tie, and certainly is easier than the other possibilities. The other semifinal is a top-of-the-table clash between Olympiakos and PAOK. If we beat Panthrakikos (or Platanias lose at home against Xanthi) and confirm survival, I might make the cup the primary target. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Have you been reading the thread? My history is we go down, but make an immediate return. Somehow I doubt you'll manage that here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK22 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Should be safe now Sounds like you've got some Big Time Charlie's who need to put up or shut up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Wow, Panathinakos slumming in the relegation area! You're doing good saving a quality club though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_Morgan Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Just about safe there Would be nice to stay up and get a European place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 Sunday, April 3, 2022 Panathinaikos AO 0-0 APS Panthrakikos Komotinis (Superleague) Attendance: 20,121 Not much in this one. Kept the ball well but couldn't do much with it. But coupled with Platanias' defeat to Xanthi, it means we're safe. Sunday, April 10, 2022 APS Atromitos Athens 1923 2-2 Panathinaikos AO (Superleague) Attendance: 6,791 Had to fight from behind twice. Conceded a penalty inside 3 minutes. Managed to equalize shortly before halftime. Then started the second half well, bossing the game, only for the defense to fall asleep. Rounded off the scoring on 67 minutes when our left wing Pinto connects on a volley that hits the inside of the far post to go in. Thursday, April 14, 2022 Panathinaikos AO 1-0 AS Aris Salonika (Greek Cup Semifinal First Leg) Attendance: 54,199 Couldn't hit the side of a barn for most of the game. It figured it would take a defensive error from Aris for us to make the breakthrough: Our right wing Reynaldo hits the post with a shot, an Aris defenders tries to head the loose ball, but only gets it as far as the penalty dish where our AMC Pablo Ceppelini pounces on it and drills his first goal of the season. But seriously, how are you playing in a cup semifinal, and you're complacent about it? Had one or two players looking that way. Er, it's not like we've strolled the league, fellas. Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Panathinaikos AO 4-0 AE Larisa 1964 (Superleague) Attendance: 25,374 EASY. EASY. EASY. Took the lead on 1 minute, then smashed a penalty on 5 minutes. Made it 3-0 just after the 20-minute mark. A somewhat unfortunate own goal completed the rout for us. Not a bad way to finish off a frustrating season. [b]Greek Superleague - FINAL[/b] 1. Olympiakos 69 2. PAOK 64 3. Ast. Tripolis 57 4. Atromitos 56 5. Aris 56 6. Xanthi 56 7. AEK 53 8. Ergotelis 49 9. Panserraikos 46 10.Pantrakikos 44 11.Panionios 43 12.Levadeiakos 43 13.Veroia 43 14.PANATHINAIKOS 42 15.Larisa 42 -------------------------- 16.Platanias 31 17.Panachaiki 26 18.OFI 21 Sunday, April 24, 2022 AS Aris Salonika 0-1 Panathinaikos AO (Greek Cup Semifinal Second Leg) Attendance: 22,574 Nursing a 1-0 lead from the first leg, I played for counter attacks. We scored off a corner in the 7th minute to extend our aggregate lead to 2-0. A solid defensive effort ensured that our goalkeeper didn't have much to do except retrieve wayward blasts on goal (Aris took 11 shots, but forced our keeper to make only 1 save). So we're into the final, where we get PAOK Salonika, who are also dealing with the European Places Playoff. Saturday, May 7, 2022 As PAOK Salonika 1-2 Panathinaikos AO (Greek Cup Final/aet) Attendance: 32,130 A tense, even encounter against the league runners-up, but we erase the pain of our Superleague campaign by lifting the cup. We went ahead early, but lost our right back to a gashed arm in the 30th minute. Our right wing also suffered a knock but was able to carry on. PAOK had us on the ropes in the middle of the second half and finally breached our defense in the 74th minute. I'd kept back 2 substitutions before burning them in extra time, but it was a switch from our 4-3-3 (4-5-1 in FM terminology) to the 4-2-3-1 that paid the biggest dividend, as Cepellini fed a lovely through ball for Emilijano Zenunay to run onto and slot into the back of the net on 96 minutes. A couple nervy moments near the end, but we run out winners. So by winning the Greek Cup, we qualify for the Europa League, entering at the Playoff stage. I think part of the reason for the club's struggle this season is they reached the group stage of the Europa League, and the squad was just too small too fight on multiple fronts (our backup left back is one of the right backs, for example). We have one player retiring, and another leaving for Fiorentina, so I'll have to be busy this summer lining up reinforcements. On a personal note, claiming the Greek Cup gives me two cups, and I'm now in FM's hall of fame for American managers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 League Season Club Nation League GP W D L PTS FINISH ATTENDANCE 2012-13 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Second League 27 14 5 8 47 2nd (lost playoff) 564 2013-14 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Second League 27 19 5 3 62 1st 490 2014-15 NK Smartno 1928 SVN First League 36 9 7 20 34 10th (relegated on GD) 2,893 2015-16 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Second League 27 17 4 6 55 2nd (won playoff) 1,898 2016-17 NK Smartno 1928 SVN First League 36 13 5 18 44 7th 1,933 2017-18 NK Smartno 1928 SVN First League 36 15 5 16 50 6th 1,949 2018 Helsingborgs SWE Premier Div. 5 1 2 2 5 15th (relegated on GD) (hired Oct. 6) 2019 Helsingborgs SWE First Div. Eli. 30 23 5 2 74 1st 6,636 2020 Helsingborgs SWE Premier Div. 30 14 10 6 52 4th 7,991 2021 Helsingborgs SWE Premier Div. 30 15 7 8 52 7th 7,490 2021-22 Panathinaikos GRE Superleague 10 5 3 2 18 14th (15th when hired) (Hired Feb. 15) Cups Season Club Nation Cup Result 2012-13 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Slovenian Cup Second Round 2013-14 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Slovenian Cup First Round 2014-15 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Slovenian Cup Qualifying Round 2015-16 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Slovenian Cup First Round 2016-17 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Slovenian Cup Qualifying Round 2017-18 NK Smartno 1928 SVN Slovenian Cup First Round 2018-19 Helsingborgs IF SWE Swedish Cup WINNERS 2019-20 Helsingborgs IF SWE Swedish Cup Group stage 2020-21 Helsingborgs IF SWE Swedish Cup Quarter final 2021-22 Panathinaikos GRE Greek Cup WINNERS Continental Competition Season Club Nation Competition Result 2017-18 Smartno 1928 SVN Europa League First Qualifying Round 2019-20 Helsingborgs IF SWE Europa League Playoff Round 2020-21 Helsingborgs IF SWE Europa League Second Qualifying Round Trophy Case Slovenian Second League: 2013-14 Swedish First Division Elite: 2019 Swedish Cup: 2019 Swedish First Division Elite Manager of the Year: 2019 Greek Cup: 2022 Former Club watch [b]Smartno 1928[/b] 2018-19 10th, First League (relegated), Won Slovenian Cup 2019-20 1st, Second League, reached Europa League group stage 2020-21 10th, First League (relegated) 2021-22 1st, Second League Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Congrats on staying up and winning the cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Saved by the Yank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Congrats on staying up as well as winning the Cup.Looks like it will be a very busy pre-season for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_Morgan Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Well done Getting the cup and European football for next year is a great little bonus for you too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK22 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Well done winning the cup! You'll be back near the top of the league in no time now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Nice job on the cup! Next year should see a marked progression in the league as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeadHunta x Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Yeah, good work in the cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 [b]World Cup 2022 - Qatar[/b] Group A Group B Group C Group D Croatia 5 France 7 Spain 7 Uruguay 9 South Africa 4 (+1) Paraguay 6 Switzerland 5 Iran 6 ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ------------- Ukraine 4 (0) Costa Rica 4 China 2 Algeria 1 (-2) Mexico 3 Denmark 0 Ivory Coast 1 Sweden 1 (-6) Group E Group F Group G Group H Italy 9 Germany 7 Brazil 6 (+4) England 9 USA 6 Ecuador 6 Holland 6 (+3) Belgium 6 ----------------- ----------------- ------------------ ----------------- Egypt 3 Jamaica 3 South Korea 3 (-1) Australia 3 Qatar 0 Mali 1 Serbia 3 (-6) Argentina 0 [b]Second Round[/b] Paraguay 3-3p Croatia France 1-0 South Africa Spain e2-1 Iran Uruguay e3-2 Switzerland Italy 2-0 Ecuador USA 0-2 Germany Brazil 1-2e Belgium England 3-1 Holland [b]Quarterfinal[/b] Croatia 1-2e Uruguay France 2-1 Spain Italy 0-2 England Germany 3-1 Belgium [b]Semifinal[/b] Uruguay p1-1 Germany France 1-2e England [b]Third Place Playoff[/b] Germany p0-0 France [b]Final[/b] Uruguay 0-4 England "It was too hot" England? Winning in Qatar? You're having a laugh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Well done on the cup, seems that air conditioning in the those new stadiums must have worked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 tbf, the final was closer than it looks. England were up 2-0 at halftime, but didn't get the 3rd until the 88th minute and the 4th in injury time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Panathinaikos AO 2022-23 Season Preview // Greek Superleague // Europa League Not the greatest of close seasons for us. The board decided to cut the wage budget to $375,000/week, with a transfer budget of $2.23 million. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to cover to holdovers plus the two players coming in that were signed by the previous manager. So I had to shift about $400,000 of the transfer budget over to cover the excess wages. And with no interest in some of our high earners, that means my planned rebuilding of the squad has had to be put on hold. Hovering at the wrong end of the table last season hurt us financially. We got a new main kit sponsor, and an additional new kit sponsor, but those combined for a total of $3.45M, down from $4.22M. We're probably going to need a decent run in the Europa League to aid the finances. We're in decent shape at the moment ($2.65M in the bank), but the board projects a spendy season ending with us using our overdraft to the tune of $5.36M. Apparently we're big in Iberia though, because we were invited to a 2-match tour of Portugal with games against Braga and Santa Clara. Not sure how much that helped, but it was something I haven't seen in FM. Expectations A mixed bag. People outside the club aren't convinced about us, with the media picking us for 8th, and the bookies setting us at 200-1. Considering we haven't been able to change much from the squad that finished 14th, the media and bookies might be closer to the mark. Unfortunately for my job security, the board are expecting bigger things. They want us to qualify for the Europa League's group stage (which we have what appears to be a tricky tie against Hungarian side Haladas in the Playoff Round), and they want us to qualify for Europe through the league. That's going to be more difficult than in previous seasons, because Greece lost one of its two Champions League spots. We're next on the list to get a second team, but clearly the Greek sides are going to need to make a strong effort in Europe this season. We're on the telly! We're getting $3.78M from the Superleague's TV deal, plus another $500,000 from 10 of our matches being picked for live television. Want that one! We can scout the world. Unfortunately it doesn't do us much good, given that we're right up against the wage budget. Greece The Superleague is rated the 16th best competition in Europe, up from 27. We're back to a 3-star rating. We're rated one notch below the Championship in England, and just ahead of the Austrian Bundesliga. As I said earlier, Greece has lost a Champions League spot though, so getting into Europe will be a bit tougher. We'll have to make the top 4 just to get into the European Places Playoff. Elsewhere in Europe, the German Bundesliga is now the second rated competition, with La Liga dropping to 4th. La Liga are also 4th in the coefficient tables, so they send only 3 teams to the Champions League now. They're only a fraction of a point behind the Bundesliga though. Changes to game setup The game felt like it was dragging a bit after I'd added all the divisions in Scotland and Turkey, so I'm dropping Bulgaria and Norway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Thursday, August 18, 2022 Haladas FC 0-0 Panathinaikos AO (Europa League Playoff) Attendance: 7,000 First competitive match of the season, away in Europe. Decided to keep things tight, and despite that we battered Haladas. The time of possession was pretty even, but we fired 24 shots, forcing Haladas' keeper into 10 saves. Were saved by the post late in the match, but otherwise unfortunate not to win. August 19, 2022: Home leg against Haladas selected for TV coverage. We'll get about $30,000 for this. August 21, 2022: Report season ticket sales of 11,640, down from 11,769 Sunday, August 21, 2022 AS PAOK Salonika 5-0 Panathinaikos AO (Superleague) Attendance: 28,701 A miserable 49th birthday for me. A tight first half saw us go into halftime down 1-0 after a 40th minute goal. But the second half was a total collapse. The backline which looked solid in Europe was shredded by PAOK striker Vladimir Stolevski who put 4 goals in by himself. Thursday, August 25, 2022 Panathinaikos AO 3-0 Haladas FC (Europa League Playoff) Attendance: 47,760 Well after the PAOK disaster this was the sort of result we needed. Our centre-back Elis Bektasi scores twice inside of 5 minutes (can you tell we working on attacking set pieces in match training?), and Amiris Siakavaras, getting a rare start, seals the win with a breakaway on 81 minutes. So we're into the Europa League group stage, and will get a cool $1.8M just for being there. August 26, 2022: Panathanaikos drawn in Europa League Group J, alongside PSV (HOL), Newcastle United (ENG) and Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL). Group matches begin September 15, 2022. August 28, 2022: Captain Samir Jaouhari declares he wants a new challenge. I tell him I'll try to find a new club for him as soon as possible. He is currently on a $31,000/week contract that expires at the end of the season. Age 26, rated at 3 stars. A bit slow, the coaching staff rates him as only our third best centre-back. I'm just happy he didn't wait until deadline day to do this. Sunday, August 28, 2022 Panathinaikos AO 3-3 GSS Panionios (Superleague) Attendance: 26,040 Took the lead in the 19th minute through, only to concede an equaliser from a free kick a few moments later. Panionios then went in front just before halftime and added the third not long after. I dialed up the attacking, and we manage to claw back a draw. More worrisome is my assistant reporting that several of the players are having trouble motivating themselves to play for me. This may not end well. [b]Greek Superleague (through 2 of 34 rounds)[/b] 1. Giannina 6 2. Xanthi 6 3. Panthrakikos 4 4. Panserraikos 4 5. Iraklis 4 6. Larisa 4 7. Aris 4 8. AEK 4 9. Ast. Tripolis4 10.Atromitos 3 11.PAOK 3 12.Panionios 1 13.PANATHINAIKOS1 14.Olympiakos 1 15.Veroia 0 ----------------- 16.Ergotelis 0 17.Pierikos 0 18.Levadeiakos 0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Panathinaikos summer transfer window IN ST/AML - Mushaga Bakenga (Free, Leeds, ENG) The 30-year-old Norwegian was signed by the previous manager. DM/MC - Giannis Papadopoulous (Free, St. Etienne, FRA) The 2-star 33-year-old Greek international was signed by the previous manager. DRC/DL - Laninho (Loan, Cortiba, BRA) The 21-year-old Brazilian is a natural right back, but I was looking for someone who was "correct" footed to play left back (our other options were right-footed). The kid is 6'7" and perhaps not surprising for a Brazilian is comfortable with either foot. ST/AML - Hector Rivera (Free) Rated as 3-1/2 stars by our scouts, the 20-year-old Mexican came up in the Queretaro system but was not re-signed. Signs for $4,000/week through 2025-26 season, plus 5% wage rise, $1,000 goal bonus, $3,000 appearance fee. ST/AMC - Carlos Caceres (Loan, Boca Juniors, ARG) Rated at 4-1/2 stars by our scouts, the 21-year-old Argentine has great off the ball movement. He's considered best as a poacher, but I'll probably be playing him in the hole. Valued at $3.3M, he's out of our price range, but we can easily fit his $10,000/week wages under our budget with Evers gone. OUT DC/DR/DM - Ties Evers ($1.5M, Nottingham Forest, ENG) Age 31, was one of the players looking complacent in early matches. So hit the bricks, fella. Frees up $39,000/week. De Graafschap get 5% as a solidarity contribution. Supporters disappointed, but I'm not going to have players who are swanning about on the pitch. ST/AML - Charalabos Karamoulas (Free, Giannina, GRE) A backup player who was deemed surplus to requirements. MC/DM - Giorgos Katidis (Free, Fiorentina, ITA) The Fans Player of the Year had already lined up a 1-year move to Serie A by the time I arrived at the club. MC - Christopher Schiller (Loan, Larissa, GRE) 19-year-old prospect. I felt he'd be better served with some match experience DC - Dina Vargic (Loan, Osijek, CRO) The 20-year-old Croatian goes back to his home country, to one of our affiliates. DC - Savvas Kolonis (Loan, Fostiras, GRE) 19-year-old goes down to our affiliate in the National C Division. Another 6'7" beast. Handled the National B Division well last season, but he's going to the level below this season. Not thrilled about it, but I figure it's better than U20 games. TOP DEALS Greece: $5.25M - DL - Jonas Henrique from Olympiakos to Atromitos (regen player) World: $61M - MC Andres Cano from Getafe to Man United (regen player) Unfortunately couldn't get a deal done to ship out Jaouhari. So we're stuck with him. Also had a couple of permanent transfer bids for quality AMCs turned down before we turned our attention to Caceres. It was a successful window though in the sense that we freed up some wage space, and at least got one Billy Big Time out of the changing room. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 A start to forget in the league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 September 2, 2022: CSKA Moscow trigger defender Elis Bektasi's $7.5M release clause. (Valued at $10.25M, but I had to give him $7.5M to get him to a sign a new deal that had a miniscule pay rise) He decides to go. Frees up $32,000/week. Larisa get $1.5M of the fee due to 20% sell-on clause. Takes transfer budget to $7.3M Saturday, September 10, 2022 Olympiakos SF Piraeus 3-1 Panathinaikos AO (Superleague) Attendance: 32,130 A poor result as we were generally played off the park. Conceded a penalty inside 5 minutes, then on 12 minutes our goalkeeper lets one through that he should have saved. That pretty well finished it. The body language of the players remains poor, with one showing "struggling to motivate himself" to play for our captain, and two likewise for me. Hey, you're all making at least $30,000/week. That ought to be motivation enough. Thursday, September 15, 2022 Ludogorets 1945 (Razgrad) 2-1 Panathinaikos AO (Europa League Group J) Attendance: 6,431 Another poor performance. Fell behind after 9 minutes and conceded another in the 31st. Pulled one back in the 71st, but that was it. More worrisome, right wing Edgar Salli "looking uninterested" in a Europa League game, when he's talking about leaving on a Bosman. Who are you to be "uninterested" in the Europa League, Harry Redknapp? Time to drop the hammer, I think, and drop all the Big Time Charlies. Sunday, September 18, 2022 Panathinaikos AO 0-1 Iraklis Salonika 1908 (Superleague) Another defeat, but at least we actually showed some fight this time after I dropped some of the underachieving players. Iraklis' goal came from a scramble in front off a corner. But it's another defeat, and if I'm honest, I'm already starting to eye the exit. Wednesday, September 21, 2022 And there's the escape hatch. Portland Timbers sack their manager. "One source cited a series of bad transfers" as the reason for it. I quickly resign from Panathinaikos and apply for the job. Friday, September 23, 2022 Portland approach Yank Portland Timbers Chairman Tom Lines has offered you a three year contract on $8.25K per week to take the managerial job at Portland Stadium. The board will not be judging the team's performances in the MLS this season. Following Portland's heavy 0-3 Major League Soccer Regular Season defeat against Chivas USA last Wednesday, McAuley's side are currently 9th in the MLS West Conf. with 22 points from 32 matches. Potland have lost four of their last five games in the league. Allocation Funds: $0 Salary Cap Budget: $84K per week Current Player Wage Total: $65.92K per week So, I'm heading to the Pacific Northwest, to a place "where young people go to retire." The club have won the MLS title in 2015 and 2020, but obviously are doing abysmally this season. With two games left in their season (at Vancouver and at Toronto), they're all but guaranteed to claim the wooden spoon. Currently, Next Big Thing Freddy Adu is the Portland captain, but has already agreed to join Portuguese side Academica. The team are mired in a 9-match winless run, picking up just 1 point in that stretch. They've grabbed just 5 points from an available 45 since the start of July. [video=youtube_share;VHuLrujMFm8] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Think this may be appropriate [video=youtube;IQK4zzQQ7JY] Best of luck at Portland Timbers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 Saturday, October 1, 2022 Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0 Portland Timbers (MLS) Attendance: 20,707 Under the gun all game to our Cascadia rivals. Threw a 20-year-old 4-star potential goalkeeper into what proved to be a shooting gallery. Team still getting to grips with the new tactics, but attack looks like it'll be my priority in the off-season. Saturday, October 8, 2022 Toronto FC 1-0 Portland Timbers (MLS) Attendance: 20,888 A pretty even game until the defense falls asleep on an 80th minute cross. And even then our two centre-backs each averaged at least an 8.0 rating. Attack is definitely where we need improvement. [b]Major League Soccer - Regular Season FINAL[/b] EAST WEST 1. New England 68 1. Los Angeles 63 2. Philadelphia 60 2. San Jose 60 3. Columbus 55 3. Chivas USA 52 4. Toronto 54 4. Vancouver 50 5. Houston 46 5. Seattle 45 ------------------ ------------------ 6. New York 45 6. Colorado 42 7. Chicago 43 7. Dallas 40 8. Montreal 42 8. Salt Lake 35 9. DC United 34 9. PORTLAND 22 10.Kansas City 28 [b]Wild Card round[/b] Toronto 1-0 Houston Vancouver 2-0 Seattle [b]Conference semifinal round (2-leg aggregate)[/b] Toronto 0-3 New England Vancouver 1-2 Los Angeles Columbus 3-4 Phila. Chivas USA 3-8 San Jose [b]Conference final round (2-leg aggregate)[/b] Phila. 5-1 New England San Jose 3-3p Los Angeles [b]MLS Cup[/b] Los Angeles 1-2 Philadelphia So the wooden spoon goes to us. Everything here needs work. We finish last in the league with a putrid 20 goals in 34 games. We tie for last in the league with 55 goals against. And we're twice as bad as anybody in the league with a -35 goal difference (the next worst is Kansas City at -18) Missing the playoffs means we qualify for the "You Suck" allocation of $350,000. Finishing last means we *should* get the #1 pick...if only the previous regime hadn't traded all our SuperDraft picks. They also traded our first pick in the 2024 SuperDraft. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Good luck in the MLS, it always interests me reading about saves in America. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Pity you couldn't stay and do more in Greece. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_Morgan Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 I echo what delta says, with a bit better luck Panathinaikos could have been a good 5-6 year stay. Wasn't to be though and good luck with Portland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Good luck with the Timbers Jason. Any MLS bugs you see in your save? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 Good luck in the MLS, it always interests me reading about saves in America. Thanks. You'll be pleased to note that Philadelphia have just won back-to-back titles. Pity you couldn't stay and do more in Greece. I echo what delta says, with a bit better luck Panathinaikos could have been a good 5-6 year stay. Wasn't to be though and good luck with Portland Too many Big Time Charlies from the looks of it. My replacement isn't doing much better with them. Good luck with the Timbers Jason. Any MLS bugs you see in your save? Nothing yet, but still early days. Looks like teams still quick to sack. New England's manager got fired after finishing first in the East but bombing out in the playoffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 A You Suck allocation? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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