Bedese Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 The manager resigned after the Euros (only going to go downhill from there, I guess), and they've offered me the job. I think it's too early, though... I'm going to decline for now. We still need to be focusing on the club side of things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 We made hard work of that. Not happy. That's a nightmare draw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 Well then... We took the lead early on from a fantastic shot from the edge of the box by Samuele Falco (YP46a), and Berardi doubled our advantage finishing off a lovely team goal. Giacomo Marani (YP50b) then decided to give away two penalties for absolutely no reason (and was promptly hauled off and screamed at), but our backup keeper (our first one was injured for the first leg) stopped the second one, and we head back home with a very, very slender advantage. It's possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 Unbelievable Jeff! We held on to beat the Belgians, and we've guaranteed ourselves a place in at least the Europa League groups for the first time since 2043. Get in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 The Romanians are all that stand in our way of our first ever Champions League football. Unfortunately, they're quite good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Things are starting to look better now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 We wasted. So. Many. Chances. On the bright side, a 0-0 at home is a great result. The Champions League groups are slightly more than a pipe dream now... All to play for in the second leg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 All those chances we wasted in the first leg are really playing on my mind On the bright side, we're back in the groups for the first time in over a decade. Good things are happening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 That's a very decent group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 Tutoring is fun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 Absolutely delighted with that. 6 very respectable points, and we actually weren't too far off qualifying. Really, really good stuff, and its our best ever performance in Europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 Youth Intake Day! I like the look of him a lot. Those are very decent starting stats, he's a good size, and we did need a keeper - with Albani and Marco Poggiali (YP52a), (who's got a 4.5* PA) coming through in the last two years, we should be sorted between the sticks for the next decade. Just need to get him away from that bloody casual personality... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Progress! European points! High potential goalies! Things are happening here! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxToBox Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Jupjamie said: Youth Intake Day! I like the look of him a lot. Those are very decent starting stats, he's a good size, and we did need a keeper - with Albani and Marco Poggiali (YP52a), (who's got a 4.5* PA) coming through in the last two years, we should be sorted between the sticks for the next decade. Just need to get him away from that bloody casual personality... Look at those freaking eyes, last thing he looks like is casual.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Trips to Euros? High quality keepers, who have crazy-eyes? Nice! The latter is the hallmark of any good footballing country. The former less so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneronaldo Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Albani looks high as hell, like he just did an entire bag of weed by himself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yugo23 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Last season was great, you are ready for next big step - CL football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjoe Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 6 hours ago, BoxToBox said: Look at those freaking eyes, last thing he looks like is casual.... A casual killer, perhaps? Looking great, @Jupjamie! You're going to win the Europa League next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 6 hours ago, oneronaldo said: Albani looks high as hell, like he just did an entire bag of weed by himself. Hey, be fair. It was half a bag. We split it. 3 hours ago, yugo23 said: Last season was great, you are ready for next big step - CL football. Here's hoping! 1 hour ago, Benjoe said: A casual killer, perhaps? Looking great, @Jupjamie! You're going to win the Europa League next season. I think that might be sliiightly optimistic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Nice to see the NT going places. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BathCity Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Some real progress here, exhiting stuff! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miek Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Great progress and good to see the NT getting better too. I might have taken the NT job just to try to boost their results as well as it affects your European ranking with SG. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 9 hours ago, deltablue said: Nice to see the NT going places. 8 hours ago, BathCity said: Some real progress here, exhiting stuff! 7 hours ago, Miek said: Great progress and good to see the NT getting better too. I might have taken the NT job just to try to boost their results as well as it affects your European ranking with SG. Cheers guys! The NT job was tempting, but I don't feel like it's the right time for it. The promotion to Division C of the Nations League means they're going to get whipped in 6 games most likely (they actually drew 2, so fair play), and it'll take another couple of years to get things back where they have more than the odd game that is winnable. I actually think the AI managers are doing pretty well, so I don't think there's an urgent need to take over. The right time will come soon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 Season Review! League Only we could make hard work of an unbeaten season. We conceded a penalty in the 118th minute of the semi which would have dumped us back into the Europa Qualifiers, but we saved it and scored the winner in the 121st minute, before winning the final in the 118th. My heart. Cup Meh.Schedule Squad Other Teams: Juvenes Dogana lost 4-0 to Kobenhavn in the CL, Fiorentino lost 5-0 to Brondby, Cailungo lost 3-0 to Derry City and Domagnano lost 3-0 to Zurich in the EL. Next year: Europa League groups again. please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 We're beginning to get close to a sell out every game, so this is good news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 Should be easy enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 F***. Europe is going to be hard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 Ugh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 Holy s***. We might actually do this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 Unbelievable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 We might have a chance in this... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 No Morelli and now no Berardi? I think that chance just flew out the window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 They were clinical, we weren't. If only we had two strikers from somewhere... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 Disappointed with the scoreline in the end, but no complaints about making it back to the Europa Groups Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 There could be some points there. We'll see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Great job making the groups for the second year in a row. How's your coefficient? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 16 minutes ago, Rikulec said: Great job making the groups for the second year in a row. How's your coefficient? Cheers Rikulec! Here's how our coefficient is looking right now: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 I'm kind of disappointed, but that wasn't an easy group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 Youth Intake Day! He could grow into a pretty good LB, but we're sorted there, so I'm going to convert him to a left footed RB. That might go awfully. We'll see. I'm kind of disappointed with this intake, because I was really hoping for a DM/CM, but I guess it could have been worse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andychar Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Ok I've just gone from page 1 to here...its been a very productive day at the office. Amazing stuff and finally progress is being made. I don't know how you do it. My laptop would have been out the window so fast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 3 hours ago, andychar said: Ok I've just gone from page 1 to here...its been a very productive day at the office. Amazing stuff and finally progress is being made. I don't know how you do it. My laptop would have been out the window so fast. Cheers mate! Really appreciated. It's actually a lot less infuriating than you think (most of the time, anyway...) progress is going to be measured over decades rather than years, so losing one European match - as annoying as it might be - isn't going to make a massive difference in the grand scheme of things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 F*** f*** f*** f*** f***. After two great years in Europe, we've lost in the league final (completely against the run of play) and lost one of the best players at the club for half a year at the same time. I'm very wound up right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bedese Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 One down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 Two down, two to go. This might be a tricky one. Not sure how this is going to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBrown Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Love this type of thread and I've got the night off so I'm gonna go through and read it throughout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 I fear we're going to regret missing so many chances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 Or not. Into the playoff we go! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 Just Romanians AFC Astra stand in our way of a third successive Europa Group outing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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