You know what really grinds my gears? When people say pacifically when they mean specifically - An Oceanic Journeyman

[Makoto Nakamura]

2029/30 End of Season

 

Retaining the league and O-League yet again.

2029/30 Best XI

Malcolm Kalai

Paul Gulley - Héctor Kuri - Alan Tereu - Alex Timmermans

Max Watts - Sam Jones (YP11a)

Scott Carey - Willie Lawrie (YP11b) - Ben Bruce

Daniel Meek (YP10a)

Season  |      Club      |   Country   |         League         | Pos | Notes
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2017    | Weloy Strikers |  Micronesia | YFA Island Wide League | 1st | League & Yap Games Winners!
2018    | Weloy Strikers |  Micronesia | YFA Island Wide League | 1st | League Runners up, 3rd in Yap Games Group A
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2019    |    Navutoka    |    Tonga    |   Tonga Major League   | 2nd | League Runners up
2020    |    Navutoka    |    Tonga    |   Tonga Major League   | 1st | League Winners!
2021    |    Navutoka    |    Tonga    |   Tonga Major League   |  -  | 3rd in O-League Group C. Resigned 1/4/2021
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2021/22 |   AS Manu Ura  |    Tahiti   |      Ligue 1 Vini      | 4th | Joined 14/7/2021. Lost League and Cup Final on penalties
2022/23 |   AS Manu Ura  |    Tahiti   |      Ligue 1 Vini      | 4th | Won Tahiti Cup, lost O-League Final and League Semi Final
2023/24 |   AS Manu Ura  |    Tahiti   |      Ligue 1 Vini      | 1st | Won Tahiti Cup, League and Super Cup, French Cup 9th Round
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2024/25 |   Amicale FC   |   Vanuatu   |   TVL Premier League   | 1st | Won League, Port Vila Shield, PVFA Cup, Melanesian Super League & O-League 
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2025/26 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership Winners
2026/27 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 2nd | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners
2027/28 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners, 4th in Club World Cup
2028/29 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners, CLub World Cup Final
2029/30 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners, CLub World Cup 3rd Place

 

[Makoto Nakamura]

Cancelled.  

[Makoto Nakamura]

2030/31 Pre-Season

Just one goal conceded all pre-season, happy days

Same odds as usual.

Daniel and Alan, Daniel would be more likely to win.

[Makoto Nakamura]

October 2030

Very good win to start the season.

[Makoto Nakamura]

November 2030

Amazing month!

[Makoto Nakamura]

December 2030

Another 3rd place in the Club World Cup, great showing!

   

[Mushtaq]

Some great efforts at the Club World Cup!

Are you looking to take on the national team job at some stage? Would be interesting to see what you could do with New Zealand.

[Makoto Nakamura]

31 minutes ago, Mushtaq said:

Some great efforts at the Club World Cup!

Are you looking to take on the national team job at some stage? Would be interesting to see what you could do with New Zealand.

Thanks Mushtaq! It's honestly not something I'd thought about, if I notice the job open then I may apply but more than likely this career will solely be club management.

[Makoto Nakamura]

January 2031

So many goals and then we lose Still an amazing goal difference with 7 games left.

Here's the transfers out, making quite a bit of money from Croatians barely playing for us and going back to Croatia!

3 join us.

[Makoto Nakamura]

February 2031

Despite the loss this is turning into our most dominant season so far!

Easy O-League group.

[Makoto Nakamura]

2030/31 Youth Candidates

We could really do with a DL coming through.

[Makoto Nakamura]

March 2031

From next season I'm just going to do season-by-season reviews, it's a lot of green as per usual.

[Makoto Nakamura]

2030/31 End of Season

  

Yes, we really did beat Fijian side Nadroga 14-1 on aggregate in the O-League Semi Final.

2030/31 Best XI

Malcolm Kalai

Paul Gulley - Alan Tereu - Sinisa Grafina - Alex Timmermans

Max Watts - Terry Little

Scott Carey - Willie Lawrie (YP11b) - Ben Bruce

Daniel Meek (YP10a)

Season  |      Club      |   Country   |         League         | Pos | Notes
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2017    | Weloy Strikers |  Micronesia | YFA Island Wide League | 1st | League & Yap Games Winners!
2018    | Weloy Strikers |  Micronesia | YFA Island Wide League | 1st | League Runners up, 3rd in Yap Games Group A
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2019    |    Navutoka    |    Tonga    |   Tonga Major League   | 2nd | League Runners up
2020    |    Navutoka    |    Tonga    |   Tonga Major League   | 1st | League Winners!
2021    |    Navutoka    |    Tonga    |   Tonga Major League   |  -  | 3rd in O-League Group C. Resigned 1/4/2021
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2021/22 |   AS Manu Ura  |    Tahiti   |      Ligue 1 Vini      | 4th | Joined 14/7/2021. Lost League and Cup Final on penalties
2022/23 |   AS Manu Ura  |    Tahiti   |      Ligue 1 Vini      | 4th | Won Tahiti Cup, lost O-League Final and League Semi Final
2023/24 |   AS Manu Ura  |    Tahiti   |      Ligue 1 Vini      | 1st | Won Tahiti Cup, League and Super Cup, French Cup 9th Round
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2024/25 |   Amicale FC   |   Vanuatu   |   TVL Premier League   | 1st | Won League, Port Vila Shield, PVFA Cup, Melanesian Super League & O-League 
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2025/26 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership Winners
2026/27 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 2nd | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners
2027/28 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners, 4th in Club World Cup
2028/29 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners, CLub World Cup Final
2029/30 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners, CLub World Cup 3rd Place
2030/31 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners, CLub World Cup 3rd Place

 

[Makoto Nakamura]

Welcome to the Auckland City Stadium  We go from 3,000 capacity to 7,476.

[Makoto Nakamura]

2031/32 Pre-Season

Some great wins against a lot of Australian clubs.

Win.

2 players in on loan from Motherwell.

[Slipky]

Looking good, Makoto!

[Adelaidean]

Meek had a heck of an international campaign in 2029/30, 17 goals in 7 games at a rating of 9.07 for New Zealand! 

Looks like he's becoming an excellent player as well, Europe will be circling soon...

Speaking of, how is Brent Wilkinson doing since his big move? 

[Makoto Nakamura]

20 minutes ago, Slipky said:

Looking good, Makoto!

Thanks Slipky!

3 minutes ago, Adelaidean said:

Meek had a heck of an international campaign in 2029/30, 17 goals in 7 games at a rating of 9.07 for New Zealand! 

Looks like he's becoming an excellent player as well, Europe will be circling soon...

Speaking of, how is Brent Wilkinson doing since his big move? 

I'm trying to get Meek tied down on a new 4 year contract, strong emphasis on trying...

Brent, well he's struggled.

[Makoto Nakamura]

2031 Club World Cup

What. But the huh?

   

I'm....wow. Auckland vs Adelaide in the CWC Final, with Rennes being Europe's entrant and we win. £1M is going straight to improving the youth facilities. 

Football, bloody 'ell.

[Makoto Nakamura]

2031/32 Youth Candidates

A DL with potential!!

[claassen]

Rennes winner of the Champion's League , Pinault (5th richest man in France and owner of Stade Rennais), finally decided to inject money in the club?  

Congrats for your journeyman 

[Makoto Nakamura]

2 minutes ago, claassen said:

Rennes winner of the Champion's League , Pinault (5th richest man in France and owner of Stade Rennais), finally decided to inject money in the club?  

Congrats for your journeyman 

I know  They lost 2-1 to Bayern in the Semi Final this season so got close to winning back-to-back! They were also taken over by a tycoon in 2022 so that explains a lot.

Thanks claassen, just waiting for the rest of your league updates now before I can move on to a new save!  

[Mikado911]

Congratulations on another save completed.

Impressive !!!

[Makoto Nakamura]

2031/32 End of Season

We were 2nd until the very last day of the season but still a very strong season!

2031/32 Best XI

Malcolm Kalai

Paul Gulley - Tibor Komorski - Alan Tereu - Alex Timmermans

Max Watts - Sam Jones (YP11a)

Scott Carey - Willie Lawrie (YP11b) - Ben Bruce

Daniel Meek (YP10a)

Season  |      Club      |   Country   |         League         | Pos | Notes
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2017    | Weloy Strikers |  Micronesia | YFA Island Wide League | 1st | League & Yap Games Winners!
2018    | Weloy Strikers |  Micronesia | YFA Island Wide League | 1st | League Runners up, 3rd in Yap Games Group A
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2019    |    Navutoka    |    Tonga    |   Tonga Major League   | 2nd | League Runners up
2020    |    Navutoka    |    Tonga    |   Tonga Major League   | 1st | League Winners!
2021    |    Navutoka    |    Tonga    |   Tonga Major League   |  -  | 3rd in O-League Group C. Resigned 1/4/2021
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2021/22 |   AS Manu Ura  |    Tahiti   |      Ligue 1 Vini      | 4th | Joined 14/7/2021. Lost League and Cup Final on penalties
2022/23 |   AS Manu Ura  |    Tahiti   |      Ligue 1 Vini      | 4th | Won Tahiti Cup, lost O-League Final and League Semi Final
2023/24 |   AS Manu Ura  |    Tahiti   |      Ligue 1 Vini      | 1st | Won Tahiti Cup, League and Super Cup, French Cup 9th Round
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2024/25 |   Amicale FC   |   Vanuatu   |   TVL Premier League   | 1st | Won League, Port Vila Shield, PVFA Cup, Melanesian Super League & O-League 
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2025/26 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership Winners
2026/27 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 2nd | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners
2027/28 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners, 4th in Club World Cup
2028/29 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners, CLub World Cup Final
2029/30 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners, CLub World Cup 3rd Place
2030/31 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners, CLub World Cup 3rd Place
2031/32 |  Auckland City | New Zealand |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup, O-League and CLub World Cup Winners!

 

[Makoto Nakamura]

3 minutes ago, Mikado911 said:

Congratulations on another save completed.

Impressive !!!

Thanks Mikado!

[Makoto Nakamura]

That's what I'm going to do. What next? I do not know.

[Rikulec]

[Mushtaq]

Simply outstanding. As a New Zealander I am biased, but this has been one of the best threads I have seen. 

I’ve started a journeyman career in the NZ regional leagues so it’s good to see it is possible to take on the world from Oceania!

Look forward to seeing what is next.

[Makoto Nakamura]

8 hours ago, Rikulec said:

Thanks!  

7 hours ago, Mushtaq said:

Simply outstanding. As a New Zealander I am biased, but this has been one of the best threads I have seen. 

I’ve started a journeyman career in the NZ regional leagues so it’s good to see it is possible to take on the world from Oceania!

Look forward to seeing what is next.

Thanks Mushtaq it means a lot Best of luck in the regional league, what team you decided on managing?

[Makoto Nakamura]

I wonder how long it will take the AI to bring this back down to 2*.

[Makoto Nakamura]

What on earth am I doing here? After managing the best club in the continent I'm now in American Samoa with a team who finished lower down the table than their reserves. The aim? Get Vaiala to qualify for the O-League, not just the preliminary round but for the actual group stage.

Reserves

U20's

 

[Mushtaq]

26 minutes ago, Makoto Nakamura said:

Thanks!  

Thanks Mushtaq it means a lot Best of luck in the regional league, what team you decided on managing?

I am just a couple of seasons in but just realised the O League isn’t working for some reason  like not being played at all. The Oceania team for Club World Cup seems to be a randomly selected NZ club. Some editor files must have conflicted somewhere because I’m sure I loaded it. Think I’ll need to start again.

Good luck in American Samoa!

[Makoto Nakamura]

26 minutes ago, Mushtaq said:

I am just a couple of seasons in but just realised the O League isn’t working for some reason  like not being played at all. The Oceania team for Club World Cup seems to be a randomly selected NZ club. Some editor files must have conflicted somewhere because I’m sure I loaded it. Think I’ll need to start again.

Good luck in American Samoa!

That sucks I do remember there being a problem with the O-League but claassen fixed it in a later release, hopefully the newest version will work for you, and you'll get the new O-League system that you suggested too!

[Makoto Nakamura]

2033 Pre-Season

Just the 2 friendlies.

Despite having never won we're predicted to win and our reserves predicted to finish 2nd!

Raided the best the country has to offer with these being the top 3.

[Makoto Nakamura]

August 2033

Unbeaten start but we can't not concede.

[Makoto Nakamura]

September 2033

Top of the table with 1 to 3 games in hand and our reserves are climbing up the table as well.

[Makoto Nakamura]

2033 Youth Candidates

2 players obviously stand out and they're both in the same position.

[Makoto Nakamura]

October 2033

Two 5-4 wins! At least I'm providing entertainment for American Samoan football fans!

[Makoto Nakamura]

November 2033

League champions in the first season and some massive goal hauls!

[Makoto Nakamura]

2033 End of Season

Unbeaten campaign in the 1st season!  

Yea I'm pretty sure we didn't use 65 players, maybe the reserves are included?

2033 Best XI

I have no idea why Ryan Sterling is on the bench.

Baby Tekeu

Taufaiula Ngaoire - Ryan Pirangi - Tevita Franks - Tevita Tuiloma (YP16c)

Fai Parker - Nicky Jones

Liatama Dixon - Neemia Marukore - Panwechi Smalley

Kaleopa Foster

Season  |      Club      |    Country     |         League         | Pos | Notes
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2017    | Weloy Strikers |   Micronesia   | YFA Island Wide League | 1st | League & Yap Games Winners!
2018    | Weloy Strikers |   Micronesia   | YFA Island Wide League | 1st | League Runners up, 3rd in Yap Games Group A
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2019    |    Navutoka    |     Tonga      |   Tonga Major League   | 2nd | League Runners up
2020    |    Navutoka    |     Tonga      |   Tonga Major League   | 1st | League Winners!
2021    |    Navutoka    |     Tonga      |   Tonga Major League   |  -  | 3rd in O-League Group C. Resigned 1/4/2021
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2021/22 |   AS Manu Ura  |     Tahiti     |      Ligue 1 Vini      | 4th | Joined 14/7/2021. Lost League and Cup Final on penalties
2022/23 |   AS Manu Ura  |     Tahiti     |      Ligue 1 Vini      | 4th | Won Tahiti Cup, lost O-League Final and League Semi Final
2023/24 |   AS Manu Ura  |     Tahiti     |      Ligue 1 Vini      | 1st | Won Tahiti Cup, League and Super Cup, French Cup 9th Round
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2024/25 |   Amicale FC   |    Vanuatu     |   TVL Premier League   | 1st | Won League, Port Vila Shield, PVFA Cup, Melanesian Super League & O-League 
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2025/26 |  Auckland City |  New Zealand   |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership Winners
2026/27 |  Auckland City |  New Zealand   |     ASB Premiership    | 2nd | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners
2027/28 |  Auckland City |  New Zealand   |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners, 4th in Club World Cup
2028/29 |  Auckland City |  New Zealand   |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners, CLub World Cup Final
2029/30 |  Auckland City |  New Zealand   |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners, CLub World Cup 3rd Place
2030/31 |  Auckland City |  New Zealand   |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup and O-League Winners, CLub World Cup 3rd Place
2031/32 |  Auckland City |  New Zealand   |     ASB Premiership    | 1st | ASB Premiership, Charity Cup, O-League and CLub World Cup Winners!
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2033    | Vaiala Tongan  | American Samoa |   FFAS Senior League   | 1st | Senior League and President's Cup Winners!

 

[Makoto Nakamura]

2034 O-League Preliminary Round

3 solid wins sees us through to the group stage!

Oh dear. We're going back to Auckland.

[Makoto Nakamura]

2034 O-League

Well, at least we scored in every game.

[kingjericho]

Great start in Samoa! The continental campaign will surely improve next season (it's hard not to  )

[Makoto Nakamura]

1 minute ago, kingjericho said:

Great start in Samoa! The continental campaign will surely improve next season (it's hard not to  )

Thanks KingJericho! The aim for next season is simply to get a point!  

[Makoto Nakamura]

2034 Pre-Season

Some great wins to start off the season!

Just win.  

Oh you play in the national team? Well you play for us as well now.

[Makoto Nakamura]

August 2034

Great first couple of games in the league.

[Makoto Nakamura]

September 2034

Another perfect month but we're not without our niggles, conceding a few too many.

[Makoto Nakamura]

2034 Youth Candidates

We could really use more players on the wings.

[Makoto Nakamura]

October 2034

We slipped up Out of the cup already and just holding on to the top spot.

[Makoto Nakamura]

November 2034

It's going to be one hell of a tight end to the season...