[FM19.3] Lost in Europe - A life in doldrums? 2.0 [Season 8 - Tottenham]

[Makoto Nakamura]

Summer Transfer Window

[Makoto Nakamura]

September 2018

A very good month and we've hit the top of the table!

[Makoto Nakamura]

October 2018

A terrible month in the league but we're through to face Peterhead in the 3rd Round of the Scottish Cup.

[scousevasey]

11 hours ago, Makoto Nakamura said:

 

Well it's not Sweden! So we're an English club in Scotland, I will be signing only Scottish players.

 

How will this affect youth intakes, and your signing of them?

Having played as TNS on an aborted British Steel challenge, most of their intake was English instead of Welsh, which meant my domestic player bias was incredibly poor because playing in the Welsh league meant they were looking at Welsh players despite players being homegrown

[Makoto Nakamura]

7 minutes ago, scousevasey said:

How will this affect youth intakes, and your signing of them?

Having played as TNS on an aborted British Steel challenge, most of their intake was English instead of Welsh, which meant my domestic player bias was incredibly poor because playing in the Welsh league meant they were looking at Welsh players despite players being homegrown

I'll make an exception for youth candidates since I want to upgrade facilities as and when I can, but youth candidates will be the only exception to the rule.

[Makoto Nakamura]

November 2018

Perfect in the league and we're up to 2nd, just three points behind Edinburgh City with Annan also breaking away also breaking away from the rest of the league.

[Pompeyboyz]

5 minutes ago, Makoto Nakamura said:

I'll make an exception for youth candidates since I want to upgrade facilities as and when I can, but youth candidates will be the only exception to the rule.

I was thinking as soon as I saw you were at Berwick, it could be a little good way to work around the transfer guidance you set. 

You are based in England and play in Scotland, so you could allow them both

But what about players who are of the nationality you are playing in, but only as a second nationality?

[Makoto Nakamura]

7 minutes ago, Pompeyboyz said:

I was thinking as soon as I saw you were at Berwick, it could be a little good way to work around the transfer guidance you set. 

You are based in England and play in Scotland, so you could allow them both

But what about players who are of the nationality you are playing in, but only as a second nationality?

I could but I'm being tough on myself only allowing Scots since we're in the Scottish league. As for the second nationality, I might eventually make a shortlist of players who's second nationality are of the nation I'm managing in, but only sign them if they get capped by the national team of the country I'm managing in.

[Makoto Nakamura]

December 2018

Out of the Scottish Cup after losing 8-7 on penalties and a mixed month in the league but we're still doing well up in 2nd, other than the fact that we have the worst defence in the league.

[Makoto Nakamura]

January 2019

A terrible month but we're still holding on to a playoff spot.

[Makoto Nakamura]

2019 Winter Transfer Window

[Makoto Nakamura]

February 2019

A solid month and we're back to three points off of top spot, that match against Stirling was also our first clean sheet of the season!!

[Makoto Nakamura]

2018/19 Youth Candidates

Quite a few Englishmen come through, including the best of the intake.

[Pompeyboyz]

How close will Palmer come to appearing in the first XI?

[FiftyBeforeThirty]

Decent youth intake there so hopefully they'll be in and around the first-team soon!  Great stuff since the restart, all the best  

[Makoto Nakamura]

24 minutes ago, Pompeyboyz said:

How close will Palmer come to appearing in the first XI?

Well he's already on the substitutes bench, so he could get a chance before the end of the season.

8 minutes ago, FiftyBeforeThirty said:

Decent youth intake there so hopefully they'll be in and around the first-team soon!  Great stuff since the restart, all the best  

Thanks FiftyBeforeThirty!

[Makoto Nakamura]

March 2019

Great start to the month, not so great second half, but we kept another clean sheet!

[Pompeyboyz]

6 minutes ago, Makoto Nakamura said:

March 2019

 

Great start to the month, not so great second half, but we kept another clean sheet!

Quite amazing that the best defence are third from bottom and third worst are third

[Dufc1983]

Loving this thread KUTGW

[Makoto Nakamura]

2 minutes ago, Pompeyboyz said:

Quite amazing that the best defence are third from bottom and third worst are third

Well at least they're safe from the relegation playoff. 

1 minute ago, Dufc1983 said:

Loving this thread KUTGW

Thanks Dufc!

[Makoto Nakamura]

We have our most difficult game first, but then a smooth run-in, unfortunately so do both Annan and Edinburgh City.

[Makoto Nakamura]

April 2019

Just the one win means that any talks of the title were diminished and now we'll have to see how we fare in the playoffs.

[Makoto Nakamura]

2018/19 End of Season Review

 

Two even games in every way except for the score, as we lose 6-2 on aggregate.

2018/19 Best XI

Ryan Crump

James Grant - Scott Gibson - Robert Wilson - Euan Valentine

Ross Brown - Aaron Splaine - Declan O'Kane - Lewis Barr

Luke McCowan - Matthew Knox

[Clarky323]

I thought you said you were only signing Scottish players, even from the youth intakes ?

 

EDIT: Just seen the post where you said 'Youth candidates are an exception to the rule' 

[Makoto Nakamura]

2018/19 European Roundup

 

[Makoto Nakamura]

2019/20 Pre-Season

Decent pre-season and we weren't embarrassed against bigger sides in the League Cup.

We're predicted to be worse than last season though.

A lot join us although quite a few of them join our reserves.

[Makoto Nakamura]

August 2019

Let's ignore that Queen's Park game because other than that it's been a very good month and we're top of the table!

[Makoto Nakamura]

2019 Summer Transfer Window

[Makoto Nakamura]

September 2019

Out of the Irn-Bru Cup but another good month in the league but we remain just a point clear in the league.

[Makoto Nakamura]

October 2019

A very quiet month but we're through to face Dumbarton in the Scottish Cup.

[Makoto Nakamura]

The first interview.

[Minuy600]

Just now, Makoto Nakamura said:

The first interview.

Don't sell your soul please.

[Makoto Nakamura]

November 2019

Almost perfect month moves us five points clear at the top and we're facing Elgin City in the 4th Round of the Scottish Cup.

We will get a Brexit this save.

[Makoto Nakamura]

4 minutes ago, Minuy600 said:

Don't sell your soul please.

How nice of you to presume I had a soul in the first place. Muahaha 

[Minuy600]

Just now, Makoto Nakamura said:

How nice of you to presume I had a soul in the first place. Muahaha 

Don't regain a soul to sell it again then.

[Makoto Nakamura]

Just now, Minuy600 said:

Don't regain a soul to sell it again then.

It's alright, former Nottingham Forest U23 Coach and Caretaker Manager Chris Cohen was given the job.

[Makoto Nakamura]

Two more interviews.

And a 3rd.

And 2 more. 

[Makoto Nakamura]

The first rejection.

Definitely getting a lot more interviews this time around!

[parsdaft1982]

I'll be keeping an eye on this thread, I have just started a save with Cowdenbeath (a local side) with the aim of going higher. Started with no badges and Sunday league rep.

[Makoto Nakamura]

1 minute ago, parsdaft1982 said:

I'll be keeping an eye on this thread, I have just started a save with Cowdenbeath (a local side) with the aim of going higher. Started with no badges and Sunday league rep.

Good luck with Cowdenbeath, getting the coaching badges early on have definitely helped me!

[Makoto Nakamura]

December 2019

This is the table as I leave Berwick, yes, I have a new job!

[Makoto Nakamura]

Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, London, England. They currently play in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. They are known to their fans as the O's, and club's home colours are all red. Leyton Orient's home ground Brisbane Road is officially known as The Breyer Group Stadium for sponsorship purposes.

Founded in 1881, they briefly changed their name to Eagle Cricket Club in 1886 and were then known as Orient Football Club in 1888, and Clapton Orient in 1898. It was not until 1987 that they reverted back to the name Leyton Orient, which they had first adopted just after the Second World War. The club had moved to the Leyton area in 1937.

Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63. In 1978, they reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup for the only time in their history. Barry Hearn became chairman in 1995 after the club was put on sale for £5 by then-chairman Tony Wood, a period covered by the television documentary Orient: Club for a Fiver, made by production company Open Media for Channel 4. In 2014, Hearn sold the club to Italian businessman Francesco Becchetti, who achieved two relegations in three years under 11 managers. British-born businessman and Leyton Orient fan Nigel Travis took over the club in 2017.

Almost doubled my wages!

 

[Makoto Nakamura]

[Makoto Nakamura]

December 2019

Good start to life with Leyton Orient although they'd won 4 in a row without conceding a goal before I joined.

[Makoto Nakamura]

January 2020

A loss away to the league leaders but perfect other than that, we're away to Kingstonian in the 3rd Round of the FA Trophy.

[Makoto Nakamura]

2020 Winter Transfer Window

[Jorgen]

15 hours ago, Makoto Nakamura said:

2018/19 European Roundup

 

No more league winner numbers? Salzburg, Juventus, Shakhtar still going strong.

[Makoto Nakamura]

Just now, Jorgen said:

No more league winner numbers? Salzburg, Juventus, Shakhtar still going strong.

It's a new save for the 19.3 patch. 

[Jorgen]

Aha... I got confused with the season years and all. haha. Good luck once again!

[Makoto Nakamura]

2 minutes ago, Jorgen said:

Aha... I got confused with the season years and all. haha. Good luck once again!

Thanks!