Rikulec Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 Not a bad year for Słota Jr as he helped Gwardia Koszalin to an 11th placed finish. I won't be extending his contract for another season, so from now on he's on his own. Hopefully he can find a club! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 We got rewarded with what I consider to be a good draw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 Jakub Słota's Management Career - Season Preview - 2028/29 - Unia Janikowo Board Expectations:PKO BP Ekstraklasa: Top half finishPuchar Polski: Quarter FinalEuropa Conference League: Fourth Qualifying RoundMy Expectations:PKO BP Ekstraklasa: Win it.Puchar Polski: Not important.Europa Conference League: I'd like to reach the group stage again. Budgets:Transfer: £1,783,752Wage: £47,438 (currently spending £32,126)Balance: £4,991,979 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 We've now maxed out both youth recruitment and junior coaching. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitner Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Great season. Let's hope you can do well on Europe and the League this year again... Cheers, Bitner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 minute ago, Bitner said: Great season. Let's hope you can do well on Europe and the League this year again... Cheers, Bitner Cheers mate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 Jakub Słota's Management Career - Pre-Season - 2028/29 - Unia Janikowo Friendlies Meh. Transfers We don't seem to have players attracting big money moves yet, which is a bit surprising to me considering the average age of our squad and the potential of some players, but okay. Filip Michalski - the biggest transfer of this window, hopefully he'll solve our problems on the left wing for a few seasons. Jaksa Pedisic - a decent player who's going to be retrained and act as a second option behind Michalski. Sebastian Szymonowicz - my scouts and coaches don't seem to be rating his ability as highly as I am, but I firmly believe he can do the job as a starter for us despite being only 17. Neven Banic - one for the future, although he's likely to get some minutes this season already. Adrian Felsch and Piotr Listkowski have been promoted from the youth team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 Jakub Słota's Management Career - July 2028 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa Not a bad start, but we really should have beaten Widzew. Europa Conference League They fell apart completely after a red card in the second half of the first leg, allowing us to get a massive win and then field a second XI at their place. The next round will see us face a team I have some good memories with - KR of Iceland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polski97 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Quick question; what way do you upload screenshots ? I know there are a few different ways to do it but I was just curious how you do it. Thanks ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 5 hours ago, Polski97 said: Quick question; what way do you upload screenshots ? I know there are a few different ways to do it but I was just curious how you do it. Thanks ! I upload them to Imgur, then copy the image links and paste them here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 Jakub Słota's Management Career - August 2028 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa We're still unbeaten, but we struggle to get past the teams that park the bus. Europa Conference League A smashing month in Europe. We were always going to put a few past KR, but I was really surprised with how easy it turned out for us to beat Dnipro. I'm not complaining, of course! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 I think it's a weaker group than last year. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 And here's our new record sale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeys Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 That's a pretty cool, nostalgic set of Ekstraklasa teams by the way. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 6 hours ago, joeys said: That's a pretty cool, nostalgic set of Ekstraklasa teams by the way. Yeah, I'd love to throw Odra Wodzisław or Groclin in there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 Jakub Słota's Management Career - September 2028 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa These draws are really starting to get on my nerves. Puchar Polski It wasn't without trouble, but our second XI made it through. The second round is most likely going to be as difficult as it gets as we'll travel to the winner of the match between a 4th tier side Chrobry and Legia. Europa Conference League Maybe it's going to be more difficult than I expected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karanhsingh Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Just caught up, this is great man you have really brought the club a long way, notwithstanding the slight current dip in form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffle Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Il y a 16 heures, Rikulec a dit : I think it's a weaker group than last year. Jynxin' it since FM20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 7 hours ago, karanhsingh said: Just caught up, this is great man you have really brought the club a long way, notwithstanding the slight current dip in form. Thanks mate! 5 hours ago, Toffle said: Jynxin' it since FM20 Since FM16 at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 I think it's the first time I didn't even have to persuade the board. These upgrades should take us to good training and youth facilities as we're currently on average. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 Jakub Słota's Management Career - October 2028 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa Finally, what a month! Not only did we go perfect with no goals conceded, but also Legia lost in two tough games against Zagłębie and Lech, allowing us to overtake them in the table. Let's just end the season now. Puchar Polski They outclassed us and deserved the win. Europa Conference League It was a game we really needed three points from and we fell to a late equaliser. It's still open thanks to Hibernian beating Levadeiakos, but we have it all to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rikulec Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 Jakub Słota's Management Career - November 2028 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa Another fantastic month for us as we win three from three and Legia lose again, allowing us to extend our lead at the top to five points. Europa Conference League We absolutely demolished BATE before escaping from Greece with what I can honestly describe as a lucky draw. At first glance we're in control, but in all likelihood we're going to have to beat Hibernian at home if we want to go through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 Decent is an understatement, the lad's having an amazing season so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 Jakub Słota's Management Career - December 2028 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa We had some unexpected trouble at Jagiellonia and only avoided defeat thanks to Pękala saving a penalty in the 89th minute. Other than that though, things are going really, really well - we've opened up an eight point gap going into the winter break! Europa Conference League And we made it! Hibernian looked nothing like the team that beat us in Scotland, probably because of having won the group already, but who cares? It was much more difficult than expected, but eventually we make it out of the group. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 On paper this looks like a winnable tie, but this time I know better than to jinx it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 That's a bit of a letdown. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 I've been named the best manager in the country for the second year in a row... ...but, perhaps even more interestingly, our star man won not only the award for the best player in the league, but also for the best Polish player of the year! That's an incredible achievement for someone who's not even in the national team, and that just proves what I pointed out a few posts above. What a year for Grabowski! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 Turns out there's more information about him! That was probably the hardest decision I've had to make since the beginning of the save. Grabowski was brought in after the promotion to the Ekstraklasa and became the main architect of our rise to power, becoming a well deserved fan favourite. He was a great player to have, but if you looked at his attributes, you'd say he's not likely to be able to make a step up if we want to grow even further as a club. Moreover, it's an absolutely huge fee for a club of our size and we're probably not going to receive this kind of money for any player anytime soon. It also seems like the perfect moment to sell him, given his recent success and the reputation boost he must have received. £4,6M for us, £40K per week for Grabowski. Could you really reject this? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 Jakub Słota's Management Career - January 2029 - Unia Janikowo Friendlies Hopefully a sign of things to come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBeckham Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Congrats on the awards-filled year mate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 2 hours ago, DavidBeckham said: Congrats on the awards-filled year mate! Cheers! I just hope it doesn't turn to **** in the second part of the season, the early signs aren't good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) Jakub Słota's Management Career - February 2029 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa Our smashing form is suddenly gone. First we ended our unbeaten streak at the worst possible moment and then we also ended our unbelievable run of 56 games without defeat at home by losing to Wisła ****ing Płock. We need to wake up and we need to wake up now. Europa Conference League By no means beautiful, by all means effective! A professional display against the Romanians sends us through to the next round, meaning we've matched our last season's achievement. And just like last season, the run is likely to end there as we've been drawn against Villarreal. Transfers Matteo Dekovic - a temporary fix for the gap left by Grabowski's departure. This loan from Lazio will cost us £190K. Kamil Fijarczyk - some amazing attributes already at 17 and we only paid Cracovia £70K for him! Edited January 8, 2021 by Rikulec Transfers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Impressive work mate, looking forward to seeing how far you can take them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffle Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Wow Kamil is great! I guess you're both lucky and unlucky that he's a mercenary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polski97 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 9 hours ago, Rikulec said: Jakub Słota's Management Career - February 2029 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa Our smashing form is suddenly gone. First we ended our unbeaten streak at the worst possible moment and then we also ended our unbelievable run of 56 games without defeat at home by losing to Wisła ****ing Płock. We need to wake up and we need to wake up now. Europa Conference League By no means beautiful, by all means effective! A professional display against the Romanians sends us through to the next round, meaning we've matched our last season's achievement. And just like last season, the run is likely to end there as we've been drawn against Villarreal. Transfers Matteo Dekovic - a temporary fix for the gap left by Grabowski's departure. This loan from Lazio will cost us £190K. Kamil Fijarczyk - some amazing attributes already at 17 and we only paid Cracovia £70K for him! oh no is the jinx coming back to haunt you again ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantine Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Binged through few threads in here, looking for inspiration for new save of mine after my HDD went dark on New Year's Day and i think i found it here. Doing great so far. Step or two away from walking the league. You'll get it soon enough. Also, on your son... I know you released him but have you thought about turning him into striker? He should do decently as third or fourth choice. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 9 hours ago, Polski97 said: oh no is the jinx coming back to haunt you again ! It's infuriating, the demons from the previous save are back with a vengeance. I just hope we'll fight them off eventually at some point! 46 minutes ago, Constantine said: Binged through few threads in here, looking for inspiration for new save of mine after my HDD went dark on New Year's Day and i think i found it here. Doing great so far. Step or two away from walking the league. You'll get it soon enough. Also, on your son... I know you released him but have you thought about turning him into striker? He should do decently as third or fourth choice. Lovely to see I've inspired you, that's great to hear. As for my son, unfortunately he never had the potential to become a significant player for us, I decided I'd rather see him try and hopefully have a half decent career for himself than forcefully keep him at the club and give him a game or two each season. To be honest, I didn't think of turning him into a striker, I guess we'll never find out how he would have done there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 11 hours ago, Northernpilgrim said: Impressive work mate, looking forward to seeing how far you can take them. Cheers mate! 11 hours ago, Toffle said: Wow Kamil is great! I guess you're both lucky and unlucky that he's a mercenary. He looks amazing for his age, I'm a bit suspicious though because of how easy it was for us to snap him up. Normally Polish clubs want millions for such players. We were helped by the fact his contract was running out, but I'm wondering why they let that happen in the first place and why there was no more interest in him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 Jakub Słota's Management Career - March 2029 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa A much better month allows us to retain the top spot, although the start was more than worrying as we were two goals down at half time against Lechia. Our form seems to have turned up, but we really need to keep it that way, Legia are going to be hot on our tails. Who will blink first? Europa Conference League We couldn't pull off an upset, but this time it was even closer than last year. After losing the first leg in a more convincing manner than the result would suggest I decided to field what was mostly our second XI at their place, preserving our best players' fitness for the league. They dominated us again... but somehow we were 2:0 up at half time, which would have seen us go through! The second half was incredibly dramatic with Villarreal going 3:2 up, then us equalising through Lubos Slama's fantastic strike from a tight angle with ten minutes to go, and finally Alfredo Morelos burying us in the 90th minute. What a game though! Youth Intake As predicted, nothing special. Jacek Tarnowski Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 I'm now the highest earning manager in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 Jakub Słota's Management Career - April 2029 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa Oh yes! Five wins out of five and no goals conceded, and what's more, Legia have dropped four points in their last two games. This means we only need one point from our two games against Lech and Arka. Surely we can't **** this up?! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 A mere formality after a month like that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Rikulec Posted January 10, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2021 I guess this is where I should make a speech or something, but, to be honest, I don't really know what to say. This is something that frustrated me for about a year. The previous Unia save ended because I got so fed up with failing to win the bloody league year after year despite having a squad that should have been more than good enough to do so. This time it also took some work. It took less time to reach the Ekstraklasa starting from the 4th tier than to grab the title after getting promoted. We had to establish ourselves as a top 3 team first and gradually build the team for it. We developed slowly but steadily and, well, here we are. I'm not going to rave on about how massive it would be for the 10,000-people town of Janikowo, how I can imagine the scenes as I walk around the training ground, etc. You've heard it all before. Let's just sit back and enjoy the moment, it's been a damn long wait. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitner Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 CONGRATULATIONS! I knew this day would come! Cheers, Bitner 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Congrats on the title. It's always more satisfying when you have to build up to it rather than winning straight away. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 7 hours ago, Bitner said: CONGRATULATIONS! I knew this day would come! Cheers, Bitner 3 hours ago, Northernpilgrim said: Congrats on the title. It's always more satisfying when you have to build up to it rather than winning straight away. Thanks a lot guys! I agree, winning it after all this grind feels amazing, I definitely wouldn't feel that way if we did it right after getting promoted, even bearing in mind my last year's struggles. It's a massive step for the club, we're going to build something really great here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Jakub Słota's Management Career - Season Review - 2028/29 - Unia JanikowoPKO BP Ekstraklasa Results (Jul-Dec) - Results (Feb-May) Competition Performance: Winners There's not much more left to say really. Apart from the February wobble, this was a fantastic season. We dominated most of our games and simply looked like a title-winning team. Puchar Polski Competition Performance: Second Round We got the worst draw possible. Europa Conference League Competition Performance: Second Knockout Round The road wasn't as smooth as last year, but we repeated the same achievement. An absolutely storming campaign in the qualifying rounds was followed by an underwhelming group stage, but then we did very well to beat Viitorul. Villarreal were just too much for us, although we did give them quite a scare in the second leg. Squad Look at all the talent in there, it's a pleasure to manage this team. We also have a couple of great players in the U-18 squad who will make the step up next season. Pisarek is getting released as his contract is running out. Transfers - Finances We made a lot of money in the market thanks to the big sales of Zawislan and Grabowski. On the other hand, we also really strengthened the team - especially Szymonowicz and Banic were two transfers I'm very pleased with. With eight figures in our bank account I think I may go a bit more adventurous with transfers in the upcoming window! Player of the Season 1st - Matvey Semkin - he's been with us for a few years now, but this season he really turned it up with the quality of his performances, becoming probably our most solid player and one of the main contributors to our defensive record. With Wietrzykowski pushing stronger and stronger for his place, he's definitely been motivated - and it showed! 2nd - Piotr Pękala - speaking of our defensive record, here's the man who kept 21 clean sheets in the league. My coaches never seem to be rating him highly and I constantly get goalkeepers recommended to me by scouts, but for me this guy is the man. There were games where he had nothing to do and suddenly was forced to pull off a wonder save and in those moments he always delivered. 3rd - Neven Banic - to be honest, I didn't expect him to break through in the debut season, but that's exactly what he did. 27 goals in all competitions are a brilliant output, especially from such a young player. One more season like that and we may not be able to hold onto him. Next Season The primary aim will of course be retaining the title, but I also fancy our chances to make the Champions League group stage. Why the hell not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Onto the awards... A very good season from our left back. Much like Semkin, he maintained a very solid, consistent level throughout the campaign. I wish him all the best at Betis. Of course the Conference League record is hugely inflated by the goals in the qualifying round, but it's still fantastic to see. Remember, the boy's only 17! And finally, I also got an award for myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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