Bitner Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Solid, if unespetacular. What you needed really. Cheers, BitnerĀ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 46 minutes ago, Bitner said: Solid, if unespetacular. What you needed really. Cheers, BitnerĀ Exactly my thoughts. I had to pretty much put a whole new team together and there was always the danger of it not gelling properly or doing so too late, so I'm happy to have comfortably avoided relegation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - May 2025 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa A very strong finish to the season shoots us all the way up into 7th! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - Season Review - 2024/25 - Unia JanikowoPKO BP Ekstraklasa Results (Jul-Dec) - Results (Mar-Jul) Competition Performance: 7th We exceed all expectations yet again! And once again we did significantly better after the winter break, although this time you could argue that we only struggled in the first 10 games, going nine without a win. After that we became a team who could beat anyone on a good day really. We've made some immense progress, and we're only getting started. Puchar Polski Competition Performance: First Round That was when we were still **** though. Superpuchar Competition Performance: Winners An unexpected, but well deserved victory after a spectacular performances at the champions' home. Europa Conference League Competition Performance: Second Qualifying Round We couldn't reasonably hope to beat FenerbahƧe, yet we gave them a massive scare in the return leg, almost causing a huge upset. Squad Even a quick look immediately reveals the most problematic areas. On the other hand, it's a very young squad with heaps of potential. Strengthen a couple of key areas and we should be good to go. We're releasing GoliÅski, Å»muda, and Babiarz. Transfers - Finances Yeah, I did get a bit too carried away. A complete makeover saw us sign no less than fifteen new players, essentially becoming a whole new team. I think it was necessary though, we would have got slaughtered if I had kept the players who won the promotion. We're still in the black despite all the money spent on transfers, and that's before all the end of season bonuses. We're good here. Player of the Season 1st - Piotr LeszczyÅski - a bit of a surprise winner, but a well deserved one. He stood firm and beat Kuzdra to a starting XI spot, developing nicely over the course of the season and providing a reliable threat joining the attack on the right flank, helping us with a goal and seven assists. Hopefully he can get even better! 2nd - Marcin Grabowski - fifteen league goals? Not bad for a 19-year-old's first season in the top flight! He may not be the kind of a pacey striker I'd ideally want for my system, but he's done the job this season and helped us massively throughout the campaign. I'm definitely letting him keep the spot for another year. 3rd - MichaÅ MoÅcicki - originally I wasn't even going to sign him, but after the scout came back with a full report, I couldn't resist. And I'm glad - the young winger had a really good first season at the club with six goals and six assists to his name. His aerial presence is also something we try to utilise, although his inability to head the ball properly really stings. Next Season If we can bring in another solid centre back and a holding midfielder, I can't see why we shouldn't be aiming for another top half finish. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 Another expansion we don't really need, but it has to be done. At least this time we didn't have to take out a loan. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - Season Preview - 2025/26 - Unia Janikowo Board Expectations:PKO BP Ekstraklasa: Fight bravely against relegationPuchar Polski: Second RoundMy Expectations:PKO BP Ekstraklasa: Top half finish.Puchar Polski: Not important. Budgets:Transfer: Ā£592,572Wage: Ā£33,440 (currently spending Ā£20,504)Balance: Ā£725,948 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffle Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 il y a 38 minutes, Rikulec a ditĀ : PKO BP Ekstraklasa: Top half finish. Ambition: 19. Determination: 18. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Toffle said: Ambition: 19. Determination: 18. Nice one. In all seriousness though, we can do it. The squad is mostly up to the required standard and I've also signed a couple of good players where we needed reinforcements the most. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - Pre-Season - 2025/26 - Unia Janikowo Friendlies Perfect. Transfers We needed players for specific positions and we brought them in. Piotr PÄkala - okay, we didn't necessarily need another goalkeeper, but he's a much better second option than what we had before. Jan Kokoska - an absolutely fantastic player for our level, shame it's only a loan! Martin Nagy - a backup option for PiÄ tek. Oskar Paprzycki - a well-rounded defensive player who's going to be our starting holding midfielder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - July 2025 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa A frustrating start as we deserved a draw against Lech and then we absolutely battered ÅlÄ sk, who scored with their only two shots on target. We're playing well, but we need to start making it count. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - August 2025 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa It's a slow start, but we seem to be turning it around. Transfers Daniel Zakrzewski - a talented winger joins us on a season-long loan from Lech. Moreover, Kamil Sobczak has been promoted to the first team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - September 2025 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa We really shouldn't have dropped points against Warta, especially after storming to an early two-goal lead. Puchar Polski I rotated a bit for this game and Stomil caused us some trouble, but we made it through. A trip to Piast awaits us in the next round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitner Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Slow start, but nothing to worry. Cheers, Bitner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Bitner said: Slow start, but nothing to worry. Cheers, Bitner I think our squad is too good for us to be dragged into a relegation battle. The performances seem to prove that, we just need to be more clinical in front of goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - October 2025 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa The results may be a bit misleading, it was the RakĆ³w game that was the most difficult for us and only an 8,2 performance from Fabiszewski kept us in it for quite some time. Who am I to complain after a perfect month though? Puchar Polski A disappointing performance and a deserved loss. At least we met the board's expectations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 It's gonna be a tough one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 Woah, this came completely out of the blue. If this wasn't a strict one club save, I would definitely go for it... but it is. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 I finally have a proper Ekstraklasa wage. Still nowhere near what I've only just turned down though! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - November 2025 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa We're on fire! If you ignore that poor start we had, we've got 28 points in 11 games. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rikulec Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 Fingers crossed for the right back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - December 2025 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa Our attempt to repeat an old trick and go all-out attack against Lech failed this time as we got mercilessly picked apart on the counter. Other than that though, two more wins mark another very good month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 My son has scored in a first team friendly! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - January 2026 - Unia Janikowo Friendlies Olimpia GrudziÄ dz scored in the 85th minute. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - February 2026 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa Our ability to edge out games has been incredibly consistent. A big gap has now opened between the top 4 and the rest of the league, largely thanks to our result against ZagÅÄbie. Is it time to set sight for European qualification? Transfers Piotr Pisarek - a no-risk free transfer from ÅlÄza. I think he could become quite good, his attribute spread looks quite promising. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - March 2026 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa Plenty of drama in the last two games, first we got stunned by two early goals from Lechia and did very well to recover and then we came very close to beating Legia for the first time since the beginning of the save, but were denied by a late goal after blowing a golden chance to make it 3:1. I really like the look of that table! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) Jakub SÅota's Management Career - April 2026 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa We're now 14 games unbeaten, which is a new club record. And what's even better, we're back in Europe and on course for a 3rd place finish! Youth Intake We actually did get a decent right back! Given his personality and attributes, I'm quite hopeful for him. Patryk Å»yliÅski Edited December 23, 2020 by Rikulec 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chrisofclubs Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Iāve just been able to binge read this. Absolute madness. Congrats on the cup wins. Incredible what youāve managed to do! Canāt wait for more Europe action next season and then I guess weāve gotta push for the title! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffle Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 You're killing it! Keep going, we want the championship title! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Chrisofclubs said: Iāve just been able to binge read this. Absolute madness. Congrats on the cup wins. Incredible what youāve managed to do! Canāt wait for more Europe action next season and then I guess weāve gotta push for the title! Ā 1 hour ago, Toffle said: You're killing it! Keep going, we want the championship title! Cheers guys! We're definitely not going to win it this season. Even if we did, by some miracle, nullify a six-point deficit within two games, our head-to-head record against both Lech and Legia isn't favourable. Next year... we'll see! Edited December 23, 2020 by Rikulec Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - May 2026 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa Two convincing wins and two clean sheets to end an amazing season for us. Looking above, the title fight was a proper thriller as Lech fell behind in their final game against ÅlÄ sk and won it with an 84th minute goal! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - Season Review - 2025/26 - Unia JanikowoPKO BP Ekstraklasa Results (Jul-Dec) - Results (Feb-May) Competition Performance: 3rd What a season! We got off to a worryingly slow start, but once we did pick up pace, there was no stopping us. The only real blips were the defeats to Legia and Lech in the first half of the season, but on paper they're much bigger clubs than us and such results are always to be expected. Other than that, we're currently unbeaten in 16 league games and still haven't lost in 2026. I've had worse campaigns! Puchar Polski Competition Performance: Second Round We could have done better here. Squad We have a very good starting XI, but their replacements are lagging behind in terms of quality. This issue is going to be addressed in the upcoming transfer window. As for the upcoming departures, we're saying goodbye to the early architects of our success: Fabiszewski and KÄdziora are leaving the club and so are Szywacz and Kocieniewski. Transfers - Finances We actually made a profit thanks to the sale of OrÅowski. There were some really good incoming transfers as well: PÄkala, Kokoska, and Paprzycki all did their job and Nagy switched on later into the season as well. A very nice profit thanks to our league finish and giving lots of minutes U-21 players. Player of the Season 1st - Piotr PÄkala - if LeszczyÅski was a suprise last year, then how do you describe this one? PÄkala was brought in as a backup goalkeeper, but then Fabiszewski picked up a slight injury in September and the young lad really impressed between the sticks, keeping three clean sheets in his first three league games. Playing him really improved our defensive play. Who doesn't love a story like this? 2nd - Filip PleÅnierowicz - our #10 had a bit of an underwhelming 24/25 season and the first half of this one wasn't particularly impressive either. And then some switch was flipped and he went on an amazing patch of form, ending up with seven goals and nine assists in the league. We really need a player like him, his creativity has been invaluable. 3rd - MichaÅ MoÅcicki - another very good campaign from the former Ruch ChorzĆ³w player. This time he actually ended up outscoring Grabowski by one league goal and becoming our top Ekstraklasa scorer. His aerial ability really causes things to happen when we can get a good cross in towards the back post. Next Season We need more depth and quality on the bench. With the right transfers we can push for top three again and hopefully make a bit of a run in Europe this time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 Merry Christmas to everyone following the thread! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRobert Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 36 minutes ago, Rikulec said: Merry Christmas to everyone following the thread! Merry Christmas to you! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitner Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Em 24/12/2020 em 10:50, Rikulec disse: Merry Christmas to everyone following the thread! Merry xmas for you too Cheers, Bitner 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 Some much needed upgrades, at last. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 Ouch, not good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - Season Preview - 2026/27 - Unia Janikowo Board Expectations:PKO BP Ekstraklasa: Avoid relegationPuchar Polski: Third RoundEuropa Conference League: Third Qualifying RoundMy Expectations:PKO BP Ekstraklasa: I want Europe again.Puchar Polski: Do our best.Europa Conference League: It's going to be extremely difficult to get past Salzburg. Budgets:Transfer: Ā£1,402,440Wage: Ā£35,817 (currently spending Ā£25,104)Balance: Ā£1,530,442 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - Pre-Season - 2026/27 - Unia Janikowo Friendlies We should be beating ÅKS. Transfers We improve our squad depth while SÅota Jr gets his first proper test. Jan Kokoska - I have no idea why Slavia let his contract run down, but well, they did. Their loss is our gain! Marcin PorÄba - if we can improve his personality, I think he can grow quite good. Roland Galcik - unlikely to beat PiÄ tek to a starting XI spot, but he'll get his minutes. Kornel Kordas - decent competition for our left back Olejnik. Josko Prtajin - I can see him becoming very, very good. Filip Raszeja - an interesting player, MoÅcicki will have to watch out! Additionally, Patryk Å»yliÅski and Filip WĆ³jcik have been promoted from the U18 squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - July 2026 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa A good start this time. Europa Conference League They were way too good. Transfers Piotr GÄsior - we broke our transfer record, but Ā£180K really doesn't sound like a lot for a player like this. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - August 2026 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa Sadly our fantastic unbeaten run has ended. I also can't help but think that we're not quite at our best yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rikulec Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 And we have our first big sale! The offer came out of the blue, I was really surprised to see it, but at our current level there's no rejecting this kind of money. As some may remember, we only brought him in for Ā£55K, so that's great profit. I'm also happy to have included the loan back clause, which means we won't have to worry about replacing him right away. And this is where the money is going. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 More upgrades! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - September 2026 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa Not bad in terms of points return, but we're playing worse than we did last season. Puchar Polski It wasn't without trouble, but a rotated squad did the job. We'll face ZagÅÄbie Lubin at home in the next round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitner Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Good Progress. Love to see you doing well! Cheers, Bitner 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 41 minutes ago, Bitner said: Good Progress. Love to see you doing well! Cheers, Bitner Thanks mate, I'm glad you're enjoying the read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 Jakub SÅota's Management Career - October 2026 - Unia Janikowo PKO BP Ekstraklasa An unbeaten month keeps us in the mix at the top. Puchar Polski We blew a couple of good chances in extra time and paid the price for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 My contract was running out at the end of the season, so I got a new one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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