Bitner Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 9 horas atrás, Rikulec disse: Quite a fun shootout. Relaxed game. Cheers, Bitner 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 9 hours ago, SixPointer said: Massive result against HIFK a bit of a six pointer Shame you couldn’t follow it up and overtake them. Good thing is there form is very poor so I’m sure you’ll soon capitalise. The problem is that ours isn't much better. 17 minutes ago, Bitner said: Relaxed game. Cheers, Bitner To be honest I was starting to get bored. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corinthiano Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Best of luck in Finland! I had a memorable save all the way back in FM14 when I won the CL with HIFK so will be following your progress! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 2 hours ago, corinthiano said: Best of luck in Finland! I had a memorable save all the way back in FM14 when I won the CL with HIFK so will be following your progress! That sounds like a great achievement. Glad to have you on board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 Magni Þórðarson's Management Career - August 2027 - FC Honka Veikkausliiga This looks really grim, we went seven games without a win before finally beating TPS in a close encounter. The quality of our play isn't actually that bad, we even led 2:1 against HJK, we're simply not scoring goals when we should. Europa Conference League I'm happy with the home leg win, they were just too strong for us to be able to hold on. Transfers Lars Markmanrud - this lad just has the perfect last name for a centre back, doesn't he? A helpful addition for a mere £4K. We also promoted Sebastian Kankkunen from the youth team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitner Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Well we need you to put them firing them gols. Doesn't look like you're far away from winning games, but that detail is never coming your way. Cheers, Bitner 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 18 minutes ago, Bitner said: Well we need you to put them firing them gols. Doesn't look like you're far away from winning games, but that detail is never coming your way. Cheers, Bitner From my experience in such situation it's all about finding the right starting XI and a combination of roles that's going to work, and then winning a couple of games to build up confidence. Then it usually gets going. Speaking of which... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 What a start to the relegation group campaign! I was terribly frustrated when they scored twice late into the first half as I felt we were dominating the game. Then even more frustration after they responded quickly to our equaliser. We had supersub Kauppinen to save the day for us though, I actually put him up front instead of the right wing for the first time and I think I might start doing it more often! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stlducks Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Great career going on so far! Winning everywhere you go is very impressive. I'll be following! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 10 hours ago, Stlducks said: Great career going on so far! Winning everywhere you go is very impressive. I'll be following! Thanks mate, enjoy the ride! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corinthiano Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Tough start, but it is still all very close at the bottom and hopefully you pick up some momentum from the win against Jaro. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 3 hours ago, corinthiano said: Tough start, but it is still all very close at the bottom and hopefully you pick up some momentum from the win against Jaro. Well, it didn't happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 Magni Þórðarson's Management Career - September 2027 - FC Honka Veikkausliiga We won a game that had all the makings of a proper breakthrough... and then apparently pledged not to score a goal ever again. Our finishing is a ****ing joke, let's just end this season and somehow stay up. Youth Intake Fantastic potential, poor personalities. Niklas Nieminen Alexander Kaijasilta Yannick Banza Mauri Hyypiä Stefan Leivo-Jokimäki Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 Magni Þórðarson's Management Career - October 2027 - FC Honka Veikkausliiga Absolutely horrendous. We blew a few good chances against SJK before conceding an outrageous rocket strike from some 35 or 40 yards and we lost to a 90th minute goal against Ilves. I'm really thankful that Jaro and HIFK are **** too, that's the only thing that may let us keep our heads above the surface. We're staying up after all! The first leg was the kind of game we'd probably draw or lose in the regular season and of course we had to seal it in style by throwing away a three-goal lead at Haka's place, the final blow being a 90th minute own goal. The season's over though and I'm still here, this is where real fun begins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corinthiano Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Wow, quite lucky that HIFK were so awful too! Assuming there will be a complete rebuild in the off season? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitner Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Too close for comfort, now we go. And you got 2 Corinthianos here, we might aswell start a POROPOPOPOPOOOOOOOOOO :P Cheers, Bitner 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 23, 2021 Author Share Posted December 23, 2021 19 minutes ago, corinthiano said: Wow, quite lucky that HIFK were so awful too! Assuming there will be a complete rebuild in the off season? As big a rebuild as the budget allows for! I don't think we're that far off in terms of sheer player quality though, it's more about getting the right additions and building up some confidence. I already have two transfers lined up and one of them is a familiar face! 15 minutes ago, Bitner said: Too close for comfort, now we go. And you got 2 Corinthianos here, we might aswell start a POROPOPOPOPOOOOOOOOOO :P Cheers, Bitner I had to check what that is, looks quite fun. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corinthiano Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 17 minutes ago, Bitner said: Too close for comfort, now we go. And you got 2 Corinthianos here, we might aswell start a POROPOPOPOPOOOOOOOOOO :P Cheers, Bitner @Rikulec's very own "Bando de Loucos" haha 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitner Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 1 hora atrás, corinthiano disse: @Rikulec's very own "Bando de Loucos" haha AHHAHAAHA indeed! Cheers, Bitner 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 23, 2021 Author Share Posted December 23, 2021 Magni Þórðarson's Management Career - Season Review - 2027 - FC Honka Veikkausliiga Results (regular season) (red line marks my arrival) - Results (relegation group, relegation playoff) Competition Performance: 11th Awful results both before and after I took over, I guess we were lucky that HIFK were even worse. We couldn't get going and we had a lot of close games tip the wrong way, mostly due to our inability to finish even in simple situations. We have to improve a lot if we want to challenge for the title in the future, that's for sure! Suomen Cup Competition Performance: Quarter Final A decent cup run under the previous manager. Europa Conference League (red line marks my arrival) Competition Performance: Third Qualifying Round We did fairly well considering our stature, shame we couldn't hold out for at least a draw in Poland. Squad It's not bad on paper really. We do lack some quality up front, which definitely has to be addressed alongside some general improvements. Laine, Sarkisov, and Tanninen are getting released at the end of November. Transfers (red lines mark my arrival) - Finances I had neither the time nor the money to do much in the market so far. We have some cash in the bank, but we're also losing it pretty quickly. We probably need to be in Europe regularly in order to be sustainable, which isn't ideal. Player of the Season 1st - Sebastian Kankkunen - he's far from a finished product, but he's also the kind of player we desperately needed in the DM slot. His promotion from the youth team improved us quite considerably, even if we couldn't translate it into results. 2nd - Flemming Okkels Thøgersen - what little we did do up front usually came through this guy. He's still very young with room to grow, I hope we can hold onto him for the next season. 3rd - Dino Okanovic - he did okay, I guess. Not much to choose from! Next Season We have to do much, much better right from the start, there's probably little room for error as the board might get impatient. A top half finish is an absolute minimum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 23, 2021 Author Share Posted December 23, 2021 This update also marks the start of a few days' break as I'm going home for Christmas and won't be able to play until the 28th. Merry Christmas to everyone following along, I hope you're enjoying the ride as there's definitely more to come! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitner Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Merry xmas! Cheers, Bitner 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefinitelyTaylor Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 A tricky start to life in Finland but I think you’ve proven it enough times for us to have confidence that you’ll quickly transform Honka’s fortunes. Have a great Xmas break! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 28, 2021 Author Share Posted December 28, 2021 On 24/12/2021 at 02:19, Bitner said: Merry xmas! Cheers, Bitner On 25/12/2021 at 13:33, DefinitelyTaylor said: A tricky start to life in Finland but I think you’ve proven it enough times for us to have confidence that you’ll quickly transform Honka’s fortunes. Have a great Xmas break! Thank you guys! I'm back and I'm going to have a few days off so I finally have time to play FM as much as I like! Exciting times ahead with potentially even more exciting news to come when the break actually ends... fingers crossed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 Always nice to build for the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 Hopefully nothing gets bugged and I can finish this in a year or so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 Magni Þórðarson's Management Career - Season Preview - 2028 - FC Honka Board Expectations:Veikkausliiga: Top half finishSuomen Cup: Not importantMy Expectations:Veikkausliiga: I want the top half as the minimum, maybe with the right transfers we can do even better.Suomen Cup: Not important. Budgets:Transfer: £235,693Wage: £23,209 (currently spending £19,582)Balance: £886,034 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 Magni Þórðarson's Management Career - Pre-Season - 2028 - FC Honka Friendlies Yes, we failed to beat our reserves, and yes, Finland has a team named Chicken Wings. Transfers It turns out I might be slightly biased towards Icelandic players. Martin Vassiljev - a loan from Rosenborg we made before the season reset date. He'll be retrained to play on the left wing and should be first choice there. Hjalti Sigurðsson - an upgrade for the right back slot. Trausti Björn Jakobsson - a transfer I'm really happy with. Good enough to be a starter already and seems to have decent potential. Stefan Ljubicic - a real pain in the arse whenever I faced him, now it's time to team up. Tómas Ingi Jóhannsson - I have no idea why my coaches never seem to rate him. To me he's a lovely player who's only going to get better. We also promoted Alexander Kaijasilta and Yassine El Amrani to the first team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 Magni Þórðarson's Management Career - January 2028 - FC Honka Suomen Cup Apparently the cup has a separate qualifying round for Veikkausliiga teams where four out of twelve get eliminated, I like it! I also like the fact that we're off to a flying start, the changes are already bearing fruit! Transfers Atli Barkarson - another Icelander, why not? A really good transfer for a mere £13,5K from Tromsø, I think. Arttu Haapaniemi - for some reason there are teams willing to pay decent money for Hugo Jutila, so we might as well prepare for his departure with this loan from Ilves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 Magni Þórðarson's Management Career - February 2028 - FC Honka Suomen Cup Another good win against FC Lahti and then I rotated for the TPS game and still escaped with a point. Friendlies A goal fest against a lower league team and a successful trip to Sweden. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 Magni Þórðarson's Management Career - March 2028 - FC Honka Suomen Cup Once again we left it for late, but in the end it's another confident win as we boss the group stage. A sign of things to come? Friendlies We beat Malmö! We also seem to really love a late goal. Veikkausliiga **** off, not this again. An even game that could have gone either way, but it was KuPS who scored from pretty much their only real chance while we kept gifting the ball to their goalkeeper with tame headers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 My 200th game in charge is a big one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 Magni Þórðarson's Management Career - April 2028 - FC Honka Veikkausliiga Much better! We turn things around and now we seem to have started the season pretty well, sitting just two points behind surprise leaders TPS. Suomen Cup I played a rotated squad against PEPO and then the first team pulled off a wonderful performance at HJK, don't let the scoreline fool you, it was absolute domination with them getting two late consolation goals. What a game against our fierce rivals! In the semis we've got SJK at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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corinthiano Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Solid start in the league after the first result and great game against HJK! Sounds like this will be a much better season than last! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 56 minutes ago, corinthiano said: Solid start in the league after the first result and great game against HJK! Sounds like this will be a much better season than last! Thanks mate, I think I won't last too long at the club if we don't do better than last season to be honest. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 Magni Þórðarson's Management Career - May 2028 - FC Honka Veikkausliiga Eight games unbeaten now, although I'm frustrated to drop points at RoPS despite clearly being the better team and to concede a 90th minute equaliser at HJK where we deserved a win as well. Suomen Cup A terrible game, I don't even know what to say. We just didn't turn up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 A proper thunderbolt from the corner of the penalty box, well deserved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 Plenty of promise in there! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 Maxed out, thank you very much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitner Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Not cool to drop points vs rops, but this time you're on the right end of the table. Off we go! Cheers, Bitner 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 9 hours ago, Bitner said: Not cool to drop points vs rops, but this time you're on the right end of the table. Off we go! Cheers, Bitner Thanks! To be honest I can't see either TPS or KuPS keeping up this form throughout the whole season, and with HJK having a poor season this could be our chance. We're definitely in the mix, hopefully we can pull this off! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 Magni Þórðarson's Management Career - June 2028 - FC Honka Veikkausliiga Boom! A monster month for Vassiljev and we look absolutely unstoppable at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rikulec Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 And then this randomly happens in the very next game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitner Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Those missed penalties who change the entire tide of the match... Cheers, Bitner 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 15 hours ago, Bitner said: Those missed penalties who change the entire tide of the match... Cheers, Bitner Exactly. I'm really pissed off about this because a win would have got us four points clear at the top, but in the end SJK caught up to us and it's all really close. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitner Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 3 horas atrás, Rikulec disse: Exactly. I'm really pissed off about this because a win would have got us four points clear at the top, but in the end SJK caught up to us and it's all really close. We all were through this, terrible feeling... And happy new year! Cheers, Bitner 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 23 minutes ago, Bitner said: We all were through this, terrible feeling... And happy new year! Cheers, Bitner Happy New Year to you as well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 Magni Þórðarson's Management Career - July 2028 - FC Honka Veikkausliiga We picked the worst possible time for a day off, but we responded brilliantly by winning all our remaining games until the end of the month. Two points clear with two thirds of the season gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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