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Rich Stevens Career - Pre-Season - 2021 - Club Deportivo Palestino
Friendlies
It was a bit of an up and down pre-season as we tried to find the right fit for this team. Things started off really poorly as we failed to win our first four, but then we started to hit a groove with three wins before rounding things off with a draw. One thing I have discovered though, is that this team really lacks in concentration late on, so that could be an issue.
Transfers - In
Aaron Barquett - Loan - We only had one recognised right-back, so to pick him up on loan, and an improvement at the position was a no-brainer
Omar Carabali - Free - Following the sale of our number one (see departures) we had to bring someone in. Solid stop-gap
Sebastian Medina - Loan - Pretty much exactly the same as Barquett
Alvaro Delgado - £29k - A very cheap deal for a winger that gives us a bit of quality in an area lacking
Luis Pacheco - £8.75k - Gives us more depth in the middle of the park
Santiago Lizana - Loan - Gives us another solid option in the wide areas as we look for players who can unlock a defence
The deals below the red line are what we did. Three youngsters leaving, but most importantly we lost our number one goalkeeper who left for £200k. He said he wanted to leave for a bigger club so we had to left him go eventually.
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1 hour ago, deltablue said:
I hope it goes well with the new club.
Thank you Sir
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1 hour ago, john1 said:
Bloody hell you are back!!
Good luck with Palestino 
Haha I am...true story
Good to see you fella
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That takekover
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Rich Stevens Career - Season Preview - 2021 - Club Deportivo Palestino
Board Expectations:
Campeonato Nacional Scotiabank: Fight Bravely Against Relegation
Copa Chile MTS: Reach the Third Round
My Expectations:
Campeonato Nacional Scotiabank: I haven't had chance to evaluate anything just yet, but we are favourites to go down. With just a month till the new season, we're going to have to work fast
Copa Chile MTS: As long as I achieve the board expectations, I never complain when it comes to cup competitions
Budgets:
Transfer: £715k - an actual budget!!
Wages: £27,070 p/w (currently spending £16,326 p/w)
Balance: £682,953
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It didn't take long, but following a successful interview with Chilean side, Club Deportivo Palestino, we're back into management, twelve days after leaving Santa Cruz.
QuoteSpeaking to La Cuarta newspaper, Stevens spoke of his delight at accepting the position. "This is a fantastic opportunity for me to get back into management. The way I left Santa Cruz wasn't ideal, but this is a chance for me to move on quickly and continue my development as a manager. I am excited to get started, and with the season just over a month away I'm ready to get to work".
Rich Stevens Career - New Club - Club Deportivo Palestino
So we aren't joining the biggest club in the world by any stretch, and Football Manager classes it as a step down, but I see this as a huge win. We're now going to be managing in the Chilean Campeonato Nacional Scotiabank, their Premier League, so we now have the opportunity to push for a continental competition. I'm really excited about working here.
Name: Club Deportivo Palestino
Nickname: -
Founded: 1920
Stadium: Municipal de La Cisterna (10,000 all-seater)
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Great going in the Bundesliga so far. Shame about those two Champions League defeats
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Congratulations on the new job. Good luck in Blackpool
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Confirmation of our departure....
There could be something in the pipeline already!
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1 hour ago, B.W.G said:
Excellent season
Shame about the board not being supportive,I hope you can find somewhere with people willing to back you.
Thanks man
We had a great season, and like you say, a shame how things have panned out.
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They do, yeah
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Rich Stevens Career - Season Review - 2020 - Santa Cruz FC
Competition Performance: Promoted as Champions
What a fantastic season we had to defy the odds and get promoted as Champions. We were fancied to make the Play-Offs, but out-performed that to go all the way. A fantastic season where we lost four games (to the same two sides), winning the rest as we put up a really good points tally. In the Play-Offs, we weren't great, but we did the necessary job of navigating our way through, to seal promotion with our Quarter-Final win, then go on to comfortably beat Sampaio.
Competition Performance: Runners-Up
We used the early stages of the competition as pre-season but did a fantastic job to make the latter stages. We got some fantastic results along the way to finish second in the group and comfortably make the Quarter-Final. We battled our way through from there, taking the scalp of Serie A side Sport Recife to make the Final. In a tough battle, we weren't able to come out on top.
Competition Performance: Knocked out in Fourth Round
I am very proud of the players to make it to this stage of the competition. We were only expected to make the second round, so to go two further was excellent. We beat two higher division teams along the way to make the fourth round before Vasco da Gama proved a hurdle too far for us, albeit, we only lost on penalties.
We operated with such a small squad due to financial restraints, which make our season even more impressive. Just one right back for example showing how thin we were. The players were absolutely fantastic all season long.
The finances are shocking. There's just no other way to put it. There is no money at this level, plus having the stadium the club do with small attendances, there's no money to be made.
The finances reflected our transfer activity. We couldn't afford to bring anyone in because we had no money for wages.
My Top 3 Players
Kelvenny - Brilliant season. A huge step-up from last season, chipping in with a number of goals
Guilherme Queiroz - A diamond in the rough for us! He was out on loan when we arrived this season, but we gave him a year to show us what he could do and didn't let us down
Jailson - Probably better in the first half of the season than the second, but it felt like he was always among the goals
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Season | Team | Country | Division | League Position | Notes | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 2019 | Santa Cruz FC | Brazil | Serie C | 5th | Joined in June, Copa Do Nordeste Winners | | 2020 | Santa Cruz FC | Brazil | Serie C | 1st - Champions | Permanbuco State Runners-Up |Next Season
I think my time here is done. I don't get along with the board. They refuse to help the club out financially and I just can't see a way I can improve this team to be competitive in Serie B without money.
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Great string of results with that tactical change.
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Still in Thailand at least. Haven't gone too crazy just yet
Solid work on second place.
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Unfortunate to miss out on the play-offs, but still a solid season.
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Definitely deep in that relegation battle. Can't let that gap get too big though.
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5 hours ago, ManUtd1 said:
*mutters angrily in Bruce Arena*
Oh he's still some way out in front. Plenty of catching up to do there.
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On a personal level, it was very nice to receive this.
Congratulations to our 37yo captain on making the Team of the Year.
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Again, they may be happy, but I feel it's too little, too late!
The man again!!
This was a random surprise to read as well
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Serie C Play-Offs - Semi-Final
Much like the previous round, it was a case of doing what had to be done. We drew away from home, and in an even second leg, we managed to score a last minute penalty to give us the win.
Final
Superb work from the boys to ensure we finish the season as Champions!
In an even first leg, again, away from home we managed to claim a 1-1 draw. In the second leg, despite falling behind we managed to come back and claim a comfortable win to give us the title.
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Serie C Play-Offs - Quarter Final
A simple case of getting the job done over the two legs. Not great, but a goalless draw away from home was followed up with a narrow win at home to see us through.
With that win, not only did it take us into the Semi-Finals, but it saw us claim one of the four available promotion slots meaning the team will be in Serie B next season.
Yes, THE Rivaldo!!!
The board may be happy, but our relationship right now isn't the best.....
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We're at that part of the year again just before we head into the Play-Offs (although, I'm not sure how much longer I'll be here). Some solid prospects for the club:
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Easy season for you
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Good luck with Palestino 
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Great season so far