Jolanthustrel Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Interesting Group for Linfield with Man United and Celtic. Meaning Sporting had to make 3 trips to the UK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeXe Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Another excellent season and really promising news with Linfield's European performance! Are they starting to get some decent-ish players or was it a bit of a fluke? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Another excellent season and really promising news with Linfield's European performance! Are they starting to get some decent-ish players or was it a bit of a fluke? They are definitely improving, but it was a bit of fluke in that the teams they beat had much better squads than them. They are bringing in some decent players from Scotland, but until they start looking outside of the UK they are going to find it hard to get much better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Reputations Carling Premiership - 11th in European competitions (3 stars) - up 2 Bourneview - 1st in UEFA coefficients - up 1 Northern Ireland - 10th in UEFA coefficients - no change Northern Ireland - 89th in FIFA rankings - up 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 The relocation to the new stadium has happened, we are now playing in the 24621 all seater Dafuge Park No sign of any youth facilities though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yugo23 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Can you add at least Linfield and Glentoran to the reputations report? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Can you add at least Linfield and Glentoran to the reputations report? I'll add them next time, here they are at the moment: Linfield - 57th in UEFA coefficients Glentoran - 137th in UEFA coefficients Linfield are in with a great chance of making even more progress as they will be in the group stage again this year thanks to our CL win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 England approaches... my assistant Not really sure what to make of this, but he is currently still my assistant while managing England in his spare time. He's a superb assistant but I suppose I'll have to let him go to avoid this bizarre situation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Can you post a ss of him? Must have some cracking stats if he is their Manager!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Can you post a ss of him? Must have some cracking stats if he is their Manager!! Michael Downes He's pretty awesome, which is making him incredibly hard to replace Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Yeah I can see why he was appointed . Suprised no clubs have approached him to be fair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yugo23 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 He doesn't have scouting knowledge of Northern Ireland? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 He doesn't have scouting knowledge of Northern Ireland? I've always thought that was odd, I'm sure assistants always used to pick up knowledge of the country they were working in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJCFC Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Wow your squad is just insane, the rate at which your team has progressed is incredible. What are your aims for the future? Developing N.I youth? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Wow your squad is just insane, the rate at which your team has progressed is incredible. What are your aims for the future? Developing N.I youth? I'd love to be able to do something about the state of the NI national team by developing some NI players, but without any youth facilities I really can't. Even clubs like Linfield, Glentoran, Portadown etc. have all abandoned the NI players, going for GB players instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJCFC Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Just wondering but have you changed the leagues at all as you've progressed or have you just stuck with the same ones you started with? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Just wondering but have you changed the leagues at all as you've progressed or have you just stuck with the same ones you started with? I haven't touched them. I quite fancy loading a few of the bigger European leagues but I'm quite enjoying the balance of the database and the speed at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJCFC Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Fair enough, i'd guess that having the spanish italian leagues etc up they would be more active in the market which would provide a tougher test in europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWFL Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Have you considered leaving Bourneview and maybe taking another club to the top? One with youth facilities? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Have you considered leaving Bourneview and maybe taking another club to the top? One with youth facilities? It is tempting, but I'm determined to try and do this by managing just one club and not having any influence on the others at all. That should guarantee the game lasts the long term. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJCFC Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Is your youth recuitment still low aswell or have you been able to increase that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 I've only ever had the option to cut back on that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJCFC Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 thats frustrating and very limiting. I think the recuitment levels depends on that of your rivals so if they don't improve it, you never will. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Jigsaw Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 203 goals? Jesus Christ. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plobdork Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Brilliant dafuge absolutely brilliant but what now...? :confused: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 Brilliant dafuge absolutely brilliant but what now...? :confused: The challenge of taking my club to the top looks like it is over, but the battle to drag the league up with me is still going. Then there's the issue of the non existent youth facilities which are stopping me from helping NI out. Plenty to do still Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 Glentoran 4-3 Bourneview There it is, the record of 254 unbeaten league games has ended Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJCFC Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 It's all downhill from here... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 One loss at every 254 matches can't be that bad... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Canny crap that dafuge . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 Bourneview Young Men - Carling Premiership - 2032/33 We have established ourselves as one of the biggest clubs in Europe, if not the biggest. All there is to do now is keep on winning in the hope the other clubs catch up or our chairman decides to build some youth facilities. League Table Not quite up to last season in terms of goals, but the major story was Glentoran ending our 254 game unbeaten run. Domestic Cups - the usual clean sweep. UEFA Super Cup - an interesting club to face, but we destroyed them. FIFA Club World Cup - a bit more convincing than last year, but it was another win. UEFA Champions League - the group stage was fairly routine, even with the Man City defeat that nearly saw us lose top spot. The biggest scare in the knockout rounds was against Marseille, where despite dominating we made it through by the narrowest of margins. The final was tight, but we never looked like losing. Squad - quality all over, this squad is getting better and better. Transfers - a very quiet year for transfers, although with the sliding finances we may need to be a bit more active soon. Key Player Profiles: Dejan Vukojevic - he had a slow start but picked up towards the end. I took him off penalties which may have made a big difference. Edson - definitely our best striker now. Lapa - brilliant again. Agustín Berardi - another great year for the third choice striker. Admir Juric - he's a new signing that deserves a mention, he should be my first choice winger soon. Career Overview Season League Position Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012/13 Championship Two 1st Championship Two, Mid-Ulster and Intermediate Cup winners 2013/14 Championship One 1st Championship One, Mid-Ulster and Irish Cup winners 2014/15 Carling Premiership 2nd Irish Cup winners 2015/16 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Mid-Ulster and Setanta Cup winners 2016/17 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Irish and Setanta Cup winners 2017/18 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Mid-Ulster, League and Setanta Cup winners 2018/19 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Irish, League and Setanta Cup winners 2019/20 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Irish, Mid-Ulster and Setanta Cup winners 2020/21 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Irish, Mid-Ulster and League Cup winners 2021/22 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Mid-Ulster, League, Irish and Setanta Cup winners 2022/23 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Mid-Ulster, League, Irish and Setanta Cup winners 2023/24 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Mid-Ulster, League, Irish and Setanta Cup winners 2024/25 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Mid-Ulster, Irish and Setanta Cup winners, Europa League finalists 2025/26 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Intermediate, Mid-Ulster, League, Irish and Setanta Cup winners 2026/27 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Mid-Ulster, League, Irish and Setanta Cup winners 2027/28 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Mid-Ulster, League, Irish and Setanta Cup winners 2028/29 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Mid-Ulster, League, Irish, Setanta Cup and Champions League winners 2029/30 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Mid-Ulster, League, Irish and Setanta Cup winners 2030/31 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Mid-Ulster, League, Irish, Setanta Cup and Champions League winners 2031/32 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Mid-Ulster, League, Irish, Setanta Cup, CWC and Champions League winners 2032/33 Carling Premiership 1st Premiership, Mid-Ulster, League, Irish, Setanta Cup, CWC and Champions League winners Next Season The challenge to take Bourneview to the top is well and truly over, now we need the others to pick up. Linfield finished bottom of their tough CL group and Glentoran had the usual exit in the qualifiers so it doesn't look as if much is happening there. Just got a rather hefty stadium expansion, from 24k up to 37k Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Another great season . How far do you think you will be able to go before you get bored? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 How often do you get job offers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJCFC Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Great progress in such a short time span. Hope you improve your youth intakes soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 How often do you get job offers? I've had a handful of international job offers recently, but no others. I don't have any other leagues loaded though so I'm not expecting any. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 Reputations Carling Premiership - 11th in European competitions (3 stars) - no change Bourneview - 1st in UEFA coefficients - no change Northern Ireland - 10th in UEFA coefficients - no change Northern Ireland - 82nd in FIFA rankings - up 7 Linfield - 48th in UEFA coefficients - up 9 Glentoran - 128th in UEFA coefficients - up 9 The reputations seem to be hitting a bit of a wall now, there's not a lot more we can do as a club but wait and hope the others improve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drtrick Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Just got a rather hefty stadium expansion, from 24k up to 37k How are your domestic attendance figures? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 How are your domestic attendance figures? Pretty strong. We averaged 23440 last season, selling out for the bigger games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWFL Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 What about the other teams in Northern Ireland? Anyone close to your attendances? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 What about the other teams in Northern Ireland? Anyone close to your attendances? I've gone past the league reset date now, so can't really compare them easily. I'll try and get a screenshot up once I've got stuck into next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWFL Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I've gone past the league reset date now, so can't really compare them easily. I'll try and get a screenshot up once I've got stuck into next season. Cheers, should be interesting to see whether you're dominating that too.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Here are the league stats for attendances, we are about 12 games in and our stadium capacity is currently restricted to 22652. We have an expansion due soo that should take us up to around 37k. Averages % Sellouts Linfield Averages - this is probably the most important one, and they are not the only club to have seen an increase in attendances recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Thats a pretty consistant increase (except 1 year) for Linfield. Good for the league with 3 Champions League places which can only help attendances. Like the fact that Portadown have a 6.62% average attendance . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpfc543 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Been reading this thread over the past few days and you are doing superbly! KUTGW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJCFC Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Massive contrast between the attendances, do the ticket prices vary much or are they all at the same kind of level? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Massive contrast between the attendances, do the ticket prices vary much or are they all at the same kind of level? There's not a huge difference, just a few pounds between the clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamFitz Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 What are your finances like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 What are your finances like? Finances We were losing money at a rate, so I'm having to work on the finances this year. We simply couldn't afford to keep the squad we had last season so I've been rebuilding it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 For a top team, your sponsorship deals are pretty lousy. The board is your biggest rival... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
snootyjim Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 How are you picking up all of these youngsters? Just sending mountains of scouts out or doing it all manually? You've picked up so many gems it's untrue! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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