SRL88 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Unlucky against Sunderland. So close to an upset. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Ah unlucky against Sunderland =/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 Got our latest batch of youth candidates looks like their is a few players with a future with us, hopefully get a feeder club soonto send some of my young ones out Managed to retain the JPT on penalties, got £36k for winning it but paid out £160k in bonuses, think I might have to give this conpetition a miss next year. The league is looking alot better than I thought it would at this point, we have stormed back into the play offs thanks to a lack of consistency from the clubs around us. I think catching Oldham is a bit much but there is no reason we cant maintain are position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abulezz Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 That looks like a fantastic youth intake - can we see some screenshots of the most talented ones? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 Here is the top two according to my assistant Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 The game crashed and I lost about five games I holidayed them but before with 1 game to go we were 2nd but now looks like I haven't got a chance. Nearly finished the season so will post up a review soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 I'll have a full review tomorrow but we done it! Championship football here we come! We are unbeaten at Wembley now in three appearances! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Excellent work mate. Great achievement . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWFL Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Superb stuff mate. How are the finances looking now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 We are £1M in the black but unless I sell some players we will lose that over the year. The cllub rep is really low so we get virtually no sponsorship money. I have an idea who is leaving though so its just about getting replacements on the cheap Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 It was a great year and here is a few of the players who helped made it happen Antonis Chavos He continues to step up to the plate, he as once again my top scorer with 29 league goals despite only having an8 for finishing, also he is an accomplished CM so when I am facing a lot of injuries and suspensions I drop him back and he is just as effective. He has picked up a few Greece U'21 caps and even go called up to the 1st team squad once but is yet to receive a cap. A good year in the Championship and I can see that rectified. Biriam Mariotti This guy continues to impress me and he has also made an impression for England U'19's and has even Captained the side. Mr consistent and has proven to be worth the £5k I paid for him three years ago. Troy Cockrill Like Chavos he is a product of the academy. Easily the best defender tocme up from it he is able to play at right back or in the middle and even further up the park when I need him to. Played 33 league gamestis season and has the right back spot his own. He has been a regular since 16 and I knocked back a few bids for him January I want at least £1M for him as my assistant thinks he will continue to develop into a top player. Mike Dyer Dyer was a big risk when I signed him 2 years ago I spent £450k on a player who had only ever played in the BSP. The former Tottenham youngster proved to be a huge part of my team last year and continued in the same vein of form scoring 7 league goals and making 19 assists as he was ever present in the team. it was his double at Wembley that saw us gain promotion. His 24 assists in total is a new club record. He is one of my few midfielders I think will be able to make the step up to Championship level. Elsewhere in the rest of the World Prem Winners Arsenal Relegated Swansea, Norwich and Reading Championship Winners Sunderland Promoted Derby & Leyton Orient Relegated Barnsley, Bolton and Luton League One Winners Oldham Promoted Ipswich, King's Lynn Relegated Hereford, Doncaster, Yeovil, Scunthorpe League Two Winners Peterborough Promoted Coventry, Rotherham & Shrewsbury Relegated Mansfield, Ebbsfleet Conference Winners Chester Promoted Plymouth Relegated Dag & Red, Hampton & Richmond, Dorchester, Rochdale BSN Winners: Altrincham Promoted: Black County Rangers Relegated: Cadbury Ath, Appleby Frodingham & Ossett Albion BSS Winners: Kettering Promoted: Highmoor Ibis Relegated: Bromley, Thatcham and Boreham Wood Promoted from Regional Premierships Northwich Villa, Rustingdon, Bridon Rope, Bury Town, London Lions, Little Common FA Cup: Chelsea League Cup: Arsenal JPT: King's Lynn FA Trophy: Brentford Europa League: FC Porto Champions League: Chelsea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Cracking work winning promotion to the Championship Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 Cheers mate, I didn't expect it so soon. I think this yearwill be alot tougher. Now I know how Millwall felt when we signed Morison. Two years ago Stevens was playing in the Southern Prem with Rushington and now playing in he Championship and thats notgood enough. His contract expires at the end of the season so he has forced my hand somewhat. With the promotion his value has been inflated to £1M so I am going to offer him out double that. Quite a few teams are showing interest in my players so what I hoped would be a quiet window will be anything but. Surprised to get a mention considering they just won the League, ultimately wasn't offered the job it went to Lee Clark. This sparked more interest as Dave Jones who just took Leyton Orient to the Prem took over from Clark at Cardiff bu I decided to stay with Lynn. We have made remarkable progress in the last 10 years and I cant throw that away. Arsenal was tempting though. Although I got this message no money has been added to our finances, is it added over the course of the year in installments? Could really do with this money! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Well done reaching this point, got pretty good bunch of players there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 Transfers Out Jamie Stevens £1.7M Neuchatal Xamax- One year left on his deal and he wanted out Robbie Coates £500,000 QPR - Decent DM but injury prone Sandor Kovacs £10,000 Cambridge UP - not good enough Harald Thiesen £12,000 Mickleover - not good enough Zeli Ismail Free Grimsby - too injury prone Adrian Pitu £750,000 Parma - minimum release fee Luke Stokes £100,000 Dunfermilne - Not good enough Robbie Luisi Free Taranto - Signed a pre contract agreement with them in January Rune Rasmussen Free- Been a good servant and even has a couple of caps now but he wanted £7k a week and I can afford that Nicholas Heywood £675,000 Stoke - His minimum release fee In Eifion Monument Free Dundee Utd - Been tracking him a while and a good capture on a free. Hasan Aldemir £80,000 - His agent pushed us on to him, more than capable for this level, a bargain I think. Richard MacKenzie Free AIS - Looks like a quality striker for this level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 MacKenzie should bag himself a few goals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 Yeah he looks handy, tried to sign a few more players from AIS but coulsn't get work permits got lucky with MacKenzie as he has dual natonality (Scottish) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotChocolate Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Done an amazing job so far with Kings Lynn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 MacKenzie hasn't settled in too well, he has yet to score in the league in 17 games and only scored once in the league cup. I am sticking with him though to see if he can turn the corner. I'll post up a half season update tomorrow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolanthustrel Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 TransfersIn Richard MacKenzie Free AIS - Looks like a quality striker for this level. Holy Crap. The AIS actually produced something worth while in this game. Lift his composure and he'll be lethal! I just saw he's having trouble scoring Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Yeah I am going to have him work on his compusure as he should do well here I'm sure. There was another player from AIS I tried to sign but couldn't get a work permit for him and he was even better than this guy, i'll post up a screenshot of him later if you want. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolanthustrel Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Sure, that'd be great. I feel rather bad about simply commenting on the Australian player, I have been reading your thread with great interest. You've had some absolute cracker players come through your team. I see Norwich got relegated to the Championship giving you a great chance to get one over your neighbours and close in on being the best club in Norfolk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 When I tried to sign him he only had one cap and so I lost him and he went to Al Alhi, I don't think i'll be able to afford him next time round. I played Norwich in the league cup this season and they beat me 3-1, the're still a lot better than us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 We had a very encouraging start to the season with wins over Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday. We were sitting in the play offs or the first 12 games but for the first time we are struggling to score and it has brought some inconsistencies with the results. We are sitting comfortably in mid table and I am happy with that my aim still is to make sure we survive. The strikers are worrying me the most new boy MacKenzie is still yet to score a league goal. Joshua Molyneaux has netted just three times the only one still finding the net on a regular basis is Antonis Chavos who has scored 10 times this season. We went out of the League Cup in he second round to our Norfolk rivals Norwich 3-1, we have got Leeds away in the third round of the FA Cup. They are in the bottom three of the Championship and we beat them earlier in the summer so I am hopeful that we can get past them. We are struggling financially. Our wage bill has almost doubled since we got promotion to the Championship and we have hardly n income so we are losing about £200k a month. We get practically nothing from sponsorship and till December our capacity was reduced to 3,200 while they added more seats. We really need at least an expansion or preferably a new stadium but while we are leaking money its not going to happen. We are going to need to continually sell our players and bring in cheaper ones to keep afloat. Thankfully due to the large amount of decent players coming through non-league clubs I should be able to do this on a regular basis without costing us relegation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Finally he scores Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plobdork Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Macenzie looks like a brilliant player i wonder why he isn't scoring....?? Anyway great start to championship football And at least chavos is doing okay!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 I sold two of my best prospects in the January to get the finances up Matt Lewis joined Real Sociedad and Kragh joined Maccabi Tel Aviv. With the bank balance sitting at £4m I decided to try for a stadium again and amazingly the board agreed. Its going to take over two years to build but its just what we need. Got this guy on loan from Man City for three months and hopefully he will help us with our lack of goals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 my first win over a Premiership side We got Blackpool in the next round at home so we have a good chance of getting to the quarter finals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 According to my assistant manager these are the best youth candidates With 7 games to do we are still sitting mid table, MacKenzie has hitthe back of the net a bit more scoring 10 times in the latter half of the season taking his total to 11. There is hope for him yet. We crashed out of the FA Cup away to Man City, amazing Crewe who are in League 1 have booked a place at Wembley beating Sheffield Wednesday in the quarters which should net them a good pay day! The Man City game was watched by over 40,000 and I think we got over £500k for it which has helped stem the losses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 A mid table was always on the cards from about 20 games in. Considering our squad is built of entirely players from non league I am very happy with this. It became clear we do need to strengthen a few positions if we are to improve next season with the goalkeeper spot the most important as I think Max Sherwood is no longer good enough to be my no1. Key Players Antonis Chavos - Out of all the strikers he was the most consistent with 15 league goals and 20 in total. His value has rocketed to £2.6M and he has now picked up a few caps for Greece. Simon Sturgess - CM that was retrained as a LM for last season and he had his best season for us yet. If not for injury he would of probably been ever present. Luke Marriott - 7 goals from midfield and is probably better than Dyer now and may even take his starting berth inte AMC slot. Eifion Monument - My best defender last year, only missed 5 games. Is getting chased by a few bigger clubs so it could be his last year with us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 Premier League Winners: Man Utd ECL Places:Chelsea, Arsenal & Man City Relegated: Leyton Orient, Southampton, Charlton Championship Winners: Swansea Promoted: Reading, Nottinham Forest Relegted:Leeds, Oldham, West Brom League One Winners: Watford Promoted: Middlesbrough, Crystal Palace Relegated: Bradford, Coventry, Morecombe, Grimsby League Two Winners: Cambridge UP Promoted: Plymouth, Northampton, Chester Relegated: Woking, Doncaster BSP Winners: Mansfield Promoted: Newport Relegated: Macclesfield, Carlisle, Harrogate, Highmoor Ibis BSN Winners: Northwich Villa Promoted: Nuneaton Relegated: Bury Town, Histon, Tranmere BSS Winners: Bath Promoted: Launceston Relegated: Hampton & Richmond, Welling, Salisbury Promoted from Regional Prems: Orpington, Eastbourne Town, Cranfield, Mickleover, Ossett Albion, Whitehaven FA Cup: Chelsea League Cup: Liverpool JPT: Chesterfield FA Trophy: Newport County Champions League: Bayern Munich Europa League: Marseille Euro Super Cup: Chelsea World Club Cup: Chelsea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWFL Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Great Stuff! Do you think you could push for promotion next season? And big drop from Tranmere! Any other relatively "big" teams dropped as far as them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Great season mate. You done really well to finish mid-table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 Great Stuff! Do you think you could push for promotion next season? And big drop from Tranmere! Any other relatively "big" teams dropped as far as them? Brentford briefly dropped into the Isthmian Prem but are now in the BSS. Rochdale and Carlisle will be playing in the BSN next season as well. Stevenage are in the BSS As for Promotion I still feel we wont be quite ready this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plobdork Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Great Season JD Could see your team being a prem side in a few season's... You just need to get your balance sorted out .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 Pre-season is underway and their has been limited transfer activity so far. I am looking into getting a few players in on loan but because our reputation is still quite low compared to the other teams in our division. Here are my two buys so far Jorge Tavares - My new number one. Was on my radar last year but I wanted to give Sherwood a shot in the championship. Cheap deal at £20,000 too. Regis Roux - Will compete with Sturgess for the LM spot. I may move Sturgess to the middle so Roux will start. Out Unfortunately my chairman sold Marriott behind my back. In other news I have made my first venture into International Management Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 I think this guy might fire me to a play off spot. He scored on his debut away to Wrexham so he has started better than MacKenzie. I had been tracking him at Northwich Villa past few seasons and he has helped them to back to back promotions the past 2 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Oh he'll take you some ways. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Nice work on getting the South Africa job . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 A little South Africa update When I took over they were 2 games into African Nations qualfying they lost 1-0 to Benin and had beat Liberia 9-0 and were sitting in 2nd. My first game was home to Guinea-Bissau 5-0 with Kermit Erasmus scoring 4 times. I followed this up with wins over Liberia (4-0) and Benin(1-0). Our last game saw us pick up a point and we qualified for the finals. We are the holders so there will be a high expectation on us to do well. We have a lot better team than I thought and am aiming for at least the semi finals. We have been drawn in Group A alongside Cameroon, Benin & Burkina Faso Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 The halfway point and we are doing well, I was hoping for top half but to be in the play offs is excellent. My worry is still the lack of goals. MacKenzie has only scored once in the league this season so far so unless he scores a bag full in the second half of the season he is out of here in the summer. Paul Hines is my top scorer in the league and he has only managed to find the net 6 times. I think I am going to have to start going for more established players as recruiting from non-league no longer seems to work. My better players so far have been my keepers and defenders. Tavares has proven to be a bargain for only £20,000, the Portuguese stopper has kept 12 clean sheets out of 20 league games. With Max Sherwood now 2nd choice I dropped him as Captain and gave the role to Eifion Monument the Welsh defender last year was my best defender and he has carried that form into this season. Also playing out of his skin is Troy Cockrill he has been impressive since being promoted to the first team a few years ago and is now worth £575k and is being chased by Premier League side Reading. My aim is to hold onto the squad I have in January and maybe bring in a few players on loan. The bank balance stands at £5M but the board are improving the training facilities at the end of the season and thats going to cost over £3M. Another aim is to score more goals! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Excellent first half to the season . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 I am just about to do the African Nations luckily there was no injuries here is a pick of the best players. I am aiming to get to the final at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 The first two games in the group was straight forward we absolutely hammered Burkina Faso and it should of been 5 or 6. Cameroon had a superior goal difference so we needed to beat them to get the more favourable draw for the quarters and to be honest we were lucky to get away with the draw. The quarter finals saw us take on Algeria who were also the host nation, we scraped through with a great solo goal from my star AMC Helman Makhanya. The semis paired us with Cameroon again and I was a bit nervous about the fixture. We went in at the break 1-0 down as they scored right at the end of the first half. Thankfully a 20 minute blitz saw us score three times after I changed our tactic to a counter attack and put a second man up top. We were drawn with Ghana in the final who cruised past everyone. I decided to try and play a bit more conservatively and played a 4-5-1 formation. The first 90 minutes were pretty uneventful apart from a goal we had disallowed. Eventually Kermit Erasmus broke the deadlock to score his first goal of the tournament, he scored a bagful in thequalifying so was pleased he was able to make a contribution to the final. I completed one of my aims which was to win this competition so I'm not sure whether to carry on with SA. Their isn't any competitive games schedueled so there isn't much to do so I might keep it on for a while. The Copa America is on in the summer so I might try for a job over there to try and complete another one of my International aims. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 A good season overall happy that we made it closer to the play offs. We were 8th going into the final day 3 points off Sheffield Wednesday and level with Wolves. Wednesday played Wolves in thelast game so I couldn't of gone up no matter what. We still won our last game 1-0. We finally picked uo our scoring a bit with all my strikers contributing but I think we are going to need better inorder to reach the Premier League. It took a long while but finally I have a new top league scorer, he has hardly been prolific though these past two seasons so it may be time to cash in on him. A lot of this is due to the upgrading of the training facilities. We still get no cash through sponsorship our kit deal is £7k a year. The stadium will be ready for the 2024/2025 season so I have another year of scraping by. I am thinking of rebuilding the squad though by cashing in on my International strikers Chavos and MacKenze as their value has inreased with their representation of their Country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 Season Review 2022/2023 Premier League Winners: Chelsea ECL Places: Arsenal, Man Utd & Blackburn Relegated: Swansea, Nottingham Forest & Sunderland Championship Winner: Southampton Promoted: Leyton Orient & Blackpool Relegated: Middlesborough, Leicester & Burnley League One Winners: Leeds Promoted: West Brom & Oldham Relegated: Millwall, Northampton, Bournemouth & Rotherham League Two Winners: Coventry Promoted: Colwyn Bay, Notts County & Newport County Relegated: Yeovil & Burton Blue Square Prem Winners: Chesham Promoted: Northwich Villa Relegated: AFC Wimbledon, Black County Rangers, Lincoln, Kingstonian Blue Square North Winners: Mickleover Promoted: Albion Sports Relegated: Ossett Albion, Rochdale, Droylsden Blue Square South Winners: Bedfont Sports Promoted: Stevenage Relegated: Eastbourne Town, Dartford, Crawley Regional Prems Promoted: Brightlingsea Regent, Boreham Wood, Ash, Pilington xxx, Solihul Moors, Sporting Khalsa FA Cup: Arsenal League Cup: Arsenal Charity Shield: Man Utd JPT: WBA FA Trophy: AFC Wimbledon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Transfers Out Antonis Chavos £4.5M Panathinaikos Richard MacKenzie £1.5M + add ons ADO Den Haag Xavier Mercier £800,000 Falkirk Ian Hooley £500,000 Atalanta Ryan Vincent £300,000 Ipswich In Bienvenido Kote Lopez £825,000 Ingolstadt Remie Street Free Lee Pendlebury £150,000 Millwall I think play offs is a reasonable target. I had too many strikers so I got rid of my two most exspensive ones to get back out of the red. Kote Lopez looks amazing I found him while managing South Africa. Theres a few other African players I am keeping tabs on waiting for work permits including a midfielder from Benin who I think would do a job in the Prem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 We have had a great start to the season and am delighted to be in contention at this point, the trouble with this league is it is so strong. Finally though we are scoring goals Paul Hine has scored 9 and Pendlebury has hit 7. I know these aren't amazing strike rates but they have improved and our defence is good so as long as we can keep this up we have got a good chance this year. I would love to go up automatically and that is my aim as I have lost out a few times in years gone by in the play offs. I also finally got my man, Tossavi the midfielder I have been tracking from Benin has finally got a work permit and he will slot in straight into my first 11, he is a monster. I also picked up Carl Thompson on a free from from Limerick and I have high hopes for him as well. But just as things are going well our Chairman decides to cash in, not happy. Not even a big bid and we don't need the money badly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 We are on the promotion charge! We have been on a role winning our last five games on the boune. Paul Hine went to Blackpool for £1.5M and I decided not to replace him as I have 3 strikers more than capable still with Molyenaux, Bremner and Pendlebury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 The most tempted i've been so far to quit. Its hard to turn down Pavel Nedved Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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