Crispypaul Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 Well done Crispy Duck, er, I mean Paul. Thanks! Unfortunately I have a bug issue at the moment - waiting for it to be cleared up before moving on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 OK i've sorted a workaround for a potential bug, and will post up a preseason review this evening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 Season 2016/17 Pre Season Review Helmond Sport Dutch Premier Division (Eredivisie) Squad was torn apart again. Unfortunately I couldn't make all the signings I needed before our first game - including no senior left back. I sold Quin Kruijsen to balance the books - and also because our parent club has a "players move freely" clause. I think this may be a bug as Quin Kruijsen was originally transferred for just £5k to VVV - however as I'm unlikely to get any answer from SI anytime soon I decided to revert to an earlier save and sell him for a proper fee. I think it would be incredibly unrealistic for us to sell our best player for the equivalent of his weekly wage so am happy with this - however I will leave when my contract runs out because of this bug/clause. Key players brought in so far: Davy Klaassen - free transfer from Ajax to provide some competition upfront Mats Daehli - playmaker brought in on a free from Man Utd Artur Braga - excellent young left winger on a free from Porto. Has a min fee clause of £650k though which I expect i'll have to renegotiate during the season. Finances are decent thanks to the large player sale: And our friendly performances were acceptable: First fixture is a tricky home tie to Ajax. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Not having a left back doesn't cause many problems. Stoke didn't have a proper right back for some time and still 'succeeded' playing four four two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJCFC Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Congrats on the promotion, finances are looking great at the moment too. Hope you can stay up this season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Not having a left back doesn't cause many problems. Stoke didn't have a proper right back for some time and still 'succeeded' playing four four two. Fortunately I picked a couple of decent ones up on loan, the week after this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Congrats on the promotion, finances are looking great at the moment too. Hope you can stay up this season! Cheers! I think we'll just about be alright. Gonna post a small update in a mo once I've uploaded the screenies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Firstly, we made a few additions to the squad before the transfer window closed, these being the best: Mohamed Jaadi - young left back on loan from Ajax for the season Sebastian Boenisch - experienced Polish left back on loan from Feyenoord Vincent Acapandie - Reunionese right back signed on a free Paulus Arajuuri - Finnish centre back signed to provide cover Noui Laifa - Algerian defensive midfielder, signed as we've started playing a 4-5-1 more often. Ghislain Gimbert - experience French striker signed on a free We also sold out all our season tickets. I also have some other interesting news..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 I saw this job open so out of curiosity I applied and was surprised to see it offered. So I accepted. Expectations are fairly obvious: These are the star players: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 And we've played 3 games so far, with mixed results: First up a friendly (fortunately) against South Africa: Then a good win against Bolivia in 2018 qualifying: Then a heavy loss against a Suarez inspired Uruguay: So with 10 games remaining we're 8th - I'm aiming for 5th spot and a play off against an AFC team: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUTactician247 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I signed Acapandie for Astra on my save, is he doing well for you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 I signed Acapandie for Astra on my save, is he doing well for you? Ish - 6.75 rating after 6 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Another change coming soon..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 So I applied for this and was surprised to see that I was offered it. I couldn't really turn down a wage rise of 10x what I was on at Helmond Sport: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Founded in 1892, Hertha BSC are a professional German club currently playing in the 2. Bundesliga. The club play their home games at Olympiastadion and possess top training facilities and average youth facilities. The Hertha BSC reserve team play at Olympiapark Amateurstadion. The club also has above average junior coaching and an established youth recruitment network. The club is affectionately known as Die Alte Dame. As a club which enjoyed its best spell of success during the 1970s and their last competition win coming as recently as 2011, Die Alte Dame are a club with a growing history.Hertha BSC won the German top division in 1930 and 1931 and finished runners-up five times, finished runners-up in the DFB-Pokal in 1977 and 1979, won the German 2nd tier in 1990 and 2011 and finished runners-up once, and won the Ligapokal in 2001 and 2002 and finished runners-up once. Squad - decent but lacking in centrebacks. That will be my transfer priority when January comes around. Position - sitting in 15th but predicted 3rd so we should be able to push for promotion this season. Finances - in a good position, bar the bank loan. Facilities - brilliant - I have to use young players according to the board so I'm pleased the youth recruitment is at established. A slightly bigger stadium - look at all those seats! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Decent move to Berlin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Decent move to Berlin. Thanks, I'm very pleased with it. It's certainly a "sleeping giant" - good youth recruitment and a massive stadium. The squad has some issues (although we have won our first 3 games under my management) which I'll rectify in the January 2017 window. Central midfield and central defence need the biggest overhaul, all the remaining positions are more or less fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Good contract offer indeed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 I've resigned from Paraguay already - they weren't very good and I'd rather concentrate on Hertha Berlin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 All the best in Germany. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJCFC Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Good luck in germany! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Thanks Mid season update about to come! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Season 2016/17 Mid Season Review Hertha BSC Berlin 2nd Bundesliga 2nd Bundesliga: 5th Unbeaten in the league since my arrival, although still 6 points behind 3rd placed 1860 Munchen (who we hammered whilst I was serving a touchline ban!) German Cup: 2nd round Knocked out at home by Koln, only by a dodgy penalty. Key players: Sami Allagui - the much-capped Tunisian international is our top scorer so far Ronny - the Brazilian left back continued to be as important as I thought he would be Bjarni Viarsson - Icelandic midfielder performed better than I expected him to, given his moderate attributes Christopher Quiring - impressive performances on the right wing Peter Pekarik - consistently strong from the Slovenian right back Old club news: Was pleased to see Pors Grenland going straight back up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 Season 2016/17 End of Season Review Hertha BSC Berlin 2nd Bundesliga 2nd Bundesliga: 2nd Couldn't catch Nurnberg, and we just about made 2nd on goal difference to 1860 Munchen, whom lost in the play offs. German Cup: 2nd round Key players: Ronny - consistent throughout the season, but I expect I'll have to sell up in the summer to balance the books Christopher Quiring - our best performer with goals and assists in double figures Charles Yeboah - bargain £350k signing in the January transfer window, also won his first senior Ghana caps Giray Kacar - £180k January signing to sort out the defence along with... Roger Carvalho - Brazilian centre half signed on a free Finances: Pretty dire, i'm going to have to offload some players in the summer I think to offset this. Season Club Division Position Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012 Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division 4th Joined 16th August 2012 2013 Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division 1st Champions, Promoted 2014 Pors Grenland Norwegian 1st Division 2nd Promoted 2015 Pors Grenland Norwegian Premier Division 12th Resigned 31st May 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2015/16 Helmond Sport Dutch 1st Division 1st Champions, Promoted 2016/17 Helmond Sport Dutch Premier Division Left 10th October 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016/17 Hertha BSC Berlin German 2nd Division 2nd Promoted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJCFC Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Good work to get promoted straight away, should be intesting in the Bundesliga next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Good start in Berlin, good luck next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 All the best back in the top flight. As an aside re the finances, the money is really good in Germany in the 1.Bundesliga, so don't worry too much about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 Thanks all The attendances dipped by about 10,000 from the year in the 2nd division (they rarely sell out the full stadium....yet!) so I expect this will be a slightly better season as far as that goes. The problem I'm having is player recruitment though - I've signed a load of youngesters on Bosmans but I need a bit more quality than we have at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 Season 2017/18 Pre Season Review Hertha BSC Berlin Bundesliga Transfers: as usual I had a bit of a clearout, but due to the financial situation I've largely had to sign promising young players. Key transfers when the season started: Fabrizio Landi: Italian striker on a free after his release from Serie B Grossetto Alexandre Duchene: French attacking midfielder on a free from Sedan Malik Caillaud: French striker on a free from Nantes. Finances: Still awful, but hopefully will clear up once we start having a few home games. Friendlies: not great but could be worse. A Note on Format I'm going to move to monthly updates from this season so this flows a little better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 Season 2017/18 Hertha BSC Berlin Bundesliga August/September 2017 League A poor run of dreadful, but perhaps not surprising results.I'm largely disappointed with the Koln loss, if anything. We're just outside the relegation places: German Cup Easy win over non league opposition. Transfers I picked up a few more players before the window closed: Gregory Michel Amaury Lacazette Rodrigo Abuarre Jean-Marc Marion Jordan Loties Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Season 2017/18 Hertha BSC Berlin Bundesliga October 2017 League Considerably better, unbeaten in October. Slowly moving up the table now: Transfer News I'm selling Ronny for £3m in January to PSV - his contract was running out and there's no way I'm paying £49k a week for a 31 year old left back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 Season 2017/18 Hertha BSC Berlin Bundesliga November 2017 League An excellent away win at Schalke followed by two disappointing defeats, and then a hard won 3 points against fellow relegation contenders Nurnberg. Still treading water: German Cup Straightforward away win at 2nd Division Cottbus in the 2nd round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 Season 2017/18 Hertha BSC Berlin Bundesliga December 2017 League Poor loss away at Kaiserslauten then two hard fought draws against stronger opposition. Just about keeping there: German Cup Excellent away win at Dusseldorf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Hang in there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 Season 2017/18 Hertha BSC Berlin Bundesliga January 2018 League A good win at away at Dusseldorf, and a hard fought draw at home to Dortmund. Getting some breathing space between us and the relegation spots now: January Transfer Window As noted before, I had to sell Ronny for £3m to PSV for financial reasons. I bought this chap as a replacement for £600k: Finances Unfortunately these have deteriorated dramatically - hopefully when we get prize money at the end of the season this will put us in the black. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJCFC Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Finances not good but that guy looks like a solid replacement for that price Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Season 2017/18 Hertha BSC Berlin Bundesliga February 2018 League Two great wins against bottom club Koln and HSV, and a draw against Stuttgart from 2-0 down. The Bayern result was predictable. 13 points clear of the relegation play off now - we should be fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Season 2017/18 Hertha BSC Berlin Bundesliga March 2018 League Poor defeat at home to Hannover to start with, then two good wins and two decent enough draws. Getting a bit of a nosebleed now: German Cup Inevitable away defeat at Bayern Munich - not helped by having seven of my first team on international duty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Season 2017/18 Hertha BSC Berlin Bundesliga April 2018 League Two good wins, including away at Leverkeusen, before a crap loss away at relegation candidates Nurnberg. Comfortably midtable Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Season 2017/18 End of Season Review Hertha BSC Berlin 1st Bundesliga 1st Bundesliga: 8th A good first season back in the top tier - we could have had a stab at the European spots until losing 3 of the last 4 games. German Cup: Quarter Finals A good run until the inevitable defeat at Bayern Munich. Key players: Jordan Loties - veteran French centre back did his best Christopher Quiring - strong as ever on the wing Charles Yeboah - top scorer but could have done a little better Bjani Vidarsson - our best central midfielder. Bizarrely joining relegated Nurnberg on a bosman though. Amaury Lacazette - young midfielder on a season long loan from PSG kept some of the older players out the team. Finances: Thanks to the excellent prize money of approx £15m, now comfortably in the black after being insecure for a large part of the season. Season Club Division Position Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012 Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division 4th Joined 16th August 2012 2013 Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division 1st Champions, Promoted 2014 Pors Grenland Norwegian 1st Division 2nd Promoted 2015 Pors Grenland Norwegian Premier Division 12th Resigned 31st May 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2015/16 Helmond Sport Dutch 1st Division 1st Champions, Promoted 2016/17 Helmond Sport Dutch Premier Division Left 10th October 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016/17 Hertha BSC Berlin German 2nd Division 2nd Promoted 2017/18 Hertha BSC Berlin German 1st Division 8th Qualified for Europa League Future I have a year left on my contract, so it depends on how the next season will go. We need to strengthen in the summer, and I already have some excellent free transfers coming in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Well, it pays to be a clean team! Will cut pre-season down a tad but I'm pleased we've got this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Making very quick progress in Berlin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 Making very quick progress in Berlin Cheers We have some Armenian team in the first qualifying round, and assuming we win that, Djurgardens of Sweden in the second. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Well done Paul. Back door entry into Europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 Season 2018/19 Pre Season Preview Hertha BSC Berlin Bundesliga Transfers: usual turnover - largely replaced with better quality and cheaper players. Key signings: Gao Shuchun: Bargain £200k signing, the Chinese international will largely play at centre back, alongside... Corentin Masson: free transfer from Auxerre to marshal the defence Gonzalo Castro: £600k signing from Leverkeusen, to provide an experienced presence in midfield Alexey Koblov: Russian international keeper signed on a free from Krasnodar Timo Gebhart - experienced versatile attacking midfielder, on a free from relegated Nurnberg Finances: Comfortably in the black now Friendlies: not many of these due to the Europa League, although some good results. Away at Palermo was an impressive one. Expectations: I said we could get to the Europa League this season, which I think is fair given our solid performance last time around. Europa League The early entry cut our pre-season short, however it was useful to have early competitive matches. Drawing at home to an Armenian side in the 1st qualifying round was a tad disappointing, but at least we had done a good job away in the 1st leg. The Djurgarden result was fine, and we just about made it past Polish runners-up Slask Wroclaw with a professional away performance. Next up is a tough tie in the play off round against Standard Liege. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 Season 2018/19 Hertha BSC Berlin Bundesliga August/September 2018 League Utterly dreadful start to the season sees us in the relegation places already. I have no idea what has happened, although the fixture list has been a little unkind. German Cup Decent result in the first round Europa League We overcame Standard Liege on penalties in the play-off round, to qualify for the group stages where we face Dnipro, Ajax, and Aab. A decent draw in the Ukraine started the group stages off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Season 2018/19 Hertha BSC Berlin Bundesliga October 2018 League Much better performances this month move us away from the relegation spots German Cup Absolutely dreadful performance in an admittedly thrilling game at home to 2nd Bundesliga side Dusseldorf. Not helped by playing most of extra time with 9 players after late injuries. Europa League Two decent draws keep us in the hunt for the play off rounds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Season 2018/19 Hertha BSC Berlin Bundesliga November 2018 League Two wins bookended 3 losses, with all winning goals coming in the 86th minute or later Europa League Great win against Aab puts us in a good position to qualify for the knockout stages, provided we win at home to bottom club Dnipro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 Season 2018/19 Hertha BSC Berlin Bundesliga December 2018 League An excellent month with 3 wins from 3. Europa League We beat Dnipro to qualify for the knockout rounds with a game to spare. The last game against Ajax was thanks to my second string keeper having a nightmare. Update on Players Just an update now on our best performers now it is the midseason break Corentin Masson - excellent performances from the centreback Amaury Lacazette - strong in the middle of the park from the young Frenchman Ben Sahar - 2nd top scorer with 9 goals in all competitions Charles Yeboah - top scorer with 14 in all competitions, although about to head off to the African Cup of Nations Christopher Quiring - nice work from the experienced winger Alexey Koblev - the young Russian keeper has now claimed the No.1 jersey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Looking better in the league with still a lot of time to keep moving up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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