kris0710 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Zane Crook A 26 year old Australian has found himself hunting managerial jobs across Europe's best footballing countries England France Germany Holland Italy Portugal Spain Along with the lesser known countries Austria Belgium Bulgaria Greece Poland Russia Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Oh and Scotland. Job Interviews Not in great shape at the moment, Macclesfield find themselves 23rd in the Skrill Premier, three points from safety after 12 games. Fairing a little better Cambridge are 11th sitting seven points from the Play Off's and six clear of the drop zone. Job Offer Moss Rose here i come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kris0710 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Macclesfield Town Football Club Skrill Premier 2013/14 Background Finances Results So Far Table (as of Oct 4th) The fixtures this month start with a trip to bottom club Tamworth and our other away game is at leaders Forest Green. We host Hereford and Southport plus the FA Cup kicks off for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janeka Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Good luck kris, your Cambridge history was awesome, hope this one will too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maw74 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Who is Zane Crook? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kris0710 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Good luck kris, your Cambridge history was awesome, hope this one will too Thank you. I hope that now i have a new laptop this will be my final save on FM14! Who is Zane Crook? He is completely made up. Grabbed the name from a Random Name Generator! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadessico Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 1 club or journeyman this time kris? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kris0710 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 1 club or journeyman this time kris? Journeyman is the aim! Who would ever want to stay at Macclesfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kris0710 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Macclesfield Town Football Club Skrill Premier 2013/14 October After the worst possible start losing to bottom club Tamworth we have come back brilliantly. In the clash of the bottom two we struggled to create anything decent and for the most part neither did Tamworth. The goal came from a horrendous error by young keeper Branagan who dropped a routine cross at the feet of Justin Richards who couldn't miss. A first home game in charge brought the first clean sheet of the season with Scott Boden scoring his first goals for the club. Expected very little going to league leaders Forest Green but i couldn't be more wrong. We raced into a two goal lead inside 11 minutes and never looked back. Mid way through the second half we counter attacked the home side to seal a great win and just as pleasing was another clean sheet. A third win followed with Southport going home empty handed. Winger Whitaker opened the scoring before the away side levelle with their only effort on target in the 90 minutes. Soon after the break we got the decisive goal from Chris Holroyd ending a drought going back to early September. Still in a relegation battle but things are much better than a month ago. November see's us face two of the sides beneath us and three sides between 8th and 12th. FA Cup A close tie saw us edge past a better Kidderminster side. Once again it was Whitaker and Holroyd doing the damage. The downside saw left back Otis Weber injured with a broken ankle. FA Cup 1st Round Draw Not the best of draws but with Torquay struggling in League Two maybe we have a shot at the 2nd Round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Had enough of Cambridge for now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maw74 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 He is completely made up. Grabbed the name from a Random Name Generator! Oh ok yes very random then. Had enough of Cambridge for now? Who would want to stay at Cambridge? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 He did Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kris0710 Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Had enough of Cambridge for now? Oh ok yes very random then.Who would want to stay at Cambridge? He did Hey there is nothing wrong with Cambridge! I just thought things could be a little boring copying my previous save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Should've gone to Cambridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hootieleece Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Tell us some of the tactics and formations you are using in this career. What rep did you start with? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kris0710 Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Should've gone to Cambridge. No no no no no (maybe). Tell us some of the tactics and formations you are using in this career. What rep did you start with? With this i started with Semi Pro rep, starting with Sunday League when you start unemployed on a JourneyMan career i have found near impossible to get employed. As for tactics it is hardly worth talking about, I've only had four games at the club. The first two games i used a standard 4-4-2 and then for the second two i used 4-2(DM's)-1-2(1x AMC 1x AML)-1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Costly Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Return of the Macc! Best of luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kris0710 Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Macclesfield Town Football Club Skrill Premier 2013/14 November Back to earth with a bump after a good start to life at Macclesfield. We kicked off November with a good point against Wrexham as we led just two minutes before the break but the away levelled two minutes after the break. It was a tight game and a point was a fair result. A home defeat to Kidderminster followed that saw us concede twice in the opening period, the second being a right wing cross that my keeper decided to let go through him! Led at home to Dartford early on but that lead lasted just six minutes. As the game looked to be heading for a draw Dartford stepped it up and scored in the 85th minute from a corner. A trip to Cambridge, who we have just been drawn against in the FA Trophy, saw us beaten well again conceding twice inside the opening 18 minutes. At last we won a match this month at Salisbury and we barely deserved it. Led in the sixth minute we were pegged back a minute later. Mid way through the first half the home side scored again from a 25 yard free kick. Out of nowhere we got a leveller through new loanee Jake Kempton and it was Kempton who set up winger Whitaker for a winner with seven minutes left. We came away with the three points with our only three efforts on target! Back in the bottom four but nothing to worry about yet. It is still tight between 11th and 22nd. FA Cup A goal behind at League Two Torquay at the break we scored 26 seconds into the second half. The game looked to be heading for a replay until striker Chris Holroyd headed in the winner from six yards. FA Cup 2nd Round Draw League One Bradford await in the next round. FA Trophy A quickfire brace from Chris Holroyd set up the victory over Cambridge and earn revenge for the league defeat. We were well worth the lead and held on despite Cambridge scoring in the 83rd minute. FA Trophy 2nd Round Draw A trip to Skrill South side Gosport is the reward. The home side have scored 17 goals in 5 home cup ties this season. Transfers Back up keeper Rhys Taylor has been released and his replacement is Dale Newton. The 22 year old was on the books of Sheff Wed as a youngster and will be here until the summer. In addition to Newton coming in we have signed two players on three month loan deals. George Pilkington has come in from League Two side Mansfield and 19 year old Jake Kempton comes in from Wolves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 [quote=kris0710;9676050 Oh and Scotland. Quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBeckham Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 This game is pretty streaky, a win against Salisbury should improve results Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kris0710 Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Quality. Haha, enjoyed that one. This game is pretty streaky, a win against Salisbury should improve results This will be the way all season i think. I have 13 players I'm happy with so when it comes to rotation we struggle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kris0710 Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Macclesfield Town Football Club Skrill Premier 2013/14 December Another month with just a single win. December started with an entertaining draw with Lincoln that saw us come from behind to lead only to gift Lincoln a soft goal early in the second half. Yet more entertainment when Salisbury came to town, we led after 45 second through an own goal but they hot back quickly and by the 6th minute we were 2-1 down. Pilkington levelled from a corner but yet again we conceded quickly after. Looked to be heading for defeat until sub Boden scored in the 92nd minute. With two cup games this month already i decided to prioritise the Christmas/New Year double header with Hyde over trips to Braintree and Grimsby. For both games i made 8 changes and it told with two beatings. Braintree led early before Holroyd drew us level. Two more first half goals then a fourth after 59 minutes completed the scoring and things were worse at Grimsby with us 3-0 down after half an hour. After Holroyd scored Oumare Tounkara scored in either half to complete the rout. In between those defeats we faced lowly Hyde and a strengthened side saw them off with three first half goals, two more for Holroyd. FA Cup We put on a great defensive show at League One Bradford but were undone by an 82nd minute following a foul by Joe Connor. A home tie with Arsenal was Bradford's reward. FA Trophy Raced into a 2-0 lead at Gosport and seemed to be cruising. But within 10 minutes the game was at 2-2 and we were in trouble. A tactical change at the break put us in the front foot but it took until the 92nd minute for us to score the winner. FA Trophy 3rd Round Draw Given the recent league game it should be entertaining. Award Well deserved award for the top scorer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Shame it's going a bit tits up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kris0710 Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Shame it's going a bit tits up. It gets worse, lost six in seven during Jan/Feb to then be sacked. In September now and not one single interview. I seem to be in the same cycle, take a job mid season, get sacked a few months later and even with Semi Pro rep i cant get even an interview for another job. A 39% win rate for a club in 22nd isn't all that bad, surely? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hootieleece Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I play with the automatic rating. Start with league 2 clubs (regional)and unless I'm league winning successful, I have a hard time getting a job at same level again. In current save went Dag and Red(won league year three, relegated from league 1 and sacked year 4) went to Torquay(relegated to Skrill premier, win the league or be sacked! Won the league. Moved on to NE Revolution of MLS spend 5 years not great but not bad. Resign. After 6 months only Skrill premier Carlisle would hire me and did their board suck. Spent 3 years there. resigned. Spent a year looking for a job. Only Cambria & Cladych of Welsh premier league would hire me. Semi - Pro, $1200/week payroll. Thing that pisses me off is that the same AI managers get hired over and over.....I hate Moyes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kris0710 Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 December 2015 and one interview - Bath City. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Damn, I can't post another Macc Lads video now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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