The Perfectionist - From A to W, 51 Nations and centuries of management

[Makoto Nakamura]

August 2023

A good month which ended up with our European run sadly finally coming to an end even though we won the home leg, Litex were way too strong for us at their ground.

[Makoto Nakamura]

September 2023

An awful start against Shakter Soligorsk but things got better from there, bizarrely for the last 2 games we've have no strikers or attacking midfielders so I've played with a flat 4-1-5 with 5 midfielders, and we've won rather convincingly!

[Makoto Nakamura]

October 2023

An unbeaten month but 2 of these matches were draws, the league is getting very close as we come to the end of the season other than BATE who have a game in hand and lead by 3 points.

[Makoto Nakamura]

Dinamo Minsk - £7M Transfer Budget, £60K Wage Budget

Orsha - £0 Transfer Budget, £9K Wage Budget

This could be an option for next season, they've under performed this season and are currently sat in 8th place.

[Makoto Nakamura]

End of Season 2023

A great end to the season! But....is this the end of my time at FC Orsha???

Squad:

Key Players:

I applied for the now vacant Shakter Soligorsk job...

Season  |         Club          |   Nation   |            League          |   Position  | Other  
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2014    |       Temperley       | Argentina  | Argentine 2nd Division     | 3rd Group B | Promoted 
2015    |       Temperley       | Argentina  | Argentine Premier Division |     3rd     | Cup & Super Cup Winners!
2016    |       Temperley       | Argentina  | Argentine Premier Division |     1st     | League & Copa Libertadores Winners!
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2017/18 |   Melbourne Victory   | Australia  | Hyundai A-League           |     1st     | FFA Cup, League & Grand Final Winners
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2018/19 | Admira Wacker Modling | Austria    | Sky Go Erste Liga          |     1st     | Promoted
2019/20 | Admira Wacker Modling | Austria    | tipico-Bundesliga          |     2nd*    | Left November 26th
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2019/20 |   Red Bull Salzburg   | Austria    | tipico-Bundesliga          |     2nd     | Joined November 26th, Europa League Winners!
2020/21 |   Red Bull Salzburg   | Austria    | tipico-Bundesliga          |     1st     | League & Cup double!
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2021    |    Smolevichi-STI     | Belarus    | Persha Liga                |    12th     | Joined 4th July, Sacked 2nd November
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2021    |        Orsha          | Belarus    | Persha Liga                |     4th     | Joined 5th November
2022    |        Orsha          | Belarus    | Persha Liga                |     1st     | Promoted as champions, new points record
2023    |        Orsha          | Belarus    | Vysshaya Liga              |     4th     | Won Kubak Belarusi!

[Makoto Nakamura]

Squad:

Key Players:

[Bobsled]

Nice switch. I have a feeling you'll only need one more Belarusian season.

[AcidBurn]

Very good chance of bagging the league title now, I thought I played fast until I read this thread

[Makoto Nakamura]

Nice switch. I have a feeling you'll only need one more Belarusian season.

Here's hoping! I think Duriloponte still wants me to hurry up and get out of Belarus

Very good chance of bagging the league title now, I thought I played fast until I read this thread

I hope so Acid, indeed I do play very fast

[Makoto Nakamura]

Pre-Season 2024

A poor pre-season as we won none of our friendlies and we didn't make it to the cup final as BATE seem to have it under control....

Transfers:

Key Players:

[chile_paul]

The Curious Case of Anthony Bailey

Definitely worth reporting as a bug - that is crazy money for Championship clubs to be paying and for a very ordinary player

[Makoto Nakamura]

Definitely worth reporting as a bug - that is crazy money for Championship clubs to be paying and for a very ordinary player

Nah, it's had no effect on me so it's alright, he's moved again, this time to Sheffield Wednesday but for a more reasonable price, £3m.

[Makoto Nakamura]

April 2024

A perfect start to the season! We had just 5 first team defenders at the club when I joined so I set to improve the defence, and so far that is exactly what has happened!

[Makoto Nakamura]

May 2024

Our unbeaten run has come to an end, but it hasn't done us any harm as we sit in 1st with a nice 4 point lead, I'm very glad that I didn't take the job at Dinamo Minsk, they're bottom!

[Rikulec]

Cracking start there, keep it up.

[Makoto Nakamura]

Cracking start there, keep it up.

Thanks

Indeed. I will get to where you are- give it another 27 seasons.

Agree with JonasAjax though- looks like Belarus will be wrapped up pretty soon.

Belarus is quite a nice little place to manage, the league is pretty open other than BATE who occasionally breakaway. Hopefully I can move onto Belgium after this season though

[Makoto Nakamura]

June 2024

Another great month! We've conceded a few too many for my liking but we've still got the points needed that give us a 7 point lead at the top

[Makoto Nakamura]

July 2024

Unbelievable Jeff! The season is carrying on from strength to strength, we thrashed BATE in front of a Belarusian TV audience and we now sit 13 points clear!

Transfer News:

With the form we're in I decided to take the increase in money and bring in a few new players to strengthen us even more...

We've still got £11.6M to play with should I need it but I'm pretty happy with who I've managed to bring in.

Key Transfers:

[BoxToBox]

This thread is mad.

[Makoto Nakamura]

This thread is mad.

Good mad, right?

[Makoto Nakamura]

August 2024

Honestly there isn't a lot I can say now, the near perfection continues as we reach the latter end of the season, we have the title almost wrapped up with 9 games still to play.

[BoxToBox]

Good mad, right?

Absolutely! Just read the whole thing this evening, enjoyed it so far a great deal.

[Makoto Nakamura]

Absolutely! Just read the whole thing this evening, enjoyed it so far a great deal.

Great! Very glad you're enjoying it

[Makoto Nakamura]

September 2024

Triple green, another 3 easy wins. One thing I am sad about is seeing Orsha at the foot of the table

[Makoto Nakamura]

October 2024

The unbeaten run is now entering it's 6th month! Also I'm happy to see Orsha at least temporarily out of the drop zone.

[rancer890]

Killing the league Mokoto.

And just realized the game is only officially released for a weekend and you're already nearly done 2024.

[Makoto Nakamura]

End of Season - 2024

Well, the season sort of fizzled out, we got lazy and complacent and only won 1 of the last 3 games. We still broke the record for highest points and most goals scored! And I will have at least 1 more game with Shakhter as we will be playing in the Superkubak Belarusi in March.

Key Players:

Season  |         Club          |   Nation   |            League          |   Position  | Other  
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2014    |       Temperley       | Argentina  | Argentine 2nd Division     | 3rd Group B | Promoted 
2015    |       Temperley       | Argentina  | Argentine Premier Division |     3rd     | Cup & Super Cup Winners!
2016    |       Temperley       | Argentina  | Argentine Premier Division |     1st     | League & Copa Libertadores Winners!
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2017/18 |   Melbourne Victory   | Australia  | Hyundai A-League           |     1st     | FFA Cup, League & Grand Final Winners
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2018/19 | Admira Wacker Modling | Austria    | Sky Go Erste Liga          |     1st     | Promoted
2019/20 | Admira Wacker Modling | Austria    | tipico-Bundesliga          |     2nd*    | Left November 26th
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2019/20 |   Red Bull Salzburg   | Austria    | tipico-Bundesliga          |     2nd     | Joined November 26th, Europa League Winners!
2020/21 |   Red Bull Salzburg   | Austria    | tipico-Bundesliga          |     1st     | League & Cup double!
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2021    |    Smolevichi-STI     | Belarus    | Persha Liga                |    12th     | Joined 4th July, Sacked 2nd November
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2021    |        Orsha          | Belarus    | Persha Liga                |     4th     | Joined 5th November
2022    |        Orsha          | Belarus    | Persha Liga                |     1st     | Promoted as champions, new points record
2023    |        Orsha          | Belarus    | Vysshaya Liga              |     4th     | Won Kubak Belarusi!
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2024    |   Shakhter Soligorsk  | Belarus    | Vysshaya Liga              |     1st     | Won the league!

[Makoto Nakamura]

Killing the league Mokoto.

And just realized the game is only officially released for a weekend and you're already nearly done 2024.

Call me the speed demon and I've only completed 3 countries, I still have 48 left, so I need to be this quick haha

[BoxToBox]

Excellent!

[Makoto Nakamura]

Bye Bye Belarus

And now I shall go to bed, knowing that in the morning I'll be looking for a job in the Belgian Derde Klasse.

[BoxToBox]

Surely your Adaptability should be at 20....

[Makoto Nakamura]

This season Roeselare missed the title by just 2 points, I'm here to give them that extra little nudge that they need.

Key Players:

[Makoto Nakamura]

Pre-Season 2025/26

Pre-Season didn't go great, but now we've entered the cup our form has improved a lot.

Transfers:

Key Transfers:

[ashton321]

Good luck in Belgium. The speed you have gone through the seasons is amazing.

[Makoto Nakamura]

Good luck in Belgium. The speed you have gone through the seasons is amazing.

Thanks ashton It helps having a pretty good computer and just watching matches on commentary only with no replays

[Makoto Nakamura]

August 2025

A great early start to life in the Belgian 3rd tier, I couldn't ask for anything better really!

[connergardiner]

Going really well so far. Congrats on the title in Belarus it wont be long till you complete the challenge at this rate.

[Makoto Nakamura]

Going really well so far. Congrats on the title in Belarus it wont be long till you complete the challenge at this rate.

Thanks Connor I'm on to country number 5 already, I still think this will take until FM16 comes out though haha.

[Makoto Nakamura]

September 2025

Goals, goals, goals! Just the one loss and that was against KV Kortrijk who play in the Pro League and we managed to put 3 goals past them so I'm happy with that.

[Makoto Nakamura]

October 2025

Another great month sees us win the first round and therefore qualify for a playoff place, which, theoretically means we don't have to show up now until the promotion playoffs in April/ May time, although I shan't be allowing that to happen.

[Makoto Nakamura]

November 2025

I did a bit of a tactic change at the start of this month as our AML wasn't actually an AML so we moved him into his preferred position of ML and our victories have become more convincing!

[Makoto Nakamura]

December 2025

Our unbeaten run finally comes to an end but we're still going great guns being 6 points clear of 2nd and 11 points clear of 3rd!

[Makoto Nakamura]

January 2026

5 points from 9 this month, my lowest total all season, not that I should be worried at all though, we still hold a great lead on all the rest.

[Makoto Nakamura]

February 2026

Another great month No defeats and 3 wins, we still hold a stranglehold on the top spot with a 10 point lead.

[Makoto Nakamura]

March 2026

3 more games and 3 more easy wins, not a lot more I can say here other than I've got to be close to guaranteeing promotion?

[Makoto Nakamura]

April 2026

We actually lost a game! But it doesn't matter as it is too little too late anyway since we've been promoted as champions!

[Makoto Nakamura]

End of Season 2025/26

For the last 2 league games the lads got complacent as they had nothing to lose, luckily for me they were back on top form in time for the Championship Playoff!

Squad:

Key Players:

Season  |         Club          |   Nation   |            League          |   Position  | Other  
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2014    |       Temperley       | Argentina  | Argentine 2nd Division     | 3rd Group B | Promoted 
2015    |       Temperley       | Argentina  | Argentine Premier Division |     3rd     | Cup & Super Cup Winners!
2016    |       Temperley       | Argentina  | Argentine Premier Division |     1st     | League & Copa Libertadores Winners!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2017/18 |   Melbourne Victory   | Australia  | Hyundai A-League           |     1st     | FFA Cup, League & Grand Final Winners
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2018/19 | Admira Wacker Modling | Austria    | Sky Go Erste Liga          |     1st     | Promoted
2019/20 | Admira Wacker Modling | Austria    | tipico-Bundesliga          |     2nd*    | Left November 26th
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2019/20 |   Red Bull Salzburg   | Austria    | tipico-Bundesliga          |     2nd     | Joined November 26th, Europa League Winners!
2020/21 |   Red Bull Salzburg   | Austria    | tipico-Bundesliga          |     1st     | League & Cup double!
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2021    |    Smolevichi-STI     | Belarus    | Persha Liga                |    12th     | Joined 4th July, Sacked 2nd November
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2021    |        Orsha          | Belarus    | Persha Liga                |     4th     | Joined 5th November
2022    |        Orsha          | Belarus    | Persha Liga                |     1st     | Promoted as champions, new points record
2023    |        Orsha          | Belarus    | Vysshaya Liga              |     4th     | Won Kubak Belarusi!
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2024    |   Shakhter Soligorsk  | Belarus    | Vysshaya Liga              |     1st     | Won the league!
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2025/26 |      Roeselare        | Belgium    | Derde Klasse B             |     1st     | Won Championship Playoff! Promoted!

[Torminator]

A-MA-ZING, really enjoy following this. Great achievement with Orsha, since they werent really title contenders in the Persha Liga.

Goed luck with Roeselare in the Belgium tweede klasse!

[Deisler26]

Wow. Well done in Belarus & well done in Belgium!!

[Makoto Nakamura]

A-MA-ZING, really enjoy following this. Great achievement with Orsha, since they werent really title contenders in the Persha Liga.

Goed luck with Roeselare in the Belgium tweede klasse!

Thanks Torminator! It's nice to see that even without me as manager Orsha managed to stay in the top flight, although, since I've now removed Belarus as an active league, I can't check up on them anymore.

Wow. Well done in Belarus & well done in Belgium!!

Thanks Deisler!