The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 2023 - Season ReviewLeague Table | ScheduleKey PlayersMohamed Ibrahim - Our fantastic captain is getting on now in age, but I'm hoping he can rub off on some of the younger players before he retires. Ahmed Rasheed (04a) - Another strong year. He doesn't have the greatest stats, but always produces. Will have to fight for his place next year with Ahmed Zahir (08d), so we'll see how that turns out. Abdulla Rasheed (02d) - Same as last year he got goals and assists. Again, not one of our highest rated players, but he does what's needed and is a club legend.How was the season? We were able to defend our title again and this save is now getting to the point where domestically, we should be winning everything quite easily. Even though we got to the semi finals of the Asian Confederation Cup, the champions league is still out of reach because we're nowhere near the level of some Korean/Australian/Chinese sides obviously. The intake this tear was AMAZING however, so once those players develop, maybe we can start to improve in Asia. So for next year, I'm hoping to get knocked out of the champions league and then better our semi final appearance in the ACC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Now we are the best team in the Maldives Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Going great guns Gato. Quality run to the semis of the Asian Europa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yatesiboi37 Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 You are flying through this Gato. Very impressed. How is the Maldives national team doing? Do they play many games? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 6 hours ago, yatesiboi37 said: You are flying through this Gato. Very impressed. How is the Maldives national team doing? Do they play many games? There's the last year schedule. The only ever success they had is making it to the Asian Cup in 2019. I will take over the national team at one point farther along in the save and look to win stuff with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Great start in the Maldives!! At this point, would you rather qualify for the group stages of the ACL or have another crack at the Confederations Cup? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 We didn't take our chances, gave away a penalty in extra time, and lost the game at home There goes all hope for Europe this year. Maybe we can aim for a domestic treble and/or undefeated league season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, DodgeeD said: Great start in the Maldives!! At this point, would you rather qualify for the group stages of the ACL or have another crack at the Confederations Cup? I would want to try group stages for the gate receipt money, but as you can see, I didn't do either Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 A shame about the ACL, but you've gotten off to a really nice start so far Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Liam Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 An impressive Confederations Cup run, and an incredible youth intake. Did you get much prize or TV money from the Confed Cup run? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 23 minutes ago, Sir_Liam said: An impressive Confederations Cup run, and an incredible youth intake. Did you get much prize or TV money from the Confed Cup run? Not much prize money (100k in total I think). But I made 600k last year in total, so not too big of a deal with the prize money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Youth Intake - 2024 Another great player that I don't understand how we get them. Ahmed Ibrahim and the other 2 give us the 7th or so quality striker, so I'll look for other positions soon But, professional, pacy, good finishing, I think Ibrahim could destroy the league as a poacher, so might have to change tactics to accommodate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Now image Ahmed Ibrahim (09a) up front with this guy from last intake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Ibrahim looks insane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 On 7/29/2016 at 01:37, The_Gato_In_Goal said: Youth Intake - 2023 Literally everything that could be going right is going right this season. Easily our best intake yet, and it has a star striker I tagged so many players that I will gives you links to them this time. 08a 08b 08c 08d 08e 08f 08g 08h 08i 08j Nice start to the challenge here - and this intake is incredibly good for the Maldives. Congrats on the Confed Cup run too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 2024 - Season ReviewLeague Table | ScheduleKey PlayersMohamed Ibrahim - Still going strong, but starting to be phased out by youngsters. Ahmed Rasheed (04a) - One of our lower rated CMs now, but still performs like the best. Mohamed Rasheed (01a) - Happy that our first youth player still is important to the club. He had his best season in a few years.How was the season? Not able to go undefeated in the league because every time there are international games half my squad is unavailable for the league games. Literally we beat New Radiant 4-0 and then next game lost to them 1-0. Don't talk to me about Asia. Finances are around 1M now, I've been storing up to turn professional. 2 or 3 good Asia runs should get us enough money. So I want to not fail in Asia next year and go undefeated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 The preliminary rounds are the hardest because they come in January, mid vacation and there's nobody to play friendlies against to get fit! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 That's more like it. The first game was warm up At least we;re guaranteed a group stage spot in the ACC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDave Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Great work so far with Red Line, your intakes have been amazing some very impressive work in Asia. Looking forward to seeing what's next! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 I got a crash, but luckily I saved before the Al-Faisaly game. I replayed that match until I got a 4-2 win and played Naft Tehran as normal. The one game we deserved to win, we manage to get 3 CCC and 3 HC and still manage to not score and lose to their "cool-finishing" One to the ACC group stages then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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smp20 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 I missed Ibrahim, wow! Pace and finishing of a high level. Will score goals for fun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 On to the quarters and we'll have Ibrahim (09a) back from a broken collarbone that kept him out for the last 2 months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 I've been using a 3-4-3 lately to accommodate all my strikers and it always has the potential for exciting, high-scoring games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Youth Intake - 2025 First time in a while we've got an underwhelming intake. The only half decent players are a couple of STs and a GK, but of couse we have about 2013843022 of each of those positions so I didn't sign/tag anyone this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Very easy to get into the final to play... Should be a test to how good we actually are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 That was a lot less close than I thought it would be. We came out strong and finished our chances and then shut up shop and rode out the win for the 2nd half. And that's what we were in it for, it puts us closer to turning pro. (Anyone know how much money the board wants in finances before going pro?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Fantastic work! How much do you have in the bank at the moment? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 25 minutes ago, smp20 said: Fantastic work! How much do you have in the bank at the moment? 1.5M or so, just asked the board and it wasn't enough On the bright side, the ACC win has tripled attendance to my league games and I'm now getting 50k for home games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 2025 - Season ReviewLeague Table | ScheduleKey PlayersAdam Nasheed (06c) and Ahmed Ali (08b) - Both wingers who create an insane amount of goals for each other and for our 3 strikers. Stats don't lie in saying 2/3 of our goals were from crosses. Haidhar Ahmed (08a) and Ahmed Ibrahim (09a) - 2 great strikers that complement each other superbly. Both finished the season with great scoring records and even though both were injured for a bit, they played the majority of our games.How was the season? Well we proved that we're better than the ACC and that we're still nowhere near ACL level. A great season domestically even though we fell apart at the end of the year and ruined our perfect record. Also, I'd like to give a farewell to club captain Mohamed Ibrahim. He was there at the begginning and was the only bright spot in our side for many years. His 19 leadership made him a crucial part of our side and it was disappointing in the manner he left the club A week before the ACC finals he came to me saying that he wanted a new challenge. I told him the trophies he'd win with us was the most valuable thing and tried to tempt him with a pay raise, but he wasn't buying it. I would have loved to keep him at least one more year for his testimonial, but I decided it was better to let him leave the club than pissing him off because you don't want your captain mad before an important cup final. I really wish he'd stuck around to lift the ACC as captain, but if he didn't want that then I have nothing to say for him. Here's his history with us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Congrats on the ACC trophy! Does that get you into the ACL directly next year? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 2 minutes ago, DodgeeD said: Congrats on the ACC trophy! Does that get you into the ACL directly next year? I don't think so, I got into the 1st qualifying phase from the league again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Rematch of the ACC semis and we're through to the 2nd preliminary round of the ACL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Mohamed Shahid (09b) now has 7 goals in 2 games and we're guaranteed an ACC spot. Now Melbourne City stand in between us and the ACL groups. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 It was close at least. On to another year in the ACC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Congrats on the cup win! Might be a few more years before you can start to take on the big boys in the CL, but fantastic stuff so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Group stage and second round done. On to the quarters, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Well that sets us back a few years At least he has a chance to develop more in Russia. I just hope we can turn pro soon and can actually get something for our players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 No, Ibrahim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Ahh, the frustration when you lose your star player for nothing At least in China if I lose my players it's likely to be for a good amount of money! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Good result, but can I take time to rant about fixture congestion. We had a stretch of 5 games in 79 days and then immediately 5 games in the next 13 days. I know there's are reason for this, but when you have all your players missing games for international call ups and you have to deal with this as a semi-pro side... EDIT: I had to play the President's Cup final with 8 of my first team players travelling on international duty! It's ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Youth Intake - 2026 Guess what, a GK WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE 4 GREAT ONES IN OUR SQUAD WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE GKS SO STOP GIVING ME THEM GAMES. Oh, and a pretty good striker. Not a replacement for Ibrahim unfortunately, but I was looking for a striker with decent creative attributes to link up the other 2 strikers, so I'm happy with the other Ibrahim. EDIT: I knew I needed the link up play. We won our first 3 games with him in them 6-0, 5-0, and 9-1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Sets up a final clash vs Kuwait SC whom we lost and tied to in the Group Stages last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Repeat champions even without the unregistered new intake players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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smp20 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Congrats on another Confederations win, now just that step up to the Asian CL! Fingers crossed you get to the groups next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDave Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Two ACCs already, you're absolutely flying! Great work, and good luck for the ACL next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 2026 - Season ReviewLeague Table | ScheduleKey PlayersHaidhar Ahmed (08a) - Stepped up and had an outstanding season to cope with the departure of Ahmed Ibrahim (09a). Him and Hussain Ibrahim (10a) should be a good enough replacement for next year. Adam Nasheed (06c) - So many assists and a few goals. Wingers are so important in our formation and I'm so happy to have decent ones. Ahmed Ali (08b) - See above.How was the season? Finally we had an undefeated season! Now next year we try and go unbeaten in the league. We won the ACC again and I'll be looking to at east make it to the group stages of the ACL next year. Finances stand at just over 2M now, so it can't be too long until we go professional. Funnily enough, we have a transfer budget of 1.4M, but we can't even offer anyone a full-time deal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 And remember I update the 2nd post with the stats table around every season. In case anyone cares about that sort of stuff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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