Dev'o Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 The 'Oceanic 15' - A Journeyman Career Background I know, it sounds like a group of people from a bad movie about a plane crash - but I assure you, it isn't. The initial aim of this save will be to collect the top prize in each of the Oceanic Nations that come as part of Claassen's brilliant league update. I'll start with zero rep, zero badges and zero playing history. Let's see where I land eh? I'll have all 15 of the Oceanic leagues loaded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 Clubs 2017-2019: Henderson Eels FC - Telekon S-League 2019-2020: Southern United - APSB Premiership 2020-2021: Waitakere United - APSB Premiership History Club Management Year Nation Club Competition Results and Details 2017 Solomon Islands Henderson Eels FC 4th 2018 Solomon Islands Henderson Eels FC 5th 2019-20 New Zealand Southern United 10th (Sacked after six games) 2020-21 New Zealand Waitakere United CHAMPIONS National Titles New Zealand (2020-21 Waitakere United) Solomon Islands Kiribati Tuvalu American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Micronesia New Caledonia Papua New Guinea Samoa Tahiti Tonga Vanuatu Wallis & Fortuna Islands Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 The Oceanic '15' Season 1 - Henderson Eels So here I start, with no staff, no money, no players, just an ambition to win the league and hopefully in the process qualify for the OFC Champions League. I'm on 150 pounds a week, which I guess is a fair bit of Solomon Islands in the Telekom S-League. The club wants to avoid finising bottom and you know what I think I can deliver that. EDIT: Scratch that, it would seem they want to finish bottom! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
After Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Ahah brilliant ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyler16 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 This has the makings of something great. Lmao at the board wanting to finish bottom. Did you check "add players to playable teams," by the way? I would suggest doing so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 4 hours ago, tyler16 said: This has the makings of something great. Lmao at the board wanting to finish bottom. Did you check "add players to playable teams," by the way? I would suggest doing so. I didn't as I didn't want a team full of regens to start with. You'll see soon how I pulled my squad together Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 We're not predicted to finish last. The board will be gutted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 Money making pre-season. Started off with some easy games, and then with some S-League competition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 Youth Pull I Konofilla, Kakai and Lekezoto look like they might be able to make an impact this season while the others will be a bit of work. I don't know about Golden Generation but hopefully this will start to build some depth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 'Halfway Heroes'... or not... It's been a rough start to life in the Solomons with the majority of my squad being made up of ex-internationals and only just before the game against Guadalcanal (the second matchup that is), a peppering of some youth in some key places. Konofilla is slotting nicely into the centre of midfield with Kakai starting on the left side of defence. Lekezoto hasn't had a chance yet to move into the starting line-up, but he'll be looking to make an impact off the bench. The weird thing is that at the moment we either win big or lose while scoring. There's no inbetween. I think that comes down to a bollocks defence and a less than stellar goalkeeper, but I think we can do alright and push through this difficulty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyler16 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Rough start, hopefully you can string some results together. I asked about adding players to playable teams with the assumption the AI would struggle to fill their squads out. Seems it's gone... alright? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 1 hour ago, tyler16 said: Rough start, hopefully you can string some results together. I asked about adding players to playable teams with the assumption the AI would struggle to fill their squads out. Seems it's gone... alright? Yeah, most of the clubs had players. And now with the youth intakes, they're flush with players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 The story of our season We were up 3-1 against top of the table Solomon Warriors before three goals in the last tweny minutes crushed us. It's annoying to say the least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 17 hours ago, Dev'o said: I know, it sounds like a group of people from a bad movie about a plane crash - but I assure you, it isn't. or the 4th Oceans 11 sequel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 Take a bow son... What a goal to score on debut for Paul Lekezoto. He's becoming quite the super sub. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 The 'Oceanic 15' Season 1 Wrap Up Henderson Eels FC The Run Home Was this the same team in the first half of the season? It's almost like the youngsters added a breath of fresh air into the side, and competition for places saw improved performances as we tweaked a tried and tested 4-4-2 after earlier dabbling in a 4-3-3 narrow. Joe Luwi took home the golden boot in the S-League with 16 goals and Godwin Bebeu was not far behind him either as they formed a deadly partnership on the return front. Still we won 6 of our final 7 games and very nearly got ourselves into the OFC Champions League. Had we won that game against Solomon Warriors, we might have even been staring down the title in the final round. Final Table Boy we got lucky. Three points away from the title in my maiden year. So close but yet so far. At the end of the day, the three losses at the beginning of the season cost us dearly, as we may have otherwise romped home with the title. Instead... Guadalcanal could have won the league, but dropped to a 0-1 loss against the bottom placed Kakamora on the final day. The lads As you can see, 25 goals from our two strikers got us to where we were but we need to plug tight the defence. Lekezoto is looking like he'll challenge for one of the two starting spots with two goals off the bench in his limited time offered. In desperate need of a quality goalkeeper however, with none of the three I have really offering much in the way of protection. Money, Money Money... We're pretty flush for cash (if you can be in this league) and hope that with eventual qualification for the OFC Champions League, that bank balance will swell, allowing us to scout outside of the Solomon Islands for recruits. Also... money comes in... Money goes out... The Board... They were so happy, they even extended my contract! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 Noooooo... I'm getting poached left, right and centre, but perhaps this one is the most painful of them all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 And another Solomon Warriors offered him a part-time contract and I just can't compete with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 Even the leader of the so-called 'golden generation' is headed elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 Preseason Season 2 - Henderson Eels FC As you can see, some considerable damage has been done to our lineup, with a lot of player poaching. I have faith that our next batch of youngsters can step up and with players like Lekezoto scoring regularly in the pre-season we might just have some raw talent of our own. Another money making pre-season, although you can see the form dip just as we started to lose all our players. We had a league comp that garnered some cash called Bash in the Solomons. Might do it every year, for a bit of a laugh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 Youth Pull II Wayne and Keni are perhaps the only real shining lights in this group, although Omori could probably do a job for us at right back. I tell you what they love throwing the term 'Golden Generation' around loosely don't they? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 Halfway Heroes... Perhaps. Arguably our best result so far was an 4-3 away win against Solomon Warriors however perhaps the pleasing sign has been Paul Lekezoto's sizzling form this year. Just gotta hope the big sides don't poach him at seasons end. Ideally, want to finish in second at the very least so that way we can take home some prize money from the OFC Champions League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andychar Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Great half of the season, that home game against Solomon Warriors could be the key. I believe! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 43 minutes ago, andychar said: Great half of the season, that home game against Solomon Warriors could be the key. I believe! Thanks buddy. We're gonna need another strong back half of the season to run this home! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 The 'Oceanic 15' Season 2 Wrap Up Henderson Eels FC The Run Home Well that turned to rubbish. We lose our final five games and go from first to fifth. The board are still happy but no doubt we're in for another long off-season of poaching. Speaking of poaching, this is what we had to deal with! Final Table Nine points off. I'm not happy. Even with the competition expanding to nine teams (which has led to Kolale being very busy in the transfer market), we've still managed to crumble under the weight of lack of competition. Solomon Warriors pick up another title and their first from a while. The lads Lekezoto is proving time and time again his worth, with another 15 goals this season in 16 games. I'm seriously concerned though, that like Godwin Bebeu he will go to another club and score multitudes of goals against us. That said, he is a NT prospect, with 4 U20 caps and 1 U20 goal. Rande was also solid, and our youth players that came through also did admirably despite the situation.Money, Money Money... The season adds another 25-odd thousand dollars to the kitty. Sadly though, another off-season will mean we'll struggle for cash a little bit. The Board... Strangely, they seem happy to keep me on. I'll be honest though, if the Solomon Warriors or Marist Fire jobs open up I'll definitely be keen. I want to be able to put players on PT contracts and not amateur contracts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 Oh get f**ked. Denies every other club, and then finally agrees on DEADLINE DAY to join this mediocre side. He's on a backup non-contract FFS. I had him on a healthy, Key Player non-contract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 I did a thing. Long story short, I can come back to the Solomons later, but with Southern United, I think I have a better chance of getting some much needed silverware and a first national title under my belt. Allowing me to put players on real contracts naturally has a benefit! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 Wow, in two years, the previous manager ran Southern United into the ground. This will be tough but we're up for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 The 'Oceanic 15' Season 3 - Southern United Preseason Pretty solid money making pre-season, that in no way indicates how I'm going to go this season. A lot of those are youth signings made by my Assistant Manager Paul Ifill, of Wellington Phoenix fame. Super keen to start the season, you may also noticed Lekezoto and Bebeu have moved to the land of the long white cloud. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 Well that lasted... not. Six games into my tenure. 2 draws and 4 losses. All against the top sides, I wasn't even given a chance. It didn't help that I had some ****** - who I ended up releasing - causing discontent in the dressing room but I guess it was always going to be too late. They wanted results straight away and they won't get them. That said, Solomon Warriors are offering their manager slot... Could be worth a gander. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 Declined... Declined.. And finally approved... So, I'm not good enough for the second place team in the Solomons, nor the worst team in New Zealand, but hey, five-times champions of New Zealand come knocking? I'll take it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abirdc Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Good luck, Waitakere Utd is a good team, you can do well here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 The Oceanic 15 Season 4 - Waitakere United Another money making pre-season, although for the first time we've actually won all the way through it. Some solid results there, and hopefully we can continue onto the season. Ins and outs Finally, a wage budget I can work with - four times what I was working with at Southern! It's allowed me to bring in some quality foreign talent in the midfield, and also bring home Brotherson - who has been plying his trade overseas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 Halfway Heroes... maybe. Unbelievable start to the season. We've gone undefeated in eight games! Of course we still sit behind the leaders Auckland City, but with the requirements being that finish in the top four for a shot at the title - by gosh I'll take it. And I'll take that thank you very much! Plus with some space in the bank, and with my regular GK and wing backs out, I've gone shopping! Meet Oumar Magassouba... ... and Theirry Njoya Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxtothemax Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Nice to see you signing some African youngsters! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 1 hour ago, maxtothemax said: Nice to see you signing some African youngsters! Yeah, their rep is that low that I can snare some of these top young players! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 Finals Bound! Almost had a typical Dev'o-esque back end of the season - I swear it's down to the trouble causers in the team. Y'know the one's who want to leave? ... only to want to re-sign when the goings good... Still, we sneak into the finals in Third Place. Here's how our players have fared thus far. And now onto the finals... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 So it all leads to a do-or-die match against our bogie club Canterbury United, whom I'd turned down last year for Southern United, believe it or not. Safe to say the nerves were there. But at the hardest of times, the boys showed up. We're off to Kiwitea Street for the Final! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 The Oceanic 15 Season 4 - Waitakere United FC CHAMPIONS! "Campione, Campione, Ole Ole Ole" We did it. I cannot bloody believe it. Dongo and Clark both showed up and with it we snared quite possibly the most unlikely of wins. Holding out in that last half an hour was scary as hell, but now I can add the Premiership in New Zealand to the Tally board. WHAT. A. WIN! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 Let the record show.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 The next goal Okay, so now that I've secured the NZ title, I could go elsewhere, but I could also nail the creme de la resistance. That is, the OFC Champions League. To do so I will need to stay with Waitakere and hopefully not get sacked. Pressure, pressure. But I thrive under pressure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 The Oceanic 15 Season 5 - Waitakere United FC Pre Season Don't really care much for the Charity Cup but other than that, a successful money making pre-season. Too bad our loan repayments are up the wazoo. But, there is good news on the horizon with a takeover that will wipe our $2m debt coming soon potentially. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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