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I've had 2 rather less serious (and successful) Pentagon attempts on FM12 before, but now that I'm probably not going to get FM13, it's probably time to go on another one before FM14 comes out

Teams Managed

Fovu Club de Baham: 1/6/2011 - 13/7/2012
Eleven Wise - 19/7/2012
Dan
12 years ago
4 months ago
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So your playing this on '12 yer? Best of luck anyway mate!
Eric Portapotty
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While not in the ranks of continental powerhouse Coton Sport, Fovu do have a decent reputation in Africa.
Ex-Anzhi player Benoit Angbwa started his career at Fovu.

Long story short:

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Fucked up in the league, our relatively good defence (4th best) being undermined by our woeful attack (bottom 6).
Losing our last 3 put paid to our chances of finishing in the top half.

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Spectacularly went tits up in the cup, decent start but got destroyed by a 2nd division team in the second round.


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... And the price was paid for an underwhelming season.

Lessons learned:
  • 4-5-1 is NOT a solution to your striking woes.
  • Don't attempt to sell your captain in the middle of the season.
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By DanW19 | Permalink | On 08 January 2013 - 18:09 PM
So your playing this on '12 yer? Best of luck anyway mate!

Yeah, from what I've heard 13 has a shit match engine, and probably not worth the money.

Here's hoping for an FM14 that's worth buying!
Eric Portapotty
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Surprised to get a new job so soon, though considering it's the off-season and all...

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The team needs a lot of work, the Fovu team at the start was significantly better than this in fact
Problems galore in defence, in particular.
Cymro
17 years ago
4 days ago
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All the best with this, I came really close to finishing the challenge last year. My career thread is in the archive from last year. Tough challenge but a rewarding one if done right.
Eric Portapotty
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By Cymro | Permalink | On 10 January 2013 - 00:20 AM
All the best with this, I came really close to finishing the challenge last year. My career thread is in the archive from last year. Tough challenge but a rewarding one if done right.

Key word there being 'if', mind.
BOWC
12 years ago
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I just noticed.. Singapore dollars??
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By BOWC | Permalink | On 12 January 2013 - 00:40 AM
I just noticed.. Singapore dollars??

Yeah, I'm Singaporean so...
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Brilliant way to start my tenure at the club, 18 players released after I decided not to renew their deals.
While on hindsight it probably was for the best, it did mean that we were short-handed for the start of this campaign, at least.

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After ironing out transfer demands with my key players we managed to have a solid pre-season, with a draw against Hearts of Oak being a highlight.

But it seemed that we weren't going to have a good time this season - we were written off throughout the campaign.

Fortunately, that wasn't to be the case:

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The decision to not make a profit on key players paid dividends, as we took the league by storm. Probably should have finished unbeaten, but that's but frosting on an already well-done cake, no?

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I've added into the squad list a wages column, shows how the unsold key players had an impact in the squad.

However, as mentioned in the title, it's only mid season; there are 5 other zonal leagues, and the top 2 from each league form a promotion playoff league, where the top 3 from that league, well, get promoted.

These are the 5 other leagues:
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11 matches in just over a month, 11 matches to promotion.

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The Cup didn't go as well as I had wanted, going out on away goals after extra time.

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Now for some bad news:

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Probably why I decided to release the 18 players, leaving us $4k under the wage budget.

Not that it's helped anyway, hilariously low crowds (100+ in a 20000-seater stadium) and a weekly wage bill of $9k meant that we were bleeding money every month.

Here's hoping for more bacon come next season.
BOWC
12 years ago
2 years ago
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Haha cheers man me too, but I still find it easier to make reference using British pounds

Great work at this Eleven Wise. How long exactly is each season?
Dan
12 years ago
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Fantastic season there matey, nice and short one too! Well done
Eric Portapotty
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By BOWC | Permalink | On 17 January 2013 - 16:35 PM
Haha cheers man me too, but I still find it easier to make reference using British pounds

Great work at this Eleven Wise. How long exactly is each season?

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/shrsJOiZGujED2hAvErTIe3SIvT02VJ32NBb6PWZ.jpg

Where do I start....

Ok, so for most teams in this tier the league campaign takes 6 months (November 24th to May 18th), which works out to 14 matches in half a year.
Some zonal leagues have only 7 teams, so that's only 12 league matches all season

But for the teams who have qualified (which I have), the season goes into overdrive, 11 matches between May 29 and 3rd July.

P.S. You're Singaporean as well?

By DanW19 | Permalink | On 17 January 2013 - 16:37 PM
Fantastic season there matey, nice and short one too! Well done

Cheers, it's still rankles in my mind to lose that one match though
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Walked the promotion playoffs, and the risk taken to keep the big earners for this campaign paid off.

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Consistent performances from the team throughout the season, but that's probably due to the medicrity of Ghana's second tier.

Standouts

Kweku Essien, Mohammed Adamu and Nana Eshun
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Essien was the creator-in-chief in the team, Adamu was part of an ever-present centreback pairing, and Eshun should probably have made the right inside-forward role his own, if not for his problems with injuries.
Thing is, they're all wanting wages I can't afford to renew their deals, so they'll be leaving at the end of the season.

These two won't leave though: Mohammed Alhassan and Emmanuel Amaoko
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Alhassan was first-choice for much of the season, and Amaoko was our Captain Fantastic, heading in vital goals to secure our promotion.
Both were able to accept lower wages to help us survive the top flight.

Then our 3 Amigos up top, Yaw Biney, James Gyimah:and Alex Tetteh
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Gyimah was transfer listed when I arrived but ended up top scoring, Yaw agreed a new deal at the start of the season and showed why he deserved it, and Tetteh... He's pretty good.

Pre-Season

Anyway.... The decision to keep the high-earners took its toll on the finances:

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1.3 million in the red, spiffing, absolutely spiffing.

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It is a relief, then, that the club hasn't decimated my wage budget, only eliminating my wage surplus from last season.
The departures of the aforementioned trio should free up about 5k, though with future transfers coming in, I'll probably be about a thousand over budget for a month or so.
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3 key men left, 12 arrived to fill the holes left by the trio.

Key Signings

Eugene:

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No contest, he is a vastly inferior player to Adamu.
However he has arrived anyway, and will form the 1st choice centerback pairing with Amaoko.


Stephane Philippe Nankop:
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With every passing day it seems like he is closer to becoming the most ill-advised signing in this career of mine
(Especially in the aftermath of another 2 playmakers).
He has shown decent ability in his only friendly outing (he arrived injured) and his versatility should get him a squad status, if only on the bench.

Christian Mbarga:
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/b37lBnpdcpx8gUsQw2Ze6g3M1ZSuX3rTfUQHuEW4.png

Probably my most unexpected signing, was looking for a set-piece taker when this guy popped up.
He'll likely not start too many games (shite Natural Fitness) but definitely some sub appearances will be given.

Of the other signings, Sumalia is a young winger who actually offers width out on the left, Kofi Addai and Samuel Asamoah are strikers who will boost a James Gyimah-dependent strikeforce, and Eric Mensah was discovered before Mbarga, so he's now likely second choice.

All in all, I signed 3 playmakers, failed to improve upon having only 1 CB pairing of acceptable ability, and currently have 2 19-year-old right wingers (and Nankop).
Brilliant.

Anyway...
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The 3 amigos' departure released almost 5k of wages, and now there's even a 2k plus untouched. So that's good news.

End of Pre-Season

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Completely forgot to arrange friendlies during a 20-day break, but I still got 6 matches.
Eric Portapotty
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League

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Our season so far couldn't have gone any better to be honest - I had fears the players at my disposal weren't good enough for this league, and they couldn't have proven me more wrong.

A few interesting points in this peculiar round of matches:
  • All the draws have involved a comeback from Eleven Wise; and
  • We never lose when we score.
Only thing that worries me right now is the amount of draws incurred - sure, we don't lose much but neither have we won enough matches, and constantly dropping 2 points isn't something to look forward to.


Cup

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A much easier time in the cup; Samuel Asamoah scored a debut hat-trick, and it was a breeze from then on.


Finances

Now the bad news:

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I know for a fact that we'll never pay off these debts - we have the second lowest gates in the league, I've slashed the wage budget by almost half since I arrived (expected to rise if we stay up) and despite that we still make losses of 50-60k per month.

I've probably been sacked/quit by the time they even come close to repaying this debt, and they'll probably owe others more just to pay off these guys.
Eric Portapotty
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Just keeps getting better, after only losing 2 of our next 10 games.


Cup

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And onward in the cup as well; our progress was aided by a fortunate series of match-ups, having not met a fellow Premier League side yet.

Here's the semi-final lineup:

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I'd have snatched your hand off if you had offered me 5th place at the start of the season, but to miss out on third by such a small margin is gutting.

Cup

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So in the final we met our first (and last) Premier League opposition in this year's tournament - Heart of Lions, who dispatched of their opponents rather unconvincingly (3-2 on aggregate).

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And into the African equivalent of the Europa League we go! \o/

Standouts

Yaw Biney:
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Our Player of the Season, by far. Took up the scoring burden when his compatriots were shooting blanks.


John Coffie:
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Ridiculous number of assists, made even more baffling considering he's only got a 7 for dribbling.


Christian Mbarga:
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Receiving a call-up to the Cameroonian U20s, he provides the creative outlet in the team.


Next Season

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There's virtually no point in raising their expectations, even winning the title would require cuts of 1k from the budget.

At least I've got a signing:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/9wybKZ8fICRUn99BmQE8k5Io5ZDUzHmkI3uySyTh.png

I fully intend on converting into my covering centerback.
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Blah blah good preseason blah


Transfers(!)

So I found this guy...

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He's just come in and the coaches are all rating him higher than top-scorer Yaw Biney now, and I can't help but agree.
Just needs to work on his composure and he's probably a 30-goal striker.

It was surprising to spot him as a free agent, and a look at his career so far doesn't help:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/JRtxzSXOYAkyy4QerGrIc5ihObML3LFPGPLC77XU.png

Baffling.


Problem is, we already had a problem with wages before his signing, and he got our wage 'surplus' in the red. So...
Out goes lower-league hero James Gyimah and his $400 p/w wages to lower-league Egypt.
Utility belt/flop Stephane Philippe Nankop will also take his $700 wages with him in January, just in time for the next shop window.


And here's the list of teams in this year's Premier League:

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Moneybags St. Mirren (of Ghana) make their expected return, joined by last season's cup semifinal opponents Coconut Grove, and relative unknowns in the form of Wa All Stars.
CliffordNott
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How the hell did you get the logos for the league !?!?!?
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By CliffordNott | Permalink | On 20 March 2013 - 03:35 AM
How the hell did you get the logos for the league !?!?!?

http://sortitoutsi.net/forums/topic/853/rtsrobintjes-standard-logo-project-default-logos

Here, no idea whether the links are still up though.
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League

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Season started off terribly, with a combination of both senior goalkeepers out and resting players for the Super Cup match not a recipe for success.
Low-profile loanee Stephen Hammond - having not played with the team at all before - deputised, and had a debut performance that nightmares are made of.

Further forward it was obvious who was carrying the team - last season's top scorer Yaw Biney has yet to open his account in the league, while Addo hsn't helped his own cause either.
Step forward Christian Mbarga, who has already scored more than last season.

We've got good form to show for at the moment, but the big guns are up next; Biney and ddo will need to find their scoring boots, and soon.

The SWAG-Nyemetei Cup

I kid you not, the SWAG (Sport Writers' Association of Ghana)-Nyetemei Cup is Chanian football's Super Cup.

Anyway, on to the game:

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And the obligatory image of the celebrations:

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Cup

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Our cup run's gone well so far, having only met lower-league opposition so far.

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Next round has us in an all-Premier League clash though.

CAF Confederation Cup

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Debut fixture couldn't have gone any better, destroying the Tanzanian team.

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Couldn't say the seam for the return leg, massive complacency issues made it a harder task than it should have been.

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The second leg throws up a challenge in the form of domestic opponents and giants Hearts of Oak.

Transfers

First, some bad news:
Midfield mainstay Francis Diallo suffered a double(!) leg fracture and will be out for the entirety of the year, so a replacement was needed.
Luckily his injury happened before the August transfer window closed, so I could get this guy on loan.

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Boakye was a longterm target, and I was surprised to see him allowed to leave his parent club.
Helps that I only need to pay him $15 a week \o/

Aided by Nankop's departure and the wages that were freed up, another 3 players arrived to bolster the squad:

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Boakye was the only fit senior defensively-minded midfielder, so Lokman was signed to provide numbers in that area.

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Again, only 1 specialist left winger (Sumaila), and Frimpong represents competition for the underperforming youngster.

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Nankop's departure left me with only Mbarga and Mensah as the only playmakers in the team (Mensah's also regressed in the attacking aspect of his play). Tetteh (hopefully) solves that problem.
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A relatively strong month with two silly defeats scuppering our chances to close the gap on leaders Hearts of Oak.
That said, a surprising number of last-gasp victories does give me hope on the mentality of the team.

Cup

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Another late goal, and a third on aggregate getss us safely through to the semis.

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I could well meet Hearts of Oak for a fifth time this season, not cool.


CAF Confederation Cup

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A vital away goal allowed me to play on the counter in the home leg, and the more cautious approach paid off, getting one over the Ghanaian league leaders.

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Africa Sport was a completely different proposition, our defence was being breached time and again with the opposition showing their superior ability.
Addo's away goal gives us hope in the home leg.


Transfers

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Kofi Appiah will join the club next season, as competition/backup to Mbarga, however I have an interest in playing him upfront.
It helps that he's a consistent player.

Also, Francis "a year's holiday LOL" Diallo wants a wage rise.
This despite him being out for the rest of the year and a good part for next.
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That said, a surprising number of last-gasp victories does give me hope on the mentality of the team.


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The team managed to tank it, big time; Biney and Addo were virtually pedestrians at the tail end of the season.

League

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In April we were enjoying a decent lead in 2nd place (with a couple of games in hand), and we ended up a successful onslaught away from missing out of continental competition - a monumental fuck-up.


Cup

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Biney managed to come up with an oh-so-rare scoring masterclass to save our semifinal encounter.

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Reverted to his typical form this season in the final, and his replacement (Addo) didn't exactly cover himself in the glory of competence either.


CAF Confederation Cup

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Never looked like getting anywhere near their level.


Next Season

Other than the aforementioned Kofi Appiah, we've got 2 other signings to look forward to:

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Willaim Diallo has proved to be a vastly inferior alternative to Mohammed Alhassan when the latter was injured, and Eric comes in as a better benchwarmer.
He'll probably challenge for a starting spot, considering his namesake's disappointing form towards the end of the season.

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Clyde Essomba was a Fovu old boy, and having signed him in my time there, he's got a fondness for me.
It helps that he's improved from the mess he was at Fovu, and hopefully he'll be a competent replacement for Eugene when the latter's contract ends at the end of this season.

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Newcomers to the Premier league are Moonlight and Real Sportive, while Chelsea (GHA) bounce straight back up.

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What else... Oh yeah:

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Fucking A.
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Riding on a good wave of form, still in 3 competitions, there is cause for hope.

League

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A lack of defensive familiarity contributed to a wretched start to the season, but the team eventually settled and got into another fine run.
Essomba, in particular, looked a nervous wreck in his 1st few matches but has since put in some assured performances.

Cup

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Lower-league opposition in the 1st 2 rounds meant an easy initial run.
Round 3 presented a genuine challenge in the form of Ashanti Gold.
An away goal gave us a vital advantage going into the home leg, and proved to be so as we advanced on the away-goals rule.

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The next round pits us another Premier League side, Coconut Grove.

CAF Confederation Cup

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Easy tie in the first round.

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The next round looks to be similarly uncomplicated.

Transfers

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An injury to Edmund Addo necessitated Taiwah's signing.
He's not very good, but his contract is heavily dependant on playing time (with a low basic wage), so hopefully it spurs him on.
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It's as if FM has been in Hard Mode these past couple of months.
Case in point:

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I meet Premier League compatriots, Liberty, 5 times across 3 competitions within a month, not to mention another league meeting in late-June.

League

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An extremely frustrating season so far - we're currently in an unbeaten streak, but we've been virtually toothless up front, the match against rock-bottom Moonlight being a prime example of our troubles.

That Edmund Addo has yet to break his duck in the league is symptomatic of our current issues.

Cup

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The aggregate scoreline failed to mask our terrible performance over the 2 legs, which was not helped by Biney getting himself sent off.

CAF Confederation Cup

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We made a relatively easy tie against Sudanese minnows into a potential banana skin (with 3 away goals) and lost to Liberty in a insipid performance, Biney again being utterly ineffectual.

Transfers

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Confirmed - Christian Mbarga will leave the club at the end of the season, to Saudi giants Al-Shabab.
He's been probably our best performer this season, and his parting gift is a $700k profit.

Here's his replacement:

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He's not quite good, but my scout has recognised him to be a consistent performer, so hopefully he shows that side of his game.

Also,

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Replacement for the overpaid and ageing Daniel Mohamed.
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It seems like the team has finally matured into a force to be reckoned in Ghana. But is it enough?

League

(No)

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I'm pretty pleased, considering we were never really in the running for the title till the final few matchdays, and the strikers' hilarious streaks of form - Yaw Biney's 9 league goals all come within the 1st 9 games, while Edmund Addo only opened his league account on Matchday 21.

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I really hope this means the bigtime money can finally start rolling in, not to mention an increase in reputation.

CAF Confederation Cup

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Biney was shit (as he has been for so long now) and we were toothless in attack as a result.


Cup

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Sweet, sweet revenge was served in the Cup.
One wonders what might have been if we showed any of this ability in front of goal in our continental clashes.

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So there it is, a 2nd Cup in 3 years, and a virtuoso performance my Mbarga in what is probably his final trophy in an Eleven Wise jersey.
Eric Portapotty
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Top Four Cup

(I'm pretty sure it's an editor bug, but this competition was supposed to feature the top four sides for the recently concluded league season; however, this edition featured those sides that of the season before.)

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Playing on the counter over both legs, it worked out perfectly.

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So this is definitely Mbarga's last title at Eleven Wise, a good send-off.

Preseason

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The Al-Shabab match was supposed to be the highlight of this preseason, but their popularity seems to have been massively overestimated - only 51 people watched us lose 3-1, and we even had to pay them $26k for their troubles.

Transfers

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$9 p/w is very good for a 19-year-old in my book, and he offers a legitimate wrong-footed option on the left flank.

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Alex Tetteh was released at the end of last season, and that resulted in a relative lack of options for the second striker position. Otoo is his replacement, at least until I find a long-term signing.

And the next guy arrived from our youth academy:

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Wakaso is an excellent prospect, and is probably a future captain as well.
His arrival will enable me to play a 4-5-1 more often too.
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Been a spectacular few months in terms of attacking, I have hope that this means we're able to succeed without Mbarga.

Super Cup

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2 Super Cups in 3 years, counter-attacking and some really dodgy fitness issues on the side of Ashanti Gold resulted in a thrashing.

League

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3 points off top with 3 points in hand, it's looking good at the moment.
We've shrugged off the tag of underdogs and started playing with more ambition, and while it has it rewards, it has also resulted in some disjointed defensive performances.
That said, Addo has 8 goals already and if we keep his fitness levels up he'll possibly continue to do well.

Cup

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There's been a trend in the cup this season, where we blow our opponents away in the 1st leg then letting them back into the tie in the 2nd leg.

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Still, we're in the quarters, and handed an (fingers crossed) easy tie.

African Champions League

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A worrying result - we didn't get the away goal there, and there's the chance that they'll get one at our place.

Transfers

In this time 3 players (DM Paul Appiah, striker Seth Taiwah and right winger Prince Mensah) went out on loan - Appiah brings his $275 p/w with him, while the latter 2 needed playing time.

In Mensah's place comes this guy:

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A willing runner, and the perk of cutting the wage bill (albeit by a minuscule amount) - what's not to like?

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