Johno
17 years ago
1 week ago
2,643
Premium
Not bad finish in the end Hopefully you be right up there next season.
Tommo.
12 years ago
1 year ago
2,272
Nice work that season. Hopefully you can push on the next
Dan
12 years ago
4 months ago
16,964
Khimik absolutely walked the league! heopefully it;ll be closer next year!
tongey
14 years ago
1 month ago
1,101
Yeah my defence was leaking lots of goals so I'm looking to address that this season Johno

That's the plan Tommo.

They did, absolutely dominated it from start to finish Dan.

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Preparations and Pre Season

So after last seasons consolidation in mid table, preparations began for the new season here at F.O.K Oktyabrskiy with new incomings and some outgoings in personnel both on the playing side and behind the scenes side.

Transfers in:

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So no money was spent or received in these transfers for hopefully they will improve my squad. Bade'lko and Latyshev are both strikers with huge potential and ability for a squad like mine who should provide Kosmach some challenge up top. They also replace Trapashko who departed us after not wanting to sign a new contract. He went up to the top league. Yurut' is my new starting goalkeeper because Cherkas didn't have the best of seasons last year so a new keeper was needed. Hopefully he will do better than Cherkas. The final new incoming is Simonchik who is going to sit just in front of the back four and hopefully will provide some stability there.

Pre Season Results:

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Not the best of pre seasons but it gave us some match fitness and the chance to try out a new 4-4-1-1 tactic instead of the favoured 4-2-3-1 I played last season. New players played quite well and we managed to get 2 wins, one against last years champions so that's pleasing.

The promotion odds came in and they rank me as one of the top teams with a price of 2-1 which are very good. Let's hope I can win some people some money for betting on us.

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Johno
17 years ago
1 week ago
2,643
Premium
Pretty good pre season, hopefully your 4-4-1-1 will click straight away.
Dan
12 years ago
4 months ago
16,964
Great to see you one of the favorites for the title, lets hope it comes together!
tongey
14 years ago
1 month ago
1,101
So out of the blue this piece of news came across my email inbox.

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I can honestly say I've never been sacked for this reason before, but I thought the squad was quite happy. The board didn't even come to me to explain myself?

Nevermind, onwards to the next country to give another club a go. Maybe I'll win a trophy for Christmas?
Tommo.
12 years ago
1 year ago
2,272
Damn thats unlucky mate. Never seen that either
tongey
14 years ago
1 month ago
1,101
I can see this becoming a habit that I don't want to have Tommo.

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A New Country, A New Job

It didn't take long for me to move the vodka and borscht company from Belarus to it's new home (although I think it's now a meatball and flatpack furniture stall now) as I've moved to Sweden.

I decided to move to Sweden and look for jobs here and one quickly became available and they were immediately interested in my services (GOD KNOWS WHY). You are now looking at the new manager of...

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FC LINKÖPING

They are a team who have been in existence since 2012 (not sure why it says 2009 on the badge then) who play in the Division 2 Ostra Gotaland in Sweden. They enjoy a rivalry with AFK Linköping and BK Derby and have 50 season ticket holders so they are only a small club but a small club with big ambitions.

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The league is about half way through the season and looks like I have another challenge on my hands:

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Dan
12 years ago
4 months ago
16,964
What on earth just happened! Wow! Good luck with the next step of the journey though!
Tommo.
12 years ago
1 year ago
2,272
Good luck in Sweden. Hopefully you can move away from the relegation zone
tongey
14 years ago
1 month ago
1,101
It all happened so quickly Dan but I wasn't exactly doing well there so a new challenge was for the best in the end.

Cheers Tommo. Thats the aim.

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The First Month

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So I've been in charge of the club for 4 games now and things are starting to take shape. Maybe it's because of the strict meatball only diet and the fact that I recently renovated all my players apartments with IKEA furniture only. It's obvious it's had an effect.

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So it wasn't the best of starts for Linköping but we should have won it. We had a disallowed goal late on and they then went down the other end and scored the winner. So disappointing but a promising way to start. The performance was awesome.

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This was more like it results wise against a team no one expected me to win. Palmgren proved to me why I should start him upfront with a goal and I hope he scores more to help me climb the league. We absolutely dominated this game and I'm proud to have beaten them.

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A game against the team below me in the league so obviously it's a must win. What a win it was. 6 goals for us, although our defence leaked 3 which was a bit of a disappointment, but I like the way my team can outscore anyone. A superstar performance in CM from Pehilj earnt him MOM.

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The first derby of my career in Sweden. A close encounter. NOT. 4-0 and we have the bragging rights to the city. I didn't see it coming, but I will gladly take it. Gidlund came off the bench for an injured player early on and scored 2 goals. Impact sub.

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I've risen 4 places in 4 games and I've been playing some awesome attractive football. Let's hope this continues.
Tommo.
12 years ago
1 year ago
2,272
Fantastic last 3 games there. Seem to be scoring okay.
tongey
14 years ago
1 month ago
1,101
Yeah we seem to be scoring a lot of goals Tommo but we also let a fair few in.

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Another Month.

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So we've had another month and things are ticking by slowly but surely. We won't be getting promoted as we only have 4 games left, but we have something to build with. I think we have some good potential.

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A poor defeat here, we never really got into the game and to be honest they deserved to win. Far more attacking football by them and we just couldn't cope.

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A 4-3 margin doesn't show how good we actually were. We let two very late goals in so it looks closer than it was. We were excellent up front and in midfield but couldn't defend.

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They were very lucky to go away with 3 points here. A last minute fluke goal. I'm so disappointed as it's 3 points lost.

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3-0 within 14 minutes. Hugely impressive and then it was comfortable after that. Not much more to say.

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A point is definitely not what I wanted. Another late goal conceded which is costing us crucial points. Should have been all 3.

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So we are in 7th. Looks like we could go a little bit higher if results go our way. Hopefully we will win our remaining 4 games.
tongey
14 years ago
1 month ago
1,101
END OF SEASON

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We never really got into the game but it could have gone either way. Poor quality all over the pitch.

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Another loss, disappointing performance, and a leaky defence just about sums this game up. On a hiding to nothing.

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A great win against the eventual champions. We postponed their championship party. Their inflatable trophies looked a bit foolish to be honest.

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A boring 0-0 draw in a game that meant nothing. We couldn't go up or down so most of the players seemed to play as if they didn't care. A boring way to end the season.

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7th in the league at the end of the campaign and I'm happy with that. I came into the club and they were just above the relegation zone and I lifted them to 7th. Building starts now for next season.
Dan
12 years ago
4 months ago
16,964
Great turn around there matey! Best of luck next season!
tongey
14 years ago
1 month ago
1,101
Thanks Dan. I'm pleased with how things ended up last season.

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AN UNBEATEN START.

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The season came around with a new chairman being elected and a loan taken out to cover the costs of the clubs, so it was down to me to build a squad on a minimal wage budget. I'm impressed with who I signed and some have slotted in straight away to the first team. I'm only expected a safe mid table finish this season but I'm aiming higher than that.

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An unbeaten start to the season is very impressive however we are collecting too many draws when we should have closed out the game. Last season it was always a late goal the punished us and the squad hasn't learned their lesson. A great first 4 games led to maximum points and it could have gone on a few games longer. I don't think I could have wished for a better start for a mid table team but I think we are one to watch now. Let's hope this run can long continue but we can turn the points into all three.

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Lying 3rd in the table and 5 points behind the leaders. Not bad if I do say so myself

Johno
17 years ago
1 week ago
2,643
Premium
What the hell happened Starting well with Linköping
bmg033
10 years ago
4 months ago
2,268
Its so frustrating when you keep drawing, but at least you're not losing!
simoncoyne
9 years ago
5 years ago
246
Looks like a good situation for you. Let's hope this one sticks.
Tommo.
12 years ago
1 year ago
2,272
Great start to the new season mate
Bukinapreto
16 years ago
8 years ago
145
WHat the hell?
YOu got fired because of the squad harmony...damm
tongey
14 years ago
1 month ago
1,101
Thanks Johno. Let's hope I can keep up the good start.

Exactly bmg a point is definitely better than 0 so that's always good to remember.

Thanks simoncoyne I feel the confidence flowing and some good results are coming.

Cheers Tommo. Let's hope it keeps going.

I did bukinapreto, I've never seen that before and I was a little bit gutted.

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Another 9 Games

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So here I am after 18 games in the league and I'm still in charge so I guess that is definitely something to be impressed by considering my last few jobs. After a good start to the campaign I was hoping to keep the confidence flowing and the form continuing however turning the draws into wins.

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5 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws is definitely something to shout about. The two losses to start off with are games that I never really had a chance in, we never got out of 2nd gear and I am throughly disappointed with those performances. Onto the slightly better results, the two draws. Against Uddervalle we conceded another late goal true to our previous form, and we should have got all 3 points once again. Against Tenhult we should have won the game comfortably but we turned off and let them back into it and then when pressing in the second half we just couldn't put the ball into the net.
The wins were full of great performances. 17 goals scored in these wins which isn't bad at all and only 3 goals conceded. We are a force going forwards and its pleasing to see that we haven't conceded as many this time round.

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This left the league table with me in 4th place on 34 points, only 5 points behind the leaders. All to play for with the remaining 8 games left.
Dan
12 years ago
4 months ago
16,964
Doing well mate, not far off the top if you can hit a couple of strong runs!
Tommo.
12 years ago
1 year ago
2,272
Still sitting up near the top despite some losses. Will be a tight last 8 games
tongey
14 years ago
1 month ago
1,101
Cheers Dan, a good run was needed.

Definitely a tight last 8 games Tommo.

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PROMOTION OR TITLE?

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So I went into the lsat 8 games with a sniff of winning the title and a better chance of promotion through 2nd place. Will it end with either? Who knew what was to come. The final 8 games went like this:

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You can see a lot of green dots on there which is more than I could have asked for. A lot of these wins were against teams around me in the table which was definitely a bonus. We looked good, we scored lots, and we conceded fewer than we have before which all in all turned out to be a great run of form for us. The draw against Motala AIF was a particular result of significance because they were challenging me for the league title so to have won that game would have been nice but a draw was a great result in the end.

It came down to the last game once again in my career, but for the first time, it was at the right end of the table. With Motala sitting 3 point ahead of me and 2 goals better off in the goal difference I needed a pretty big goal swing and a pretty big goal win was what I received. A 5-1 thrashing of Lindsdal in the final; game set me on my way, and then to see Motala getting thrashed by Nykoping 5-1 was the icing on the cake. I had done it!

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I HAVE FINALLY WON A TROPHY, A TITLE IS MINE!
I'm on my way to becoming the best manager in the world. The first tiny step has been taken.

This was how my players performed over the season:

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My strikers scored 23 goals between them which was great to see and my midfield also chipped in with goals with Jesper Bengtesson becoming my top goalscorer with 13 goals. A great team performance came to fruition and I'm so proud of my players for an unlikely title win.

Dan
12 years ago
4 months ago
16,964
Four different countries and you have your first trophy! Superb pal! first of many I hope
Tommo.
12 years ago
1 year ago
2,272
Fantastic work winning the league. Came right down to the wire it seems
tongey
14 years ago
1 month ago
1,101
Thanks Dan! It's about time I won something. Going to be a tough ask in the league above.

Cheers Tommo. It did indeed.

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A New Season Update

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So preparations are complete for the new season in the league above. Currently I sit 2 leagues beneath the Premier Division in Sweden so it's still a long way to climb but for now I'll focus on this league. Pre season friendlies went ok with a mixed bag of results, a couple of wins and a couple of losses.

The first 12 games went like this:

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1 win in the first 8 games didn't look good on the table but a quick turn around in form and then 3 wins out of the next 4 made things look a lot better for me. Obviously the highlight to the opening half of the season was the 10-1 massacre of Anundsjo. I was in shock as each goal went in and we carried on scoring! What a great confidence boost to the team who hadn't exactly been in form before then!

Aim for the next half of the season is to be more clinical up front and take our chances, whilst being a lot more solid at the back. We tend to let a lot of early goals in which kills us off for the rest of the game.

The table looks like this:

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Lying in 9th place is something to be proud of for the newly promoted team. I may need to invest in more players to add depth to the squad and the starting line up so that I can hopefully climb the table. Who knows what can happen.
simoncoyne
9 years ago
5 years ago
246
Congrats on the trophy. Good luck next season. I'm assuming you're just hoping for consolidation this season?

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