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gaz12321
The Sapling Cup has been cut off the bottom of the competitions which we won of course.
Confidence is very high, given that my only expectation was to win the league and i've done that plus won 2 cups, it was always going to be. Transfers have gone down well so far also and player performances are being recognised as well. All good on this front.
Matthew Lam scoops the fans player of the year award and certainly deserves it as well, he also claims goal of the season for a 25 yard strike against Southern District, Brazilian left winger has been awarded signing of the season seeing off numerous contenders such as Jack Sealy, Hang Qingsong & Brian Fok, the latter claimed the young player of the season award for some impressive defensive displays.
One Night In Grimsby
gaz12321
Thanks bud, good to see you're enjoying it
gaz12321
Expectations
Again the board care about nothing but winning the league, for some reason the Sapling Cup & Champions League haven't even entered their minds... My personal expectations are winning the league plus 2 cups again, i'd like to get my hands on the Senior Shield & League Cup for a first time. Not bothered about the Community Cup but it's another potential piece of silverware and just a one off game. No expectations for the Champions League except to try and avoid being humiliated.
With Eastern relegated last year the media sees it as a two horse race between us and South China, and we are strong favourites to retain the title.
Transfers
Akande refused to sign a new contract and chose to leave, I decided to let Naves & Piracicaba leave due to their age and lost Recio & Tarres to retirement. Backup keeper Zhenpeng decided he'd had enough and wanted a new challenge so I drafter in our national keeper Fai from relegated Eastern in preparation and interestingly they signed Zhenpeng, I also raided them for center back Clayton who I had scouted for a while last season. Lee Ka Yiu comes in from Pegasus as a direct replacement for Tarres but certainly doesn't offer the same quality but he's probably the best right winger the country has at the moment. Our final signing is 15 year old Welsh striker Leigh Griffiths that my staff arranged from lower division Lucky Mile so i'll keep an eye on his progress, a few of our youngsters have gone out on loan as well to get some first team football. More detail on the signings are behind the spoiler below...
Yiu had a decent season with Pegasus and brings in good crossing ability with a good amount of flair and a decent long range shot on him too, his all round stats are pretty good for this level but replacing Tarres means he has huge boots to fill, good luck to the lad, with his long range shooting ability i'm hoping to get a fair few goals from him.
Clayton joins from relegated Eastern, a solid center back who has just gained citizenship so will not count as foreign, will provide solid backup for a defence that performed so well last season, he may push for a first team spot but we'll see how things go.
Zhenpeng's itchy feet got me looking for a replacement when I was alerted to the availability of the country's top keeper who was desperate to get out of relegated Eastern's clutch, he gleefully accepted my advances and adds enormous quality between the sticks for us, his stats are very impressive for this level of football so i'm expecting good things here.
Squad & Tactics
The average age of the squad has dropped a lot from last year as we begin to turn to our younger prospects, i'm particularly keen to give some experience to Peter Merson this year at just 17 he will be our main holding midfielder with Naves now departed. We are a bit short of cover at right back but I have 2 excellent prospects that can play there from last seasons youth candidates so i'm not too fussed, the squad looks strong and there's plenty of depth to it so i'm hopeful of another successful campaign.
I will be using a 4-1-3-1-1 as the main tactic this season and also those are my current instructions for the team, although I am also keeping them well versed in a more direct style of play using the wide players to supply early crosses which has proved successful at certain times last season.
Cup Draws
League Cup group sees us drawn with Pegasus & Sotuhern District, nothing that particularly concerns me and we should realistically breeze through to the Semi Final.
We also face Pegasus in the Community Cup game before the league gets underway, a chance to win something straight away but i'm concerned that it falls during an international break and we are normally short of around 20 players for those, have to wait and see what happens.
gaz12321
Results
A busy month to open the season, Our first game was the community cup against Pegasus and I struggled to field a side, with over 20 players on international duty at the time for Hong Kong I had to dig into the reserve and youth side but managed to sneak a win and lift the Community Cup anyway, Han Qingsong headed home the only goal from a first half corner and we stood firm for the win. It took just 9 seconds to open our account in the league as Fernando raced straight through HKFC's defence and slotted home, despite the bright start we were pegged back but Robbie Stamp came off the bench to net a stoppage time winner, hardly a confident start but 3 points is all that matters. Southern District were the first visitors to our stadium and we graciously gifted them a point, despite total dominance we just couldn't force the ball over the line and were held to a goalless draw. Senior Shield action followed as we faced South China, 2-0 down at half time and looking like we were heading out the lads performed a 2nd half miracle, goals from Fernando, Yiu, Lam & Wellingsson saw us complete a dramatic comeback. Just 4 days later we faced South China in the league and this time it was our turn to throw away a lead, Lam had us ahead at half time but we were pegged back in the second half and had to settle for a draw, not a bad result but a win would have been nice, the final game this month was the Senior Shield Quarter Final, another game where we failed to kill it off after Qingsong headed home a corner in the first half we never got the 2nd goal and Metro Gallery drew level in the 2nd half, thankfully a controversial late penalty gave us the chance to progress and Jack Sealy gladly smashed the ball beyond the keeper to send us in to the Semi Final.
League Table & Stats
A fantastic start for newly promoted side Tai Po who sit top with 3 wins from 3, we have disappointingly stuttered drawing 2 of our opening games but good news for us is that South China have also had a slow start. Nothing of note so far for our players in the stats categories.
Club Stats
Lam, Fernando & Qingsong all have 2 goals each from the first 6 games, Lam is the outstanding performer averaging 7.70 although Qingsong has the most man of the match awards with 2, young Peter Merson is our best passer so far and is doing well having been stepped up to a first team regular at just 17 years old. Financially we are doing ok and have reduced our wage costs for the season ahead so although we will turn regular loss hopefully it will be less drastic.
Star Performer
Han Qingsong - Our Chinese center back has been ever present for us so far and has become a vital part of our team, despite playing alongside 3 different players at the back so far this season he has turned in impressive performances every time, his aerial presence is a huge asset but he also has the ability to pick out a pass and has 2 assists to his name so far. Solid start to the season.
Other News
Qingsong & Lam take their deserved places in the team of the month for September.
We face newly promoted Yau Tsim Mong in the Senior Shield Semi Final in December.
A couple of new records, Fernando's goal after 9 seconds in the league opener is a club and competition record, and the fastest goal I can remember ever seeing on an FM game. We have also set a club record of 18 games unbeaten stretching back to last season, long may it continue...
The final deal of the window, 23 year old striker Cheng Yuan comes in on loan from Shandong having requested a move from the Chinese giants, we have an agreed future fee of £120k which is far too steep and something i'm unlikely to take up on unless he has a ridiculously good season, to be honest he isn't much better than some of our 17 year olds who have gone out on loan to get some experience but we'll see how it develops.
Upcoming Fixtures
We host Yau Tsim Mong to start the month off before our opening League Cup group game at home to Pegasus and round the month off with a trip to Yuen Long, one of the fixtures we dropped points in last season.
gaz12321
Cup Draw
The Sapling Cup group stage has drawn us against HKFC, Metro Gallery, Tai Po & Pegasus (again).
Results
A month where things just haven't wanted to go our way, the first game was the opener of the Sapling Cup group and saw us beat HKFC 3-0 thanks to a brace from Fernando and a rare Huang Yang goal late on, then came back to back 0-0 draws which were incredibly frustrating as we did everything but score in both games, the draw against Pegasus also means we will likely need to beat Southern District in our next League Cup game to progress. We looked to be back on track when Yiu & Fernando netted first half goals at Yuen Long but we got complacent and threw it away in the second half conceding 2 goals from 3 attacks and surrendering our lead, seems crazy to say this has been my toughest month so far at Kitchee, but it's true, so frustrating!
League Table & Stats
We have officially dropped more points in our opening 5 games than we did in our entire campaign last season, 7 points from 5 is an awful start and although we are still unbeaten it's a huge disappointment, Tai Po still lead the way from surprise package Metro Gallery and South China continue to struggle down in mid table a point behind us. Still no sign of Kitchee players on the leader boards which shows our slow start to the season.
Club Stats
Fernando leads the way with 5 goals so far this season, Lam continues to be the best performer but his average has dropped this month with our decline in form, 2 assists a piece for Lam, Wellingsson & Qingsong at the top of that and 2 man of the match awards for Lam, Qingsong & Fernando see another 3 way tie for that early on, Merson continues at the teams most successful passer. A drop of around £70k on the finances this month, not slowing down much!
Star Performer
Fernando - The striker has been inconsistent but picks up the star performer thanks to 2 great performances against HKFC & Yuen Long, netting 3 goals.
Other News
Lam & Yiu make the midfield places in the leagues team of the month for October.
The unbeaten run continues which sees us move up to 24 games unbeaten as a new club record and 18 league games unbeaten as a new competition record.
Upcoming Fixtures
Only 2 fixtures this month as we travel to Southern District in the League Cup and then to Tai Po in the Sapling Cup.
gaz12321
Results
Only 2 games this month so a brief update, First up was our League Cup group game against Southern District which we had under control by half time, Yiu opened the scoring early but we conceded shortly after, a goal from loanee Yuan and a Jack Sealy penalty had us 3-1 up at the break and nice to see us taking a few chances, second half was dull and some shocking defending allowed Southern District to make it 3-2 to setup a nervy final 10 minutes but we held on. In our 2nd and final game of the month we faced a Sapling Cup group game against league leaders Tai Po, for the 3rd time in the last 5 games we dominated but failed to take any chances and were held to a 0-0 draw, this is becoming a big concern for me.
Group Stage Tables & Stats
Our fate sits in the hands of Pegasus, they need to beat Southern District by more than 1 goal to progress, if they fail then we will head through as group winners to the Semi Final. Wellingsson's 2 assists against Southern District sees him joint top of the chart.
4 points in our opening 2 Sapling Cup games gives us a good platform for progression, Fernando leads the way in the goals chart with 2 and the ratings with a 9.00 rating in his only appearance.
Star Performer
Wellingsson - 2 assists against Southern District and a fantastic display from the Brazilian winger and a solid performance during our disappointing 0-0 draw with Tai Po.
Club Stats
.Some leaders in the stats charts at last, Fernando leads the way for goals with 5 and Wellingsson has pulled away in the assists with 4, Lam is the best performer again averaging 7.49 while Merson is the top passer in the side with an 88% completion rate. A financial loss of around £50k this month which was reduced slightly thanks to our annual payment from our affiliate Jeonbuk.
Upcoming Fixtures
A far busier month this time around with a Sapling Cup group game at home to Metro Gallery, we then face 3 league fixtures at home to leaders Tai Po, away to Pegasus and then home ti Citizen. We round off the month with a Senior Shield Semi Final against Yau Tsim Mong.
Fola
TheMazzeRunner
gaz12321
Ipswich Knights
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Results
Perfection! We opened in December with a 3-0 win over Metro Gallery in the Sapling Cup and they were very much their own worst enemy scoring 2 own goals, Pong grabbed the other in a comfortable win. Returning to league action we faced Tai Po who were top of the league and an early strike from Cheng Yuan was enough to secure the points in a tense game, hardly the most convincing but 3 points is all that matters, 2 more single goal victories were to follow in the league as we won away at Pegasus thanks to a late striker from winger Yiu then saw off Citizen at home with a second half strike from Xu Deshuai. Rounding off the perfect month we made it 5 wins form 5 seeing off the challenge of Yau Tsim Mong in the Senior Shield to book ourselves a place in the final, an early goal from Wellingsson got us going but we were pegged back by half time, an own goal was the decisive moment in the match and put us into the final.
League Table & Stats
Our 3 straight wins has moved us to the top of the table by a point, our stuttering performances so far is shown by the fact that none of our players feature in the stats charts.
Sapling Cup Groups & Stats
Qualification not a certainty but 7 points would probably be enough, Fernando leads the scoring charts with 2 and Pong is right up there in the ratings.
League Cup Group
Southern District beat Pegasus to secure our qualification for the League Cup Semi Final.
Club Stats
Fernando remains top scorer but still only has 5 goals, Lam remains the best performer despite a drop in ratings and Wellingsson has added 2 more assists to his name and remains the leader in that. Finances continue to drop with a loss of £75k this month.
Star Performer
Leung Chun Pong - The experienced central midfielder has been solid for us this month playing almost every minute on offer, scored 1 goal and averaged around 7.7 over the 5 games.
Upcoming Fixtures
Our final Sapling Cup Group game is first up away to Pegasus, we host HKFC in the league before the Senior Shield Final against Tai Po and round off the month with a league trip to Southern District.
Ipswich Knights
Dan
gaz12321
He's solid and dependable but doesn't offer a great deal going forward, will start declining soon as well as he's 31 now.
gaz12321
Hopefully this will put an end to our goal scoring woes this season, i've been fairly relentless in trying to persuade him to come back but he kept demanding huge wages or flat out refusing, clearly he's now accepted that nobody else wants him (crazy!!) and returning to us is his only choice if he wants to play football, great news for us!
Ipswich Knights
gaz12321
Results
Perfection again! Young striker Robbie Stamp was given a start in the Sapling Cup against Pegasus and fired us to victory with an impressive brace in a 2-1 win to see us top the group with 4 wins from 4, The return to league action was against HKFC and Stamp had earned another start, again he repaid the selection firing the only goal of the game in the first half to bag another victory ahead of our Senior Shield final against Tai Po. Before the cup final we were handed the huge news that last years prolific striker Akande had rejoined the club half a year after leaving, massive news for the club and dreams come true in the cup final, Akande was short of fitness so settled for a place on the bench, he came on in the second half but despite our dominance it ended 0-0, it was a great moment for Kitchee when the returning Akande raced through and slotted home the winner in extra time to lift the Senior Shield on his return! A week later and Akande returned to the starting xi with a bang, bagging a brace in the opening 18 minutes, Fok made it 3-0 after 26 minutes and despite a goal either side of the half way mark for Southern District we held on for 3 points.
League Table & Stats
We remain a point ahead of South China at the top of the league with 8 games left to play, Tai Po are still in the running too just 3 points behind us. We still have no mention in the player stats although the leagues top scorer is our 17 year old striker Lee Po Ming on loan at title contenders Tai Po, I could be responsible for my own downfall here...
Club Stats
Still no change in the leading goal scorer chart with injured Fernando still leading the way on 5, although Akande moved to just 2 behind him and he's only played a game and a half!! Leung Chung Pong's consistent performances in the middle of the park have seen him take over as the teams top performer and Wellingsson has added another assist this month now on 7. Another £60k lost this month!
Star Performer
Shay Spitz - The left back was far from inspiring this month but there wasn't much to choose from to be honest and he was solid in the 3 games he played.
Other News
I have turned down the chance to discuss a new contract with Kitchee, the board were keen but it's my current intention to move on to a new challenge next season.
3 player sin the team of the month, Fok in the defence with Lung & Deshuai slotting in to the midfield.
HKFC will be our opponents in the FA Cup Quarter Final.
Bad news, the qualification rules have reverted back to that of previous years, league winners will enter ACL Second Preliminary Round and Season Play Off winner will head in to the Confed Cup Groups.
South Korean affiliate club Jeonbuk have kindly loaned me this 21 year old attacking midfielder, Yoon-Ho will provide competition for youngster Lung with Matthew Lam having picked up a knee injury keeping him out for the rest of the season. Talking of injuries...
This game is absolutely cruel!! Akande was involved in an U18 match as he looked to build his match fitness and picks up a bloody cruciate ligament injury keeping him out for 11 months! Literally just wanted to shut the game down at this point, how bad can my luck be, this makes it 5 first team players now on the treatment table long term!!
Upcoming Fixtures
League games at home to Metro Gallery & away at Yau Tsim Mong this month along with the FA Cup Quarter Final, Champions League Group Stage also starts and there are 2 scheduled games, so with a massively deplted squad thanks to injuries this is going to be a busy month for us.
Ipswich Knights
One Night In Grimsby
gaz12321
Akande is tied down for next season as well, should return around half way through it.
gaz12321
Champions League Draw
Things looked bad when we were drawn alongside Guangzhou, then came South Korean runners up Seoul and finally Saitama of Japan, that is a really tough ask!!
Results
Fernando grabbed his first goal in months to give us the lead against Metro Gallery in our first game this month and Brian Fok headed home a corner just before half time to make the 3 points safe, next up our FA Cup Quarter Final proved more tricky then I had hoped with a daunting trip to Guangzhou around the corner, we trailed for much of the game but our Korean loanee Yoon-Ho came off the bench to fire the game in to extra time, Cheng Yuan put the finishing touch on a lovely move to fire us into the Semi Final. Our first ACL game of me reign and for the first 50 minutes it went well, Guangzhou of course dominated but we held firm until our 18 year old ball winner got himself sent off for a 2nd yellow and we fell apart, to be honest we were fortunate to get away with just a 3 goal defeat! This put an abrupt end to our impressive run of 38 games without defeat in all competitions. Our injury crisis continued to make things tricky and we fell to a 1-0 defeat in the league against bottom club Yau Tsim Mong, we done everything but score hitting the woodwork multiple times and forcing a number of saves and blocks throughout, it just wasn't our day. Back in the ACL and a solid defensive performance allowed us to sneak a win against Seoul thanks to a first half penalty converted by Jack Sealy, a shock win without a doubt!
League Table & Stats
The defeat at Yau Tsim Mong has put the title race in South China's hands as they move top of the table.
Club Stats
Fernando moves on to 6 goals for the season, Matthew Lam returns as our best performer without kicking a ball thanks to Pong's decline in form recently and Wellingsson remains on 7 assists, Merson continues as our best passer as he has done for much of the season. Finances have seen us turn a profit thanks to our participation in the ACL group, we were given £50k for competing and £70k for the win over Seoul, turning a profit of almost £90k for the month.
Star Performer
Lee Ka Yiu - The right wingers return to action has been a good one with some impressive performances over the 5 games, he managed 2 assists this month and turned in consistent performances despite some negative results for the team.
Cup Draws
Other News
Yiu's performances have earned him a place in the team of the month.
Upcoming Fixtures
A very busy month ahead, a huge game in the league at home to South China to start the month, we then host struggling Yuen Long before a Champions League game at home to Saitama. The final three games of the month are the 3 Cup Semi Finals against Yuen Long, Metro Gallery & Tai Po. A huge month and far from ideal with the injuries that have built up, Akande, Lam, Yuan, Fernando, Deshuai & Fok all missing at present!
gaz12321
Results
The wheels have well and truly come off!! A 2-0 loss at home to South China puts the title race firmly in their hands with a 3 point lead and a better head to head record, devastated to lose that! Following that we were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Yuen Long, this can't get any worse surely?? I just can't score goals this season I know i've had problems with injuries but this is beyond belief! The title is slipping away. We held firm against Saitama in the ACL Group but again failed to score, we've now scored just once (A penalty) in six games!!! This does put us on 4 points and keeps us in with a chance of qualification, as unlikely as it is. We finally scored from open play as Pong slid in to bury a right wing cross 4 minutes in to the League Cup Semi Final, Yoon-Ho made it 2-0 before half time and it stayed that way which saw us in to the final. We were looking back on track when Wellingsson put us ahead in the 3rd minute of the Sapling Cup Semi Final, however we fell apart and conceded 2 sloppy goals that saw us eliminated, Clayton had been pestering for first team football and has not impressed at all this season, gave him a chance here and he was at fault for both goals, I transfer listed him after this which he didn't like so I agreed to terminate his contract! Glad to see the back of him worst signing i've ever made!! Young Robbie Stamp finally found the net again as he hit a first half brace against Tai Po to send us into the FA Cup Final! A positive end to an awful month for Kitchee!
League Table
South China were held to a draw after beating us so the title race isn't over yet, but it's firmly in their hands! They do still have to play Tai Po though. Look at Yau Tsim Mong bottom of the table with just one win all season ... that was against us!! What has happened to this club? I feel like Jose Mourinho!
Club Stats
Robbie Stamp has pulled level with Fernando on 6 goals, but for our top scorers to be on 6 at this stage of the season highlights our issues! Pong has moved back to the top of the ratings charts again this month, Wellingsson has had a creative month adding another 3 assists taking his tally to 10. The ACL continues to aid our financial situation with profit for a second month running, made almost £40k this month.
Star Performer
Leung Chun Pong - Another good month for our central midfield man, 1 assist and 1 goal plus 6 consistently good performances, can't knock the guy.
League Cup Final Draw
Upcoming Fixtures
A tricky start to the month as we host Guangzhou in the ACL, then the League Cup Final against Pegasus is 3 days later then just 3 days after that we travel to Tai Po in a huge game with the title race heating up. We get a bit of respite after that before we head to South Korea for ACL game 5 against Seoul then return to league action at home to Pegasus, a trip to Metro Gallery rounds off a tough month, with the injury list still working against us it's a daunting month ahead.
clloyd
Just read through, great story! Hopefully you can do a U-turn at the end of this season and return glory to the HK club
gaz12321
gaz12321
Results
Can't score, can't win, can't do anything!! Don't know how I can correct this, I know there are injuries to key players but the squad is generally decent and should still be able to cope domestically at least, I know how Mourino felt at Chelsea now!!! The loss at home to Guangzhou was expected, we done our best but were over powered by a far superior side and fell to a 2 goal defeat. The League Cup Final hurt the most, a competition I wanted to win from the start and to lose a final against Pegasus is unacceptable, we fell behind from an early corner and despite being dominant we couldn't find a way through, we were then held to a 0-0 draw at Tai Po after having a late goal chalked off, a result that put South China in command in the title race. Our expected elimination from the ACL Group Stage was next, another 2-0 defeat this time away to Seoul meant we would play a pointless game against Saitama in May. Back to league action and Pegasus frustrated us once again, by this point i've tried everything but confidence is shot, I simply can't turn it around I hate when FM gets like this! Our final game saw us salvage a draw when Wellingsson netted our first goal in almost 10 hours of football!! We managed to scrape a draw with Metro Gallery. I can't understand how a team can go 38 games unbeaten and be cruising then it's like a switch is flipped and they just can't do anything! I don't want to blame the game but I am absolutely dumbfounded here.
League Table
How on earth we are potentially able to win the league still is a mystery to me, Tai Po beat South China towards the end of the month which helped but we have been awful for 2 and a half months, to be on 29 points with 1 game to play and still not out of the title race is incredible, we won the league with 47 points last season! We need South China to collect no more than 2 points and they have 2 games left still, we also need Tai Po to lose and for us to win our game, so we don't just need a miracle, we need 4 of them!!
Champions League
Predictably failed here, but 4 points isn't terrible and if we can avoid defeat at Saitama we will finish 3rd.
Club Stats
Nothing to report here apart from Pong storming ahead in the player of the match awards with 6, defeats in the ACL have seen us lose money again this month with no prize money coming in, lost around £35k.
Star Performer
Leung Chun Pong - The midfielder takes it again, now consider that he has been a regular for me in my 2 years here and that he had never been the star performer until a few months back and now has won 3 of them shows the rest of the squad for what they are, inept! Again Pong has been solid and I can't fault him for that but being solid shouldn't make you the star performer, Can't expect any assists or goals really, the club only scored 1 goal all bloody month!!
Youth Candidates
A number of high potential players, tempted to play them straight away they can't do any worse than the miserable bunch we have at the moment! Tam Kin Keung looks an ideal replacement for Pong eventually.
Other News
Seriously FM?? 4 of my players in the team of the month?? How the hell do you work that out you stupid game!! Pong maybe, the rest were shite!!
Upcoming Fixtures
Saitama away in the ACL is a game I will probably make a lot of changes for, we then need to win at in form Citizen to keep our hopes alive, South China drew their game in hand so it's all going down to the final day. Our last game of the season is the FA Cup Final where we face lower division side Wong Tai Sin who got relegated last season.
Ipswich Knights
League form has deserted you I know the feeling it seems this year its all about team morale get one win and you'll be back on a good run.
Def think your next job should be in mighty Australia
gaz12321
Thanks mate,
Kind of feel like I have unfinished business now with Kitchee but had made my mind up before the bad run that i'm not renewing my contract so not sure what to do now. My rep is unlikely to get me a big enough job in Aus to tempt me into managing there, too many rules and regs for my liking.
Ipswich Knights
My second suggestion would be I'd love to see you do India
gaz12321
Results
We were destroyed by Saitama, Fernando grabbed a consolation but we the game was well gone already and we fell to a 3-1 defeat. Our final league game was a similar story to the last few months, dominating the game and creating chance after chance but not taking them, Citizen scored from a corner to take all 3 points and leave us empty handed, again! The worst was still to come, just nothing has gone for us in the last 3 months and this was a bitter pill to swallow, we lost the FA Cup Final to lower league side Wong Tai Sin, once again battered a side and lost 1-0! Lost for words!
League Table
Third, we finished third!! I don't even want to talk about it, fair play to Tai Po who won the league off the back of being promoted into it last year, incredible result but helped by us and South China being below par. So we will end up in a season playoff against FA Cup Winners Wong Tai Sin for continental qualification.
End of the Road...
So the last few months have been bad, but i've won 5 trophies in 2 years at Kitchee and this is how they treat me?? I was called in to chat about the poor results, which was fair enough we had been awful, they weren't interested in my opinions about the injuries we had to contend with so in the end I offered my resignation, I had already decided not to renew my contract, this was the response! Uncalled for and a complete lack of respect, fair to say my view of Kitchee as a club has just taken a sharp decline...
Where To Next?
When I took the Kitchee job on I had progression in mind and wanted to use the job as a springboard to the Chinese Super League, it's a league that doesn't have much higher rep than HK but has much more quality so China is my preferred destination, however I have South Korea & Australia open and wouldn't rule them out if the right opportunity came available. My rep hasn't improved enough to get a top quality club in these countries so I may go a few years before winning another trophy wherever I end up.