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A Football Manager Career by jambowambo
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jambowambo
Another brilliant month. I'm hoping that we can win the Scottish Cup, or at least make it to the final. My league form is everything I'd want it to be at the moment and I'm hoping my cup form can follow, as it did against Hibernian. I face St Mirren in the quarter final of the Scottish Cup and I'm hoping to progress through that. An interesting draw in the quarter final as Celtic are at home to Rangers!
Here's the table:
It looks pretty certain that Celtic are top and we've claimed 2nd, don't want to get complacent though.
In transfer news, John Armstrong has joined Linfield for £10k and Scott Linton has joined Sligo Rovers for £20k after they both asked to move on due to their lack of first team football which is understandable.
No awards this month. Sergen Budak came second in player of the month and young player of the month, Elliot Bannon claimed 3rd place in young player of the month and I came 2nd in manager of the month behind Neil Lennon of Celtic.
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Our form has been terrible this month - we haven't even picked up a win. We need to sort our form out otherwise we may lose our grasp on second place.
Here's the table:
Still 10 points clear of Hearts but if our form doesn't pick up, we may start to drop down.
Next game is the cup replay against St Mirren so hopefully we can win and get into the semi final against Hearts.
Sergen Budak once again won young player of the month despite our poor form.
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Inconsistency is starting to creep in a bit, and disappointed to be out of the Scottish Cup in the quarter final but took St Mirren all the way to penalties. Elliot Bannon was injured in the win against Aberdeen and hasn't played since, hoping to have him back soon. Disappointed to draw against Dundee because that was a game we really should have won.
Here's the table:
Second looks like it's ours. Celtic have already won the league so no chance of a late chase for the title!
No awards this month either.
born-to-win
Charlie M
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I'm hoping so, was hoping for at least a final this year but it wasn't to be.
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A few seasons ago I was going to move club to try and get the Europa League but now I think I've built a very good, young squad with Cowdenbeath so I might as well stay and do it all at one club!
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There's also a new signing to tell you about.
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A good end to the season. Elliot Bannon went on a good run, seven goals in the last five games. Unfortunately Celtic's Chris Wood has just beaten him to the golden boot as he scored the same amount of goals from less games.
Here's how the table finished:
Hoping to build for next season and get far in Champions League qualifying and hopefully pose more of a threat to Celtic than we have in the past two seasons. Would also be nice to win a cup.
jambowambo
Elliot Bannon won Scottish Footballer of the Year
Sergen Budak came third in Player of the Season
Elliot Bannon came second in Top Goalscorer
Sergen Budak and Elliot Bannon were named in the SPL team of the year.
Two signings have been finalised for next season:
Left back Adam Chicksen has signed from Hearts for a total of £45k. Chicksen, 25, should fill the gap at left back that has been the weak point with Zaine Francis-Angol and Allan Coezy switching between the two for the position.
Centre midfielder Arjan Vangjeli has joined on a free transfer after his youth contract with Borussia Dortmund ran out. Vangjeli, 18, joins fellow Germans Sergen Budak, Dustin Matuschak, Daniel Büttner and Kai Simon at the Blue Brazil.
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I'm hoping so but I've not been given much financial backing from the board at all, although they are currently upgrading training and youth facilities but I've not been able to pull off any good transfers.
Also hoping for a good run in the Champions League and maybe a cup for us!
Charlie M
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8,748 is the capacity and our average attendance last year was 4,027 so about half full on average - against Zenit there was only 6,565 there.
Hoping for better attendances this season though, looking to draw in the fans.
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Cheers mate, fearing the worst about that tie though!
Do you know if we go into the Europa League if I lose? Or am I out of Europe all together?
You should go straight into the Europa groups if you lose to Lyon.
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Not the best pre-season, although some friendlies were purely for fundraising (especially the Chelsea game).
That's the ins and outs of the club. Far more have left than who have come in due to a lack of wage budget and funds, but the ones who left needed to go. We had a bit of deadwood around in the first team and reserves so needed to get rid of them.
Here's how the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League went:
Was absolutely delighted after the 5-0 win in Russia and was happy to seal the result with a 0-0 draw at Central Park.
We've been drawn against Olympique Lyonnais in the Best Placed Playoff so not sure what to expect!
jambowambo
You're right, I'm in the Europa League group stages!
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I was actually delighted with the games against Lyon - to beat them at home and come quite close to qualifying against them was very pleasing. Elliot Bannon missed the second leg through injury so maybe if he was playing we could have got something more out of the game. Looking forward to the Europa League now though!
For some reason, imgur won't upload the table so I'll just tell you that we're currently 3rd, 1 point behind Celtic and Hearts.
A good month from Matuschak and Budak, my Germans are going well.
Another quick note - a deadline day offer worth up to £8m was rejected for Elliot Bannon from Reading and young right back Aaron Tennant's contract has been terminated after he handed in a transfer request and a new club could not be found for him. His wages were £1.4k p/w which was extortionate for the type of player he is.
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I'm looking forward to some big matches in this competition this year and it would be brilliant if we can get past the group stage. Just being in this competition is brilliant for income to this club.
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Yeah hopefully, although the game against Standard still had over 3,000 empty seats!
Using it to try and raise some money and get the bank balance up, then we might be able to challenge more next season.
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A very good, unbeaten month. Delighted with the game against Celtic in to be honest we were unlucky not to win having dominated. A great win against Standard in our first Europa League group game that's put us in a good position. Was disappointed to go to extra time with Falkirk in the League Cup but I did rest a lot of key players, including Bannon who came on at 90 minutes to win the tie for us.
Here's how the table looks:
Hoping the draws don't start to count against us. Also hoping we can stick to Celtic and not let them run away.
Surprisingly nothing in the awards this month, just me getting third in manager of the month.
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Greek/German Ilias Athanasopoulous has joined on a free transfer after his contract with Dortmund ran out. Ilias (which is what I will call him to stop me losing patience with his surname!) is a 23 year old striker who played 13 times in the Bundesliga as well as scoring 81 goals in 145 games for Dortmund II, including one season where he scored 36 goals in 45 games! He joins with bags of potential and should be a good addition to the squad.
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Delighted with the draw away to Fiorentina - we were 2-0 down at half time but managed to pull it back and get the draw. The loss to Dundee United was mainly due to fatigue, a lot of players had to miss out through being knackered. Was very happy to pull back from 2-1 down against Hearts and win 3-2 and was good to see new boy Ilias (who can't play in the Europa League because he isn't registered) to get his first two goals for the club. Also happy to be in the Semi Final of the Scottish League Cup, hoping we can progress to the final! The loss to Sporting was expected but I hope to get a result at home.
Here's the SPL table:
Hoping Rangers don't come back and bring back the dominance of the two Scottish giants.
Europa League group:
Good results at home to Fiorentina and/or Sporting and a win against Standard might make us contenders for qualification.
No awards again, except Ilias winning goal of the month!
Charlie M
On a side note, it's good to see Rangers back near the top of the SPL! Lol.
jambowambo
I'm hoping the money raised from the Europa League this season can raise some much needed funds to have a better overall season next year! Although hoping I can still challenge for a top three finish.
And no it isn't, makes my job harder! Haha
jambowambo
A really good month. Delighted with the win at home to Sporting because we really did deserve the three points. Great wins in the league against St Mirren, Rangers and Motherwell. Ilias has unfortunately been ruled out with injury for at least three months which is a real shame because he had a great start to his career at Cowdenbeath. Elliot Bannon replaced Ilias in the game against Rangers and ended up scoring a hat-trick on his return from injury. Starting to pick up more points in the league now which was needed, as well as getting some wins in the Europa League group.
Here's the table:
Looking a lot better now, hoping we don't let Celtic run away again.
Here's the Europa League table:
Would be so so so happy if we finish second in the group!
Budak and Matuschak have been brilliant at the back.
A very good month!