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A solid start for us, I'm happy with where we are but I'm not happy with how certain players are performing. Gnakpa for example has been a total flop and Petrovic is still struggling like mad, I don't think Petrovic will ever return to his pre-injury form.

Will look to strengthen during the winter break, will see how the second half of the season goes but I am quite tempted to walk away this summer and take a first division job.
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First step in the winter recruitment drive; full time scout number three.

Second step; scouting every CB in existence.

Third step; scouting every RB in existence.

Fourth step; TBD.
Sheriff Skacel
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Gonna loosen the purse strings a little bit too, will merrily admit that I have grown bored of little BSK Borca and our team of 12 year olds. Time to push for promotion with corruption, doping and dolla.
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Going balls deep on this, boredom isn't an option;

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4k and in as my starting CB, need to stop conceding so many shitty goals, he is part of my 4 part January plan (new GK, new CB, new LB, new RB)

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7k. Exotic. Quick. RB. I like.

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3k. Also exotic. Very quick. LB. I very like.

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Mirceta has also joined on his free (my loanee GK from last year), I'm wanting an MC too at the very least to wrap the window up. Possibly 2 MCs, we have the money and wage space thanks to my prior frugalness.
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Settled for this lad at MC, in on loan. I had a few targets who I wanted to sign permanently but they ended up joining first division teams.
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Last day of the window was just a case of knocking back multiple bids for Terzic, Grahovac and Vucicevic. All of the bids were in and around 90k and clause ridden, not willing to part with any of them as I want promotion badly.

Managed to ship Gnakpa and his wages out on loan, abortion of a transfer that one has been.
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This years youth batch has arrived with minimal fanfare, signed three of them but none are anywhere near ready the first team.

In the league we are sitting 5th and its looking good, only 2 points off 3rd and we've hit a great streak thanks to me moving Petar Perovic from third choice AML to first choice ST. He has 6 goals in 4 games, Grahovac went slow for a few games and I just thought I may as well throw caution to the wind.

Fingers crossed. This could be it.
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Big win here, only 3 games to go and this is in our hands. 1 defeat could easily derail the whole season as this squad seems incapable of bouncing back from setbacks at times. Keep the faith though, after all, our last three games are against teams in the bottom 4......
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Safe to say its now down to 2 games.
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5-0 in the end, we now have 2 away games to finish the season off. We can do this, no more injuries and we can do this.

But even if we do this, I still may look to leave, need to have a serious think and need to see what players will be available to me in the summer. I have little faith in the current squad, the mid-season defensive recruitment drive was a good start, but if we do go up then we'll need strengthening in every position.
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To think you doubted Perovic after his injury, all he needed was that confidence boost of you starting him as a striker lol
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To think you doubted Perovic after his injury, all he needed was that confidence boost of you starting him as a striker lol


This is the problem in Serbia, the names are so similar;

Perovic; my loanee AMRLC, FC
Petrovic; my former AML wonderkid who has struggled post-injury (but actually has now hit form)
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Finally it is done. Promotion. The mid-season signings pushed us on, nothing overtly spectacular but some serious consistency from them. No more 7.0,5.2,6.8,3.9,7.5 in the average ratings, we got some 6.9,6.8,6.8,7,6.9 shit. Not amazing, just steady. And I think that's what we had been missing, the young lads played their part, but in the end they just couldn't do it at a consistent level.

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The squad in its current form is very mismatched, I moved swiftly from 'all-out youth movement' to 'lets just get promoted' and because of that the squad is bloated and there are some serious discrepancies in performances. Injuries really hurt some players who could have made an impact, Savic, Diaby (with that name what a shocker) and Bajic hardly played because of their on/off injuries. Regardless though we've managed to go up.

I will be trimming the squad and I will be ruthless, I've had a wee time away from playing this game so any emotional attachments I had with players are now gone. RUTHLESS AGGRESSION. My relationships with players in FM are certainly biodegradable.

The recruitment drive has already begun, got a few free transfers lined up and I will be strengthening in every position. I want a quality ST and a quality CM, I will be willing to go beyond my normal wage offerings to secure those things. For the immediate future I stay, a lot does hinge on what calibre of ST I can attract, without a real top quality first division ST I think we will struggle like mad. Ain't got no time for being the Derby of Serbia.
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This is the problem in Serbia, the names are so similar;

Perovic; my loanee AMRLC, FC
Petrovic; my former AML wonderkid who has struggled post-injury (but actually has now hit form)


Apologies I have had a long day of drinking lol. I saw you say from 3rd string AML to striker and immediately thought of the injured player.
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Don't think I'll be bringing back any of my loan players from this season for the next one, not even the mighty Petar Perovic. I may still look to bring in 1 or 2 loan players to plug some gaps (especially if I can't find any players to bring in on permanent deals) but I don't want to be relying too heavily on loans for the forthcoming season.

Thought I'd found my perfect striker too, a Ukrainian U21 international from Shakhtar, deal all agreed, he accepts the contract, then he backs down last minute. Sods law, he was exactly what I wanted, just a big step above anything we've ever had before.
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Do the board expect too much or I too little?
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Wow big jump in expectations. How is your recruitment looking?
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Going really well actually, promotion has really opened the borders and we can now attract players from further afield. I'm trying to get a little South American thing going, my South American signings possess great quality, its now just a case of them settling and avoiding injury.

All that really remains is to get a DMC and possibly another winger in for further depth.
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Should have no trouble getting a good DMC from Brazil then, seem to produce them more then anything in the game.
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So close, yet so far away. The pressure was just too much to withstand, they really were dominating the game and we had squeaked into that lead. But it does give me confidence, we can hold our own. The season boils down to consistency and injuries.

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The Partizan effect.
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Halfway stage and a great way to usher it in, a 4-0 home win vs 2nd place.

May make some changes in the mid-season window, already agreed deals for Grahovac and Savic to leave. Two good STs for the second division but not good enough for this level.
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Beats training in the Serbian potato fields.
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Harsh from the board, very harsh. I'll know in the next two games as to whether my future lies away from Borca, potentially away from Serbia too.
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The game has been processing really slow, I wonder if its because I have 27k players loaded? Normally operate in and around 25k when I get this far into a game. Does 2k make a huge difference? No idea

May reshuffle the leagues again after this season, sadly I think Turkey may be getting a chop without me ever washing ashore. I like the idea of Turkey but I can't say I'd be too bothered if I didn't rock up there.

We shall see, on the Borca front I've won 1 game and lost 1, my future is still very much up in the air.
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Someone grab a calculator because I think I just saved my job (for now).
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Caught in two minds regarding my future, I do think we'll stay up this season and normally in this position I'd stay with a club and build. But I think the Borca board will force me out swiftly next season if we aren't in and around mid-table.

It hasn't all gone to plan, my strikers have failed me and we're still scrapping it out with three games to go. However, the performances haven't been terrible and for a newly promoted side I think we've held our own.

The most frustrating thing in recent weeks has been us throwing away 1 and 2 goal leads, we just seem incapable of holding our nerve. Without Terzic I think we would have been dead and buried long ago.
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Caught in two minds regarding my future, I do think we'll stay up this season and normally in this position I'd stay with a club and build. But I think the Borca board will force me out swiftly next season if we aren't in and around mid-table.

It hasn't all gone to plan, my strikers have failed me and we're still scrapping it out with three games to go. However, the performances haven't been terrible and for a newly promoted side I think we've held our own.

The most frustrating thing in recent weeks has been us throwing away 1 and 2 goal leads, we just seem incapable of holding our nerve. Without Terzic I think we would have been dead and buried long ago.


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Fuck me. Fuck them. Fuck Serbia.
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Board have said the next game has to be a win or I'm sacked.

Terzic has been nominated for the player of the year award.

Booking my plane tickets to Holland as we speak.
Sheriff Skacel
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Go 1-0 down, Terzic grabs 2, still get beat 3-2. Get sacked.

1 game left, 1 point off total safety, 4 points clear of automatic relegation. Worst case scenario we were going into the relegation playoffs.

Fuck you Popo. You little Brazilian bastard. Cost me my job. You were my great hope.

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I'm removing Serbia and setting my sights on Holland. Popo has soiled this once great nation.
Sheriff Skacel
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So where did it all go wrong?

Well, the signings didn't pan out. The South American experiment really bombed, none of the players made any real impact. I think the board could have been more supportive however, we were newly promoted and they wanted mid-table? Asking far too much considering the wage budget we had in relation to the rest of the league.

Not to worry though, I've had my taste of Serbia and burnt my fingers because of it. We move on, I've removed the Serbian and Turkish leagues, added Australia in to replace them. Wanted to bring the overall DB size down so Turkey was always the most likely candidate to go. Australia going in is to just give me a broad choice of leagues.

Ideally I'd like Holland next, would like a bit more money to play with too, not really feeling a big rebuild or underdog club. Want something a bit more stable, flex my guns and what not.

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