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#459487 [FM19] Wingin' It - A Journeyman Starting At The Gulls
TheNotSoSpecialOne
With Alex Bass out for the first few months of the season, I was keen to add another keeper to the squad and 22 year old Billy O'Brien was available on a free so I snapped him up! He is better than Shaun McDonald (my other option in goal) and will likely go straight into the first 11.
I asked the board to go find me a senior affiliate so I could hopefully bring in some loan players from one of the higher divisions. They presented me with 4 options from League One, and as a Gillingham fan it was a no brainer for me to go with them!
I immediately take advantage of the Gills link and bring in centre back, Jack Tucker, on loan for the season. With his stats, he is already one of my best options at the back and is likely to play a big part for us this year!
Ben Chapman quickly follows Jack Tucker through the Torquay doors from Gillingham, as we snap up another season long loan! Chapman will provide vital cover through the centre of the park and is likely to play plenty of games for us this year as he continues his development!
New goalkeeper, Billy O'Brien, picks up an injury that will keep him out for around a month!
Ryan Dickson is our best player and one of our most experienced too, so I have handed him the captain's armband for the upcoming season! Samir Nabi is also likely to be a first team regular and despite his young age of 21, his leadership and teamwork stats both add up to warrant him getting the vice captaincy!
The pre season campaign is now over and we're ready to get into some competitive football (I hope)! The friendlies went as planned I guess...expected defeats to Leicester U23s and Huddersfield can be swallowed, whilst we recorded decent wins against some lower league opposition. We really should of beaten Worthing after having 26 shots on goal without finding the back of the net though!
Player of Pre Season
Liam Davis
Davis is having to step in to the left full back position due to Ryan Dickson's injury and after a solid pre season campaign for him, he looks like he'll be challenging to make that position his own this season!
Just before the National League South kicks off, it's time to have a look at the season preview. The bookies fancy us for a title challenge this year and we're only just behind moneybags, Billericay, in the title odds. There's bound to be a whole lot of pressure on me in my first season in management with big things expected from the club this year! On loan Jack Tucker makes the media's dream eleven as well...the centre back could be the difference between us going up this year or not!
Just 2 days before we are due to play our first competitive match, I add another player to the squad. It's another loanee for the season, this time in the form of Yeovil Town's 23 year old midfielder, Alefe Santos! Let's hope he can bring some of that Brazilian flair to the National League South shall we?!
My updates will now come on a month by month basis, so the next will be at the end of August! By this time, we'll have played our first five games in the league! We kick off with a tough game at home to Chelmsford!
#459486 [FM19] Wingin' It - A Journeyman Starting At The Gulls
TheNotSoSpecialOne
Torquay were founded in 1899 and enjoy fierce local rivalries with both Exeter and Plymouth!The training facilities are not too bad for this level, but the youth facilities are piss poor!
As far as the trophy cabinet goes, it's basically a shelf on the wall with one trophy from the lower regional leagues on it, dating all the way back to 1960! Gulls fans really haven't had much to shout about over their 120 year history!
My first home in football could have been worse. Plainmoor ain't a terrible little stadium with a 6,200 capacity!
As I meet the squad for the first time, it's good to see that my assistant manager rates a few of these players and certainly believes there is a lot of potential still in the team, with most of the players being between the ages of 21-24! I have a hell of a lot of 6 footers in the squad...we must have one of the tallest teams in the league easily and this might help us capitalize on set pieces throughout the season! As I would expect at this level, most of the players are of English nationality.
Alex Bass is here on loan from Portsmouth and the goalkeeper is easily one of the best players in the team. However, it's pretty gutting that he's injured for the first 3-4 months of the season!!
My other best player, centre back Jakub Sokolik, is also out with a long term injury and will miss most of the season with torn knee ligaments!!
So my best player who is actually available to play is wing back/full back Ryan Dickson, who does look like a very good player for this level!
As for improving the squad, it's not going to come through buying players as the board have given me no transfer budget whatsoever, despite the club's finances looking relatively healthy.
I don't have a lot of support from the players at present following my appointment, which is no surprise based on the fact I'm a complete nobody!!
My next update will come at the end of our pre season campaign, which looks like this!
#459485 [FM19] Wingin' It - A Journeyman Starting At The Gulls
TheNotSoSpecialOne
04/12/19 - Present; Altrincham
#459483 [FM19] Wingin' It - A Journeyman Starting At The Gulls
TheNotSoSpecialOne
Now, The Sir Alex Ferguson challenge is a Football Manager save that is full of challenges and targets and goals to hit within specific periods of time. So I wanted to do something completely different here with my new save. No rules to follow at all just like there aren't in real life...start out with a team and see where my career takes me. Exceed the board's expectations to keep my job, that's the one goal of every real life football manager and if there is one specific target I will have then that will be it!
I will be starting at the bottom of the ladder in the National League South, with no qualifications and no previous experience, so kinda like the start of a Journeyman save. But unlike a Journeyman save, I'll be picking my club and I've decided to kick things off with Torquay United!
#458366 The Journey Of The Not So Special One
TheNotSoSpecialOne
This story focuses around my football management journey from the very bottom, to hopefully the very top. I will begin as myself, Chris Ball, and as in real life I have absolutely no management experience or qualifications whatsoever. To accompany this, my playing experience goes as far as Sunday league and pub teams! Reading this paragraph back, I immediately think to myself "Who on earth is ever going to give me a job as a football manager?".
Well, surely there's got to be someone out there! And in search of a job, I've loaded the following nations/leagues for the start of my game.
So the first thing for me to do was to have a look at the available jobs. I'm only likely to even be considered for 1 star reputation clubs (and below) so its Hemel Hempstead who receive my CV! Well, I say CV....it's basically an A4 piece of paper with my name and address on along with a statement that reads something in the region of "Please let me realise my dream and give me a job as a football manager!"
Let's hope Hemel Hempstead pity me enough to give me a shot!