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#167067 Pentagon [FM14]
Eric Portapotty
From being transfer listed at Raja Casablanca, Mounir Abdellaoui has now earned himself a place in the Moroccan national team after a brilliant season of goalscoring - averaging nearly a goal a game in all competitions, and actually going past that ratio in league play.
I'll have to admit, he's getting far too little for his goalscoring - if this was real life he'd be on a new deal pronto.
He'd actually got a wage decrease, would you believe - it was on $250 (iirc) due to the wage rise clause kicking in, but because of this international cap clause he's now managed to get less.
It turns out that he's also now earning 67 times less than top earner Mohamed Mabrouk, who is on $18,250 p/w.
So I figured he's right, and that I should give him the deal he deserves.
Erm.... Okay? Does save me a couple quid though, so no fuss.
#167053 Career Section Hall of Fame
Eric Portapotty
Also, what's with all the 'S'es after the thread titles?
#167043 Career Section Hall of Fame
Eric Portapotty
#167010 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Eric Portapotty
#166899 Pentagon [FM14]
Eric Portapotty
Attack finding its groove again, though the defence is as bad as ever - 6 conceded in 4 is not ideal.
And it looks like Chameni might yet stay! Of course, if he keeps up his level of performances through this campaign.
4th is back in our hands, but the CL spot looks unattainable, let alone the title.
We've still to meet Al Ahly and Al Moaqoloun though, will not be an easy ride to the finish.
Super Cup time:
Here's the bad boy;
And here's us winning it.
Not quite a smash and grab, but they definitely were the stronger team throughout the match.
We were just more clinical, which doesn't happen very often.
The freedom of Alexandria? Yes please!
Interestingly it was only this win that got me into the club's favoured Personnel list - not our shock title win, not the Confederation Cup, but what is essentially a nothing cup comparatively.
It also bagged me a few goodies:
New facilities - looks like I'll be here for the medium term.
Back to a proper cup competition:
Well I say proper, with 1st Round mismatches like this there's a case to be made for the contrary.
Honestly, ran the match in the background while I was on Youtube.
Ooo, but we won't have it as easy as seasons past it seems, because next up is a team that was formerly linked with Arsenal (Arsenal -> Beveren -> ASEC), and have the likes of Emmanuel Eboue and Copa among their alumni.
Alas as the Ivorian league wasn't loaded so their squad's a bit whack and don't quite possess the kind of quality that their reputation would have commanded.
Now for the youth intake:
Two stand out obviously:
He could do things, but will find it very hard to break through our forward pack though.
The determination should bring him places, but he does need some work in all honesty.
#166654 The Armoury
Eric Portapotty
#166332 The FA Cup 2013/14
Eric Portapotty
Fuck he better be OK.
#166327 The FA Cup 2013/14
Eric Portapotty
I mean he's not necessarily wrong, but damn it don't try to expect the ref to get the goals for you.
#166318 Pentagon [FM14]
Eric Portapotty
Cover on the tight wing (and a wrong-footed option in fact), as well as a replacement for Tiago Giradin - that's right, molding another left wingback.
I know how that last time this was attempted turned out (not brilliantly) but his attacking instincts might just win out.
A very hard worker, but non-existent mental qualities with regards to attacking.
Does cover both flanks and uptop, and is good with both feet as well.
Was considering having him take Noe "literally Berbatov" Chameni's place in one of the foreign slots but with mentals like that he'd be missing sitters all day.
I was supposed to sign a couple more loanees this window, but a combination of offers for my players (distractions) and the lack of game time (48 days between league games, which covered the entirety of January) meant that I didn't sign as many as I should have.
Still, Vallejos is still here till June, so we should be OK.
Met them a couple of seasons back in the CL, they were the only thing keeping us from the big money of the Group Stages - scarcely a better opportunity to take revenge then.
Also, why isn't this played in a neutral venue? Because playing at their place is a tad unfair, not to mention having to travel while playing in the league.
A Zanzibarese(??) side in the 1st round, which is a surprise because I'd a;ways though Zanzibar were an defunct nation.
Oh right, Ibrahim and Chameni were both in the ACN, where both Egypt and Cameroon crashed out of the group phase.
#166309 The FA Cup 2013/14
Eric Portapotty
#166303 The FA Cup 2013/14
Eric Portapotty
#166297 The FA Cup 2013/14
Eric Portapotty
#166289 The FA Cup 2013/14
Eric Portapotty
#166285 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Eric Portapotty
Now for Winning Eleven 8 and Burnout Revenge!
#166253 La Liga 2013/14
Eric Portapotty
#166242 The FA Cup 2013/14
Eric Portapotty
Nope, you've jinxed it, fuck you.
#166142 Best place to find downloaded leagues
Eric Portapotty
Coverage on African nations has been hopeless (as usual), Claassen's pack has probably the most detail there IMO.
Tried my hand at creating the Nigerian and Ghanaian lower leagues as well, far from perfect though.
#165989 Pentagon [FM14]
Eric Portapotty
Funny you mention that, the board has just offered to hold talks with me over a new deal, but they refused to improve the youth coaching so it's been put on hold.
I dunno, over a decade, 1 league title and continental trophy, but I haven't won the CL yet.
I'll check out the youth intake for this season and see if I can continue with them.
#165972 Pentagon [FM14]
Eric Portapotty
A couple of empathic wins, and some worrying inept showings - same old then.
We're just really inconsistent, and everything happens in spurts - one minute we've plundered 6 against Suez FC, the next we can't hit a barn door with another barn door.
The guy who epitomises this is Noe Chameni, who despite having 7 goals and 6 assists in 13 starts does so when he's (or when the team as a whole is) in the mood - chips in with a goal and assist when we take opponents apart, but when we start to find it tough, he just walks around... well he just walks around really.
Well I've fined him one too many times, and now we've fallen out and he's in the transfer list, as well as left-back Abdel Rahim (6 months after his arrival), which speaks volumes about my unquestionable genius as a manager.
We will (yet again) say goodbye to our hopes of a title after imploding (yet again), and now face a proper fight for the top 4.
Top 4, mind you, doesn't actually give me an African CL spot - only the top 2 do, and it's being locked up by Al Ahly and Al Moqaoloun, who are increasingly looking like establishing a power gap at the expense of a broke Zamalek.
Now for some continental business:
Well...
Worrying start to the group stage, as we conspired to come away with a point from 3 games despite scoring 5.
We then went for broke and were rewarded big time, sealing our progress with a game to spare.
In a perverse way credit must go to Al Moqaoloun for helping to demolish our opponents.
We then met the other group winners - Tunisian giants Club Africian, who had a Cameroonian defender who managed to make the 2026 World Cup's Team of the Year:
Well he got dismissed, but in his defence he was the last man.
Well he wasn't in their defence for the away leg, so we were given an easier time there - and did we take advantage of it.
Al Moqaoloun also won their semi-final clash against Ocean Boys, so it was another 2 matches against a team that is becoming our main rival:
We were ready to take the game to them, only to shoot ourselves in the foot first.
Obviously when you throw a kitchen sink at a bus the former falls to the ground and shatters, while the bus drives away.
We then played them again - in the league - and if you had noticed beforehand we';d also lost that clash rather meekly, which doesn't bode well for our 2nd leg clash on their turf.
Could we pick ourselves up and try to make a meal of it?
As it turns out we can - and how!
Well sweet, too - avenging the losses of the past week by giving then a spanking in their own backyard, and in the process winning a continental trophy.
Couple of things to note: Chameni didn't start the 2nd leg (he'd fallen out with me after the 1st leg) - look how badly that turned out.
An I'm sure it's just a coincidence, but of the 3 clashes the winner always managed less possession.
Tim Payne and Tiago Giradin will both return to their parent clubs, unwanted but with the consolation of a continental title.
Now for other significant events:
Obviously I didn't get the job because as we all know Italians (and the Dutch for that matter) are institutionally racist and the interview was just a token gesture (
Seriously though, 13th in Serie B? I know they've got their fuckups on the footballing side of things but this is ridiculous.
We've actually already won a cup competition, so hopefully we can shed the 'chokers' tag and actually win this, instead of having to enlist Al Moqaoloun's help for our qualification to the continental stage, as has been the case for 2 seasons already.
And I look set for the 3rd(I think) big clearout of my time here.
All will likely stay except:
- Mohamed Adel who wants a new challenge;
- Anwar Ragab who doesn't look like he'll be able to reprise last year's (very) occasional acts of greatness;
- Mohamed Ragab who is a poor man's Bahaa Adel; and
- Chameni who is a useless cunt.
#165919 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Eric Portapotty
So I've worked for 2 months and not got a cent yet
#165912 Susie Fantasy Football
Eric Portapotty
Finished 71st, which is not ideal considering I'd been more active than most others in transfers this season.
#165517 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Eric Portapotty
Turns out she managed to buy the wrong book as well, and she wants an exchange.
Oh and fuck the Divergent series.
#165376 What Was The Last Film You Saw?
Eric Portapotty
Interesting end, not that I liked it.
#165373 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Eric Portapotty
'Half my life' would be clearer, though sadder as well I suppose.
#165359 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Eric Portapotty
Fuck growing up and being expected to mature.
#164897 Spinning Swimming and Screaming through Turkey
Eric Portapotty
Ahahaha I know that feel, excellent work nevertheless.
#164495 Addickted To Winning (A Charlton story) IIIIIIIII
Eric Portapotty
#164350 Pentagon [FM14]
Eric Portapotty
We actually dominated RB in the win, only to then come out with a draw in our next 3 matches - does make sense, since most of the fitness shambles only come out after the 1st game.
Then came the customary put-downs of lower league sides, before finishing off with a dire win against the Greeks.
Now for the Confederation Cup's games:
Established a lead quickly, only to concede an away goal before making it safe for the 2nd leg.
Attendance record broken for what was essentially a nothing game, considering the opposition.
Atrocious defending, nearly threw away our advantage.
You'll also notice that Ibrahim was taken off in the 1st leg - well he was subbed of as well in the 2nd, in what was a frustrating start to the season for him, as he suffered a concussion in the home game before damaging his elbow in the away game.
"It'll be a good challenge, I like having the opportunity to play against champions, after all you have to beat the best to be the best."
Yeah fucking right.
Couple of club-side news now:
I've actually managed to blow half the money in the bank in the 3 years after the Scots' arrival, that's really impressive considering I've not yet spent a cent on transfer fees in this entire career.
Maybe it's because of this, 3 year I've given then bigger carrots, hopefully 3rd time lucky.
So we've got some of Africa's best coming to our shores in the next 6 months, and all we got was... 15 new members.
(Still it's more than what Rangers have
Oh, and another tidbit from a title rival:
Have Egyptians never heard of Carson Yeung?
Trasnfers now:
-Vallejos has been re-signed, at $2 p/w I'd be nuts not to keep him around.
I've have been substantially more bonkers with him though - $3.1k p/w for a guy who will only be available for 6 competitive matches tops.
But dammit was I a sucker for that Corner-taking attribute, and it does help that he covers about 5 positions (albeit with vary degrees of competence).
My Nigel Reo-Coker (young captain who left for pastures new) is back, and a good addition too - we were playing with fire last season juggling with only 4 centrebacks in the league.
His signing also means that I'll have the most experienced CB pairing in the club since that title-winning duo of Ezz Elregal and Yao.
Hopefully it means having defenders who will defend properly instead of having ones who choke brilliantly at the 1st sign of pressure despite having been part of the 1st team for the best part of 4 years already (yes you Salah Amin) - maybe all I needed was that experience.
This is significant because 1) Petrojet have finally returned to the big time after a couple of years in the wilderness, and 2) they've now dependent on our youths, when it was very much the reverse not too long ago... Oh how the tables have turned.
(They're not even good youth players.)
Some of last season's holes have been filled, now for my players to not repeatedly shoot themselves in the foot, and we might have a legitimate claim for the title.
#164307 New four-point plan to boost England football
Eric Portapotty
The cream should rise to the top, but if it doesn't rise to the very top (i.e. actually playing regularly for top clubs) there's no real point.
#164232 Susie FC
Eric Portapotty
Looks like you might have gone further down? None of Cech or Courtois in the CL final but some Sammons guy still starts ahead of you.