This game loves to mess with me... Didn't think that leaving Ver would mean going on holiday for 8 years with only one interview which didn't get me the job. This is sadly over and I am just going to play as Chelsea with an updated DB... Might do a career with that save if I can get into it.

#187353 What Are You Listening To?

chokosc

16 years ago

4 months ago

1,043

04 Aug 2014 09:55:34

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDRTghGZ7XU

#187344 Journey to the Unknown

chokosc

16 years ago

4 months ago

1,043

04 Aug 2014 08:00:21

Time to Pack

Life at the club got harder and harder. The players are losing their faith in me, but really, am I to blame? I did have a bit of free time with my friend but working as a manager is harder than I though it would be and being at a place where the people aren't very supportive isn't very helpful.

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/New%20Career/Games1_zps56e49c76.png

These results didn't help block the criticism. Our best players were injured or suspended for the most part, and as I said last time, the others just aren't good enough. I tried tweaking up the tactics we were using but nothing helped and we were unable to get a win despite a 1-0 win against Vildemoinhos, which kept us safe!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/New%20Career/Table1_zps7988c434.png

Somehow, we managed to stay clear of any relegation threat, which is amazing taking into account how bad we played.

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/New%20Career/NewContract_zps4d5a8510.png

Despite being offered a new contract, I decided that this club isn't the club I want to manage and that I want to start a new chapter to my career.

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/New%20Career/Resigned_zps6dace2e5.png

And this is it! I am now going back to Israel, where my family is. Hopefully I can find a new job very soon.

#187343 Journey to the Unknown

chokosc

16 years ago

4 months ago

1,043

04 Aug 2014 07:41:33

Thanks a lot Johno!

#187221 Journey to the Unknown

chokosc

16 years ago

4 months ago

1,043

03 Aug 2014 14:46:47

Settling Down

After almost being here for two months, i feel like I am getting settled here. I like this place a lot. It is a bit hard to understand the players, and for some of the players to understand me, but what is there to say that I can't draw?

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/New%20Career/Games_zps0d01fa9c.png

As you can see, we weren't very decisive on whether we are a good team or not. My first game in charge was amazing, as you can see, we won 2-0 and I was looking forward to more good results. Sadly, that was only followed by two loses. Despite losing to teams that are better than us I believe that we are doing quite well.
One major factor to this is the lack of good players. Despite having a couple of very good players, such as Costa and Catarino, they are more than averaged out by how bad the other players are, and that is something that I will have to straighten out if I am to stay here next season.

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/New%20Career/Table_zps3de9ea3a.png

So, halfway through the relegation phase, we are okay. I think it is fair to say that we won't get relegated, at least not without getting a Playoff game to maybe keep us safe. We started in 2nd with 20 points and Espinho are just better so they were quick to pass us.

#187149 Journey to the Unknown

chokosc

16 years ago

4 months ago

1,043

02 Aug 2014 21:38:34

Plane Tickets Purchased!

We looked through all of the contracts given to me, and one really stood out. We looked for the chairman on Skype, to try and finalise some things before signing the contract. Sergio Fidalgo, what a name. To me, he might just be one of the most important people in my career. The person that put his club, his money, just to bring me, an unknown Israeli to help get his team to the top!

After talking to him, we packed our things, knowing that in about five hours we will be on Sergio's helicopter, heading to Portugal!
We made it to the club facilities. Nothing too fancy, but I guess it is a start! The first thing he did was bring a piece of paper, indicating each and every essential detail of my contract. And in short:

£500 p/w wage (Expires 30.6.2014)
Do not get relegated

I had no doubts about this and I was quick to put pen to paper, finalising my move to my first club. We went to the hotel, and went to sleep.

Early in the morning, I tried to read the local newspaper, searching for my name, and guess what, I found it!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/New%20Career/Hired_zps0b8ec3d6.png

A small town and a fairly small club. Couldn't have asked for a better start to my career!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/New%20Career/Background_zps4f60b049.png

As I already mentioned, the facilities aren't that good, but they will do for now! Semi professional means that we should get ourselves that prestigious Pro rank as soon as possible, but that will only happen with promotions. The club did not have any trophies, which is quite sad, but hopefully I will be able to get them their first piece of silverware!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/New%20Career/Squad_zpsd9700545.png

Some parts of the squad are very strong and some are very weak. Hopefully we can use that to our advantage to finish this season without being relegated, and then I will have the summer to get in some better players. That is if Mr. Fidalgo decides to extend my contract at the end of the season.

#187147 Journey to the Unknown

chokosc

16 years ago

4 months ago

1,043

02 Aug 2014 21:07:45

Headache!!!

I can't really say that it was easy to sleep this past week. Knowing that any day now I will receive a response from a chairman, asking me to be the manager of his club. I tried to move my thoughts away from all this so I went out with a couple of friends, just like any normal 25 year old. So yes, I got a bit drunk, but it was worth it. I didn't expect to wake up so early, but a phone call from a good friend of mine, a lawyer and my so called 'agent', couldn't do much more but wake me up.

Sounding very excited, he ordered me to check my email.

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/New%20Career/Offers_zps42165612.png

Looking through that list made my day. 5 teams offered me a contract, with my job title being the manager. That is 5 more teams than I would have expected. 3 of them, Portuguese, Not very surprising, as there were more teams from Portugal that interviewed me. The others were the two teams from South Korea and Finland. My friend and I decided to go drink coffee and browse through all the contracts as well as how the teams are looking, to give us a clearer image on where I should find a new house.

#187142 Journey to the Unknown

chokosc

16 years ago

4 months ago

1,043

02 Aug 2014 20:50:05

Interviews Around the World!

After a good night's sleep, all I was waiting for was one email to show me the interest of at least one club in me being their manager. I got out of bed, made myself a good cup of coffee and turned on my computer. I went through and deleted quite a lot of junk to stay with this list of emails:

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/New%20Career/Interviews_zpsa5b94b7f.png

So many emails from around the world. Most were offers from Portugal, the lowest division, teams that found their way into the Relegation Stage, where they must fight to survive. The rest were from South Korea and Finland, where the leagues haven't started yet.
I had to stay up for a long time to get around all these interviews. I had to do a lot of lying, mostly because I had no idea what I could actually do with these teams. Hopefully I managed to impress some of the Chairmen.

#187092 Journey to the Unknown

chokosc

16 years ago

4 months ago

1,043

02 Aug 2014 16:09:54

Starting the Journey

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/New%20Career/Loaded_zps2bb0d3a6.png

These are the countries where I am going to try and get a job. Hopefully a good job will pop up and I can start my managerial career soon!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/New%20Career/Vacant_zps8219aedb.png

The toughest part of getting the job is after seeing what jobs are vacant, so, as I browsed through the vacant jobs in the countries listed, I have applied for all of them and I am now waiting for a call back from some chairman.

#186377 There and back to see how far it is

chokosc

16 years ago

4 months ago

1,043

30 Jul 2014 17:49:30

Great job mate! Have a special place in my heart for Roma and I am happy to see that you were successful with them!

#186290 Frédéric Kanouté - Starting Again

chokosc

16 years ago

4 months ago

1,043

30 Jul 2014 12:55:26

The Save is Over!

I have lost all interest in this save. I think I did very well, maybe not with France but definitely with Sevilla Athletic, Roma and Bayern! I am going to start a new save soon. Don't know what team yet but I am open for suggestions (doesn't have to be a certain team).

Thanks every one for reading and following my story, I enjoyed it a lot, and I hope you guys did too! See you in my next story (hopefully that should be soon!)

#186118 Frédéric Kanouté - Starting Again

chokosc

16 years ago

4 months ago

1,043

29 Jul 2014 20:20:25

January - May 2019
FC Bayern

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/May19_zps9d88a78b.png

We didn't lose too much but when we did they were bad loses! Knocked out of CL and lost in the German Cup final. Was a shame!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/Table2_zpse1dbe79c.png

So we won it! We were in second until the final game. Two games to go and we were four points behind! Thanks to Wolfsburg losing twice we were able to win the league on the final day!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/Title_zps40fe01e0.png

For now I am staying with the job. This save might be over though as I have lost interest! Not decided on that yet. More news to follow.

#185676 Frédéric Kanouté - Starting Again

chokosc

16 years ago

4 months ago

1,043

28 Jul 2014 07:54:52

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/SevillaNo_zps45bf636d.png

Damn. Wanted to resign and apply again but I am not even favourite for the job.

#185675 Frédéric Kanouté - Starting Again

chokosc

16 years ago

4 months ago

1,043

28 Jul 2014 07:46:55

August - December 2018
FC Bayern

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/December18_zps019b2589.png

Very good start to my Bayern career! Some stupid loses but they didn't do too much damage!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/Table1_zps176c218c.png

Only two points behind, so this is very doable!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/CLGroup1_zpse8557b96.png

Very easy group so not a surprise that we won 5 of the six games!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/BilicSack_zpsce685034.png

Finally they have sacked Bilic! Declared my interest in the job and I also applied for it! Hopefully I will get an answer soon!

#184930 Frédéric Kanouté - Starting Again

chokosc

16 years ago

4 months ago

1,043

24 Jul 2014 17:58:07

July 2018
FC Bayern

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/BayernContract_zpsce9b5637.png

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/BayernHired_zps2e091be8.png

Happy to get the job. Well, not exactly. Pep decided to sell some of the better players, leaving me a squad of just 21, with most players not being that good anyways. Will have to make quite a few signings, also letting some go!