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Deleted Account #151676
#245467 Guitar Thread
#245432 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
If we can just start scoring some goals again, which I think Sherwoods gung-ho tacticless approach should at least achieve I think we should stay up again, if only by the grace of several teams around us being a little bit shitter.
#245425 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
That was my thinking, the defence isn't that bad, if he can just get the strikers scoring we would be a solid enough mid table team again.
#245356 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
He can be safe in the knowledge he can't possibly be as bad as Lamberk.
#245285 Guitar Thread
#244961 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Sounds like a good opportunity, good luck!
#244827 Guitar Thread
I have a day off work and I've just picked up my trusty Ibanez AKJ85 which has sadly been gathering a thick layer of dust in the corner in recent times and realised I barely remember anything I have learned in the 8-9 years I have played the instrument aside from odd riffs and licks all I can seem to do now is noodle around in the minor pentatonic scale. When I lived in Birmingham I used to teach kids for £15 an hour which was a lot of fun and I think I became a better player because of it, however when I moved to the Leicestershire countryside I found it difficult to find any interested parties for lessons and eventually gave up, my guitars have seen less and less use since then and I've sold all except the aforementioned Ibanez.
I really want to get back into playing now, if only to be able to play my little girl to sleep at night when she's born and further down the line, teach her to play. I'm sure we must have some other guitar players on here, what guitar(s) do you have? and can you recommend some decent tuition websites?
#244820 The Night Thread Mk. IX
#244699 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Highly doubt he has a shout but I think we could do far worse than to give Dean Smith a shot, lives in the area and has produced miracles building a talented young side with absolutely no money that has gone from relegation fodder to play-off contenders and reached their first ever Wembley final, all whilst playing exciting, fast paced football.
#244554 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
That's the only reason I can think of as to why he hasn't been sacked. The club can't afford what must be a pretty hefty early termination fee attached to that new contract.
#244426 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
He's spouting the same tired cliches about great effort and thirteen cup finals coming up. We are going to get relegated with this useless twat in charge. I'm not too confident in our chances even if we brought in some world class manager today, but we are certainly doomed with him, we've just broken the record for least goals after 25 games, yet another unwanted record he has bestowed upon our club. Even Alex McLeish was better than this gimp.
#244177 25 Steps to Immortality - A challenge
Thanks man.
No, bit of a disaster for the club, I reckon I can turn them around easily though.
Indeed it is mate, the biggest team in South America outside of Brazil and Argentina I would say.
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Pre-Season Roundup
Hello and welcome to the second leg of my 25 stage world tour challenge. Before I go into detail about my squad, let me first give you a rundown on how the Uruguayan league works as it's rather confusing;
- Just like in Paraguay, the season is divided into two stages, the Apertura (opening stage) and the Clausura (closing stage) with fifteen games in each.
- Unlike Uruguay however the winners of each stage are not treated as outright champions, there is a play-off between the two stage winners.
- This is where it begins to get confusing, the winner of the play-off will then face the team with the highest average points over the two stages, if that team is one of the two stage winners they only need to win the first game. If a stage winner beats the average champions the season is decided in a two legged grand final. For example if Penarol win apertura and Danubio win Clausura but we had the better points average throughout the two stages, we would only need to beat them once, whereas Danubio would need to win the first final to take us onto the two legged decider. Becoming champions in Uruguay is no simple matter!
- The top three in the average points table qualify for Copa Libertadores, fourth qualifies for the Copa SudAmericana
- Relegations are decided by average points over the two stages.
Ok now you (hopefully) understand the league, lets look at my new club;Nice big stadium, financial backing, loads of history. Penarol has everything required for instant success, indeed if I don't mount a title challenege I'm likely to find myself out of a job pretty quickly so the pressures on;
I have already brought in three new faces to strengthen what was a threadbare midfield;
I used up most of my £800k transfer kitty to bring in Gaston from rivals Wanderers for £650k, a hard working midfielder who can both attack and defend, which is exactly the type of versatility I covert.
My new winger, signed for £150k from second division side Rampala Juniors, his technical attributes are ok, however a lack of vision may be a hinderance and will need to be worked on in training.
I snapped up the Venezuelan veteran on free as a rotation option, he should provide adequate cover for the first choice central midfielders.
So here is my squad in it's entirety;
I've not sold anyone yet as I want to assess the squad properly in the time between now and the next transfer window, however I suspect there is plenty of deadwood amongst this rather bloated squad that will need trimming, but for now they will all have the chance to prove themselves worthy of playing for one of South America's greatest clubs.
Our pre-season campaign went well as we gained some credible results against some big European teams;
I'm quite excited for this season, I'm certain I can guide the side to put that horrific 14th place in last seasons Apertura behind them and march them back to the right end of the table. On a personal level I need to work on my player handling methods. I was too hard at Nacional which cost me my job despite bringing success to the club, I need to dial it back a bit here.
#243917 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
#243838 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
It's alright, he can look after himself, don't you worry about that.
#243831 25 Steps to Immortality - A challenge
The footballing gods have seen fit to right a great injustice on my behalf, a month after my sacking from Nacional I've landed on my feet, netting my ideal job in Uruguay;
I of course applied to Penarol before, just four months ago but they chose to go in a different direction, however after suffering the indignity of finishing 14th in the clausura stage they gave Jorge de Silva the boot. My job will be to restore Uruguay's biggest side to it's former glory almost straight off the bat.
The poor finish last season means there will be no Copa Libertadores to distract us, so I can concentrate on winning the Primera División.
Squad analysis to follow.
#243691 25 Steps to Immortality - A challenge
I'm furious to be sacked when I had the team playing well, it was a harsh sacking, I felt I had the locker room under control, aside from a couple of individuals who I reprimanded for speaking out against me in the media, morale was pretty good, playing well with several games in hand, competing for a second title in two years. I admit I'm uncompromising when it comes to player discipline and dealing with complaints, but it shouldn't be for players to question their manager. The Nacional board can go fuck themselves and I hope to get the chance to come back and beat them in the Libertadores with whatever club I end up at next.
#243552 25 Steps to Immortality - A challenge
A mixed start to our 2018 campaign as we notched up three wins out of three in Primera, however we have come up short in both of our Copa Libertadores games which is making qualification to the next round look like a tall order even at this relatively early stage.
Beating Libertad in the opening game was a wonderful start to our campaign as we look to win the Apertura stage again, there is no better way to start a title challenge than beating the champions! 3dF were also a big result for us as we failed to get anything from our four games last year so it was a relief to end that negative streak.
Thinks aren't looking so rosy in the Libertadores after two narrow 2-1 defeats see us needing to claw back six points on Racing Club and Colo-Colo, we were of course expected to lose to both so I'm pleased we were at least competitive, if we can bounce back against Ecuadorian outfit Emelec then we might still have a chance, however I think we are heading for an early exit.
I have finally sorted out a move for Marcos Riveros, the player I fell out with this summer. Macos will be heading to Europe to join Hungarian giants Ujpest for a cool £1M, a sum I'm very happy with.
As I said in the last post, he is a decent player, however I don't take shit from any of my players and he will have to learn to enjoy reserve football until his move. Thats the price you pay for crossing the boss!
We've had a couple of injuries in defence recently, forcing me to dip into the loan market and utilise our working relationship with Boca Juniors;
Ricardo will be with us for an initial three months whilst Arnaldo Recalde and Matius Perez recover from their injuries, I can always extend the loan if needs be.
#243539 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
#243529 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
#243527 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
I don't usually read too much into this sort of thing, but the commentator on five live just mentioned that Mourinho has never won at Villa park, didn't realise that.
#243525 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
#243522 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Fans have brought along arrows to remind the players what direction the goal is.
EDIT: HOLY SHIT!! The arrows worked!!!!
#243517 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
#243515 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Doubt he's going to get any silver or gold to plunder this season.
#243352 25 Steps to Immortality - A challenge
I have spent the summer quelling a swell of discontent within the camp, a players rebellion that seriously threatened my job. The trouble began with my decision to sell young goalkeeper Jorge Gimenez to Sol de America, Gimenez was a decent keeper who had been watching from the first team bench for much of the season as understudy to my number one, Ignacio Don, however SdA offered me £40k for the 17 year old which I considered a fair price for a player who I would be reluctant to have to rely on if Don should get injured. The sale didn't go down well amongst the other players though, a midfielder named Marcos Riveros was the main instigator as he came to me on behalf of a clique of players, demanding to know why I had let a promising talent go, I told him it wasn't the place of a player to question his manager and told him and the others to get on with their jobs which caused further discord.
The media soon became involved and I once again laid down the law, I am the head of the club and it was my decision to sell, and again made it clear I would not tolerate individuals bringing myself or the club into disrepute. Unfortunately that made matters worse as the board summoned me to discuss the dressing room situation, I bluntly refused to apologise which obviously didn't please them as they issued me with a stark warning, raise the morale among the camp within a month or you're out!
Unfortunately that wasn't the end of the matter as Riveros again came to me, demanding I engineer a move to one of the European clubs who have been scouting him, He's one of my better players, but not irreplaceable so I agreed that if a offer I'm happy with comes in I would accept, unfortunately the only offer that was submitted was well below what I consider reasonable so I rejected the bid, much to Riveros's fury, he once again came bitching in my office, threatening to go to the media again, this time I told him he could rot in the reserves until I get the money I want for him. Any other player who wants to take his side can join him. You don't mess with the boss!
Player uprisings aside, it has been an encouraging pre-season as my side showed some real class in the friendlies, beating Argentine giants River Plate was a particular font of optimism ahead of our Copa Libertadores campaign this season;
Only the one new(ish) signing this summer, I'm happy with my squad so my efforts have predominantly been focused on improving our youth set-up, hiring youth coaches and physios as well as getting the board to agree to expand our youth recruitment network, something that any club nickname 'La Academia' should seek to do at every opportunity.
Franco spent last season here on loan from Boca Juniors, scoring six and assisting eight goals in 26 appearances, his contract with Boca expired this summer and I was happy to add Franco to my squad permanently.
Outgoing, only the aforementioned Giminez departure is of any particular note, the others are all youth transfers and loans;
In Primera division we are expected to again challenge for the title, hopefully winning one or both stages, however it is the chance to manage continentally that has me most excited as the draw for the group stage took place;
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Not an easy group there, Racing Club are one of Argentina's top sides and Colo-Colo have been a dominant force in Chile for decades, I think we should be aiming for six points against Venezuela's Emelec however, it will be tough but I think we might sneak through. Whilst flicking through the competition stats, I discovered that we have the smallest stadium of any of the 36 teams to enter this year, we have a meagre capacity of 5,000 at the Stadio Arsenio Enrico, we may feel somewhat out of place should we meet Club America during the tournament at their 105,065 Estadio Azteca!
#243334 AFCON 2015
#243312 Johno's Career
#243041 25 Steps to Immortality - A challenge
Thanks mate, Me too!
Yeah, should get in on it mate, be good to have some friendly competition.
#242934 25 Steps to Immortality - A challenge
#242793 FIFA 15
2014/15 - Blackpool (loan) - 29 apps/17 goals
2015/16 - Wigan (loan) - 40 apps/43 goals - Promoted
2016/17 - Aston Villa - 17 apps/11 goals
2017/18 - Man City - 17 apps/21 goals - Premiership and FA cup winner
2018/19 - Man City - 34 apps/38 goals - Comm. Shield winner
2019/20 - Bayern Munich - 26 apps/53 goals - European Super cup winner *ongoing
Annoyed that the game doesn't keep a record of international appearances and goals but I have a fair few of both.