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#46484 Newcastle Thread
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Alan Pardew is in the crowd at Villa Park.
#46478 Capital One Cup 2012/13
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#46430 The Humanitarian
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By Benniewijs | Permalink | On 22 January 2013 - 13:38 PM
Great season and good that you turned some job offers down. Especialy the one in Bolivia..... I don't think I would let that one go, but it's better to stay on path in Africa first. Good luck next season!

Then I may be about to disappoint you....

After a successful debut season with Khouribga I have been offered a move to the Bolivian Premier League with Aurora FC, Given that OCK are nearly £1M in debt and I have been unable to find suitable players to strenghen my paper thin squad for the upcoming season in which the board expect me to compete for Botola, The African Champions League and the Coupe du Trone I have decided to accept Aurora's offer.
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Despite the boards expectation of avoiding relegation, Aurora are actually competing in the Copa Sudamericana, South America's equivalent of the Europa League. So I will get to experience continental competition this season despite leaving OCK, They have already played the first leg of the qualification round, losing 1-0 away to Paraguayan side Cerro Porteno although I'm fairly confident we can turn that around.

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h361/Richard_Beale/2-19.png

A nice big stadium (and colorful) although that pitch will need sorting out.

My initial squad isn't bad but I think some wheeling and dealing is required if I am to turn Aurora into title contenders over the next two or three seasons.
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So then, From Morocco to Bolivia, I doubt any manager has ever made that jump before, especially an Englishman who doesn't speak a lick of Spanish. Let's see how it works out.
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By DanW19 | Permalink | On 22 January 2013 - 13:01 PM
Its very unlikely you will claim the title, with first 3 points ahead and you both playing 3rd and 4th respectively! But even second would be a fantastic finish and somerthing to build on

Yeah, unfortunately we came up short on D-Day, Going down 1-0 in our game as Rabat won 2-0 to clinch the Botola title. Still as you say second place isn't bad at all for my first season in this strange foreign desert country. We qualified for the Champions League which I'm looking forward to competing in so I turned down Raja Casablanca's offer, it should bring in some much needed cash as we're nearly £500k overdrawn at the moment.
Runners up medals in both the league and the national cup this season, It's a bit disappointing to fail to lift either but still, Perhaps next season will put that right.
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Final Day Decider


So the 2013 Botola title race has come down to the final day of the season. FAR Rabat hold all the cards at the moment, They are three points ahead of us, However they face a tough tie with third place Wydad Casablanca in their curtain call. We have the superior goal difference so should we win and Rabat lose to Wydad we shall snatch the title from under their noses.
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We face fourth placed Mas Fes to whom we lost back in December, Obviously only a win will do for us if we are to take the crown for the first time since 2007. We have already secured second place in Botola and thus will be competing in the African Champions League next season which is fantastic as the boards target when they approached me last year was just to achieve a reasonable mid-table place. However it may be the case that I won't be the man to lead Khouribga into that campaign...
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h361/Richard_Beale/1-33.png

Nearly two months after I applied for the position Raja finally got back to me, Conveniently just days before we played them. I want to see how things pan out in the title race before I decide on my future, But that transfer budget coupled with the challenge of restoring a fallen giant makes Raja an alluring prospect.
#46303 Capital One Cup 2012/13
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By K3V0 | Permalink | On 22 January 2013 - 11:29 AM
I think Bradford will hold on and then get pumped at Wembley.

By Swansea or Chelsea?
#46293 Capital One Cup 2012/13
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Second legs start tonight, Predictions?

I'm going for 2-0 Villa, sending them through on away goals to a final against Swansea.
#46213 The Humanitarian
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November-March 2013


Again, apologies for not updating in my usual monthly style but I've been rather hooked in this save and have flown through several months.
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After losing the Coupe du Trone final in November we went on a magnificent run of games, winning 3-0, 6-0 and 8-0, Taking us to the pinnacle of Botola, However just as we hit the top our form dies in true FM fashion, seeing us slide all the way down to seventh.
We have since fought our way back into the title picture, we're currently six points behind FAR Rabat with severn games left to play, can we catch up? I think so, we play FAR before the end of the season in a crucial match for us. Even if we don't win the title I'm fairly confident we will finish within the top three and qualify for either the Champions League or Confederations cup.
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h361/Richard_Beale/2-17.png

I have two new players to unveil;
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h361/Richard_Beale/3-13.png

A bargain for just £16k, He will easily become one of Botola's top goalkeepers.
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h361/Richard_Beale/4-7.png

Another Sudanese international who has made a great start to his career in Morocco, scoring six goals in seven games. Not bad for £40k


In other news I've applied to take the vacant Raja Casablanca job at the end of the season, Raja are Morocco's most successful side with eleven Botola wins and three Champions League's, They possess the sort of resources I need to establish myself at one of Africa's most prestigious sides.
#46171 English Premier League 2012/2013
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Jason Puncheon running off to go for a shit.
#46169 SNOW
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By Dutton | Permalink | On 21 January 2013 - 20:58 PM
I threw one at my girlfriend the other day, she said it hurt and the fun ended /o\

I am also therefore in the doghouse for at least 12 years.

Haha, I shoved a snowball down the back of the misses's trousers, she swore revenge. (after picking the snow from her crack)
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Scott Ian of metal band Anthrax
#46074 The All Other Leagues Thread.
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Apparently Olympiakos manager Leonardo Jardim was sacked for banging the chairman's wife.
#46053 The Night Thread Mk. IX
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I just saw this posted by my 'Holier than thou' Christian Aunt on Facebook.
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FFS.
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Apparently the government are going to send monthly letters to part-time workers to tell them they would be better off if they worked longer hours for more money. Great use of resources that.
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By ianbaker | Permalink | On 21 January 2013 - 15:21 PM
How many times did you hit the deck? No lying to look cool!

I didn't today thankfully as I wouldn't have fancied working it wet clothes. I did the other day on the way home though, i didn't see a ditch whilst walking a cross a field as the snow had covered it and sunk into it.
#45997 SNOW
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Knackered now, I had to walk to work at 5.30 this morning which is a good four miles through open countryside, usually takes me about 40 minutes but it took me nearly an hour and a half in the snow. Then I found out the buses were bypassing my village due to the ice and I had to walk all the way back after doing my shift. Good training for my walk though.
#45995 National Novel Writing Month
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Did you ever get round to reading 'the long walk'?
#45686 The Night Thread Mk. IX
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What can be done to get the forum going again? I wouldn't mind seeing Rob add FM challenges like over on SupportsInteractive.
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By Telegram Sam | Permalink | On 20 January 2013 - 03:27 AM
Yeah, this forum is dying out - which is a shame considering how busy it has been in the past. I still think scrapping the old forum for a whole new one was a mistake but hey, I could be wrong.

Not so much the forum but resetting post counts caused a lot of regulars to disappear. Their post counts shouldn't really have made a difference but they do.
#45439 My game is always freezing!
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Try verifying the game cache:

Steam > Library > right click on Football Manager 2013 > Properties > Game Files tab > Verify cache

You will need to close the game when you do this.
#45372 The Night Thread Mk. IX
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It's been really slow on here recently.
#45369 The Humanitarian
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September-November 2012

I'm surprised by how much I have enjoyed this save so far, My team is doing well and it's really caught hold of my imagination, hence me zipping through three months without realizing!
We've been performing admirably in both Botola and especially the Coupe du Trone in which we marched all the way to the final, albeit to an unhappy conclusion.
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h361/Richard_Beale/3-12.png

Losing the final on penalties was heartbreaking, collecting my first piece of silverware after just three months would have been amazing, as would qualifying for the Confederations cup which we would have if we had won.
Still, I'm not too down, It's still early days in my career with OCK and hopefully there will be more chances to get my hands on trophies.

In the league we've also been playing well and are just two points behind El Jadida whom we are seeking revenge on following the cup final defeat. Botola is so tight at the moment we are going to have to keep our run going throughout the entire season if we are to claim a continental place.
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h361/Richard_Beale/4-6.png

Striker Abbas Rassou has been in sparkling form, leading our line with ten goals thus far.
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h361/Richard_Beale/5-3.png


I must be doing a good job because I've had foreign clubs stand up and take notice;
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I obviously turned down both offers as I'm committed to Khouriba at least until the end of the season, But it's always nice to be wanted!
#45345 J League + J League 2 Database
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By wireframebox | Permalink | On 19 January 2013 - 00:52 AM
I'm in the process of compiling a Japanese Player database. I intend to release the first version at the end of the month.

I'm certainly looking forward to giving that a whirl.
#45313 Problems starting FM
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I doubt that's the problem, most likely it's a memory fault if non of the aforementioned fixes have worked, what specs does your computer have?
#45312 The Lower League Thread
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Beat Bournemouth 3-1, the first time they have lost in about 13 games.
#45205 what do you think...
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It depends, If you are playing an average or weak club closing down is a good tactic but against better clubs with lots of pace and good passing you tend to get pulled out of position a lot. Assess the situation and decide on match day.
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#44959 The Humanitarian
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By nikolayvanchev | Permalink | On 18 January 2013 - 17:46 PM
This is different. Looks very interesting and the team you're running is looking rather good, ah?

I'll be following.

On other note, what's this website that offers coaching possibilities? Mind sharing?

Thanks, Keep reading.

Here you go: http://www.projects-abroad.co.uk/volunteer-projects/sports/football/
#44949 The Humanitarian
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Thanks guys!

Pre-Season 2012/13


I'm very encouraged by our pre-season campaign, a 100% record would seem to indicate my squad is raring to go ahead of my first season in Morocco. Indeed this pre-season has not so much been about team building as getting to know my players, their personality's, strengths and weaknesses on the pitch and learning what my strongest first XI is.
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h361/Richard_Beale/1-29.png

My first game ending 10-1 was a particularly affluent spring of optimism. Our Coupe du Trone campaign began after that decimation of EJS, After going two up early on things were looking rosy, only for us to become complacent in the second half and allow the lead to slip. Thankfully I was able to rally the troops in extra time as we reinstated our two goal advantage to eventually run out 4-2 winners.
After four more friendly victories we headed into a second round game against fellow Botola side Kenitra where we came from a goal down to lead 2-1, only to allow that lead to slip again, It looked as if we were going to extra time again until Jamal Triki's 96th minute winner to save us an extra half hour, This win has seen us advance into the quarter finals where we will take on Botola-2 side Ittihad Riadi de Tanger away, I see this trophy as an excellent chance to collect some silverware in my very first season in Africa.

Transferwise I have been more busy with outgoing moves than incoming;
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£185k is a nice amount for several reserve players whom I didn't think gave much weight to the squad, These players leaving also makes my wage bill look much healthier than when I arrived two months ago.

Here's a look at my new players;
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h361/Richard_Beale/4-5.png

Signed on a season long loan as we didn't have any established left backs.
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h361/Richard_Beale/3-11.png

Snapped up for £9k from Senegalese side ASC Diaraf, A good creative midfielder who will slot straight into my starting line up.
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h361/Richard_Beale/2-15.png

Another full back who will be my first choice at right back, signed on free transfer.

So the league season is looming large on the horizon, I would like to add another striker to the squad but other than that I'm happy with my squad and fairly confident we can qualify for continental competition this season. Wish me luck!
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I highly doubt my boss will take that attitude with me in the morning, I may well have to walk the four miles to work at 4.30am as some taxi companies are refusing to come down the little country lanes in the snow.