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#237875 The Shanghai Nights Adventure [FM15]
Cymro
It was a real tough choice to leave BEC, love my time there. Had to get Grant back in the mix.
So going for an upgrade on my coaching badges.
#237832 Starting with the Grave
Cymro
#237708 The Shanghai Nights Adventure [FM15]
Cymro
Went back to BEC to raid it for Avram Grant. Big addition and a man I know I can trust to help me in China.
#236849 FM2015 Leagues Megapack - 75 new leagues for Football Manager 2015
Cymro
Dunno how many times it has been said, there won't be because of licensing issues.
#236821 The Shanghai Nights Adventure [FM15]
Cymro
Moving away from BEC was going to be tough. I have taken quite a while to decide but I have come to the conclusion that it is the correct one. I do enjoy my time spent in Thailand, quite a promising football nation in Asia and lots of hidden gems here that could make the leap to lower league Premier League sides and could easily hack it in the Championship. The move to Guangzhou is going to be an adventure like none other. Updates are coming slowly, most will appear at the weekend because of the nature of work for me now.
History of the Club
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club is a professional Chinese football club that play in the Chinese Super League. The team is based in Guangzhou, Guangdong and their stadium the Tianhe Stadium has a seating capacity of 58,500. Founded in 1954, after winning several second-tier division titles they became professional in 1993. This saw a massive upheaval in results. However results did decline again. In 2009 the club were embroiled in a match-fixing scandal it saw them punished with relegation. The intervention of the Evergrande Real Estate Group saw the club be pumped with significant funds, this saw them immediately win promotion as well as gain their first ever top-tier title in the following campaign in the 2011 Chinese Super League season. The club won its first AFC Champions League title in 2013, becoming the first Chinese football club to win the continental title. The club in the same year finished fourth placed in the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup.
Club Profile - First time managing on a written career in China, in FM13 I spent some time with fierce rivals Beijing on a mini adventure as a test for my failed Pentagon adventures. The club has a few favourite personnel, some icons and legends. Will I feature when my stint finishes? Who knows. A massive club that appealed to me. Similar theme with BEC and Wales, play in red and love a bit of fire.
General Info - Been on a solid run of wins of late determined to see those times again here.
Manager Profile - Things are improving slowly. The bars are moving up and I hope to continue this here. I do like pushing contracts out to the DoF at clubs so hands on could well drop. Hopefully as time goes and the coaching badges come my stats will see a rise too.
Facilities - our stadium is a great size, and in good condition. I want to upgrade the youth facilities as best as I can whilst here but knowing that signing high profiled players is what they want, it won't be happening any time soon.
Squad 1 There is a reason for the slump, some outstanding Italian internationals here in Gilardino and Diamanti. The Chinese talent needs addressing so lot of my budget will be focused on bringing top Chinese players to the club. Will also look to go after Giovanni Moreno. Guy is a machine in this league.
Staff - Quality backroom to walk into thanks to Lippi. The last manager didn't cut anyone and no one left when Lippi retired so to have this quality is excellent.
Finances - £15million is a great sum to have, it gives me some money to re-build this squad into a Championship outfit. With being required to sign high profile players the money will come in useful. The issue comes that because of no continental football the club will lose quite a bit of money, so next year qualifying is a must.
#236806 The Shanghai Nights Adventure [FM15]
Cymro
At this stage of my career it is to big of a job to turn down. Club with money and some high quality foreigners. A rebuilding job. My sort of deal. Gutted to leave BEC, loved my time here. Who knows if I will be back?
#236614 Marcello Lippi
Cymro
#236612 Fabio Cannavaro
Cymro
#236596 Standard Fantasy/Request Logo only (NO PACKS) Thread
Cymro
#236585 Succession Game
Cymro
Changing from standing to seats.
#236417 Succession Game
Cymro
“I’m in a glass case of emotion!”
Fola it is over to you fella.
#236415 Succession Game
Cymro
So with promotion we got to see the stadium expanded. So we will be sharing with Swindon.
#236412 Succession Game
Cymro
Big money that for us. Will certainly help us get the balance back to normal.
#236411 Succession Game
Cymro
Woooooooooooooooooooooooo
#236410 Succession Game
Cymro
Massive budget that. We have some £13.92k spare in wages.
#236409 Succession Game
Cymro
Danny Rose the saviour did the job for us. Scored a terrific goal off the bench. We should have and could have scored more goals. Disappointing we didn't.
#236407 Succession Game
Cymro
Done the hardwork for now, now to see the tie off at home. The goal disallowed some unfortunate but have to side with the officials.
#236406 Succession Game
Cymro
Sadly not. Other results didn't go our way. Gutted. Play Off adventure again.
#236405 Succession Game
Cymro
Was this enough? We did all that we could to get automatic promotion.
#236404 Succession Game
Cymro
How the mighty have slumped. Sad to see Bolton where they are, bottom of the league and really cut adrift from the rest.
#236402 Succession Game
Cymro
Saw off a strong Blackpool side. A rare start for old Jeff Hughes and there was some unbelievable scenes when he scored a brace.
#236401 Succession Game
Cymro
Managed to stop the top team and catchup with some much needed points. Something tells me this is going to be close.
#235938 SS 14-15 W.I.P. Thread
Cymro
China ... Chinese Super League?
#235930 The Shanghai Nights Adventure [FM15]
Cymro
My second season in charge, the job was going to be about getting the squad of players to push themselves further and compete on multiple fronts for honours. My aim for the season was to push as far as as I possibly could in the Champions League and to finish in the top two.
League Fixtures -.A successful season in the league. We did go through a mid season blip were injuries and cup runs caught up with us. Meant we struggled for form. Highlight has to be putting 8 goals past Sisaket. The League Table won by a nice margin of 7 points. Very happy to go back and win the league again. Was a true squad effort.
Thai FA Cup - Frankly shambolic. Failed to defend the crown and we looked poor. Upsetting not to progress further.
League Cup - Different story this year. We played very well and we did what we had to do in the League Cup. Highlight would be the thrilling semi final, we managed to scrape through. Leaky defence was the issue.
KOR Royal Cup - Won the Thai equivalent of the Charity Shield. It was a good way to start the season and nice to pick up a good piece of silverware.
AFC Champions League - Runners up in 2003 and not been near the knockout stages since. Winning it is a different kettle of fish. You make your own luck and need a lot of it. We got our fair share. Games against Ulsan and Seoul we relied on the away goal rules to send us through. Taking apart Guangzhou was a particular highlight after being snubbed. The final was unreal, we got lucky and we parked the bus at home. Unreal scenes.
Transfers - Dueramae is the next thing in Thai football. At 18 he is a strong defensive midfielder and had a good start to his first season at the club. He is injury prone so he has to be managed carefully. 100 Thai capped Tholango was instrumental in the midfield this season. Dangda was a purchase for the club for the future as a way of reducing the foreign quotas. Dangda came back from an unsuccessful spell in Spain with Almeria, we took advantage and luckily he was keen to join. He provided a memorable debut when he scored 5 from the bench. The movers were players who were not going to feature so they were either sold or released to help balance the books.
Finances - In a season I have raised the balance significantly. £2 million in the real balance and projected to have increased the finances by £5 million. One of my weaknesses in some of my careers is not looking after the books at some of my clubs, this is something I am very much keen to address in this career. The sad fact is the chairman is refusing to upgrade facilities. What an idiot.
Squad - Do and Welcome were outstanding this year, goals and assists galore. Iwasama was a rock at the back and has helped developed Yala. However it was not all rosy for Iwasama, he took a leave of absence during the period were we had a form slump. He wanted to go home but I knew if I did that my defence would crumble. Luckily he came back and signed a new two year deal.
Youth Intake - Chaplan is the only decent player to come through. He was offered a deal straight away. The rest will be reviewed but I hold little hope for them.
Key Player Profiles:
Daiki Iwamasa - Another solid season for our rock at the back. He continued his good form from last season. His mid season leave of absence was felt heavily. He came back and was one of the reasons why we won the Champions League. Outstanding player.
Kittitat Dueramae - Our most expensive signing and hopefully you can see why. He developed nicely over the season. It led to him being called up to the Thai national team. I am expecting more of the same from him. One for the future.
Naruphol Ar-Romasawa - Came from the back bench to become a real star. He was instrumental for us. He scored goals all over the place and I was truly mystified why he didn't get a call up for Thailand this season.
Tanaboon Kesarat - He was excellent again, played in front of the defence and in the centre of midfield. A midfielder general for us.
Tristan Do - His role changed this year, changed from in the hole to striker and boy oh boy was he good. 40 odd goals for the club this season and really continued his good form from last season.
Career Overview
2014 -
2015 -
Next Season
The aim is going to be different depending on location. If I stay it's about doing all this again, although it will be difficult to defend the Champions League with the squad, need some drastic foreign import improvements as they are old and knackered. If I move to China, it is about restructuring the club and getting it back on firm footing once again. Time will tell. Still haven't decided yet.
#235909 The Shanghai Nights Adventure [FM15]
Cymro
It is a tough choice. All will be revealed in the next few mins.
It is an appealing offer, but I have loved my time at BEC (If anyone knows how I could get a shirt of their please get in contact!!!)
Shortly before the job approach I signed a new deal. Bit of security for me and the club, if the job didn't come to fruition I had a backup. If I did take the job BEC would earn some money from me.
#235895 FM2015 Leagues Megapack - 75 new leagues for Football Manager 2015
Cymro
Yes it is just an aesthetics problem.
#235734 FM15 - Susie On Tour #1: Don't Blame It On Moysey
Cymro
#235699 The Shanghai Nights Adventure [FM15]
Cymro
So, impressed them. But the decision of what to do next is a tough one. I have achieved so much with BEC, love the club. But when a job like this comes along is it time to take that jump? Lot of money at the club to help re-build after what can only be said was a disappointing one for Guangzhou. They finished 9th and didn't fair well in the Champions League. Next season they won't have Champions League football either, disaster all round. Could be an interesting but easy project.
So what to do?
End of season update next ...
#235698 The Shanghai Nights Adventure [FM15]
Cymro
Offered an interview, so taking it. Seems they are more interested this time.
#235697 The Shanghai Nights Adventure [FM15]
Cymro
Well ... end of the season and he's outta here!