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#182907 A Northern Mariana Islands Story...Sorry Where?
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Bossing this tiny island!
#182904 Flight of the Dragon
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How the Champions Group stage went. Lot of good results but a lot of tired bodies, rotating and resting players for various games was key. Quite hectic and somewhat stressful. Romelu bossing life with Clark. Good effort gents.

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Won the league by a clear 14 points. Marvellous effort that.
#182900 Flight of the Dragon
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Battered Gent like a piece of cod. Romelu and Go bossing Gent defence. Pleasing end there. Just the Europa League final to contend with now. Bring on Roma!
#182899 Flight of the Dragon
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George14brfc - Disappointed with Tariq is an understatement.
Johno - Exactly fella, WTF!

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Star man Romelu came to the party, had chances to get his hat trick but he couldn't just get there. He is a real force in important games and as a tendency to bail us out when we need it. The squad has come off a vigorous end of season league and cup run were there was two days between most games. Tough going.

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Saw it off at away from home. Romelu coming to the for again. FC Twente are no mugs but we managed to get there. Just a sound a note here. It does seem to be that I am just winning and therefore taking the fun out of it. It never has been my intention for this to occur. Just a little shocked. Had I started this journey again, I probably would have chosen a different club in Thailand and not moved to Suwon. But that is for another day.
#182827 Flight of the Dragon
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Stole a march in the away leg. We played reasonably well Feyenoord was never going to bow down and they kept on coming. We managed to hold out. Go back home with a chance.

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Came back to win and secure a place in the semis. Lukaku has been on fire in league and cup. Not bad for an old man.
#182775 Flight of the Dragon
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We haven't lost a game to Feyenoord yet in history. But history means little when they are flying high in the Dutch league. I have won a few titles against the odds so won't be taking this game for granted.
#182774 Flight of the Dragon
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This is how the Champions Group looks at the start of the fixtures. We have a 9 point gap at the top. We still need to build on this and begin the re-building phase of the club.
#182772 Flight of the Dragon
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Youth intake time. The top 3 look handy, but gut instinct tells me they won't be real first team players for the club. It is a pity but I expect there will be a better intake next season when the facilities which have just been upgraded are taken into full effect.

Here are the three ...

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#182671 Flight of the Dragon
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Johno - Indeed it was!

Heartbreak



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It is a sad sad day. It's a sad, sad situation some would say. He's gone back. Not been here more than two weeks, not exactly been match fit and he's demanded a return to Portugal. Oh the heartbreak. Cue a bit of Elton ...
#182668 What Was The Last Film You Saw?
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Bad Grandpa - Found it quite funny and therefore enjoyed it!
#182648 [FM14]Johno's career
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Making this game look easy buddy!
#182599 Flight of the Dragon
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Signed from the feeder club in America. One for the future I hope.

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Another from New England and hopefully will increase our following from America. He has the potential, so it is up to me to ensure he develops here.

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The stats aren't all that impressive but he does seem to find the net. Defiantly a rough gem. Could turn out to be a world beater. Re-sale value with this one.

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The future of Belgium right here. Snapped up for quite a price. Should be worth it mind.
#182598 Flight of the Dragon
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DanW19 - Cheers man. Doing well for now.
Johno - Thanks. It is an excellent start.
Shedender - For you

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So bit of transfer dealings to go through ...

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Goodbye to South African rebel Barnard. He did declare a month or so ago he wanted to stay but as I said he didn't really want to buy into our ethos so I got rid.

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Guerrero is another who didn't fit the bill and was shipped off. Happy to make a good profit of over £5m for him.

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Another useless striker who I got rid of him.

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Martinez son ... what are you playing at?

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Welcome Tariq
#182519 Flight of the Dragon
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How life has begun here in Anderlecht. Quite a lot of wins which to be fair is an amazing feet. Players who I have kept and brought in have bought into my ethos. As I said earlier, those who don't play by my ethos are not going to be with the club for long.

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Created a good gap at the top. But this will hold little water when it comes to the Champions Play Off stage later in the season.
#182518 Flight of the Dragon
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Second in the group and I am delighted. Great effort from the players.

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Rewarded with a winnable tie in the Ukraine.
#182517 Flight of the Dragon
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George14brfc - Can't look into the past but Martinez is not having a comfortable ride there.

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Good to see despite the hatred from managers around the league and from sections of the fans at least the media have found something to praise me for ... well I hope. Managing the budget is something I want to continue here like I have done at previous clubs. The cost of getting the right home grown talent will cost but in the long run for the club will ensure there will be some income from winning competitions.

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On the other hand .... The major signing has been a flop. scoring few goals and being quite average.
#182414 The Ganja Trail - A Caribbbean Adventure
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Interesting system there in Haiti. What skin are you using by the way?
#182397 The Ganja Trail - A Caribbbean Adventure
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NNNnnnyyyyeeeeeesssss .... cannot wait for this! Good luck.
#182307 Flight of the Dragon
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Signed because we have an American Feeder Club and because of his name ...
#182289 Flight of the Dragon
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Welcome home Romelu!
#182287 Flight of the Dragon
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Did I? Never made this comment so I dunno where it has come from. I could be an arse and declare interest in the job and really cause some pressure for Martinez. The money I saved over the last couple of seasons, he has blown over pre-season. He has the club in 7th. I won't go back to the club now. Martinez is the space of 3 months has ruined the club. Good work Roberto!
#182275 Flight of the Dragon
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How the transfer window panned out. In reality the squad is quite a way from were I want it. Short of a right back for a start and nothing coming through the ranks. January my main priority is to address the right back slot.
#182274 Flight of the Dragon
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Johno - Cash is king. Molde should be an easy task.

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Beating Molde was an easy task. Pictures of the result will be posted in a future post.

So a pretty interesting group. Some tough games there and some games that could cause us an issue. Hopefully we can sneak second place in the group. But who knows.
#182240 Flight of the Dragon
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Heartache and a reality check. Lot of work still to do.
#182239 Flight of the Dragon
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Europa League group qualification rests on us beating Molde. We should do this easily.
#182238 Flight of the Dragon
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So I've started my period of transiting the club with players who I want at the club and who I don't. Some of the fans are already rattled and are questioning my methods of getting rid of players. In truth the club has little players from Belgium so my job is to return the club to its roots and use its fantastic academy and also sign quality players from Belgium.

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Sold the goalkeeper back to my old club. He's not going to be a world beater and he's not home grown. So it is a good move for all.

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Club icon who has been on the decline for the last 6 months. Letting him go in my eyes was easy, in the eyes on the fans. It was sacrilege. Tough but there we are. I will show them it is for the best.

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This guy was on the transfer list when I arrived. I looked at him and wanted to keep him. His stats were impressive. So I rejected a few bids and took him off the list. Big mistake. He kicked off royally and wanted to leave. So I went after the best deal I could, making a considerable profit off him. Sadly this is not the end of players kicking off. Star South African striker also wants out. Cannot win. Club has players who neither are passionate or care for the club. Those who don't share in my ethos are gone. No one is bigger than the club.
#182235 Flight of the Dragon
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Long time sparring partner at Porto has eventually moved. The Real Madrid manager who you may remember somehow got the job over me has now moved on to manage Spain. A real weird decision by Spain, but why could this guy not have moved from Porto during my time there haha.

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Villas-Boas is back at his old club. He's club hopped for most of my career. Should be interesting to see how he gets on.
#182231 Flight of the Dragon
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Should have gone to Ajax to see if you could one-up Johno


Haha was tempting. But managed Ajax in a personal save when the last patch was downloaded. So wasn't keen to manage there now.

Nice, interesting move. Also good work with the Champions League and retaining the title with Academia! It will be some challenge to replicate CL success at Anderlecht


I think more than challenging at Anderlecht. At Portugal the nation was in the top 10. Belgium is outside of it and the league reputation is neither on par with what Portugal was when I first started with Academica.

Decent signings Sad to see they have fallen behind Genk and Standard.


Sad but a challenge to take them above them.

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They see me as a person who can help with the push to move the club back to where it should be. Tough task.
#182224 FM2014 Live Data Update
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Are we doing PA and CA changes?



Wrong Bangor that mate. He's on about the one in Northern Ireland
#182087 Pentagon [FM14]
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Hall of Fame ... Hall of Fame ... Hall of Fame ... Hall of Fame ... Hall of Fame ...