mr.SPANKY - Comments

Yeah no dramas. Better not fuck it up but itchy cause I won 3-1 haha.

Okay so I saved the game on the 10th and uploaded to Itchy's FTP. I then went and played on as a seperate save but won't tell you all how I went.

If you decide to let Itchy take it fine if you want to continue on with me then I will upload the new save with screenies.

DUN DUN DUN decisions. Do they go with the guy who got them this far or not? lol

OMFG. One of those games where I nearly cried, I had my head down, I held my breath, I jumped up and I fist pumped the air.

AN unbelievable game, Derbyshire missed a penalty in the 43rd minute that would have surely sent us packing, we then got our own penalty which the Kluk cooly slotted. Gorman popping up with the winner was just so sweet I haven't felt a moment like this in a long time playing this game.



We are off to Wembley again lads. The only downside is Pantsil adds to our injury toll and will miss the game. Racine is our other right back but he is also injured. However lacking depth at left back I bought a kid in from Man Utd on loan who has started all our games in place of Sampayo who went back to the bench as cover so at least we have him to play right back. I'm so nervous fellas.

Fuck just realised my 2 months are up before the final lol. So gonna upload to your ftp now Itchy. No pressure or anything...

Wow weeee what a game. Had nearly everything. We shared possession, we shared shots, we shared goals and Naismith pops up with a beautiful free kick to win it. Forbes came in for the injured Beckham and he also got injured, he is now out for 2 weeks with our squad dwindling.

When that happened and they put two goals on us I thought oh here we go but the boys showed tremendous spirit to snag the win.

Well when it came to the crunch the boys pulled through and lucky we did because Peterborough beat Middlesbrough which would have knocked us out.



Once again we make the playoffs when we really shouldn't have. Going to be tough Gardiner, Rose, Beckham and Dow are all injured and most likely miss the playoffs. Clearly 4 of our better players also.

Outplayed, I guess it's why they are second. We also lost Beckham for 4-5 weeks which means if we make the playoffs we might struggle a bit.

Only good thing is Peterborough also lost so the gap remains 3 points. They have a much tougher opposition in league winners Middlesbrough though so here we go. Swear you blokes keep giving me end of the season I'm gonna have a heart attack haha.

The screeny says it all. However our next two fixtures are Stevenage (2nd) and Shrewsbury (17th).

Peterborough are 3 points behind with a superior goal difference though. They have Notts Co (23rd) and Middlesbrough (1st).

Huge win there, Beckham popping up to save the game. Keeps us in the top 6 but Peterborough are right on us.

We have some tough decisions coming up. A lot of contract renewals. I've already made offers for the players who I think we need to stay on, Oshodi, Bennett, Gorman, Naismith and Beckham should be resigning. I managed to get the base wage down on some but higher on others unfortunately.

Andy Rose is asking way to much money which we can't afford. There are a few players I'm on the fence about resigning either because I don't think they are good enough or they want more then they are worth.

Pissed off with this loss tbh. 1-0 at half time I change to a counter, we go on a great move get a free kick, Beckham flights it straight to a Rotherham player they go and score. Leaves us 1 point out of the play offs but 5 points over 8th. Precarious times here.

Hard loss to take, dominated possession and shots just couldn't put them away. I thought two of their goals were offside as well but ah well. Peterbourough now jump us and leave us in 7th.

Beckham with a beautiful assist, the Kluk missed a penalty though. Carlisle really didn't threaten at all,

Leishman on fire. Have my doubts about him keeping it up over the weekend especially with Tiger breathing down his neck.

Alrighty, pressure time. FFS guys you can't make it easy for me can ya haha. Downloading now.

I'm rubbish at golf, about the best thing I can do is drive a ball 300m dead straight.

This!

Thanks mate. I'll check tonight what his ratio is. Had a very interesting end to the season, I haven't had much game time due to commitments but I went on a run of I think 5 wins in a row at the end of the season, 4 of which I believe were in the league the other in the champions league. I managed to finish third in the A-league and met Newcastle who thumped me last time I played them. Now just before I went on my run I had been tinkering with tactics and realizing I had really only one class striker and one very young striker I changed to a 5 strong midfield which obviously seemed to work, I went on to beat Newcastle 3-1 I believe it was. Next up was Sydney in the Semi Final. A tough fought match where my superstar striker missed an open net finished with not many other opportunities and ended 0-0.

As penalties always go it was like this:

Sydney : Goal, goal, goal, goal, miss.
Brisbane: Goal, goal, goal, goal and my best finisher fucking misses.

Luckily Sydney missed the next shot and we slotted home to book our place in the Grand final against the Central Coast.

Bit of history, CCM have won the A-League grand final 7 times, Brisbane 6.
I haven't played this game yet as I went to a mates but screenies and the rest will come probably tonight or tomorrow,

In the Champions league I was on course to qualify from the groups however a few shocking results have left me 3rd on goal difference with 2 to play.

Chance to add some silverware very early on here. It's either Guangzhou ir Beijing that wins that respective league and Muangthong doesn't actually have a division which is interesting. So I will hopefully play them lol.

An indifferent start to my Brisbane Roar career sees us 3 points off the pace. The AI seems to have definitely caught onto my tactics over the years as I am pretty stubborn and usually won't change from a certain style or formation. This might change with Brisbane and hopefully the last game is a sign of things to come.

Good to be away from the relegation spots, but only 4 points. A couple bad results and we could be in strife. You are right about the big squad though, for some reason every time it's my turn our squad seems to get decimated with injuries lol. Was good to be able to rotate the squad for the Johnstone Cup games and such during my turn.

Should help with the finances a bit.

Fucking hell, really wanted to manage him.

Signed this bloke because we are dangerously low on left backs. Think that will be my only signing though we look pretty strong.

We've drawn Shrewsbury in the League Cup. Should be an interesting tie.

I'm thinking the only way is to reinstall it through steam and change the directory that way.

Some key players.



This guy doesn't have the physical attributes to be a defensive midfielder except for his tackling attribute. His first touch, passing and technique are unbelievable for a player in this league, if his creativity was a bit higher I would be creaming myself. He will slot into a deep lying role where he can utilize that tackling technique to break up plays then start his own.



Composure isn't where I would like to be but he still bangs them in in this league. Has 9 in 11 for the previous manager.


Now this bloke is a striker. Has 15 or higher in pretty much every attribute I look for in a striker. Has played second fiddle to Lopez but no more.


Will use Gadea to hit this bloke for him to drill his crosses into the box. Great attributes for a winger.


The overall squad. Pretty solid and I won't be making any changes until after the season, see how everyone get's on.


Very strong position. Hopefully I can continue on from here. Will be good to get back to winning ways.

Forgot the order changed. Downloading now fellas but I have a cricket function today and I'm playing two games of league tomorrow so probably won't be done until monday.

More of a reason to win the A-League this year

The previous manager left for the Western Sydney Wanderers. I have no idea why though, they are currently 9th and have a squad full of New Zealanders who are largely average.

Proved tougher then I anticipated. Currently sitting behind Metalist by a point in 3rd and play them last. Need the win. Bologna proved to be a very well organised strong pressing team. I just couldn't find any space.


Very difficult draw when I am in a struggling team and need a solid cup run to hold off the board.


Stoke proved a bit of a scare but Blackburn and Southampton weren't too much to worry about for my second string side. We drew Man Utd in the semi final.


Well what can I say that the image doesn't already. 10 games without a win and some of those games I literally had my jaw on the desk, could not believe how we could lose them. The loss to West Ham was the final straw and I was sacked.

My vision for the future didn't work, my youngsters just couldn't cut it in the premier league and I failed them all.

It wasn't all doom and gloom though.


I accepted straight away, have not managed in the A-League yet in this career, the ground work has already been laid and it isn't to difficult to win the A-League. Hopefully this provides some stability as the last couple of years have been rough. I'll look to turn them into an Asian force and then move on.