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#459050 (FM19) Worldwide Journeyman
bigmattb28
#459048 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Yeah man it's been a hell of a ride so far. The money will certainly help
#458941 [FM19] The Relaxing Journey Around Europe
bigmattb28
#458940 (FM19) Worldwide Journeyman
bigmattb28
#458938 A Cardinal Sin - Woking our way to the top
bigmattb28
#458937 Travelling around the world (Journeyman save)
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#458936 Matt Eskins - Worldwide Journeyman (FM19)
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#458926 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
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Lokomotiva Zagreb 2024/2025 season update
Part 2
Following from on that draw in the league we’re in my native Portugal taking on the team I support in their stadium. An awesome moment for me as I step into the dugout of the Estadio Jose Alvarade, albeit as the away manager. Still this feels pretty good!
I tell the team the pressure is all on Sporting and to go out and play their natural game which clearly pays off as Jakic is in the center of the park and plays a great ball to Dias who slots an inch perfect through ball that split’s the defence in half
The ball runs perfectly on to Miklic’s foot which the keeper somehow kept out
From there Sporting attacked us and we sat back and made it to half time. I tell the lads not to get complacent, a 1 goal lead is nice but they’ve got 2 away goals, anything could happen.
Second half carried on the way the first ended with Sporting bombing forward. Felipe out on their left gets tackled by Duriska who wins the ball cleanly and frees up Okoye to counter
He releases Dias on the inside left channel
Without looking he plays a first time pass on to Miklic
Once again a first time shot from him, however this time it leaves the keeper with no chance! Counter attacking football at it’s finest, 1-0!
Surely it’s damage limitations for Sporting now as we can’t be caught now. Anyway a corner from them with 10 minutes to go is swung in
It finds Silva at the far post who hits a thunderbolt of a header that takes a clip from Faye on it’s way in and goes down as an own goal to make it 1-1 on the night.
Final 5 minutes and we have a throw deep in their half which is played to Zijkic
He plays it back to Faye
Who finds Salinovic inside the area
Who plays it back to Zijkic
He plays in Jokic on the edge of the area
With 1 touch to set himself, he fires a shot at goal
2 keepers wouldn’t have saved that shot! 4 passes and 6 touches in total for that goal! Absolutely unreal!2-1 on the night and what an absolutely incredible performance!
We absolutely dominated my beloved Sporting over the 2 legs. Part of me is happy as my team are into the next round of the Europa league, and I also put myself directly in the eyes of the Sporting board should the opportunity ever arise, but I’m sad as I absolutely decimated this great club. Could the impossible dream of winning the Europa League come true?
Before we find out who we get in the next round of the Europa League, we’re held yet again to another draw in the league, this one at home to Istra. We looked like a completely different team to the one that battered Sporting.
The semi final of the cup however saw us win 3-1 against Osijek to put us in the final for a second year running! Despite our league from not looking so good our form in the cups is going well.
Ending out March sees us fifth in the league however we do have 2 games in hand.
We’re drawn in the final of the cup against Rijeka. A decent enough team but if we play like we have in the Europa League I have no worries about winning the cup for a second year running.
Finally the draw for the Europa League was made, who did we get….
Thanks for reading. Next update will be Aprils round of games and the final stretch towards the end of the season.
Career progress:
2018 - 19 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 1st in Campeonato de Portugal, won the playoffs, promoted.
2019 - 20 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 10th in Liga Pro, the clubs highest ever finish
2020 - 21 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 11th in Liga Pro, resigned at end of season
2021 - 22 | Wisla Plock (Poland) -- Finished 1st in Division 1, champions, promoted
2022 - 23 | Wisla Plock (Poland) -- Finished 12th in Ekstraklaka. Nearly sacked a few times
2023 - 24 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (Croatia) – 3rd in the league, cup winners. Manager of the year
2024 - 25 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (Croatia) – in progress
#458925 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Lokomotiva Zagreb 2024/2025 season update
This update is split into 2 parts. Part 1:
To set us up for our big game against Sporting Lisbon (which I personally can’t wait for!) we saw out a poor 3-0 away loss to Dinamo. Not the best game going into the Europa League.
Also on this apparently we’re in a bad run of form and once again the fans are criticising my tactics.
So here we go then. The biggest game for me as a manager, against the Lions of Portugal, Sporting CP (or Sporting Lisbon in English speaking countries). A win here would do absolute wonders for us and for me personally. As a side note, we’ve played all of our home games in the Europa League at Dinamo’s stadium as our own stadium doesn’t meet the minimum capacity.
A nervy game for us but we held our own up until the 26th minute when Tariq makes a good run from midfield
Just outside the area he’s clearly fouled but the ref waves play on
The loose ball finds Dias
He plays Marin in out wide on the right
He looked to have scuffed it at first but he actually crosses with the outside of his boot
The ball lands perfectly at Gimenez at the far post
He vollies it but the keeper makes an excellent stop to give us a corner
From the resulting corner Dias whips it in
Which drops kindly to Salinovic
He stabs the ball home, 1-0!!!
Shortly after they get a free kick which is put into the box
Our keeper Lomb decides to come for it and absolutely scuffs it
And their defender is able to poke it home, 1-1.
Half time and a pretty even game
Second half now and Poyet picks up the ball in midfield
He finds Gimenez out wide
He drives forward
He pulls it back looking for Miklic
Who’s pushed over
The ref hesitates but it’s given, PENALTY!!
Poyet is over it and steps up
The keeper guesses correct and keeps the ball out of the net!
We get a corner shortly after and it’s swung in
Straight to Miklic who doesn’t flinch and buries it home, 2-1!!
Can we hold on to this priceless lead?
They get a corner of tier own which is bundled home with just over 10 minutes to go however it’s ruled out for an infringement. I didn't see the foul but whatever, things are still looking good for us. Maybe just maybe this is going to be our day?
Maybe not as they come at us and get the ball from midfield to their winger on the inside right channel just inside the box
Their winger takes a shot which is deflected and wrong foots our keeper, 2-2! Disappointing to let a lead slip but a draw would a good outcome.
Or not. Poyet gets the ball in center midfield and plays Ziljkic in on the left
He in turn sends a floated cross towards Miklic
Who takes a touch and plays one the most sublime inside passes I've ever seen to the oncoming Dias….
First time shot straight passed the keeper to make it 3-2 in the 95th minute! Absolute scenes!!!
What a game. What a performance. What a result.
After that epic result midweek we’re back to league action and just about scrape a 0-0 draw with Gorica to continue our run of poor league results. Also to note another missed penalty for Poyet in this game to make matters worse.
Part 2 will be the return leg against Sporting and the final few games of February.
#458923 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Yeah for sure man. You'll see how it went shortly.
#458922 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Hahah thanks man. Don't worry,. you've not jinxed anything....yet
#458902 FM19 - TONGEY travels the world.
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#458820 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Lokomotiva Zagreb 2024/2025 season update
February kicked off with a good result away to relegation fodder Sesvete
Back to back 0-0 draws next against Osijek & Varazdin as we struggle to find that cutting edge in both of these games. Not the best results heading into our Europa League game with Liepzig.
The big Europa League game at home to RB Liepzig was a hard fought game. At the half we more or less had dominated the game
It wasn’t until the 75th minute we made the breakthrough. Okoye picked it up edge of our area and played a long ball forward
Which Miklic chased down
A bizarre moment now as their keeper comes out to challenge Miklic, but the balls just goes straight passed him
Leaving Miklic with an open goal, 1-0!
Not long after we get the ball out wide on the right
Marin drives to the byline and crosses it in
The ball is cleared by their defence
Only as far as Ziljkic who hits it first time
Keeper = no chance. 2-0!!
Awesome result and performance! I couldn’t be happier with this!
This was followed up with another draw in the league away to Sibenik. I’m going to put this 1 down to fatigue.
Before the return leg in the Europa League we’ve been drawn in the cup away to Osijek. A game I am confident we can win
The retun leg against Liepzig came and we carried on where we left off, this time running out 3-0 winners! I actually cannot believe it we’re through to the next round, can the impossible dream continue?
The poor league form continued with yet another 0-0 draw this 1 at home to Rijeka. They absolutely dominated us in this game and I’m surprised we got away with a draw
Which was followed up by a terrible 3-0 away loss to our big rivals Hadjuk to close out the month of February.
My feeling is that we seem to be up for the big games, AKA as the Europa League but let our guard down in the league. Just as I leave the training ground a young reporter stops me in my tracks.
‘Manuel, can I get a quick word? I’m from the Voetbalzone football reporter’
‘Yes okay I’ve got a couple of minutes’
‘Thank you, can I ask, as a manager, what is your ultimate desire? Or your main goal?’
‘Well it’s no secret that I’m a Lisboeta, a native from Lisbon, and I’ve been a Sporting Lisbon fan all my life. My dream is to manage Sporting, to manage in Estadio Jose Alvalade would honestly be a dream come true’
‘But of course these desires and dreams may never come true. Would managing a team against Sporting whet your appetite do you think?’
‘Well of course nothing in life is certain, but a man can dream right. But to answer your question, managing a team against Sporting would be the next best thing, why do you ask that particular question?’
‘Well the draw for the next round of the Europa League has just been made……
Career progress:
2018 - 19 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 1st in Campeonato de Portugal, won the playoffs, promoted.
2019 - 20 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 10th in Liga Pro, the clubs highest ever finish
2020 - 21 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 11th in Liga Pro, resigned at end of season
2021 - 22 | Wisla Plock (Poland) -- Finished 1st in Division 1, champions, promoted
2022 - 23 | Wisla Plock (Poland) -- Finished 12th in Ekstraklaka. Nearly sacked a few times
2023 - 24 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (Croatia) – 3rd in the league, cup winners. Manager of the year
2024 - 25 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (Croatia) – in progress
#458814 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Lokomotiva Zagreb 2024/2025 season update
Only a short month as there were 3 games in December leading into the winter break. The first saw us run out 2-0 winners at home to Varazdin in the cup whihc means we're into the next round.
Next up we played Dinamo off the park and battered them 3-1. Great result and a great performance.
Final game of this month saw us get beat by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Whilst a disappointing result it didn’t matter as we had qualified from the group.
Going into the winter break we’re sitting third in the league, and in the quarter finals of the cup.
The draw for the next round of the Europa league was next, who did we get
RB Liepzig of Germany. A good draw and 1 I’m happy with
Not a lot happened during this winter break, no players left however My DOF signed 2 young players from Africa as well that I hadn’t known about. However they look okay for this level and may get some game time.
During the winter break the Ballon D’or was annoucned and it went to Italian striker Lorenzo Mazzeo of Real Madrid
As I say only a short update but I will have another up shortly.
Career progress:
2018 - 19 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 1st in Campeonato de Portugal, won the playoffs, promoted.
2019 - 20 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 10th in Liga Pro, the clubs highest ever finish
2020 - 21 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 11th in Liga Pro, resigned at end of season
2021 - 22 | Wisla Plock (Poland) -- Finished 1st in Division 1, champions, promoted
2022 - 23 | Wisla Plock (Poland) -- Finished 12th in Ekstraklaka. Nearly sacked a few times
2023 - 24 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (Croatia) – 3rd in the league, cup winners. Manager of the year
2024 - 25 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (Croatia) – in progress
#458813 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Cheers man!
#458609 The Journey Of The Not So Special One
bigmattb28
Just to echo what @tongey said I too love rags to riches journeyman stories so I'll be following. Good luck and all the best!
#458608 [FM19] Shedender's British Steel Challenge
bigmattb28
#458606 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
I know right! Genuinely thought Legia would beat me again, and the Frankfurt results were definitely a surprise. Glad to have progressed, going to be tough keeping up.
#458591 FM19 - TONGEY travels the world.
bigmattb28
Looking forward to see where you end up....
#458270 FM19 - TONGEY travels the world.
bigmattb28
#458248 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Lokomotiva Zagreb 2024 - 2025 season update
October started off badly with a poor 4-1 home loss to Chelsea in the Europa League. Whilst we were expected to get beat by Chelsea I would’ve liked to see a bit more fight and the early red card certainly didn’t help
No messing around in our next game as we thumped Istra 7-0 in a complete performance. All 34 of our shots could’ve been goal on another day.
Just to follow up our 7-0 win there were another mad result this weekend as Sibenik & Dinamo played out a 5 all draw.
We followed up that big win with a 0-0 draw with Varazdin in a pretty even game. Whilst another red card for us didn’t help, neither team did enough to win and really neither deserved to win so a draw is a fair result
Back to Europa League action and we even surprised me with this result, 3-0 at home to Frankfurt! 3 games in and we’ve won 2, we might just progress from the group stages!
Back to poor results time now as we lost 2-0 away to Osijek in the league.
We redeemed ourselves as we won 3-1 in the cup to keep our hopes of retaining the cup in tact to close out October
We kicked off November with a 2-0 league win over Sibenik to keep us at the right end of the league with 2 late goals
We followed up that win with a 0-0 away draw at Frankfurt in the Europa League. I’m not too disheartened at this result as we can take some positives from it.
Despite 2 good results to kick of November we got thumped 4-2 away to Rijeka in the league
This was followed up with a good home win over Dinamo. We dominated this game and could’ve been a bigger score line had we taken more of our chances. 1 thing of concern is that we got yet another red card, luckily it didn’t have an impact on the result
Our 4th game in the Europa league sees us beat Legia Warsaw again, this time 2-0 at home. Another game where we looked really good all game long.
That’s it for November. With the result over Legia it confirmed our passage to the next round of the Europa league with a game to spare, as we can’t finish any lower than second now.
Next update will be Decembers games before the winter break, if anything happens in the January transfer window and the next set of games after the break.
Thanks for reading, it is appreciated.
Career progress:
2018 - 19 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 1st in Campeonato de Portugal, won the playoffs, promoted.
2019 - 20 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 10th in Liga Pro, the clubs highest ever finish
2020 - 21 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 11th in Liga Pro, resigned at end of season
2021 - 22 | Wisla Plock (Poland) -- Finished 1st in Division 1, champions, promoted
2022 - 23 | Wisla Plock (Poland) -- Finished 12th in Ekstraklaka. Nearly sacked a few times
2023 - 24 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (Croatia) – 3rd in the league, cup winners. Manager of the year
2024 - 25 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (Croatia) – in progress, super cup winners
#458246 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Lokomotiva Zagreb 2024 - 2025 season update
September 2024
September kicked off with a credible draw away to our rivals Hadjuk. We dominated this game and whilst it’s disappointing to concede late on we can’t complain as Santon gave away a free kickoutside the area which was crossed in and bundled home. We definitely let our guard down and got punished.
Next round of the cup is made and we’re drawn away to Medimurje who are a lower league side. A good draw and a game I am expecting to win comfortably to keep our hopes of retaining the cup alive
Before our first Europa League game we beat Gorica 3-0 to take us to the top of the league.
I’ll point out now that during my time in Poland with Wisla Plock, we played Legia Warsaw twice and lost both times.
Could be a tricky tie for us, and I’m hoping we can get some points on the board early on in my maiden Europa League campaign
The game itself for the most part was a by the numbers performance from us. We showed our opponents plenty of respect and ran out 2-0 winners. It was an end to end game and after the red card they came at us stronger, but we managed to get another goal late on. I’m very happy with the result.
We didn’t follow that victory over Frank De Boers current team against his former team however as we lost 3-0 away to Dinamo.
Next up was the cup game. Now this is the type of game that makes you want to tear your hair out (and has you thinking FM has it in for you!) as we absolutely battered Medimurje. Honestly we threw everything at them and just didn’t get the break through. Firstly they had a man sent off around the half hour mark and sat back from there which is to be expected. By half time we had a number of shots on target but just couldn’t score. Second half they went and had another man sent off, which you’d think would make it easier for us, but it didn’t. We had a penalty shortly after the second red and we missed it as the ball went straight at their keeper. I literally had 4 attackers on the pitch by the 90th minute! Extra time came and all our players were low on energy but up stepped mister reliable and our main man Tiago Dias to hit a long shot just outside the area that took a massive deflection that wrong footed the keeper to make it 1-0. It felt lucky and like we didn’t deserve that type of goal but whatever, it finally went in!
That 1-0 win was followed by another 1-0 in the league over Sesvete to take us back top of the league to close out September.
Next update will be Octobers round of games. Thanks for reading.
Career progress:
2018 - 19 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 1st in Campeonato de Portugal, won the playoffs, promoted.
2019 - 20 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 10th in Liga Pro, the clubs highest ever finish
2020 - 21 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 11th in Liga Pro, resigned at end of season
2021 - 22 | Wisla Plock (Poland) -- Finished 1st in Division 1, champions, promoted
2022 - 23 | Wisla Plock (Poland) -- Finished 12th in Ekstraklaka. Nearly sacked a few times
2023 - 24 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (Croatia) – 3rd in the league, cup winners. Manager of the year
2024 - 25 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (Croatia) – in progress, super cup winners
#458245 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Lokomotiva Zagreb 2024 - 2025 season update
August 2024
Kicking off this update is a league game at home to Varazdin which we dominated and came out 4-0 winners. Definitely a good showing going into our big Europa League game with Galatasaray.
So here we go then, away at Galatasaray in the first leg of the Europa League. We set up with our familiar 4-4-1-1.
The first half was a pretty drab affair with neither team gaining any sort of upper hand.
Late in the game we get the ball out wide to Marin
He plays in Duriska edge of the box and I thought he was going to hit it on the volley
However he plays in Diaz out wide on the left
He swings in a great cross
Miklic out jumps his marker and guides the ball in to the net, 1-0!
Absolute scenes! An away goal! Unbelievable result I’m absolutely buzzing at this!
Back to league action and we continued our wining form with a win over Osijek with Miklic getting another goal to make it 2 from 2 for him
Now the return leg in the Europa League. I’m expecting Galatasray to come at big in this game however we hold a priceless 1-0 away goal lead
Early on we’ve got the ball in our left full back position and Faye plays it long
Miklic controls it
He play Badiane in who darts forward
He plays a 1 touch pass out wide to Dias who beats his marker
He hits in and it’s never in doubt! 2-0 on aggregate!!
Shortly after Duriska is fouled by Emre who was already on a yellow and he gets a second! We’re looking like going through!
Late on in the first half Dias plays a lovely ball into Badiane, who again 1 touch passes it wide to Kwadwo who buries it home, 2-0 on the night and 3-0 on aggregate!
Second half we sat back and invited pressure that never came, the Turks had given up! Get in what a result, we’re through to the next round and we’re drawn against Grasshoppers of Switzerland. After our performance against Galatasaray I’m confident of progressing.
In the league we struggled to overcome Sibenik and managed a 1 all draw
Despite our good form we lost to Grasshoppers in the first leg of the Europa League 4th round. We’ve got a little bot of work to do to get back into the tie
Another 0-0 draw in the league this time to Rijeka. Hopefully we can pick it up in the next game against Grasshopers to put a run to 3 games without a win.
Which we did, and turned out 2-0 winners in the Europa League to make it to the group stages! A great achievement I feel.
That brings August to an end and a really good month with 1 loss and passage to the group stages of the Europa League. Things are looking good for us.
Who did we draw in the groups?
Some tough teams there, we’re going to do well to not finish bottom of this group. Still it’s a good challenge.
Next update will be Septembers games. Thanks for reading!
Career progress:
2018 - 19 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 1st in Campeonato de Portugal, won the playoffs, promoted.
2019 - 20 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 10th in Liga Pro, the clubs highest ever finish
2020 - 21 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 11th in Liga Pro, resigned at end of season
2021 - 22 | Wisla Plock (Poland) -- Finished 1st in Division 1, champions, promoted
2022 - 23 | Wisla Plock (Poland) -- Finished 12th in Ekstraklaka. Nearly sacked a few times
2023 - 24 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (Croatia) – 3rd in the league, cup winners. Manager of the year
2024 - 25 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (Croatia) – in progress, super cup winners
#458147 My Trials, Tribulations and Enjoyment as a football manager
bigmattb28
#458146 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Cheers man. A tough looking draw against the big boys in Turkey.
I'll have an update up tomorrow hopefully, not been on here or FM much last few days.
#458144 [FM19] The Relaxing Journey Around Europe
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#458143 A journey from the bottom to stardom - A Journeyman Career
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#458142 FM19 - TONGEY travels the world.
bigmattb28
#458141 Touring the British Isles
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#458140 (FM19) Worldwide Journeyman
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