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#456467 A worldwide journey
bigmattb28
Ahh right got ya.
#456466 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
I know right! I actually couldn't believe what I was watching. And 1 step ahead of you I already did upload it!
Yeah sure is man, think that result must've done something to the squads mentality, I have changed a lot around though. We're looking good.
Whoa that's bad man. But we've forgot all about that drubbing now, hopefully.
#456464 Travelling around the world (Journeyman save)
bigmattb28
Ahh what a dumbass, sorry man!
#456448 [FM19] KEZ - Von Vorn Anfangen
bigmattb28
#456447 Travelling around the world (Journeyman save)
bigmattb28
#456388 A journey from the bottom to stardom - A Journeyman Career
bigmattb28
#456385 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Yeah it sure has man, hopefully we can keep this form up and not get spanked again.
#456384 [FM19] Shedender's British Steel Challenge
bigmattb28
#456369 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Lokomotiva Zagreb 2023 - 2024 season update
After that unbeaten October I am awarded the manager of the month award, which if I do say so myself is very much deserved!
No it’s time for the cup game against Rijeka, the team that put 9 passed us only 2 months ago. Am I nervous, yes. Am I confident, based on current form yes I am. Am I worried of a repeat? Of course I am but today is a new day and we go in to the game with an open mid.
Redemption! Chaotic game but a win is a win and thank whatever God there is that we managed to win this one. After going 2 up I thought we might just embarrass them this time however they got back into it and made it 2 all after some unbelievably bad defending from us. We carried on pressing and got a much deserved winner in the 96th minute and it was a case of never giving up. We’re in the next round!
League action now as we battled to a very credible 1 all draw away at fierce rivals Hadjuk. This draw is especially notable as we were down to 10 men around the half hour mark as center half Durisk got booked then went in with 2 feet literally a minute later to get his second yellow. We were 1 down at that point but managed to grab the equaliser before half time. I thought it might be backs against the wall stuff but much of the second half we kept possession well and could’ve won it as we had a great chance late on but their keeper made the stop.
Another game against Rejika and another game I thought could go bad for us, however it was our day as we recorded back to back victories over them to definitely put that 9-1 drubbing behind us. Again we battled right up until the last moments of the game as we scored in the 96th minute (again!) to secure a vital win! We are looking good.
During the Rejika game Tiago Dias pulled up tearing his hamstring and will be out for a few weeks. We’ve got cover out wide but he’s been my main guy and the only player supporting me up until now.
The cup draw was made and we’re at home to Osijek in the quarter final. A game I'm confident we can win.
This is possibly the best result for us so far. We took on Dinamo at home and bossed this game. It’s good in 1 sense as their manager left Lokomotiva to take over there and we put 1 over him, it’s good in another sense as this shows we can definitely hang with the top teams in Dinamo & Hadjuk which gives me confidence going forward.
That brings November to an unbeaten end, things are looking good for the ‘other’ team in Zagreb. I’m quietly confident now of progressing even further in the cup as well as keeping our team at the top end of the league.
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) -- in progress
#456366 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Lokomotiva Zagreb 2023 - 2024 season update
The day after the night before. Did that really happen, I mean did I get beat 9-1 away? I’m not at Wigan away to Spurs in 2009, it’s the stuff of nightmares. It’s time to stop feeling sorry for myself and get back out there and smash our next opponents whoever they are…..oh Christ it’s Dinamo away next, well as good a time as any to show Croatia just what we’re made of.
So after making 10 changes from that shit show last week I was forced into not 1 but 2 substituiuons in the first 5 minutes as Borcic and Vuk both suffered twisted ankles, twisted bloody ankles?!? Oh well not to worry as Bubnjic scored an own goal from a corner to make things worse for us as we never really looked like doing much. We did manage to hold on right uptil the 90th minute when they scored another from a counter. Well if I didn’t the backing of the players last week, then this week shows just how much they think of me
We’ve got to get back on track now, no more pratting around. After a team meeting where 2 players agreed with what I had to say we decimated Sibenik 3-0 and didn’t let them get 1 shot off all game! This is what I’m talking about, why can’t we play like this every week!
Can we continue the form next up away to Osijek?
You’re damn right we can! Better late then never as Tariq popped up in the 95th minute to bury home a low cross from Dias. This is the type of result we need to really push on, the team carried on right until the end and we definitely deserved this win!
Croatia cup now and we simply out played lower league opposition Dugopojle to progress to the next round
Back in the league and another thoroughly deserved victory came over Varazdin to take us unbelievably to the top of the league!
October 2023
First game in October saw us overcome Slaven 3-0 to keep us at the top of the league.
The draw for the next round of the cup was made…..
Bugger. The worse possible team we could've drawn. I shudder at the thought of playing Rijeka after that 9-1 demolition last time around, however it’s definitely time for redemption though.
Another league game and another win, this time over Gorica. Borcic grabbing a brace to continue his and our good form
Last game in October sees us topple Inter Zapresic 2-0. We’re looking really good and that 9-1 defeat is looking like a distant memory.
So after getting smashed by Rejika and losing the follow up game to Dianmo, we’ve gone on a great run and I genuinely think we look unbeatable at present. That absolute battering was the kick up the arse we needed and we've not looked back. We do have the chance to get revenge in the cup but it could go so very wrong against Rejika again.
Next update will be Novembers games and how we got on.
Thanks for reading, it is much appreciated.
#456365 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Mate, god knows. Literally dunno what happened, every time they got the ball it ended up in the back of the net. I'm still annoyed now!
#456354 Brecon Northcote - Road to Glory
bigmattb28
#456353 [FM19] Trip to: South Africa (w/ Orlando Pirates)
bigmattb28
#456352 My Trials, Tribulations and Enjoyment as a football manager
bigmattb28
#456351 A journey from the bottom to stardom - A Journeyman Career
bigmattb28
#456350 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Lokomotiva Zagreb 2023 - 2024 season update
First up in August we were away to HNK Gorica and put in a great performance, running out 2-0 winners with Dias getting a goal to mark a good day all around.
We followed that win up with a hard fought home win over Inter Zapresic the only goal coming early on, despite our dominating the game we still only managed the 1 goal.
Next up was a big game against this clubs long time rivals, and big boys in Croatia Hadjuk Split. The main thing I wanted from this game was a good performance as Hadjuk are pretty much the measuring stick on Croatia. Not only that but it’s my 200th game as a manager.
We set up as we have the last 3 games and it was a pretty even game. They took the lead in the 19th in my opinion against the run of play. We pushed forward from the kick off just to get caught on the counter and go 2 down. Half time came and we went on the attack straight away and managed to pull 1 back early on but it just wasn’t meant to be as they went and scored a third to kill the game off. Whilst Hadjuk are a big club I would’ve liked to see more from the team. We go again.
This is where things get stupid. Ridiculous really.
This game made me changed everything. Apparently we have a team full of professional and hard working players, battlers if you will. But after this absolute shambles of a game all I see is a team full of bottlers. The keepers dropped, Poyet is dropped, hell the whole back 4 can sit out the next few games for all I care. Digging deeper it’s clear that despite the score line, we were actually in this game, 16 shots on target to their 10, 9 of which they converted but still. This is the catalyst for change now, my assistant was in charge of training and opposition instructions but not any more, I’m taking over that from him. 442 no more, we’re going with 4-1-4-1 and playing a rotated squad as I think these players have taken it for granted that I have been sticking to a certain system. Never in my career have I been more annoyed. Fines for poor performance for all who appeared in this game. I am fuming, absolutely fuming at this.
That’s our first full month over with and I’m glad to see the back of August. 9-1, 9 bloody 1! Lots to do, I’m going to have to change something because that will never happen again!
Transfer deadline day now and after that shambles I want another defensive player, step up Lukas Duriska. He can’t be any worse than whats already here.
Also Bojan Knezevic wanted to leave as Austrian team LASK were interested, yeah see ya and good riddance.
To replace Knezevic we signed Manuel Prietl and hopefully he can improve our side.
Sort of big transfer news now as I hadn’t noticed but Dinamo had quietly signed Karim Benzema, you know THAT Benzema. Big move for them and I can see why he’s gone there, they’re expected to win the league again and I doubt Strasbourg were in a position to win anything in France, still he’s a definite threat even at 35.
Moving on with next month we have to sort this out, okay it's only 1 loss but the manner of it, the whole performance just everything about it makes me sick. I was literally on the verge of losing my job at Plock no less than 4 times and none of the losses were anything like this. Time to step up or step back.
#456340 A worldwide journey
bigmattb28
#456339 Travelling around the world (Journeyman save)
bigmattb28
#456254 A worldwide journey
bigmattb28
#456253 [FM19] Shedender's British Steel Challenge
bigmattb28
#456252 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
It's always nice to win your first game. Hopefully continue with some more good performances.
#456251 [FM19] Journeyman's Journey II
bigmattb28
Cool man, I try to have some direction with what I want to do or where I want to go. Looking forward to your next steps.
#456202 A worldwide journey
bigmattb28
#456200 FM19 - This is Spartans
bigmattb28
#456199 [FM19] Trip to: South Africa (w/ Orlando Pirates)
bigmattb28
Something to work on though mate, all is not lost yet
#456198 Travelling around the world (Journeyman save)
bigmattb28
#456197 [FM19] Journeyman's Journey II
bigmattb28
#456196 A journey from the bottom to stardom - A Journeyman Career
bigmattb28
#456195 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Cheers man, am looking forward to seeing how I do here!
#456194 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
Lokomotiva Zagreb 2023 - 2024 season update
Zagreb. Croatia. An incredible city, really it is. The footballing side of this great city is dominated by Dinamo Zagreb with great players such as Mario Mandzukic, Luka Modric and Vedrun Corluka to name but a few to have played for the famous club. There is another team here in Zagreb, well a few actually but only 1 that I am focussed on, and that is Lokomotiva Zagreb. This is a club just waiting to become something big. There’s an empty trophy cabinet just dying to be filled, and it is my mission, my goal to at least get 1 trophy in there before my time here is done. I’ve never really been in a position to win something at my previous 2 clubs however that changes now. This is hopefully the start of something good.
We set up with my favoured 442 approach. If we’re going to do well this year I want the team to know that we’ll play how I want to and that the buck stops with me, if we fail it’s on me.
We’re definitely the stronger team at the start of the game. In the 8th Knezevic is deep and finds Osei-Kwadwo out wide on the left with a good pass
He drives to the by-line and pulls the ball back across goal
Borcic is there to bury the ball home, 1-0!!
Literally from the kick off we get a corner which is swung in by Knezevic
It’s headed clear but falls to the feet of Miklic
Who hits it on the volley but the keeper makes an excellent stop. Nothing comes from the resulting corner
Deep into the first half center half Bubnjic has the ball in our full back position
He finds Tiago Dias on the right
He drives forward and plays a lovely ball over the top which finds Borcic running onto it
He takes 1 touch before hitting the ball past the keeper, 2-0!
Late in the game now and it’s 1 we’ve controlled from the start. We get a throw in deep in their half which is taken by Marin
It finds Dias who is fouled from behind
The ref can’t decide if it was in the box or not. After reviewing it with the VAR ref he awards the penalty! Up steps Borcic who is on a hat trick
After a short run up he places the ball to the keepers left and it’s game over, 3-0!
A great all round performance from my new team and if this game is anything to go by then I’m certain we’re in for a good season!
Next update will be how we got in August, any more transfers in or out and any other business. Thanks for reading!
Career progress:
2018 - 19 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 1st, won the playoffs, promoted.
2019 - 20 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 10th, the clubs highest ever finish
2020 - 21 | ARC Oleiros (Portugal) -- Finished 11th, 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) -- in progress