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#451573 [FM19] Journeyman's Journey II
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Ooh good start sort of, hopefully more points to come as that average points table doesn't make for a good read. I have absolute faith in you to keep them up though
#451571 [FM18] The Ultimate Journeyman Challenge - Second Leg
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Wow what a strange league structure, however that makes it more interesting in my opinion. Best of luck, glad you moved on and left on a high!
#451467 The New Ferguson - Man Utd (FM19)
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I don't think so, the spoiler image worked but the image quality is low. I upload them to Imgur, pretty sure my account on there is private so (I think) all you need to do is upload them and keep them uploaded, then link them.


Ohh, so if they're deleted they won't show up. Well, I kinda deleted everything when i was done lol.


Your Imgur account does not have to be private or not jus the images need to be stored in your library. As you've deleted them that'll be why they're not showing.
#451465 A worldwide journey
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Asia is a great place to manage. Especially Malaysia I've loved my time there in multiple FM's

Am sure you'll do well in Indonesia it's a decent enough place to begin. Hopefully consolidate this year and maybe push on to challenge at the top next season.
#451238 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
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ARC Oleiros 2020 - 21 season update


Our reward for beating Covilha in the Allianz cup is a home tie with our affiliate club Academica. Looking forward to testing ourselves against a top division team.

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Confirmation of the season preview and we're still expected to finish bottom. I am quietly confident, based purely on last seasons performances that we can stay in this division.

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The cup game brought not only a good performance but a victory on penalties, in which we socred all 5 of ours and new singing goalkeeper Kadu saving the decisive penalty. I am absolutley over the moon at this result and it only furthers my beleif that we have enough about us to stay in the league this year, if not push at the top end.

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Before the season gets started the draw for the group stages of the Allianz cup is made and we're handed a tough one with Benfica,Estoril & Guimares. Not going to lie we'll do well not to finish bottom of this group.

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So this is it, the start of the season proper, an away tie against Famalicao. First thing's first I hadn't noticed this guy in the most recent youth intake but he's pretty solid and will only get better, I felt I had to give him his first professional start which coincidentally makes him the youngest player ever to appear at this level.

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The game itself was a masterclass as we went 3-0 early on and never looked back. Not only that but Boavista lost their first game at this level away to Cova da Piedade.

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Our first home game of the new season and it was another where we went in the half at 3-0 with Duspara scored an absolutely worldie of a free kick. This is another game where we never looked like losing and once again another sign we are going to do well this season.

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The Charles leaving us story came up again however the next day he get injured so he won't be leaving. I'm happy as he's a solid player and I want him to stay.

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Our first loss of the season was away to Oliveirense 3-1. Not much to say other than we weren't good enough and for me if we get our bad performances out of the way early then hopefully we can keep up with the other teams at the top. Not only that but main man Vilmar got injured in this game however we've got cover so hopefully we won't struggle too much.

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Last game of this update sees us draw 1 all at home to relegated Gil Vicente. A good draw all things considered and we got a deserved equaliser in injury time.

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Jorge Jesus was confirmed as the Schalke manager. His career (in game) hasn't been all that good as he didn't do anything in Saudi Arabia so hopefully he can get some success in Germany. I'll be keeping an eye on his progress.

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Next update I'll try and get a bigger update up, will see how Boavista have been getting on since relegation and rejecting me as well as our performances.

Thanks for reading!

#451217 The New Ferguson - Man Utd (FM19)
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Welcome. Hopefully the start of a long and successful career with Man U.

As for the images make sure they're still in your Imgur library, they say they're unavailable in your posts so maybe they've been deleted. If you've move them to another folder then you'll also have to relink them here.
#451215 [FM19] Trip to: South Africa (w/ Orlando Pirates)
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Wow I've never had an appeal won before mate well done on that! Also loads of competitions to be involved with hopefully you get some good form across them all.
#451214 [FM19] Journeyman's Journey II
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Back with my usual Journeyman career, the type of save I absolutely love doing - so much variety and unpredictability to it. I started in Asia on my FM17 career, this time on FM19 I'll be beginning my (hopefully long) journey in North/South America.

Let's just get straight into it.


I've added all the default North and South American leagues, which can be seen below. My initial aim was to start somewhere in South America, preferably in a lower division. You can see the screenshot for the leagues loaded/save set-up below, along with my manager's profile and the managerial style; which is the lowest possible.

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The job search was the exact opposite of action packed, but it did go on for a long while. I started the save on 1 January 2018 but, despite constantly applying, I didn't get a job interview until 5 May 2018. That came from Uruguay's Sud América, of the Segunda División. I was happy, exactly the sort of level I wanted to begin with. A job offer followed.
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Which, after months of waiting, I was never going to turn down!

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I'm the new manager of Sud América! No prizes for guessing which continent they're from. I join the second tier team midway through the 2018 Uruguayan Segunda División season, with the club sat 12th (third bottom) after thirteen fixtures; exactly thirteen games left to play. Relegation is our main threat, which is decided by an average points table in our league. In that, things look bleaker, Sud América are bottom of the table. So points are of the essence. We play three of the top four in my first four fixtures, talk about a baptism of fire!

Below you can see our current situation, along with the squad list.

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I have no idea how this is going to go, at Sud América or in the save overall. That's all part of the fun, I haven't got any aims whatsoever - what will be, will be (we're not going to Wembley).

Thanks for reading, I appreciate it!

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Ahh yeah Journey man's journey was an epic read mate!! Glad to see this back up and running.

The average points system is a bit of a head trip at first but easy to understand once you figure it out. Hopefully the start of this journey doesn't end in relegation for you. Am sure you can keep this side up.
#451213 (FM19) Worldwide Journeyman
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Heartbreaking stuff when you concede late on, but 1 decent result could turn your confidence around and go on a run. Fingers crossed it all works out for you soon mate!
#451210 [FM19] Brexit Can't Melt British (and Irish) Steel
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Good choice mate. Can see you at the very least staying up, and who knows you may even push for promotion with the right singings. Also what skin is that you're using?
#451209 [FM18] The Ultimate Journeyman Challenge - Second Leg
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Congrats on the win mate you definitely deserve it. As for staying you've said yourself it's a journey man save if it was me I'd leave on a high, it would just take 1 or 2 key players to leave an you might not repeat this success. Also the teams you say are available sound like any sort of high league finish would be seen as a good thing so no pressure on you.
#451208 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
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Unfortunate with the Boavista interview, that would've been a good next move... but staying with Oleiros isn't a bad thing, get to continue what you started.


Yeah it is what it is but I've done alright so far with Oleiros and I'm happy enough to stay for the time being. Would love to be able to get them into the top league but it was a struggle signing who we did, so if I stay for the foreseeable you never know what could happen

That’s unlucky with the Boavista interview, but what will be will be I suppose! Fantastic few seasons in the books already, definitely have something to build from going forward! I’ll be following this!


Thanks man glad you're on board. Definitely over achieved so far but I genuinely thought i was going to get the Boavista job but happy for now. We'll see what happens.
#450882 VP's FM19 Adventure
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WOW! Darron Gibson okay, Niko Kranjar yeah good signing but Van Der Vaart!!! Bet he tears that league a new one!
#450853 "Feels he was brought to the club under false pretences"
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I've actually had it on 17 where I took over a club, a player had just signed so I offered him out and the inbox message came back with something along the lies of no clubs have made an offer as the player has just signed for you. Had to wait til the winter transfer window to get rid and even then I think I loaned him out.
#450802 FM19 - 1. FC. Köln
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@tongey best of luck. Do you have any specific aims for this save or is it a case of play it out and see?

I think there could be a few more German League saves this year!

Will be following this one

Yeah definitely will be. As part of my personal aims on my hall of fame career I want to manage in Germany, specifically Leverkusen.
#450799 [FM19] Trip to: South Africa (w/ Orlando Pirates)
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Glad to see you're back at it mate! Orlando Pirates are a good team am sure you'll get them back to the top in no time! On my worldwide journeyman saves I have South Africa loaded just I've never got round to managing there and never managed to grab the African Champions league on my pentagon challenges either.

As a side note, when are you starting your long term journeyman save?
#450797 (FM19) Worldwide Journeyman
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YES! Another journeyman save to join the rest of us! Can't wait to see how this pans out for you, with that many leagues loaded am sure this should take you all over Europe.

Denmark is as good a place as any to start. Whats your overall plans for the save?
#450779 [FM19] Brexit Can't Melt British (and Irish) Steel
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Albion Rovers for me. If only for 1 season you could keep them up and move on.
#450778 [FM18] The Ultimate Journeyman Challenge - Second Leg
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Great result winning the league mate, now just the cup final to make it another trophy!
#450774 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
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ARC Olerios season 20120 -21 season preview


We start this update with what happened in Liga NOS, and Boavista made the headlines for all the wrong reasons. They are a decent size club and last season finished just above the relegation place and this season went all the way to going down.

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This is interesting as they are interested in me becoming their manager. This would be a big step up for me if it happens however just like the last time I was wanted I won’t be actively pursuing this so I am going to let it play itself out.

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End of season stuff now and it’s confirmed this is the clubs highest ever finish something I am very proud of! As well it’s confirmed we’re the seasons over achievers, I’d go along with that.

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Duspara getting signing & player of the year, can’t say I’m too surprised he was definitely 1 of my main guys this season

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Also 1 part of my personal achievements as I am now favoured personnel at ARC Olerios.

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Confirmation the board are also happy, and so they should be. 1 thing that is slightly concerning is my job security, I would’ve thought with getting the club promoted in my first season when we were expected to be near the bottom as well as a good mid table finish this year when again we were expected to finish bottom would’ve made my job a lot more secure than it is. Not to worry though I aren’t overly concerned by this.

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Quick update on 1 of Manuel’s idols Jorge Jesus and he has been offered the Schalke job after leaving Saudi side Al-Hilal. If / when he is confirmed I’ll post his career stats up to now.

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Then this pops up. Not going to lie I am extremely happy and nervous about this.

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Could it be happening….

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Oh well at the minute it’s just not meant to be. Not too disheartened at this as I am happy at Olieros and confident for the upcoming season.

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We’re linked to center midfielder Sergio Duarte, I’ll scout him and see what the report says, if a deal can be struck I may pursue this one.

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This season’s preview has us rooted to the bottom of the league, again. Well it’s up to us to show last season wasn’t a fluke and that we can repeat with a good finish. Boavista rightly so favourites to go straight back up.

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The first game of the season is the first round of the Allianz cup but just before then we made 3 singings. First up is left back Sergio Akieme. I’ve brought him as it is looking ever so likely first choice left back Charles is leaving us for Paco Ferriere who got promoted. Not the best going forward but is at least on par with Charles in terms of defensive capabilities

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Next up is Croatian center half Andrej Causic. He’s got rotation player written all over him however I am confident he can produce some good performances when we need them.

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First choice goalkeeper Miotto didn’t renew his contract so there was an opening there and we filled it by signing Kadu on a free. Hopefully he can get us some of the clean sheets that were lacking last season. Definite improvement on Miotti and I’m happy to have him here.

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A so-so pre season and now we’re at the first game, the first round of the Allianz cup at home to Covilha. This was a game we absolutely dominated and at 1 point I thought we weren’t going to get the break through. We did get a goal that was ruled out for offside* but we kept plugging away, despite their keeping having a blinding game we managed to get 2 late goals to put us in to the next round. I’m happy with this and hopefully we can take this type of performance into our league games.

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That’s it for this update, next update will be the first round of games in our second season in Liga Pro and if anything else happened. Thanks for reading.

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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



*the goal went in then almost straight away the text at the bottom said the ref was going to the VAR assistant but the game just said the goal was ruled out for offside, it was offside but there was no animation or anything like that, weird.


#450533 [FM18] The Ultimate Journeyman Challenge - Second Leg
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Hopefully with everything in your hands your players don't take anything for granted, good luck I'm sure you'll do it!

Still in with more than a good chance at the title. On a side note, does the database you're using have the Coupe de France linked up? Is that what the Mayotte French Cup is? Would be cool to see how far you could get if you reached the Coupe de France.


If it's Claasen's database then he does link the Mayotte cup with the French cup mate
#450520 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
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Id say that ended up being a pretty good season following the promotion last year mate.


Cheers mate. Definitely a good season considering we were meant to finish bottom of the league. Will see what happens now the season has finished.
#450487 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
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Classic example of the players on their holidays mentally when expectations are met! Interesting to see what comes next.


That was definitely the case, whilst we struggled in the last 10 or so games the team only played well against bottom of the league Fafe, although that did confirm we stayed up, we could've maybe done better dare I say! We'll see what happens now in terms of what jobs are out there and what players we can attract.
#450485 [FM17] Climbing Jacob's Ladder (Part Deux)
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As always with your posts what a great read, glad to see you're doing well, obviously not the 3 game losing streak but overall it's been good.

On the job offer surely this songs fits the bill perfectly:

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Seriously, I'd go. As much as you may want, can Gulbene actually challenge Spartaks, or even Skonto (if they're still good) in the league? If it was me I'd leave on a high and go now. Can't wait to see what you decide to do......
#450480 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
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(Em bom português, que excelente trabalho !!)

First season went up and now in the second season I think it was very good.
Here at the end of the season there were many defeats, which changed what could be a big surprise but, I do not take back the feat you made. I hope that next season you get the first league.

Boa Sorte Mate


Meu portuguese nao tao bom assim, mas obrigada!

I was worried we might slip up with quite a few heavy defeats but we managed some great results of our own. Depending on what happens during the off season, which I'll post later today or tomorrow, we may make moves to improve on this good season or I may move on depending on what jobs are out there. Whilst I've got no problem staying, there might just be an opportunity too good to turn down
#450476 [FM19] Trip to: China (w/ Guangzhou Evergrande)
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Well the full game is out tomorrow mate so we can look forward to your journeyman save when you start it! Maybe have China loaded and as Jameo says get some revenge over Evergrande on that save!
#450465 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
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ARC Oleiros 2019 - 20 season update


We get confirmation from the board of the expansion to the stadium. It’s all progress I suppose.

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We then end January off in 8th place in the league. For me this is absolutely brilliant as we were never expected to be this high at all so all being well we can finish up this end of the league. Our first game of the final 14 sees us earn a 1-0 away win over Farense which sees their manager sacked straight after this game, more on that later. During the game left winger Pinto suffered a pulled muscle which will rule him out for upto 4 weeks. Whilst disappointed we do have cover on the flanks so hopefully we won’t miss him too much.

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A 0-0 draw at home to Penafiel wasn’t much to write home about however another injury during this game and it’s a big one, Chico Chen who has played in most games this season broke his leg and is out for nearly a year. I am absolutely gutted at this, there are no words. Get well soon Chico.

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We then somehow came away with a 2-0 win at Chaves in a game where we had 2 chances and took them despite being the second best all over the pitch. Any other game this could’ve been a totally different result. Happy with the win mind.

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Remember when I said Farense sacked their manager after losing to us? Well they offered me an interview, however now is not the time for me to leave Oleiros so I politely declined.

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Another 2-0 victory followed, this time at home to Varzim. A good win and performance to boot, it’s looking more and more likely we’re going to be staying up this year!

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Following 2 wins we lost our next game to Cova de Piedade. Not much to say here we were bad and didn’t deserve anything from the game.

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Back to winning ways as we beat Viseu 2-0 at home. Then we get confirmation of an injury to center half Toure which coincidently sees go on a poor run which sees us lose games to Benfica’s B team (5-1), Moreirense (3-1) & Leixoes (2-1) before grabbing a vital 5-1 home win over Fafe.

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The Fafe game meant we were mathematically safe from relegation, mission accomplished! As well as that Paco Ferreira confirmed they’d be playing in the higher league next season

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The final 4 games of our season saw us lose 3 and draw 1. The first being a 3-1 loss away to Covilha, 3-0 at home to Santa Clara, a 0-0 draw with Famalicao before the season closing 3-0 defeat to Arouca which saw them crowned champions.

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After that poor end of season un I’m glad we managed to get points on the board early and get enough to see us finish 10th in the league.

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The 10th place finish is an absolutely fantastic achievement for a team expected to finish bottom of the league, I couldn’t be happier with how this season has gone.

Next update is going to be who got relegated from the top league, end of season awards and what the future holds for Manuel Vargas.

Thanks for reading!
#450315 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
bigmattb28
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Some first season in the end mate, defying those odds. Looks like the form is very ropey at the moment but just need to turn a couple of those defeats into draws and pick up the odd extra point!


That's my main concern the consistency, or lack thereof. We're very susceptible to letting in the odd goal or 3 but with Toure coming in we won the 2 he started and the only loss was to the league leaders so I'm not too disheartened at that loss. Onwards and upwards from here.
#450304 SS' Fantasy Kits Thread (NO REAL KITS)
bigmattb28
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Home - Red, with white strip off center like this Home shirt

Away - White, with red stripe off center like this Away shirt

Sponsor - Sata Sponsor

Badge - ARC Olerios Badge

Thanks in advance.


Anyone able to look into my request? I know you'll be busy, much appreciated.
#450291 [FM18] The Ultimate Journeyman Challenge - Second Leg
bigmattb28
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I do enjoy going to the more obscure nations in FM.

Second in the league is good man, hopefully no one poaches any of the first teamers, am sure you;ll be able to keep your team int act during the window.