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#455338 [FM19] KEZ - Von Vorn Anfangen
r96
#455329 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
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#455328 FM19 - This is Spartans
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#455303 [FM19] Trip to: South Africa (w/ Orlando Pirates)
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Hope so! I'm quietly confident.
#455301 [FM19] Journeyman's Journey II
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A: Two new signings have arrived. I've reunited with Diego Forlán, as mentioned in a couple of posts ago. Esteban Fernández has also joined the club, a left-back who will eventually replace the soon retiring Álvaro Alonso:
B: The board have every confidence in me at the moment, defining my job status as 'very secure'.
Next: July 2019 Round-up
Job Tally: 2
2018 | Sud América (URU/2) sacked
2019- | El Tanque Sisley (URU/2)
Trophy Tally: 0
Award Tally: 0
Promotion/Relegation Tally: 0/1
#455205 [FM19] Trip to: South Africa (w/ Orlando Pirates)
r96
This post is more about the off-field occurrences than the on-field stuff, most notably about our busy transfer dealings; most of which you can see started the Beyonce friendly.
I have signed five new players, all bar one are going to be senior team players. First in the door was Samkelo Mgwazela, an eighteen year old signed on a pre-contract a while back; looks one for the future. He was followed in by Bongani Khumalo and Riyaad Norodien. Khumalo may be familiar to Tottenham Hotspur and, erm, Colchester United supporters as a former player, I've signed him as a back-up centre-back; needed, also brings good experience. Norodien is a right winger, he's coming off a strong season with Cape Town City - one of our title rivals in 2018/19.
We weakened them further on 15 July by signing their top goalscorer Tokelo Rantie (AFC Bournemouth fans may recognise), I don't really need him but can't turn down a man with twenty-four goals last year; I kinda just signed him to take away a key player for Cape Town City. Before Rantie's arrival, former A-League man Anthony Cáceres joined the club from Manchester City - scouts/fans not too keen apparently, but I reckon he'll be good for us. Time will tell. Three players departed, none were first-team players.
A: Last season's awards can be seen here, including my Manager of the Season award:
B: Here's the media's end of season review:
C: I showed how the PSL finished last post, but here's how the subsequent relegation play-offs went. Tshakhuma up!
2018 | Top 8 Cup (beat Mamelodi Sundowns)
2019 | Premier Soccer League (beat Bidvest Wits)
2019 | Manager of the Month (May)
2019 | Manager of the Season (2018/19)
#455176 [FM19] Trip to: South Africa (w/ Orlando Pirates)
r96
Cheers Dan! Hopefully next season is just as good as season one.
#455108 Ex-Soviet Countries Journeyman Save
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#455052 [FM19] Journeyman's Journey II
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The next two months are pretty dull, with only two Segunda División fixtures to be played; lots of friendlies set. Not long until the season's end though, just eight more fixtures left to fulfil. Our only goal is to avoid the drop, which would be a big plus for the club and for me.
A: I've recently completed a coaching course for my National C Licence. I won't be doing another one yet, as I feel the coaching badges boost your manager up a bit too quickly - also, as the game states, you lose time on the training ground - which I don't think you'd realistically sacrifice in real life. In the off-season, I will:
Next: June 2019 Round-up
Job Tally: 2
2018 | Sud América (URU/2) sacked
2019- | El Tanque Sisley (URU/2)
Trophy Tally: 0
Award Tally: 0
Promotion/Relegation Tally: 0/1
#454908 [FM19] Trip to: South Africa (w/ Orlando Pirates)
r96
100% staying, hopefully I can build something long term - even if I don't I'll still play the save as long as I'm enjoying it and Orlando Pirates want me. Most I've consistently enjoyed a save of mine in a while.
#454882 [FM19] Trip to: South Africa (w/ Orlando Pirates)
r96
It began with a sensational result over Mamelodi Sundowns in the Champions League semi-final second leg. Thembinkosi Lorch went on a mad one and scored four goals as we won 6-0 over our domestic rivals, unbelievable way to reach the final; where we'd face Wydad Casablanca, who themselves won big in the semi-finals after dismantling TP Mazembe 5-0 in their first leg. Before the CAF CL final, we had three huge PSL fixtures in a row. Black Leopards were defeated first on a day where Cape Town City dropped points, which put it into our hands at that moment - it seemed if we won all our final fixtures, including over Kaizer Chiefs, we'd win the title. It wasn't quite that simple.
Highlands Park gave us an almighty fright on 7 May, the bottom half club went two goals ahead and, in truth, we looked dead and buried. However, after some tactical changes and, according to right-back Happy Jele, a great team talk, we rallied to take a dramatic three points away from home by winning 2-3. At full-time there was a twist, Bidvest Wits had won 0-3 in their match so went top of the table on goal difference! It was no longer in our hands. After Highlands Park, the following match was the massive Soweto derby versus Kaizer Chiefs. Xola Mlambo put himself in Orlando Pirates folklore with a stunning free-kick (see below) to help us defeat the Chiefs and take a massive step towards the trophy.
Even better news followed, as Bidvest Wits had drew away to SuperSport United. That meant we were 1st with one match to play, two points away from the 2018/19 PSL title. A massive, but welcomed, distraction followed - the first leg of the CAF Champions League final with Wydad Casablanca. Despite that and fitness issues, we were missing three key players for most of this period as seen above (Lorch, Maela and Shonga), we won the opening leg 2-1 on home soil. Despite the eventual outcome, a huge result which kept momentum high. Days later came the huge final day of the Premier Soccer League, we faced SuperSport Utd (h) while Wits hosted Highlands Park.
We didn't produce a great performance, we just couldn't find a goal against SuperSport - worse news followed as Wits went one nil up on 88mins versus Highlands Park which sent them top of the table with just minutes left. I went all-out attack and subbed on our best player Thembinkosi Lorch, who was still suffering with fractured ribs. Not that you'd know, as the man himself came on and scored a dramatic winning goal which sent us back above Wits. The referee blew his whistle and we were crowned Premier Soccer League champions! Incredible, incredible end! Lorch, with a rib injury, the hero. Crazy! Sadly we did then lose the Champions League second leg following a dreadful performance.
Delighted nevertheless! The league was the priority, I was more tense for that than the continental final. I can't wait for next season already!
A: Happy Jele credited me for the comeback over Highlands Park:
B: Here's Xola Mlambo's derby day winner. Unreal moment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htyg_rPyO_Y
C: As mentioned above, Thembinkosi Lorch won us the title with a 90th-minute winner despite suffering with fractured ribs. Hero!
D: Our league triumph broke quite a few records:
E: This month gave me my first Manager of the Month award, not a bad time to get it!
2018 | Top 8 Cup (beat Mamelodi Sundowns)
2019 | Premier Soccer League (beat Bidvest Wits)
2019 | Manager of the Month (May)
#454845 Back to the Journey man. A Lisbon lion's tale.
r96
#454844 [FM19] Journeyman's Journey II
r96
Yeah, April was very promising - things weren't looking good in March, shows how quickly it can change.
#454731 PLEASE DELETE
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#454730 Touring the British Isles
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#454702 VP's FM19 Adventure
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#454701 FM19 - TONGEY travels the world.
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#454620 [FM19] Journeyman's Journey II
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Next: May 2019 Round-up
Job Tally: 2
2018 | Sud América (URU/2) sacked
2019- | El Tanque Sisley (URU/2)
Trophy Tally: 0
Award Tally: 0
Promotion/Relegation Tally: 0/1
#454572 [FM18] The Ultimate Journeyman Challenge - Second Leg
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#454566 My Trials, Tribulations and Enjoyment as a football manager
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#454564 VP's FM19 Adventure
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#454550 VP's FM19 Adventure
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#454489 [FM19] Trip to: South Africa (w/ Orlando Pirates)
r96
We only lost two matches, one was that FA Cup tie while the other was the first leg in the CAF CL versus Zamalek - which didn't mean much in the end as we won the home leg to go through to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, we've been drawn with fellow South African club Mamelodi Sundowns. The first leg has been played, which ended in an action-packed 2-2 draw; painful to concede an equaliser on 95mins, but two away-goals is a positive - the second leg promises to be a nervy encounter.
We also faced Sundowns in the Premier Soccer League, beating them 0-2 away from home; which was one of four league wins this month. Those wins and the fact we were undefeated in league action was huge, as the PSL title race is incredibly close. You can see the table below, we are sitting second but level on points with leaders and city rivals Kaizer Chiefs. That's not all, as Bidvest Wits and Cape Town City are just one and two points off respectively and both have a game in hand. We face fierce rivals Kaizer Chiefs on the penultimate day, that could be a Soweto derby for the ages! Tense times ahead either way.
So to recap, the title race is very much alive and any one of four clubs could still win it with just one month left to play. We're one game away from the CAF Champions League final, a competition Orlando Pirates haven't won since 1995; though the board's expectation is to reach the final. There'll be no FA Cup glory for us this campaign, as we're out of that tournament. Disappointing for sure, but there's no doubting the PSL and CAF CL are way more important to players, staff, fans and board alike. May will be squeaky bum time, as Sir Alex would say.
A: Here's the media's look at the domestic title race, they released that prior to the Bloem Celtic game but it still stands up:
B: Right back on 2 April, I was offered and I subsequently signed a new contract with Orlando Pirates:
2018 | Top 8 Cup (beat Mamelodi Sundowns)
#454464 PLEASE DELETE
r96
#454424 My Trials, Tribulations and Enjoyment as a football manager
r96
Personally I upload the images to Imgur.com, then use the 'picture' icon (see below) for them to show up in a post. Hope this helps!
#454406 [FM19] Journeyman's Journey II
r96
You're more confident in my abilities than I am!
#454405 My Trials, Tribulations and Enjoyment as a football manager
r96
#454354 [FM19] Journeyman's Journey II
r96
Fingers crossed!
#454320 [FM19] Journeyman's Journey II
r96
March's results leaves me in a familiar position, bottom of both the regular season table and the average points table. On the plus side, if this carries on and I get the boot at least I won't get a relegation tally added to my résumé - all about taking the positives!
Next: April 2019 Round-up
Job Tally: 2
2018 | Sud América (URU/2) sacked
2019- | El Tanque Sisley (URU/2)
Trophy Tally: 0
Award Tally: 0
Promotion/Relegation Tally: 0/1
#454215 Susie On Tour 2019 - Stop 1 - Thanksgiving
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