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#367211 London City FC - A City On The Rise
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#367200 [FM17] Journeyman's Journey I
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The Penultimate Update of 2021:
Thanks for viewing this update, it's for my Journeyman's Journey save. In case you're a new reader, I am currently with Persib in the Indonesian Super League; that's after a spell with Albirex Niigata (S) in Singapore between 2016 and 2017. I am in no way a great player of the game, I just enjoy seeing what I can do with teams. I left the last update with us top of the league by four points. How much has changed? Continue reading to find out!
We begin with a league fixture with the season's surprise package Persikabo, a side who were promoted last season and incredibly sat second at the time of this match. You can see they're a pretty good team and held us to a goalless draw, just like they did in the previous meeting earlier in the campaign. We visited Cilegon United next and won handsomely by four goals to one, Patrick scoring a wonderful hat-trick. Bali United, who usually sit in-and-around the top six, played us next as they sat in the bottom six, very poor campaign from them and we put more misery on them by beating them 2–0 with Makmun and outstanding youngster (left-back!) Idris Mulyana scoring. Pusamania Borneo, a team who sat second this time around after displacing the aforementioned Persikabo, were our following opponents and we made it three successive victories after a first half goal via In Joon-Yeon.
Three successive wins were followed with three successive draws, with the first two of those three being nil-nil. Firstly, Persik frustrated us on our own patch prior to Mitra Kukar doing the same two weeks later. Why two weeks later? Well, just like earlier in the season our match with Persipura was moved due to international call-ups. A friendly with our Under-21s filled the gap but we lost that by one goal. The third draw in a row was to Bhayangkara, Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan scored early but a late free-kick earned the hosts a point. We ended October with only our second defeat of the league campaign. The less said about this one the better, I like to call these type of losses a Football Manager loss™. Nothing I could do about it. Hey-ho, I'm sure I've benefited from them before.
So after September and October's fixtures, we drop a place to second and sit three points off of new leaders Persipura, who we have a titanic encounter with next time out. It gets said a lot nowadays but this one is truly a must-win! We would return top with victory, but a loss would probably kill us with only seven games to go after it.
Results:
League Overview:
Squad statistics can be seen below. A positive from the two months was Izwan Mahbud broke two clean sheet records, proud to see. I also reached 200 games in management, nice milestone; hopefully many more to come.
Squad Statistics:
Izwan Mahbud Records:
200 Games in Management:
I appreciate your continued/new reading of my career updates. The final update of 2021 will come once I have played the remaining fixtures of the Indonesian Super League campaign. I hope, hope, hope we can end the season as champions but only time will tell.
Cheers,
R96Skinner.
Career so far:
2016–2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) | (Singapore/1) | Trophies: 3 / Awards: n/a / Promotions: n/a / Relegations: n/a. resigned
2018– | Persib | (Indonesia/1) | Trophies: 0 / Awards: 4 / Promotions: 0 / Relegations: 0.
Trophies won:
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) S. League.
2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
Awards won:
2018 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, June.
2019 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, October.
#367192 Perjalanan Saya
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#367191 [FM17] Journeyman's Journey I
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Thanks, @Dan! Let's hope so!
#367127 [FM17] Journeyman's Journey I
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Passing the Halfway Mark:
Latest update for my career, coming into it we sit top of the table with four points separating us, Persib, from second; just nine games played, though. Let's get right into it!
July started with a hosting of 2019 league winners Bhayangkara and we, quite frankly, destroyed them as we won by five goals to one. Ichsan Kurniawan and Sukron Makmun got two goals apiece while Patrick got a goal too. The second leg of the Indonesian Cup came next, we lost 1–3 at home to exit 3–7 on aggregate to second tier Celebest. That sounds bad, but as I said in my previous update, we're basically threw this competition by fielding numerous U21 players. My focus is on the league!
Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan scored in the 18th-minute to win us our next match, versus Persela, to give us our third straight league win and kept us undefeated in the Super League. Back-to-back one-one draws followed versus Sriwijaya and Persepam. Reigning Indonesian Super League winners Sriwijaya have been awful this season, they were in the relegation zone at this moment and haven't improved much since. Despite that, still a difficult opponent but should've won it; we definitely should've beat Persepam.
We ended the month with our first league defeat due to a home loss to Persiram, ultra disappointment. Thankfully, we ended our three match winless streak to dominate second-bottom Persiraja and win 3–0, Makmun and K. Kurniawan scoring yet again; captain Atep got a goal too. We returned to drawing ways as we tied with Arema 1–1 next time out, Patrick grabbing our only goal. We ended August 2021 with two very convincing performances. PSM Makassar were put aside by four clear goals and four different scorers, while Pro Duta were dispatched 2–0 via goals from Makmun and young gun Asep Syamsudin.
Where does this leave us? Well, we remain in first place and are four points clear of our nearest challengers, Pusamania Borneo. Our goal difference is quite sensational at +28, Persipura (4th) come closest with +13. Impressive from the team. We have played 18 fixtures, 16 still to play. We are looking good, despite a mini rough spell in the middle of these two months. Still a lot of football to be played, of course.
Results:
League Overview:
Player performances have been stunning. Full squad statistics can, as usual, be seen below but I'd like to pick out two players: Makmun and Idris Mulyana. Note: It has been a wonderful team effort so far, with many more standout players (as seen below) but these two have been outstanding. Makmun keeps scoring, last season he bagged a great amount of goals (28, all comps.) and now he has 12 goals in 15 matches. Incredible signing! Mulyana is a left-back, only 19 years old but has been amazing. 7.42 average rating, got two assists and has been crucial for us; shame "pre-assists" don't count.
Squad Statistics:
Sukron Makmun:
Idris Mulyana:
One last piece of news. The summer transfer window has seen two transactions. One incoming, Eky Taufik Febriyanto was signed on a free for general back-up at centre-back. One outgoing, ageing club icon M. Taufiq chose to leave for a new challenge, I let him as he was fourth choice CM behind Manahati Lestusen, I. Kurniawan and Salim Burhanuddin. We wish him well.
Transfers:
Thanks so much for reading! My next update will be on 1 November 2021, after two more months of league action. That will be the penultimate update of the season. Hopefully we can keep this run going.
Cheers,
R96Skinner.
Career so far:
2016–2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) | (Singapore/1) | Trophies: 3 / Awards: n/a / Promotions: n/a / Relegations: n/a. resigned
2018– | Persib | (Indonesia/1) | Trophies: 0 / Awards: 4 / Promotions: 0 / Relegations: 0.
Trophies won:
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) S. League.
2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
Awards won:
2018 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, June.
2019 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, October.
#367109 Chester FC - Rising from the Ashes
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#367108 Nottingham Forest | 5 Year Plan - Road to Glory
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#367087 London City FC - A City On The Rise
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#367058 [FM17] Climbing Jacob's Ladder (Part Deux)
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#367043 [FM17] Journeyman's Journey I
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Yellow/Red circle indicates my current job.
Orange/Green circle indicates my past jobs.
Promising Beginnings:
This is the latest update of my career. We commence the 2021 season.
We had eleven friendlies to kickstart the year and we won them all. The weekend matches were for my first-teamers to understand new tactics, while the midweek games were for the squad players to get fitness. A very productive two months. Some big wins, some terrific goals. We were looking good ahead of the new season.
The aforementioned league season got underway on 1 May 2021 as we faced newly-promoted PSM Makassar and won 2–3 thanks to a late, late own-goal from Mamadou Sy. Persikabo, another promoted team, paid us a visit next time out and went home with a credible point after a scoreless draw; we weren't at our best but our guests played well, to be fair. We visited Bali United on Matchday 3 and gained three points, Sukron Makmun got off the mark in 2021 with a deflected effort. They all count! Next came a scintillating display against Cilegon United as we ran out four-goal winners. Midfielder Manahati Lestusen was sensational, at the heart of everything and managed a brace. We disappointingly followed that up with another 0–0 tie, this time away to Persik.
Pusamania Borneo were our next opponents at home, they were the league leaders at the time and had started the campaign strongly. However, it was us, Persib, who won the three points after smashing aside the table toppers 3–0. A Makmun hat-trick topped off a stunning display from the boys. Makmun keeps scoring, continuing where he left off after his 28 goals (all comps.) last season - has 6 in 8 so far. This victory moved us to first place. A friendly with Gajah Tunggal was played next, due to our match with Persipura being postponed and rescheduled due to international call-ups. We won the exhibition match 0–4. The scoreline repeated itself in our following Super League match as we played magnificently to win 0–4 away to Mitra Kukar, who we usually struggle against. Another quite brilliant performance, its been a superb start to 2021.
Persib vs. Persipura was played on 23 June, we drew 2–2. In an expected hard fought encounter, it took an 89th-minute Patrick goal to save us a point. I'll take it certainly, good resilience from the team. We travelled to Barito Putera after Persipura, Barito sat third as we sat first and it was us who took the points after a two-goal away win; two youngsters on the scoresheet in Salim Burhanuddin (19) and Asep Syamsudin (21). Both promising, especially Burhanuddin. His report is awful but he performs for me, a real favourite of mine.
The Indonesian Cup got going on 30 June 2021, we faced recently relegated Celebest in the first leg and lost our first match of the year. One I expected as we fielded an extremely weakened team, seven players from the U21s started the contest with the bench filled with seven U21 players. I rarely take this cup seriously, but even more so this campaign. The young lads will get their opportunities in the Indonesian Cup, depending how long it lasts. Not too bothered, the league is the priority!
Results:
League Overview:
Squad Statistics:
As for the transfer window, in terms of incomings we signed just two players; both as back-up. Fernando Gomes (RW/RM) was signed from Borneo for 65k. I like the look of him, could end up being an important player but for now, back-up. Robin Febrian was our second and final signing, a LW/LM from third tier team Persikasi for 2k. Cheap option for back-up LW/LM, already scored in the Indonesian Cup. In Joon-Yeon and Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan are easily our first choice wingers, but I felt last season we were very short in that area so needed cover. Happy with them. As for outgoings, back-up LB M. Fadil Sausu retired while eight youngsters went out on loan, most notably Erwin Kurnia and Uston Iswahyudi.
Transfers:
Other bits of business, I have signed another one-year extension with Persib. I had to hound them for it, they didn't want to give me a contract at first but I tempted them around. I'm now set to stay until June 2022. My plan: If I achieve my minimal goal of getting an AFC Champions League spot (first, second or third, depending on cup winner), I'd like to stay for another season to play in it. If I fail to get continental football, I will be leaving Persib at the end of this season. We will see!
New Contact:
Once again, thank you for taking the time to read my update. I appreciate it! Have a nice day!
Cheers,
R96Skinner.
Career so far:
2016–2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) | (Singapore/1) | Trophies: 3 / Awards: n/a / Promotions: n/a / Relegations: n/a. resigned
2018– | Persib | (Indonesia/1) | Trophies: 0 / Awards: 4 / Promotions: 0 / Relegations: 0.
Trophies won:
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) S. League.
2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
Awards won:
2018 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, June.
2019 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, October.
#366963 London City FC - A City On The Rise
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#366901 Stop the Drop
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#366885 [FM17] Journeyman's Journey I
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Yellow/Red circle indicates my current job.
Orange/Green circle indicates my past jobs.
Business End:
Thanks for viewing my latest update for my Journeyman's Journey career post. In this one, we play the final two months of league action as we try to win our first trophy in Indonesia. Could we do it? Let's see.
1 November 2020 saw us play top-of-the-table rivals Barito Putera, in a galvanizing match-up it was us, Persib, who came away with the points as we won 3–5 with four of our goals coming in a nineteen minute spell. An important victory. Persegres Gresik United played us next and we won again thanks to goals from Sukron Makmun and Patrick. Then we met Madura United in the Bandung derby and were held 2–2 by our rivals, Makmun and Patrick again scoring.
A match with 2019 champions Bhayangkara followed the derby and we missed out on the three points for the second match running, we were far second-best as the hosts won 3–1. Cilegon United frustrated us further on Matchday 28 as they kept us to a 0–0. We visited bottom of the table Celebest in our following fixture and ran out comfortable 1–4 winners, Makmun and Patrick of course on the scoresheet as was right-back Arthur Bonai.
Well into December at this point, just five matches to play. Iirc we were six points clear of second place Sriwijaya but they had numerous games in hand, as they would right to the death. Bali United were our next opponents and we lost 2–3, marginal defeat to the side in-and-around the top four. In the first of three straight home games, Pusamania Borneo held us to a one-one tie. Next came the most irritating match of the season vs. Persiram.
We lost a nine-goal thriller 3–6 on our own patch, we were never in this one though as whenever we got close to Persiram they scored again; we ended up conceding six. We backed that up with another loss, this time to Persela. At this point, we had one game to play whereas leaders Sriwijaya had two to play. Odd scheduling this season. We were two points off the top as we took a trip from West Java to East Java to face Arema.
We finished the season against Arema and done our job by easing past them by three goals with main man Makmun scoring a hat-trick. We were given hope as Sriwijaya miraculously drew on the same day to bottom of the league Celebest at home. This meant we were a point clear with Sriwijaya having one more match. Sadly, they won that match 1–2 on the last day at Cilegon United and subsequently won the 2020 Indonesian Super League. Real disappointment, but what do you expect when you only win two of your last nine games. Our own fault.
We finish the season in second place, an improvement on 2019 but the same as 2018. We just can't get that title, despite there being now three different winners in the last three campaigns. Even with the goalscoring exploits of Makmun we couldn't do it.
Results:
League Overview:
Despite the dismay, it has been a good, even if frustrating, season. The form of some of our players, likes of Makmun, Patrick, In-Joon Yeon, has been exceptional, shown that we have broken a few records this campaign. Makmun broke the goalscoring record in the league with 26 goals, whilst also breaking the club's record of 23 goals set by Zulham Zamrun in 2017. One not to be proud of was the discipline record we broke with 57 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Squad Statistics:
Makmun's Scoring Records:
Discipline Record:
As for awards, Makmun won the league's top goalscorer award, five goals ahead of second. Patrick somehow won Fans' Player of the Season ahead of Makmun, Thomas Rian Hermawan (like, seriously, the back-up 'keeper?) somehow won Signing of the Season ahead of Makmun. Zulkifli Sulaiman in Team of the Season despite starting a grand total of two matches. Gotta love Football Manager sometimes...
Makmun, Top Scorer:
End of Season Awards:
To confirm what I said last post, Indonesia will now get three spots for continental competition. As of 2021, the top three in the league (depending on the Indonesian Cup winner) will get a AFC Champions League place. Good news! Let's hope we can take advantage of it and get into Asia's elite next season.
Continental Competition Changes:
Thanks for reading the latest instalment of my career. The next update will come around two months into the new league campaign. As usual, my contract expires at around that time so who knows what could be on the horizon.
Cheers,
R96Skinner.
Career so far:
2016–2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) | (Singapore/1) | Trophies: 3 / Awards: n/a / Promotions: n/a / Relegations: n/a. resigned
2018– | Persib | (Indonesia/1) | Trophies: 0 / Awards: 4 / Promotions: 0 / Relegations: 0.
Trophies won:
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) S. League.
2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
Awards won:
2018 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, June.
2019 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, October.
#366857 Stop the Drop
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#366790 London City FC - A City On The Rise
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#366789 Nottingham Forest | 5 Year Plan - Road to Glory
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#366718 [FM17] Journeyman's Journey I
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Yellow/Red circle indicates my current job.
Orange/Green circle indicates my past jobs.
Looking Good:
This is the latest update of my Journeyman's Journey save, currently with Persib. With roughly four months left of the 2020 season, we fight on to try and achieve domestic Indonesian glory for the first time.
We started on a downer as we exited the Indonesian Cup after a second leg home loss to that team Mitra Kukar, who I hate playing against; always a tough opponent. We lost 0–1 so depart from the competition 1–2 on aggregate. Disappointing. After a friendly defeat to Persibangga, we went on a seven match unbeaten streak in the Super League. The run began with nil-two away win at Persiram, a side who were near the top at the time of this fixture. Prolific striking duo Sukron Makmun and Patrick getting a goal each. Another away fixture followed and another three points were gained as we beat Persiwa 1–2, Makmun on the scoresheet once more. We ended September with an annoying goalless stalemate with Arema.
Four league wins in a row were to come in October 2020. Pro Duta, strugglers, were beaten 3–2 at Si Jalak Harupat thanks to a stirring comeback from the lads. We found ourselves two goals down until the 69th-minute when Makmun got one back prior to Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan scoring a late double to save us from the jaws of defeat. Terrific stuff, it put us in a good place ahead of a huge encounter with leaders Sriwijaya with us being only two points behind the South Sumatra-based club. That showdown with the first place side took place on 10 October and we came away with a crucial one-goal victory thanks to K. Kurniawan's winner. That could be huge! Persik were our next opponents and it was imperative for us to follow up the Sriwijaya game with a strong performance and we did just that and ran out 3–1 winners thanks to a stunning hat-trick from that man Makmun. He has been a superb signing.
Mixed emotions in our last two matches of the month. Our penultimate game was against the aforementioned tricky Mitra Kukar and, to my surprise, we came away with the win but it took another almighty fightback. We were shocking in this fixture and after an early M. Alwi Slamat goal for Mitra, we didn't look likely to turn it around. However, goals on minute 89 and minute 90 from A. Rahman Lestaluhu and hot prospect Asep Syamsudin dramatically got us the points. Unbelievable turnaround, but one we were fortunate to win in truth. We rounded off this two-month spell with a loss to usual champions, but this season mid-table, Persipura. You could say we had a taste of our own medicine as Persipura won it in the 94th-minute after a beautiful free-kick from Kevin Abidin. Gutting.
Results:
League Overview:
Squad statistics look like this. Makmun is the hero right now!
Squad Statistics:
This strong run of form has won me my fourth Manager of the Month award with Persib. Lovely! Although, I'd love to start winning some team accolades rather than individual ones soon.
Manager of the Month:
Thanks for reading! The next update will come at the end of the season, can we claim our first Super League title with Persib. We'll see, it's gonna be tense that is for sure.
Cheers,
R96Skinner.
Career so far:
2016–2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) | (Singapore/1) | Trophies: 3 / Awards: n/a / Promotions: n/a / Relegations: n/a. resigned
2018– | Persib | (Indonesia/1) | Trophies: 0 / Awards: 4 / Promotions: 0 / Relegations: 0.
Trophies won:
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) S. League.
2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
Awards won:
2018 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, June.
2019 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, October.
#366703 [FM17] Climbing Jacob's Ladder (Part Deux)
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#366669 The Life and Times of Juan Cardoso
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#366668 SugarDaddy's Hexagon Challenge
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#366592 London City FC - A City On The Rise
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#366590 [FM17] Journeyman's Journey I
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Yellow/Red circle indicates my current job.
Orange/Green circle indicates my past jobs.
2020 Continues:
After an OK start to the 2020 campaign, we head into the midway point hoping to stake a claim for a successful season. This update will show all from 1 July to 31 August.
We start with the Indonesian Cup getting underway, we were drawn with second tier side Persijap. We won the first leg 3–1 at home and, despite losing the second leg 3–2 in my 100th game as Persib boss, we advanced to the second round. In between those cup ties, we met Persik in the league and came away with a terrific 1–4 victory with Patrick, playing in an severely unnatural shadow striker role and flourishing (for a few games at least), and Sukron Makmun grabbing a brace each. A 1–4 friendly win over PSKS followed before a thumping 5–0 home win over Celebest in the league, we were superb in this one with off-season signing Makmun continuing in his rich goalscoring form.
We won our next three fixtures, two in the league and one in the cup. Cilegon United and Bhayangkara, last season's champions, were put aside with 1–2 and 2–0 wins respectively. The cup win came against PSDS, we battered them 4–0 to, seemingly, kill the tie. Proud to see young striker Asep Syamsudin bagging two goals, both of which were absolutely sensational edge-of-the-box finishes. After the Bhayangkara win, we played the second leg of that PSDS cup encounter and all I can say is wow. We almost got humiliation elimination as the team threw away a FOUR-GOAL lead from leg one to be drawing 4–4 on aggregate after just TWENTY-EIGHT minutes in this leg two. We did field an incredibly rotated side filled with numerous youngsters (just like in the previous cup ties this season), iirc nine of the starting eleven in the second leg vs. PSDS were aged 20 or under. Still though, not good enough. Thankfully, despite it going to extra time, mid-season signing Stevanus Bungaran got a late goal to send us through - just!
The rest of August was, in truth, terrible. We played three Super League matches and failed to come away with 3pts in any of them. We disappointingly drew 2–2 with lower table team Pusamania Borneo before tying 1–1 with title rivals Bali United. We ended August's league action with a very poor performance as we lost 1–0 away to Persela. A first leg cup draw in Round 3 of the Indonesian Cup with Mitra Kukar finished the month's competitive action. We encountered Jakarta Timur in a friendly on 30 August and won 0–2.
So, as of 31 August 2020, we sit in fifth place but are only one point off of second place and only four points off first place, and we have games in hand on those above us. Still early days in a, as always, tight Indonesian Super League.
Results:
League Overview:
100 Games with Persib:
Squad statistics can be seen below, as you can see Makmun has suitably replaced Zulham Zamrun (now playing for current leaders Sriwijaya, scored just once though) as our main goalscorer with 12 goals in 15 appearances in league and cup; let's just hope Makmun doesn't lose his goalscoring ability overnight like Zamrun did! Ichsan Kurniawan, one of my signings a season or two ago, has been very good, as have Patrick and Idris Mulyana; the latter a very promising 18 year old LB who I've put my trust in this season and started every game when possible, he had one or two iffy games as you'd expect but overall he's been excellent.
Squad Statistics:
Talking of the squad, some more transfer business took place. We officially signed RM Bungaran (who has scored already for us) and we also signed midfielder Hendro Siswanto on a free, just for some squad depth as current back-up CMs M. Taufiq and Atep are quite injury prone. As for outs. Muhammad Riyadi left to join second tier Persigubin, he scored for us in the cup last season but wasn't that good. Three players joined second tier Perseru on loan as part of a affiliate deal we completed (see below), three promising players who will hopefully play games. Also seen below is the rest of our outgoings from the start of the season, which I forgot to include in my previous updates.
Two In:
Transfer Overview:
Affiliate Club:
July was a good month for the squad, as we took a clean sweep of the awards. Patrick won Player of the Month, just ahead of teammate Makmun. Patrick also won Goal of the Month for a strike vs. Cilegon United. Lastly, I won my third Manager of the Month award with Persib.
Player of the Month:
Goal of the Month:
Manager of the Month:
Bit of a big update this time around, it was an interesting two months. Thanks for reading! I'll be back in another two months for my next update. Have a nice day!
Cheers,
R96Skinner.
Career so far:
2016–2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) | (Singapore/1) | Trophies: 3 / Awards: n/a / Promotions: n/a / Relegations: n/a. resigned
2018– | Persib | (Indonesia/1) | Trophies: 0 / Awards: 3 / Promotions: 0 / Relegations: 0.
Trophies won:
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) S. League.
2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
Awards won:
2018 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, June.
2019 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.
2020 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, July.
#366582 Building A Nation: Wales
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#366580 Chester FC - Rising from the Ashes
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#366530 [FM17] Climbing Jacob's Ladder (Part Deux)
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#366518 [FM17] Climbing Jacob's Ladder (Part Deux)
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#366499 [FM17] Climbing Jacob's Ladder (Part Deux)
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#366483 Building a Nation: Northern Ireland
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#366482 The rise of the Roman eagle
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#366481 [FM17] Journeyman's Journey I
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Yellow/Red circle indicates my current job.
Orange/Green circle indicates my past jobs.
New Season:
Hello! This is the latest update for my Journeyman save. The goal is longevity really, I don't aim to win anything by any time as I just take it season-by-season and see what I can achieve. I'm currently managing Persib in Indonesia following a successful one-and-a-half years in Singapore with Albirex Niigata (S). Its got tougher with Persib, we're just about to head into season three with the Indonesian side.
Its been a while since my last update, 2 December to be exact. I took a (unplanned) festive period break from Football Manager 2017; reasoning being I lost a little love for FM and got busy over the Xmas period. Got the bug back now to continue this career. I hope you'll follow along. Happy New Year, by the way!
So, as is always the case, we began the year with pre-season friendlies. We played a load of lower-league sides and we won seven of the eight, scoring buckets of goals. The one loss came away to Persikabo. A decent pre-season, in which we made a number of signings which can be seen further down this post.
So, our 2020 Super League campaign got off to a winning start as we beat Persiwa 1–0, arguably our standout player last season Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan got the game's only goal. We subsequently went two games without victory as we drew twice in a row, firstly a 2–2 vs. Pro Duta and secondly a 1–1 with my bogey side Mitra Kukar. May's final league fixture came against Persegres Gresik United and we won 1–0 thanks to new signing's Sukron Makmun's second goal for Persib. We rounded off the month with a thrilling friendly win against PSB Bogor.
We played four matches in June, it began with a convincing performance from Persipura to condemn us to defeat, 1–3. Three points came our way in the next game though as we beat Barito Putera 2–0 at home, Makmun getting a goal as well as Manahati Lestusen. We finished June winless, Sriwijaya beat us on 20 June 2–1; the only bright note was that one of my substitutes got a goal (Juansyah), always nice when that happens. It also happened in the next game, versus Madura United, as Salim Burhanuddin won us a point.
Results:
League Overview:
Squad Statistics:
Transfers:
Future Signing:
We signed four players in the off-season. Sukron Makmun (6.25k), I mentioned him in my last update. A. Rahman Lestaluhu (75k), a defender, came in as did two goalkeepers. Thomas Rian Hermawan (7k) as back-up, and Izwan Mahbud (80k) as number one. Splashed the cash after a disappointing 2019 season. So far, Makmun had scored a few while Mahbud and Lestaluhu have done decent; Hermawan has played just once, likely play in the Indonesian Cup soon. Right midfielder Stevanus Bungaran is set to join us in August 2020.
Some pieces of news. Indonesia apparently now has two spots for continental competition, I assume it comes into play in 2021 as the league rules screen still says just first gets continental. Indonesian Cup winners get a continental place, but that's been the case for a few seasons before this news item. So, I assume from next season top two get continental football. Also, I signed a new one-year contract with Persib, lasting until June 2021.
Indonesia Continental Spots:
New Contract:
That'll do it for this update. The next one will come at the start of September 2020.
Cheers,
R96Skinner.
Career so far:
2016–2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) | (Singapore/1) | Trophies: 3 / Awards: n/a / Promotions: n/a / Relegations: n/a. resigned
2018– | Persib | (Indonesia/1) | Trophies: 0 / Awards: 2 / Promotions: 0 / Relegations: 0.
Trophies won:
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
2016 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) S. League.
2017 | Albirex Niigata (S) -- (Singapore) League Cup.
Awards won:
2018 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, June.
2019 | Persib -- (Indonesia) Manager of the Month, August.