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#361420 Life On Campus (The Prelude)
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#361336 [FM17] The Career Of Fola
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#361095 [FM17] Journeyman's Journey I
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Little To Play For:
Update 15 of my Journeyman's Journey save, currently with Persib (IDN). In this one, we complete the 2019 season with, pretty much, only the Indonesian Cup at stake. Let's see how we got on between November 2019 and January 2020.
On 2 November, we faced Persipura. The champions of the last three seasons have, like us, been struggling this season and looked very unlikely to win a fourth consecutive title. They did however take away the three points from our meeting as they won by a single goal. Our next league fixture, vs. Persepam iirc, was postponed due to international call-ups, this actually helped our Indonesian Cup quest as it allowed us extra time to prepare for the semi-final first leg. We took advantage of the extra rest by playing one friendly, a friendly we won 1–5 against Pesik.
Then came the first leg of the cup semi-final, versus Mitra Kukar. We disappointingly drew leg one 1–1, a fair result for both but certainly not the result we needed ahead of leg two in a week's time. The Persepam match was then played days later, we drew with the eventually relegated side 2–2. Days after that saw us play the second leg of our Indonesian Cup fixture with Mitra Kukar, we drew again but, despite a pretty good performance, we were eliminated on away-goals. Kick in the teeth, we should've advanced. So, the cup is out of contention and the league wasn't looking pretty either as we sat twelve points off the top with only a few more points than that to play for. The season was all but over.
We still had six Super League fixtures to fulfil, plus a third place play-off in the cup against runaway league toppers Bhayangkara. We would go onto lose just one of our final seven matches of the campaign. It began with a scintillating victory over Persegres Gresik United, we were absolutely outstanding as we won 4–1; should've won by more really. We followed that up with a 1–1 tie versus Cilegon United, Atep scored a penalty; as he would in two of our next four games. After those two league matches came the Indonesian Cup play-off and we managed to finish third as we beat the inform league side 1–2 after extra time, a good thing but the main plus was young debutant, just promoted from the U21s due to injuries to In Joon-Yeon and Shôsuke Ishida, Rahman Sasongko grabbing a nicely taken goal. Always nice to see youth players take their chance.
Our fourth to last met was with Barito Putera, a side who sat sixth as we sat fifth. It was a thrilling encounter, but one we lost after being defeated 3–4; despite leading 3–1 at one stage. That last fixture showed what this season was all about. A season that held promise but has ended rather flat. Very disappointing. We went through back-to-back 1–1 draws next versus Pusamania Borneo and Mitra Kukar respectively. The final match of the season and the first of 2020 was against Semen Padang, we won 1–0 which subsequently relegated our opponents. That last match was pointless for us though, I used it as a chance to give youth a further chance as I fielded six players under the age of 20; just one (Idris Mulyana) could be considered proper first-team. It was one of the youngsters who won us the encounter, Salim Burhanuddin did just that by scoring a sensational long-range strike.
With the season done and dusted, we ended up finishing sixth in the Super League, ten points off of impressive champions Bhayangkara. A tough season to take, we certainly didn't meet expectations. We must go again in 2020! As usual, the squad statistics and latest tactic can be seen below.
Results:
League Overview:
Squad Statistics:
End Tactic:
Yeah, the tactics were a mess this season. Nothing seemed to stick for a sustainable amount of time. After a shocker of a season, the board are actually OK with me (see below) although my contract (see below) does end in June 2020. I'm hopeful it'll get extended, I feel I can achieve things with this club but it's gonna take time. Speaking of the future, we have already signed someone for next season (see below). Lastly, the end of season awards can also be seen below.
Board:
Contract:
New Signing:
End of Season Awards:
Yes, the new signing is one we've poached off of the surprise champions, Bhayangkara. He goes by the name of Sukron Makmun. He is Indonesian and has just come of a 29 goals in 39 appearances for our domestic rivals, he isn't on the young side but we need new blood upfront and I feel he can do a job in the short-term while our youngsters grow. As for awards, no idea how Zulham Zamrun got voted second as POTY, he has been truly dire. Ichsan Kurniawan (voted best signing and YPOTY, thankfully) has been very good and should've been top three for POTY.
Thanks for reading this latest post, I'll be back after two months of league action; hopefully I'll still be Persib manager by then!
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.
#360952 Celtic - A Squad Building Exercise
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#360885 Building a Nation: Northern Ireland
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#360884 Dafuge Challenge: Coalville Town
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#360801 [FM17] Journeyman's Journey I
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Painful, Painful, Painful:
Thank you for choosing to read my last career update with Indonesian Super League side Persib, this one includes all trials and tribulations between September 2019 and October 2019. As you can tell from the update's title, it hasn't exactly been good.
We begin with an extraordinary Indonesian Cup third round second leg tie, as we met tier two club Madiun Putra and held a 3–0 lead. The second leg incredibly ended 5–6 in our favour, it was quite something and quite embarrassing in truth; it was also a sign of things to come unfortunately. Even more shocking than the scoreline was that Zulham Zamrun miraculously scored a hat-trick, the only real bright moment (other than the win, obviously) was that youngster Uston Iswahyudi managed to get another goal. We returned to league action next and beat PSMS 2–4 thanks to four first half goals. So, just the ten goals scored in two matches.
That's, pretty much, as good as it got to be honest. September continued with a match against Persiram, one we lost at home by one goal to nil. Next saw us go to Sriwijaya and lose further as goals from Sutanto Tan, Bayu Pradana and Novan Setya sent us to defeat; despite a Yusuf Harjanto double. We managed to seek some respite as we won two of our next three games, not bad but sadly the two wins were in the cup against second division opponents. They came against Persip and we progressed 7–3 on aggregate. A league encounter with Persik fell in between the cup ties and we lost, again.
Then came what I can only describe as a diabolical defeat to leaders Bhayangkara as we were obliterated 6–1 (six! one!). Admittedly, four of their goals came in the final twelve minutes as we went all out attack but the score remains, it was an utter shambles on our part. We deserved to get destroyed, just like in the reverse fixture; which, in all honesty, should've ended like this one too. Pure embarrassment for the club's supporters. iirc we were second before the game and only about five points off of Bhayangkara, this result killed us. I must say, despite all of what I just said which is true, Bhayangkara are a fantastic team, the way they attack is frightening.
It didn't get easier next as then came a meeting with third place Bali United and no prizes for guessing what happened, we were convincingly beaten 1–2. We actually went four unbeaten in our following four fixtures, but two were in the Indonesian Cup. We ended a run of five straight league losses as we picked up a fortunate point at home to Perseru, we somehow went two goals ahead in that one but our luck ran out later in the match as Perseru fought back to 2–2. In the next Super League game, a week later, we again drew 2–2 vs. Persela, and although it was different opposition the performance was near identical. This time we managed get back level from 0–1 to 1–1 and 1–2 to 2–2 but that was only due to two own-goals. Once more, we were dreadful. As for the table, we are currently fourth and are eight points off of the leaders.
Thankfully, we found solace in the Indonesian Cup; despite playing our "weaker" line-up throughout. After wins versus Persiwa, Persijap, Mediun Putra and Persip (who all play in the second tier, the Indonesian Premier Division) we found ourselves in the quarter-finals to face Medan Jaya (lower league side, not even in the second tier) for a spot in the semi-finals. Despite atrocious league form, I stuck to my guns and fielded a "weaker" line-up and they repaid my faith as they won 3–1 in the first leg and 2–3 in the second leg. That means we are into the SFs, we will face Mitra Kukar; a side who knocked us out at Round 4 last season. With the league pretty much gone, I will most likely concentrate on the Indonesian Cup now.
Results:
League Overview:
*That* Defeat to Bhayangkara:
As you'd expect, the squad performances have been awful but can be seen below as always, likewise the current tactic. Despite our Super League form, the board are still happy with me which is a relief. Media pressure is building, though.
Squad Statistics:
Tactics:
Board Confidence:
That's all for now. Thanks for following along for this update, the next one will be at the end of the season.
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.
#360713 Surpassing Rangers And Celtic (Bathgate Thistle)
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#360519 [FM17] Journeyman's Journey I
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An Excellent Few Months:
After an odd few months in my previous update, we return to take on July and August's fixtures as we continue the 2019 season.
The year's seventh month began with us, Persib, kicking off our Indonesian Cup campaign with a first leg against Persiwa (tier two). We ran out comfortable 4–0 winners, Idris Mulyana started the scoring before Uston Iswahyudi (more on him soon) grabbed a brace either side of a In Joon-Yeon goal. Our first Indonesian Super League encounter of July was against Persela, we won that 2–3. We won the second leg of the Persiwa tie 0–1 via an Iswahyudi strike. On 14 July, we faced mid-table promoted club Cilegon United (my 100th match in management!) but came away as losers despite a Sergio van Dijk fifth-minute goal. We hit back with vengeance as we went onto score nine goals in the next two league fixtures. We visited Persegres Gresik United and annihilated them 2–5, defender Khokok Roniarto scored first before goals from Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan, Sergio van Dijk (x2) and Patrick followed.
Next, we met Persepam and knocked four past them as we won 4–1, we were 3–0 up after 33 minutes. Round 2 of the Indonesian Cup came knocking after, we were drawn to face Persijjap (tier two). We won leg one 0–1 (Atep 45'+1), we won leg two 3–1 (Anindito Wahyu Erminarno hat-trick!) to advance 4–1 overall. Between the two cup legs, we continued our fine form with a well earned away win versus Barito Putera. Our following Super League game was against Pusamania Borneo, who have had a great season so far and that showed as they held us to a 2–2 tie. Mitra Kukar, our slight bogey team, were up next and we eased past them by winning 3–1. Semen Padang were our subsequent opponents and we came away with the points thanks to an extraordinary performance from Patrick, he bagged a sensational four goals to give us a 2–4 victory on the road.
Madiun Putra (again, tier two) were our foes in the Indonesian Cup third round, we played the first leg of that in our penultimate August fixture and simply won 3–0. Shôsuke Ishida scored two PKs while Zulham Zamrun, our top scorer last season but way down the pecking order now, ended a thirteen match goal drought to finally score. The final match of the month was against bottom of the table Arema and we, despite starting fairly poorly, eventually ran out comfortable winners.
It has been a brilliant two months, it leaves us second and one point off of surprise leaders Bhayangkara who, despite dropping points more lately, are still going well at the top. Below second, we are six points clear of third place and nine points clear of Persipura (usual champs) but they do have a game in hand. It's looking good but there's still loads of football to be played.
Results:
League Overview:
100 Games:
Tactics, see below: We remain with the 4-2-3-1. It's been very successful of late, but that can change in a split second. Squad, see below: Patrick has found his scoring boots again (14 in 15!), Atep and M. Taufiq have worked their way back into the starting eleven after being dropped, Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan and Sergio van Dijk have been on form while Made Wirawan has secured himself as our number one goalkeeper. As I mentioned earlier, young striker Iswahyudi came in for the Indonesian Cup first round and made a great impact scoring three times in two matches. He has an incredible record of 16 goals in 7 appearances for the Under-21s. Very young LB Mulyana is our first-choice full-back now too.
Talking of the players, on the transfer (see below) front we've signed Manahati Lestusen (MF) for depth on a free while out of favour midfielder Febri Hariyadi left to join Barito Putera for 16.25K!
Tactics:
Squad Statistics:
Transfers:
Uston Iswahyudi's U21 Record:
On a final note, we won our second personal award of the save as we won the Manager of the Month award for August. Our second MOTM award with Persib.
Manager of the Month:
Thanks for reading the latest update of my career. I appreciate it!
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.
#360515 Asian Adventure
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#360514 Building a Nation: Northern Ireland
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#360351 [FM17] Journeyman's Journey I
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Yellow/Red circle indicates my current job.
Orange/Green circle indicates my past jobs.
An Odd Few Months:
Hello, and welcome to update thirteen on my Journeyman's Journey save. We are currently in Indonesia with Persib, which follows a successful spell in Singapore with Albirex Niigata (S). In this update, we begin our second season with the Indonesian Super League club.
First of all, I mentioned in my last update that my contract with Persib was due to end in the middle of this season. Thankfully, the board offered me a new deal which I subsequently accepted. I'm here for another year!
New Contract:
As for the transfer window: We signed Johan Juansyah (MF), Anindito Wahyu Erminarno (MF) and Ichsan Kurniawan (MF). Juansyah arrived in a swap deal for M. Rizal Lestaluhu, who wasn't needed by me but was conveniently wanted by Juanyah's former club PSM Makassar. Erminarno was signed for squad depth while Kurniawan, the main signing, was purchased for 65K from Sriwijaya. I am happy with my incoming business. Outs wise, a load left on loan while Hendra Wijaya left to join Persiraja for 5.5K and third choice goalkeeper M. Ridwan was released.
Transfers:
Pre-season began in March 2019 and ended in April, we played nine fixtures and won eight of them. The defeat to Persikabo aside, we were absolute superb throughout and scored goals galore; 43 goals overall. I was very pleased with how our preparations had went. I of course hoped we could carry it on in the league.
The league began on 4 May with a match-up with Arema at their Kanjuruhan stadium, we came away as winners after a sublime Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan first half hat-trick. Then came a very convincing 4–2 home win over newly promoted PSMS, a match that Patrick came away from with a brace. We followed back-to-back wins with back-to-back away defeats as we first lost to Persiram and secondly to Persik. We stopped the rot in our next fixture as we beat last season's surprise package, Sriwijaya, 1–0 thanks to a Patrick strike.
However, we returned to losing ways as we were demolished 0–2 (should've been by more) by this season's surprise flyaway leaders Bhayangkara, they were absolutely sensational while we were abysmal. Thankfully it was just one defeat on the bounce as we then went three unbeaten. We visited Bali United next and beat them by two goals to one, we were poor in this one but new signing I. Kurniawan stole us the three points by scoring once and (basically) assisting the own-goal. He was instrumental in the next game to as we smashed promoted Perseru 4–1 at home, Sergio van Dijk scored two penalties before I. Kurniawan topped it off after a Yusuf Harjanto goal. The final match of June was a decent 2–2 draw versus reigning champions (of the last three years) Persipura, we actually deserved the win but we had Hariono sent off at 2–1 so 2–2 was inevitable.
Interestingly, before the Bali United match I actually drastically changed the team about. Formation was changed numerous times before this point, so I decided to change it once more but to return to the familiar 4-2-3-1. Another big thing changed was the line-up itself, regular and previously crucial first-teamers Shahar Ginanjar (GK), Atep (MF), In Joon-Yeon (MF), M. Taufiq (MF), Patrick (FW) and Zulham Zamrun (FW) were all dropped and replaced with players who hadn't played much since me joining, and so far they have repaid my faith.
Results:
League Overview:
So, it's been an odd few months to start the season. A cracking pre-season, a good start, then a woeful patch of form followed by a good end to it. We slightly surprisingly (given general form) see us in 4th and only three points off of the leaders. I'm content with it overall. Usual champions Persipura are way down in 11th, but they always start the season slowly and I have no doubts, come the end of the season, they'll be up around the top. As for tactics, it's been shambolic recently but as I said we've settled on the 4-2-3-1 again. Squad performances have been iffy, but they can be seen below.
Tactics:
Squad Statistics:
That concludes this update. As always, I'd like to thank you all for reading and hope you all have a super Sunday. I will, if my team Manchester United can finally find form in the league!
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: 1 / 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.
#360273 Life On Campus (The Prelude)
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#360272 Emulating Sacchi
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#360111 Asian Adventure
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#360091 FMREGEN: FULL CIRCLE
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#360058 Building a Nation: Northern Ireland
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#359899 [FM17] Journeyman's Journey I
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Thanks for your comment! Appreciate it. It's difficult for sure, but it's fun.
#359892 [FM17] Journeyman's Journey I
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Indeed the cup did get in the way a little, despite playing complete reserves for the majority but had to use my first-teamers for the second leg vs. Mitra Kukar to try and salvage the tie. Bit of a mixture between league and cup imo. Thanks for commenting!
#359823 FM 2017 - Blackburn Rovers RTG
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#359782 [FM17] Journeyman's Journey I
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Season Draws To A Close:
We regained form at the right time in the previous update to go back to the summit of the Indonesian Super League with Persib, in this update the league season will draw to a close as we face the final eight fixtures as we aim to win the title for the first-time.
It all kicked off with a match against Persik, we exited the game with the three points after goals from Patrick and Atep for a 1–2 win. A 1–3 friendly win over Persikota followed before a league derby loss to Madura United. Another win in an exhibition fixture came (vs. Persis Solo) before we suffered a second Super League defeat in a row with a 2–4 home loss to Bali United. It went from bad to worse on Matchday 30 with yet another loss, this time away to Persela. On 12 December 2018, we won domestically for the first-time since 3 November after beating fourth place Barito Putera 1–2.
Going into the final three fixtures, we were second. On the next matchday we came away with zero points again as we lost to Arema, that put us five points behind leaders Persipura with two matches remaining. We headed into the penultimate game as we met bottom of the table Celebest, needing to win to keep the title race alive. However, we
predictablysurprisingly drew 2–2 with the strugglers to give Persipura their third title in three years. We ended the season with a 0–2 win away to high-flying Persiram.Results:
League Overview:
Well, that was bitterly disappointing. Everything that could've gone wrong, did go wrong. Defeats, big injuries, international call-ups, abruptly ending tactics. It's a shame, easily the better team throughout the campaign but it is what it is. As I said, the 3-4-3 tactic was working fine until not one, not two, not three, but four strikers got injured in the space of a few weeks (two first-teamers, and even two youngsters I called up to the seniors who got injured a few days later. Weird.
End Tactic:
Squad stats can be seen below. All of what I just said aside, our wingers turned to utter rubbish. Shôsuke Ishida, Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan and In Joon-Yeon all of sudden couldn't play football. Patrick's (only fit striker for the majority) goals slowed while Zulham Zamrun got injured (along with Sergio van Dijk, Asep Syamsudin and another young striker) on international duty. Throughout the last two updates number one goalkeeper, Shahar Ginanjar, was injured (until the last day) so Made Wirawan had to fill in but, in fairness, he done OK. Erwin Kurnia (16 yo youngster) got another goal, he's impressed me; well, as much as he could considering.
Squad Stats:
End of season awards were announced. All fairly given. On another note, my Persib contract runs out in the middle (yes, middle) of next season, hopefully I can get an extension. Odd how some league do contracts like this, a load of the first-team squad are on the same boat. Finally, after me having to severely convince them, the board have agreed to let me go on my next coaching course for my Continental C Licence.
Awards:
My Contract:
Coaching Course:
Thanks for reading the latest update of my Journeyman's Journey career. This season proved to be very frustrating, but we will have to go again next season and try to go one step better and win the Indonesian Super League. The next update will be after two months of league football have been played (unless the board don't renew my contract, then it may be sooner).
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: 1 / 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.
#359746 Building a Nation: Northern Ireland
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#359658 [FM17] Journeyman's Journey I
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Orange/Green circle indicates my past jobs.
Meet Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
With half of the league fixtures done, we began our run of the final 17 matches with Persib sitting top of the Indonesian Super League. Could we keep it going?
Persib's first match of the month came on 2 September as we faced newly promoted Celebest, the game disappointingly ended scoreless. The second leg of our Indonesian Cup Round 3 tie came up next and we eased through 5–0 on aggregate after winning 0–2. Bhayangkara visited us next in the Super League and left with all the points after winning 2–3. We obtained our first three points of the month in a 2–0 away victory over PSM Makassar on 16 September. Then came the first of three meetings in four matches with Mitra Kukar, firstly in the league with the other two coming in the Indonesian Cup fourth round. The league game ended in a thrilling 3–3 draw, a game that went from 1–0 to 1–1 to 2–1 to 2–2 to 3–2 to 3–3 as we threw away the lead three times.
Again hosting Mitra Kukar, the cup fixture was next and this time we lost 0–1 meaning we had work to do in leg two. A match-up with last season's league champions Persipura was sandwiched between the Indonesian Cup ties, it ended badly as we were thumped 1–3 but one good thing was that youngster Erwin Kurnia (16yo) scored on his debut. Second leg of the fourth round cup tie was played after and we drew 2–2 but went out on aggregate, a decent second leg display but the first leg let us down tremendously. By the end of this horrid form, we were knocked off of top spot in the league for the first time in a long while. It was falling apart, so a change of tactic was urgently needed (see below for full detail of new tactic).
We switched from the highly successful 4-3-3 to an untested, unfavoured (by me) 3-4-3. This allowed us to use three strikers (as the 4-3-3 was one striker, two wide men) for the first-time of Sergio van Dijk, Zulham Zamrun and off-season signing Patrick; who has had very limited game time and started moaning and wanting to leave in the middle of that bad form, I said I'd play him in the future fixtures. And, as you're about to find out, he walked the walk after talking the talk; his first start iirc was in that 3–3 vs. Mitra Kukar where we scored twice.
Persepam (A) were next in the league and we regained first place with an infuriating 2–3 away win. We took a two-goal lead via two penalties, getting two penalties is shocking enough nevermind scoring them both! Our joy was short lived as, with two goals either side of the interval, Persepam found their way back to 2–2. Thankfully, that man Patrick popped up with a winner on 65 minutes. We returned home to host Persiba Bantul and subsequently won by two clear goals, with that man Patrick scoring after 45 seconds and the usually reliable Zulham scoring. Some positive form, at last! We rounded off October 2018 with two further solid victories against mid-table Persegres Gresik United and high-flying surprise package Sriwijaya. An excellent end to an update that started dreadfully.
Results:
League Overview:
The New Tactic:
Squad Statistics:
That will just about do it for this update. After it looking bleak at the start, shame about the cup exit but it has ended nicely and we're four points clear in the league with eight matches to go; which is when the next update will be, at the end of the season. It's tight in the Super League! Appreciate those who are reading, thank you.
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: 1 / 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.
#359629 Asian Adventure
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#359628 Surpassing Rangers And Celtic (Bathgate Thistle)
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#359580 FM17 - Bayer Leverkusen
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#359577 Emulating (Surpassing) Red Bull
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#359535 Academia
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#359534 FM 2017 - Blackburn Rovers RTG
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Good news! Best of luck for the rest of the season!
#359476 The Southern Westfield
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