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Hell yeah! I'm definitely pumped for this @Dan !

VIRSLĪGA MATCHDAY 3 Better late than never as Marcel Newton delivered us our third win in a row. Game was a slow burner that failed to get going until the late goal, Janis Dobrecovs deserving praise to come off the bench and whip in the sumptuous cr...

Perhaps reluctantly, I've secured my short term future with Gulbene. But I tied in some of my own terms in doing so. TRANSFERS (DEADLINE DAY) OUT Sillers got too gobby in wanting first team football which isn't going to happen with...

A dilemma on my hands as a vacancy at Ventspils has become available. Obviously the fans think I'm doing wonders for their club, hoping I stay on. Nation: Latvia Media Prediction (Odds): 2nd/8 (13-4 2F) Expectations: Challenge for title Pros...

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Another crack at the British (and Irish) Steel Challenge

@bcsaulJ - Hoping it's better than this one, far too inconsistent. ___________________________________________ A tight vote for player of the season this year, but it's Edgars Knapsis who came out on top of the rest. Probably due to his lo...

VIRSLĪGA MATCHDAY 28 Perhaps a lucky escape and a Godly performance from Vitalijs Osipovs to save a late penalty. Very end to end with neither side breaking skin, Nikolajs Apins came closest for us but denied by the Jelgava keeper. Not ideal, but as...

SQUAD SELECTION One thing I absolutely detest about jobs like this, other coaches up the pecking order move our best players up to U21 or senior level. No Turkus, no Potocnik, no Lovric, no hope we'll qualify from this. UEFA U19 CHAMPIONSHIPS...

@bcsaulJ - Crucial indeed, but we do have a decent run of games until the end of the season. ___________________________________________ VIRSLĪGA MATCHDAY 24 Relegated Babite in brutal fashion and not letting them have a sniff of the game. Ruslans...

YOUTH INTAKE Every manager's Christmas is youth intake and got a rather generous spawn. Two stood out from the rest. Jurgis Daugavietis - AM(C) - youth intake Timely when we need more playmakers in the team, especially in the more advanced a...

SQUAD SELECTION Far more to choose from with my 23 to face Ukraine and San Marino, especially in the centre back department. Zürich's Lovric and Potocnik from Olimpija being key entrants as well as our strongest striker Miha Turkus from M...

VIRSLĪGA MATCHDAY 16 Slumped to our fourth defeat in a row in all competitions. Undone by set pieces twice; Osipovs failed to get to Grigorovs' header and the other was a 30 yard worldie by Mohammed Abubakar. Don't let our 17 shots deceive...

TRANSFERS OUT We said our goodbyes to Pavel Klimasevics who accepted a contract offer to Rezeknes FA out of the blue. Slightly disappointed as I thought Pavels did play a key role in the wide areas, shame he's dropped to the lower tiers. IN...

VIRSLĪGA MATCHDAY 8 The second of three meetings with Spartaks in the space of a week, gut-retchingly close to stealing a valuable point. All credit must go to Klimasevics on the left who schooled their right back and crossed in for an unlikely lead...

VIRSLĪGA MATCHDAY 3 Took a bite out of Babite to kickstart our season. Gutkovskis finally popped his Gulbene cherry twice after eighteen scoreless appearances. Our sluggish start paid off when we reeled them in to a three pronged attack, Gutkovski...

UEFA UNDER 19 QUALIFIERS SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND SQUAD SELECTION Injuries have plagued a lot of key young players in the selection, massively in the centre back area. Of course not having familiarity with this squad clouds my judgement if I've...

VIRSLĪGA MATCHDAY 1 Didn't quite outlast Spartaks this time and a brace from Nigerian prince Vincent Abah in either half got us off to the worst possible start. Varazinskis' outstretched leg catching Subochev to which Abah granted Spartaks...

@bcsaulJ - The signings I've made have given me a lot more faith in staying up. How far we'll be up the table come October/November is the real quiz. @Dan - They'll be coming in hot, don't worry! _____________________________________...

TRANSFERS OUT The ONE player I absolutely NEEDED to hold onto has left for the Latvian capital to join Riga FC, despite me offering him a new deal with a pay rise. 16 assists, 13 man of the match awards last season, good luck to the mercenary. Num...

Leaving Ferizaj wasn’t exactly a hard decision to make given recent form, packing my bags as soon as the pen dropped to sign my name with my new club. Two out of three Baltic states are out of the way, the third and final quest brings me to the...

SUPERLIGA MATCHDAY 14 Absolute state of this game. Not sure if it were football or mixed martial arts they were playing but the referee was having none of it. Game itself was an absolute farce with neither side bringing anything to the keepers. Fear...

SUPERLIGA MATCHDAY 9 I'm ready to hurl this laptop into orbit. Trepça looked like they were pinned against the ropes from 11 rounds with their saviour Cvek Sekuljica keeping his clean sheet in tact. Fingertipped a header from Julian Ag...

@bigmattb28 - Thanks for the positive comments. Medium database with select number of leagues running on an i7 processor. It is indeed the Vitrex skin, the best skin ever to grace FM. @bcsaulJ - Fingers crossed! _________________________________________...

Nation: Macedonia Media Prediction (Odds): 4th/10 (15-2) Expectations: Continental football/challenge for the league Pros: Stronger squad than Ferizaj. Played against them enough to know their weaknesses. Better chances of getting into Europe. Cons:...

@Dan - You should know me by now. @bcsaulJ - I'll be planning some big moves if given enough funds for the next year, otherwise I'm outta here! ___________________________________________ The Croatian saviour Ivan Ercegovac is definitely...

@Dan - Stop that now, we're doing just fine. __________________________________________ FERIZAJ Nation: Kosovo Media Prediction (Odds): 5th/12 (14-1) Current Position: 9th Expectations: Mid-table Pros: Good squad to work with. Have a pedigree o...

SUPERLIGA MATCHDAY 24 Prishtina let off the hook big time. The Ferizaj boys came out of the blocks strong and immediately harassed their penalty area, how Kastrati headed onto the post from 2 yards out I'll never know. Ercegovac continued to be...

@Dan - What are you on about? I haven't lost a game yet! @Revans - Very nice to hear that, thanks for the support! I have already unlocked Latvia and Macedonia but Georgia will be the next nation up once I win a top division or domestic cup in th...

KUPA E KOSOVËS SECOND ROUND Needed to take the penalty route to advance forward against Drita. Two key opportunities we failed to take in the first half could've made the task easier, Ventura missing from close range while Besnik Lekaj bro...

@Dan @bcsaulJ - Honestly, no other jobs were available and besides if I'm successful in Kosovo - it unlocks a new nation. ___________________________________________ No ins, no outs, no drama, no friendlies...nothing to report. Oh, except thi...

A fan of Donald Trump eh? Best of luck with this, very rare to see a save in Israel!

SUPERLIGA MATCHDAY 17 I dare say we got lucky by virtue of Drita's inability to finish. Took a late first half piledriver from Ercegovac to make it a winning debut. In fact, we had the better chances on top of the goal as Dritan Jaupi brought a...

Crossing the border into one of the first loaded nations in this save, only taken me three and a half decades to finally land a job in Kosovo. KF Ferizaj facilitate my 22nd job in management. Ferizaj were one of the first clubs behind Prishtina and F...

Always have a soft spot for Scottish lower league save, definitely following!

Nation: Kosovo Media Prediction (Odds): 5th/12 (14-1) Current Position: 9th Expectations: Mid-table Pros: Good squad to work with. Have a pedigree of winning the Kosovo league in recent years. Still in the cup. Cons: Struggling badly in the division...

@b0nb0n - Yeah, it's a shame it ended this way. Far too inconsistent. @bcsaulJ - Not sure what the plan is, but you'll soon find out! @Dan - Glad to see you're still following this, cruel indeed but things are about to change. __________...

@bcsaulJ - Too many to count haha, probably over 50 since he's joined! __________________________________________ 1.MFL MATCHDAY 33 ASDFGHJKL;'##!!1 I absolutely hate losing in injury time. Two own goals at either end didn't exactly...

@bcsaulJ - Cheers for the support dude, hoping it'll pay off come the end of the season. ___________________________________________ 1.MFL MATCHDAY 29 Good solid draw to disrupt Shkëndija's title pursuit. Arguably, we had them on...

YOUTH INTAKE Far from our best intake, but given the trajectory of previous figures like Kristian Lleshi and Mario Hoxha, Rudi Kelmendi could follow suit. Rudi Kelmendi - D(C) - youth intake Isn't a million miles away from a starting positio...

1.MFL MATCHDAY 22 Back to our cutting edge selves, winning narrowly but dominating proceedings. Despite the flurry of half chances, one did hit the back of the net - Altosar assisting on his debut with a pass into Syväjärvi to power home f...

TRANSFERS IN Two recognisable names for the diehards who followed me at Infonet. Karl Altosar - M(C) - free transfer from Infonet Have a lot of faith in this midfield maestro since his days of coming through the Infonet academy, now he rocks the...

@bcsaulJ - Problem is the team is rather inconsistent. Hoping to get to the final rather than just the semis. 1.MFL MATCHDAY 19 I mean it's hardly an achievement to beat a side who've won once all season. All over them in the first hal...

1.MFL MATCHDAY 15 Ughhhh..we didn't deserve to lose this but all our good efforts were in vain. An even contest turned toward Rabotnički's side of the scales with two goals coming towards the break, including a penalty deep into the injury...

@bcsaulJ - Thank you man, I'll keep this going don't worry! ____________________________________________ 1.MFL MATCHDAY 9 Crawled over the line to see off C55, yet again a penalty getting us off the mark. Syvä didn't sweat t...

1.MFL MATCHDAY 6 There is only one Martin Bastig! The tall Estonian denying Rabotnički a predicted victory, crucially swatting away a penalty to keep the game honours even. Poor attacking display from us, barely broke into their 18 yard area. MATCH...

1.MFL MATCHDAY 1 Off to a good start, though it was only against newbies C55 - a rather vicious C55. Took a penalty to eventually picklock our way in front, Syväjärvi opening his account for the season. Former left back Adis Skando welcome...

Nation: Gibraltar Media Prediction (Odds): 2nd/10 (9-2) Expectations: Challenge for title Pros: Far stronger squad than Renova. Top three finishes for over twenty years. Definite title challengers. European football almost a guarantee. Cons: Boca Ju...

I have a soft spot for Sochaux, will follow!

Players come and go in a brief span; some leave as favourites, some leave as forgotten foes, some even leave as mercenaries - Conor leaves as a true CJL hall of famer. Twenty two years in the game starting from his rise through the ranks at Dungann...