Eric Portapotty Activity
Season 2058
Ok... So not quite 2058, as we finish off 2057 on the international front first:
Getting into the Caribbean Cup semifinals was our ticket to the Gold Cup, though it's also where we're guaranteed to meet the big guns of Caribbean f...
Apologies for going missing, work etc.
End of Season 2057
Getting the sideshow out of the way first:
he Final Group stage was always unlikely to be a successful venture for us, and having international callups around the Puerto Rico match pretty muc...
Midseason 2057
Same story as last year as we storm out the gates with a 6-0, and finish the regular season with 6(wins) also.
With the apparent dominance we have over the rest of the country finishing top is but a pre-requisite at this point - what...
Preseason 2057
Ah a final reminder of the wretched waste of time that was last season.
Nevertheless, we have been busy in anticipation for this campaign:
Even more fulltime fringe players out, replaced with a mix of foreign and local (loan) talents:...
Offseason 2056
Right, so after that depressing 5 months or so it was back to the to the relatively happier hunting ground of Guadelope:
Round 1 of the Caribbean Cup came and went, with us doing the barest of minimums to with both matches and put on a...
End of Season 2056
We start with some good news:
Well, after pissing off and releasing about half my squad and releasing all the instigators (including starting GK Raymons Rene), we finally find ourselves out of the hands of the receivers.
About that &...
Midseason 2056
Well it's been an interesting couple of months, what with the receivership, the repeated player complaints over the financial situation (which 1. I have no control over and 2. it's your fulltime wages that caused this mess in t...
Clubs in the Turks and Caicos Islands must either be really loyal to their managers, really reluctant to sack them or really take their time with new hires, such was the 9 months spent waiting for a job offer from there.
No matter, in that time we also...
A Goodbye to Anguilla
Yes, so with the Treble secured, it was time to bid farewell to this accursed land, but not before I try my damnedest at a last hurrah.
Finishing runners-up in the CFU Club Championship meant we qualified for the CONCACAF League - n...
Guadelope - Another Side Hustle in the Caribbean
So yes, I did get sacked by Tuvalu after we bombed out of the Pacific Mini Games in 2049, which meant 3 seasons to focus on (and fail with Diamonds).
Though with Montserrat's really short season of 3i...
Yeah about that...
After winning 5 straight trophies in under 18 months, it's not hard to see how my successor could've felt he achieved all he could with Diamond.
Oh but not me, oh not even close.
Diamond II: Retribution
The last time I wa...
A Montserratian Sojourn
After that nightmare stint, a fresh start was imperative, but where to? We've only got 2 other nations left in this Stage 1 - Montserrat and Turks & Caicos Islands.
Well the latter was well into its offseason (and its c...
Apologies for the extended delay, I lost access to my Twitter account and by association my Imgur (should've known better than to create an account with another social media account).
Fortunately... I have been playing in the interim, and there'...
My god, Phoenix Arrow
Blast from the past
Incredible that you managed to beat LCS and Albirex to the title mate, keep it up!
Midseason 2046/47
Another departure on deadline day - Theon Anthony was a backup CB filling in in midfield, and even he left.
So we signed a replacement, and (spoiler alert) another off the recommendation of our scout:
I really should've gon...
Haha, I'm honoured that I've made an impact in your FM enjoyment.
And to be honest, the way FM can be played nowadays you can really go years without buying a new one - hopefully your save also goes just as long!
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Between Clubs
A new job wasn't immediately forthcoming despite multiple applications, though within 2 months they did eventually get back to me:
Shine bright like a...
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B...
Preseason 2046/47
I don't think I've had a transfer roundup that summarised our window as completely:
2 key players out, and a former player's return as the top 3 moves of the window, and 3 of our 4 as a club.
Solomun leaving was a m...
Off/Preseason 2046
Ok... Not many fullbacks of any quality, so I eventually settled on a 3-4-3.
Lots of giants on both ends of the pitch, good stuff for some hoofball.
Oh and spoiler alert, Maio Petaia? So he had incurred a suspension in the last Paci...
I think it's only a matter of time that they lock out mods altogether tbh, or at least team names etc
End of Season 2045
Transfers out, in what has to be said was a very late window - opened with 3 league matches left, and closed on the eve of the final day:
Still, there was more than a bit of action - 3 midfielders out, and tbfh I'm not fussed a...
Gone (or going to be anyway), I really thought his thick skin will pull through and keep him in the job
Midseason 2045
A quick update for a quick half-season so far:
It's all been the league, and what a league it is, with their scheduling and all.
We started off with 3 wins in 8 days before a 24-day break, and then a gruelling 7-game month (6 of w...
Preseason 2045
Our 1st window, and it has to be said that it's quite the drop from San Marino to Eritrea (I mean, well of course when you consider the 2 countries).
From having European and African countries' players to look into to only Erit...
Ok... 2 months pass before job applications got back to me
As usual, Red Sea came forward first, so they got the signature.
(De)parting (for) the Red Sea
And so we find ourselves in one of the most impoverished and oppressed countries in the world, w...
Swansong at San Marino
Glad that we're receiving our flowers for that mental last season, well deserved.
Additionally, San Marino has managed to find itself back into the CL First Qualifying Phase for next season, and 2 teams into the EL First...
End of Season 2043/44
Cool performance in the quarters, no fuss throughout.
Same for the semifinal, I was expecting more from Tre Penne but that they couldn't muster a shot on target until their last minute goal speaks for itself.
Nicola Ceccol...
Regular Season 2043/44
We picked up where we left off and continued tearing the league a new one, finishing with 9 straight wins.
And so we finish the league with 56 points (not a record somehow - La Fiorita managed 57 about 14 seasons ago) and an e...
Midseason 2043/44
Steamrollering through the vast majority of matches with at least 3 goals in all our wins.
Arguably the only black mark on our results is the occasional mental block that seems to occur randomly, which leads to dropped points against...
Preseason 2043/44
Season 7 begins here:
2ish weeks of friendlies and some others last season preparing our defensive formation, and we still get pumped.
At least we do have a backup despite the loss, and some actual beatable opposition this time roun...
End of Season 2042/43
6 seasons in San Marino, 5 league titles, and we still can't buy a Coppa Titano trophy for love nor money.
Sure Folgore has shown good form this season, sure I was probably too cautious for making the team focus on defendin...
Regular Season 2042/43
Quite an eventful January window:
Zanotti leaving was seriously annoying - a tall left footed centreback complemented Pietro Ugolini lack of height well, and he had started most of our league games in the 1st half of the season....
Midseason 2042/43
Bit of an odd start, struggling to break open Folgore, finally doing so only to concede a late equaliser.
Cosmos was a mandatory 3 points given how they've been for a long while, and Tre Penne was desperately disappointing given...
Preseason 2042/43
Well... We go again:
Another vastly superior side in Maccabi Tel-Aviv, and we somehow scraped a draw.
Well ball don't lie as they say, even if it had to take another 90 minutes.
Not really sure what else to say here - they�...
Haha, helps that I've not bought 22 yet and I'm not that desperate to play 20 that I'll install Epic Launcher.
And yeah, thanks for following too!
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End of Season 2041/42
Well that's o...
Regular Season 2041/42
A stuttering season descends into a full-blown crisis.
Firing blanks in 4 of 7 games, and while we're usually ok when we score, the horrific reverse against Folgore only rubbed salt to our wounds.
Michelotti and Ferrucci hav...
Midseason 2041/42
Clearly a very frustrating season so far, starting with 4 points from 4 matches and losing both Virtus matches.
I don't know if De Letteriis' departure was the direct cause of this, but what I do know is Varela's way to...
Preseason 2041/42
Champions League Prelims had us pitted against Trepça of Kosovo, a better side than ours considering they'd made it to the 2nd round of Europa League qualifying last season.
A jammy, jammy win - being peppered with shot...
End of Season 2040/41
Coppa Titano quarterfinals, and a pretty easy win over Cailungo.
Ferrucci and Michelotti were at their best in a double act, and well we'll need them to replicate it in the semifinal - more so now because well, it's Tre...
Regular Season 2040/41
We start off with a bit of an impulse signing:
Federico Michelotti was released by Tre Fiori at the end of last season, and much like Gennari was unwilling to sign a non-contract deal.
Much like him too, he eventually caved in w...
Midseason 2040/41
3 for 3 in the SuperCoppa - some might dismiss supercups, but as far as I'm concerned these things are propping up my trophies to seasons ratio at over 1, so I'm counting these.
But of course the real meat is in the league:...
Preseason 2040/41
Bollocks, absolute bollocks.
So for context, in this year's CL preliminaries we had the usual suspects in us and Santa Coloma, with Maltese and Latvian champions in Birkirkara and Ventspils joining us - I don't know enough a...
Happy birthday Susie, been some good times around here
End of Season 2039/40
Less of an evisceration compared to last season, but a dominant performance regardless.
George Michael popping up on the far post to score twice was a particular highlight.
Far tighter against rivals Murata, Protti put a dampen...
Regular Season 2039/40
An unbeaten 2nd half of the season, which is undeniably great, but even here we find things to be pissed about - 4 draws, especially the Tre Fiori game where we failed to score against 9 men.
It speaks to the quality at the to...
Midseason 2039/40
7 wins from 9 is our best start to a season so far, being able to both blow teams out and grind out 1-0s.
Of course losing against Tre Penne and Virtus(!) puts puts a hell of a damper on things, especially finishing out the year with...
Preseason 2039/40
Back in the CL, and back to being drawn against Santa Coloma.
Much, much easier than our 1st encounter last season, and while we also had the fitness issues this time at least we didn't exacerbate it by playing Extra Time.
Rou...
End of Season 2038/39
The Coppa Titano came calling first, as we look to complete my San Marino Challenge:
A spectacular beatdown after going 2 behind in 15 minutes.
The 15th minute was also when Michelotti began his one-man demolition of the Tre Fior...