Eric Portapotty Activity

"Midseason" 2029/30 First stop was international duty with the Northern Marianas, with a couple of friendlies to gear ourselves up for the Pacific Mini Games. Not an encouraging 1st game, losing to Eritrea with our wide 4-3-3 being worryingly i...

I've never actually used that ultimatum option, you had balls for going all the way. Wait to see if the Dinamo manager does move clubs, then maybe apply for that? Try to get them back to the top.

Why do you do this to me In other news, bottom half hype train choo choo

Imagine waking up at 3 to watch this game, I didn't Imagine caring about football

Somalie Cup 2029/30 Well, yikes. A game against last season's relegated team and we were comfortably outplayed. Admittedly I'd set the team up to play on the counter (in anticipation of getting beaten in the league, so I did call it in a way)...

My days, you've finally gotten yourself out of that Georgian prison, congrats

Preseason 2029/30 So, Gaadiika: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaadiidka_FC There's next to nothing about them online, other than they're a Somalian club - well if nothing else I can at least provide some insight on the players that we have:...

Haha, thanks man! -------------------------------------------------------- Off Season 2029/30 A final hurrah for us before we go our separate ways. And I have departed indeed. Absolute hilarity that the club could come back begging for me though...

Haha why? I mean yeah, they're top dogs and all, but at least we did one over them already. ------------------------------------------------------------------ End of Season 2028/29 As expected, we dominated the game and came away with 2 goals....

Playoffs 2028/29 Oooooo revenge is sweet - dominated them at home, and aside from the (admittedly frequent) counterattacks we weren't looking like relinquishing the lead, even if it took us a bit late to add some gloss to the scoreline. Could'...

Regular Season 2028/29 26 shots and only 3 on target speaks for itself, not to mention the 3 times as struck the woodwork. That said we probably won't ever be as comfortable against Lyford Cay, and that we eventually did score for the win was the...

Preseason 2028/29 We'll start with the conclusion to the takeover 'saga': Well.... How can I summarize this: Good - I'm not sacked Bad - They rejected my request for new facilities Good - They're basically Ed Woodwards Bad...

End of Season 2027/28 Given how our league campaign ended with a whimper, it was only apt that our Cup ended in similar fashion. 1st XI, proactive mentality, all the works against a relegated team, and we go out on penalties - par for the course then....

Championship Playoffs 2027/28 Well that's a terrible start for our playoff campaign. We prioritised stifling their front 3 again but couldn't get our own attack going, and while we did keep their attack quiet in open play we then let all that...

Regular Season 2027/28 We dominated the game, got only 1 goal for it, but most importantly also secured the 3 points in an opening day win (finally too, apparently - last time the team won an opening game was 7 seasons ago). Well that was a real dow...

Preseason 2027/28 Look at that disrespect to the Cup winners, shocking. We'll be looking to add that that boost this season, thank you very much. Well at least we've been given credit for our survival in the league, so there's that...

End Of Season 2026/27 1st round went about as expected, and COB didn't put up too much of a fight. Meeting a lower league side in Breezes Eagles prompted me to rest most of the squad who had just beaten COB 3 days before. Nearly paid for it in...

Relegation Playoffs 2026/27 Tight win against COB who managed to be worse than us somehow. Could've been more comfortable given our chances and the late penalty, but hey credit to the team for holding its nerve to the end. We couldn't cont...

Time to dust off this old thing... Does anyone have any advice on learning German? I've been using Duolingo only so far, but I've heard that it's not a sustainable tool for long-term learning.

Regular Season 2026/27 Did I ever mention how much I hate defending against 3 strikers? Stuck 3 centrebacks with my own 3-4-3, but man for man our backline was completely unable to keep up and we got toyed with time after time. Wood and Nerleus got sen...

Preseason 2026/27 Not an entirely impressive preseason, still have a number of kinks to smooth out. That said, 50% win ratio is what it is, so we have a bit of positivity going forward. We also sought to solve some of the issues plaguing the squad:...

Oh, yeah I screwed that up by requesting an upgrade to their youth recruitment in the interview then accidentally making it non-negotiable, so they ended negotiations there and then. The other 2 didn't even bother with an interview.

A Twist in the Tale Remember how Cavaliers had hired their striker as a player-manager? Yeah no - for some reason that arrangement fell through, so even as his history features nine stints as manager, I'm the one who actually got the job. https...

Yeah, real weird league season. Seems to happen quite a bit in the lower-ranked nations as well, when they don't play a lot of games for one reason or another. ---------------------------------- Post-Season Well, since my last update the job li...

End of Season 2025/26 NFCC I thought things were going smoothly enough when we dispatched NBP with some ease... Well that is after we completely crashed against Muslim FC; we definitely deserved to lose by more than the 3 we conceded, and to bring the...

Cheers man, glad you're enjoying it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- End of League 2025/26 The 2nd half of the season went about as good as one could ask for - 7 wins, 2 draws and a loss. The WAPDA draw...

Midseason 2025/26 Another unbeaten start to the season put us in good stead for a 2nd title challenge. Ian Barnett didn't disappoint either, with an assist in his debut off the bench and a goal in his 1st start! There was such a good vibe that...

Preseason 2025/26 I need to start remembering cutting down on early returns from holiday.... Playing 10+ friendlies is a genuine chore and a time sink. But it was a good preseason, unbeaten and all, albeit having only played 2 top division sides so the...

What the fuck Props man, you've done the Arsenal proud. About that previous season though, how did you manage 36 clean sheets with a 2-star GK? And was Leno worse than him already?

Smh, don't even remind me of that. Oops, a bit of a spoiler that, well you'll see what happened I suppose... ----------------------------------------- End of Season 2024/25 But first, the annual welcoming ritual: Our early season form gav...

End of League Season 2024/25 The 2nd half of the season left off from the 1st, with us continuing our unbeaten streak.... Until we completely blew it against KRL. We rebounded immediately with a late, late win over closest title rivals Pak Army, before...

'Midseason' 2024/25 Well, 2 months in an things are looking pretty promising - the regular squad rotation has been working well (bar a few occasions where U21 games were played way too close to 1st team matchdays and I failed at squad managem...

-------------------------------------------------------- Introduction/Preseason 2024/25 I've finally gone through the squad, and with a couple of additions, this is it going into the new season: GoalkeepersShow SpoilerThe fans were pretty oppo...

Pastures New So I applied for a couple other teams, but only one got to me first: Well he asked that I withdraw my other applications, so yeah turns out they're the only who would get back to me. One thing led to another... And boom, I'...

Season Review 2023/24 I think we had a few nominees for the Match of the Season, but they definitely had that low point nailed - that'll take some getting over. Ian Barnett dominated Awards Night yet again, cementing his legend status at the cl...

End of Season 2023/24 We're going to go about this chronologically - you'll see why: Much like the OFC Champions League campaign many moons ago, our largely unheralded team tore up the form book and finished top of its group with some ease....

Cheers bro, yeah it's been a long time coming. ------------------------------------- January 2024 I'd usually wait till the end of the season to post a season roundup, but enough's happened this January to warrant its own post. A pre...

Midseason 2023/24 Let me introduce you to one Ally Mebrahtu - I was taking a gander at the Eritrean U19s, saw him as a free agent and decided to put in a cheeky trial offer. He accepted, came in and showed potential, and was subsequently signed - thoug...

Preseason 2023/24 Preseason went well enough - a bit of complacency on our part, but we did turn up against the Big 2 of Bodden and Elite. Still failing to beat Scholars is a bit of an annoyance though. Underpromise and overdeliver, always live on t...

End of Season 022/23 Our straight wins the year before continued when the league resumed, leading to a stonking run of 9 straight wins. Elite inevitably had to tear us a new one and stopped out run, but we came back with another landmark win against Bo...

Not gonna lie, it's becoming a chore to manage here - getting back into it I realised why I wasn't as reluctant to give it up for work as I thought I would. I'm seriously considering leaving at the end of the season if don't win a cu...

Preseason 2022/23 4 L from 8 - need I say more? In fairness most of the teams we played are the top teams, organised like so because I wanted us to work on a more reactive approach as an alternative game plan - evidently didn't work out. Our pe...

Rest of season 2021/22 If there's any positive to be had from COVID-19 it's that I finally got time to sink into this again: Well our terrible form did continue for a bit, but you see that unbeaten streak at the end of the season? More draws...

Whoop, de facto lockdown in Singapore come tuesday

PA? Fucking hell it's been a while

Singapore had its 1st deaths today, our health system did its best but with our cases continuing to rise it was inevitable. Still at work though, so ehh

DEANO Gang's back

Well literally everything has gone to shit eh

Midseason 2021/22 A great start to the season with only a blip against Future preventing us from having a perfect start. ... Then Bodden Town came along. Terrible result, made worse by my desire to chase the game instead of cutting my losses. Then Elit...

At least you lot had the highs of beating the top sides, we've had fuck all to be positive about so far