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Foxy (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep76) Life in Lansdowne is off to a promising start. The players are enthusiastic and optimistic, and they're adapting to my new systems well. My adopted assistant manager, Keith America, seems to borderline know w...

Procrastination (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Mini-sode 75.5.5.5.5.5.5) What kind of Manager am I? I stare at the two sheets of paper on the desk in front of me. Well I stare past them, really. I stare at the desk. I stare at the spot in the desk where s...

Thanks bud

Brexit (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Mini-sode 75.5.5.5.5.5) I glance around my flat, searching for something to do. Something to talk about. Anything. Anything at all. I’m so bored. There’s nothing new with Meatloaf and Burnie. Meatloaf&rsqu...

Ah fair enough! I’ll have to be quicker next time

That link isn’t working for me mate but I’m really curious what it was! I can only guess from the URL that you caught one of ultra-cryptic references

So, I know I said that I was pushing the story back just a week, but I’m aftaid it’s going to be a bit longer. I can’t get it sorted at the minute and instead of being enjoyable it’s only serving to stress me out. I will be back, b...

Quick note: Sorry guys but time's been tighter than usual the last couple of months, hence me delaying episodes so much. Daily eps will start again NEXT Monday now (2nd October) Cheers, Franjo

Stevie & Chappie (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Mini-sode 75.5.5.5.5) I've never been outside Europe before, you know. Never. I've always wanted to though. There's certain countries that I've always been wary of visiting, like Aust...

Year 3 World Roundup (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Mini-sode 75.5.5.5) Do you want to know the worst thing about being a journeyman manager? All the packing. I hate packing. I despise it. I'm the kind of person who'll pack very begrudgingly th...

Year 3 Review (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Mini-sode 75.5.5) I don't think it'll surprise any of you to learn that I'm immensely pleased to be leaving Poland. It's been a real slog of a season, especially since Christmas, but in the...

Cheers mate! I appreciate it

Another Year Over (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Meta-sode 75.5) Hey, Well... That last 6 months has been bloody exhausting! The good news though is that I've already started playing through the league with our new club Santos FC, so in terms of gam...

Itchy Feet (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep75) Summer 2019 is a blur. Because of the winter break, the Lotto Ekstraklasa season starts in late July and it doesn't feel like long enough of a break when your last match is in June. Nevertheless, the Su...

Us Or Them (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep74) I didn't sleep at all last night. I spent the hours that I should've been resting for the big game going back and forth on my decision to bring back Project: Meatloaf. We tried it once here in Kato...

SuperFran - Part 2 (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Mini-sode 73.5) When I was a player, albeit a pretty awful one, I had two strings to my bow. I could defend, and I could run. Defend and run. Run and defend. That was my game. We'd win the ball and I&...

KGHM: Resurgence (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep73) There are 3 matches left of our season, and most likely of my Lotto Elstraklasa career. 3 measly matches. It seems like nothing, doesn't it. But these 3 games are everything. In our relegation gro...

Mr WT Franco (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep72) To MR WT FRANCO, Thank you for your interest in the position of MANAGER at Ajax Cape Town. We regret to inform you that on this occasion, your application has been unsuccessful, but we'll keep your...

One Of Two Ways (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep71) "I won't lie to you, I'm nervous." I say quietly. "We need to win at least a couple of matches out of the 7 we've got left, or we're going down. We've not won a m...

All Hands On Deck (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep70) Ah, the sweet relief of avoiding a loss. It's a bit disappointing that results like this are cause for celebration nowadays, but we are where we are and it is what it is. A strange and disturbing...

I couldn't agree more! Although this has been an exceptionally slow start to deadline day

All Downhill From Here (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep69) It's all going to be OK. It's all going to be fine. Somebody once told me something that really resonated with me. They said "It's all downhill from here." It's not...

Chin Up (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Mini-sode 68.5) Our eyes meet as I turn the corner towards the home changing room. He's walking towards me from the other end of the corridor and we're on a direct collision course. I avert my eyes sheepish...

Thank you, that's very kind keep your fingers crossed for me if you would because it's looking pretty bleak!

Tricky Janicki (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep68) "Let's play a game shall we?" I ask the squad in the changing room. "This", I gesture to the whiteboard sat on an easel next to me where my team is laid out in formation, "I...

Turn The Tide (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep67) “Here’s the thing,” I begin, pausing to take a drink of my unnecessarily strong Polish lager, “I’ve not taken any confidence whatsoever from the falling counter system. We&rs...

Thanks mate! Both for finding time to read on a bank holiday and for the vote of confidence

Welcome To GieKSa (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep66) Today is the day of the annual youth candidate match. After our recent unimpressive run, it'll be a perfect palette cleanser and an opportunity for our latest band of young footballing wannabes t...

No Video Highlights For A While (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Meta-sode 65.5) 'Ello, Quick heads up that there'll be no more video highlights for a while. I know that most of you just read the scintillating story and don't watch them, but...

Is This Good Enough? (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep65) So. Wisła Płock. It's strange in a way watching them disembark from their team bus. If I'd answered the press differently about the rumours of me moving there over the winter break, maybe...

My First Winter Break (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep64) "Please can we take a break, Boss? We're knackered." Asks Alan Hutton, between deep, gasping breaths. "What did Święty Mikołaj bring you, Alan?" I call. "Eh?"...

Dennis Arranges Some Friendlies (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Mini-sode 63.5) "...And so the penguin says: 'Dude, he's not an eggplant, he's retarded!'" I raise my eyebrows expectantly at Radzinski, but he looks puzzled as h...

Back To Reality (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep63) God, it feels good to be King. I hope that doesn't come across as big headed or anything, but I'm working wonders at Katowice. The press can't believe it. Neither can the players, staff o...

Ziggy Plays The Ball (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep62) Humiliated. Found out. Out of their depth. These are just some of the words and phrases used by the local media to describe GieKSa after Jagiellonia ripped us apart in our first Lotto Ekstraklasa...

Haha thanks bud, to be honest I was extremely excited about using that line And yeah I completely agree! Not a bad 2 games at all. Glad you're still enjoying it man

Tough Opposition (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep61) I am blinded. I'm blinded by the lights, and I'm blinded by the pain. The ground is cold and unforgiving against my back. The sudden silence is broken only by the scurrying of feet across the...

Sorry mate, had to take another week over it, I'll be back from Monday

I'll still end up leaving it til the last minute! Cheers buddy

I'll still end up leaving it til the last minute! Cheers buddy

Taking A Winter Break (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Meta-sode 60.5) So, what I didn't really consider at the start of the season is that a Lotto Ekstraklasa season contains a rather large (2 Month) winter break. It's taking a while to play thro...

Give Me Strength (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep60) Andreja Prokic has left Katowice. "Who?" You may ask. Prokic was the left winger who I voiced my concern about shortly after arriving in Poland. He had a good pre season friendly where he set...

Climb Or Fall (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep59) The league table is starting to get extremely congested in the middle. We're in 9th place on 14 points, a respectable tally. We could well climb above Bruk-Bet Termalica to 4th if we win our game in...

Gesundheit (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep58) Someone's knocking at the door. At my office door. It's a quiet, meek knocking, but it's clearly audible, cutting through the thick silence that hangs in the air. I stand, stride over to the d...

Knock On Wood (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep57) I've got to admit, August was a bloody great month. After a shaky July start to life in Poland, we picked up 9 points from a possible 12, including a win over the Champions and the thrashing of a pre...

Deadline Day - Summer 2018 (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Mini-sode 56.5) It's that bizarre time of year again. Marital aides are being removed from their drawers and taken down to football stadia with those select few fans that feel like spending th...

Bartbeat (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep56) Some might say "Franjo, could you leave SC Angrense alone now please?" To those people I say that technically, Angrense released Amonike in the Summer and we've signed him on a free transfer, s...

Bollocks, I think you're right. Clearly I need to brush up on my LOTR

GieKSik (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep55) ...NOW. And do you know why we're starting now? Because we're playing KGHM Zagłębie at home. They lost their first match too, 2-0 against Wisła Kraków, so they're only 1 place above us in...

It was Minas Tirith too wasn't it? Look to the East and all that? Anyway, that saviour could be here in today's episode. Except he looks less like a wizard and much more like a vampire

Going Dutch (Franjo: A Journeyman Story - Ep54) Well, our first match was a bit of a downer, I won't lie. But what better way is there to raise spirits back up than with a couple of brand new exciting loan signings from big clubs? I have taken rough...