| » Stats |
Members: 103,463
Threads: 84,999
Posts: 1,031,266
Top Poster: Karky (9,542) | | Welcome to our newest member, ankkacgraw | |
If you register for free, you will be able to post threads, vote on polls and lots more. If you have problems with the registration or logging in, please contact the administrator.
 | |
09-14-2007, 10:28 AM
|
Storm in a Glass Bottle of Irn Bru Post #11 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 6
Rep Power: 0 |  Patience, I have to work today. Though just at half speed, given that it's Friday!!
|
| |
09-14-2007, 08:14 PM
|
Storm in a Glass Bottle of Irn Bru Post #12 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 6
Rep Power: 0 |
Jefferson was not au fait with all the nuances of football at a professional level. In fact he knew nothing much about it at all.
By sheer chance his side were competitive against Dumbarton in their first game, but lost 1-0. Similarly they were on a par with Stenhousemuir, though this time it was the Spiders who had the goal. Livingston, it transpired, played two divisions below Queen's Park, but still had the quality to win 1-0 and not give Aurelio's team a sniff.
After a 0-0 draw at home to East Stirling, O'Callaghan paid Jefferson a visit: How goes it?
Dull. Four games in and we've scored one, lost two and nothing much happens in the games. It bores me. I hate football. Look for inspiration, look inside yourself.
Talk yer pĂ*sh.
Little did Jefferson know, the season had started before he arrived at the club, Berwick being defeated 3-0 and East Fife triumphing 3-1, but those had been Third Division fixtures.
Not paying any heed to looking inside himself, Jefferson told his players to score more, and four wins followed, 3-2 over Albion Rovers, 4-1 over Montrose, 2-0 at Stranraer, live on Setanta, and 3-2 at home to Forfar.
Next thing he knew, Aurelio was the toast of the town, all over the papers, receiving the Manager of the Month trophy, one of his charges taking the Player of the Month prize and another the Goal of the Month award. Bizarre to say the least.
A 2-1 defeat at Arbroath settled everyone down.
|
| |
09-17-2007, 08:39 PM
|
Storm in a Glass Bottle of Irn Bru Post #13 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 6
Rep Power: 0 |
A history scholar by nature, and with Ancient Egypt a particular interest, Jefferson was struggling to come to terms with this game and how seriously everybody took it.
Suppose, however (he thought, whilst supping on a warm bowl of Coco Pops which had been sitting in his office for three hours), the switch that put me here left me some clues. O'Callaghan knows what's what. Maybe history is the key?
Fully aware that the Pharaohs were a mighty power in Egypt of old, he was ecstatic to see a number of players on the 'transfer list' claiming to be of that descent. Accordingly he snapped up a few, and sent them out to do their worst, or would have if he knew their names. Instead he sent out the same bunch of lads, beating Elgin, taking a gubbing from Berwick and drawing at home to East Fife.
It was clear that he had as much control over his team as his granny had over her comical if tragicically frequent self defecation.
|
| |  | | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes | Linear Mode |
Other threads in forum Football Manager | | Thread | Date | Thread Starter | Replies | Last Post | Trouble with Tutoring
Trouble with Tutoring: Hey, can someone please tell me how to get a...
| 08-20-2008 | Crewdy95 | 0 | 08-20-2008 02:05 PM | Scouting Filters
Scouting Filters: Hey
how do you put filters on scouting...
| 02-10-2008 | ZlatanFollower | 5 | 02-10-2008 01:46 PM | Best al manager
Best al manager: Arsene Wenger by far.
| 02-09-2008 | gerrardsrightfoot | 9 | 02-09-2008 10:46 PM | Ryans Sign-up
Ryans Sign-up: Welcome to my sign-up. I'll need a bit of help...
| 03-11-2007 | ryanWXM | 357 | 03-24-2007 03:06 PM | Questions on FM
Questions on FM: Hey Im new to the FM series so sorry for the noob...
| 08-07-2006 | MC-Bogman | 3 | 08-08-2006 01:07 PM | | » Online Users: 28 | | 0 members and 28 guests | | No Members online | | Most users ever online was 2,128, 07-21-2008 at 08:27 PM. | |