retired_charytine

I've not given him that much game time so far, but he has 12 goals in 6 games for my U19's. I do have another striker, (the one I mentioned earlier) who is my top scorer. His pace is causing everyone problems.

I hope to finish my season tonight. :thup:

retired_wrkhudur

Man they must be desperate </BLOCKQUOTE>

Our lads just needed an easy run-out.


I watched the Rosenborg BK- Chelsea game last night on tv, It kind of gave me even more inspiration to reach the Champions League with Randaberg. Shame Rosenborg got beat 4-0 in the end. </BLOCKQUOTE>

haven't played the match yet... will do tonight and might even post a screenshot depending on the result!!

retired_george-leo

Meldert, Belgium - May 12th 2014

End of Season table

I'm a bit disappointed that we didn't manage to win the title. We had a strong run after the winter and looked like we were gonna pull it off, but a combination of injuries and suspensions (4 red cards in the last six matches) saw us throw it away in the end.

So we'll have to snatch promotion through the playoffs. Emphasis on HAVE TO, if I want to keep my job longer than, say, January or so.
At the moment the board are still pleased, but being 1 mil in the red already (and dropping fast), I need to stay ahead of the long term expectations, which are to challenge for the title.

So, six more matches to play (it's a 4 team group stage type playoff, first place promotes). Six tough matches, because this is a "cream of the crop" playoff.
All three opponents have a history in the First Division (though admittedly, it's been a while for Kortrijk). But Germinal Beerschot even won the First Division in the 07/08 season. So I'm definitely up against it.

retired_emzmcgee

Haha, just found a guy I went to school with playing against me in the Northern Irish First Division... :thup:

retired_OrangeOne

I've just landed Stavanger IF (the club I managed in last years challenge) as my feeder club. :cool:

I've just had a board update and they are not entirely pleased with our performance so far and want me to achieve their expectations of a title change this season.

It's going to be a tough season, I just hope we've got the required quality to challenge.

retired_george-leo

Meldert, Belgium - June 8th 2014

Mid-season table
End of season
Playoffs


Bah. Not good.
It came down to the last playoff round. We had to beat Germinal Beerschot, away, to promote. But we failed to do that, so another season in the Second Division it is.
Don't think I'll survive that long, but we'll see how far I get.

The team.

I'm generally pleased with the team. Most of the strikers were reasonably productive - except when it really counted.

Two players who stood out:
Anele Ngcongca. The pacey defender I desperately needed. Occasional South African international.

Melvin Zaalman. His 18 assists got him into the club's record books. Already did reasonable in last season's relegation team, but really excelled this season, almost exclusively on the right wing. Unfortunately his contract is up, and his wage demand is higher than my board allows.


All in all, not a bad season, but it won't be enough. 1.2 mil in the red, and it gets worse by 250-300k per month. The main question that remains is whether I'll get fired before or after the club goes bankrupt.

retired_rfinken77

Unlucky in those playoffs CoachFlu, my team was losing £30K a month until just now (3rd season in top flight) where I finally have enough people turning up to make a profit. Staying in those lower leagues kills you

retired_zoe77tb

i had a season ticket sales update on 6th june, telling me we'd sold 1194 season tickets for next year.

i had another update on 20th june telling me the same thing.

and another on 27th june, still saying 1194.

this in itself is not unusual, however, i've just had an update on 4th july telling me we've sold 1080!!

Did someone bring theirs back? That's just stupid...

retired_ncbarry

It happens sometimes, if you lose a key player or someone fires the manager before the season starts.

retired_emzmcgee

Annihilator666 - Nortel - Season 10/11 - Northern Irish Second Division

Manager Profile - Manager Profile
Table - League Table | Position Graph
Results - Results #1 | Results #2
Transfers - Transfers Summary
Finances - Finance Summary
Other Info - Club Information | Manager Information
Top Scorer - Kenny Neilly
Fans' Player of the Year - Kenny Neilly
Records - Team Overall Records | Team Season Records


First Division:

Yay! Promotion to the Premier League at the first attempt. Had a really strong season, and was rarely outside the top three. Oxford United Stars were above me in 2nd place for a lot of the season, but they fell away in the last few games and I nipped in ahead of them. I played Lurgan Celtic in the Promotion/Relegation playoff, and hammered them 4-1 in both legs to win promotion 8-2 on agg.!

This was mostly down to my star striker, as you can see in the screenshot above. I had an offer of £80k for him from Portadown, which is huge money in Northern Irish football. Obviously, I turned it down.


The Cups:

Another uneventful season in the cups for Nortel. A couple of losses to all grey teams, of course, which is quite annoying.


The Board, finances, etc.

Well, as you can see in my results screenshots above, I played a massive number of friendlies against middle division English clubs. These friendlies helped HUGELY with my finances, bringing in over £100k.