retired_mujerenforma

KUTBonW!

retired_sandra

We? You played in the match?

retired_lapepe

Hehe, okay. Many wives and dogs then

retired_lapepe

The bids are getting pretty damn stupid by now. so far I've had 2 clubs bid 500K plus 50% for a 19yo worth 40K. I've had a club bid 150K plus 50% for a 17yo that was worth 9K at the time. I put in some silly values and thought they'd run away. But noooo, the tossers came back with the silly bid.

As appearantly George Best (RIP) wasn't obvious enough last time, I've renamed this kid Mickey Mouse

As you can see he is worth 30K now, but an offer that is reported as 2.2M in the news is surely WAY over what one could reasonbly expect for such a player. 200K I could perhaps understand as he's done fairly well once he had to play due to all other ML being injured, but ten times that is just beyond insain. I really hope SI do something about this for FM2007. Clubs shouldn't come back with stupid bids like this.

Hope my chairman won't decapitate me for rejecting :/

retired_raistlin1979

Heh, just wait until *you* try buying some £100k youngster. Ugh.

KUTGW :thup:

retired_lapepe

I wish. Nobody wants to join above the age of 17-18. But I do see your point. Quality youngsters cost craploads, but 2.2M for a 30K kid is a bit over the top.

temperamental

KUTGDisneyRefereces

retired_lapepe

Geezalu, it happened again!

Another great player released. Well it may not look like a great player for you Poofs, but in Northern Ireland this is like a Godsend. He used to play for Cliftonville in the Premier Div, scored 20, assisted 10 and 7 Mom in 29 games. 7.28 rating. This is just too silly.

Same day as newsmessage arrives of his release are Portsmouth, Shelbourne, Crystal Palace, Derby, Ipswich, Leeds, Middlesboro, Newcastle, Preston, QPR, Sheff Wed, So'ton and Celtic interested.

They haven't tried to resign him either as I've not gotten a message of him refusing. If that happened I could understand it, as he's probably too good for the NIR league, but just releasing him with no info is not good enough. As you can see he's also played a bit on the U21 team.

SORTITOUTSI!

Pickipickpickerson

retired_lapepe

Season 2009/10
Annagh Utd - Northern Irish Premier Division

Expectations are lagging a bit behind as board wanted a saf mid-table position, while the fans wanted a respectable position. I assume the latter is a bit higher. My expectation was to fight for the title, or at least gain a European spot.
The board gave me 20K to work with. Linfield laid 150K on the table for last season's Fans' Player of the Year, which I duely accepted. He scored 21 goals for them as their topscorer. 11 players came in for 7K. Basically just youngsters, but some came to play important roles as injuries mounted. 4 went out the backdoor for 154K.

We entered the European Club Rankings on 374th and drew Ferencvaros in 1st Qual Rnd of the EURO Cup. Lost the first one 3-0, and miraculously won the home-leg 3-0. Then lost on penalties. The England syndrome. As usual we did great in the League Cup with 7 straight wins, but Glenavon beat us in the Semi 2-0.

Never found the great league form of last year, and it was an extremely close fight behind completely superiour Linfield. They won the title with 6 games left and only conceded 11 in 30 matches. With two games to go 3 points separated 2nd and 8th, we were 4th. Anything could happen. I let the kids take a severe beating in the All-Ireland Cup and focused on the league. This luckily paid off. We won the last four games and secured 2nd spot with 3 points and a hefty goaldifference in our favour. Even though Linfield didn't win in the last 6, they won the league with 13 points. We were ready for Europe again.

We did well in the Irish Cup again this year. In an even Semi against Linfield we managed to outsmart them on penalties. Then we convincingly beat Crusaders 1-0 to secure our 2nd Irish Cup win. Fans and board euphoric.

Due to many broken legs and long-time injuries many kids had to play, and did surpringly well, although inconsistant. In particular a DC, ML and ST did very well. Topscorer was a 26yo with 22 goals, a new club record. The cups are actually my bread and butter. Losing about 20K a month, so the extra money from especially All-Ireland Cup is vital. We get 125K plus 85K. This means we have about 400K now, and I feel a lot more secure financially.

Training facilities were finally upgraded in the off-season. It's average now

League: 2nd P30 16-7-7 61-29 (+32) P55
EURO Cup: 1st Qual Round
Irish Cup: Winners :cool:
League Cup: Semi Final
All-Ireland Cup: 3rd in Group stage

A good season where many youngsters gained caps at the youth level, one even gained 3 caps for the Jocks. He also went to the World Cup, but without playing so far. Hopefully we'll be more stable next season as the youngsters settle in a bit more.

retired_lapepe

Holy fuck that was long! Sorry. I'll try and shorten it a bit in the future :o