2008 Sleipner - 2nd Div MG
We have an absolutely minimal squad and with the board still blocking transfers due to the wage budget being exceeded, I think we'll be signing greys if we get into injury trouble.
On the plus side, most of the players accepted new 2 year full time deals.
A Season of Beauty :cool:
<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>Another fantastic start to the season of 5 starts, 5 wins, 12 for, 1 against had me wondering whether we could keep it up this year.
<LI>Well, halfway through the season we were flying with a perfect 11 wins and just 3 goals conceded, so I had a little confidence (and by a little, I mean sh!tloads
)
<LI>The second half started poorly with a 1-0 loss to 50-1 outsiders at home
but with such a big lead, 5 wins and a loss in the next 6 games was enough to tie up the title with 4 games to play. Wagherty!@!@!!!!!
<LI>The media commitments came thick and fast and throughout I was praising the lads saying they'll have no problems competing next year. One pundit commented that with an average squad age of just 23 we'd struggle next year. Pish, I told him
<LI>Board and fans are certain the reason for the success is ... me :cool:
<LI>Final Tally 19W, 1D, 2L +38, 58 points.
<LI>Malmo FF won the Premier Division (nice change)
<LI>GAIS won the Swedish Cup</UL>
Good News
<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>My 18yo goalkeeper (who has 42 starts with Sleipner for 27 clean sheets :eek
and a new AM RLC/FC were called into the Swedish u19 Squad
<LI>Just after promotion was assured the, now capped at u19 level, AM RLC/FC was the subject of a £1M offer :eek: Naturally, I accepted, and a deal was done.
<LI>My back 4 started every game this season.
<LI>My contract negotiations came up at the right time with success on and off the field. Got a small pay rise, £350k transfer budget and a nearly tripled wage budget of £28k pm. Also negotiated an upgrade of the training facilities into the deal. It was completed over winter.</UL>
Close Season
<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>First job was to put the cleaners through the back room staff. Fortunately many were coming up for contract renewal, so I sacked 5 of them. Ooooh, it felt good
Replaced them with 2 coaches and 2 physios.
<LI>4 players went out for a cool million :cool: and 10 were brought in for £19k
<LI>Two 16 yo kids promoted to the u18s, bring my total signed players up to 29. Still £10k under wage budget.</UL>
Odd Stuff
<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>Just noticed a player who I've been watching return from loan. So I put a loan bid in for him and get the "club are not willing to loan out player due to his first team commitments" comment
<LI>No matches will be played for about 5 months and the board is dissapointed with the team's performance this season. Presumably because we are near the bottom courtesy of 'S' being near the end of the alphabet </UL>
Well, after one of the best seasons I've ever had, it's up, up and away with Sleipner IK
The update has now caught to my save :thup:
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