Recent content by FancyPantsCam

I don’t know if it’s just me, but I take real delight in finding a great player in a completely unlikely location. When you get bigger, it tends to be the Eastern bloc, but this season, it came from a little further afield. Thailand? Really? All of Africa and you’re looting the favourite...

Nice, reminds me of a few games ago when I started in the second division of Latvia

That's a great start, don't think I've ever managed that low before, I'm guessing all the attributes are single figures

Settling down in my new digs in Joburg, I’m surprised that more of my backroom staff didn’t want to make the journey with me. I’d made a great team of coaches, physios and scouts in Ghana, shame more of them didn’t want to come to Jo-Burg. Doesn’t matter though as the one who truly matters, John...

Amazing job so far, absolutely crushing it!

New game, old career, new club. I could have stayed in Ghana and tried to achieve a perfect season, but where’s the sport in that? After winning the Champions League with my Porcupine Warriors, I did think that I might be a manager in high demand. The hottest ticket on the block. That however...

Congrats on both the achievements in game, and with finishing off this huge project too! Did not expect that very late twist and am looking forward to you wrestling with compound nouns in Germany. My wife sometimes suffers the same fate as Beth, so she has my sympathies. Also, you keeping up...

Now we come to the bit of the season with the challenge. Trying to bring Asante back to the top of African football. Even though we won the Confederations Cup, we only get to bypass the first round of qualification. No one gets a free ride, which I like. Need not worry though as once again...

This must be what being Celtic, Ludogorets or PSG feels like. Domestic competition has now become that much of an afterthought that it just makes sense to make its own separate little post before we get into the juicy continental action. We now exist for those dozen or so matches away from the...

If you and your assistant coaches ever happen to be sharing a hearty meal together over a festive period, I can now guarantee you one thing. Serve a Turducken and everyone is going home with a belly full of goals and a smile on their face as large as your procession stats! What started as a way...

I said I wasn’t going to apply for any jobs, only let them come to me. But when the Al-Ahly job comes up, the biggest club on the continent, you kinda have to. That they insult me by not even offering an interview is just downright rude. I would get it if the guy they hired was a big name, but...

It’s been a long, long time since the people of Kumasi had bragging rights over the rest of Africa. The two time Champions League winners haven’t tasted continental success since Luke defeated the Emperor and Michael Jackson told Billy Jean to Beat It. Yep, all the way back in 1983. Heck, the...

As it’s been a while since I did an update, I thought I might as well do the whole season. And split it up between the home campaign and our continental adventures because we all have loved ones/saves to get back to. Domestically, we have become death, destroyer of league tables. The momentum...

Sorry everyone for the massive delay between updates. Call it a mix of work, life, mental health and Tunic. With that in mind, here's the latest happenings from the save. Well, this is unfortunate. Due to Ghana’s representatives having a rubbish time in intercontinental competition last year...

Whenever I come to the last home game of a season, I always like to play as many players as I can coming to the end of their deals who I don’t intend keeping on. One last hurrah, one last time for the players and the fans to thank each other for their service. That’s usually a couple of players...