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Is this finished?
C.J. Lippo, A life in football.
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Nope, i actually have updates ready to go for it, have just been caught up with the insanity of Manuel Pablo.
Will try to get a couple of seasons up this week sometime!
CantGetEnoughOfJelavic
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Nope, i actually have updates ready to go for it, have just been caught up with the insanity of Manuel Pablo.
Will try to get a couple of seasons up this week sometime!
Miss these baps!
Season 11
A Step Back
After two record breaking seasons here at FC Oss I was probably due some misfortune & boy did I get it!
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A grand total of 8 & a half months on the sidelines! Just about everything that could go wrong, did. Hamstrings, calves, hips & to top it all off, a broken collar bone.
My complete lack of luck saw me appear in a record low of 15 competitive matches for FC Oss.
When I was on the pitch I did ok. An average rating of 7.17 & 7 assists not a bad return from 15 matches but it just wasn't enough after the last 2 years had promised so much.
Once again, it was a decent year for the side.
Again we managed to make the playoffs, although 7th position was a slight decline from last years 5th.
It made little difference as, for the 3rd year in a row, we went crashing out in the second round. I am starting to think we are just not destined for the Eredivisie.
For the first time in my career, I actually feel as though my game has gone backwards.
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So much time on the sidelines was never likely to be good for me. There is much work ahead to get back to my best, that's for sure!
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that's devastating injury record!
so much potential goes waste
Yeah mate, story of young C.J's career I'm afraid. :'(
Reading CJ's updates got me all nostalgic so I went back and read through my Charlie McGhee story again today
In a way, I'm glad I left it so long to update. Can still look forward to how this is going to play out!
Although the reason for my extended break will soon become clear.
For anyone else looking for a good read, check out http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/football-manager-2015-manager-stories/298781-ballad-charlie-mcghee.html
The call come late on deadline day. It was Mossy (Glen Moss, Melbourne Victory manager), an agreement for my departure from Oss had been reached.
We needed to discuss terms.
Time was of the essence.
Looking back I think I was in shock but the terms the Victory were offering seemed to be fair so I agreed. I had no intention of staying where I was not wanted.
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In truth I couldn't quite believe what had happened. 12 months ago I was fresh from breaking consecutive single season assists records here at Oss & was being linked with moves to the Eredivisie & Belgian Pro League.
My future seemed bright & my adventure in Europe seemed to be just beginning.
Now, just a year later, I am preparing myself for the 20+ hour flight back to the country of my birth, another Aussie that couldn't cut it in the cut throat world of professional European football.
As I board the plane I am both bitter & depressed. Not only had Oss seemed fit to sell me after just one bad season but the fee! Oh my god the fee! 48.87K! They couldn't even round it off to 50?
Oh well, at least I am on my way back home. A plane to paradise really!
I will be able to see my family again.
Oh God! I will be playing against George! I haven't done that since the back yard at Tamworth! This may not be too bad. Ok, my return will not be triumphant but it may just be welcome. It just may be.....
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Pleased to see this back up and running!
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Gutted the Dutch adventure didn't turn into a call from a big European side! Oh well, Australia can't be too bad!
Cheers guys! I was quite disappointed when i saw my guy was on the way back to Aus. Especially after being fairly successful in Holland. I thought anyway.
Not the end of the world though, if he can avoid injury there is still time.
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Just had a binge of reading this and I loved it. Before this I hadn't seen anything like it and i cant wait to read more
Cheers mate, glad you're enjoying it.
Have my first year back in Oz to put up at some stage but am at work today & didn't upload any screenies :S
Cheers mate. Its been a bumpy ride buy hey, we cant all be superstars!
Its all relative though. In real life I would have given up non essential body parts to be able to say I'd played professionally in Holland and the A League and been a Socceroo!! Nothing wrong with that at all!!