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Ernie Allan - True Journeyman!
This will be my final save/story of FM18 and I’m looking for it to carry me through to the release of FM 2019 in November. In 4 months of gameplay, I anticipate I’ll get quite a lot done (mainly because I try to play Football Manager in every spare hour I get when I’m not working or spending time with the sprogs. There’s sure to be many a night when it reaches the early hours of the morning before I decide I better shut down the laptop and go to bed!
So I’ve decided that my final save will be my favourite type of game to play on FM…..a journeyman save. And this year, I’ve seen the emergence of my alter ego manager, Ernie Allan and he will be the man at the forefront of this story once again.
Ernie starts his career with no previous experience, other than that of super winger of the local Rose & Crown A team! He has no coaching badges to his name and virtually nothing about him speaks out to football clubs saying “hire me”. But I’m sure there’s bound to be at least one gullible chairman out there somewhere in Europe who will give him a shot!
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I’m giving the English clubs far too much credit for having savvy chairmen who would never be this foolish and turning my attention to some of the ‘lesser’ leagues of European football to find a job! I begin the save with the following nations, chosen based on the fact that they all start at roughly the same time of year so I won’t be loading any leagues that are half way through their campaign…
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So it was time to start firing out my CV to any club I thought would entertain it. And to my surprise, it didn’t take long to get some interviews lined up! We agreed that the best plan of action would be to have my initial interviews over skype….after all I am unemployed and have no cash to be jetting off around Europe and these clubs were too small to be paying my expenses. I have interviews with Bandirmaspor of the Turkish 2. League, AS Veroia of the Greek National B Division and Carmarthen Town in the JD Welsh Premier League. Personally, I was hoping for the move to Greek with the memories of sun and sand from childhood holidays firmly at the forefront of my mind. However, the Mrs was hoping to move to Wales so we could still remain ‘relatively’ close to family…..I didn’t tell her that the further we could get away from her old dear the better!
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Carmarthen Town are the first to respond and offer me a 1 year deal worth £180 per week. I’m still holding out for that move to sunny Greece, so ask them if I can have a week to think things over. They reluctantly agree.
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And then it comes….the news I’ve been waiting for. AS Veroia want me! A 1 year deal is on offer with nearly £100 per week more on offer than the Welsh club and I can’t sign that contract quick enough. Now, to tell the Mrs! Pack your bags love, we’re moving to Greece!
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This will be my final save/story of FM18 and I’m looking for it to carry me through to the release of FM 2019 in November. In 4 months of gameplay, I anticipate I’ll get quite a lot done (mainly because I try to play Football Manager in every spare hour I get when I’m not working or spending time with the sprogs. There’s sure to be many a night when it reaches the early hours of the morning before I decide I better shut down the laptop and go to bed!
So I’ve decided that my final save will be my favourite type of game to play on FM…..a journeyman save. And this year, I’ve seen the emergence of my alter ego manager, Ernie Allan and he will be the man at the forefront of this story once again.
Ernie starts his career with no previous experience, other than that of super winger of the local Rose & Crown A team! He has no coaching badges to his name and virtually nothing about him speaks out to football clubs saying “hire me”. But I’m sure there’s bound to be at least one gullible chairman out there somewhere in Europe who will give him a shot!
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I’m giving the English clubs far too much credit for having savvy chairmen who would never be this foolish and turning my attention to some of the ‘lesser’ leagues of European football to find a job! I begin the save with the following nations, chosen based on the fact that they all start at roughly the same time of year so I won’t be loading any leagues that are half way through their campaign…
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So it was time to start firing out my CV to any club I thought would entertain it. And to my surprise, it didn’t take long to get some interviews lined up! We agreed that the best plan of action would be to have my initial interviews over skype….after all I am unemployed and have no cash to be jetting off around Europe and these clubs were too small to be paying my expenses. I have interviews with Bandirmaspor of the Turkish 2. League, AS Veroia of the Greek National B Division and Carmarthen Town in the JD Welsh Premier League. Personally, I was hoping for the move to Greek with the memories of sun and sand from childhood holidays firmly at the forefront of my mind. However, the Mrs was hoping to move to Wales so we could still remain ‘relatively’ close to family…..I didn’t tell her that the further we could get away from her old dear the better!
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Carmarthen Town are the first to respond and offer me a 1 year deal worth £180 per week. I’m still holding out for that move to sunny Greece, so ask them if I can have a week to think things over. They reluctantly agree.
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And then it comes….the news I’ve been waiting for. AS Veroia want me! A 1 year deal is on offer with nearly £100 per week more on offer than the Welsh club and I can’t sign that contract quick enough. Now, to tell the Mrs! Pack your bags love, we’re moving to Greece!
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