New Year New Life: The Story of a Journeyman

[LutterworthFox]

The Final Two League Games (May 2019)
Game 26 v's Lions

A nice win but how did Lincoln (GIB) do?

OH MY GOD! Not what I expected, we go into the final game 2 points clear, but only a win will do!
Game 27 v's Glacis Utd

What a way to win it! WE ARE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Screw you Lincoln (GIB)!! And to make it even better they drew their final game, who are the bottle-jobs now?!

 

[LutterworthFox]

End of Season Review (2018/19

An amazing season, how on earth we did it I have no idea!
Here is the championship winning squad:

Garcia was by far my best player and this was capped off by him winning the Gibraltar Premier Division Player of the Year

And unsurprisingly I won the Manager of the Year:

And here are the club end of season awards and stats:

What next?
I think I want to stick around for another season but it all depends what jobs turn up in Spain, clearly with my rep at virtually nothing I won't get a decent job but also hanging around in Gibraltar isn't going to improve it massively. I'd like to at least play in the Champions League with Manchester 62 but would expect to go out in Round 1.
With us getting £224k in prize money for the winning the League and also money from Champions League participation finances are massively better and I hope now the board let me take my next coaching badge. So for now I'm gonna stay and do pre-season as normal but keeping a close eye on what jobs come up in Spain and apply accordingly.

Obviously the aim of this save is to win the League and move to next bordering nation so don't wanna hang about unless it absolutely necessary. Spain is the only bordering nation so I know I'm going there and know it's gonna take long enough to get myself a job big enough to win La Liga, but once I do that I would expect my rep to be high enough to get any job going and then we can really get cracking with traveling the world!

 

[NathanITFC]

Well done on securing the league title, really enjoying this as it is something different, good luck with finding a job in Spain and going for domestic glory there.

 

[LutterworthFox]

Well done on securing the league title, really enjoying this as it is something different, good luck with finding a job in Spain and going for domestic glory there.

Thanks mate, it's gonna be tough with my rep still really low but will be good fun

 

[LutterworthFox]

2019/20 Champions League & An Update - Manchester 62 (Gibraltar)

1st Qualifying Round

Wow! We were underdogs but managed to sneak through. Next up Rosenborg!
2nd Qualifying Round

The journey is over but my god did we put up a fight. In the 1st Leg we were 4 -0 down after half an hour and managed to somehow claw it back to only 4-3. We weren't good enough in the 2nd Leg but we had put up an amazing showing.

And that's where my Gibraltar journey ends, it's time to resign and wait for a job in Spain, I've applied for a few, rather rubbish jobs but best to get my foot in the door.
Why am I leaving so quickly when I said I was gonna stick around? Even after winning the League I still can't sign any better players, I haven't signed 1 player yet and I can't see the point in sticking around wasting time so I'm biting the bullet and getting a move on!
See you all when I have a new job!

 

[LutterworthFox]

NEW CLUB ALERT!

Club Deportivo Palencia Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Palencia, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 2011, it plays in Segunda División B, holding home games at La Balastera, with a capacity of 8,070 seats.
CD Palencia Balompié was founded in 2011 by a group of supporters who disagreed about the conversion of CF Palencia into a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva. It took the name of Club Deportivo Palencia from the first club of the city, which was founded in 1929.[1]​

It's a good 7 hour drive to Palencia but boy was I excited, they have just been promoted back to the 3rd tier of Spain, and with a whopping budget of £105k to spend I'm excited, we have massive potential here, not only for the club but also personally, I can improve my rep and try and build a team from the bottom up.

I'm also on a wage of £240p/week after tax so sure I can find myself a nice little apartment in the centre of town to rent whilst I'm here, a nice little pay rise as well from the £170p/week I was on at Manchester 62.

We don't have a very big squad but with a decent transfer and wage budget we can definitely bring in some new face, here are who I expect to be my key players:

A good base to build on for sure. Looking at what I have at my disposal I'll probably play a 4231 or 4411 but I do need to buy a couple of new central defenders and a better striker

 

[LutterworthFox]

I have noticed I have taken the job with only 8 days before the 1st League game hence there will be no pre-season update or transfer update. I will post the transfers as and when they sign or in a monthly update

 

[LutterworthFox]

Transfer Update

I have hurriedly snapped up a few players prior to the 1st game of the season, and also the fact the transfer deadline came around before the 1st game! With only 2 CBs and 2 Strikers (who both aren't good enough) I needed to improve those departments and quick.

Jesus Olmo - Free Transfer

Chuma - Loan from Sevilla C

Paco - Free Transfer

Asier Carrera - Loan from Leonesa

And before I could make any more deals the window slammed shut and now I'm stuck with what I have! I'm not confident!

 

[Brane_Orsou]

Good luck with this season mate, you may need it! Never good when you don't get a full preseason with a new club, but sure you will manage to solidify things this year and look to do more the following season.

 

[LutterworthFox]

Good luck with this season mate, you may need it! Never good when you don't get a full preseason with a new club, but sure you will manage to solidify things this year and look to do more the following season.

It's gonna be tough but I'm keeping the tactics simple so shouldn't take long for the players to get used to it. I'm confident we can steer clear of the relegation places which I think is the bottom 4 or 5!

 

[LutterworthFox]

Pre-Season Update - Palencia (Spain)

2019/20 Spanish Segunda Division B Group 2 Season Preview

Rules

The promotion play-offs are a little confusing so I'll discuss that as and when we qualify for it.
Expectations

I'm confident we can surpass what has been set especially for the League

 

[LutterworthFox]

September 2019

A tough start but we have played pretty well seeing as I only had 1 week to prepare the team. I'm still struggling to get tactics working and am mixing formations each game depending on the players I have available which with injuries isn't a lot!

Not a bad position seeing as we were forecast to be near the bottom although I feel we could be doing better

 

[LutterworthFox]

October 2019

An amazing month with only one real slip-up. I've finally settled on a tactic, will numerous decent central midfielders and no real quality wide players I've decided on a 41212 with a DM and an AM, nothing special, just nice and simple.

10 games in and we are on for a play-off spot, let's hope we can keep the good run of form up!

 

[LutterworthFox]

November 2019

A decent month, 7 points out of 12, not bad for a team forecast to be down the bottom. Plus I've eventually got my team scoring goals!

The league is pretty tight but we are still looking good for a run at the play-off spots

 

[LutterworthFox]

December 2019

A tough month of games, the Leonesa game we were massive underdogs and they showed their class, the 2 draws were poor results but the win was against the team who at the time sat top which was pleasing.

We have fallen out of the play-off spots but it's still going a **** sight better than I expected!

 

[LutterworthFox]

Well it's now January 2020 and it means only one thing, the transfer window is OPEN!*

Now I'm not usually one for doing business mid-season but have a few gaps that need filling that I didn't get time to sort when I took over, hopefully I can do a small amount of business to improve the overall squad

 

[LutterworthFox]

 

[LutterworthFox]

January 2020

A brilliant month and the new signings seem to be settling well.

Still 4th but a nice little gap forming below us.

 

[LutterworthFox]

February 2020

After a shocking first game we have played brilliantly

12 games to go, a play off spot looking more and more likely

 

[LutterworthFox]

March 2020 + Youth Intake

Absolutely amazing start, I never ever expected us to be doing this well. And then crashing down to earth with 2 terrible defeats!

Even with those defeats we are now odds on for the play offs, although getting promoted is very very difficult, I'll explain if and when we get there!
And here is the Youth Intake:

Terrible! Only 1 half decent player, the rest ****** awful