June/July
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Friendlies
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All in all an average pre-season where I just did a lot of experimental work with young players and new signings. The stand out result a 4-1 win against Romanian champions Steaua. The formation changed after losing 5-4 to Dinamo and we did look a bit better at the back after that.
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This will be the starting tactic, its quite simple and basic but when I arrived there was only one wide player and our main strength is definitely down the middle so I decided to exploit this.
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A fairly busy transfer window, I'll discuss the transfers in further later on. In terms of leaving the club Papez and Kuhar had their contracts terminated as they had no future at the club. Racic was a good player but the only wide midfielder we had and his game time would be very limited with this tactic so I worked out a deal involving monthly installments to try and keep a steady income into the club.
Transfers in
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The first player in was Majer. We had no full backs for either side and at 23 he still has time to develop further and will slot in straight away as our first choice right back.
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Next in was Music, at 24 he is probably playing very close to his peak but is still a stellar left back and will be the first choice left back this season.
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The next signing was Cehic. We already had enough strikers but our second string striker is 29 and Cehic has plenty of potential at just 21. He will be rotated throughout the season and will still get plenty of game time this season.
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The next man in was Robic, aged just 19 he has very good potential for the club and will be rotated throughout the season. We managed to fight off some 2. Bundesliga and some 1. SNL teams to get his signature.
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Kovjenic came in next on loan from our parent club Domzale, he will be our deputy defensive midfielder as we lacked any other options behind our first choice in this position.
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Pokorn was next in, yes he's 34 and I did say I was going to use younger players but I just needed someone to cover at right back just in case of any injuries for this season as there were no better options on the market. He's also more than capable of playing left back and centre midfield if needed so could be a useful utility player this year.
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The final signing was Lonzaric on loan from division rivals Aluminij. He will simply just provide cover at left back as we had no full backs at all when I initially joined the club.
Next up will be the August update where we kick off our league campaign and the cup competition begins. The transfer window is still open however I think my business may be done now.