Hey people, name's Josh. Now this is my story of starting off as a manager with "sunday league footballer" reputation and aiming to become a "world class" manager - but theres a twist. It's not just as simple as that, becase the main objective of this story, is to complete the pentagon challenge.
For people who's not aware of the Pentagon Challenge, is where you select five continents and aim to win all five "champions leagues" of each continent. It's not as easy as it sounds, trust me - especially when you start with sunday league footballer reputation and unemployed.
Well, thats it for the introduction folks, hope your ready for one **** of a ride and enjoy my story.
It Begins..
Alright - so i've decided to pick South Africa + Asia as the first two continents to start my journey at. Now by doing so, i've loaded up - Australia and South Korea for the Asia continent and ofcourse South Africa for its own continent. Now it was about trying to find my first job, with myself got only a low reputation as a sunday league footballer, I wasn't expecting much to come my way, but I was in for a small suprise.
As you can see, I was quite suprised of exactly, how many jobs was available, but even more suprised at how many jobs came back for me. Out of the four I applied for, all four clubs offered me the position as manager. One of the teams where from South African first division, the second tier of African football. That team was the MP Black Aces, who was one of the favourites to get promoted that season to the top tier. Two of the clubs where from South Korean sides, from there seccond tier also - the NLeague. Those where, Incheon Korail and Gangneung City. Incheon Korail was also one of the favourites to go up this season aswell. The final team was Australian Hyundia A-League side Gold Coast United - who where in the top flight of Australian football.
So, as you can see I had some good offers to choose from and i've got to be honest - I really did take time to think it over, because it was clear I would be in this continent for at least a few years, but that was to be expected anyways. You cant go in expecting instant success, it's just not going to happen, if it does, it's always nice, but always better to be realistic with your aims. After much consideration, I finally decided on what club to begin my journey with and it may seem the obvious choice to some, but it just stuck out to me.
Gold Coast United. I've got to be honest, it was just too good an offer to turn down - I mean in terms of transfer budgets, compared to the other sides there was a massive gap - for obvious reasons ofcourse. The stadium andd facilities where better and more importantly, they was already in the top flight of Australia, which meant I could possibly qualify for the Asian Champions League with-in my first season - but as I mentioned before, let's not get ahead of ourselves. Through all the positives, the club is expected to finish 9th, which is second bottom of the league, so it's clear some improvement needs to be done here.
For people who's not aware of the Pentagon Challenge, is where you select five continents and aim to win all five "champions leagues" of each continent. It's not as easy as it sounds, trust me - especially when you start with sunday league footballer reputation and unemployed.
Well, thats it for the introduction folks, hope your ready for one **** of a ride and enjoy my story.
It Begins..
Alright - so i've decided to pick South Africa + Asia as the first two continents to start my journey at. Now by doing so, i've loaded up - Australia and South Korea for the Asia continent and ofcourse South Africa for its own continent. Now it was about trying to find my first job, with myself got only a low reputation as a sunday league footballer, I wasn't expecting much to come my way, but I was in for a small suprise.
As you can see, I was quite suprised of exactly, how many jobs was available, but even more suprised at how many jobs came back for me. Out of the four I applied for, all four clubs offered me the position as manager. One of the teams where from South African first division, the second tier of African football. That team was the MP Black Aces, who was one of the favourites to get promoted that season to the top tier. Two of the clubs where from South Korean sides, from there seccond tier also - the NLeague. Those where, Incheon Korail and Gangneung City. Incheon Korail was also one of the favourites to go up this season aswell. The final team was Australian Hyundia A-League side Gold Coast United - who where in the top flight of Australian football.
So, as you can see I had some good offers to choose from and i've got to be honest - I really did take time to think it over, because it was clear I would be in this continent for at least a few years, but that was to be expected anyways. You cant go in expecting instant success, it's just not going to happen, if it does, it's always nice, but always better to be realistic with your aims. After much consideration, I finally decided on what club to begin my journey with and it may seem the obvious choice to some, but it just stuck out to me.
Gold Coast United. I've got to be honest, it was just too good an offer to turn down - I mean in terms of transfer budgets, compared to the other sides there was a massive gap - for obvious reasons ofcourse. The stadium andd facilities where better and more importantly, they was already in the top flight of Australia, which meant I could possibly qualify for the Asian Champions League with-in my first season - but as I mentioned before, let's not get ahead of ourselves. Through all the positives, the club is expected to finish 9th, which is second bottom of the league, so it's clear some improvement needs to be done here.
