Manager of the ages

After struggling with a few underdog teams, Ive started a new career. I started off with most of the Asian Pacific leagues as playable, as well as England and Australia.

Starting as an unemployed ex-professional footballer, I applied for numerous teams before being offered the role at FC Seoul. The previous manager had parted company with the club with roughly 10 matches left in the season.

FC Seoul were sitting in 5th, and had already won the League Cup that season.

After looking through the squad, I decided I had everything I needed to make a play for the K-League title, and thought I had a decent chance at the Korean FA cup.

To make a long story short, we went through the rest of the season winning 10 of 15 games, drawing 3 and losing 2. We finished second behind Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors after the regular season.

The FA Cup went smoothly and we won that with ease. Dejan Damjanović top scored for the tournament, with a few hat tricks in there as well.

The playoffs went relatively smoothly as well, with only a slight scare in a 3-2 win over Suwon. The two leg final against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors started with a Jeonbuk player being red carded 15 minutes into the first game at home, and we won 2-0.

The return leg was just as good, winning 1-0 away, clinching the K-League Championship.

So after just 110 days at the helm of a professional football club, I have amassed the Korean FA Cup as well as the K-League Championship, while FC Seoul as a whole clinched the treble, including the League Cup before my arrival.

Its currently the off-season, and I have disabled most of the asian league, while adding France, Germany, Italy and Spain. I might stay with FC Seoul, but Ill wait to see what opportunities arise in the near future.

More to come..

You did pretty well after taking over, AussieBrad. Could we get some screenshots or details about your team?

I cant put up any screenshots, because Im at work, but ill fill you in on happenings of late.

After a great opening season to my career, things rapidly declined. The teams started the next season very poorly. Half way through the season, we were sitting in 8th position, and things looked dire. The only glimmer of hope was coming from our strikers, Dejan Damjanovic and Ryul, who were the best performers in the team. We were scoring goals, but we were also conceding them at a more rapid rate.

Then the unthinkable happened. HSV Hamburg offered $2.5 million for Damjanovic. Before I even got told, the board had signed off on the deal and he was gone. THEN Sampdoria offered $2.5 million for Ryul. Once again the board went behind my back and sealed the deal.

With both of our star players gone, I had to rely on Eli Babij (a young Australian striker I had brought in the year before), but he just didnt get the supply he needed to score goals. As the team struggled more and more, I decided it was time to jump ship, and look for opportunities elsewhere.

So after 12 months and 2 cups, I left FC Seoul. I was unemployed for 2 months, with not many jobs being available. Eventually, I got a manager role with Yeovil Town in the English League 1.

Yeovil had been struggling all season and were in 23rd position when I took over. Because I had a very limited transfer budget and no room in the salary budget, I stayed out of the transfer market. The players at my disposal are pretty good. At least good enough, i think, to stay out of the relegation zone at the end of the season.

After my arrival, we went on a 7 game unbeaten streak, but since then its been up and down, getting as high as 17th and as low as 23rd. Currently we are still sitting in the relegation zone, but still only one win away from 18th.

Im also very pleased that former Adelaide United defender Paul Reid is at Yeovil Town. He has started every game for me and been one of the better performers, along with Huntington.

One problem I have with managing an English team, is not being able to get work permits for Australians. My player knowledge of Australian players is better than that of anywhere else, so trying to get a decent player across at dirt cheap prices should be easy, but Im hampered every single time by work permits. Considering we're still a monarchy, I would have thought it would be hard NOT to get a permit for an Australian player.