rinso Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 bah!! lost in the final of the confederations cup... still cant quite believe we got there actually.. enjoyed the experience, and the extra finances!! from being over £100k in the red, our bank balance is now £250k.. just goes to show how important continental competitons are to smaller clubs!! here's hoping i can qualify for this years (or i have already) league-wise going pretty steady, although im 5 points behind the leaders already, so got some work to do.. should be a bit easier now the distraction of the c/c is out of the way.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 well, another good season, more progress on the domestic front, managed to finish 2nd in the league this time, hampered by a slow-ish start, and too many draws really. just seemed to be some games where we couldnt buy a goal, and others where we couldnt miss, including an 8-1 win, and a 9-0, although the latter was in the league cup. we scored a ridiculous amount of goals in the league really, should have finished top i think. have to work on keeping them out more, or spreading them out between games... in the cup competitions, we won the senior shield, got to the semis of the league cup, and the semis of the FA cup. again managed to qualify from the group stage of the confederations cup, so looking forward to the latter stages later on in the year. its great how much this confederations cup competition boosts my finances, made a profit of just inder half a million this year again, and i reckon i should have qualified for next year's competition as well. league table Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 rinso, I reckon that you have a serious chance to win the league next year. How's your roster and your overall bank balance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 looking very good all round this season so far... 2-1 up after the first leg of the confed. cup final, top opf the league, on 22 match unbeaten run, carried over from last season, played 7, won 6... still scoring for fun as well... bank balance is now £694k, helped along nicely by the cup successes and the extra tv revenue and boosted attendances. squad is maturing nicely, some players are loving the league and in red hot form... finances Zhang Pook theyre probably my best two players over the last season and a bit, Zhang scored something daft like 22 goals last season... cant emphasise enough how much the continental adventure has helped. someof theplayers have improved massively since that started, and theres also the financial aspect, and the fact its massively helped the attendances, averaging well over 1000 now... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 Finances looking really healthy rinso Zhang's and Pook's stats look very good! You should dominate the league from now on Do you have your own stadium, or do you have the same stadium at most of the other teams? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 ill let the screenie do the talking still ground-sharing at the minute, 2000 capacity,still not getting anywhere near filling it for the league games though... and with a bit of luck, domination will happen!!! tryin to get the club to turn professional atm, not working so far though half the squad dont want to give up their day jobs... halfway through league season now, and top by 6pts, after beating Dongguan, who are 2nd, for only the third time ever since i took over... unbelieveable. we've got such a poor record against them its silly... played 25.. ive won 3, drawn 6, lost 16. scored 29 conceded 56... lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 First person in my challenge to be mentioned of getting a statue. Congratz Not sure if the other teams would like a statue of you though, you are ground sharing after all. They might need to move the statue when (if at all) you get enough money to build your own stadium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 lol i didnt even see that bit about the statue, cheers for that!!! not sure how it would work with the ground share and all. not sure how theyll go about things if i ask them to expand the stadium.. who foots the bill?? all of us that use the ground? gotta laugh, my dc is almost top scorer this term, 9 in 16 lol errr... help!!! got premiership clubs bidding for my star cb now... lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 ok, wtf is going on here?! i cant find any clashing fixtures anywhere!! most of the players that are inelligible played in my first two games in the competition, so i have no idea wtf.... :confused: :confused: edit: just looked again.. and its not most of my starting line up.. it IS my starting line up!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 ok, wtf is going on here?! i cant find any clashing fixtures anywhere!! most of the players that are inelligible played in my first two games in the competition, so i have no idea wtf.... :confused: :confused:edit: just looked again.. and its not most of my starting line up.. it IS my starting line up!!! That's weird...you registered everyone on time though right? Go to the bugs forum I guess... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 there is no registration for it, it was the senior's cup semi-final!! somehow managed to cruise through it with a combination of youth, back-ups, greys and my left back playing up front!!! lol never mind, ive found why... they all played in the hong kong-canton cup... i discounted that as a reason because none of them are of those nationalities... didnt think it was just players from those leagues... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 lol at least you still won the game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 lol at least you still won the game yup! lol... and the cup now as well, twice in a row for that one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 You and ToMexico!! seem to be the most successful at my challenge so far. Good work Haven't won anything big so far lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 its going well atm, but still a long long way to go!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 what a season!!! we're unbeatable at the minute, winning everything! (almost!!) :D league cup > winners senior shield > winners confederation cup > winners league > winners final table fa cup > winners (our first ever final) manager home screen unbeaten run of 31 games in the league > lost the last game of the bloody season, to my nemesis, Dongguan. *mutters* :mad: got some kind of revenge though, knocked them out of the fa cup in the quarters. scored 4 in ten minutes, and ran out comfortable 5-0 winners... squad average age: 21!! finances approaching £1m, everythings looking very promising atm... edit: but somehow, after doing all that, i'm no longer on the clubs favoured personnel list? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 started the next season as we played most of the last > scoring for fun, and winning everything, played 6, won 6 so far, and top by 6 points,scored 25 conceded 3! all going well!! off for a few hours sleep now, gotta be up n fresh for the grand prix in, err, 5 hours?! oh dear.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 started the next season as we played most of the last > scoring for fun, and winning everything, played 6, won 6 so far, and top by 6 points,scored 25 conceded 3! all going well!! off for a few hours sleep now, gotta be up n fresh for the grand prix in, err, 5 hours?! oh dear.... hehe, gotta stay up at 12:30am local to watch the grand prix Good work rinso. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Season 4: Rizhiquan(2011) Media Prediction: 11th Finishing Position: 6th FA Cup: Lost in 2nd Round (defeated Dalian, lost to Liaoning) League Bad start as usual. We were 14th midway through the season, and then I switched to a 4-3-1-2 and we started getting better. League Highlights defeated CSL team Dalian (and on the road!) League Lowlights opening game (7-1 lost to Wuhan) last place in the reserves lol Transfers/Squad Transfers Squad We actually spent some money this year. Cong Chong was solid until he got injured and didn't regain his early season form. Signed a couple players from parent club Guangzhou after they were released while on loan at the club. Most of my freebies are youth rejects from CSL clubs. Key Player Zhang Yuan Another solid season. Not as good as last year, but still very solid. Key Youngsters Liu Lijia Contributed with 3 goals. Didn't play as key a role as last year though. Will look to get more out of Lijia next season. Finances Finances Getting a profit, which I like. Club Information Club Information Awards None. Looking at the Future improve finances compete for a playoff spot (now that we can play on the road) Season Team League Finished 2008 Rizhiquan Jia League 11th 2009 Rizhiquan Jia League 8th 2010 Rizhiquan Jia League 9th 2011 Rizhiquan Jia League 6th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 good season , least you're showing improvements, and more importantly, making a profit!! there's an incredible amount of draws there though, scope for it to either go very right, or very wrong next season!! made it for the grand prix.. just.. theyre just lining up for the start!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 not liking this... got most of the squad away on international duty, playing Dongguan... and.. already played 'em and won 3-1, then pc crashed! so i lost the result. so, i gave up and went back to bed!! tryign again now, and im expecting to lose... edit: managed to win 3-1 again! lol making sure the damn thing gets saved now! and just gone through registering my aquad for the group stages of the Asian Champions League!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 good season , least you're showing improvements, and more importantly, making a profit!! there's an incredible amount of draws there though, scope for it to either go very right, or very wrong next season!!made it for the grand prix.. just.. theyre just lining up for the start!!! Yeah, we had an awful habit of getting a lot of draws. The away draws I didn't mind, it was all those home draws... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 not liking this... got most of the squad away on international duty, playing Dongguan... and.. already played 'em and won 3-1, then pc crashed! so i lost the result. so, i gave up and went back to bed!! tryign again now, and im expecting to lose...edit: managed to win 3-1 again! lol making sure the damn thing gets saved now! and just gone through registering my aquad for the group stages of the Asian Champions League!!! Congratulations! Hope you can make an impact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 thats another season done, and domestic dominance once again! league > won with 3 games to spare. final league table seniors cup > winners league cup > winners fa cup > winners acl > group stage. cl group acquitted ourselves very very well in our continental adventure, only defeats in the last two games, both on the road, cost us qualification from our group. clearly not quite strong enough yet to compete with the bigger teams on that stage. set quite a few records as well this season, been very pleased with the team as a whole, apart from the one and only domestic defeat to Dongguan, we were a class apart. targets now have to be: strengthen team more, if possible, to compete better in ACL. continute to dominate domestically get finances to continue improving, hopefully to get new stadium, and bigger attendances. still not averaging 1000 yet domestically. hang onto best players > premiership clubs sniffing around my star gk, both dc's and my cm, so have to try and make sure i keep them, possibly stick some good size release clauses in their contracts, least that way, if they do go, i get some good money for them. turn professional > most of playing staff, bar two or three, are now on full-time contracts, only my staff arent!! beat Dongguan consistently! theyre the only team thats caused us anything like a problem this season, and have really been a thorn in my side since i took over at HKFC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 looks like im going to lose Zhang, my cm... Celtic bid £250k + friendly, i have negotiated up to £500k + friendly, but he's unhappy about me rejecting the bid. have offered him a new contract with a £750k release clause, and accepted Celtic's improved offer, so i best get searching for a new player. Shame really, he's been immense for me over the past couple of seasons... 111 games, 43 goals, 42 assists... got my 500k + friendly though.. just a matter of replacing him now... and my d/c,Naylor... got him onto a new contratc with a m/fee of £1m, but SPurs have matched it, so he's gone too.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 on the plus side, the chairman has now decided to turn us professional, so that should help attract a few better players i hope, and certainly help my current bunch (well, those that are left anyways) improve... also, thanks to these m/fee release clauses i've stuck in, we're now the joint richest club in Hong Kong! edit: i was speculating when i said i thought turning pro would attract some more players to my club.. but good grief... there must be at least 3x the amount of players interested in signing on the "player search screen" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 rather po'd atm, celtic friendly ahs been cancelled?! surely they cant do that?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Congratulations on turning pro rinso What are your finances anyways? Sad to hear about the loses of Zhang and Taylor. I'm fighting off offers from CSL clubs for Yuan and my other key players... On the bright side, my club reputation is high enough that I'm offering contracts to decent CSL players, which means they are very good Jia League players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 rather po'd atm, celtic friendly ahs been cancelled?! surely they cant do that?! lol try re-arranging it again... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 surely they should arrange it, its part fo the transfer deal?! that and im a lazy bugger!! we drew 1-1 with spurs when we played them, so i was lookin forward to the challenge! and theyve rejected it!! swines! club finances sounds like you should be pushing for promotion pretty soon then, if youre signing players from the higher league... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Just signed this guy on a free. I hope he's worth it lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 looks alright, once he recovers from the broken foot, that is!! stats should recover as he does as well... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 surely they should arrange it, its part fo the transfer deal?! that and im a lazy bugger!! we drew 1-1 with spurs when we played them, so i was lookin forward to the challenge! and theyve rejected it!! swines!club finances sounds like you should be pushing for promotion pretty soon then, if youre signing players from the higher league... lol I'm a long way off. Only US$650k in the bank so far. And btw, I could sign 2 players from CSL clubs, one who couldn't find a place in the first team (or the reserves for that matter...) and one from my parent club Guangzhou who I signed immediately when the transfer window opened. I'm aiming for a top-5 finish this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 ah... well its a start anyways. is it just a straight 2up 2 down system, or are there play-offs in China? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 ah... well its a start anyways. is it just a straight 2up 2 down system, or are there play-offs in China? No playoffs in China. Good thing my ass man arranged 3 home friendlies against CSL teams. 1000 came against Changsha, 2000 against parent club Guangzhou, and the third one hasn't been played yet. Promotion odds. The bookies are always so nice to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 thats not bad at all.... some of the odds in my league are laughable really... for the last 2 seasons, i've been 4-6 to win the title... lol some good attendances there as well, i can only get 2000 in this piddly little stadium, but we dont have enough money to expand yet, i keep asking!! got them to upgrade facilities and youth setup though.. least thtas something... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Well considering I'm last in the league in attendance every year (about 500-600 per league game), I really don't mind the big attendances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 lol i know the feeling... first couple of seasons with HKFC i was getting even less than that!! my average at the minute is a bit skewed, as it seems to still be counting the games from the ACL... edit: its a bit of a weird set up actually, season running from sept - april, but the acl from march - nov... takes some getting used to! halfway through a season before you start continental competition... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Well, everything went back to normal as 600 saw us play Dalian lol. And we also face Wuhan in the First Round of the Chinese FA Cup:( (the team who beat us 7-1 before) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 lol oh dear... out for revenge, or just making sure that doesnt happen again?! doing great in the league so far this season, the loss of those two players hasnt really affected those who stayed... brought in a young Hong Kong CB,m who was rated as a "definite purchase" several times by my scouts, and he's performed really well so far, especially as he's only 17! new defender just beaten Eastern Athletic Club in the league, to take us to 18 straight league victories!! lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 oh my god... i almost fell out me chair then... fc midtjylland (spelling?!) just offered me a p.ex deal for my right back, including this player now, i realise theres no guarantee he'll be interested in moving to my club.. but can you imagine if he did, with stats like that?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 oh my god... i almost fell out me chair then... fc midtjylland (spelling?!) just offered me a p.ex deal for my right back, including this player now, i realise theres no guarantee he'll be interested in moving to my club.. but can you imagine if he did, with stats like that?! lol he's look REALLY good. Maybe check his interest through Player Interaction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 i just accepted the transfer.. lol he wasnt interested though, so no go!! ah well... not that i need him atm, still happily tearing up all domestic opposition, although ive lost my first match in the cl groups this season... won every game so far domestically, including the cups up to now, and just got into league cup final... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 i just accepted the transfer.. lol he wasnt interested though, so no go!! ah well... not that i need him atm, still happily tearing up all domestic opposition, although ive lost my first match in the cl groups this season... lol I wasn't too surprised. Tbh, moving to HK from Denmark isn't the greatest of moves (my parents lived there irl lol) Good luck in the Champions League. Finances should go nowhere but up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 lol yeah i cant say i blame him really, although it was a nice thought while it lasted. he'd have torn the league apart!! cheers,i think im gonna need it, got a tough league group this time in the cl, more difficult that last seasons i think, so we'll se how it goes. and there's my first domestic defeat of the season. no prizes for guessing who to... and in the league cup final as well... not impressed. we had 3x the amount of shots on goal they did, and just couldnt score!! not happy at all... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 hehe, Dongguan is your bogey team I suppose. Guess you can't wait for them to get relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 lol how did you guess?! i bloody cant wait, no... im tempted to take over the swines and make em lose... lol not that im a poor loser or anything... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 lol every team I play on the road is technically my bogey game, can't beat any of them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 lol still having troubles there then i take it!? edit: calmed down slightly now, as we've won the league again, 4 games to spare this time! nt dropped a point so far.. and i hope thats not giving it the kiss of death... and i cant vote in the "player of the year" awards, as all the nominees play for my club!! lol lookie!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 lol still having troubles there then i take it!? lol my new tactic is better these days. Loses are becoming draws, but we still have the same amount of wins... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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