Marios1999 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 For those of you who are lovers of Ancient Greek history, Mount Egaleo might ring a bell. It is the mountain, from which Xerxes was watching the Battle of Salamis. But in the neighborhood of Egaleo, there is a football team with a bit of history in the greek scene. Egaleo was a mainstay in Greek Superleague in the 00's and it hat its share of european appearances. But financial struggles led to its demotion to the amateur divisions. I thought it was time to take over and restore the team to its previous glory. Shall you join me? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marios1999 Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 Season 1 coming in! League In line with expectations we won the league, and our promotion through the playoffs, so next season we will be playing in National Division C! Schedule Squad We had the best roster, and it showed on the pitch. The winter addition of Kottakis helped a lot, and the play of Koxarakis, Nasios and Dimgkiokas were the basis of our success. Koxarakis Nasios Kottakis Dimgiokas Youth Intake: Α number of players with good potential, but i think that they can become mostly good backups. YP1 YP2 ΥP3 ΥP4 YP5 YP6 Goals for next season -Survive -Fare well in the National Division C Cup There is only one problem, the fact that we didnt turn even Semi-pro, so it will become kinda of a challenge. But this is more fun now:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamakazeee Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Sounds interesting, I like fallen giants of such stories... Count me as a reader Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marios1999 Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 First half of the season: Struggling Transfers As you can see we revamped the squad. All those 1/7 signings are regens that we had signed prior to the window. But we suffered losses because of our amateur status, with our key GK leaving(Andriolas), and our 2 starting CM's leaving on deadline day(Nafpliotis,Giouvanellis). Matches so far And as you see things are not great, but we have a little 2 game winning streak that we hope to improve upon. The long losing patches are really killing us though. Standings But we're not far from relegation, although it will take a strong effort to make it. So, it's been a rough first half, but hopefully we can turn it around. But will we? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marios1999 Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Second Half: Up we stay! Schedule The team didn't find form immediately, but we came up big when it really mattered. League Close till' the end. Also seeing rivals Proodeftiki being relegated was an added bonus:D Tactics Instructions After a lot of tinkering, we finally found the tactics that led us to the late season streak that kept us up! Pre Season goals: -Survive -Fare well in the National Division C Cup: We were out by the first round Next season goals: -Mid-table position -Keep some of our core players -Maybe a run in the cup. And now some of my thoughts. The amateur status is really bugging me, and the only way to change this is by promoting. But i don't think this is very easy:D So can we do it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Wow, narrowly surviving at the expense of your rivals must be satisfying Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marios1999 Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Yep, on top of the relief of staying up to get this, it was amazing:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Interesting to see a Greek save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marios1999 Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Later on we will have an update, probably around 19.00, and there we will be a big change for the young coach:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marios1999 Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Third season: Success, but not for everyone League We finished at mid table, with a very prolific offence, but with the leakiest defence of all, which cost us many games, and eventually i think the promotion place. Schedule We started off very strong, but the memories from last year came haunting, as we had two very bad stretches. Squad As things stand, two players stood out: -Dimgiokas, who was the lynchpin of our attack, although his 2 at finishing cost us dearly, -and Tsoulakos, the big cannon upfront. But as we finished the season, the board was not happy with our position, which was the best we could achieve considering our poor roster, and in addition it refused to turn semi-pro. As a result, i hit the resign button and waited for the chance, that came in the form of Kallithea: The team was promoted to the Football League, aka the second tier in the greek pyramid, and had just fired the coach. So i seized the opportunity and applied. And they came to me with a very appealing offer. Also, as the new season came around turned fully pro, and i had a budget of 650k euros, which is about 650k euros more the the previous one! The team has a tradition for producing talent, which was evident byt the 3 good regens i found there, so i hope I will bea ble to produve some players. Next up: -Presentation of the team -Goals for the season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Seems like a decent step up to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marios1999 Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Kallithea, the team: Kallithea is a team that shares a lot with Egaleo, as it was a fixture in the Superleague in the early to mid-00's. It is also a team that plays in a stadium called ''El Paso''. How cool is that? But it also had a squad with many flaws and weak in general, so we had to perform a complete overhaul! Holdovers: Katsoulis Our starting GK. Touncara A luxury for the division, although he hasn't started as strong. Ntovas The most exciting from the group of youth holdovers, he is slotted right into the starting AMR position. Transfers: So a lot of wheeling and dealing in general, and here come the most important of the batch. We signed many youth players, and a lot from Egaleo, who were handpicked by me. Bloch Cholevas Duberet Juan Mariano Zagliveris Gaqollari Junior Season Goals: -Avoid Relegation -Go past first round in the cup Can we make it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyler16 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 A Greek save, nice. I'll be following. Very significant step up to the second tier there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marios1999 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Yeah we had a bit of a crash here Just to let you know, we didn't beat the drop with Kallithea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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