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October 2049 I promise I wont change jobs this month. Internationals first, and a World Cup to qualify for. And it's done in style, Enock Shakil leading from the back to help secure a win in Benin. It feels like my entire right side is injured (two players, but they are both Right-wingers) so replacements are called up. Stephen Sentamu joins the squad for the first time, he's 16 and will start the game from the bench. We lose to Cameroun but qualify for the World Cup as the best of the 2nd placers The domestic season ends with a whimper as we rotate and see what the squad is like. We shall do well next year.

September 2049 First up some internationals. Cameroun away, which will be tough, and Madagascar at home, which won't be. Cameroun was done in 12 minutes in the first half. Blown away. And this was exactly what we did to Madagascar. Two games left so we should be okay to qualify. We also top the 2nd place qualifiers at the moment so one more win (Benin next month) should be enough. On the domestic front, we tasted our first defeat of the season before something kind of happened... A job came up in Canada - somewhere I want to go... It's a much higher reputation club, in a much higher reputation league so offers me the best possible chance of winning the Champions League. Panama's top flight is 17th, Canada's only flight is 11th - ironically it's 1 lower than Puerto Rico but all the teams are Professional I like Canada. Panama didn't excite me - I lasted 62 days and it felt a bit too easy. Panama got me 2 nations so it wasn't a complete waste of time! I also get to say hello again to Carlos Álvarez who I had in Puerto Rico. We start with the league leaders, Cavalry, but I manage to get the club's first win in months, thanks to a double for Amir Ramzan, who has also ticked off Canada. Canada has a huge amount of dual nationals, currently, they are all declared for Canada, but if they switch we could be laughing, we do have a Right Back from Palestine, and that's a nation we don't have in the collection. It's amazing what the new manager bounce can do There are 2 games left in the season. We might catch 5th. I am optimistic for next season

So close. Keep them Kiwi's in sight and hunt them down

August 2049 We are 600-1 to win the league. If we win it, then that will tell you all you need to know about the strength of Panamanian football. We led 2-0 but faded badly to pick up a point on the opening day. Bahamian Donovan Louis scored which was nice. Louis went one better against Chepo - a double and a man of the match which means the Bahamas is secured, #110 The scale and size of the victory suggests that the standard ain't great. They got promoted with us last season. So maybe it's a similar club to us. A man of the match display from keeper Johan Sanchez was his first half decent display. Louis scored the late, very late winner. Sanchez is immediately put on penalties to tick off the nation. It's a waiting game now. I've signed Brian Bell - I can't play him until 2050 and he's Emergency Back-Up but I want him on my staff eventually. Another fine display from Sanchez AND a goal means we have out #111th nation. Costa Rica We are also unbeaten. It would appear we are good enough to challenge this year. If we continue the run. The next Ugandan squad has been named. Returns for Davis Sentamu and Mustafa Kigonya from injury mean we are pretty much full strength.

July 2049 Come in... Why do you want this job... That's been my month. Lots of recruitment meetings, lots of rejections, lots of gambles. Let's talk players. 10 deals were done, with the highlights being Donovan Louis - a Striker from the Bahamas Jhon Castaneda - an attacking midfielder from Colombia Johan Sanchez - a keeper from Costa Rica Pablo Toledo - a left winger who was released from my previous employer - has already played for Puerto Rico and is only 18 3 are nationalities that we haven't got and are good enough to be regular starters. A win/win The rest are Panamanian depth We have 27 players and 4 Foreigners. Room for more in January. Although a Mexican has already been sourced and signed. So we are at the limit for Foreigners. Or will be.

I only have a maximum of 3 nations loaded at one time - currently Panama, Canada, and Puerto Rico. In a few months Puerto Rico will be removed and Saint Marten will come in. Touchwood things are working out okay.

Welcome to Panama. We have a minimal squad, favourites for relegation, and no staff to help me recruit. This might be short and sweet. My hope will be to keep things together this year and build. Focus is on getting good, rather than nations. If I can get a nation at the same time, then even better.

June 2049 A friendly against Tunisia. We've not got the AFCON to prepare for so maybe this is a chance to get some points towards the rankings. But we've got to win it first. And boy what a win We sit 71st in the world. And that will be that... until either September or I get a job.

May 2049 Home to the side bottom of the table. Surely a chance to both secure the league title AND tick off a nation? Yes! Bevan Hernandez from Guyana, one of our recent new recruits, scores his 3rd for the club, and gets the MoTM award. Of course, now I am leaving, I become an Icon With the title secure, I have decided to walk away 3 games early. The state of play in the challenge Quarter of the way to completion

April 2049 We have not won a game since February. Panic Stations. Oh wait, it's 1 game. As you were. Or not. A 4-4 draw, we have Ricardo Salvatierra to thank for rescuing a point. An ugly victory over PR Sol dispels any rumours that the bubble has burst. Puts us 13 clear with 5 left to play.

1 plan is to swing through the Caribbean and tick off as many of the randoms as I can, and the other is to focus on winning the NACL with either Canada or Panama - the two biggest leagues, that meet the criteria, that are fully professional. Both approaches have their pluses and minuses - all depends on what becomes available.

March 2049 It's time to admit defeat - they will never love me, so I will leave them at the end of the season And to celebrate.... The first league defeat of the season Fortunately, I can distract myself with Uganda. 2 AFCON qualifiers. Our squad - Frank Sentamu is about to retire so this will be his swansong. Old Frank scores off the bench and we beat Eq Guinea. We just need a point in South Africa to qualify. Ah well. Ultimately the double that Sudan inflicted on us had a massive impact

February 2049 With the league all but secured, now becomes time to tick off nations. 19 left in North America. With the transfer window opening, it's time for a fire sale, moving on the unhappy players and the foreigners that have done their jobs. We may well meet Alvarez again and Crookham was a very solid RB option. A win and a draw in the league 10 more games left in Puerto Rico - it's time to move on.

January 2049 It's Chilly tonight. And I had Chilli for tea. And we've ticked off a nation... can you guess which one? Yep, you guessed it... Guam... No, Chile. Natanael Guglielmotti scores a goal and gets MoTM and we are laughing into our 108th nation. A fan day win over Sevilla puts us 10 points clear. Brian Bell returns from injury to score his first league goal of the campaign. A massive gap to the rest

Eek Auckland City straight off the bat. Tough. At least you'll get a guide as to the toughest task from the start

Woop! Desborough. One of the few local sides to me around that level - been to see them play a few times.

December 2048 December starts with dropped points. It means we are 21 games unbeaten, but the Brazilian Soccer Academy (BSA) proved a tough nut to crack. Eddie Hernandez comes to the party with a brace to put PR Sol back down. More good stuff from Hernandez and we are starting to create a bit of a gap at the top. The year's league campaign was bought to a conclusion that's to our Argentine Ricardo Salvatierra bringing up his 16th goal of the season. Full rotation for the cup - we've bought in an Indian, a Trinidadian, and a Bermudan - all making debuts. No-one scored and we crashed out. Bit of a waste really.

November 2048 Regular Football returns! And finally... Africa is a nation completely ticked off... Bahaeddine Kamergi is a right winger that we are paying an extremely good wage to play for us. Twice most of the rest of the squad, but he has finally ticked off the 57th African Nation which means I no longer have to worry about Tunisia. Ever again. It took him 4 games. Zoubaier Essoussi played 57 games. On a roll.. Cooking on Gas... Aruba ticked off. Fercand Poppen with a hat-trick and another nation falls. Annoyingly just after the registration window closes. A clean sweep, scoring goals, not conceding, and nations ticked off. A decent month Top of the tree

October 2048 An update with little to no update. A Champions League game when we are already out Two World Cup Qualifiers, and as we are at the start of the group, they don't mean a hill of beans... Let's start with the domestic stuff, well Continental stuff. And it's a nation done. Danilo Perović has been non-contract for a while and not registered for much. He's completed Montenegro and will get released fairly sharpishly. His release means we can bring in another foreigner. We are at full strength in Uganda for the national side. Steven Dese Wafula has taken to international football like a duck to the wet stuff, he get's his 3rd MoTM award in 4 games in the 5-2 win over Benin, Frank Sentamu makes his 100th cap against Madagascar. He's one of 9 players in their 30s that we have in the squad. It's our backbone and engine room. I don't look forward to the day they retire.

September 2048 Our signings have a local feel about - 4 coming in, and they are all Puerto Ricans. Mark Agüeros is a DMC, Ed Daniels is a Centre Back, Eddie Hernández a Striker, and Jason Laurie is another DMC - all of them current internationals. Annyoingly I agreed to loan Daniels back to his former club for the season. Never agree on terms when not fully concentrating folks. I've gone domestic as we already have a full quota of FGN players, and there isn't much in the offering on the remaining North American nations currently The Champions League is gone. Knocked out with a game to spare. It's also a big month for the international side—home to South Africa, and then looking for revenge away to Sudan. Our squad to the two games. The only new man is Joseph Ssenyondo who is a 16-year-old DMC, he's here for the experience. It must be said - South Africa is a shadow of its former glories. True we scored 3 times late on but this was a whipping in anyone's language. It does seem that nothing can stop the Sudanese juggernaut We are in a battle with South Africa for the last spot. We should beat Eq. Guinea and they will need to get something from Sudan before we go head-to-head.

August 2048 NACL starts. The boys have had their week off between seasons and we are looking refreshed. There's something about the first game of the NACL that kicks us in the crotch. A 5-2 defeat. Balls... But we are able to bounce back in some style. No one has gotten away yet but it'll need maximum points from here I think.

July 2048 Before the final kicks off, Javier Garcia (Guatemala) and Gérard Ottavi (Martinique) move to new clubs. Both did their job. Brian Bell makes it safe with club goal 96. He has two more games this season to score 4 times. It's possible. He can't score away at Sevilla, but Marco Soriano does, and that's Honduras ticked off. We go absolutely ballistic against Ballista, and Brian Bell does it - he needed 4 and got 4. Ticks off an achievement. Bell's record: 71 Liga PR goals 13 Copa de Puerto Rico goals 16 North American Champions League goals He's now seen as an ICON by the fans. I'm still a favoured person. STILL 927 games for me in the save now. We end the month saying good-bye to some old players. Maldonado was a useful squad player but wanted to be a star player and he isn't good enough for that. Klapper and Montoya are now back-ups, we have plenty of kids coming through. Essoussi never ticked off Tunisia and didn't want to stay. I have a new Tunisian at the club and he will tick the nation off. Soon.

June 2048 Routine. That's the flavour of the month. Two victories in the league and an International friendly. But it's a good day for Honduras - Marco Soriano picks up the MoTM award but he hasn't scored, so it's not a great day. Yet... Hussein Ahmed has gone to APOEL in Cyprus. The Ugandan squad welcomed back a few from injuries, and a new face, 23-year-old Steven Dese Wafula, a right sided midfielder. If you arrived late, then you would have missed it all This is where we sit in achievements. No real change - we played 5 games and Shafik Ssemujju played all 5.

Looking forward to this. I know full well the frustration of moving on from an epic save. Nothing ever compares to it. Until you find the next one...

May 2048 Time is running out for Zoubaier Essoussi to tick off Tunisia, and complete Africa. He's out of contract at the end of the campaign and absolutely wants to go back home. He's got 10 goals this season. He's on penalties and plays a bit up front. Always hurt in the team talks as he is a Centre Back. No wonder he wants to leave. A rare man of the match award for a keeper, Bob Croft has a good game to see us past Club Athletico Fajardo, Brian Bell gets goal 95 to ensure that we retain our league title. Our 5th straight title. Despite our success the fans still only see me as a favourite person