DaneBramage

July 2026 New Contract A two year extension with a £300 per week increase. -------------------------------------------- Departures A couple of players left whose contracts were up in December. Teams had agreed to sign them when their deals expired, and I used the Sell Now option to let them leave straight away for a bit of cash. The sale of 23e Ramon Motta is now the biggest sale from our academy. -------------------------------------------- Expectations The media and the bookies don't like our chances. The media think we might just scrape survival, but the bookies think we'll finish rock bottom. The board want us to avoid relegation. I think we might get mullered on a regular basis, but if we can pull last year's momentum over we might spring a few surprises. And I think we'll at least be able to beat Almagro who came up with us. There are 28 teams, so everyone plays each other once for a total of 27 games. The top 11 or 12 (depending on the Copa Argentina winners) qualify for continental competition. And two teams get relegated. But because this is South America, there are some stupid rules in this league. So it's not necessarily the bottom two that get relegated. It's the two teams with the worst points per game ratio over the last three years. -------------------------------------------- Primera Division Wow, we made an incredible start. Nine points from nine, literally could not ask for anything better. And they haven't been flukes either, we've been good value for the wins. Admittedly, it hasn't been the hardest competition. Sarmiento have lost all three of their games so far this season and sit in last place, Argentinos Juniors have only been back in this division a year after relegation in 2023 and then promotion in 2024, and Almagro came up with us. Off the top of my head (and I can't be bothered checking) I don't think we've had any midweek games before. But with Primera Division games condensed into a five month period there will be plenty of them now. That'll be good for player development as more will need to be involved, but we'll also take some big hits as the second-string isn't really strong yet, although they were enough to beat Almagro. I'd complain about it being a stupid league that won't fit in one screenshot, but actually I think it looks pretty good at the moment. -------------------------------------------- Finances Even with increased gate receipts and a couple of small players sales we still can't make a profit. --------------------------------------------

May 2026 Poached Player A third player poached away before coming through our academy. Sarmiento are in the same league as us but with a better reputation (3.0, Continental). -------------------------------------------- Finances We received £492k this month from season ticket sales. --------------------------------------------

May 2026 Youth Intake This was rated as a 5.0 star Excellent intake (1 Elite talent, 5 Top talents, 6 Good talents, and 4 Decent talents). Everyone is Argentine, with one Italian second nationality. There's not been anything interesting yet. The top two players both having low determination is annoying. The midfielder in particular could have come in handy, but we'll see. I'm happy that the next two down though include a goalkeeper and someone that can play at left-back. They beat the Under 20s 1-0 in the tryout match. --------------------------------------------

April 2026 Interview Invites Back when we were in the third tier I was invited to a few job interviews for clubs at the same level, or struggling near the bottom of the second tier. But these are the first invites for top tier or foreign clubs. Racing Club are in the division we've just joined, and have finished 20th, 12th, 6th, and 20th over the last four years. Coritiba are in Brazil and have just been relegated to Serie B. -------------------------------------------- Departures Nobody of note left over the winter, just a few of the original reserves and young players at the squad when I first joined. They were always in the unfortunate position of constantly being overlooked, firstly due to the better players at the club in the early years, then the academy graduates afterwards. -------------------------------------------- Copa Argentina We are currently going through a ridiculously long pre-season as the Primera Division campaign doesn't start until July, so we're putting on a load of friendlies. There was one competitive game though, a tie in the cup against Velez (who are also in the Primera Division). We took a surprise early lead but ultimately lost out to a much better side (they finished 7th in 2025). -------------------------------------------- Finances We also received about £240k in gate receipts from the cup game. --------------------------------------------

December 2025 Squad Stats Our top scorers scored less than last season, but considering that I'm absolutely astonished at how we did this year there is no criticism on them for that. 22 Roberto Heredia came top with 20 goals (and was chosen as the fan's player of the season due to this), then Jonathan Ferrera on 17 strikes. 23a Ernesto Farias also reached double figures for the first time. In more good news for Jonathan Ferrera, promotion convinced him to stay here and sign a new contract (after the screenshot below was taken). It hasn't broken the bank either, just a small increase from £1.2k to £1.4 per week. Lautaro Montani had our top average rating with 7.44, and also created the most with 12 assists. In my formations wingers normally offer most assists, but this year it was the midfielders doing so with his regular partner Nicolas Sanchez also managing 10. -------------------------------------------- Academy Player Records 22 Roberto Heredia and 22a Francisco Lopez have become the first academy graduates to reach 100 appearances for the club. 22 Roberto Heredia is also extending his lead even further in the goalscoring charts. 19 academy players have made their debuts so far. Currently we have five in our first-choice team, and another three on the bench. Goal and left-back are the only positions where there hasn't really been any breakthrough yet. -------------------------------------------- History I am just completely amazed at how we did this year. I expected a relegation battle, and I would have been happy with 35th place. To come within one goal of automatic promotion blows my mind, and the fact that we then completed the job through the play-offs is incredible. The filthy casuals and glory hunters have jumped aboard and our attendances have increased massively. Come on Mr. Chairman, it's time to hike up ticket prices and take advantage of the newcomers. -------------------------------------------- Facilities + Finances Despite all this we're still losing money like nobody's business (and there was nothing injected by the board to reduce this either), and our training facilities have been downgraded. --------------------------------------------

December 2025 Rejected Offers Boca Juniors came in with an offer for 23a Ernesto Farias, with a straight-up £850k. Thanks lads, great timing. Exactly what we need right now. I rejected the offer and he became unsettled, but I managed to calm him down by promising him we'd be a stronger team in a year's time with the youngsters having developed more. Then they came in with another offer a week later. Rejected again. Much less upfront offered upfront, but further incentives down the line. Obviously with our poor financial state we need money coming in, but if we're selling one of our best players I want to be for an amount that puts us into a positive bank balance so we can request improvements. -------------------------------------------- Primera Nacional Play-Off Semi-Finals The first leg went well. We'd played a friendly a week before to stay fresh, while Arsenal de Sarandi had only three days rest since the previous round, so we had more energy and that made the difference. Both of our wingers scored, the two assists coming from our midfielders. I was pleased to see 23a Ernesto Farias stay focussed and score one of the goals. A back-and-forth game. Three times they took the lead, reducing our aggregate advantage to just one. But three times we drew level and Jonathan Herrera added another late on to assert our dominance over the two legs. -------------------------------------------- Primera Nacional Play-Off Final Legends! 22 Roberto Heredia put us on the right track early on, with a tap-in after a goalmouth scramble. That was the only major moment of the first-half, but the floodgates opened after the break. 22 Angel Cabrera met a cross at the near post before Jonathan Herrera latched on to a through ball to fire home. They then pulled a couple back, a decent strike in the 74th minute and an own goal in the 86th to make things a bit nervy, but in the 89th minute Tobias Luna beat the offside trap to find himself one-on-one and with the pressure on he made no mistake. Jonathan Herrera was MotM with a 9.6 rating, a goal and a pair of assists. If this is his final game for the club he's signed off in style. Five academy graduates started, and another came off the bench. --------------------------------------------

November 2025 Primera Nacional Gameweek 35: A really good result. Jonathan Herrera scored twice within the first 15 minutes and from that point Flandria were always playing catch-up. We were reduced to ten men just before the break and Flandria starting coming on strong, but we added a third against the run of play to kill the game off, and when they scored later on it was only a consolation strike. And the three sides around us all lost! We've moved into 1st place with a three point lead over Almagro, and are guaranteed a top three finish (and there are four stages to the play-offs, so finishing as high as possible is integral). Gameweek 36: Three times we went behind, but we could only pull level twice. We had chances, but didn't take enough of them. Racing CB were 33rd in the table, we should be beating them. This could really cost us. Almagro won and went top again, pushing us into 2nd place on goal difference. Ferro Carril Oeste drew, so we stay three points ahead of them. Gameweek 37: Poor. We led 2-0 at half-time and threw it away. We underperfomed our xG, they overperformed theirs. Almagro won so gained a two point lead over us. Ferro Carril Oeste drew so stay three points behind. It's all going down to the final day. Gameweek 38: After three away games we're back at home and end the regular season with a big win. But is it enough? No. By one goal. Almagro could only draw, so we drew level on points with them. But their goal difference was one better than ours. -------------------------------------------- Play-Offs The ten teams in 4th-13th place now face each other in the first round. The five winners go through to the second round, joined by the team that finished 3rd. The three winners go through to the semi-finals, which is where we join in. For some reason this stage has home and away legs, whereas the others are one-off games. The two winners then go through to the final, and the winner is promoted. --------------------------------------------

October 2025 Primera Nacional We had another fan day and set a new record attendance. Fortunately the game after this was away, as any new fans may well have been put off by our bad performance against Quilmes. Luckily when we returned to home soil we were back to winning ways. We beat Chaco For Ever comfortably, and should have done the same to Agropecuario Argentino. Instead we missed a lot of presentable chances before eventually completing the job in the last minute. It's ridiculously close going into the final month. Four games remaining, though worryingly three of them are away. Play-offs are guaranteed at a minimum, so even if we do struggle in November we have a second chance. -------------------------------------------- Finances A smaller loss than normal due to increased gate receipts, from three home games and increased attendances (glory hunters!). Also a bit of fund raising. Could really do with the board injecting some cash again, it's been a while since they last did that. --------------------------------------------

September 2025 Poached Player A second player stolen away in the last few months. Quilmes are in the same division as us but have a better reputation. -------------------------------------------- Primera Nacional Ouch. Two back-to-back home losses. Our first home losses in 15 months, after 25 games unbeaten. Our starting goalie was out injured, but I don't think that by itself explains the results. I was trying to prepare for next year by leaving out Jonathan Herrera, and that may have backfired. I let the AssMan pick the team for the trip to Nuevo Chicago, and of course Jonathan Herrera came back in with the winning goal. Back down into 3rd place. Eight games left and we're still in the mix, and it would take a big drop-off to fall out of the play-off spots (down to 13th place, because this is a stupid division). -------------------------------------------- Finances --------------------------------------------

August 2025 Departure Fabricio Lopez was my first-choice right-back for the first two seasons, but since the start of last year he's only made one start (and another 46 sub appearances). He was also considering his options with his contract expiring at the end of the season, so made sense to move him on earlier. A small initial fee, but there's potential for more in future (20% of profit + a friendly). -------------------------------------------- Primera Nacional A great month. 13 points from a possible 15 is always something to enjoy, and nine of them coming from away games is especially pleasing. 22 Roberto Heredia has now hit 15 goals this season, and Jonathan Herrera is on 10. Unbelievable Jeff. We may have played a game extra, but it's still one heck of an effort to reach top spot. -------------------------------------------- Finances --------------------------------------------

July 2025 Departure Tomas Jerez was a regular in my first year but had slipped down the order since then, and wasn't in my plans at all this season. No cash upfront, but potentially there's a friendly + 20% on his next fee to come. -------------------------------------------- Rejected Offer Boca Juniors were runners-up in the Primera Division last year and they see 23a Ernesto Farias as someone who could improve their squad. Hopefully that says good things about his future. I'm not accepting only a guaranteed £300k though (and that's only £120k upfront then £180k in instalments). The player was somewhat interested in the move, but didn't kick off when it was rejected. -------------------------------------------- Primera Nacional The game against San Telmo was picked as a fan day. Good choice, as although we conceded early on and then late as well, we scored three times in between. There were eight academy graduates starting against Central Cordoba. We should have been good enough to get at least a point, but ultimately they overperformed their xG and we underperformed. We were 2-0 down against Arsenal de Sarandi, then 3-2 down, and we kept coming back from behind to eventually grab a 93rd minute winner though a screamer from 22 Roberto Heredia. The fairytale story continues. We're just past the halfway point and still flying high in 2nd. -------------------------------------------- Finances --------------------------------------------

June 2025 Departure Alejandro Vignati made 90 appearances for me over the last few years, starting roughly half of them, but the time was up for him when he decided to skip training a couple of months back. -------------------------------------------- Rejected Offer A big offer came in from France for 22 Roberto Heredia. Saint-Etienne have just clinched promotion to Ligue Un and they were looking for a new striker, offering £775k + £175k after 50 games + 20% of profit. He's our top scorer so far so I had to reject it, but I do wonder at what point the board would jump in and accept it given our perilous financial situation. Of course he was annoyed by this and had to call a meeting with his agent. It was agreed that if Saint-Etienne came in with a higher offer we'd have to accept it, and £4.5 million was the figure we shook hands on. Crisis averted. -------------------------------------------- Poached Player Unless I've missed one previously, I think this is the first player that's been poached from our academy before coming through our youth intakes. I'll keep an eye out for them coming through at Instituto ACC in a year or two. They are currently in the league above us, the Primera Division. -------------------------------------------- Primera Nacional 25a Maximiliano D'Alessandro has made a few appearances now, and set a record with a goal against Ferro. That game itself was a thriller, we were always on top but the goals were flowing at both ends. After my criticism of him last month Jonathan Herrera has responded with 6 goals in three games. This included a hat-trick against Tristan Suarez. They were down in 36th place so I picked seven academy players in the starting line-up, and we managed our biggest win of the season so far. We just weren't very good against Alte Brown, we didn't deserve to get anything from that match. Still flying high, we were even up in 2nd place at one point. -------------------------------------------- Finances A smaller loss than normal due to the sale. --------------------------------------------

May 2025 New Contract £200 a week increase. -------------------------------------------- Primera Nacional We started the month with a solid win over Temperley, both goals coming from a surprise source, centre-back 22 Fernando Pardal with a pair of headers from set-pieces. We then drew the next game, a back-and-forth affair which could have gone either way. A bore draw followed, their keeper was MotM but we didn't work him a huge amount. The 91st minute is a great time to grab a winner. We really should have won against Brown. Their goal came from a penalty, while we couldn't score from an xG of 2.34. Jonathan Herrera in particular had a stinker. He's been a goal machine over the last three years, but has now gone 10 games without a goal this season. He's considering his options and is annoyed that our goalkeeper depth isn't very strong (and he's not wrong about that). Since it won't be resolved I think we'll definitely be losing him at the end of the year, if anyone shows any interest before then I think we'll have to let him go. We're still going strong near the top. I'm sure we'll fall away at some point, but it hasn't come yet. -------------------------------------------- Finances --------------------------------------------

May 2025 Youth Intake This was rated as a 5.0 star Excellent intake (3 Elite talents, 3 Top talents, 5 Good talents, and 5 Decent talents). Everyone is Argentine, with a splash of Spanish in the second nationalities. There's a good amount of potential and also a decent amount of current ability among the top players. Good amounts of determination at the top of the list too. Hopefully some of the defensive players will be better than this first judgement suggests, we could also do with a goalkeeper coming through. I will try and make sure 25a Maximiliano D'Alessandro sees some gametime this season. They beat the Under 20s 6-3 in the tryout match, four goals coming from 25e Valentin Maldonado. --------------------------------------------

April 2025 Primera Nacional Alejandro Vignati is apparently upset over some promise I broke, though I can not remember at all what it was. Pretty annoying since he's recently signed a new three year contract, but now he has to be transfer-listed and banished to the reserves. We've done well without him though. We started the month coming from behind three times to beat Ferro Carril Oeste 4-3, 22 Angel Cabrera eventually turning the game in our favour with two goals from the bench. We then battered Guillermo Brown, doing most of the damage in a four minute spell in the second-half. In a way we were lucky to get anything from Almagro - we were largely the better team but created very little, and scored our goal from an xG of just 0.23. The game against Villa Mitre was very tight, and could have gone either way, luckily we grabbed the only goal late on. The stupid league table doesn't even fit into one screenshot. I'm very surprised and chuffed with how we've started, I don't know if we can keep it up but at least we've shown that we shouldn't be in a relegation fight. -------------------------------------------- Finances --------------------------------------------

March 2025 Expectations The bookies and media think we'll do okay, predicting that we'll finish between 24th and 28th. Yes, 28th. The Primera Nacional is a stupid division, with 37 teams in it. Everyone plays each other once, the top team goes up automatically, and 2nd-13th go into a play-off series for another promotion spot. Luckily the board have more realistic ideas, just wanting us to try and avoid relegation, so that means finishing above the bottom two. I think we might get destroyed on a regular basis this year, but hopefully we can find two teams worse than us. -------------------------------------------- Primera Nacional 22 Roberto Heredia made a great start to his time in Primera Nacional with a brace on the opening day. Unfortunately we couldn't hold on for the win, a late own goal (deflection from a cross) costing us a couple of points. We had double the amount of chances that Gimnasia Mendoza did, but they were more accurate with their finishing. We dominated Alvarado and finished well, scoring three times from an xG of just 0.71. They had double our xG, but most of it was due to a late penalty when the game was already dead and buried. I'm more optimistic after this opening month. We've proved ourselves capable of getting results, we may well stand a chance. -------------------------------------------- Finances The usual. --------------------------------------------

February 2025 Copa Argentina I was caught out by this. I knew we were being entered in the cup this year, but the game came earlier than expected so we weren't match ready. Turns out that it had originally been scheduled for the 19th, but was pushed forward two weeks as River Plate had their preparations for the Copa Libertadores, and I'd just missed that message.. So while we weren't at full sharpness, they probably weren't either. But they are a much better side. We did manage to take the lead twice, but their superior quality showed and both times they pulled us back before overhauling us in the second-half. -------------------------------------------- Finances Profit! The rest of the season ticket money came through, and we've now sold over 2,500 packages this year, nearly double the previous seasons. But the real money was the cup tie. We received roughly £290k from the gate receipts against River Plate, which is almost three times the gate receipts we made in the entirety of 2024. Still deep in the red though, so it doesn't really matter. Most teams in the Primera Nacional are listed as having insecure finances, so it doesn't look like our money issues will be solved any time soon. --------------------------------------------

January 2025 Departures A couple of significant losses here, one that was expected and another that is a bit of a blow. Gonzalo Rios and his £5k per week had to go, but he represented us well last year and we'll have to hope someone steps up and contributes what he did from the left-wing. 23h Hector Leon was our back-up goalkeeper and was poached away during the period we couldn't offer new contracts. We're now left very thin in that position. A few of the others were regulars in 2022 and 2023, but frozen out last year when they were considering their options. Turned out to be for the best considering how well we did without using them. In total these departures will save us about £8k a week. -------------------------------------------- Finances A smaller hit than normal due to the season tickets being bought this month (currently at 1,358, the exact same amount as the last two years). --------------------------------------------

November 2024 Squad Stats Both of my starting strikers had great seasons. Jonathan Herrera beat his tallies from the last two seasons, managing 31 goals this time, while 22 Roberto Heredia also had his best year yet with 23. Gonzalo Rios is the player earning £5k a week that I couldn't shift, but he knuckled down and played well. I thought he might complain about often being on the bench but he didn't and contributed 11 assists. I did have a cheeky punt at asking if he'd like to stay (obviously on massively reduced wages), but he still wants to leave when his contract is up. On the other wing 22 Angel Cabrera also impressed. He reached double-figures for assists, and nearly the same with goals too. -------------------------------------------- Academy Player Records Four academy players are now in our first-choice starting XI, with another two rotating in and out. 22 Roberto Heredia is the obvious star man with more than 40 goals already, but 22 Angel Cabrera is also breaking out. -------------------------------------------- History We sold the exact same amount of season tickets to the faithful, but the average attendance rose in line with our success. Jonathan Herrera is continuing and improving on his own records. -------------------------------------------- Facilities + Finances After promotion was confirmed we received a bump to our reputation, from 2.0 stars to 2.5. Our bank balance is basically the same as it was this time last year, a tiny bit over £1 million in the red. There doesn't seem to be any way of making significant amounts of money, we need regular injections of cash put in by the board. --------------------------------------------

November 2024 Primera B Metropolitana The final two games of the season didn't matter, but I was still annoyed by the loss to Lujan. The team was rotated slightly, but it should still have been strong enough to get at least a point. It looked like the season was going to end with a whimper, but Gonzalo Lazzarotto came off the bench to grab a 93rd minute winner. I was ready to let him leave this summer, but since September he's scored three late winners so I think he might have earned himself a new contract. I expected nothing from this season, so I'm massively surprised that we've won the title. I thought it was nonsense when the bookies made us favourites and the board wanted promotion, and thought I'd be doomed to being fired. Then when we went five games without a win over June and July I still thought we'd fall away. But then we just started winning again. An incredible year. -------------------------------------------- Finances Crossing my fingers that going up a division will see more money coming in next year. --------------------------------------------

October 2024 Primera B Metropolitana The game against Ituzaingo could have gone either way, but 22 Angel Cabrera made the difference with an assist and a goal in a MotM performance. Sacachispas could only draw, while Sporting Italiano won to become our nearest challengers, albeit seven points behind. We didn't allow Estudiantes anything, but they restricted us pretty well too. It took until the 87th minute for a couple of substitutes to make the difference. And the goal from Gonzalo Lazzarotto was the one that won us the title! Sporting Italiano drew, Sacachispas lost, no one can catch us now. We celebrated by giving San Miguel a whooping. YES LADS!!! We've been on a great run of form, and while doing so our rivals were floundering and falling away. The title was wrapped up with three games to go, and whatever happens over the final two matches we'll end up with a good winning margin. -------------------------------------------- Finances Keep 'em coming. The real good news is that with promotion confirmed, our wage budget has been increased accordingly and we can start offering contracts again. If this hadn't happened our squad would have been decimated in December, as it stands we now shouldn't lose anyone vital. --------------------------------------------

September 2024 Primera B Metropolitana If Sporting Italiano thought they might squirm their way back into contention, then that was a short-lived hope. We were comfortable and arguably should have beaten them by more. We nearly suffered an embarrassing loss to relegation candidates Defensores Unidos though. We were looking well on course for a 1-0 win until a five minute disaster in the 79th-83rd minutes saw us reduced to ten men and concede twice, the second from a terrible defensive mistake. But our strength in depth saw us take the win really late, both stoppage-time goals coming from substitutes. UAI Urquiza are a decent side, 5th in the table, but it's never good to concede from every shot on target. The game against Central Cordoba looked like it was going to be a bore draw, but Jonathan Herrera had other ideas with his 30th goal of the season. Wow! We might actually do this? We started the month three points above Sacachispas, but they lost two games this month and the gap has grown to six points with just five games remaining. And our goal difference is far superior. -------------------------------------------- Finances More of this please. --------------------------------------------

August 2024 Primera B Metropolitana A bit of a potentially tricky month with four away games, but we handled it very nicely. Two away draws at first was fine, but the turning point was the home game against Dock Sud. We battered them in a dominating performance, admittedly where we did benefit from them going down to ten men during the first-half. That then gave us the momentum to follow this up with a pair of away wins, both by the only goal of the game. Sporting Italiano only won one of their games this month, and we've climbed back to the top. -------------------------------------------- Finances --------------------------------------------

July 2024 Primera B Metropolitana A mixed month, but better than last so I'll take it. We really should have received two points more, we were the far stronger team against Midland but just couldn't make the breakthrough. I'm trying my hardest to move on Gonzalo Rios, he of the £5k weekly wages, but no one will take him. In the meantime though he put on a MotM performance against Comunicaciones with a goal and an assist. We've dropped to second and fallen a couple of points behind Sporting Italiano, but it's still all to play for. -------------------------------------------- Departures We did manage to shift one of the big money drains, letting Francisco Molina go for free to remove £3.3k from the weekly wage costs. Nicolas Gimenez was a first-choice player during my first two years, but when he announced he was considering his options at the end of his contract I froze him out. That's another £1.1k per week saved. -------------------------------------------- Finances Profit! Just a one-off though due to the player sales and a new sponsorship deal. --------------------------------------------

June 2024 Primera B Metropolitana I thought we were on for a good month after the big win against Lujan (5th at the time). But that turned out to be our only win of the month. We lost three points due to late goals, two in the last five minutes at San Miguel and another in the 87th minute against Deportivo Laferrere. We also struggled a little with injuries; nothing major, but issues keeping players out for a couple of games at a time meant we weren't able to field consistent line-ups. We had eight academy players starting against Sacachispas, including one debutee, but it was more out of necessity than choice. We're just past the halfway point now. Top on goal difference. Hopefully this month was just a blip rather than a turn in fortunes. -------------------------------------------- Finances Cheers lads, very helpful. --------------------------------------------