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NK Dornava - May 2031 3. SNL Vzhod Think it's time to give up on this 5-2-3 idea. We've limped to the end of the season with just two wins from the final nine games. If it wasn't for stoppage-time goals we'd have been three points worse off, and even counting those an average of one game is not enough. We held on to secure another top-half finish. I have no idea how we're ever going to progress and catch up with the leading sides, we're just so far off the pace. ------------------------------------ Facilities We got our reward for playing kids throughout the season. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - April 2031 3. SNL Vzhod The 5-2-3 experiment continued to work well through March, making it six wins from seven games. April saw a disappointing downturn though, triggered by a loss to leaders Videm. Apart from the Sampion game we're not scoring enough goals. Our wins have only came when we've kept clean sheets, if we concede then we're out of contention. Only scoring nine times in seven games isn't really good enough, 28l Mitja Buzinel is giving it a good go but not getting enough support from his teammates. We're looking good for a top-half finish, with a bit of luck possibly even as high as 5th. The loss column is the obvious problem. We've won more games than the two teams above us, but have let too many draws slip away. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - 2031 Youth Intake A golden generation! We're probably getting to the point soon where I'll stop signing up all youth players. There are fewer now who could make an immediate impact in the first-team, and the wages are adding up. We have another youth recruitment upgrade due at the end of the season (thanks to playing enough young players throughout the year), and hopefully that will start having an effect on the potential column. Everyone listed as 4.5-5.0 PA doesn't give much of an indicator towards who will actually be better than the others. Boring year for nationalities. Bad year for personalities. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - November 2030 3. SNL Vzhod After the loss to Brezice I got fed up and changed formations to try and provoke something from the team. We went 5-2-3 to try and stop conceding so many, but also leave attacking threats in play. The first game like this saw us pick up a point, it should have been more but we missed a penalty. The positive impact continued over the next three games and we scored maximum points from them. After the missed penalty previously I realised I didn't have my goalie set up to take them, so I put that right and 29p Matic Kastelic scored against Sentjur. He also missed one in the loss to Rudar Velenje, but it wouldn't have affected the result. Top-half at the moment, I'll take it. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - September 2030 Departures The problem we're having at the moment is loads of teams asking to take our players, but not actually offering any money to do so. And this then upsets the players when I refuse these derisory bids. The only player I managed to negotiate a fee for was 28o Zan Zizek. £1k is basically nothing, even with a 50% clause on his next sale, but it's better than nothing. 28i David Leskovar wouldn't sign a new contract and chose to leave the club. Both of these were important players and started nearly every game last season. ------------------------------------ 3. SNL Vzhod We're scoring plenty of goals, at least two every game. Unfortunately we're being completely let down by our defence who are conceding almost as many, and it's turned into more losses than wins. This isn't much fun at the moment. ------------------------------------ Pokal Slovenije A first round loss to a side in the tier below, despite putting out a full strength team. Great job lads, well done. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - August 2030 Ex-Player After a year in Croatia 28a Sasa Pirc has moved on. He never played for Osijek's senior team, but scored six times in 17 games for their second string. Juventus started the bidding at £1.6 million, AZ Alkmaar also got involved, but the winning offer was from Ajax. We're apparently due £48k as a 20% solidarity payment, which will do very nicely. Only £20k has come in for now, so I temporarily added a second manager at Ajax to look at the structure of the deal. It's being paid in three instalments, so I guess we'll be getting another £14k in each of the next two Augusts. There's also another £850k due after 20 league appearances, and 40% of the profit on his next sale. So potentially we could get more solidarity payments on him in the future. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - 2029/30 Season Review History, Finances, and Facilities An eighth straight season of record high league finishes, but it's getting harder each year to achieve this. We made a small profit this year, but remained in the red. I've moaned previously about losing players because of not being able to sign them to contracts, but the flipside now is that obviously we have to pay them. It's only £25-£40 a week for our highest paid players, but it all adds up. ------------------------------------ Squad Stats 25h Aleksandar Cerar was our top scorer for a second time, though he was run close by 28d Denis Vuk, who was also our joint top assister. This was our worst season for goalscoring keepers, with just the one strike this year. After 29i Slavisa Bezjak came into the team we conceded only 10 times in 11 games. I think he was a big part of recovering the season after the big slump in October and November. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - June 2030 3. SNL Vzhod A mixed set of results to end the season. It was a tough run of games though, four of these teams were all higher in the table than us. Our only win was against Posavje, and they were the lone side below us. At least we didn't end the year with a defeat, two goals in the final ten minutes at Rudar Velenje saved a point, and also stopped them from being promoted. We finished below Ljutomer on head-to-head record, as they beat us both home and away. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - April 2030 3. SNL Vzhod The loss to Peca made it four league losses in a row, and five games without scoring. I made a couple of changes to personnel, bringing in two players from the 2029 youth intake, and was repaid with a win. 29l Slavisa Bezjak (DC) scored just a few minutes into his debut against Bukovci. 25b Primoz Repas was also re-instated back into the starting line-up after mainly being used from the bench this season, and responded with a pair of assists in a MoTM performance. The good times continued with two more big wins, and although the displays were far from our best, a couple of draws made it five games unbeaten. 25h Aleksandar Cerar was really poor against Koroszka Dravograd and earnt himself a fine, but he hit back in the best manner possible with a brace at Mons Claudius. Much happier now than I was in November. The board are too, a top-half finish is well within our grasp. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - 2030 Youth Intake I don't think this group is as good as the last couple of years. Although there are still plenty of players with 2-3 CA stars, since 28a Sasa Pirc left the whole squad was re-assessed and had their CA stars increased. Thus the quality is now being judged against a lower standard. New nationalities: a Norwegian, and a lad representing both halves of Ireland. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - November 2029 3. SNL Vzhod I hate this game. ------------------------------------ Goalkeepers 28a Zan Zizek missed his first penalty against Tehnotim Pesnica, but it wouldn't have affected the result. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - September 2029 Departures Bummer 28a Sasa Pirc wouldn't even entertain the idea of signing a contract with us, and barely a week after turning 17 he was off to Croatia. Can't really blame him though when you see that he's now on £725 per week, and valued between £450k and £1.2 million. There's nothing on the clauses screen, but I hope we're entitled to some sort of compensation when he next moves. He never played for us, but did have a record of seven goals in 11 games for Slovenia U19 while here. ------------------------------------ 3. SNL Vzhod After our dreadful finish to last season, then losing our next great hope, I entered the season without much optimism. A 3-0 tonking on the opening day had me fearing the worst, thinking this was going to be a long and miserable year. Then somehow we turned good. Like a flip of a switch, it was a complete change of fortunes. Four big wins in a row put us in a much better place. The goals have dried up a little since and conceding in the 89th minute to the only shot on target from Koroszka Dravograd was a kick in the nuts, but we got back into the winning column with a narrow victory over Mons Claudius, one which the stats suggested should have been much more definitive. Blimey, that's already a big gap between 5th and 6th. Let's hope I can stay with the top pack. ------------------------------------ Pokal Slovenije Through the first two rounds, mostly with a rotated team. Both games were against sides in lower leagues, so not the toughest tests, and perhaps we should have beaten Akumulator by more, but the win is all that matters. ------------------------------------ Goalkeeper 28o Zan Zizek is off the mark with his first penalty of the season. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - 2028/29 Season Review History, Facilities, and Finances I'd forgotten about this. Earlier in the season I'd asked for an upgrade to the youth recruitment and was denied, but after a bit of haggling it was agreed that it would take place if I played enough young players throughout the year. The reward popped at the end of the season. The board weren't happy with our league finish, which is nonsensical given that it's a record high. Regardless, they've extended my contract by another year. Our bank balance is way down due to the money put into improve the training facilities. Otherwise we would have made about £20k profit, so our balance should be positive again within a couple of years. ------------------------------------ Squad Stats No great performances really, the squad struggled in the higher tier. 25h Aleksandar Cerar finished as top scorer, but ended the season on a terrible run of just one goal in 11 games. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - May 2029 3. SNL Vzhod Ouch. A really poor end to the season, I didn't think we were ever going to stop losing. Luckily Smartno are really bad, and Sentjur had nothing left to play for on the final day. We slipped down another place to end up in 9th. The board are not happy, but I think I'm safe for now. ------------------------------------ Goalkeepers 28o Zan Zizek added two more, both from the spot. He now has a record of six goals in 14 games. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - 2029 Youth Intake A golden generation! 16 elite talents. A fair few players with good CA that would improve our team immediately, but again we can't use them until they turn 17. On the plus side, we can offer youth contracts now so they won't be poached immediately when they're old enough. Determination levels look good towards the top of the list. Couple of new nationalities with an Austrian and a Kosovan joining our ranks. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - March 2029 Facilities The improvements to our training facilities that started in the summer have now been completed. Our junior coaching is obviously the best in the division by a long way, and our training facilities are now on a par, but the youth facilities and youth recruitment aren't quite up to scratch. ------------------------------------ Departures We had a bit of a rough time during the winter transfer window. Clubs started sniffing around our players, and although we can offer contracts now, they can get much more elsewhere. One of my starting centre-backs 27o Dejan Pfeifer was stolen away, along with two of my potential stars from the 2028 youth intake. Basically as soon they turned 17 Radomlje and Rudar Velenje were in there before I could do anything. All three of these players are now on £100 a week. The maximum we're paying anyone at the moment is £35, so we didn't really stand a chance. ------------------------------------ 3. SNL Vzhod We got some immediate justice on the first day back, seeing 28m Oleg Bondarchuk in the Verzej line-up, having been sent out on loan by Rudar Velenje. We trailed 2-1 at the break, but turned it around in style during the second-half, picking up a big win and sending him home with a poor 6.2 rating. I have no complaints about the pounding from Tehnotim Pesnice, they're top of the table and looking good for promotion. We led straight from kick-off against Posavje, but when a centre-back was sent off after 33 minutes our afternoon was ruined. Our forward line had a real off day against Polana, not scoring from a combined 2.6 xG. They were rescued by goalie 28o Zan Zizek, scoring from the spot and then adding a stoppage-time free-kick. I think we're doing very well to have a midtable spot at this point, 10 points clear of the relegation area. But the board are currently disappointed with our league performance, so fingers crossed they don't do anything rash. ------------------------------------ International Recognition 28a Sasa Pirc continued to impress for Slovenia U19, with three more goals in two appearances. ------------------------------------ Goalkeepers 28o Zan Zizek had a productive month, with three goals in four games. ------------------------------------

Yeah, not great. But for my purposes right now it's not an issue. Apart from junior coaching, our facilities are awful. So no one really has any possibility of turning into an actually good player anyway. Just being good enough for right now is the priority, so CA trumps PA and personality heavily at this stage. That being said he's left almost immediately, so his personality should be listed as scumbag traitor. It is! This break is probably the busiest one I've had, plenty of our players are getting attention now so it's been a case of offering contracts and hoping for the best.

Thanks! I thought you'd cursed me after the first few games of October, but a win before the winter break has me feeling better. Six players from the 2028 youth intake will turn 17 before we return to action, then another two in March, so this should give us a boost for the rest of the season. At the very least it will be three of them straight into the starting line-up.

NK Dornava - November 2028 3. SNL Vzhod Yikes, this wasn't the form I wanted. Only once were we completely outclassed (hosting Odranci), the main problem was not concentrating until the final whistle. We dropped points against both Koroszka Dravograd and Sentjur by conceding in stoppage-time. And I was really annoyed by not beating bottom of the table Smartno. The media messages started piling in after the loss to Sentjur made it six games without a win. I switched back to the old faithful 4-4-2 for our final game of 2028, and an opening two minute blitz sent us on our way to a much needed victory. I've just realised the board are expecting a top-half finish this year, which seems a bit ambitious to me. I think the issue is that in the season preview 28a Sasa Pirc and 28b Aleksandar Markic were listed as two of the best players in the division, making us look better than we currently are, but neither can actually play yet. At least the latter is 17 in January, so will be available for the second half of the season. We're not in the top-half at the moment, but just below is keeping the board satisfied. ------------------------------------ Goalkeepers 23a Nemanja Jeric has been dropped after a couple of mistakes in recent games. 28o Zan Zizek is his replacement between the sticks, and he scored a penalty in his second game. ------------------------------------ International Recognition 28a Sasa Pirc has now made five more appearances for Slovenia U19, adding two more goals (record: 7 appearances, 3 goals). ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - September 2028 International Recognition 28a Sasa Pirc won't be eligible to play for us until next season when he turns 17, but he's the first player from our academy to be called up to play for Slovenia U19. He made his debut as a sub against Austria U19 (0-0), then scored on his full debut against Estonia U19 (2-0). ------------------------------------ 3. SNL Vzhod With 14 teams in the division we'll be playing 26 games this year, so it's our busiest league season yet. I'm glad to be playing more, though still annoyed by the four month gap between November and March. Our first couple of months at this level have been a mixed bag. Just one point from the opening three games was rough, but we then turned it around with a four game unbeaten run, including a big victory over Sampion. Our most recent games have been a pair of losses. The defeat to Ljutomer was fairly close, but we were well off the pace against Videm. In fairness, they're challenging near the top so I'll take not getting whooped as a (small) moral victory. No points for that though. Given that we lost our two best players over the summer, I think this is a decent start. The three wins so far show that we're able to compete at this level, but by no means do I think we're guaranteed safety this year. Both times we've lost this year it's then been followed up with a second loss, which is never a pattern you want to get into. I'd definitely like some more wins on the board before the winter break to ease those worries. ------------------------------------ Pokal Slovenije No repeat of last year's heroics. In fact, you could go as far as calling this a disgrace. The second-string humiliated themselves with this showing against a fourth tier side. ------------------------------------ Goalkeepers 23a Nemanja Jeric scored in back-to-back league games, including the decisive winning goal against Dravinja Kostroj. He now has a record of 20/22 from the spot. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - July 2028 Departures Well, this is a bit of a bummer. We'd stayed off the radar of the bigger clubs previously, but now we've got their attention. And as we hadn't been able to offer contracts, all of our players were free to be stolen. We now have a big gap to fill in midfield, as our two highest rated players were both signed away, to the 1. SNL and 2. SNL respectively. Both are on £100 a week. We do now have the option of offering wages, but it came just too later for these two. ------------------------------------ Facilities With our junior coaching now topped-out I tried to improve the youth recruitment, but yet again it was turned down. I then went for a different approach, asking for the training facilities to be upgraded instead. Surprisingly this was accepted, and works are now in place to be completed by December. Had I known the cost though, I probably wouldn't have gone for it. Our bank account has been emptied out. Hopefully it will prove to be a good investment. ------------------------------------

Thanks! I'm really enjoying this so far. Admittedly it has been a bit easier than expected, but I guess that's part of the experience of using created databases. The lower leagues might not be fully fleshed out, and you can take advantage of that by being the only team improving their facilities.

NK Dornava - 2027/28 Season Review History, Finances, and Facilities Everything's continuing to go the right way. A sixth straight season of improved league position, bank balance, and facilities. And finally a cup run too. I'm sure next season will be more difficult when we reach the third tier. ------------------------------------ Squad Stats 25a Aljosa Gulic was named our fan's player of the season. After being re-deployed from an MC to AMC position his performances really improved, and he ended up as our top scorer with 16 goals. 25h Aleksandar Cerar finished just behind him with 15 goals, and as all of these came in the league he was crowned the MNZ Ptuj Super Liga top scorer. Both wingers reached double figures for assists. The 2027 youth intake made a real impression this year, our first-choice line-up is now made up of one player from the 2023 batch, five from 2025, and five from 2027. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - June 2028 The play-off system is actually pretty simple. There are three promotion spots available, but seven divisions at this level. Two teams play each other so one is eliminated (though don't ask me how those two were chosen), leaving six teams. They then split into three games, and the winners go up. Promotion Play-Off Final We were forced into a couple of changes, as our first-choice left-winger was suspended for accumulated bookings, and the right-sided centre-back wasn't fully fit after taking a knock in the final game of the regular season. 25c Marko Vodovipec was fit again though to take his spot as the ball-winning midfielder. Any worries we might have had about the team possibly being a little incohesive were swiftly put to rest as we took the lead in less than 120 seconds through a sweet strike from 25a Aljosa Gulic. We dominated the game from that point onwards, and his second goal half an hour later firmly put us in command. He then clinched his hat-trick after the break, and two late goals capped off the rout. Promotion! And we received just under £16k in prize money. ------------------------------------

NK Dornava - May 2028 MNZ Ptuj Super Liga Boom! Goals, goals, goals, and wins, wins, wins. Seven in a row to be precise. The title was sewn up with three games to and though we still won those final games even when the pressure was off, we made hard work of it. Champions! But that's not it. We now go into some sort of play-off system, which I'm not sure I fully understand yet. Fingers crossed. ------------------------------------ Goalkeepers A penalty from 23a Nemanja Jeric made it five goals for the season. ------------------------------------