oneteaminglasgow Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) April 2058 Starting the month with the second time my board have sold my only half decent goalkeeper, so that's good of them. To be fair to them, I would imagine that Sandor would have kicked off massively if I didn't sell him, but still not ideal. Anyway, we had a pretty tough month fixture wise with two of the three sides above us in the league, and the second leg of the cup semi final. We came through it all relatively well though, two draws, a win and a loss in the league - and although we lost in the second leg, we did enough to see us through to the cup final - only the second time for Berane. I have no idea what happened against Jezero mind, we just fucked it completely in the first half. Shambolic display. Our shot at anything above fourth place is officially over. Well, we can still theoretically finish third, but it's no happening. Just need to secure fourth though, and with a two point lead and exclusively sides in the bottom four left to play, we should be doing it. We also face Buducnost in the final. Edited June 3, 2021 by oneteaminglasgow 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 Montenegrin Cup Final - 2058 We're playing Buducnost, who are Montenegro's big team - since independence in 2006, there's been 52 league campaigns, and they've won 26 of them and only been outside the top three four times. Their worst ever finish was a solitary fifth place in 2053. Meanwhile, we've been perennial second tier nobodies, and this season will be, by an absolute mile, our best ever. Before this, I turned up, we'd never avoided relegation from the top flight. They also come from the capital city, Podgorica, home of more than a quarter of Montengro, while we come from a town of eleven thousand people, which Wikipedia reliably informs me is a shitehole. On paper, at least, it's an absolute mismatch. Spoiler Well, it wasn't a complete mismatch and although it took until the 90th minute for them to score, we didn't deserve to win. The only real effort we had on goal was from Savo Radenkovic going on a mazy run and hitting it, but it wasn't that close to scoring while they could have had a couple more. It wasn't to be, and Berane's wait for a cup win goes on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 May 2058 Leaving aside the Cup final, our two league games went very well this month. Admittedly, both Podgorica and especially Drezga are poor sides, but it's still good to get the wins. One game left, and we're the only thing of interest still to be decided. We're playing Zeta at home, while Iskra face Drezga away. It goes by goal difference, so a draw should be enough unless they win by seven. Which is doable I suppose, so I'd really like to just get it wrapped up with a win, and realistically we should be doing that to secure the final european spot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 Final Day 2058 So, as above, if Iskra win by less than 7 goals, we need a draw, and if they win by 7 or more, then we need a win. We're playing Zeta, who are already consigned to the relegation playoff spots, and have won just two games in the last four months. Should be doable... Spoiler Right, there's some major Hamilton v Morton vibes about this game. I know Drezga are complete shite, but going down to nine men before half time is just throwing in the towel. Iskra do have the best attack in the league up against the worst defence, but I'm still calling in the authorities to have a look. Means that I need the win against Zeta... Spoiler And we sneaked it! We were the better side throughout this game until around the last ten minutes when I saw that Iskra had gone seven up, and I shit myself a bit. The players did too and we proceeded to sit too deep and had a couple of real scares, including one cleared off the line. We saw it through though, and we'll be playing in the Europa Conference next season! I think it might be the club's first ever venture into european competition, so that's nice. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 Europa Conference League - First Qualifying Round - 2058/59 Our first venture into European football sees us face Kosovan side FC Prishtina. I remember when I was managing Gjilani in Kosovo, we played a side from Montenegro and took an absolute pumping, so I'm hoping that we can do the same to them. Spoiler Aye, an absolute walk in the park that. The tie was basically won within 5 minutes in the first leg when we scored three quick goals, and then the other game and a half was us barely getting out of first gear and them unable to lay a glove on us. That means that we're heading through to the Second Qualifying Round, and we're facing my old side Merani - they still have a handful of players who were there when I was, including Gil. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 Europa Conference League - Second Qualifying Round - 2058/59 Spoiler Not the ideal start, but to be perfectly frank, they're a better side than we are. Gil was too good for us, and our goal was against the run of play. That said, we weren't completely outplayed and we still have a chance if we can do better in the second leg. Will be hard though. Spoiler Ach, it wasn't to be. Kometiani was a guy who I had arranged to sign when I wasn't sure if I would win the league, and given I spent four million quid on him, you'd expect their side to be quite good. We were poor though. Disappointing to end the European adventure so soon, but it done now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 Transfers - Summer 2058 A load of players out, the only one I would have kept is Zeqiri but only as back up and he was wanting more than he was worth so not overly bothered. Only five players brought in, but I'm hopeful that most of them should improve the team. Tomasevic is a striker, who I brought in mostly because my other two strikers are out injured until next year. He's technically a good player, but his finishing is poor and he's getting on a bit. Should still do a job for this season. Spoiler Elvedin Mujdragic is a left winger, brought in because I spent last season with one left winger in the entire sqaud. He's pretty decent, not much end product but good dribbler and quick. Will be fine. Spoiler Jahic is here to provide some depth at centre half, and might end up being a starter. He looks good enough, not outstanding but a solid defender. Spoiler Stankovic is my new goalkeeper. He's not as good as the boy I had last season, but he was the best I could get and better than my back up so that's something. Spoiler Jakovljevic is a centre midfielder, and looks like a very decent one. Only here for the season, but should be capable of doing a job. Spoiler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 August 2058 Solid, if unspectacular start. We were two down against Zeta before coming back, and probably should have ended up winning that. The only thing I would say is that we've played the newly promoted side, and some of last season's poorer teams and looked unconvincing so that's not ideal. Even still, 7 points from 9 playing poorly is good stuff, and if we can pick performances up, we should be fine. Early days but I'll take that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 We also have this going on, so will be interesting to see what happens there. Hopefully someone will give me stupid money to spend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 September 2058 Well, I'll take that. Last minute winner against Buducnost, dished out an absolute pumping in the cup, and then two very solid wins over sides struggling near the bottom so far. I don't expect our form to last, but I'm enjoying it just now. We're top and currently the league's only unbeaten side. As I said, it won't last but still. And then there's this... It's gone from rumours to happening. No word yet on what kind of takeover it'll be, but I assume the classic "I'm the new chairman, I'll be giving you f**k all new" effort that FM loves. We live in hope though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairney The Dinosaur Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 I've just spent the last couple days reading this entire thread. What a journey it's been. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 October 2058 Elvedin Mujdragic absolutely loves a last minute winner. I make that 3 times he's scored the winner in the 90th minute or later so far, some boy. More generally, our excellent form has continued and we're storming the league and still in the cup. Delightful. We're not destroying teams, and all but one of our victories have been by a single goal, but I'll definitely take that. We've opened up a seven point league after the first round of games. Plenty of time for that to change, but I'd like to think we can keep it up. Oh, and the board takeover seems to have come to absolutely nothing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 No thanks, but as always it's nice to know that I should have a chance at a semi respectable job moving forward. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 November 2058 f**k me this is shaping up to be a really special season. Again, we're not dishing out 5 and 6 nils, but we're grinding out the results and, despite the fact that I don't think our defence is particularly good, we're not conceding many goals. Ten points clear so far. I would like to think we can continue to build our lead at the top. We shall see how it goes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 December 2058 Well, our good form came shuddering to a halt this month. 5-1 is worse than it looks, we were down to ten men for the last ten minutes, pulled one back to make it, at that point 2-1. and then they scored 3 in 3 minutes. Really not ideal. We also struggled to draws against Sutjeska and Petrovac, before finally getting back to winning ways against Iskra. At least the cup games against local rivalls Rudar went well. Aye, our absolute shocker this month has dragged us from ten ahead to just three. f**k sake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 I know it's no real and that, but I felt bad turning this down. Maybe one day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 hour ago, oneteaminglasgow said: I know it's no real and that, but I felt bad turning this down. Maybe one day. You should take the Thistle job as your last job. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 January 2059 Firmly back to good form. Another lovely Mujdragic last minute winner to start us off, and we kicked on from there. Pleased to see Radovanovic get a goal as well, he's been a bit unlucky not to play very much this season. Same with Orlovic really. Buducnost dropped a couple of points this month, to get our gap back up to five points. Ideal. Need to keep our run going though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 February 2059 We've well and truly put that blip in December behind us, another good month. Month basically changed on two red cards, for Buducnost at 1-0 to them and for Sutjeska at 2-2. Had those not happened, I don't think we'd have won either game. As it is, they did and we did. Delightful. Six points, 11 games. Lets do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 March 2059 Well, we're all but out of the cup. At the same time, four narrow wins in the league is the main thing I'm after here, and we've delivered on that. The Zeta game was particularly pleasing as we played most of it with ten men, but they never once looked like scoring. We're four wins and a draw away now, assuming that Buducnost win all of their games. We've still got one game against them to go as well. I think we're going to be champions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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