***RING RING, RING RING, RING RING***
Me: Hello
Mystery Man: Hello, is this AMC?
Me: It is, how can I help you?
Mystery Man: I represent CMSG Ltd a Football agency you signed up with some time ago. After having some trouble with a previous candidate, we are pleased to offer you the position.
Me: Great stuff! When do I start? Where is it?
Mystery Man: You'll be managing Spanish Division 2B side Melilla and you start straight away!
Me: Wow! But how am I meant to get to Melilla?
Mystery Man: That has been taken care off, this very minute an envelope will be falling through your letter box containing your flight tickets. Your assistant manager Felipe Sanchez will meet you at the airport. Please note this is a one year temporary contract, with no guarantee of a permanent position at the end of it. Goodbye.
(Races to the door to see an envelope with the CMSG Ltd logo on, and hastily opens it)
Me: MOROCCO! WTF!
On reaching Morocco, Felipe informed me that Melilla and rivals Ceuta are both autonomous Spanish cities situated in the African mainland, as can be seen in the following picture.
After a short trip in Felipe's car, we arrived at the 12,000 all seater stadium known as "Municipal Alvarez Claro", where I witnessed the first team going through their paces by a couple of coaches. They didn't look much, but I was informed they were good enough for this level, and that striker Samuel and midfielder Azrack Mahamat had bright futures. Under a load of files in my office, I found a scrap of paper with the following tactic scribbled on it, which I considered an omen so decided to use it for the season ahead(My UTL tactic)
It was a wise decision. With zero funds to play with I had to make do with the squad already at my disposal, although I was given £200k to spend once the transfer window had shut! It mattered little though as we overcame rivals Ceuta 1-0 away with a late goal in my first game in charge, and then embarked on an impressive 9 consecutive league wins, before drawing 1-1 at home to Badajoz, despite being down to 10 men from the 27th minute. We were scoring goals for fun, with 5-1 being our most common scoreline, and Samuel was really excelling in the formation, averaging 1.5 goals a game! We also played non league Extremadura in the preliminary rounds of the Spanish Cup, and beat them 3-1 at home to set up a 1st round tie against fellow Division 2B side Cadiz.
With our first dropped points in the league I'd expect us to settle down after our great start, but instead we found another gear, with 5-1, 4-0, 3-1, 4-1 and 3-0 wins in our next 5 games. Our good performances were coming at a cost though, as the big teams became interested in my players, with Mahamat and Fragoso attracting attention from the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid. Before the cup game I agreed to sell Mahamat for £1m to Atletico Madrid (he turned down Barcelona and Twente), as he became unhappy and I couldn't really stand in the way of such a great chance for the defensive midfielder. Centre back Fausto was next to leave in a £250k deal to Osasuna, and right back Daniel Fragoso also left in the new year to Real Madrid in another £1m deal. All were still in the side when we narrowly beat Cadiz 1-0 thanks to a Fragoso goal. Our next game after the short winter break would be the 2nd round which would see us play La Liga side Granada at home, and with them sitting rock bottom of La Liga, I thought we had a good chance of a cup upset. The wins kept coming in the league, and come the start of 2002, we had a 14 point lead at the top of the table.
It weren't all one way traffic in terms of transfers, as we brought in eight new faces for a total £1.8m, with the two big signings of forward Mario Rondon from Nacional and right back Isidoro from Betis, both for £600k. They both started the cup game against Granada, with Rondon having to play on the left wing, with Samuel now boasting more than 30 goals to his name! It was the other winger who opened the scoring however, as Beninian/Nigerian Salomon Wisdom scored after 21 mins to put us ahead, and it was all Melilla as we battered the 1st division side, but met an inspired Julio Cesar (obviously not the Inter keeper). We eventually got a second though, as ironically midfielder Granada scored against his namesake, and when the final whistle was blown, we had a scalp to our name. The 3rd round drew an even bigger name. Despite a number of 2B sides left, and even a non league side left in the draw for the last 16, but it would be Sevilla we would play. I was happy we would be at home for the game, but club official Alan informed me that the game would in fact be over two legs. At the very least we'd get a good share of the gate receipts, but instead we would have two pulsating games. Things didn't start well in the home leg when Negredo gave Sevilla the lead after 19 mins, but Samuel levelled the scores just before half time. Midfielder Velasco became a hero when his 2nd half strike gave us the lead, and when the 90 mins were up I was cursing this was a two legged affair. Our team was short on fitness for the second leg, but despite this we made it to half time at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuain at 0-0. Unfortunately it didn't last, a terrible opening 15 mins in the 2nd half saw Sevilla go 2-0 up and ahead in the tie, and they added a 3rd 15 mins from the end. A Samuel goal shortly afterwards gave us some hope, but it weren't to be. Still a great learning experience for the club, and some money into the bargain
Still we were going great in the league, running into little opposition as we recorded our 19th consecutive win, which put us 20 pts clear with two thirds of the season gone, although we did almost come unstuck at home to Ceuta, but despite conceeding an equaliser in the 90th minute, we went straight up the other end to regain our lead. It was around this time that club official Alan also informed me that no Champions are actually crowned in this division, instead the top 4 teams in each of the 4 Spanish Division 2B leagues, go into a promotion group stage featuring 4 mini leagues, with each team playing home and away, and the winners of these 4 groups would be promoted. We couldn't make it 20 wins on the bounce however, as we finally lost in the league 1-0 away at Almeria B, but our playoff position was ensured in the next game as we beat Linense 3-0. We finished the league off in style winning 5-0, 4-0 and 6-0, giving us great confidence going into the Promotion Group stage.
Our mini league would contain Hospitalet (had finished 2nd), Leganes (3rd) and Palencia (4th) and our first game would be away at Leganes, and we started poorly conceeding after just 5 mins. We got more into the game after the goal and by half time we were 3-1 to the good. We ran riot in the 2nd half, scoring a further 3 goals without reply, and midfielders Curras and Enguix as well as forward Samuel could all boast braces (2 goals not dental ware or clothing
Star of the show was undoubtedly striker Samuel, who unfortunately has been attracting Barcelona amongst others, and has a £375k minimum fee release clause, and won't negotiate a new contract. The next manager has a real task getting him to stay next season, although Rondon should be an decent replacement (and looks a better player stats wise).
Restriction for next manager: I've sent Klosec a detailed report on the squad and what not. There's a fair bit of money about, £1m in the bank, with £1.3m to spend, and more to come in the shape of TV revenue, Season tickets and potential player sales. I didn't want to set anything too hard as it is still early days, and I don't know how we'll fair in the 2nd division, so I've told him that no free transfers are allowed, i.e. all transfers must be bought.
Best of luck klosec!
off. 
Awesome keeper. Here you go Mr. Centurion. 
in a way coz we'll have to pay 875K if he gets 10 caps. He looks awesome and sure to be awesome as he has a non-playing release clause of 1.9M. Wato, If you dont play him, info0 will come after you!
he played 8 games and managed a goal and 2 assist. meh.
Did he play so? Do they ever! 25(5) matches, 7 goals 5 assists 6.97. Just enough to save his ass. 
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Originally Posted by Chris_3_16 
Disappointing but was still only getting used to the squad of players and what system, suited best.
Originally Posted by The Eejit
