Back to me this week ladies and gentlemen

First of all is a shout-out to the St. Pauli succession game played by Tom, Liam, Sap, Cam and Berry. After a period of inactivity, Liam is ploughing through his managerial period but is struggling to find consistency. The quintuplet have earned a surprising amount of success but it seems as though their reputation change is costing them their form.

Next up is FrazerLloyd's story. Frazer is currently unemployed after leaving Kettering Town following a topsy-turvy couple of seasons at the club. The story started with management at the very bottom, with Sanmarese in Serie C2. Some good management there led to job offers but it seems Kettering just wasn't the club for him. Whether the career will continue to diversify remains to be seen- will he stay in England, go back to the Med or further afield? Only Frazer knows.

Now, two of the fab four. Lurkingwithintent has been the most active of the four recently, putting in place a dramatic revolution at Valencia to try and catch up with Real and Barca. The team blending has been an issue with his squad so far and he has a big challenge to catch the Galacticos at the top of La Liga. Success is never far away with Jack so if it doesn't come this season, it will sure as hell be next season!

Simon's Daniel Karbassiyoon based story has slowed lately with his keyboard skills being reduced thanks to a broken collarbone, but he is facing some tough decisions regarding his Juve side. Choosing between 4 goalkeepers is just one of them!

Hammy was clearly so inspired by my management stay in Croatia that he decided to go there too! Stuck in the loveliness of the Croatian second tier, his Lucko team is on the very brink of being promoted to the HNL where he could rub shoulders with Hajduk or Dinamo. I wish him luck because I know how great that league is for newly promoted sides. Apart from the two big boys, each club is very much on a par with everyone else. It's interesting to see how much 3rd-12th can swing over the season. One to watch.

Bitesize coverage:

Jenko's manager-for-hire style career where he is currently managing Sampdoria in a sticky situation.
Manno's European journey in charge of Katowice in Poland.
Rico's scrap for promotion as the boss of Reading.
Sander's rollercoaster ride around Europe. Currently at Ajax.

Cheers for reading, now get writing!


Comment on this article in our Forums
Back to Football Manager Guide Index