I decided to attempt Trevas challenge, which was to take a team currently placed in the 7 – 10 placement in La Liga and try to win the Copa Del Ray and more recently reach the Champions League. I chose Racing Santander and miserably failed. My league form was poor and my cup form was worse and to cap it all off , I was sacked by the board and replaced by Vincente Van Bosque.
The signings that I made were:
The table after my departure was like this:
My best results were a 3-1 against Deportivo, my penultimate game, a 3-1 win vs Valencia and a 4-1 win against Sevilla.
I am really disapointed that I got the sack because I managed to sign some good players to replace the ageing ones and the loanees. I signed Nobby Solano and Bernand Mendy with negocaitions with a striker and a centre midfielder.
Whats the point of this thread I hear you say, well Im going to continue my career on the same save game as the manager of ...
Nigeria! I took the managers job at Nigeria in my last few weeks as manager at Racing, I applied due to my job being insecure and wanted to find another job so I was not completely out of management when the inevitable happened eventually it did happen and I was no longer a club manager, I was now just an International Manager.
My first game: I used 2 tactics: Capitiano's Demolition Ultimate 4-4-1-1 and Game Killer by Capitiano again
The final score was embarassing but since it was a friendly and I wanted to find the right tactic for the team ,Im happyish with it. It was 1-1 against San Marino!
I've been linked to a far few club jobs but none of them seemed right, there was Stockport County, where I was the clear favourite and the same but at Crewe Alexnadra. There was an interesting news item on Southend United, flying high in League 1. It was about them not renewing Steve Tilsons contract and he's leading them to promotion so whether the club are in debt or what, I may be at Southend in the near future, I hope or a club of similar stature.
