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Diagola looks class. Keep up the good work
Now that's why you were grasping butter. It was on something else.
I don't need no butter.
It's going to be extremely tough to overturn them, but as long as we keep in touching distance, we could, theoretically, overtake them on the final day of the season!
Liverpool F.C.
Season Review 2024/25
Barclays Premier League: 2nd
Position Graph | Fixtures 1 | Fixtures 2 | Fixtures 3
UEFA Champions League: Runners-Up | FA Cup: Semi-Final | Carling Cup: Winners
Season Summary
Match of the Season Highlights: Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona
Not quite the blaze of glory I would have liked to go out in. However, it wasn't a bad effort from the lads, and at least it didn't end trophy-less; thank goodness for the Carling Cup!
Unfortunately for us, Arsenal were just too good, and if it hadn't been for us beating The Gunners on the final day of the season, they would have surpassed the 100 point mark for the season. Our record wasn't that bad, and in most season, 92 points would have been easily enough to secure the trophy; in fact, we even improved on the points tallies from our title winning seasons. It was just one of 'those' years, I suppose.
Once again, we were the bridesmaid of the Champions League, making it all the way to the final, only to be beaten by AC Milan. Unlike our previous defeat, where we were hard done by, and lost it on penalties, this was a well deserved loss. All of a sudden, completely out of the blue, I had players lacking in confidence, looking complacent and playing nervously; quite a lethal cocktail, and not what you want in the final of the biggest competition in Europe! Perhaps I over-egged our chance of victory, perhaps I got my team selection wrong, perhaps we bottled it. What I do know, is that I now have a record of two Champions League finals played, two Champions League finals lost. Not the best of ways to bring the curtain down on my Liverpool career.
Bank Balance: £88.3m
Average Attendance: 53242 | Season Ticket Holders: 37117
Plenty of cash, should my successor wish to spend it.
Squad Overview | Transfer Summary
Team of the Year | Overall Best Eleven
Fan's Player of the Year: Nicolás Hermosilla
Manager's Player of the Year: Pablo Marquina
Top Goalscorer: Pablo Marquina (36 goals)
I'm going to leave a great squad behind, with plenty of strength in depth, and with lots of young starlets waiting in the wings for their chance in the first team. Pablo Marquina had an outstanding season, netting 36 times, and is definitely one of the key men at the club. Also held in high regard is the centre-back partnership of Juame Ferrer and Nicolás Hermosilla, who, once again, ensured we had the best defensive record in the league, with only 17 goals conceded. The midfield trio of William Segura, Roberto Poison and Pedro Correia all had solid seasons, ably assisted by the January signing of Kennedy Ojigwe, who joined us for £17m from Inter Milan. That being said, it was in midfield that we had the worst luck with injury, having 3/4 players missing at a time, regularly throughout the season.
Previous Teams News
Kingstonian - Steady 16th place finish in League Two.
Hull - Also steady midtable; 12th in The Championship.
Fulham - Finished sixth and qualified for the Europa League again.
Career Summary
Code:Season Team League Finish Cups ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2011/12 Unemployed 2012/13 Kingstonian Blue Square Bet South 3rd FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round, FA Trophy 2nd Round 2013/14 Kingstonian Blue Square Bet Premier 3rd FA Cup 1st Round, FA Trophy 1st Round 2014/15 Kingstonian npower League Two 16th FA Cup 1st Round, Carling Cup 1st Round, JPT 1st Round 2015/16 Kingstonian npower League Two 17th** **Resigned 19/12/2015 Hull City npower League One 6th FA Cup 4th Round 2016/17 Hull City npower League One 1st FA Cup 1st Round, Carling Cup 1st Round, JPT Winner 2017/18 Hull City npower Championship 2nd FA Cup 5th Round, Carling Cup 2nd Round 2018/19 Fulham Barclays Premier League 5th FA Cup Semi-Final, Carling Cup Semi-Final 2019/20 Fulham Barclays Premier League 7th Europa League 2nd KO Rd, FA Cup 6th Rd, Carling Cup 3rd Rd 2020/21 Fulham Barclays Premier League 8th** **Resigned 13/11/2020 Liverpool Barclays Premier League 6th Europa League 1st KO Rd, FA Cup 5th Rd 2021/22 Liverpool Barclays Premier League 3rd Europa League Winners, FA Cup 4th Rd, Carling Cup QF 2022/23 Liverpool Barclays Premier League 1st Champions League Runner-Up, FA Cup 3rd Rd, Carling Cup QF 2023/24 Liverpool Barclays Premier League 1st Champions League SF, FA Cup SF, Carling Cup QF 2024/25 Liverpool Barclays Premier League 2nd Champions League Runner-Up, FA Cup SF, Carling Cup Winners
Last edited by AK22; 06-02-2012 at 18:15.
And that is that for my spell with Liverpool. I leave the club in much better shape than I found it in, and with a serious chance of contending for honours for at least the next five years. Of course, I just hope they appoint a decent replacement, and don't replace me with some nobody regen who will sell off their prized assets and leave all the best players to rot in the reserves.
In my time at Anfield I have won 2 Premier League titles, 1 Europa League, 1 Carling Cup, 1 European Super Cup and 2 Community Shields; although I only consider the back-to-back Premier League titles as significant achievements.
With a reputation of 'World Class', I'm now in a position where I could, hypothetically, walk into any club job around the globe. However, I feel that I have now 'done' England, so will be looking further afield. I will also be avoiding any of the European 'Powerhouses', as I don't want to disrupt any success that Liverpool may have in the near future.
A new adventure awaits!
Like you said, not the blaze of glory that you wanted to go out in but nevertheless, you've created a fantasic legacy at Liverpool . Did you ever make it on to their favoured list?
So, the question is...where now? You've said probably not England...any country of preference?
You did very well at Liverpool and it's always good to finish above Utd.
Good luck wherever you end up next
Lets see which is the lucky club.
You did really well at Liverpool - I salute you.
Shame your final season wasn't what you wanted. Best of luck wherever you may go.
Done brilliantly with Liverpool Good luck with whoever you take over next.
That news item should have read: The King Steps Down
Or is King Kenny still better?
Wow, Arsenal were a bit good. No wonder you couldn't surpass them when they are in such form and almost get 100 points. Overall a good period though, with two league titles and a Europa League trophy.
A great near 5 year spell at Liverpool, couldn't do anything about the title this year as Arsenal just looked unstoppable.
Looking forward to seeing where you end up next!
You're no Bill Shankley.
Outstanding home form from Arsenal.
Good luck wherever you go next!
I've got a few countries on my radar; Turkey, Netherlands, Portugal and Ukraine are all European leagues that I'd like to have a bash at. However, they will have to wait, as I've just accepted a post slightly further afield!
One of the offers I rejected...
Although I'm sure I would have enjoyed spending £382m!!
That's one offer I've been waiting for since forever in my save....
You're looking to manage outside of Europe?
Wow,would love an offer like that!I'd have a field day with a transfer budget of £382 million
Holy crap that's some wedge.
Yeah, that's one big ol' transfer budget. £5m a week for wages is pretty nifty too! It would have been far too easy though, and after a season or two of pure domination, I'm sure I would have got bored at Camp Nou.
rancer- although I wasn't specifically looking for a club outside Europe, the job I got offered (and accepted) interested me greatly. Details of which, to follow very soon!
Whether it's because I've spent the past five seasons with Liverpool, or the fact that I've had all thirteen seasons of my career based in England, but I feel that this career has yet to seriously take off. I haven't really ventured into the unknown yet, or played in a league with a different footballing culture; I've stuck very much to my footballing roots, so it's definitely time for a change of scenery.
Passport in hand, I touch down on the fair shores of Argentina. Fair shores I say, but knowing the history between the UK and Argentina, I can't be too sure that they are overly pleased to see an Englishman. That being said, I'm here for football management reasons only, so any prejudice between the two nations can be put to one side whilst I concentrate on restoring one of their oldest clubs to it's former glory.
The club I've chosen has quite an chequered history, and this is the main reason for why I decided to accept the terms of the contract offered to me. They also play in red, and I certainly have a penchant for teams that play in red, so that helped sway me too!
So more about the club itself; League Champions five times in their history, the first being back in 1967, when they were the first club outside the 'big five' to win the title, with the most recent being in 2010. They've also won the Copa Libertadores four times, including an unprecedented three consecutive times between the years of 1968 and 1970. This period was overseen by, arguably, their greatest manager, Osvaldo Zubeldía, who not only transformed the club into winners, but also revolutionised coaching techniques into what we know today. Zubeldía was one of the initial coaches to incorporate set-piece drills and the offside trap into their training regime, as well as thoroughly researching rival team's tactics and playing styles. In addition to this, he hired former referees to inform the team on how to bend the rules of the game, exploiting every possible loophole. This turned the club into world beaters, and one of the most successful teams in Argentine football history, although he was not without his critics. He was often condemned for his use of timewasting and tactical fouls, to frustrate and break down opponents advances, and also oversaw violent intercontinental matches against Man Utd (1968) and AC Milan (1969), where after the latter match, the whole team was arrested on orders from the Argentine President. Due to these events, Zubeldía's style of football was come to be known as el antifúbol (the anti-football), and his team labelled as 'one of the most despicable to emerge from South America'.
One of the stars to emerge from Zubeldía's team was the anchor of their midfield, Carlos Bilardo, who became the on-field tactician under that regime before eventually taken over the management of the club in 1971. Bilardo would go on to manage the club on four separate occasions between the years of 1971 and 2004, but will be most well known for being the national team coach of the World Cup winning Argentina side of 1986. A feat that they very nearly repeated four years later in Italia '90.
Bilardo is just one of many greats to have played for the club, having counted Juan Sebastián Verón, his father, Juan Ramón, Martín Palermo, Luciano Galletti, Mariano Pavone and Mauro Boselli amongst the list of illustrious players to don the famous red and white stripe shirts.
So let me introduce you to Los Pincharratas (the rat stabbers), a nickname that is thought to have derived from the 1910s nickname of a trader who spent much time chasing rats round the local market, my new club Estudiantes de La Plata.
Last edited by AK22; 08-02-2012 at 12:22.
Interesting choice of club and also a good write up on it's history.Good luck at Estudiantes
Nice change of scenery, good luck!
Good luck in Argentina.
Those cheating thugs!!!!!
Careful if you venture out to the Falklands.
Hah good luck with the Argies
Thanks for the comments; really looking forward to having a new club in a new continent. Should be an interesting challenge!
Estudiantes: My Arrival in Argentina
I haven't played in Argentina for a while, probably not since managing Boca Juniors back on FM05, so I need to get reacquainted to the domestic season schedule, and how continental qualification works etc.
Argentina Primera División - Contested by twenty clubs, on a round-robin basis, the season runs from August to May of the following, with each season split into two tournaments, the Apertura (opening stage) and Clausura (closing stage), both crowning its own champion. Relegation is based on a averaging system, with the two teams with the worst three-year point average being relegated, and the best two teams from the Primera B Nacional getting promoted. Teams in 17th/18th contest a two-legged playoff with the teams finishing 4th/3rd in the division below, with the team winning the tie securing a place in next season's Primera División.
Looking at the past winners of this competition, it's clear that Boca, River, Vélez and Independiente are the teams that have had the most success recently. However, it certainly isn't an exclusive member's only club, as, encouragingly, smaller teams such as Tigre and Lanús have been able to lift the trophy in previous seasons.
Club Finances | Club Reputations | Average Point Table
Unfortunately, Estudiantes have not been able to get anywhere near lifting the Apertura and Clausera trophies since 2012 when they finished second twice. In fact, since then, it's pretty apparent that they've been nothing more than a solid mid-table team who have suffered occasional blips, every now and again.
Copa Argentina - This tournament is contested by 186 teams from seven divisions of the Argentine League structure in a knock-out system competition. All Primera División teams enter in the Fifth Round. The winners of the trophy automatically qualify for the Copa Sudamericana.
Copa Libertadores - Four teams qualify for the Group Stages of South America's premier tournament, with a further team qualifying for the Preliminary Round. These teams include the Apertura and Clausura champions, as well as the three teams with the most combined points from these tournaments.
Copa Sudamericana - Six teams qualify for this continental tournament, usually consisting of the Copa Argentina winners and the five best teams from the league competitions.
Estudiantes: The State of Play
Facilities | Finances | Previous Managers
Contract Length: 3 years | Wage: £4.4k per week
Transfer Budget: £738k | Wage Budget: £95k (currently spending £84k)
We may not be the richest club in Argentina, but financially, everything here is in a reasonable state; there's money in the bank and only £2.8m worth of debt to be repaid. The chairman's also given me a small amount of money to play with, so if there is an opportunity to bring in some new faces, I do have some resource to do so.
The stadium and facilities all look good enough for now, although we will need to improve our youth set-up somewhat if we are going to make the most of the young Argentinians coming through our youth set-up.
Squad Overview
Key Players: Gerardo Suárez, David Gutiérrez, Gabriel Pastoriza, Mathías Correa, Pedro Correa, Gerardo Pérez
From a brief look at the playing staff, it appears we've got a pretty decent squad with plenty of youngsters coming through. Unfortunately, in the past, Estudiantes has become somewhat of a 'selling' club, so I'm sure it will be difficult to keep players long term unless we see a dramatic change in fortunes on the pitch.
Initially, I'll be looking to get together a set of coherent tactics, with 4-4-2 being the most likely of formations to be used in the opening matches. I anticipate Argentinian football to be gritty, competitive, and downright dirty at times, so they'll be no place in my team for shrinking violets; the players will need to show fight and determination, as well as being able to stick the boot in too, when needed.
The media predict us to finish 9th, which I think is a fair expectation considering the length of time the club has gone without a trophy. I'm pretty confident that we're not in any danger of relegation, but still quite a way off challenging at the top of the league, so a strong mid-table finish is the most likely of results this season.
Long term, I want to return this club to it's glory days, aiming to win a league title within five seasons, as well as contending for honours in the continental tournaments. Having two bites of the cherry every year is certainly a huge advantage, so if we can maintain a strong level of performance for a three/four month period, it's likely that we can win some silverware fairly quickly. However, for the foreseeable future, I'll just be looking to establish the club as a top six side, focusing on nurturing the talent currently at the club, and building for the future.
Last edited by AK22; 08-02-2012 at 21:42.
I find that stadium quite pleasent on the eye.
Excellent write-up there AK22
See the stadium was built in 2014. Is this something that is ongoing in real life, or something the game has pulled off so soon?
Looks a very strong team based on the star ratings, but I'm sure you'll want to make it "yours" over time. Good luck down there.
Yeah that's a great little ground.
Going forward, the style and format of my updates will be a bit more fluid, and include a bit more narrative than before. I think it's all been a bit too regimental so far, sticking to a regular format on every post, and will be looking to do something slightly more original to freshen things up a bit. New club, new approach, and all that!
Turkey Update (Summer 2025) - UEFA World Cup Qualifiers
Turkey 6-0 Faroe Islands
Spain 1-1 Turkey
Slovakia 1-0 Turkey
Turkey 2-1 Switzerland
Northern Ireland 1-1 Turkey
Faroe Islands 0-5 Turkey
My word it's close; far too close to call!
There's four games to go, and theoretically, any one of four teams can still win the group, but whether it's us, Slovakia, Spain or Switzerland, is anyone's guess. Thankfully for us, we've played most of our tricky away matches, with only a trip to Switzerland left to go. Unfortunately, our form on the road hasn't been particularly special, having only won in the Faroes Islands, so we can't expect to take too much away from the game with the Swiss; I'd be more than satisfied with a point.
Our next two fixtures are at home to Spain and Slovakia, and six points from these games would be enough to put us top and establish us as favourites for qualification. However, considering the close nature of the group, qualification is likely to go right to the wire, and I would be foolish to take anything for granted from the forthcoming fixtures. That said, the ball is firmly in our court; win all four matches, and we'll win the group. Anything less, and it's in the hands of the gods, and we might need to settle for a playoff place, or even worse, finish outside of the top two.
Last edited by AK22; 11-02-2012 at 22:18.
Cheers. I suspected it was an FM-affair due to the stadium name. Unusual to build a new one so soon after game start.
Very close qualifying there, I hope the draw away to Northern Ireland won't bite you in the bum. Spain and Slovakia at home will be crucial. Win those and you should be set. Good luck.
Wow, exciting group.
Ooh. Good luck with Estudiantes!
Close group, good luck
Mighty tight qualifying group.
Estudiantes: The Early Months
I love Argentinian football! Well who wouldn't when you've got tackles flying in left, right and centre, flares being set off by fans in the crowd, and scorelines such as this!
After just over five months in the job, I'm already starting to feel right at home with Estudiantes, even though we're still very much in the early stages of a transitional period at the club. Naturally, we've had a backroom reshuffle almost immediately, with a new assistant manager, and a handful of scouts, all joining me on the payroll. Unfortunately, we're currently unable to scout outside South America, so it's taken a while to identify potential signings and put together some kind of shortlist. Thankfully, the new scouts have brought some extra knowledge with them to the club, which has been extremely beneficial, and I've also been able to trial several unattached foreigners. This has led to me being able to agree terms with four new signings, who will all join us in January, as I start to mark my stamp on the playing squad.
Argentina Primera División - 2025 Apertura (Opening Stage)
Position Graph | Fixtures
I couldn't have asked for a better start from my opening 19 games at the club. We've been playing a pretty basic 4-4-2 system, but the results have been extraordinary, and have led to headlines such as this! I'm really not known for my cavalier style, so it's come as a huge surprise to be involved in high scoring games on a regular basis. As entertaining as this has been, I've quickly come to realise that we need to be a lot less flaky defensively, and be able to shut up shop when defending a lead. Recently, due to this, match preparation has been changed to 'defensive positioning', and a few more clean sheets have been forthcoming. Unfortunately, our swashbuckling style of play has been tamed somewhat, and we're no longer averaging as many goals per game as we were previously. Still, we're winning more often than not, and that's what really matters; if we score four goals every game, then that's a nice bonus for the fans!
The fourth place finish in the Apertura is the highest the club has finished since 2012, so it really is a great start to my tenure at the club. And, if I've done my sums correctly, I do believe we've qualified for the 2026 Copa Libertadores; I'm not a 100% certain though, as I'm still getting my head around the systems here! If we have, we can look forward to playing in South America's top club competition come January/February time, as well as a Copa Argentina 6th Round tie against lower-league team, Acassuso. I'm also hoping we can replicate our league form in the Clausura, where I'll be aiming for another top six finish. In fact, if we can match 41 points again, we may do something completely unexpected, and challenge for the title!
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Turkey - World Cup Qualifying Campaign 2024/25
Fixtures 2024 | Fixtures 2025
As close as it looked a couple of months ago, we actually qualified reasonably comfortably in the end. Having destiny in our own hands was a huge advantage, so by winning all four of our remaining matches, we ensured qualification for Mexico 2026 as group winners.
There's been some pretty special performances along the way, with the best being a dominant 3-0 win over Spain in Istanbul. This result really put us in the driving seat, and by following this up with a victory against Slovakia four days later, it meant we only had to avoid defeat against the Swiss in the final game.
Qualifying from such a tricky group has rejuvenated my hope for a successful performance at the World Cup tournament itself, and I certainly don't expect to see a repeat of the fiasco from the previous European Championship Finals. I really think this team has star quality, and should be aiming for a quarter final finish at worst. Players such as Cem Özbag, Olcay Yilmaz and Mert Asik have all been terrific for us recently, and as they are now playing at the peak of their careers, it's now or never if they are going to show the rest of the world what they're capable of. Unfortunately for them, if they fail on the biggest stage again, it's unlikely that they'll get to play in another World Cup as they'll be well into their 30's in four year's time.
Team of the Year 2025 | Overall Best XI
Great win in a great battle in the group.
Excellent work with Turkey in such a tough group .
Great start with Estudiantes, and excellent performance with Turkey. You must be racking up the airmiles!
Excellent start in Argentina. Only 6 points off Boca so it won't take too much improvement to win the closing stage. Also great stuff with Turkey. Hope you get a decent group in the finals to give you chance at the knockout stages
Easy group.
Great work with the Turks!
Congrats on qualifying from the group with Turkey.Made a nice start to life in Argentina.I think qualification is done on the calender year table,4 teams will qualify for the group stages of the Copa Lib,one team will qualify for the Copa Lib Preliminaries and six teams qualify for the Copa Sudamericana (Dependant on Copa Argentina winner.)
Talking of the World Cup Group Stages:
Not a bad draw for us. We were seeded in pot two, so I think we did well to get Russia as the top seeds, as well as avoiding Argentina from pot four; definitely three matches we're capable of winning. The group stage will also include a grudge match against my former national side, Australia, so I'll be able to see if they've made any improvements in the four years since I left the role there.
Unfortunately, if we do get through to the knockout rounds, it's likely that we'll face either Germany or France from Group E, so we'll need a big performance then if we're going to get any further in the competition.
That is a really solid draw. Should definitely be looking for 2nd spot and with a bit of luck maybe top spot.
No group that stands out as being overly tough.
Very managable group.
Looks like a great World Cup!
*double checks it's the World Cup*
Think you can top that group with a bit of luck. Knockout stage will be tough whoever you face
Think you can top the group there, good luck
A great Apertura in your debut season . As you say, who couldn't like Argentinian football? It's full of drama . I really enjoyed a save in Argentina a few FM's ago and it looks like you are too.
Looks like things are going nicely with Turkey too . Not the most difficult of draws with Russia being the top seeds in your group so I'm pretty sure you'll be able to reach the knockout stages and then, well...good luck against the Germans or French
Thanks for the comments I'm hoping for a personal best at this World Cup, having never made it past the group stages on my previous attempt with the Aussies.
The whole World Cup experience is a lot better on this version of FM in my opinion; by selecting a provisional 30 man squad, followed by a handful of friendlies, you really start to get a sense of the build up that a manager would experience in real life. Not that international management is perfect, there's still loads of room for improvement, but at least it's a step in the right direction.
Estudiantes: Finding Our Feet
Things are starting to come together nicely at the club, but it's quite apparent we're nowhere near the big boys in term of club stature. Thankfully, the board have agreed to increase the junior coaching budget, as well improving the youth facilities too. This is a huge step in the right direction, and will ensure that we can develop our youth team to reach their potential. Unfortunately, the best young Argentine prospects do, generally, get sold off to bigger and better teams, mainly in Europe, and we're certainly in no position to refuse any big money moves at this point. However, on a more positive note, nine of the 23 man World Cup squad announced by Argentina are sill based in their homeland (mainly at Independiente, Vélez and Boca), so it looks like players are happy to stay if the ambition of their club team matches their own.
I'm still trying to get to grips with continental competition qualification, but I think I've now worked out why we didn't qualify for the Copa Libertadores. Even though we finished 5th in the calendar year table, which, normally, would guarantee entry to the Preliminary Round, our place was taken by Tigre, who won the 2025 Clausura competition but had a shocking following six months, and finished way down the calendar year table.
Finances | Transfer Summary
Argentina Primera División - 2026 Clausura (Closing Stage)
Position Graph | Fixtures | Season Summary
Independiente are obviously the team to beat at the moment; they have by far the best squad, containing several internationals, and are very heavily tycoon-backed too. However, asides from them, and Boca Juniors, the rest of the league is pretty tight, with very narrow margins separating the rest of the top half. By the fact we finished 3rd, I'm claiming the title of 'best of the rest', which I would like to consolidate over the next season or two, continually improving the squad over time. It also ensures we qualify for the Copa Sudamericana, and increases our chances of getting into the Copa Libertadores at the end of the calendar year.
Our squad is pretty decent, and always seem to have a goal threat about it; our front two of Gerardo Pérez and Matías Guiñazú found the net 36 times between them over the course of the season. In fact, even defensively, we don't look too shabby at all, having kept eight clean sheets in the Clausura, but it is the lack of draws that are costing us the most. We just simply don't do them! If we did, we may have won the title, as four of the seven games lost were by just a single goal. To be fair, we've been soundly beaten a couple of times along the way too, but need to start closing close games out, eradicating late goals, if we're going to be taken seriously as potential title challengers. Maybe a change in tactics next season, even though I've been pleasantly surprised by how effective a basic 4-4-2 has served us this year.
Key Players: Gerardo Pérez (21 goals, 12 assists), Mathías Guiñazú (15 goals, 13 assists), Gerardo Suárez (10 assists), Gabriel Pastoriza (Best Defender)
Fans Player of the Year: Mathías Guiñazú
Team of the Year | Overall Best XI
Career Summary
Code:Season Team League Finish Cups ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2011/12 Unemployed 2012/13 Kingstonian Blue Square Bet South 3rd FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round, FA Trophy 2nd Round 2013/14 Kingstonian Blue Square Bet Premier 3rd FA Cup 1st Round, FA Trophy 1st Round 2014/15 Kingstonian npower League Two 16th FA Cup 1st Round, Carling Cup 1st Round, JPT 1st Round 2015/16 Kingstonian npower League Two 17th** **Resigned 19/12/2015 Hull City npower League One 6th FA Cup 4th Round 2016/17 Hull City npower League One 1st FA Cup 1st Round, Carling Cup 1st Round, JPT Winner 2017/18 Hull City npower Championship 2nd FA Cup 5th Round, Carling Cup 2nd Round 2018/19 Fulham Barclays Premier League 5th FA Cup Semi-Final, Carling Cup Semi-Final 2019/20 Fulham Barclays Premier League 7th Europa League 2nd KO Rd, FA Cup 6th Rd, Carling Cup 3rd Rd 2020/21 Fulham Barclays Premier League 8th** **Resigned 13/11/2020 Liverpool Barclays Premier League 6th Europa League 1st KO Rd, FA Cup 5th Rd 2021/22 Liverpool Barclays Premier League 3rd Europa League Winners, FA Cup 4th Rd, Carling Cup QF 2022/23 Liverpool Barclays Premier League 1st Champions League Runner-Up, FA Cup 3rd Rd, Carling Cup QF 2023/24 Liverpool Barclays Premier League 1st Champions League SF, FA Cup SF, Carling Cup QF 2024/25 Liverpool Barclays Premier League 2nd Champions League Runner-Up, FA Cup SF, Carling Cup Winners 2025/26 Estudiantes Primera División Apertura 4th N/A Primera División Clausura 3rd Copa Argentina QF
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Turkey - World Cup 2026
Squad - No injuries concerns, so I could pick the best 23 possible.
Group Stages (Group F)
Turkey 3-2 Chile - A very eventful opening game, which saw us 2-0 down after only 17 minutes. However, due to our dominance, we were always likely to score. And that we did, ten minutes later, from the penalty spot, setting up an exciting second half. Hayati Cimen was the hero of the night, banging in a brace which included the winning goal, three minutes from the final whistle. We were up and running!
Russia 3-1 Turkey - I knew this game would effectively decide who would top the group, and I was eager not to be beaten. It what was a fairly even game, the Russians found themselves with a two goal advantage. Unfortunately, we could not match our comeback from the opening match, albeit pulling a goal back before conceding a late injury-time goal whilst chasing the game.
Turkey 3-0 Australia - That last minute goal conceded against Russia saw slip down to third, behind Australia, in the group standings. What this meant, is that we had to win our final game, as if it finished as a draw, Australia would go through on goal difference. From kick-off, the Aussies were set up to defend and stifle our attack, obviously playing for the draw that would send them through. It was stalemate at half time, but following a feisty teamtalk, we made the breakthrough straight after the restart, going on to win comfortably.
A bizarre group stage which saw England scrape through behind Iran in their group, and Brazil, Argentina and Germany, all being knocked without losing a match! With these three big names missing, it certainly opened up the knockout rounds for some of the 'lesser' nations to shine.
2nd Round
Turkey 1-4 Cameroon - What a total embarrassment! Statistically, we should have won, but that doesn't tell the whole story; Cameroon played terrific counter-attack football, breaking up our attacks before using their pace to exploit the gaps in our defence. Any team that finishes above France and Germany must be more than decent, so it's no real surprise that we succumbed to them too. However, by missing the two big guns, it's unlikely that we would have got a better opportunity to make it to the latter stages of the competition, so it's very disappointing that we couldn't capitalise on this.
The surprises continued to happen in the knockout rounds too, with Iran making the quarter-final, USA getting to the semis, and Ukraine going all the way to the final!
France 1-0 Ukraine - It's no shock that France ended up winning the trophy, as after knocking England out, they were the only 'major' footballing nation to reach the final four. They dominated the final, with the winning goal being scored by my ex-Fulham striker, John Itubu.
Last edited by AK22; 16-02-2012 at 20:34.
Poor result against Cameroon but you performed well in the group stages.
A shame you couldn't get past Cameroon as it looks like the draw really opened up.
Are you planning on sticking with Turkey?
I've decided to call time on my spell as Turkey boss. Even though the FA were satisfied with our World Cup performance, and my job security was listed as 'secure', I feel four years in charge of a nation is long enough. The team will also need a overhaul very soon, as the main players will all be over 30 by the time the EUROs come around in two years time, and I really don't have the appetite for this.
My record with Turkey is more than decent, so I'm pretty certain a new international job will be on the horizon, especially once you factor in all the usual post-World Cup sackings.
Post World Cup 2026 Rankings
I've left Turkey in 14th place, one lower than their position four years ago, when I took the job. So we've hardly come on leaps and bounds!
Lol at Ivory Coast at the top!
Spain have fallen far as well.
Estudiantes: Pre-Season 2026/27
The main aim for this season is to secure Copa Libertadores qualification. By having such a strong Clausura last term, I reckon another top three finish will be enough to ensure we make it into the group stages, and that will be the first step along the path to restoring this club as one of South America's finest. On the domestic front, I'll be looking to consolidate our position as the third best team in Argentina, behind Boca Juniors and Independiente, as well as having a decent showing in the Copa Argentina.
Board Expectations
Copa Sudamericana: Reach the First Round
Primera División Apertura: Compete alongside the top teams
Primera División Clausura: Compete alongside the top teams
Copa Argentina: Reach the Quarter Final
Media Prediction: 4th
Transfer Budget: £3.6m
Wage Budget: £119k per week (currently spending £96k per week)
Transfer Summary
Key Signings: Oscar Parra (AMC) £3.2m, Carlos Medina (DRL) £70k, Victor Sosa (DMC) £550k, Guillermo Figueroa (ST) Free, Hugo Malavolta (GK) Free
A very busy off-season for me, making no fewer than eight new signings. Of these eight, three are defensive midfielders; I may have got slightly carried away here! Having spent a net £3.9m on new players, I've put the club's finances into the red, so we can ill afford to have a mediocre season. I may even need to balance the books later on in the season, as Argentine football is hardly awash with money, but I'm hoping that will not be the case.
I'm really happy with the squad now, with a strong back-up for every position, so it will only be a case of improving in small measures, if and when a good deal comes our way. Having signed Parra, a natural in the AMC position, I'll be switching to a diamond formation this season, with a DMC, an AMC and two wide men in our midfield. I'm hoping that this will still keep our goal threat alive, but make us slightly more secure at the back.
Great snatch of Medina.
Medina looks a great buy .
Three African nations in the top six. That's some going.
Last edited by AK22; 19-02-2012 at 18:03.
Estudiantes: On The Rise
I've said it before, and I'll say it again; I'm properly enjoying my football in Argentina. There's something very refreshing about competing in games where both sides are going for the win, and quite often, the matches can get pretty heated too. In fact, in the eighteen months I've spent in Argentina, I've only contested one 0-0 draw, which I find quite an exceptional statistic considering I've sat through 72 games now. Compare this to European football, especially Serie A and Ligue 1, where matches are more of a strategic chess-match, and are often decided by a single goal, and it's quite a staggering contrast.
Argentina Primera División - 2026 Apertura (Opening Stage)
Position Graph | Fixtures | Equipo del año
Unbelievably, we only went and won the club's first Primera División title since 2010, with four of our players making it into the Primera División Team of the Year. Oh, and we still don't do draws!
We started the campaign well, winning all five of our opening matches, which included a feisty derby match against Gimnasia. After setting the early pace, we lost a couple of matches on the bounce, failing to score in both, which resulted in us slipping down below Independiente, Boca and Vélez. From this point onwards, it was a four horse race for the title, with Independiente leading the way with a minimal advantage over the chasing pack. We went on to win our next eight fixtures on the spin, including a vital six-pointer away to Independiente, which swung the pendulum momentarily back in our favour, putting us top with a handful of games to go.
Unfortunately, we lost a crucial match against our main challengers, Boca, and with three games left to play, we needed Boca to slip up in their final matches if we were going to win the Apertura. We held up our end of the bargain, winning all of our remaining games, but due to Boca's Copa Sudamericana progress, they had a game in hand, that would be played two days after our closing fixture. This game, away to Argentinos, was pushed back by two days due to Boca's very heavy fixture list, which meant that they had to play four times in a week. Being two points behind us, Boca also knew that they had to win the match if they were going to gazump us at the top of the table. Whether nerves got to them, or due to a fixture pile-up, they were running on empty, I don't really care; they lost 1-0, and handed us the trophy!
Copa Sudamericana - 2026
We had a fine run in the Copa Sudamericana, reaching the semi-finals before being knocked out by rivals, Boca Juniors. This was a lot better than I had expected to do, and shows that we are becoming a force to be reckoned with in South America again. That being said, we did play Argentine opposition in three out of the four ties, so have yet to been tested against major opposition from Brazil, Chile or Uruguay, all of who have clubs that have the potential to cause us a lot of problems. However, it is a reasonable indication of how we can perform in the continental competitions, and is a nice way to warm-up for our Copa Libertadores campaign, which starts in February.
Last edited by AK22; 19-02-2012 at 18:06.
Cracking work in the league mate. Sounds like a very exciting league to play in!
Does that mean you've won half a league title? Argentina confuses me.
It counts as a title in Argentina I think.
A fantastic Apertura there AK! Doesn't look like much has changed really in Argentina with the usual dominant teams around the top. Probably only Atletico Rafaela the only surprise. Was it an off first half of the season for River or are they still struggling to regain their status as one of the top clubs after their relegation?
Also tough luck in the Sudamereicana.
It's interesting that nations are referred to The Ivory Coast, The United States of America etc.
Do you know where that came from?
With so many good threads around I was way way behind in reading this one, still on the Fulham days, woops. Quality turnaround job at Liverpool and now starting to have some proper success with Estudiantes too. I'm just a bit surprised you decided the job was done in Europe despite not having won a Champions League (altho you came close!), I would be eager to try to win more big trophies around the continent before moving to South America? I suppose whatever makes the game fun for you is the most important!
A great opening stage and it does look a fun league to manage in for sure. I often think of managing in Brazil or Argentina but not sure I can get my head around the league structures.
Asides from the slightly bizarre average point system that determines relegation, Argentina is pretty straightforward; 38 games in the league (split into two tournaments), and a knockout cup competition, very similar to the FA Cup format. Win all your games, and win all the trophies
Mexico: The Tequila Nation
Having left my role with Turkey after the last World Cup, it wasn't long before I was approached to take the reigns of another national team. Several tempting offers came my way, including those from Brazil, Argentina and Russia, but it was the one from the Mexican FA that caught my attention the most.
After hosting the 2026 World Cup, where they failed (once again!) to get past the second round, having being knocked out by England, Mexico found themselves down at 32nd in the FIFA World Rankings. Serial under-achievers for several years now, the only tournament they seem capable of winning is the CONCACAF Gold Cup, which they have won seven times out of the last nine competitions contested. Asides from this, there has been very little for the residents of Mexican to shout about in recent years, having never made it out the group stages of the Copa America or past the second round in the World Cup. With plenty of potential in their squad, it will be my job to harness this talent, and transform the side into one capable of competing at major tournaments.
2026 Fixtures (Post World Cup)
2027 Fixtures (Pre Gold Cup)
The Russians aside, the friendly opposition organised by my assistant should have caused us very little trouble at all, so imagine my cause for concern when I lost my second match in charge, away to Bolivia. Factor in the scrappy 1-0 win over Barbados, and I've quickly realised that this is a side not as good as it thinks it is.
2027 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Simply put, the FA wanted us to win the competition. And indeed we should, with only the USA likely to cause us too many headaches... or so I thought.
Squad- I'd pretty much already established my best 23 well in advance of the competition, nearly all of which made it to the tournament unscathed. I had been experimenting on formations in the build up friendlies, and decided that a 5-3-2 formation was the way to go in the opening games.
Drawn in a group containing Costa Rica, Bermuda and Trinidad & Tobago, we were comfortable favourites to stroll into the quarter-finals, where we were likely to face the sterner tests of Canada, USA and Honduras.
Gold Cup Group A
Mexico 2-0 Costa Rica - So far, so good. My first competitive match in charge went without a hitch, controlling the game and securing a routine 2-0 victory.
Bermuda 1-0 Mexico - Bugger! Of course, we had the obligatory 24 attempts at goal, and couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo. Utter humiliation? Possibly. Shock defeat of the tournament? Most definitely.
Mexico 1-1 Trinidad & Tobago - After defeat to Bermuda, we really had to win our final group game if to go through as group winners. Once again, another turgid performance followed, where we had to come from behind to salvage a point, which was just about enough to scrape through into the knockout rounds.
It wasn't just us that had a shocker in the group stages; the USA managed to bum out early, with Nicaragua taking their place in the next round. And Canada only just scraped through too, after securing one of the two best third placed team slots.
Gold Cup Quarter Final
Mexico 3-1 Canada - Due to our streaky group stage performances, I decided to ditch the 5-3-2 formation, turning to a 4-3-1-2 set-up for the knockout rounds. This had the desired effect, as we put in our finest performance so far, and had the game sewn up before going in for the half time break. Very comfortable, very commanding. Better late than never, I suppose.
Gold Cup Semi Final
Mexico 1-0 Costa Rica - A repeat fixture from the group stage, and once again, the jitters returned. We only managed two shots on target, but thankfully, managed to convert one of these, and hang on for the remaining of the game to secure our spot in the final. Costa Rica barely threatened, but it was hardly the performance I was expecting.
Gold Cup Final
El Salvador 0-3 Mexico - The performance of champions, and about time too! Hardly a match for the neutral, as we found ourselves 3-0 up after 23 minutes, which effectively killed the game stone-dead. Not that this mattered to me, as I'd just secured my first trophy at international level.
CONCACAF Gold Cup Dream Team - containing eight Mexicans, the stand-outs being Enrique García, Naoyas Barrón, Carlos Fierro and César Hurtado.
At times, we've been abysmal, and kind of only won the tournament by default. No doubt about it, there's still a lot of work to be done with this side, and in a tournament with stronger opposition, it's unlikely that we'll shake off the 'also-ran' tag that is currently around our neck. We really need to be a lot more creative going forward, as we struggle to fashion any clear-cut goal opportunities in open play, and are having to rely heavily on set-pieces and 20-yard wonder goals to break the deadlock. I suppose, going into most games as favourites is the main reason for our impotency, as teams tend to set up defensively, and park the bus. Maybe another change in formation is required, and I'm tempted to go to a 4-5-1, which I've used to great affect with previous teams. Unfortunately, I'm not blessed with fantastic wingers, so it may be case of playing a striker out of position in a inside-forward role, who can cut in off the flanks. I'm still undecided at the moment, but with the Copa America coming up in a fortnight, I'll need to make my mind up pretty swiftly.
Last edited by AK22; 04-03-2012 at 12:24.
Just catching up,fantastic start to life in Argentina.Congrats on winning the Apertura as well as winning the Gold Cup with the tequila nation
Just about makes up for Bermuda.
Epic fail in Group C.
Great work in the Gold Cup (although a few of the Canadians here in FMCU won't be happy after their quarter final exit to you ). Next up...the Copa America. Should be a few more teams challenging you there as opposed to the likes of Nicaragua and El Salvador
You're right, the Copa America will be a lot tougher. Although if we can avoid Brazil or Argentina, I'd have thought we'll have a fair chance of reaching the semi-finals, which is the FA expectations. Mind you, if we can lose to Bermuda, we can lose to anyone!!
Estudiantes: On The Edge of Glory
As good as the performances on the pitch have been, I'm starting to get concerned by the alarming rate we our losing money at the football club. This season we made a loss of nearly £6m, which is extremely worrying as we only spent a net £1.25m of that on transfers; factor in the extra Copa Libertadores revenue that we received this season, and my concerns are entirely justified about the loss we're running at. Hopefully, the chairman can pull a rabbit out of his hat, otherwise it may be time to say bye-bye to some of the stars in the squad.
Finances | Transfer Summary
Argentina Primera División - 2027 Clausura (Closing Stage)
Position Graph | Fixtures | Season Summary
Our Clausura performances have been scintillating at times, including a couple of special wins over Boca and Independiente, as well as a commanding win over Gimnasia in the La Plata derby. We're also averaging three goals a game, so it's apparent we've certainly found our shooting boots! However, it was the points dropped against the likes of Huracán, Godoy Cruz and Argentinos that cost us dear in the race to the title. That said, Independiente have been very special this time around, so even if we had taken a few more points, it's still unlikely that we would have caught them at the top of the table. I'm satisfied with a haul of 40 points, though, as this consolidates us nicely in the top three, comfortable ahead of the chasing pack of River, Vélez and Newell's.
Estudiantes 8-1 Racing Club - A terrific game early on in our Clausura campaign, which included a hat-trick from centre back Mathías Correa.
Estudiantes 5-0 Gimnasia - The fans loved the annihilation of our city rivals. A hat-trick from Oscar Parra helped to earn us the La Plata bragging rights.
Lanús 1-6 Estudiantes - Another great performance by us, where Carlos González stole the headlines with a great hat-trick.
Estudiantes 4-0 Independiente - They may have dominated the league, but we were the only side to beat the Clausura champions. We didn't even allow them a shot on target!
Estudiantes 5-3 Boca - Our penultimate league fixture, and my match of the season; this game had everything! We took a two goal advantage into the half time break, having dominated the first 45 minutes. Boca then scored three times in 7 minutes to completely turn the game on it's head, before we equalised a further two minutes later. They were then reduced to ten men with eight minutes left to play, which was just enough time for us to score twice, including Gerardo Pérez's fourth goal of the game.
Copa Libertadores
Group Stages (A-D) | Group Stages (E-H) | Fixtures
We had a fantastic run in this competition this season, and very nearly ended it by celebrating an unlikely victory! Unfortunately for us, Corinthians didn't read the script, and completely owned us in both legs of the final, denying us the opportunity to lift the trophy for the first time since 2009.
This was the first time in 11 seasons that the club had qualified for the Copa Libertadores, so I wasn't expecting us to pull up any trees. I still wanted to see a good display in the groups, though, and some spirited performances against larger opposition in the knockout rounds. In the end, the group stage went without a hitch, finishing as group winners, and only dropping points away to Colo Colo. You could also argue that the draw in the knockout round was favourable to us, as we managed to avoid Boca, Independiente and Cruzeiro, playing instead, smaller opposition such as Liga de Quito and Pumas. That said, we still had to do a thorough job, and had to dig very deep to get past Flamengo in the quarter-final.
Copa Argentina
Fixtures - Unfortunately, we had to sacrifice this competition to allow me to keep the squad fresh for our league and continental commitments. Nacional B side, Instituto, were the team to knock us out, eventually by the means of a penalty shoot-out.
Squad Overview
Key Players: Gerardo Pérez (38 goals, 9 assists), Oscar Parra (25 goals, 28 assists), Gerardo Suárez (10 goals, 26 assists), Gabriel Pastoriza (Best Defender), Victor Sosa (Defensive Midfielder)
Fans Player of the Year: Gerardo Pérez
Team of the Year | Overall Best XI
Some of the players have played out of their skin this season, none more so than the trinity of Pérez, Parra and Suárez, who contributed with 73 goals and 63 assists between them. The squad is definitely good enough to contend for honours again next season, that's as long as I don't have to sell off my stars to appease the bank manager. I did, however, find at times that some players would struggle with consistently playing two games a week, something that is a regular occurrence once you've reached the latter stages of the Copa Libertadores and the Argentine domestic calendar. I'd like to try and counter this by bringing in a handful of new recruits in the summer, but due to the current financial constraints, I'd say that it's likely that I may have to settle for one or two free transfers, or chance my arm with some of the promising youngster currently in the ranks.
Career Summary
Code:Season Team League Finish Cups ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2011/12 Unemployed 2012/13 Kingstonian Blue Square Bet South 3rd FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round, FA Trophy 2nd Round 2013/14 Kingstonian Blue Square Bet Premier 3rd FA Cup 1st Round, FA Trophy 1st Round 2014/15 Kingstonian npower League Two 16th FA Cup 1st Round, Carling Cup 1st Round, JPT 1st Round 2015/16 Kingstonian npower League Two 17th** **Resigned 19/12/2015 Hull City npower League One 6th FA Cup 4th Round 2016/17 Hull City npower League One 1st FA Cup 1st Round, Carling Cup 1st Round, JPT Winner 2017/18 Hull City npower Championship 2nd FA Cup 5th Round, Carling Cup 2nd Round 2018/19 Fulham Barclays Premier League 5th FA Cup Semi-Final, Carling Cup Semi-Final 2019/20 Fulham Barclays Premier League 7th Europa League 2nd KO Rd, FA Cup 6th Rd, Carling Cup 3rd Rd 2020/21 Fulham Barclays Premier League 8th** **Resigned 13/11/2020 Liverpool Barclays Premier League 6th Europa League 1st KO Rd, FA Cup 5th Rd 2021/22 Liverpool Barclays Premier League 3rd Europa League Winners, FA Cup 4th Rd, Carling Cup QF 2022/23 Liverpool Barclays Premier League 1st Champions League Runner-Up, FA Cup 3rd Rd, Carling Cup QF 2023/24 Liverpool Barclays Premier League 1st Champions League SF, FA Cup SF, Carling Cup QF 2024/25 Liverpool Barclays Premier League 2nd Champions League Runner-Up, FA Cup SF, Carling Cup Winners 2025/26 Estudiantes Primera División Apertura 4th N/A Primera División Clausura 3rd Copa Argentina QF 2026/27 Estudiantes Primera División Apertura 1st Copa Sudamericana SF Primera División Clausura 3rd Copa Libertadores RU, Copa Argentina 7th Rd
Last edited by AK22; 03-03-2012 at 15:09.
Was a good year overall,impressive victory over the Clausura Champs.Unlucky in the Copa Libertadores,better luck next year.
Mexico: The Tournament After
Having won the Gold Cup two weeks earlier, it was expected that we put on another good show at the Copa América. The FA wanted us to reach the semi-final, but given our previously flaky performances, I wasn't overly confident that we would even get out of our group.
I chose exactly the same 23 man squad that I used in the Gold Cup, deciding against experimenting with new personnel. The tactics and formation were also kept the same, even though I'm not convinced that 4-3-1-2 is the way to go, as we're not fashioning enough clear cut chances. I will be doing some tinkering in the future though, but it will need to wait until the post-Copa América friendlies.
2027 Copa América
Group C
Venezuela 2-3 Mexico - We started our opening game well, finding ourselves 3-0 up after 40 minutes. However, we then did our best to throw the three points away, letting Venezuela back into the game, just about clinging on for the victory in the second half.
Mexico 2-0 Chile - A much better performance, controlling the game from start to finish. We could have, and should have, scored more than two.
Argentina 2-0 Mexico - We totally bossed the game against one of the pre-tournament favourites; how they won 2-0, I'll never know. We still qualified for the knockout rounds as group runners-up, though.
Quarter Final - Mexico 0-1 Uruguay - Another game we should have won, but just couldn't get enough telling shots on target. Our inability to score really cost us dear, and sent us packing against the nation that went on to win the tournament.
Final - Uruguay 2-1 Brazil - A shock result in the final, but in the end, Uruguay were good value for their win.
World Ranking (Post Copa América)
Estudiantes: Pre-Season 2027/28
Going into my third season in charge at Estudiantes, I'll be looking to build on the success from the previous two years. I'd say we've got a good chance of lifting at least one trophy from the five we will be competing in, with the Copa Libertadores being the one that I really want to win the most.
This is the last year of my current contract, having refused the previously offered extensions. Whether I stay longer or not is hardly set in stone at the moment, but certainly, I wouldn't rule out a return to Europe if the right opportunity presented itself. That being said, I think I'd still be happy to stay in Argentina for another season or two, as I'm enjoying the style of football we play, and the job at Estudiantes is still challenging enough (for now).
Board Expectations
Copa Libertadores: Reach the Second Round
Copa Sudamericana: Reach the Quarter Final
Primera División Apertura: Compete alongside the top teams
Primera División Clausura: Compete alongside the top teams
Copa Argentina: Reach the Semi Final
Media Prediction: 4th
Transfer Budget: £713k
Wage Budget: £118k per week (currently spending £117k per week)
Transfer Summary
Key Signings: Juan Carlos Rivera (DC) £1m, Gustavo Meneghin (MR) Free, Alexandr Makarov (DC) Free, Juan Martín Alassia (AMC) £600k
With minuscule scope to play with in the budgets this season, it was certainly more a case of wheeling/dealing in the transfer market this summer. By offloading seven players, including two long term loans, this was enough to finance the deals for four new signings, who are all likely to add to the depth of the first team squad, despite lacking any outstanding star quality.
I still feel we are a couple of players light from being able to consistently compete in all the competitions we are entered into, but we should be in a better position than last season, so I'm hopeful that we will avoid the burnout we suffered in the previous April/May/June period. Whether that's good enough, I'll find out soon enough!


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I compiled on Ubuntu a program that was developed for (and works on) Windows. On Ubuntu, I see this code:
string s = values_[9];
cout << s << endl;
cout << s << "x\n";
producing this output:
The expected output for the second line is "highx". I know that the value of values_[9] is originally read from a file (written on Windows). Printing other strings seems to work normally.
What's going on here?


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I came across the term "cryptographic oracle" and despite a bit of googling I was unable to come across a clear, concise definition. What is a cryptographic oracle and what does it do? Can anyone give an example?
An oracle is an individual who knows the personal cell phone number of a god. This enables him (or her) to obtain some information which is usually considered as out of reach of mere mortals, such as glimpses of the future. In cryptography, that's the same, except that no deity is involved: an oracle is any system which can give some extra information on a system, which otherwise would not be available.
For instance, consider asymmetric encryption with RSA. The standard I link to states how a piece of data should be encrypted with a public key. In particular, the encryption begins with a padding operation, in which the piece of data is first expanded by adding a header, so that the padded data length matches the RSA public key length. The header should begin with the two bytes
The encryption result is an integer modulo the RSA modulus, a big integer which is part of the public key. For a 1024-bit RSA key, the modulus n is an integer value greater than 21023, but smaller than 21024. A properly encrypted data chunk, with RSA, yields an integer value between 1 and n-1. However, the padding implies some structure, as shown above. The decrypting party MUST find, upon decryption, a properly formed PKCS#1 header, beginning with the
Knowing whether a given integer modulo n would yield, upon decryption, a valid padding structure, is supposed to be infeasible for whoever does not know the private key. The private key owner (the deity) obtains that information, and much more: if the decryption works, the private key owner actually gets the message, which is the point of decryption. Assume that there is an entity, somewhere, who can tell you whether a given integer modulo n is a validly encrypted piece of data with RSA; that entity would not give you the full decryption result, it would just tell you whether decryption would work or not. That's a one-bit information, a reduced glimpse of what the deity would obtain. The entity is your oracle: it returns parts of the information what is normally available only to the private key owner.
It turns out that, given access to such an oracle, it is possible to rebuild the private key, by sending specially crafted integers modulo n (it takes a million or so of such values, and quite a bit of mathematics, but it can be done). It also turns out that most SSL/TLS implementation of that time (that was in 1999) were involuntarily acting as oracles: if you sent, as a client, an invalidly RSA-encrypted ClientKeyExchange message, the server was responding with a specific error message ("duh, your ClientKeyExchange message stinks"), whereas if decryption worked, the server was keeping on with the protocol, using whatever value it decrypted (usually unknown to the client if the client sent a random value, so the protocol failed later on, but the client could see the difference between a valid and an invalid padding). Therefore, with such an implementation, an attacker could (after a million or so of failed connections) rebuild the server private key, which is usually considered to be a bad thing.
That's what oracles are: a mathematical description of a data leak, to be used in security proofs. In the case of RSA, this demonstrates that knowing whether a value has a proper padding or not is somehow equivalent to learning the private key (if you know the private key you can attempt the decryption and see the padding for yourself; the Bleichenbacher attack shows that it also works the other way round).
An oracle is something which can immediately (
In cryptographic papers, for instance, oracles are most often used to show that, even if our attackers had access to some seemingly-impossibile oracle, they still wouldn't have any (significant) advantage to breaking our security. For example, one important property of encryption algorithms (called resistance to known plaintext attacks) is that if an attacker is given a message encrypted with your key
Taking this to the extreme (chosen plaintext attack): give an attacker an oracle who can encrypt or decrypt any message with your key except for
Cryptographic oracles are a black box input/output method.
It will respond to any input with a pseudo-random response but will always give the same output for a specific input.
They're generally used for hash functions where randomness is important for higher security.
Obviously there are still going to be security issues as it is just a mathematical function that is returning seemingly pseudo-random numbers, but they are obviously stronger than some of their less random counterparts.
Here's a solid paper about them and their design - http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/users/mihir/papers/ro.pdf


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.......given the ever-decreasing marginal utility of the Balanchine-style abstract/plotless ballet.
This takes me back to my initial comments (perhaps overly simplistic) on the Kaufman article. In spite of all the interesting and insightful comments made in this worthwhile discussion, doesn't it all boil down to personal taste? If any of the arguments in this thread uncovered some fundamental "Truth", I certainly remain unconvinced. Isn't this issue nothing more than "I like this type of ballet" whereas someone else "I like that type of ballet"?
miliosr, I may be oversimplifying your view above, but I take from your comment that you prefer ballets with a narrative rather than "abstract/plotless ballet" without a narravite. Terrific. You know what you like. In contrast, I happen to like plotless ballet (that's not to say such ballet has no meaning beyond just a series of steps). That's terrific too. I know what I like.
I bother to post this simple proposition because it hits home for me as I've watched what Peter Boal has done in the 5 years he's led Pacific Northwest Ballet. Full length story ballets have never been my favorites (even the greats such as Swan Lake). That's not to say I don't love story ballets, because I do, but I just prefer a ballet like Agon or In the Middle Somewhat Elevated. Like everyone (I presume) I want a season that includes both, but I prefer a season that emphasizes the plotless over the story ballets. So when it became clear that Boal was moving seasonal programming toward more "modern" ballets as opposed to the Stowell/Russell choices I was used to, I was ecstatic. I found myself more excited by ballet than ever before.
Now here comes the point for me personally. I pretty much go to every post-performance Q&A session when I go to see PNB. I often make comments at these sessions as, of course, do many others. My comments often express my pleasure that such and such a ballet was presented (let's say something like State of Darkness, or perhaps a Dove ballet), but invariably at these Q&A sessions someone else makes a comment to Boal that they are bothered because PNB is not presenting enough story ballets these days. Each time I hear that, I cringe because an irrational fear comes over me that Boal might actually be persuaded by such comments to cut back on the non-traditional stuff. So I want to go in one direction, but someone else wants to go in another direction. Neither of us, of course, is right or wrong.
Perhaps much of this debate reduces down to nothing more than personal taste. (I say....perhaps.)


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I am running Ubuntu Server 12.04 and I would like to reboot my system. I ssh into it fine, but when I run
Your hard drive most likely dropped off the SATA bus. If it had simply encountered an error and your filesystem had remounted read-only, you'd have gotten a different error -
When you rebooted, your drive decided to play nicely again. This might be an isolated once-in-a-lifetime issue caused by a power burp or something, or it might be an early indicator of impending drive failure. Check SMART data on the drive, and consider replacing the drive.
Uptime has nothing to do with this. Linux systems are easily capable of years of uninterrupted uptime (though in practice this would mean a years-old version of the kernel, and therefore shouldn't really be strived for).


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One sometimes hears about "the forgetful functor $Ab \to Grp$." Given that the image of an object under this functor is still abelian, in what sense is this "forgetful"?
The wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgetful_functor and the nlab article http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/forgetful+functor answer your question. In category theory a mathematical object is not regarded as a set with extra structure, but rather as an object of a fixed category. Even if an object stays the same thing set-theoretically after applying a forgetful functor, it is a different object, because the category has changed. For example, an object of the category of groups which happens to be an abelian group is not really an object of the category of abelian groups (perhaps this is true set-theoretically, but this doesn't matter at all); rather it lies in the image of the forgetful functor from abelian groups to groups, and its preimage should not be confused with itsself! This seems to be a bit pedantic, especially when not structure, but only property is forgotten, but there are lots of benefits from this point of view. For example, sometimes I come across papers which write something like $\mathbb{Z} + \mathbb{Z}$. Well, does $+$ refer to the coproduct in the category of groups, or the category of abelian groups? I am always confused. Many students interpret the construction of the complex numbers as $\mathbb{C}=\mathbb{R}^2$ - which is inprecise because actually $U(\mathbb{C})=\mathbb{R}^2$, where $U$ is the forgetful functor from, say, $\mathbb{R}$-algebras to $\mathbb{R}$-modules. There are many more reasons why $\mathbb{C}=\mathbb{R}^2$ is misleading, see math.SE/5108. If only category theory would be more appreciated ...
A forgetful functor can forget structure but it can also forget properties. So, for instance, the forgetful functor $Ab \to Set$ forgets structure (the binary operation defining the group) and the forgetful functor $Top\to Set$ also forgets structure (the topology on the set). Forgetful functors that forget properties include, besides $Ab \to Grp$, such forgetful functors as $Fld \to Ring$, $ComRing \to Ring$, $ComMon \to Mon$ and so on.
It is important to realize that it is not what makes up a given object that matters but rather how that object relates to the rest of the world. Thus, changing what the rest of the world is, or changing the morphisms (i.e., how the object relates to the rest of the world) makes a big difference.
As an extreme example, consider the category $CLat$ of completes lattices and $CSLat$ of complete semilattices. Now, every complete semilattice is automatically a complete lattice. However, these categories are very different because of how the morphisms are defined. In $CLat$ the morphisms are required to preserve both arbitrary meets and arbitrary joins. In $CSLat$ they are only required to preserve arbitrary meets. So, there is a functor $CLat \to CSLat$ which is the identity on both objects and morphisms. However, this too is a forgetful functor. What is forgotten this time is not structure nor property but rather some of what morphisms should preserve.
Given that "forgetful functor" does not have an agreed upon definition, this question is somewhat soft, and perhaps should be tagged as such. So all this is a matter of individual taste.
As we can read in Wikipedia generally, but not always, "forgetful" functors are faithful and have left adjoints.
However, the functor $Ab \to Grp$ should be called "the inclusion functor", because it is not only faithful - like most forgetful functors - but also injective on objects. And this is a distinguished characteristic of "inclusion functors". You can read this here. Because of this, we say that $Ab$ is a subcategory of $Grp$. Since this particular functor is also full, we say that $Ab$ is a full subcategory of $Grp$.
Also the other functors mentioned by @Ittay: $Fld \to Ring$, $ComRing \to Ring$, $ComMon \to Mon$ are inclusion functors.


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This is a great start, but still after all these years Windows Tablets seem to be lacking momentum. They wil get left behind with the iPad and the rumored Google Tablet.
Maybe we'll see Surface beats come to the tablet? We need more sweet apps like that. There are virtually none now.
I agree that the tablet platform has languished for several years now, but there's hardly any way to say anything will get left behind by a rumoured Google tablet which even if it exists is a complete unknown - Google are perfectly capable of producing a piece of crap.
Does the actual multi-touch now finally work with Dell Latitude XT?
Thanks Surface team we finally get our tentacular hands on win7-certified multitouch controls
Well, the first thing we notice as developers is that WPF performance is absolutely inadequate for serious graphics development.
That is old news, but somehow i was hoping Surface toolkit would bring some hard-core tweaks (like fixed fps rendering to get smooth animations and so on).
Nonetheless, apps on the Surface seem smoother than in Win7.. there must be something under the hood in the os (vista) configuration.
Then, the whole Direct2D topic and early samples on Win7 touch are there to confuse us... we want performance!!
When will we get a _clear_ roadmap of how MS graphics technologies are meant to work together?
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hi i need to know what is the Resolution of the surface camera?
The Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta will work on any Windows 7 Touch PC hardware. If the driver for the specific machine is properly written, the toolkit should work on top of that machine.
Microsoft Surface actually uses 5 infrared cameras, the image gets stitched together and reported through the Raw Image APIs to you. Take a look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee804751.aspx for more information.
Notice that the Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta obviously uses different input. It actually uses the input from the touch enabled PC (no cameras included).
The performance of Surface controls seems to be better than regular WPF controls.
May I ask how did you achieve it?
I guess, I may NOT ask...
@ivan_:Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke, "Profiles of The Future", 1961
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@LuisCabrera:I installed Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch on VS2010 where is installed WP7 toolkit with XNA 4.0. The samples included with Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch doesn't compile because in the XNA 4.0 for WP7 is totally missing the AudioEngine class
Any idea how to solve this problem ?
Found the solution.
Added reference to microsoft.xna.framework.xact
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I need help with this problem. The problem goes like this: In some countries it is customary to shake hands with everybody in the meeting. If there are two people there is 1 handshake, if there are three people there are three handshakes and so on. I know that the formula is $ \dfrac{n(n-1)}{2} $ but how do I get to this solution using a thinking process, specifically how would you solve this? Thanks.
There are $n$ people who can shake hands with $n - 1$ other people. Since two people shake hands at once, we really count twice as many handshakes as we should since one handshake is counted twice. So, we divide by $2$ to remove redundancy. By the product rule, this gives us $$\frac{n(n-1)}{2} \text{handshakes}.$$
If there exists $n$ people, then each person can shake hands with $n-1$ others. Each handshake gets counted twice. So ....
What you can do is induction : You want to know that, if there are $n$ people at meeting, there will be $$ \frac{1}{2}n(n-1) $$ handshakes.
You have already established this for $n=2$, so suppose it is true when $n=k-1$, and you want to establish it for $n=k$. Now you know that, with $k-1$ people in the room, there are $$ \frac{1}{2}(k-1)(k-2) $$ handshakes. If 1 person enters the room, he/she shakes hands with each person in the room, adding $(k-1)$ handshakes to the total. This gives $$ \frac{1}{2}(k-1)(k-2) +(k-1) = (k-1)\frac{(k-2) + 2}{2} = \frac{1}{2}k(k-1) $$ handshakes.
Thus, by induction, you have established it for all $n\in \mathbb{N}$.
Another take on the getting the same formula:
Rank the $n$ people in some defined way: age, salary, whatever.
Top person gets handshakes from $n-1$ people younger/poorer paid than him/her.
Next in the ordering gets $n-2$ handshakes from those "beneath" him/her, and so on. Last person gets $0$ handshakes from underlings.
What is the sum of all the integers from $0$ to $n-1?$
Really just another way to avoid double counting...
Hint: Start with one person out of the $n$ persons, he handshakes $(n-1)$ persons. Follow with any other and remember that you already shook hands with the first person.
Here's a more mechanical way to look at it. We can use the binomial coefficient to express the same result. The notation $\binom{n}{k}$, pronounced "$n$ choose $k$," is the number of ways that a set of $k$ objects can be chosen from $n$ objects in total. It can be shown that the formula for calculating it explicitly is
$$\binom{n}{k} = \frac{1}{k!} \cdot \underbrace{n(n-1)\cdots (n-(k-1))}_{k \text{ factors}}.$$
In this situation, we're trying to find the number of ways that two people can be chosen from the group of $n$ people. There are $\binom{n}{2}$ ways to do this, or, using the above formula, $\frac{1}{2}n(n-1)$ handshakes.
There's generalization for undirected graphs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handshaking_lemma
Here are few ways you can think about this or ways that can give you more insight.
And of course the ways other people mentioned and well there are for sure many more.


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Some sanitisers, like star-san, chemipro oxi and betadine are no-rinse in certain dilutions. Star-san can additionaly be kept diluted in a bottle for months and used whenever one wishes. Can the same be done with the other two?
Well, Chemipro Oxi I would not consider a sanitizer...cleaner, sure, but it is essentially sodium percarbonate - it technically CAN be used to sanitize, but the amount needed makes it pretty uneconomical.
Betadine, on the other hand, can be used for years...bottles may have an expiration date (typically required on medical-type solutions), but it can be ignored. The rules for use would be the same as StarSan, which is:
Diluted StarSan or Betadine cannot be used indefinitely - it depends on the pH of the solution. For effective sanitizing, you want the pH to be below 5. Homebrew and aquarium stores sell disposable pH test strips, or you can buy a pH meter.
I usually just refill my spray bottle of sanitizer whenever I make up a new batch. If it has been awhile, I test the pH or just make up a fresh bottle. Better safe than sorry.
Chemipro Oxi can be used as a sanitiser, however it is not listed as one (as far as I have heard) because in Belgium you have to pay special taxes for sanitisers, while cleaners don't have that problem. I contacted brouwland for the above matter, and their response was the following:
I think this, along with Jim's post, concludes it all.