Is Ebbsfleet that little club that was taken over by that online syndicate “My Club”?

My goal is to manage in the EPL, but I’m not sure a move to Ebbsfleet will aid that any. Their wage limit is 3,200 pounds a week! I’m not sure I could work on a budget like that! Maybe if I get the UAE to the World Cup it will enhance my reputation and I can get a look in at Championship teams (who have been rejecting me so far). League One teams seem moderately interested so I might start there if I get the chance. I’ve also got the MLS in my game so I could try heading to the States if I can’t get a decent gig in England.

I pretty much took a 2nd string team to the pan-pacs, and lost 1-0 to Gamba, which I thought was pretty good, got to blood a few kids. We play Saitama next (tonight). They had to postpone the grand final because we were in this silly comp – can you believe that?!

We actually made it through to the grand final after losing the semi to CCM, and then defeating the Roar on penalties. It’s the first time I’ve gone through a penalty shoot out, and it was excruciatingly long! Towards the end of it I just wanted someone, anyone – to miss!

Let me know how you get on with a new job – I’m looking forward to the day I get an offer out of the blue to go on to bigger and better things!

I agree that Africa would be a good place to look for new talent as I think there’s a decent chance of finding a player who can combine skill with strength there, and they probably wouldn’t cost as much as a signing from Asia, Europe or South America.

For the marquee spot, and I know this is pie-in-the-sky stuff, I’d love to see Adelaide go after Josh Kennedy. Kennedy apparently isn’t happy at Karlsruhe and if the Gold Coast can convince Jason Culina to come home I guess it opens the door for other current Socceroos to be offered opportunities in the A-League. It’s highly unlikely that he’d come here, but he’d be just what Adelaide needs IMO.

It is likely that the new marquee will be a striker, or at least someone to play halfway (offensive midfield/shadow). It will be an idea to find someone who is playing regularly, and most likely from an international league, where they would be intrigued to play in Australia (meaning it wouldn’t necessarily be someone from Europe, where they can make larger sums). This is more or less mirroring a previous article, though it would be superb if they searched outside of the regular international hot spots (Brazil and Europe), and perhaps risk searching through the lower-division scrapheaps, where the produce could still be of better quality than what’s currently available. Considering the A-League and Adelaide’s overall style, a popular choice would be African talent, even if it’s not on a marquee signing.

Hopefully he’ll do well. You know Scott Jamieson being the best left back in the A-league despite zero matches for Bolton and Griffiths having zero caps for Blackburn.

If Rostyn Griffiths excel, him and Jamo may prove Pim right about training in europe

You can talk FM here all you like mate.

I’m no longer manager of Adelaide, by the way. Some awful performances and humiliating results led me to pull the pin and leave Frank Farina to take charge of the sinking ship, currently 7th. I won my first game as UAE manager so all good there so far. I’m looking for another club job because the internationals are few and far between and there isn’t as much to do. I’ve got an offer from Ebbsfleet but I think I will look elsewhere.

I haven’t left a comment on here today because, well, as a Victory fan, what can you expect me to say – other than:
you’re damn right!

But good article.

Am I allowed to come here to talk FM?

Thanks for your comment.

Adelaide is a successful club, but I think they would be even more successful if they had strikers who scored more regularly and took some of the burden off the midfielders to score goals – Dodd has actually had more shots than any other United player this season. In fact he’s had more than either Eugene Dadi or Shane Smeltz. Cristiano has had almost the same amount of shots as Eugene Dadi and Shane Smeltz have so we really can’t say United’s style is retarding the number of attacks the Reds make.

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A correction: “…scoring at a rate of less than two goals per game.”

This should be “scoring at a rate of less than two games per goal.”

Apologies all.

I do agree that we need more depth in the strikers position.

However I think Younis recent performance against Central coast Mariners leading to a goal from Cristiano means that it’s worth a go trying out two strikers and changing the system.

I agree that Cristiano would be scoring more goals if Vidmar played two up front as I feel he is more of a poacher than a go-to man. However I raised the point of needing depth in the position, as IMO neither Younis or Agostino have made much of a case for Vidmar to change the system.

However I do believe that Cristiano would have been good enough to be a goal in every other game striker if he weren’t the sole striker and isolated up from. I think if he have a partner to play off with and relieve our reliance of goals from him then he will score more.