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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

All sorted but for 2 players. Rafik Guitane wants 13k a week, I'm going to have to hope there is some interest in Jan so I can cash in. The other is Figueira, he's good but not that good. He wants to be an important 1st team player but I'm not willing to give him that so talks have broken down

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

3 months into the season & things are going well, I prefer to be proactive than reactive so I've tied players down to deals that reflect their ability in hope that they are less likely to ask for future increases. I also got rid of a number of release clauses. This is how the wages look now...

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

The nerd in me means that I get no better satisfaction than when I sort the squad by wage, high to low and the players squad status next to it reflects it! Ours was a mess and needed sorting...

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

After 5 games are unbeaten with 3 wins & 2 draws but are yet to play any of the big guns. The aim is to finish 5th and become best of the rest behind Porto, Benfica, Sporting and Braga. Last season we finished 6th due to Vizela having a better H2H record

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Finally we have a new number 9 in Rodrigo Macedo, I spent £400k to get him from Braga. Again he's not that good but i think playing him every week will see him become good and hopefully generate some profit.

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Out wide Abraham Marcus moves down the coast from Porto for £240k. He's quick with good dribbling, his finishing isn't bad either so hopefully he can get get a few goals as an inside forward on the right.

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

In the centre of the park Abdramane Konaté arrives from Ivory Coast side FC San Pedro for £250k. I love him already, just thrown him straight, he only recently turned 18 but he has great potential. Two goals in 3 starts, not a bad start!

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

At LB I made my big signing, Casa Pia went down so I took Leonardo Lelo off them for £1.5m, he's my best player but does have a release clause of £2.5m for champs league clubs. At RB I signed a youngster released by Porto in Rodrigo Pinheiro who is raw but I'm just gonna throw him straight in

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

The summer is over and a lot of new faces have joined! In defence my centre back pairing of Vital and Alvaro both left to join Rayo Vallecano Three young centre backs come in, all on free transfers. Sylla and Muller will be my starting pair with Camara providing cover.

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

In the Taça de Portugal Placard we caused an upset beating Porto in the semis, overturning a 2-1 deficit in the 2nd leg. The final was against Benfica, we took a 2 goal lead but they pegged us back late on & after extra time it went to penalties where we were left heartbroken after a Fernandes miss!

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Season 1 is now finished! In the league our form improved dramatically over the second half of the season, the switch to the 433 had worked wonders and we really kicked on winning 11 of our 19 games. We went from 13th to 6th and only missed out on Europe on our H2H record with Vizela.

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Introduce yourself with four football kits

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

In the Taça de Portugal Placard we made it into the Semi's without playing a single top flight team. We were drawn against Porto who beat us 2-1 in the first leg in Porto. A late goal giving us some hope. Back at ours we were 1-0 down early on before a sending off changed the tie. What a comeback 😀

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Its youth intake time and its not as good as the preview suggested it would be. We do have an elite talent though however I wouldn't call him elite myself. He does look ok but his jovial personality certainly needs work on.

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Two Senegalese players arrive in the summer following contract expiry. Mohamed Camara needs to work on his heading but has the potential to be a decent centre half. Massiré Sylla can play defence & midfield but his work rate tempts me to focus him as BWM although his stamina does lets him down

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I mentioned that I wanted to focus my recruitment in certain areas. To start with I've focused on Western/Central Africa and made 3 signings during January. Patient Wassou signs for £20k, he is very raw but could develop cutting in from the right. I love his dribbling, passing and technique

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Name a duo that’s legendary in your eyes - any context, any medium, any vibe…

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

In the Taça de Portugal Placard we've had some kind draws and find ourselves in the last 16. In the Allianz cup Sporting were in our group and unsurprisingly they finished top with ourselves runners up meaning that we are out.

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I've reached the end of 2023 & we've been consistently inconsistent. We sit 13th which is lower than where I'd like to be but we are in no danger of being drawn into the relegation battle & are only 3 points off 8th. We started with a 523 before moving to 4231 and finally settling on 433 in December

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

This is almost certainly going to turn out to be nothing more than a tease

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Its remarkable on FM how often the fixtures result in you facing the toughest sides in the league back to back. The only side missing on this occasion was Benfica, despite losing 2 of the games we've not done to badly

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The Last Throw @thelastthrow.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

The idea is to be a selling club, we buy low, sell high. I want to focus my recruitment in particular areas as opposed to just signing players from anywhere. What particularly attracted me to Estoril was that the supporters want me to sign Brazilian players which gives us our first recruitment focus