Season 133 - Are you ready?

[Arphaxad]

SUMMARY WEEK 1
First week of this season has been eventful in many ways.

After a successful run with my prior association I decided to leave because of inactivity among the other managers. I've successfully found an active platinum association and won 3/4 games thus far and I'm very happy with my decision. The one loss, which came against a 8 % stronger opponent I feel was my fault as I made a bad decision with starting formation. I did my preparation and had a plan, but departed from it and made a last minute change. As a result, I lost.

Going into this season, we were looking for two replacements, GK and ST, and one addition (AML/AMC/AMR) for the sake of versatility and flexibility. In addition to that, we acquired a last minute signing last season (DMC) which we were looking forward to utilising this season.

After the first week of the season, we've filled all vacant positions.

GK: Ibrahim Alma
AML/AMC/AMR: Firas al-Khatib
ST: Omar Jehad al-Somah

We haven't developed the first two yet, nor our DMC from last season, Damian Kaminski, as the need for a competent ST was urgent. Damian Kaminski has learnt a new position, though (DC).

With that being said, the start of this season was slow to say the least. Going into the first games with a 4 % ST, 50 % GK and 70 % DMC was though and resulted in two draws already this season. But we've managed to turn things around with the arrivals of Ibrahim Alma (GK) and Omar al-Somah (ST). Especially the latter.

Our star player, Manuel Marcusson (AML) has delivered this season as well, but not on par with prior seasons. Already last season Maksim Baladzhanov (AMR) begun to take some limelight from Marcusson. This season, our new addition, Omar al-Somah (ST) has taken som space as well and saved us from defeat at least twice and scored the 1000th goal in the club's history just now in our association game against a 8% stronger opponent.

I'm really looking forward to pairing these three this season. Baladzhanov seems to be the natural assist king, al-Somah the classic bomber and Marcusson a complete winger.