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Post by djp73 » 24 Mar 2020, 07:11

corona bringing all the zombie chises back
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Post by Chillcavern » 24 Mar 2020, 13:09

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Sarawak contract details

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Salary and Length:
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Storm's Thoughts: Not a bad salary for a first-time manager at 20, is it? Getting paid the equivalent of $64K a year for over a year is a sweet gig, indeed - obviously, not much for a big time manager but a small fry like me will certainly take it.The contract length means that I'll be able to finish out this season and then given the next year to fully see how I do in charge here. Sarawak is currently 6th in the table with 2 games left to play this season. On the plus side, this means its essentially impossible for us to get relegated, which is nice. And we'll have the Piala Malaysia to really gel as a squad. The downside is that we have no transfer budget and we're slighly over the payroll allotment so I'm going to have to be very careful with how I move forward
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Post by Chillcavern » 24 Mar 2020, 13:18

James wrote:
23 Mar 2020, 20:50
He's back! Malaysia seems interesting.

How was the first day of online teaching?
Malaysia should be fun. Got a league to promote to, which is nice. And getting some experience in Asia is good for a manager with worldwide ambitions :yep:
First day was... fine. It's technically still spring break here so it was an introduction to what we're going to be doing for online instruction. Should be an....interesting experience

djp73 wrote:
24 Mar 2020, 07:11
corona bringing all the zombie chises back
yessir. Got days on end at home, might as well take advantage of them right?
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Post by Chillcavern » 24 Mar 2020, 13:56

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Introduction to Sarawak

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Initial Best XI:

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Club History:
Football fields have existed in the Kingdom of Sarawak before World War I, such as in Bidi, Buso, Dalian and Rajang River. Sarawak footballers at the time were mainly composed of European assistants and Asian staff. In 1824, a team named as the Kuching Wanderers were formed, mainly consisting of Europeans ancestry. On 16 January 1928, the Wanderers were transformed into Kuching Football Club. Until 1956, the team played regularly twice a week including in James Buchanan Cup, a cup named after the fifteenth President of the United States, James Buchanan. Regular matches however stopped in 1933 as several players left the country due to the world's economic slump. The following year, the Kuching Football Association (as the predecessor of the current association) was officially founded. From the 1950s until 1963, Sarawak competed in the Borneo Cup together with North Borneo football team and Brunei national football team.Following the formation of the Federation of Malaysia, the team subsequently joined the mainstream Malaysian football. However in the 1970s, Sarawak football facing a decline and the management went bankrupt. The current Football Association of Sarawak was founded in 1974 by Haji Taha Ariffin with assistance from the Sarawak state government. Its constitution was subsequently rewritten with a major overhaul was made to change the old management, and the team established the Sarawak Cup. With the association progressed greatly, Sarawak qualify into the Malaysia Cup for the first time in 1978 and enter the competition in 1979.

Amateur and semi-pro era
Like its traditional rival and neighbour of Sabah, Sarawak also produced some quality player such as James Yaakub. Generally, Sarawak is known as The Kenyalang, named after the state bird. In the 1980s, the Black Cats was chosen as the team's pseudonym; however, following series of notorious crocodile attacks at heavily infested rivers in the state during the 1990s, the nick Bujang Senang is chosen to represent Sarawak's chivalric and ferocious play. The name is chosen after a legendary and notorious man-eating crocodile Bujang Senang, who is believed to reside at the Batang Lupar River in the Sri Aman Division. In 1988, under the coach Awang Mahyan Awang Mohamad, he introduced the slogan Ngap Sayot and brought the team to its first Malaysia Cup semi-final, defeating other teams deemed several times to be more stronger than Sarawak, such as Selangor, Kedah, Kuala Lumpur and Pahang. Several other themes then emerged, among them are Ngap Ajak and Tebang Bala Sidak. Recently, the Semangat 88 (Spirit of 88) theme is used alongside Ngap Sayot to emulate the success of the 1980s team. In 1989, Sarawak again appeared to be on the course to make their first final in the competition, but a referee's misjudgement during the quarter-final match in Kuala Lumpur saw the team controversially eliminated at the stage. The incident strained national integration and causing Sarawak football organisation to withdraw their affiliation from the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) for a while.

Professional era
Under the management of New Zealander coach Alan Vest (former interim manager at Australia's Perth Glory) from 1992, the team rose from an underachiever to a successful side especially when a huge investment was made. The most popular foreign players in the team was John Hunter (known in the team as John "Kerbau (Buffalo)" Hunter). David Evans an Australian, holds the record as the tallest player ever in the league's history, as well as the longest serving foreign player. Other players such as Billy Bone, Alistair Edwards, Doug Ithier as well as Neathan Gibson were also popular with fans. Following the addition of foreign players since the early 1990s, Sarawak won the Malaysia FA Cup in 1992, Liga Perdana in 1997 and Malaysia Charity Shield in 1998. They also reached their first ever Malaysia Cup final in 1999, only losing 1–2 at the end to Brunei. This era also witnessed a significant change of venue in 1997. After the end of the 1997 FIFA World Youth Cup, Sarawak moved to its current home, the Sarawak Stadium which is adjacent to the old stadium (although the team re-used the old Stadium Negeri for several home matches afterwards). The new stadium was regarded quite unfortunate as the old one, but throughout the time the new stadium becomes an identity for the team itself. The new stadium has hosted several international matches, such the Asian Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final round match between Sarawak and Kashima Antlers of Japan, and other friendlies with clubs from Singapore, Australia and Germany. After the departure of Vest in 1999, the team were left without any foreign touch due to recent change in FAM policy. With the coming of Vest's apprentice and also an ex-captain of Sarawak, Abdul Jalil Rambli, the team managed to reach both the finals of Malaysia Cup and the FA Cup in 2001. It is also noted at the time that the team were second after Selangor in terms of wealth and excellence in management as well as players' welfare, which subsequently became a favourite in most competitions and one of the most consistent teams.

Recent Era:
"The Invincibles" has been used to refer to the Sarawak team for the 2013 season managed by Dutch coach Robert Alberts. The team completed the season campaign unbeaten, with their league record was 18 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses in over 22 games in total. Alberts was praised for his remarkable job in getting the locals to successfully combine with foreign players such as Bosnian striker Muamer Salibašić and Cameroon centre-back Guy Bwele. The team venture in other domestic cups however ended in the quarter-finals after losing both legs against Kelantan in the FA Cup by 1–4 on aggregate, and losing 2–4 on aggregate against Pahang in the semi-final match.

Stadium:
The team's previous temporary home was the 26,000-seater Sarawak State Stadium (Malay: Stadium Negeri Sarawak) at Petra Jaya, Kuching. The team previously played at (and has since returned to) the adjacent, modern, 40,000-seater Sarawak Stadium until 2011 to make way for 2016 Sukma Games renovation works. The team also previously played at the Jubilee Ground (Malay: Padang Jubli) at Padungan Road, Kuching from 1974 until the mid-1980s, before moving to the old (now current) ground. Following facilities upgrade in 1989 for 1990 Sukma Games, the stadium remained as their base until 1997 when they moved to the new stadium after the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship concluded. The Sarawak Stadium returned to host the team home games after the conclusion of 2016 Sukma Games.

Club Honors:
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Piala Malaysia01x (1999)
Piala FA Malaysia1x (1992)2x (1996,2001)
Liga Perdana1x (1997)0
Liga Premier1x (2013)1x (2011)
Malaysian Charity Shield1x (1998)1x (1993)
Borneo Cup7x (1965, 1966, 1969, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986)
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Post by djp73 » 26 Mar 2020, 07:49

you know your team is garbage when none of the players have pictures
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