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Football Manager 2014

by habeasdorkus

Part 93: Interlude: The Election, 2019-2020

Interlude: The Election, 2019-2020

Sorry about the delay! Below you'll find the candidates for Team Presidency, a post held nobly by Sky Shadowing for the past four years. Given the number of candidates we will be using a ranked preference vote. Pick up to three candidates, the first place on your ballot is worth five points, the second place is worth three, and the third place is worth one. The person with the most points after the election closes is our new president. You do not have to vote for the maximum.

Also, you may not vote for yourselves. Voting is open until noon, EST, on Saturday, April 12.

The Candidate List

AJ_Impy

quote:

I throw my hat into the ring to be the next chairman. I come from a solid background in embezzling financial management, and I will be throwing money at the team like it's going out of fashion. You want new players? Sure! You want a new stadium? The Naming Rights Arena will be the envy of all Wales. You want a huge, fuckoff statue of a dragon to intimidate opposing fans on their way to the ground? Here's a 3-D mockup courtesy of the BBC.

I want to see us win the league. I want to see us win the Champion's League. I want us to knock the oil oligarchs off their fucking perch. I want to see Arsenal relegated. If elected, I will do my utmost to guarantee all these things, and more, happen. Beneath the banner of our God-King Brown, our legion of prodigies shall rampage across the premier league!

So, to recap: Money for the team and stadium, huge dragon statue, win the top competitions, crush Arsenal. Vote for me, and you get a free pass to discuss kickbacks with my accountant Wrexham will go from strength to strength!

Sir Rabia Tirnova

quote:

I am putting my hat in the ring.

I have no appreciable skills, which makes me a better candidate than Sky, who was a net negative for the club.

KDavisJr

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Speaking of Chairman, I'd like to once again apply for Chairman. I'm just a black man from DC, but I shall help Scott Brown lead The Red Dragons to International Glory! I have a proposal for the stadium name: "The ReamRealm of the God-King."

Obliterati

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I am throwing my hat into the ring. Now I ain't got none of these high-falutin' city boy funds, but I know how to turn a dirty buck and promise not to pull a Cardiff unless it'd make me an absurd amount of money betting the club's annual revenue against the price of Egyptian cotton in a double-way bind. I also promise to distract the media from all these unsightly managerial spats by calling each and every one of my fellow League chairmen absolutely unspeakable things every time I am on air, for which I can assure you I will be blackout drunk EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

My suggestion for a stadium name is 'The Wales Stadium'. I understand that's the province your soccer team plays in?

A Tartan Tory

quote:

If elected I promise the following!

- Ban the use of vowels within the stadium limits.
- Change the team colour to red and the nickname to dragons...wait what?
- Not get arrested and end up with 6 years in a Thai prison.
- Bring in that rich, rich Arabian oil money. What do you mean human rights violations?
- Accept any and all requests of the God-King, including revamping our Stadium now that we are getting crowds.

I also promise to embezzle my greedy little heart out not embezzle at all.

blakout

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I am throwing my hat in the ring! As an American I know how we can leverage the story of Scott Brown to the masses in the states. I'm seeing the next MLS All Star game vs Wrexham. Also I have a unique cultural perspective to keep Scott Brown working for peanuts keep Manager Brown with the club long term. I shall keep embezzlement to acceptable levels. As for the name of the stadium I will spend all of the off season bothering Peter Jones until we can get a sponsorship for the Dragons Den.

CVE

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Ladies and Gentlemen of thw Wrexham F.C.

Now I can already guess as to your first though upon my candidacy. "Get the fucking german out of here" and much to my distress I have to agree that we've been utter cunts in the past. Nevertheless let me state what I can do for the club and the city itself. History has shown that german clubs are some of the best managed clubs in football with strict financial regulations that would ruin most other clubs while still remaining competetive (even if we have fallen off in recent years). Such a basis is already different from the previous chairman Sky Shadowing. But deep down you already know this isn't important. After all with such stellar work by the board of directors, the scouts, the players and the God-King of Wales himself, not to mention all the other employees it is all but assured that operations will run smoothly from here on out. No what is important is what I can do outside of that.

Like my rivals I could promise to use my power to rename the Racecourse Ground or other places like for instance the hospital after the esteemed Scott Brown himself, but I hardly think that any work is required here as Scott Brown himself as well as his boys have already accomplished so much and will accomplish so much more in the near future that tributes to their names will happen on their merits alone without us potential chairmen tarnishing such a reputation.

What I can achieve however is to be the biggest thorn in the side of our english neighbours. Just think about the anger, disappointment and just sheer malice we will cause across the border when a welsh club with two australian superstars, an american headcoach and a german chairman wins the Premier League and tell me you aren't getting giddy at the thought. It would be absolutely irresponsible to ease their pain and not vote for a german chairman.

So, ladies and gentleman, forget the past and look forward to a future of welsh surpremacy and more important english pain by voting for me.

TheMcD

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As a German, I've got football in my blood, but as a darts fan, I've also got the ability to - in theory - connect to the British working class that we need to buy tickets. Maybe we could sponsor Richie Burnett or Mark Webster, too.

And if any sort of funds end up disappearing in accounting, noted under "PDC Takeover Fund", then that's a corrupt middle manager still channeling funds towards Sky Shadowing that is surely going to be found any day now. Any day now...

EDIT: Not to mention I'm half a Yank as well, so the connection with Scott Brown will be easier to make (or harder, depending on the choice of favorite NFL/MLB teams).

tarbrush

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I would like to throw my hat into the ring. My skill in running the finest false mustache shop in Wrexham will stand me in good stead running the club.

TKBomber7285

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Might as well throw my hat into the ring as well. If elected I will do the following.

1.) Raise ticket prices. The higher the ticket prices the more money the team will have for me to embezzle spending on better players and facilities.

2.) Change the team name to the Bluebirds. The wrong committed by Vincent Tan must be corrected. There must be a team named the Bluebirds in Wales and by God it should be us.

3.) Last, but most certainly not least, I will make sure that Scott Brown gets the contract he deserves for taking our team to the Premier League. I will admit I was wrong when I figured he was a flash in the pan who would not get our club above League One. This team needs a manager like Scott Brown to bring more titles, glory, and a lot more money for me Wrexham FC.

Remember on Election Day to vote for TKBomber7285, the candidate who will make the 2020's the decade of Wrexham dominance not only in the Premier League, but the entire world of football.

SAMPLE BALLOT EXAMPLE:

1. AJ_Impy
2. CVE
3. TKBomber7285