Football Manager

[kmanharris]

So I started to manage the New York Red Bulls then plan on moving to Europe. First season I ended up getting matched against Toronto FC in the playoffs. For some reason we matched up horribly with them and got bounced on a 4-2 aggregate. We also finished runner up in the US Cup.

This season my team is on top of the standings and after 18 games we are 11 points up on the Revolution. Juan Pablo Angel was being a bitch and asked for too much money and it was double what I was allowed to give for the max salary so I had to let his dumbass go. My fans got pissed but there was nothing I could do.

Bruce Arena hates my guts, don't know why. Now I trash talk his ass every chance I get. I came in second in the SuperLiga tournament, fucking retarded ass scheduling that gave me 7 games in something like 20 days and my team was tired as hell. I think I am going to leave for Europe after this year, assuming a decent job opens up.

I haven't made many huge moves and the ones I did make were back at the beginning of season 2 and I forgot the details lol. I will try to keep you guys updated if something big goes down.

edit: this game is just too fucking addicting. I can't stop playing the damn thing.

Will attempt to keep you guys updated on anything big that does down.

[Lanteri]

The addition of Carroll also gives me the added option of going back to the 4-4-2 diamond as well if King doesn't fit in as well as I hope.

We've been struggling mightily as of late. After starting off with 9 wins and 2 draws, we've got 4 wins, 3 draws, and 7 losses since, slipping to 4th in the table.

[BigHouseUSA]

About to kick this up for a long night of FM. Under pressure from the new owners, but I've had a decent few results. Can't see me staying though, I made too many mistakes in the summer transfer window.

[Lanteri]

Don't know how we managed to sneak into the top 6, especially considering how leaky the defense/goaltending was.

Going to certainly be looking for a replacement for Green in the summer window, as well as an upgrade again at AMC. King did not pan out well at all.

[Lanteri]

Busy, and highly productive, summer window.

In

ST - Karim Benzema on a free (£6.25m p/a wages, with a wage rise to £7m after 30 games)
GK - Wayne Hennessey £4m from Wolves
AMC - John Fleck £7.5m from Southampton
CM - Maxime Gonalons on a free transfer from Southampton
LB - Yuri Zhirkov £1.5m from OL
CB - Ronald Zubar £1.7m from Wolves
AMRLC - Bebe £4.1m from Man U

Out:

Ilunga, Asatiani, Meireles, Tulsane, Moncur, Nouble, Sears, Darlow on frees
Turgott on loan to MK Dons
Andy King to Southampton for £5m
Valon Behrami to Southampton for £1.7m
Ronnie Stam to Udinese for £1m
Vincent Kompany to Liverpool for £3m

Formation is still 4-2-3-1:

----------Benzema----------
Johnson----Fleck------Barrera
-------Noble---Collison-------
Zhirkov-Spence-Tomkins-Boateng
----------Hennessey------------

Subs: Green, Dentinho, Carroll, Bebe, Gonalons, Rajkovic, Zubar

Cole is still around, but not part of the selection right now.

[Lanteri]

Well, this was unexpected...

I've been sacked by West Ham a mere 10 games into the campaign after a 3 win, 1 draw, 6 loss start. Bad start, yes, but a lot of new players still trying to gel. Plus we were undefeated in the Europa League Group Stage through 4 games.

There was no warning either, nothing in the media about a loss threatening my job or anything.

Blegh.

Let's see where I wind up.

West Bromwich and Bolton are available, but both teams are in the Championship, and I have no desire to drop down a level right now.

[Lanteri]

Liverpool approached me after I declared interest with 4 games left in the 2015/2016 season. They've got quite an old squad at this point. We won in my debut 2-0, leaving us in 6th in the table with 3 to go.

Selection:

-------------------Fernando Torres--------------------
James Rodriguez----Steven Gerrard-----Jonathan Bibiany
---------------Lucas-------------Abou Diaby-----------
Oscar Wendt--Danny Wilson--Martin Skrtel--Glen Johnson
-------------------Jose Manuel Reina-------------------

Subs: Moreira, Roman Eremenko, Daniel Agger, Douglas Costa, Alberto Aquilani, Jonjo Shelvey, Vaclav Kadlec
Others: Marco Ruben, Siem de Jong, Alan Judge, Vedran Corluka

Definitely going to be looking to sign a replacement for Torres sooner rather than later. Leaning towards either Lukaku or Babacar.

[Fappin Raptor]

Started my Everton save back up. Picked up Jozy Altidore in the January window and so far has done well. 3 apps in the EPL with 4 goals.

[kmanharris]

Finally made my move to Europe to coach Middlesbrough.

My final season at NYRB saw me end the season with 70 points (new MLS record though they don't acknowledge it) and win the MLS cup against the Galaxy 2-1 because Henry actually looked like he could still play.

I began to sign some players but then wanted to move to Europe because I just didn't have the budget.

[Lanteri]

Lukaku's joining the club in June for a fee of £34.5m using the remainder of this season's transfer budget.

I only had one expiring contract to worry about, and that's Gerrard. He hasn't fallen off to the point where I don't want him around (even though he's turning 36 at the end of May). He's exceptionally slow at this point, but he can still play. I felt he was underutilized (he was sitting in reserves when I joined the team, with only 8 apps).

Regardless, he was cheap to bring back for one more year, so if he is indeed washed up I can always go with Shelvey or Aquiliani.

Oh, and for the record, Liverpool has still not won any trophies, so it's been 26 years now since a premiership title, 11 years for the Champions League, and 15 years for Europa.

[Lanteri]

On the flipside of that, there's a pretty good chance I move to a flat 4-4-2, or the 4-4-2 diamond to get Torres and Lukaku on the pitch at the same time, as my best lineup is probably with both of them out there, and some combination of Lucas/Diaby or Lucas/Aquilani in midfield.

It'd be more likely that it'd be the diamond as my wingers are not really defensively inclined, so it's probably not a good idea to do the flat. It'd be a waste of their skills/pace. The diamond fits Lucas and Diaby as well, as Lucas is a very good ball winner, and Diaby a Box to Box-type.

[Fappin Raptor]

Had an awesome game against 2nd place Arsenal. Jozy scores another goal to tie the game at 1-1 in the 84th minute. After 24 games we sit in 9th with a 9-8-7 record.

[Lanteri]

Final table for 2016.



A sidenote:

The Barclay's Premier League is no longer the #1 ranked competition in Europe as of 2016/2017. The Serie A has moved up from #3 to #1, while the Premiership has dropped to #2.

Top 10 are:

1) Serie A
2) Premiership
3) Liga BBVA
4) Bundesliga
5) Ligue 1
6) Liga ZON Sagres (Portugal)
7) Rogwhateverakh Russian Football Etc. (Russia)
8) Ukranian Premier League
9) Eredivisie
10) Turkish Super League

[Lanteri]

This guy should be ready to get some rotation time with the first team:



This guy's close as well.

[Lanteri]

I've been appointed as manager of England as well following the 2016 UEFA European Championships.

Going to be interesting to find a squad for the 2018 WC since most of the present-day big names are getting really old. It's going to be the last hurrah for a vast majority of the team, mixed in with a few first go arounds.

Group for the World Cup Qualifiers:

Sweden
Faroe Islands
Kazakhstan
Denmark
Turkey

Not the trickiest group in the world, and it really should be us and Turkey that advance. That being said, we can't get complacent against Denmark and Sweden.