Football Manager

[guchi45]

I'm in 2015-16 season. Frankfurt didn't get relegated!

[calgaryballer]

Big changes coming at Newcastle after a very average 2010-2011 season. Finished 9th (happy with that) but scored 39 goals to 38 against. Really need to score some more this season

Transfers Out (so far)
Nile Ranger £2.2 mil to Dundee
Nicolas Burdisso £6.5 mil to Sevilla
Kevin Nolan £3.7 mil to Everton
Peter Lovenkrands £700k to Bolton
Alan Smith £2.1 mil to Hertha (FINALLY! I am paying his salary, but I am so glad to be rid of him)

Players In
Gabriel Milito, free from Barca
Mattias Slomka, £2.2 mil from Werder Bremen

Working on deals for Jo, Solomon Kalou, Steven Davis, Roque Santa Cruz, Giulano, etc etc. £20 mil budget to start, plus my sales.

[calgaryballer]

Players In
Gabriel Milito, free from Barca
Mattias Slomka, £2.2 mil from Werder Bremen
Jo, 4.5 mil from Man City
Stephen Davis, 13.5 mil from Rangers
Salomon Kalou, 3.2 mil from Chelsea
Michael Johnson, 2.3 mil from Man City
Miro Stoch, 850k loan from Chelsea
Danny Collins, 100k from Chesterfield
Seydou Keita, 2.2 mil from Barca
Martin Petrov, free from Man City

Players Out
Nile Ranger £2.2 mil to Dundee
Nicolas Burdisso £6.5 mil to Sevilla
Kevin Nolan £3.7 mil to Everton
Peter Lovenkrands £700k to Bolton
Alan Smith £2.1 mil to Hertha (FINALLY! I am paying his salary, but I am so glad to be rid of him)
Andrea Lengsfeld £550k to Montpellier
Xisco, £1.2 mil loan to Deportivo (wish I could sell his ass)
Issiar Dia, £6.75 mil to Juve (I bought him for £90k last year. Great profit, but he's a great player)
Kazenga Lua Lua £1.1 mil to QPR

[calgaryballer]

10 games in and the new signings and new formation are really paying off

Jo has 8 goals in 10 apps, 7.34 rating
Kalou has 4 goals in 11 apps, 7.20 rating,
Petrov and Stoch both have 7.05 ratings
Seydou Keita has 4 goals in 9 apps, 7.66 rating

Keita has won me points with his long distance bombs. Just absolutely insane.

And getting Stoch/Petrov/Kalou has allowed me to move Milan Badelji into the center of my 4-2-3-1 and he has responded with 5 goals and a 7.45 rating

[calgaryballer]

Just finishing my first brutal stretch of the season, all things considered, went pretty well

Man Utd 2-0 win in the League Cup
Man Utd 3-2 win in the Prem
Villa 3-3 draw
Everton 3-0 win
Blackburn 1-1 draw
Arsenal 2-1 win
Liverpol 3-1 win in the League Cup AET
Liverpol 1-2 loss (very close game though) away

I've got Chelsea next, but taking 6 out 9 points from the Big 4 is damn good. Man City is tops right now though, play them closer to Christmas

[calgaryballer]

Fuck, just lost both Milito and Taylor for 2-3 months in the same week. Still have Coloccini and youngster Keith Callaghan, with Thomas Kadar backing them up. But went from having great CB depth and a pairing that had played really well (and are my two captains) to just three CB's

[calgaryballer]

Got this 19 yr old AMC coming in January from Dynamo Kiev. 17 assists in 9 league games for him back in Ukraine

[calgaryballer]

Make or break time for Newcastle. Last six games of the season, sitting 4th on 49 points.

Aston Villa - home - 9th
Arsenal - away - 7th
Liverpool - home - 2nd
Boro - away - 15th
West Ham - home - 8th
Chelsea - away - 5th

The gap between me at fourth and Villa and 9th is 4 points. Any slips and I can go from Champions League to nothing really fucking quick

Man City leads on 59, Liverpool on 57 and Man U on 55. This will probably be the lowest point title for a champion ever. Even if City wins out, they still only have 74 points

[calgaryballer]

In my 4-2-3-1 he has been partnering Zuculini in the '2'. Zuculini has great marking and tackling stats, and has been playing as a ball winning midfielder. Nemchenko has been playing along side him as a B2B midfielder.

[Lanteri]

Turns out I don't have the patience to play through a bunch of seasons to get Sheff promoted. Got bored halfway through the first League One season, mainly cause it was just pure bloodshed.

I've decided to head back to the Premiership with West Brom. Still going to be utilizing the 3-3-4 that I was running with Sheffield.

[calgaryballer]

Two games left in the season (turns out my earlier match count was off)

14th place Birmingham and 5th place Spurs

I currently sit in 4th, but bad results could see me fall to 7th. Great results could see me get to third.

[Lanteri]

How things are looking heading into the season:





My substitutes are: Myhill, Ishmael Miller, Nicky Shorey (Currently being retrained to midfield), Gabriel Tamas, Jerome Thomas, and Abdoulaye Meite.

Injuries: James Morrison (7 weeks-2 months with a torn hamstring), Somen Tchoyi (1 week with a back strain)

We're opening the season @ Liverpool, followed by a home match against Man U.

[BigHouseUSA]

I love how your purchase Miles Addison in everyone of your saves. I'm the same way with Sandro this year.

[Lanteri]

I love how your purchase Miles Addison in everyone of your saves. I'm the same way with Sandro this year.

Purely coincidental. I got backroom advice to scout him, and I was like oh hey only 7 mil, sweet!

[calgaryballer]

2011/2012 Season in the books

Finished 4th! Table is as follows

| Pos   | Inf   | Team          |       | Pld   | Won   | Drn   | Lst   | For   | Ag    | G.D.  | Pts   | 
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| 1st   | C     | Man Utd       |       | 38    | 25    | 8     | 5     | 71    | 28    | +43   | 83    | 
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| 2nd   |       | Liverpool     |       | 38    | 22    | 10    | 6     | 60    | 30    | +30   | 76    | 
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| 3rd   |       | Man City      |       | 38    | 23    | 5     | 10    | 73    | 33    | +40   | 74    | 
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| 4th   |       | Newcastle     |       | 38    | 20    | 10    | 8     | 61    | 36    | +25   | 70    | 
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| 5th   |       | Chelsea       |       | 38    | 20    | 9     | 9     | 56    | 25    | +31   | 69    | 
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| 6th   |       | Arsenal       |       | 38    | 19    | 11    | 8     | 55    | 35    | +20   | 68    | 
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| 7th   |       | Tottenham     |       | 38    | 20    | 5     | 13    | 57    | 39    | +18   | 65    | 
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| 8th   |       | Aston Villa   |       | 38    | 18    | 8     | 12    | 63    | 46    | +17   | 62    | 
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| 9th   |       | West Ham      |       | 38    | 18    | 7     | 13    | 58    | 51    | +7    | 61    | 
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| 10th  |       | Blackburn     |       | 38    | 14    | 6     | 18    | 50    | 63    | -13   | 48    | 
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| 11th  |       | Fulham        |       | 38    | 13    | 8     | 17    | 58    | 62    | -4    | 47    | 
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| 12th  |       | Wolves        |       | 38    | 12    | 9     | 17    | 57    | 65    | -8    | 45    | 
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| 13th  |       | Burnley       |       | 38    | 13    | 6     | 19    | 55    | 63    | -8    | 45    | 
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| 14th  |       | Bolton        |       | 38    | 11    | 12    | 15    | 26    | 37    | -11   | 45    | 
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| 15th  |       | Birmingham    |       | 38    | 10    | 12    | 16    | 39    | 54    | -15   | 42    | 
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| 16th  |       | Middlesbrough |       | 38    | 10    | 10    | 18    | 46    | 71    | -25   | 40    | 
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| 17th  |       | Everton       |       | 38    | 10    | 8     | 20    | 39    | 58    | -19   | 38    | 
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| 18th  | R     | Bristol City  |       | 38    | 6     | 10    | 22    | 39    | 80    | -41   | 28    | 
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| 19th  | R     | Sheff Utd     |       | 38    | 8     | 4     | 26    | 42    | 100   | -58   | 28    | 
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| 20th  | R     | Stoke         |       | 38    | 1     | 16    | 21    | 13    | 42    | -29   | 19    | 
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All the new signings were great. Jo bagged 21 goals, Kalou added 12, Davis was a solid all rounder, Nemchenko had 7 assists in 17 games (and a 7.44 rating)

| Pkd  | Inf  | Name               | Apps    | Gls  | Ast  | MoM  | Pas R| Tck  | Drb  | Sh T | Yel  | Red  | Av Rat | 
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| -    | Rsv  | Fraser Forster     | 5       | -    | -    | -    | 72%  | -    | 0.38 | -    | -    | -    | 7.00   | 
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| GK   | Rsv  | Tim Krul           | 41      | -    | 3    | 2    | 65%  | -    | -    | -    | -    | -    | 7.01   | 
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| S3   |      | Gabriel Milito     | 15 (3)  | -    | -    | -    | 79%  | 2.94 | 0.07 | -    | 2    | -    | 6.46   | 
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| S1   | Wnt  | Danny Collins      | 10      | -    | 1    | -    | 74%  | 3.39 | 0.97 | -    | 3    | -    | 7.13   | 
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| DC   | Wnt  | Steven Taylor      | 20 (2)  | -    | -    | 1    | 75%  | 3.95 | 0.10 | -    | 7    | -    | 7.00   | 
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| -    | Rsv  | Tamás Kádár        | 17 (3)  | -    | -    | -    | 76%  | 3.22 | 0.47 | -    | 1    | -    | 6.89   | 
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| DC   | Wnt  | Keith Callaghan    | 24 (3)  | 2    | 1    | -    | 77%  | 2.90 | 0.04 | 36%  | 11   | -    | 6.97   | 
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| S2   | Wnt  | Fabricio Coloccini | 24 (8)  | -    | 1    | 1    | 77%  | 3.29 | 0.12 | -    | 4    | -    | 6.80   | 
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| DR   | Wnt  | Sime Vrsaljko      | 40      | 2    | 2    | 4    | 78%  | 4.22 | 1.01 | -    | 7    | -    | 7.22   | 
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| DL   |      | José Enrique       | 34 (1)  | -    | 6    | 3    | 73%  | 3.09 | 1.28 | -    | 3    | -    | 7.26   | 
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| MC   |      | Franco Zuculini    | 31 (2)  | 1    | 4    | -    | 83%  | 4.02 | 0.97 | 29%  | 16   | 1    | 6.87   | 
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| S6   | Loa  | Seydou Keita       | 12 (16) | 5    | 3    | 2    | 84%  | 4.62 | 1.01 | 36%  | 2    | -    | 7.25   | 
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| -    | Inj  | Michael Johnson    | 4 (6)   | -    | 2    | -    | 83%  | 2.62 | 0.24 | 7%   | 1    | -    | 6.81   | 
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| MC   |      | Kyrylo Nemchenko   | 20      | 3    | 7    | 2    | 75%  | 3.99 | 3.18 | 30%  | 1    | -    | 7.38   | 
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| AMC  |      | Milan Badelj       | 33 (5)  | 10   | 12   | 4    | 77%  | 1.25 | 0.67 | 33%  | 1    | -    | 7.18   | 
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| S4   |      | Steven Davis       | 29 (9)  | 2    | 4    | -    | 78%  | 2.52 | 1.14 | 20%  | 4    | 1    | 6.75   | 
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| AML  |      | Jonás              | 18 (12) | 5    | 4    | 5    | 61%  | 1.84 | 6.53 | 46%  | 1    | -    | 7.13   | 
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| -    | Inj  | Miroslav Stoch     | 26 (6)  | 7    | 5    | 4    | 51%  | 1.97 | 6.43 | 50%  | 1    | -    | 7.17   | 
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| AMR  | Inj  | Salomon Kalou      | 37 (2)  | 12   | 6    | 2    | 58%  | 1.66 | 6.29 | 47%  | 1    | -    | 7.13   | 
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| -    | Inj  | Martin Petrov      | 10 (6)  | 1    | 2    | -    | 49%  | 1.29 | 6.37 | -    | -    | -    | 6.89   | 
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| S5   | Tut  | Danny Guthrie      | 9 (12)  | 2    | 5    | -    | 69%  | 3.53 | 1.15 | 23%  | 3    | -    | 6.85   | 
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| ST   | Loa  | Ryan Donaldson     | 2 (2)   | -    | -    | -    | 81%  | 2.11 | 5.07 | -    | -    | -    | 6.67   | 
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| S7   | Rsv  | Andy Carroll       | 5 (13)  | 3    | -    | 1    | 48%  | 0.73 | 1.46 | 37%  | 1    | -    | 6.82   | 
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| -    | Inj  | Jô                 | 36 (3)  | 21   | 6    | 4    | 60%  | 0.97 | 4.11 | 60%  | -    | -    | 7.16   | 
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