Football Manager

[Lanteri]

Went with Wolves for my latest career. I'm running a 4-3-3 setup with an anchorman and two center mids.

We finished mid-table in 8th place with 18 wins, 14 losses, and 6 draws. Scored 63 goals as a team, which was good for 6th in the premiership, while conceding 51 for a +12 G.D.

From January on we finished the season very strong win 9 wins, 4 losses, and 4 draws, including a 3-0 home victory over Man U.

My transfers included:

CB - Markus Heikkinen for 4.2m from Rapid Wein
Anchor Man - Anthony Annan for 6m from Rosenborg
FB - Ibrahim Kargbo for 4.1m from Willem II
ST - Nicky Maynard for 7.5 from Bristol City
CM - Eric Djemba-Djemba for 6m from OB

Then in January..

ST - Scott McDonald for 12m from Middlesbrough
CB - Jordan Spence in on loan from West Ham
CM - Andreas Landgren on loan from Udinese

Outgoing..

Matt Jarvis to Newcastle for 4.4m
Richard Stearman to Ipswich for 4m
Michael Kightly to Porto for 5.5m
Nenad Milijas loaned to Braga for 600k
Matt Hill to Ipswich for 2.4m
David Jones to Derby for 2.6m
Stephen Ward to Coventry for 3.5m
George Elokobi to Blackpool for 2.5m
Stephen Hunt to Newcastle for 5m
Ronald Zubar to Everton for 4.2m
Stephen Mouykolo to Cagliari for 3m

Stats:

 

[Fappin Raptor]

Finished 3rd in the 2010/11 campaign and qualified for the UEFA Champions League. We were atop of the table for a good portion of the year but had tough road games to end the year.



Going into the 2011/12 year I made these transfers.

 

[Fappin Raptor]

Also had this kid come into my youth system.

 

[Lanteri]

I was pretty quiet in the July 2010 transfer window.

Brought in Keisuke Honda from CSKA and Miles Addison from Birmingham.

Sold: Nenad Milijas to Newcastle for 5.5m, Stefan Maierhofer to Birmingham for 3.5m.

I let Matt Murray, Marcus Hahnemann, Jody Craddock and Sam Winnall go on free transfers.

Loaned out Andrew Keogh, Sam Vokes, and Ibrahim Kargbo.

The stadium is in the process of being expanded as well, and we've told the board that we expect a top half finish in the table.

My current selection looks like:

------Steven Fletcher---Kevin Doyle---Scott McDonald-------
----------Keisuke Honda----Karl Henry----------
-----------------Anthony Annan----------------
Jelle Van Damme--Christophe Berra--Miles Addison--Kevin Foley
----------------Wayne Hennessey---------------------------

Carl Ikeme, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Adiene Guediora, Markus Heikkinen, Nicky Maynard, David Edwards, and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake are my substitutes.

5 games into the season we have 3 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss. We started off the season by routing Man U 3-0 AT Old Tafford, followed by a 1-0 home win over Chelsea, before losing a 0-1 headscratcher at home to West Brom. Blew out West Ham 4-1, and drew with Stoke 1-1.

I have noticed a somewhat disturbing trend, in that Kevin Doyle only seems to show up for the big matches. I mean obviously it's a plus that he turns in monster performances against the big clubs, but it would be nice if he chipped in occasionally so we don't lose 1-0 to West Brom, or draw 1-1 with Stoke. He does have 5 goals thus far, 3 of them coming against Man U, and 1 against Chelsea. Fletcher has 3, and McDonald has the other 1.

 

[Lanteri]

The early success has not turned into long term success thus far this season.

We head in to January with 8 wins, 5 draws, and 9 losses, despite a +10 goal differential, which leaves us at 11th in the table.

I'm very happy with my January transfer window acquisitions thus far, however.

In:

CB - Steven Taylor from Newcastle
ST - John Fleck from Rangers

Miles Addison, who I brought in in July has been absolutely outstanding, turning in a 7.32 average rating at CB over 20 appearances thus far. Honda has turned in a 7.04 with 3 goals and 4 assists in 19 appearances.

Outgoing:

Nicky Maynard on loan to Derby. Maynard was goalless in 10 apps, and his career at Wolves is basically over. I loaned him only because no one would buy him.

Christophe Berra sold to Hoffenheim for 5m. Didn't really want to sell him, but he was constantly bitching about wanting a move to a bigger club, so naturally he accepts a deal to Hoffenheim. *shrugs*. His complaining was pretty much the impetus behind acquiring Taylor.

Scott McDonald sold to Blackpool for 9m. McDonald actually was not that bad, and had Ebanks-Blake not been on the squad, I'd have kept him around. However, with Fletcher, Fleck, and Doyle starting, and Blake being the man sub, with Vokes also being a part of the future here, it seemed pertinent to sell high on McDonald. He had 4 goals and 6 assists in 20 apps this season with a 7.09 rating.

I'm super stoked about bringing in Fleck. He's going to a good one.

As far as scoring is concerned, Fletcher leads the team thus far with 10 goals in 19 apps, while Doyle has 7 in 16, and Blake with 5 in 18.

 

[Fappin Raptor]

Downloaded a 'roster update' with all the transfers mostly up to date so I restarted my Everton save.

 

[Lanteri]

2010/2011 season with Wolves went pretty much the same as 2009/2010, finishing in the exact same position as we did last year, 8th.

Fleck was a little disappointing, but Taylor, Addison, and Honda all had strong first years with Wolves.

There's a pretty good chance that one of my strikers will be sold this summer, either Kevin Doyle or Ebanks-Blake, as I'm ready to bring Vokes into the fray. It's probably going to be Blake that goes, as he's the weakest of the bunch, but that remains to be seen.

I'll likely be searching the market for an upgrade at right back, as well as another midfielder to pair with Honda. Edwards and Djemba-Djemba haven't really been cutting it to my liking. Definitely not going to be making many moves in regards to either CB, LB, or GK, as I'm quite happy with Van Damme, Taylor, Addison, and Hennessey.

I declined any interest as well in taking over the open Aston Villa job to stick with the Wolves into my third season.

 

[Lanteri]

July 2011/2012 transfer window:

In:

GK - Kasper Schmeichel from Leeds
CM - Milan Badelj from FC RB Salzburg
ST - Michael Chopra from Cardiff
CB/RB - Phil Jones from Blackburn
ST - Romelu Lukaku from Anderlecht

Out:

ST - Andrew Keogh to Norwich for 5m
ST - Ebanks-Blake to Bristol City for 10m
ST - Maynard to Blackburn for 4.5m
FB - Greg Halford to Hull for 2.5m
GK - Carl Ikeme to Bristol City for 1.3m
FB - Kevin Foley to Hull for 6.25m
ST - Kevin Doyle to OGC Nice on loan, with 10.25m option to buy

 

[Lanteri]

Starting 11 for 2011/2012

--------Lukaku---Fletcher---Vokes----
-------------Honda----Badelj---------
-----------------Annan--------------
Van Damme--Taylor--Addison--Jones--

Subs: Kasper Schemichel, Karl Henry, John Fleck, Eric Djemba-Djemba, David Edwards, Michael Chopra, Markus Heikkinen

Others: Ibrahim Kargbo, Adlene Guedioura

 

[Cody]

Downloading demo tomorrow. I hope it is enjoyable.

 

[Fappin Raptor]

Downloading demo tomorrow. I hope it is enjoyable.

Enjoyable?
:jonesy:

It's addicting.

 

[Lanteri]

Pretty quiet in the January transfer window:

Unfortunately, I had to sell Miles Addison as he was starting to cause problems. He wanted to move to a bigger club, so I had to sell.

To replace Addison I acquired Michael Mancienne. I also added Kevin Thomson for some midfield depth, and am attempting to sell Djemba-Djemba as well.

25 games in at the end of January, we find ourselves 2nd in the table with 15 wins, 7 draws, and 3 losses, with 41 goals for, and just 15 against. Defense has been smothering, and Hennessey has shined when he's needed to.

 

[Fappin Raptor]

Decided to start up another one of my Barcelona games with David Villa on the squad (still have Ibra though) and then brought over Mata. My main starting squad looks like this.

----------Ibra------------
Villa-----Messi------Mata
-----Iniesta--Xavi---------
Abidal-Pique-Puyol-Alves
---------Valdes-------

 

[killgod]

gonna give this game a go tonight. was never a fan of Eastside Hockey Manager, but everyone raves over this shit.

hopefully it's concacaf features is worthy.

 

[Lanteri]

2011/2012 turned out to be an amazing season for Wolves in my 3rd season at the helm.

Unfortunately, Arsenal decided to one up us the whole way, despite the fact that we ended the season on a 25 game unbeaten streak. Arsenal's lone loss of the season, was 1-0 to us.

I've been offered the manager job at Liverpool and am leaning heavily towards taking it.

 

[Fappin Raptor]

I'd take the job at Liverpool. You've built the Wolves up to a team that can compete.

 

[Lanteri]

I accepted the Liverpool job, but apparently I walked into a financial nightmare.

Should be interesting.

 

[Lanteri]

Made 3 signings with Liverpool, James Milner, Morten Gamst Pedersen, and Kyle Naughton.

I'm running a 4-4-1-1 formation, as opposed to the 4-1-2-3 that I ran at Wolves.

-------------Torres--------------
-------------Aquilani-------------
Milner--Gerrard--Mascherano--Kuyt
Insua---Agger---Wilson---Johnson--
-------------Reina-----------------

Subs: Cavalieri, Skrtel, Lucas, Maxi, Shelvey, MGP,and Naughton

 

[Lanteri]

Never doing that again. Just going to stick with teams I build up instead of walking into a powerhouse.

Restarted down in League 1 this time with Sheffield Wednesday. We're off to a 7-1-1 start en route to hopeful promotion to the Championship.

I'm running a 3-3-4 Co Adriaanese-inspired attacking formation. That's 3 CBs, a DMC in a support role, two AMCs, two wingers, and two strikers.

Transfers:

 

[Lanteri]

I did fuck up my loan with Barazite by mistake. Only made it 3 months instead of 'til the end of the season. Not allowing me to give him another short term loan, so he's gone back to Arsenal.

I do have John Fleck coming in, in January though on loan so it'll only be a couple of months without a quality AMC. I'm scrounging the free transfer market looking for one as well.