Very nice!

So, if you saw my short lived attempt at the British Steel Challenge, you'll know I had to stop because my laptop broke. Only way to fix it was to wipe the thing clean of everything, so I lost all my FM saves. But I have decided to come back and give another career a go!



As you can probably tell, I am with Stoke City. This is in FMC mode.

A few facts about them:
- Formed in 1963
- Nicknamed "The Potters"
- Highest transfer fee paid = £10m for Peter Crouch from Spurs in August 2011
- Highest transfer fee received = £4.5m for Tuncay Sanli to Wolfsburg in January 2011
- Best ever league finish was 4th back in the 1935-36 season.
- They have been in the Premier League since 2008.
- Biggest ever win was 11-0 over Stourbridge in 1914

Their History


The Britannia Stadium
It was built in 1997 and hold 28,384 people

Good to see you're back BMG Good luck with Thugs Stoke

Thanks!

The Manager



Very nice! I've got a 1 year deal at £24,500 per week.

Haha brilliant choice for manager

I'd go so far as to say that it's a "very nice" choice as manager.

Good luck with this, great to see you back matey

Thanks! I want to win something just so I can say "Great success"

Summer Transfers
Not a lot happened. 1 in, 1 out. Stoke don't have much money.


July - August Results
Decent start to the season, although I really don't know how we lost to Arsenal. We had 29 shots with 14 of those on target and had more possession and corners. I guess they were more clinical. Also got a bit of revenge on Liverpool for the league loss by thrashing them in the league cup.


Standings
Surprisingly Newcastle lead the way early on, despite having a game in hand. We have the 2nd best attack and the worst defence, this could be an interesting season if that keeps up. Top half would be lovely.

Just had a crazy high scoring game against Newcastle, will post that later! Must be my tactics because i've had similar scorelines multiple times in an online career i'm dong with my mate.

October - December
Average 3 months, but the result against Newcastle was a bit odd. That was actually their first defeat of the season. We're conceding lots of goals, but the positive is that nobody seems to be able to stop us scoring. The only time we failed to score was in the very first friendly of pre-season. Also, the draw for the FA Cup has put us up against QPR.



Standings
The table is looking as you'd expect it to. If you want goals, its Stoke City you want to watch! Crouch has been a goal machine this season.

Peter Crouch has played his last game for Stoke. I offered him a new contract in December, we agreed a deal but he never signed the contract. Then in January he announces that he is to join some shitty Chinese team when his contract expires. Screw you.

Also, we just played away at Liverpool. We scored SIX goals but still didn't win. WAT.

Not a bad start to the season mate!

Wow crushing win over Newcastle

Shame Crouch leaving you

Massive win against Newcastle.Hit and miss season so far but not doing too bad mate.

Massive win against Newcastle.Hit and miss season so far but not doing too bad mate.

Thanks Dan + SBR. Wait until you see how the second half is going then, i'll post that up when I get to the end of March.

Don't worry Johno, his replacement cost about £700k and can't stop scoring. Even managed to get 3 at Anfield!

I may have got a little bit ahead of myself here. I wasn't looking at the date and went into April a bit.

First off, this madness. I don't understand how you score 6 times and lose but there we go.


There was a little bit of transfer action in January. I signed Danny Ings from Burnley for £700k and is turning out to be a steal! I sold Peter Odemwingie to PSV for £150k, he wasn't needed. Ryan Shotton is also off to Derby for £1m at the end of the season.

January - March (with a little bit of April)
As you can see, its all went horribly wrong. Diouf and Assaidi went off the the Africa Cup of Nations and I refused to play Crouch anymore after rejecting me for some Chinese team. Many losses followed but our form has started to pick up again, probably from the confidence gained from the Man City and Arsenal games.



Standings
Only the top 4 have scored more than us, but we have also conceded the most. I think its fair to say that our style of play is a little bit mad. Top half is still the aim, hopefully they wont sack me.

Amazing how you scored 6 by yet lost 7-6

Not doing too badly in the league

That game with Liverpool was insane, still holding that mid table position!

Despite many defeats, Stoke offered Borat a new deal.

I accepted.

Umm, something bad happened. I applied for the Bayern job and the Stoke board weren't too happy. I knew I was never going to get it, but you never know until you ask.



To be honest, i'm surprised it took them so long to do that. I wont post the last few games because they were that bad, we conceded 22 goals in the last 5 games, including 7 against Chelsea...

Maybe, just maybe i'll get a career going that actually lasts for once! Still looking for a job in this one though.

Thrilling match against Liverpool just a shame you was the one losing.In a respectable position in the league but think they were never going to be happy with you applying for other jobs.Hopefully you will get a decent club to manage with a build a good career.

Such a shame you got sacked. Hope you get another club soon.

Guess whos back,
Back again,
Borat's back,
Tell a friend.

Ahem, a club was actually mad enough to sign me up. I honestly couldn't get a job anywhere but this lot only had 1 win all season and we are in October.




Their league position isn't great, but i'll probably use the same tactic I used at Stoke and see what happens.

Not a bad team to get mate.Ayala at cb is capable of being a very good prem defender.Good luck.

Good luck with Boro

Thanks! I was surprised to see them down there with only 1 win.

ALL HAIL MIGHY BORAT

My results since I took charge Sheffield Wednesday were top of the league when we played them, so to put 5 past them having won 1 game all season was brilliant. Then to top it off, we destroyed Bournemouth in their own back yard in the next match. A remarkable run of form followed, we have only lost 1 game so far under my leadership.



We've gone from relegation candidates to promotion favourites. I love how Bournemouth are 2nd with a negative goal difference.




A couple of transfers have helped us, mainly Darren Fletcher who has been brilliant. Was surprised when he decided to join Middlesbrough! Dani Garcia is also a center midfielder and Irureta is a GK coming in January to battle with Mark Bunn for the no.1 shirt.



One more thing. The 7th November 2015 was a high scoring day! Crazy scenes at Fulham

Wow what a turn around!

Brilliant turnaround mate.

The amazing form continues. I never expected to even get the play offs, never mind top of the league! Wins over Newcastle in the FA Cup and Sunderland in the league are the highlights of the season so far. We've only lost 3 games since I took over back in October, unfortunatly one of them was in the FA Cup against Wigan which meant we only reached round 4. But at least that meant we'd have time to rest between future league games. Lee Tomlin has been amazing this season. Over 20 goals and just under 20 assists.



As you can probably tell from that league form, we are still top of the league. We have a good lead over Swansea and Hull with just 6 games remaining and should go on to not only gain promotion but win the league as well. Our goal difference is also much better than anyone else which is like having an extra point.

Good start with Boro You should wrap up the league shortly