One Last Try!!! Lets Go Sunderland!!

Soon after 100 unsuccessful attempts I've decided to give a Sunderland Career one last go, just before the new game is released. So in order to prepare i decided to play a game with marseille to give tactics a try and feel out players and get better at the game and really i just wanted to find a way to talk about all the achievements i had with them this year!! So as you can see I'm bringing some high end experience to the club and clearly know how to win trophies which i can hopefully do at Sunderland!!!


So I'm going to be using the latest LFC marshall update in this save and will of course be managing my beloved Sunderland. Ive tried to give myself the best opportunity so I'm using the full range of manager stats i can and changed them to what i think will help me


Also here are my tactics, Transfers ETC to follow soon

Ok so the transfer window, the time where everything seems so positive and your convinced your team has signed the next Messi and this year is your year and everything will be different however for me as a sunderland supporter and a few other clubs it never really works out like that, you end up with one player who is ultimately to good to be at your club and will move on in January, 2 or 3 flops who just are not good enough and one player who's good but is always injured ultimately leaving you with a bigger squad and wage bill but none really moving your team forward.

So therefore i have HOPEFULLY changed that cycle and signed players who will improve our whole squad ultimately!! I also tried to get rid of players who had worth and weren't going to play and get the right mix where I'm not going to harm the squad and I'm going to get a good amount of money.

Firstly Bridcutt left, after being told he was the next makelele by Poyet and being told he would turn us into a high possesion, pass orientated team he never delivered, in fact his arrival pushed cattermole to the next level in real life, his passing improved immensely and became a far better player ultimately never giving Bridcutt a chance.

Then the two defenders left, O'shea and Roberge both going for their values i was never going to get more than that and I'm shocked i got as much as what i did for them. I didn't know who or how good roberge is when we signed him and 2 seasons later i still don't. The man is a complete mystery too me. Like the clitorus, magical, mysterious but always elusive.

Then the two strikers left, Graham was a great white hope signed in January under martin o'neill however o'neill did not take into account that graham was so effective for swansea because he was good on the ball and in a system where they actually played football, however was rendered ineffective in o'neills kick and run philosophy. Fletcher, i personally hate him. hate is a strong word i know but the man is a high earner, is made of glass and shoves his money in peoples faces, we fans do not appreciate that.




So first of all i thought we really needed to sure up our defence, its filled with low quality older players at the minute both in game and in real life, the players their aren't premier league level and the ones that once were are now too old. Firstly we tried to bring in Dragovic but we were never going to be able to compete with Chelsea for his signature, the allure of london, money, titles, mourinho and champions league over shadowed our offer of cheap drinks in weatherspoons and some top notch indian takeaways. Therefore we moved for his team mate Vida, I've never heard of him before but his stats look amazing and i got him for a decent price so yeah lets take a chance.


Then there is the saviour of all teams, this man can be put in notts county defence and can lead them to a champions league final (on FM of course) Eder Alvarez Balanta, i know this mans stats and details more than anything else in my life and for that i should be ashamed but I'm not I'm somewhat proud, i feel like i have raised him 3 or 4 times in fm 15, i feel like a father figure for him. Again we re-unite to dominate england.


We also brought in Selin, again I'm not going to lie and pretend like i knew who this guy was and that I'm a terrific scout however Dnipro have a great squad with players who can fill out any team in my opinion and with us only having one left back in PVA, Selin was a great option to challenge PVA and looks extremely solid


Then we move on to defence and to the wide positions where we really need help in real life and in the game, we have no pace at the minute apart from Lens. So we brought in Insigne, this man has been linked with us a few times and i don't understand why because he is way out of our league,he is a great player, pacey,strong,full of flair,technically gifted. Just a great player that we could really really use across our attacking midfield options.


Then there is Krejci, i believe I've seen him in a few other stories and has become a great player i hope he offers the same, i got my scouts to scout the champions league and they picked him up in a qualifying match and I've decided to follow their advice and go out and get him and he looks great i jus hope it transfers onto the pitch.


Next is Cauley Woodrow, I've never used this guy before and have opted for other wonder kid strikers such as carlos,mitrovic,barbosa ETC however i thought id go for something different and try woodrow, he reminds me of how Wickham was in past games and well Wickham didn't work out, woodrow on the other hand looks great in real life and in game so hopefully will become a great player, I've loaned him back out for 6 months as part of the deal.

Ok so not the start i wanted at all. We got absolutely hammered by Man City and i mean hammered, i cried. i don't mean i got angry i mean i cried, in a ball on the floor alone whilst listening to coldplay. It rocked me too my soul. But hey its a learning. One positive too take from our first load of matches is that we are scoring goals which has been a problem for Sunderland as of late however my wonder signings in defence have not done that much to stop us from conceding, just the one clean sheet in all of our matches so far this season.

We bounced back from our hammering with a league cup win with a second team and a 3-3 draw with Arsenal, however that feels like a defeat too me, we were 2-0 up in the match and looked comfortable however with many poor teams at the bottom of the table we conceaded easy goals and goals from set pieces however on the face of it i would have taken a 3-3 draw at the start of the game.

So feeling positive i decided that we could go and have a go at Everton.

Mistake, mistake mistake. Ive never heard that word so many times since my dad explained to me what my birth actually was. With exertions pace and physical attributes they allowed us to attack until they decided they had enough and just sprung a counter attack with pace and ease and scored 4 and again everything looked dark and bleak.

Then came our win against Villa, Our italian dream team of Insgine and Borini, the new baggio and del piero struck us too victory, with insigne I'm unsure where his best position is, is it an inside forward or is it the pinnacle of my attack in the attacking midfield role, however its still early days and I'm sure ill get the very best out of him soon



This leaves us in 14th in the table, which is not where I'm expecting us to finish, i want us to win the title thats my ambition and my mindset but thats not what were going to get, ideally id like a top half finish this season so improvements need to happen and results need to pick up soon.