mr.SPANKY
17 years ago
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Still breaking records.
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17 years ago
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Wanted this guy last season but City wanted 90m plus for him. Kept scouting, kept declaring interest and he wasn't playing many games for City. Snagged him for £6m. I now have a very good 1 and 2 goalkeeper.
mr.SPANKY
17 years ago
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This guy was transfer listed at Barca and scouts rate him at 3.5 stars. Can cover both flanks which is where I am looking to strengthen.
mr.SPANKY
17 years ago
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Got this guy as backup for Cubas, rated 4.5 stars by my staff.
mr.SPANKY
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Another fullback that can cover both flanks, also rated 4.5 by my staff.
mr.SPANKY
17 years ago
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Mate are you off your head??
mr.SPANKY
17 years ago
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So at the halfway stage and things are looking rosey thanks in part to results like the Chelsea, Man City and Man Utd wins. Gilson has struggled to replicate his form from last season but I almost expected that, the good thing is that the goals are being shared around by the other players now. Adnan is having an absolute ripper of a season so far and is adding goals to his assists now. Our defence is also much better then previous season and I put that down to my 2 new fullbacks.

The plan for the rest of the season is to secure champions league, nothing else matters, well tbh I'm lying a bit there, obviously if in a position to win some cups I will.

We drew Tottenham in the FA Cup with that game to be played in a few days.

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The 4peat isn't really something I set out to do at the start of the season, like last season I have been using a rotated squad but if I get past Chelsea I may look to send out full strength teams in a bid for the 4th straight league cup.

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After the first two results I used a slightly rotated squad as I was pretty much guarenteed qualification in an easy group. Wouldn't mind adding another Europa league to my collection, it all depends on how the league is looking. If I somehow look like not qualifying for Champs league through the league I will focus on winning the Europa.

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A lot of 7's in there which you want in your team, with everyone pitching in. Even the rotation players are hitting 7 averages which is amazing. I've actually decided to drop Gilson for form reasons, he only has so many goals purely based on the amount of shots he has, hopefully it's the kick up the ass he needs and he can fire again in the back end.

On the outs Christie is headed to Newcastle for £1m and hopefully that is the only business I do this window.
mr.SPANKY
17 years ago
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Well unfortunately I couldn't say no to this. The money was just too good, his contract was up in 6 months and he had no interest in signing a new one. He was a good servant for us and was having a very good season so far as a rotation option.
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17 years ago
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Knocked off Tottenham and will face Notts Forest.

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He was playing so well too
mr.SPANKY
17 years ago
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Another one off, wasn't playing a lot and is 31.
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So update on Thiago, he felt homesick but a leave of absence would have only made things worse and he wanted to leave. Napoli only ones who came in with an offer but he would only go to them if I paid him 21k per week, all this despite him openly wanting to go to Italy. Anyways cancelled that transfer gave him a leave of absence anyway and hopefully convince him to stay.
mr.SPANKY
17 years ago
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So with Bennett gone and the squad thinning out a little bit and us still being in 4 competitions I needed to bring in someone. This guy was offered to me by his agent and after a quick scout I snapped him up. His determination, pace and finishing are what sealed it for me, he will provide great backup to Gilson and can rotate in and out of the starting side with Munian on the right wing.
mr.SPANKY
17 years ago
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With the uncertainty surrounding Thiago, Pereira spending a bit of time injured, Reed not good enough to start and Cubas and Romero favouring the DM position I scouted this guy and got him on the cheap. Not a lot of CM's around atm that are affordable or at an age where they will last more then 60 mins. His contract is only a backup player so he shouldn't complain too much and I might even make a profit on him.
mr.SPANKY
17 years ago
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Fuck you Messi penalty, this is the second time we have played Chelsea in 3 games, dominated them and yet still couldn't win At least Gilson scored.
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Regulation win with a rotated squad. Chelsea up next in the second leg of the league cup semi.
mr.SPANKY
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Exactly why I needed more cover at MC.
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Tough decisions to make here regarding the starting team for the league cup semi. It's 1-1 with Chelsea having the away goal, I have my best 11 available but I have Arsenal 3 days later in the league who are only 4 points away from me.

Do I risk sending out a weakened squad against Chelsea and potentially lose the tie to concentrate on consolidating a top 4 spot in the league?
mr.SPANKY
17 years ago
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Yeah EAD Chelsea with your 26 year old Messi and shit. We had no right to win this game but super sub Ince scored the decisive goal

We go onto our 4th league cup final in a row and I used the same squad that won the FA Cup fixture meaning I have a fresh, full strength 11 for the Arsenal game.
mr.SPANKY
17 years ago
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I seriously love these two. That was the demolition job they just did on Le Arse
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FFS, Januzaj is also out for 3 weeks and my left back Kaculi is out for 3 months

Thiago did come back and get MoM in his first game though.
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17 years ago
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Well out of the FA Cup, not too disheartened though with the amount of injuries to key players one less competition to worry about is a good thing.
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Disappointed to concede a late equalizer but 2 goals away from home and I had exactly 18 players available for this game so I will take it.
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We did it the hard way, they had a 2nd scratched off very late in the game that would have made things interesting. We had 3 injuries during the match, Farinelli my best CB is now out for 3 weeks, Thiago is out for a couple days. They both miss the league cup final against Man Utd.

The one bright spot is that Prat got his first goal for us.

I'm down to 19 players and most of them are struggling condition wise.
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Well we done it, the 4peat! An amazing game, we had 3 players injured, scored the leading goal in extra time to then go and concede before one of those shootouts that the game has problems with. 15-14 we win it. Unfortunately it came at a cost, I have lost Gilson for 4-5 weeks and Weimann for 8 days.

Squad is looking verrrrrry thin now.
mr.SPANKY
17 years ago
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I had no choice but to rotate heavily my squad for this game do to the combination of injury and lack of fitness, including playing a 15 year old at left back as I lost my other left back to injury after the last league game.

Prat had 2 goals disallowed in the first half so it was inevitable we would go on to lose. A lot of work in the second leg and I think our participation will end here.
mr.SPANKY
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Out of another competition, I would like to say we are bombing but when you have the amount of quality players injured that I do and not a lot of quality to step up and fill the void we were always going to struggle. Players are slowly starting to come back though so hopefully now with only the league left to play we can concentrate on sealing 4th place.
mr.SPANKY
17 years ago
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I have no words for this. We have lost all form in the league and are currently 6th. The way we are going 4th seems almost like winning the title.

On top of that Prat and Garcia are now injured.
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Disgusting finish to the season, 20 points from 57. January/February could be excused, a lot of injuries and still playing 4 competitions but once they were out of the way we had no excuses. Our failure to pick up maximum points from teams like Newcastle and Wigan and West Ham was inexcusable. The loss to West Ham was especially hard and I just wanted to season to end. We finished 7 points from 4th and to be honest blew sooooo many chances to seal 4th place.

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Despite our failures toward the end of the season still some good player performances. Januzaj once again the standout and whilst Gilson only scored half the goals he managed last season without those two we probably would have been somewhere at the bottom of the table.
Thiago put in some solid performances despite still wanting to leave, I really don't want to sell him but I have no other choice atm.

When the injuries hit to key players it really showed the lack of strength in my depth. Going to have to rectify that if we want champs league football.

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