Rekindling The Love Affair

Just what the Boy deserved. In a year or two it will be the Ballon D'or

Fibien Sheta also picked up 3rd place.

We started banging in the goals after Xmas. Some huge wins coming out none better than the 5-0 win against Novara. Mish'an is still in unbelievable hot form. The only reason he didn't score in the last 2 matches is I am resting him for the upcoming Cup Matches.




Sitting pretty at the top 4 points clear of Inter. Hopefully with the busy period coming up that will be enough of a cushion to avoid any missed points we drop. Hopefully we don't. Lazio looking like they are in trouble.

Its about bloody time. If we don't beat these now I am gonna cry. We even have the away fixture first. Tough tie for my old boys.

After picking up a 1-1 draw away from home our chance looked strong coming into the home fixture against Inter.

Unfortunately it all boiled down to luck at the end of the day and after 7 penalties a piece 17 year old Vurdal missed the decisive penalty. Never mind we did well to get to the Semis, now to look forward to the Champions League Knockout Stages and keeping on top of the League.

Not as comfortable as I would have liked btu we manage to sracpe through to the Quarter Finals. The 2 away goals we got in the first leg saw us through in the end. So onto the Semi Final draw and it looks like I am going home...

League form hit a bit of a dip in between the Champions league games but thankfully we have come out of the slump to win 3 in 3 and not concede a goal. Feel like a broken record now but Eli Mish'an. My God. 25 in 24 games so far.



9 points clear but Inter do have 2 games in hand. The fixtures in the Italian League seem bloody erratic. Hopefully Inter drop some points with those games. Gonna be a close run in with games against Dortmund to look forward to as well.

Against Dortmund, lovely draw consedering your history! And in the league you posted your even 11 points clear with 2 game played more, that is still a decent gap.

This is a fantastic read mate, the prospect on Mish'an is phenomenal and you've had a great first season in Roma.

All the best with this!

Cheers for reading guys. Makes it worth it.

Yeah my mistake with the gap hopefully we can keep going strong!

So its the manager not the team apparently. A fantastic victory to take us into the Semi Finals. After taking a 3-2 victory back to the Stadio Olimpico thanks to a 85th minute winner from Mish'an.

We had to be wary in the Home fixture as Dortmund did pick up an early goal and we looked very but thanksfully we regrouped after half time and come back to take a convincing 5-3 aggregate win.



Some how Lorient are becoming a strong team in this Campaign and have a 30 year old Benzema as well as a fine regen striking pair which could do some damage.

We have a very strong chance to amazingly make the Champions League final. With City and Barca in the other Semi Final.

good luck in the semi mate great run so far !

Going into this match knowing it could go very wrong I was abit wary of the first leg result. Taking a 2-1 lead to Lorient meaning they have that vital away goal to play with.

Thankfully we finished strongly in France and thanks to goals from Mish'an and Rugani we progress to the FINAL of the Champions League after only getting back inot the competition this year.

We will be playing the Catalan giants, but you never know, anything can happen on the night...

One of the midfield Trio will miss the rest of the season run in and the Champions League Final...

This means that a retiring, 37 year old Daniele De Rossi will step up and play his last games in football which will include 4 massive league games and a Champions League Final against Barca. Written in the stars?

The Champions League has taken its toll on this thin squad and we have dropped a few points mainly due to silly draws. Thankfully we have had 2 massive wins in the last 2 games. Especially the game against Bologna thanks to an 88th minute winner that if not would have put us 4 points behind Inter.




We are now just 1 point off Inter at the top and with 2 games to play it is tense stuff and just to top it off our next match.




Of course it is the title decider against Inter. Not mathematically but you would put your house on the winner of the match winning the League.

It just all seems to be going our way this season. An 89th minute Penalty was enough to see us win the crucial match. Mish'an had the stones to hold his nerve and slot away the Pen.

This puts us 2 points clear of Inter with the last match to play. A draw would be enough unless Inter win by 10+ goals.

We did draw our final game of the season. i risked leaving Mish'an and a couple others out. had them on the bench just incase but they were not needed thankfully Inter didn't win 10-0 and we retain the League for the second year running!

Just the small matter of a Champions League match against Barca now...

So after a ridiculous season we win the League on the final day of the season and now we somehow have made it to the Champiions League Final. We have done amazing to get here and would be proud no matter what but would love to get that win.





Unfortunately it just was not meant to be. We gave them to much respect and it took a 2-0 deficit for us to wake up and realise we were in the final. We gave it a good go in the last 15 but it was too little to late by then. Rugani pulled one back but it was never enough in the end.

As well as we did to get to the final I felt we were a little bit out of our league and we are not quite there yet, but this has been a fantastic campaign and has given us the hope and desire to go and win it soon enough!

Not much more I can say. What a man.

Just started a dortmund save on the update,hope I do aswell as you mate had a clear out as Lewandowski was leaving end if his contract he had to go,sold subotic,perisic and a few others for funds signed Phil Jones,okore,samaras and lasty Lewandowski's replacement Kevin Voland Europe golden boy with 25 goals and 16 assists by the winter break in the first season(that's him goin 10hours without a goal aswell finishing it with 5 goals in the one game) only conceded 4 goals in the league so far

Sounds good dude. Dortmund have such a strong young squad that if you make the right signings they are European monsters after a few years.

Great signing in Volland. Always does the job for me as well in my saves. If youre playing with 1 striker he is all you need.
Also good to let Lewandowski go for he is not as good in the game as in reality atm.
May I ask where Lewandowski went?
Good luck for your further career!

So comes the end to a fantastic season. We pipped Inter to the title on goal difference and win it for the second season running. We were so close to the final of the TIM Cup only to be beaten in the semi's on Penalties, and we some how managed to get to the Final of the Champions League but we just didn't have the talent to beat the Catalan giants.

Mish'an again was the shining light scoring 45 goals in 48 games. What stats they are! Sheta is turning into a monster of an attacking midfielder. Both of which I will post there screenies. Xavi is the rock in the middle although he did pick up to injuries this season hoping that doesn't persist, and Captain Rugani was the heart at the defence once again.

As stated in the previous post after a couple of seasons of football I wanted to have a look at how my top players are progressing.

Eli Mish'an



First up is the boy who can not stop scoring. Funnily enough his stats are nothing to scream about. It is his pace, agility and acceleration that get him into the positions he finds himself to be the poacher he needs to be. His finishing amazingly has actually dropped since we first signed him. If his composure and finishing get better he will be one of the best in the world but he still has a lot of training to do.


Fibien Sheta



I remember when I first bought Sheta I new he would develop into the star he is now. He had the raw stats but most importantly he had huge mental attributes which would help him make that step up. he is now one of the best midfielders in the game and at 22 he will only get better. All the stats that are required as an advanced playmaker are amazing. He seems to notch a few goals too so if we can work on his finishing maybe he will knock in a few more.


Xavi



The unsung hero of every team. The engine of the team. He would be equally as good at centre back but I feel he would be wasted there. He has the talents that make him amazing at stopping play but he then has the stats to get us on the front foot again. He is the perfect mix of centre half and pass master. We just need to stop those silly injuries and get his natural fitness up.

Nothing huge here. A few players going out on frees. Crescenzi I would have liked to stay as he was a decent left back who would have done a job when needed but he wanted 75k a week and at 30 years old and not a superstar I am not going to be paying that.

We managed to get 10 million for Pardo. Again a decent central midfielder when needed but coming to his last year and just about to pass the 30 mark 10 million and 55k off the wage bill would do me.

Miro Barac



First up was making sure we had a decent back up striker to rotate when needed and develop well. Wonderkid Barac was the choice. The 19 year old German has some cracking stats and with all the games we will be playing will get a fair bit of game time.


Theo Mercier



With Colin coming in last season we have a strong centre back pairing but they are a bit of a miss match. We have strong ball playing centre halves but no aggressive stoppers to compliment the other. I am hoping with some training Mercier will develop into that other half.


Augusto Almeida



Finally! After over a year of searching I have finally found a decent young attacking full back. Almeida has awesome stats and they will only get better as he will be thrust into first team action as I am very light on full backs.

Atleast you keep the team young! Almeida and Barac look very good already, Mercier need soe work. But I assume you have a decent set of coaches to get him up to par.

A strong group again and this time we are faced with the other Spanish giants. Qualification should be fine but first place will be hard.

great young signings your team looks great ! good luck this season

A fantastic start to the season sees us pick up the first Trophy of the season. A massive 4-0 win against Palermo with Mish'an pixking up from where he left off.

OK so instead of doing lots of updates I have decided to play the first half of the season straight through.





As you can see our form has been very good over the first half of the season. Picking up only 2 losses in all competitions. Sadly one included a 5-0 spanking from Madrid.



However we have now drawn 4 games in a row in the League which has pushed us out to 5ht place and we ened to start turning them into wins before we drop away from the top. 8 draws already is not good enough.





As predicted we managed to qualify with ease but Madrid stormed the group and we couldn't touch them. Although a 1-0 victory against them at home gives us hope that we can match the giants of European football.





Finally a 1-0 win against Genoa was enough to see us through to the Quarter Finals of the TIM Cup.


Now were are past the halfway mark I will update more regularly.