Succession Game Abroad // Folge Spiel

Thank you!

This might be one of the best transfers I have ever made. Bayern bought him from Schalke for 48 M two seasons ago. He has only featured 10 times for them.

Mason was really good as well, so I extended his stay. I had him on a permanent deal for about 8 M, but had to cancel it to land Sané.

That's it for me this time.

My first signing. I managed to get him on a free transfer after he was released from Chelsea. Value is £18.5 million which isn't too bad for a free. Should be an automatic starter.

Right, the board are doing my absolute head in with finances. I have only brought in one player so far and that is Jones. The board would not allow us any money for transfers or even any money for loans so due to this, I took the decision to let lots of players leave the club to free up funds.




All of the players above have left the club. Players such as Podolski and Stefaniak, I didn't even want them to leave the club but did it so I could bring in some new players but the board aren't having any of it. I can't even bring anybody in on loan because the board won't pay any fee or wages despite being way under on our wages and also having money in the bank. For example, Sanogo was on £29k a week and Podolski and Stefaniak combined were on £60k but the board aren't giving us any money.

We have a worse squad than we did last season and just to add salt to the wounds, the draw for the Champions League play off has been made too and we probably have the hardest draw possible:

It gets worse and worse...

Our new signing out for 4 months. We have a such a small squad at the moment of about 17 players and the more injuries we get, the more f*cked we will be. This season was meant to be the start of something great for us but the board just aren't letting it happen at the moment. Our squad is already so much worse than last season.

Gutted you couldn't get Akpom on loan.

We can just about fill our bench for our Champions League match, the most important match so far in this club's history. On the eve of the match, this happens:


Despite having over £40 million in the bank, the board can't afford £8k a week in wages and just over £1 million in monthly fees collectively for the 12 months. Really not expecting much from this Monaco match.

Could be down to the election that is on the horizon?

Managed to get an away goal which is vital in a game we somehow deserved to grab a point. It started off terribly when new signing Phil Jones was sent off for a professional foul only 16 minutes into his debut. Then this happened:

Kelechi Iheanacho was stretchered off after 30 minutes with a broken leg. I then brought on Ryan Mason who gave away a penalty which pretty much summed up my/our luck at the moment. Hwever, only two minutes later Mason made amends with a vital away goal. BELIEVE.

Think our performance against Monaco and the injury to Kelechi has given the board a reality check. Alberto Cerri has joined on loan from Juventus until the end of the season and will become the club's main striker. Losing Akpom and now Kelechi from last season leaves us very light up top so hopefully the board will allow me to bring in a striker to play alongside him. Cerri managed three goals for Juventus last season and managed fifteen goals for Fenerbache on loan two seasons back.

Now this is more like it from the board. We have signed England midfielder Jack Wilshere on loan for the season. Yes, everyone knows that he's injury prone as f*ck but if we can keep hm fit, we have a gem on our hands. We have some brilliant English centre midfielders now at the club with Wilshere, Mason, Powell and Morrison.

Another new signing. The board had initially rejected this loan move but I kept trying and I am delighted to have got him. As you know, I let Podolski go and we needed some competition on the left hand side and this guy fits the bill. Spent last season on a season long loan at Fiorentina where he scored 8 goals and got an average rating of 7.16. I have one more signing in the pipeline, I just hope the board will allow it.

HE'S BAAAAAAAACK!

Previously had a £9 million release clause and managed to raise this to £19 million. Had Liverpool sniffing around so happy to give him a new deal. Also, 2 days before our important match against Monaco this happens:


I also realised that if we manage to get past Monaco, we aren't through to the group stages, it's then the play off matches. Thought we would enter a bit later than we have done tbh.

Re-joins on loan for the season. He was here last season and provides us good back up across the back line.

Brilliant result which has seen us advance to the Champions League Play Offs. The front two of Cerri and Young-Joon were fantastic, especially Young-Joon who ended up with MOTM. I really think we should try and play this guy more this season if possible. He can turn into one of our main strikers I'm sure. Fingers crossed on an easy draw in the play offs.

Joins purely as another cheap back up defender.

Tough draw but I'm quietly confident.

Good result against Monaco! The injury list looks like when Spanky's in charge!

Scraped past Third Division side Hallescher on penalties in the German Cup First Round. I would love to say that I fielded a weakened team... but I didn't. Quite worrying really.

First league match of the season ended with a win. Young-Joon and Apkom put us ahead before Leipzig got two quick goals which was worrying. However, step up super sub new signing Alberto Cerci who scored two late headers to win us the game.

We have one foot in the Champions League Group Stages after a good win against Athletic Bilbao. I'm gutted to have conceded that late away goal though but I still remain confident that we can do enough to progress.

Fielded a weakened team because of our important match against Bilbao in a few days time and it backfired massively.

Battering.

Devastated. Out of the Champions League.

Once we went three-one down I decided to go for a goal to put us through. It backfired massively and Jack Wilshere scored an own goal before Muniain hit us on the break when we went overload. Really didn't see that one coming, absolutely gutted.

Due to losing in the Play Offs, we are in the Europa League but that really doesn't feel like any consolation right now:

This result pretty much sums up my two months... SH*T. Uploading now.

Sad that you couldn't reach the Champions League Group stages, unlucky Fola.

The injury curse continues.



There is good news however. Silva has recovered.

Koln were pretty poor and we took advantage.