Blue Sea of Ibrox [FM14]

Good to see you back to this Shedender, good luck in retaining your crown

It was always going to make a return Dan, just needed a little break from it. Cheers but I'm sure this season is going to be tough.



Our competitive campaign started with a nine nil Champions League win at home to Dila while we won the away leg and defeated Belarusian side BATE Borisov to advance to the group stages of the competition while our league campaign started with a two all draw away to fierce rivals Celtic as Fraser Aird and Ricardo Tavares scored at Celtic Park.

We have defeated both Hearts 4-0 and Partick Thistle 5-0 but it's also been a start that hasn't saw one striker score a goal in the first half of any of the games, something that needs to be addressed and quickly but we've already lost one game, crashing one nil at home to Ross County. Infuriating defeat.


So it's been quite a disappointing start to the campaign as we find ourselves down in fourth place after the opening five games with three wins, a draw and a defeat and that's unacceptable as I, managing the champions of Scotland, expect much better and demand more from the players.


Ricardo Tavares has been named Scottish Premiership Player of the Month for August after helping himself to three goals this month while his team mate Lee Wallace came second in the monthly awards.

September kicked off with a three nil home success over Livingston as summer signing Hervin Ongenda scored a hat trick, including a goal in the first half from a striker while we also recorded league wins over Aberddeen and drew at Inverness Caledonian Thistle as Fraser Aird struck in the forty seventh minute.

Our first game in the Champions League group stages saw us lose two one in the Ukraine to Shakhtar while we thumped Stirling Albion four nil on our return to Ibrox - two from Hervin Ongenda amongst the scorers.


Celtic look unbeatable this early in the campaign as they're the only team without a defeat while although we're down in fourth (something I'm not amused with) we are only four points behind the leaders so they're catchable unless we hit some horrendous form but hopefully that won't happen. Partick Thistle are currently bottom.


Despite that annoying and disappointing draw at Inverness I've still been named Manager of the Month for September after winning the other two games against Livingston and Aberdeen three nil and three one respectively.

Not brilliant but its not looking too bad there chum!

Yeah it's been a stuttering start to the campaign Dan and something I expect better off - still slightly confident I can win the Scottish Premiership crown for a fourth consecutive season though.



Just two league games were played this month as we won both of them pretty easily - Dundee United were defeated three nil at Ibrox while St. Johnstone were also beaten in Glasgow, crashing four one as Barrie McKay and Jeffrey Bruma both hit doubles against the Perth side.

In the Champions League we eased to a wonderful three one win at home to AC Milan but the side then went down two nil away to Bayern Munich while in domestic cup action we won four two away to fellow Scottish Premiership side St. Mirren in the League Cup quarter finals.


Still third despite those two league victories this month but the league (at the moment) is scarily tight as six points separate sixth placed Dundee United and leaders Hearts but we've got games in hand so could easily win them both, depending on who they're against. So far we have scored twenty eight times in ten outings so scoring isn't a problem.

We didn't concede a single goal in the Scottish Premiership this month as we recorded three victories from as many games as Hibernian and Partick Thistle were defeated 2-0 and 3-0 at Ibrox while we eased to a four goal victory at Tyncastle with Hervin Ongenda hitting a first half double against the Jambos.

Europe was unbelievable as well as we defeated German giants Bayern Munich three one and Ukrainian side Shakhtar three nil, both at Ibrox.


And now it seems business has picked up as we find ourselves top of the table and three points clear of second placed Inverness Caledonian Thistle while we also have a few games in hand so that could see us extend our lead at the summit if we're able to win both of the games.


Hervin Ongenda has been named Player of the Month for November after he hit some rich form as the summer signing from PSG found the net five times in three games including doubles against Edinburgh duo Hibernian and Hearts.

Great pre season! And still making a profit on transfers

Seems all systems go now!

Cheers George, while it's always nice to make a profit on transfers I don't expect that to last.

And that's a good thing Dan, isn't it? It was a slow start to the campaign by my standards but pleased it's seemed to have picked up.



The final month of twenty eighteen saw us play seven competitive fixtures with five of them being in the Scottish Premiership. We sensationally defeated fierce rivals Celtic three nil at Ibrox while Livingston, Hibernian, St. Mirren and Dundee United were also disposed off as we've started to open a gap at the top of the table.

Only one game was played in Europe and that was a 1-1 draw away to AC Milan as we advanced from the group stages as Fraser Aird scored our only goal on seventy eight minutes while domestically we advanced to the fifth round of the Scottish Cup after seeing off feeder club Morton four one away from home.


As I've previously stated, a gap is now opening up at the top of the table as we sit eight points ahead of second placed Celtic while we've still got games in hand over them so the gap, if all goes to plan, could be much bigger but knowing me, I'll lose both games.


Centre back Jeffrey Bruma has been named Player of the Month for December after the twenty seven year old put in a series of solid performances over the course of the busy month while he helped himself to a goal away to Livingston too. Team mates Barrie McKay and Fraser Aird came second and third.


I've been named Manager of the Month for December after I guided my charges to five league victories from as many games including a stunning three goal win over Celtic as that was obviously the pick of the results - the side also won two games three one and the others two nil.

Doing well man just caught up on this, well done on sticking with the transfer policy so far!

Nice to see it going well now chief!

Cheers Sean, I've to admit but sticking to the transfer policy (at times) has been quite hard but at this moment in time, not one single player has a wage over 22k but I expect that to change in due course if we ever plan to win a European competition - but I won't bust the wage budget.

I'm pleased with our recent form Dan an hope it continues.



The opening month in twenty nineteen was one to remember bar a diastorous three nil hiding away to Celtic but we managed to win all of the other six games including an eight goals to nil success at home to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in a game that saw Fraser Aird hit a second first half hat trick of the month, the other coming away to St. Johnstone in the opening eleven minute. The side also defeated Aberdeen, Ross County and Hearts.

I guided the side to the final of the League Cup following a three one win against Partick Thistle. Goals from a Coll Donaldson own goal, Barrie McKay, Ryan Gauld and Ricardo Tavares had us four up and cruising but the fellow Scottish Premiership struck a consolation goal in stoppage time.


At the end of the opening month of the New Year, we find ourselves eleven points clear at the top of the table with Celtic occupying second place but well behind, but I'm refusing to get carried away as their is still fourteen league games remaining so I expect twists and turns.

Brilliant win against Inverness but shocker against Celtic! Titlts all but yours now

This story has inspired me to start my own Rangers save. I'm only just starting the League in my first season now, but it seems enjoyable.

We actually didn't play that great against Inverness Dan but just happened to take our chances (yes, all eight of them) but the result against Celtic wasn't great but we still sit clear at the summit so I suppose it could have been worse.

Good luck with managing them lemmiwinksrm, I'm sure you'll have a blast - I think the main reason why I'm enjoying the save so much is because I support the club in real life, therefore I want them to be the best.



We continued our fine form this month as we picked up maximum points at both Partick Thistle and St. Mirren - tough venues while we hammered Ross County four nil at Ibrox as both Souleymane Coulibaly and Hervin Ongenda hit doubles while we disappointedly drew two all at home to Livingston.

The side did advance in the Scottish Cup after a six one win over Inverness as goals from Hervin Ongenda, Ryan Gauld, Rudi Pozeg Vancas, Fraser Aird and Ricardo Tavares saw us score five first half goals while Gauld's second of the afternoon finished our scoring and the month concluded with a stunning single goal victory over French giants PSG, Souleymane Coulibaly striking in second half stoppage time.


With ten games remaining we are closing in on another Scottish Premiership crown and it would take a monumental cock up for that not to happen as we are currently fifteen points clear ahead of second placed Celtic.


We hit a clean sweep in the Player of the Month awards as right winger Mitiadis Dimogiannis won the award after being in scintillating form and helping himself to two goals in four appearances while Hervin Ongenda came second and Rewan Amin Mohammed came third.


Despite that slip up at home to Livingston, I've still been named Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month for February.

Another brilliant month! Fantastic result against PSG however the away leg i can see be a different story!

Unfortunately I'm not confident that we'll have enough to progress Dan as I expect PSG to win the home leg but it's "football" and stranger things have happened.



Four league games were played this month as we managed to win three of them, drawing the other. Things started with a four nil win over Hibernian before picking up an excellent three nil away success at Aberdeen, four days later we could only manage a draw at home to Dundee United before the month ended with Ryan Gauld striking a winner at Inverness.

We progressed to the semi finals of the Scottish Cup after a five three win over Partick Thistle with winger Barrie McKay striking twice on his return from injury while goals from Souleymane Coulibaly and a penalty from Rudi Pozeg Vancas won us the League Cup after a two nil win over Hibernian but our Champions League hopes ended in Paris after a 4-1 defeat.


We have qualified for next seasons Champions League after securing a top two finish and I feel we're only a few wins away from securing another league title, which will be our fourth Scottish Premiership title on the bounce and sixth straight title (if you want to count the League One and Championship title successes), Livingston look doomed at the bottom.


Hervin Ongenda has been named Player of the Month after he's been in excellent form over the course of the month, scoring three goals in four games while his team mate Lee Wallace came in at second place, but it was just behind Ongenda as the left back has also been in some good form.
*Ignore the second word, he's NOT a midfielder but obviously a striker and I'm not sure why it says midfielder, could it be because I've used him as an attacking midfielder for around three months while Fraser Aird was injured?*


Once again I have won March's Manager of the Month award after picking up three victories from four games, the only slip us domestically this month came against Dundee United in a one one draw - I'm not actually sure how many MotM awards I've won since taking charge of the club, I can't be bothered to count them.

Three league games were played this month as we secured a fourth consecutive Scottish Premiership crown as we defeated St. Johnstone 5-2 at Ibrox with both Hervin Ongenda and Ricardo Tavares hitting doubles while Ryan Gauld was also on target - we also defeated both Dundee United three two and Hearts two one to secure the title.

The side also progressed to the final of the Scottish Cup were we'll face Celtic after a two nil win over Dundee United as goals in the final twenty minutes from Ryan Hardie and Ricardo Tavares sealed our final birth.


So, we're champions for the fourth consecutive season as we are currently twenty four points ahead of Celtic with only three games remaining as we've also hit the one hundred goal total and still on target for one hundred points although won't be easy I'm sure. Both Livingston and St. Johnstone have confirmed their place in the relegation play-off but it's still unknown who will be relegated.


April's Player of the Month award went to left winger Ryan Gauld after an impressive month saw him chip in with three goals in as many appearances while his team mate Hervin Ongenda came in second place as the midfielder striker also scored three times.


Are you surprised? No? Yet again I have been named the Scottish Premiership's Manager of the Month after picking up nine points from three games as the title was secured once again.

Walking away with it!

That's true Dan, the league is becoming too easy.



The twenty eighteen twenty nineteen campaign concluded with three league wins and a Scottish Cup success. In the league we managed to defeat both Celtic and Ross County at Ibrox as Hervin Ongenda struck a hat trick against the Dingwall based club, we defeated St. Mirren four one in between the two home fixtures.

Our campaign came to an end with an undeserved one goal to nil victory over fierce rivals Celtic as Hervin Ongenda struck the winning goal on fifty three minutes.


So we have been crowned champions for a fourth consecutive season and we will be joined in the Champions League by Celtic after they came second while Dundee United and Ross County have qualified for the Europa League. Livingston have been relegated to the Scottish Championship while St. Johnstone have to deal with a relegation play-off.

100 points, 100 goals, does look too easy

Another fantastic season bud!!

Absolutely Dan but whenever you manage the best team in Scotland then it's supposed to be easy.

Cheers K3VO, it's always nice to leave Celtic trailing behind.



Fraser Aird has been named the Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year award this season after the twenty four year old put in a string of good performances and helped himself to sixteen goals in the process from twenty seven appearances.


Twenty four year old winger Barrie McKay has been named Scottish Football of the Year, putting in sensational performances and scoring sixteen goals this season while team mates Hervin Ongenda and Ryan Gauld came second and third.


Jeffrey Bruma has been crowned the Scottish Premiership Player of the Season. The twenty seven year old, who I nearly sold last summer, put in a string of amazing performances and the central defender helped himself to five goals, Lewis MacLeod came third..


Hervin Ongenda has also won an award as he's been named Top Goalscorer for the twenty eighteen twenty nineteen season as the former PSG striker (well, reserves) scored thirty three goals and I expect the same from him for the foreseeable future, bargain signing!


Just like previous seasons I have been named both the writers' Manager of the Year and the Scottish Premiership Manager of the Year after I guided the Teddy Bears to not only Scottish Premiership glory but also to League Cup and Scottish Cup success - just a normal season, really.


Nine players have been named in the Scottish Premiership Team of the Year as we have filled the defence and midfield - the defence is Lee Hodson, Jeffrey Bruma, Ricardo Tavares and Lee Wallace while Barrie McKay, Fraser Aird, Lewis MacLeod and Ryan Gauld make up the midfield and Hervin Ongenda is up top.

As per the norm, the minimum expectation this season is to win the Scottish Premiership crown and I'm confident we can do so as we have done the previous campaigns. We have been given a transfer budget of sixteen million but that's because I "modified" the wage budget as I offered key players new deals as they're irreplaceable.


Six games have been arranged as part of our pre season program with four games being on the road and only two at Ibrox. I will take the side to Lokomotiva before hosting Lyon and then the side will go on a three game tour of England as we'd travel to Kidderminster, Portsmouth and Morecambe before concluding our program at home to Italian side Genoa.

Amazing season again mate! Some great results! Alot of goals scored Good too see Ross County high up too!

We have scored a lot of goals every season so far George and long may that continue. I can't be bothered looking back but since I've arrived in the Scottish Premiership I don't think Ross County have finished in the bottom half, although I could be incorrect.



Seven players joined the club this summer with Luke Shaw being the biggest arrival as he completed a £5m move from Southampton and will be the replacement for the ageing Lee Wallace. Jose Valero, Simone Bandini and Lewis Barker joined the club on free transfers while two central defenders also arrived this summer - Jairo Riedwald and Miroslav Zoranovic joining from Chelsea and Vojvodina respectively.

Our only other summer signing saw central midfielder Predrag Opsenica join the club from Italian side Udinese for four hundred thousand after he was placed on the transfer list.

The biggest departures of the summer saw Rudi Pozeg Vancas leave for Gladbach and Lee Hodson Liverpool bound for £9.5m and £6m. while Devante Cole, Xandro Schenk and Kristoffer Peterson leave when their contracts expired, Tom Walsh headed for Hull for just shy of five hundred thousand.

Martin Quinn, Darren Ramsay, Jorge Cunha and Micky McPherson left the club on loan deals.

If anyone wants to see a screenshot of any of the players, don't hesitate to ask.


On the field, our pre season program wasn't the worst as we only lost one game in eight games, losing 3-1 away to Portsmouth while we picked up a draw at home to Lyon.

We managed to win the remainder of the games as we defeated Lokomotiva 4-0, Cambuslang Rangers 2-0, Kidderminster Harriers 3-0, Morecambe 3-1, Genoa 5-4 in a game that saw youngster Stephen Bell score a hat trick and non-league side Ashfield 1-0 away from home as Barrie McKay struck late on.

It's been a one hundred percent start to the campaign as we have won four from four, scoring sixteen times in the process. We defeated both Hearts 5-2 at Tynecastle and St. Johnstone 5-1 at Ibrox while both Inverness and Partick Thistle were defeated three one. Last seasons top goalscorer Hervin Ongenda has made a bright start to the season, scoring six times.


And despite having a game in hand, we currently sit top of the Premiership table with a one hundred percent record to our name and scoring sixteen goals in the process but we have already conceded five while at the bottom, both St. Johnstone and Motherwell have yet to taste victory but do have point(s) on the board.

The second month of the twenty nineteen twenty twenty season saw us remain undefeated as we didn't even concede a single goal in three competitions. September started with a stunning single goal home victory over Celtic as Ricardo Tavares struck ten minutes into the second half while we also defeated Hibernian and Dundee United but drew away to Aberdeen.

Our first Champions League group game of the season took us to Porto and a single goal from Ryan Gauld sealed an unlikely win although the Portuguese side had two goals disallowed, we also won four nil away to Queen of the South in the League Cup third round as both Barrie McKay and Hervin Ongenda hit doubles.


It's been an expected good start to the campaign as we find ourselves top of the table and two points clear of fierce rivals Celtic while we've also got a game in hand but I'm sure when that's to be played and we have struck twenty one goals in the opening eight games. St. Johnstone, at the foot of the table, are the only team who are win-less.


After not conceding a single goal over the course of the month, I have been named Manager of the Month for September as I guided the side to victories over Celtic, Hibernian, Dundee United and a scoreless draw away to Aberdeen but we could and should have won that game.

We maintained our excellent league form in October as we look to retain our crown for another campaign (fifth straight season?) as we won all three league games three goals to one against Motherwell, St. Mirren and Hearts while we had eight different goal scorers in those three league games. Remarkable enough.

The stunning form was also noticeable in Europe this season as a Hervin Ongenda double saw us defeat Schalke two nil at Ibrox while we secured an absolute stunning five one away win against CSKA Moscow, a game that will be remembered by Ryan Gauld as we struck a hat trick. We also progressed to the League Cup semis, defeating Inverness at the Caledonian Stadium four two.


And as we remain unbeaten in the league, we also sit top of the table and four points clear of Celtic who are in second as it looks like it could be another two horse race but I'm sure everyone is used to that now. St. Johnstone are bottom and still win-less.


Surprised? Because of three 3-1 victories over Motherwell, St. Mirren and Hearts I have been named October's Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month but it's truly not surprising as we have been in excellent form domestically and in Europe so far this campaign. Will it last? Perhaps.

Amazing form again mate!