Ryan9
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Continental Rise of Shakhtar

Before I get started, I'm just going to mention I'm having lots of issues with crash dumps at the moment, however I'm currently trying to get the problem sorted.Hopefully I can manage to play through the problems though!

Without anymore hesitation, let's get into it! Here I'll be managing Shakhtar Donetsk from the Ukrainian Premier League. The aim of the save is simple, turn them into a world beating side ... How hard can it be? I've attempted this once, and it's fair to say I achieved far more than I thought I would, especially in a career lasting just 5 years

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So, lets get onto Shakhtar. They play in the Ukrainian Premier League, predicted to win the league, a professional club with continental reputation, also known as The Miners. The club is currently valued at £240 million, which I'll hopefully be able to increase over the years! The stadium holds just over 33,000 people, however, other facilities are what really attracted me to this club back in 2012. With state of the art training facilities, and top youth facilities, we have what we need to be producing some top talent! We start in the Champions League, however, we don't stand much of a chance against the elite teams of European football as of yet, all to change in the future years ... I hope!

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And finally, here's the set up. Only the Ukrainian Premier League and First Division are set as playable leagues, as I plan to spend my whole time here in Ukraine, or atleast, for the foreseeable future anyway! I have loaded the top divisions from England, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Argentina and Brazil, so I can keep an eye out for any youngsters slipping into the game that I can snap up early!

Tommo.
12 years ago
1 year ago
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Good luck at Shakhtar Wilc94!
Ryan9
11 years ago
3 years ago
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Thanks Tommo!

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Meet the Manager

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Here he is, playing as myself, a 20 year old from South England, with no previous experience or coaching licences, Shakhtar had taken a huge gamble. The English manager is left with a monumental task, all of his own making. My favoured formation is a 4-2-3-1, however, I plan on using a 4-1-2-2-1 aswell. Attacking football is my preference, so we will look to dominate the games that we should win, scoring plenty in the process. Hoping for a long and highly successful career at Shakhtar, Wilcox will look to make an immediate impact, and prove all the doubters wrong! Who needs experience? Everyone starts somewhere, right? However, not usually on this level. My first job in management,will it be a success, or a complete disaster? Watch this space to find out!
Franck
17 years ago
2 days ago
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An interesting time to choose Shakhtar, to say the least.
Ryan9
11 years ago
3 years ago
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What makes you say that Franck?

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Pre-season Friendlies

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I'm not the sort of manager who worries about pre-season friendlies, so I let my assistant take charge of the matches. However, what I will say is that I'm impressed that we won most of the games, and we seems to have no problem finding the back of the net. Let's hope this can continue, and we can kick off our competitive games on the right foot!
George14brfc
12 years ago
3 years ago
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Good luck mate Good pre season!
Johno
17 years ago
1 week ago
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Where the hell have you been

Good luck with Shakhtar
Ryan9
11 years ago
3 years ago
252
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Thanks George! Pre-season was a promising start!

I had lots of issues with FM14 Johno, it kept crashing and I couldn't find a way around it! Hoping I can get it sorted on this game though! Thanks pal!


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Starting in Competitive Action!

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We got our competitive action underway in an eye-catching Super Cup match against fierce rivals Dynamo Kyiv. After a slow starting first half, we finally took the lead with 42 minutes on the clock, a striker well taken by Fred, only to be pegged back immediately. We were much quicker out of the blocks in the second half, with goals from Adriano and Nem, before Adriano scored his second to make it 4-1. Lens grabbed another goal for Kyiv as they looked to get back into the match, however Teixeira soon sunk their hopes, making the score 5-2. What a win! Silverware number 1!
Then we started the league against Volyn, who gave us an early scare. However, it was provided by our own striker, Luiz Adriano, who turned the ball into his own net! We bounced back well though, with Gladkyi and Rakitskyi both scoring in the first half to ensure we went into the break ahead. The other side of the break saw Gladkyi score his second of the match and make the result comfortable!

With only 1 league match played, I don't see any benefit of uploading the league table, so that'll come in on the next update!
Tommo.
12 years ago
1 year ago
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Nice friendly results mate
Ryan9
11 years ago
3 years ago
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Thanks Tommo, it's just about keeping it up now!

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August Roundup

First up, lets take a look at the months results ...

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We faced Metalurg Zp in our second game of the season, the team a place above us in the table, sat second. We fell behind early on, but Adriano found the net again this season to bring us back level. Things would get harder before the break, when Srna earned himself a straight red card, leaving us over 45 minutes of football to play with 10 men! Early in the second half we were behind again, and chasing the game. However, Fred was the influential player in this game, and managed to bag himself 2 goals to secure us all 3 points.
Olimpic D also gave us problems too, despite us taking the lead through Adriano once again. A goal either side of the break for the made it 2-1, but then we turned on the power, with a trio of Brazilians firing us back ahead. Fernando, Wellington Nem and Douglas Costa saved us the match!
We were expecting a tough encounter at Dnipro, although the in the first half that's not what we got. Fred and Srna scoring in quick succession gave us a 2 goal lead at the break. Dnipro grabbed one back with 7 minutes remaining, but it was to be no more than a consolation goal!
Next up was 1st vs 2nd, as league leaders Dynamo Kyiv hosted Shakhtar. The second meeting of the big teams this season! We were gifted the lead by Bezus early on, and that set the mood for us for the rest of the match. Luiz Adriano once again getting on the scoresheet. In the 57th minutes Kyiv looked like making a game of it, as they bought it back to 2-1, however, Adriano netting his second a minute later, which ensured us of a massive victory!
The Ukrainian Cup 2nd round proved no problem for us, a game we dominated but only found the net once, though this was enough to send us through the the next round. Adriano opening his account in the cup!
Finally, we faced Chornomorets away from home, where defender Rakitskyi gave us the lead in the first half, however it was 1-1 just 2 minutes later. A strike from Sivakov 7 minutes from time saw the hosts send us to our first competitive defeat of the season!

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Despite the loss, we sit top of the table after 6 games, having taken 15 points from a possible 18! We've got a small, 2 point gap over 2nd and 3rd placed Dnipro and Dynamo Kyiv, however, this isn't something to rest on, we'll need to push on and increase that gap as best we can! We've scored the joint most goals so far this season, however, our defence could do with tightening up, as we seem to be leaking goals at the moment!

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Oh boy what a group! In the Champions League we'll have to battle European Elites Real Madrid and Roma, aswell as Anderlecht to be in with a chance of hitting the knockout stages of any of the competitions. 3rd is looking a likely spot for us, however, we'll see what happens!

In transfer news, we only let one player out on loan from our reserves. Despite being handed a huge £40 million to spend, I didn't spend a penny of it. We had a deal in place to take Fernando away to the Emirates, which was a fee of £17.5 million! However, at the last moment the Gunners said they couldn't free up the funds to complete the deal, so Fernando remains with us for now!
tongey
14 years ago
1 month ago
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Great start to the season there mate! Keep it up!
Johno
17 years ago
1 week ago
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Good start Tough Champions League group there
Franck
17 years ago
2 days ago
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What makes you say that Franck?

Have you been asleep in the closet for the last 10 months?

The city of Donetsk is under the control of armed rebels, Shakhtar's stadium has been heavily damaged by artillery fire and the club has been forced into exile in Western Ukraine.
Johno
17 years ago
1 week ago
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Have you been asleep in the closet for the last 10 months?

The city of Donetsk is under the control of armed rebels, Shakhtar's stadium has been heavily damaged by artillery fire and the club has been forced into exile in Western Ukraine.




I believe some of Shakhtar players wants to quit the club due to ongoing stuff in Ukraine.
Ryan9
11 years ago
3 years ago
252
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Thanks Tongey.

Indeed it is Johno, hopefully we can put up a little fight though!

Ahh no I knew about those goings on Franck, I thought maybe there was something I was missing, more recently.


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A Strong September!

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September started off with 'The Adriano Show'. when we played rock bottom Vorskla. Adriano opened the scoring with Ordets tapping in from close range a minute later. Barannick got one back for the visitors on 58 minutes. Adriano converted a penalty with just over 15 minutes to play, before we lost Rakitskyi to a second bookable offense. That didn't halt us though. Impressively, Adriano went on to bang in another 4 goals, completing his double hat-trick, and a 7-1 rout!
Another dominant performance followed when we smashed Zorya aside. Goals from Fred (1), Bernard (2), Stepanenko (1) and an own goal gave us a 5-0 lead, however, come the 90th minute we lost our clean sheet.
Kicking off in the Champions League, we faced Anderlecht, who gifted us a 5th minute penalty, which was dispatched by Kucher. Costa added one soon after, before an own goal took the lead to 3 goals in 13 minutes. Srna and Adriano continued to add 2 more goals. Again, we lost our clean sheet in the 89th minute, it just doesn't look like we can keep one!
Our Ukrainian Cup 3rd Round 1st Leg gave us no issues, as we cruised past a poor Illichivets side, with goals provided by Costa, Teixeira, Bernard and Wellington Nem.
After that victory we faced them in the league, however, we couldn't take our chance on this occasion and played out a goalless draw, disappointing to say the least!
Then we faced our toughest game to date, away to Roma! We changed our approach, and it was successful! No, we didn't win, but we only lost by 1 goal! For me at this stage, I'm happy with that! Pratto was the goalscorer!

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After another successful domestic month, we still sit just 2 points clear of Dnipro and 3 clear of fierce rivals Dynamo Kyiv. However, only dropping points in 2 games from 10 shows we've had a great start to the season! Lets just hope this can continue!

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After expected Champions League results, we sit in 3rd in the table, 1 point behind both Roma and Real Madrid. I'm now really fancying our chances of dropping into the Europa League, however, we're only 1/3 of the way through the group, so that could all change!
Dan
12 years ago
4 months ago
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Doing very well to date! important victory over Anderlecht, wouldnt be a bad thing finishing third but if oyu could qualify then thats even better!
Ryan9
11 years ago
3 years ago
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Thanks Dan, the victory over Anderlecht was vital! A tough ask to get into the top 2 in this group, but anything can happen!

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Octobers Update

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Just 4 matches took place in October, after we delayed our clash with Metalist due to having players called up to play for their countries. We eased past Metalurg D, Kryvtsov provided the opener before Nasonov turned the ball into his own net seconds from time.
A clash against Real Madrid was next, as we visited the Bernabeu. Modric and Kroos gave the giants a 2 goal lead before Ramos handed us a way back into the match, conceding a penalty. Volovyk calmly slotted it home to cut Madrids lead in half. It didn't last long though, Illarramendi and Pepe went on to score to confirm the result for the Spanish side.
Back to league actions and Adriano netted a hat-trick against Goverla, aswell as goals from Fernando and Teixeira as we sailed to a comfortable 5-1 victory.
The 2nd leg of the Ukrainian Cup 3rd Round was our final match of the month, and I rested a number of players due to holding a 4-1 advantage. I could have proved a costly error after Illichivets took a 2 goal lead, meaning they trailed by just 1 goal! Taison pegged them back with little time to go, before we escaped a defeat via a 91st minute own goal!

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We've now increased our gap over Dynamo Kyiv to 3 points, whilst holding 5 points over Dnipro, as well as a game in hand as we approach the halfway mark.

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Defeat to Real Madrid leaves us 4 points behind them, whilst Roma went and beat Anderlecht meaning they're level on points with Real at the top. We sit 3 points ahead of Anderlecht at the halfway stage.
Johno
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Not doing too bad in the CL. Hopefully you can win 2 games out of 3.
Chera
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Find this interesting as I started with Dnipro. They only wanted me to qualify for the champions league first season but I won the league by 2 points. Lille beat me in qualifying for the CL group stages so I went into the Europa and Marseille beat me in the first knockout round of it.

Second season has been a struggle though, 7 points behind Dynamo after 10 games and Champs league group with Dortmund and PSG in, so I'm happy to finish third in that.

I like the rule for only 7 foreign players in the lineup. The league is only 26 games long with a long winter break and then not too many games after the break its a bit strange.
Ryan9
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Thanks Johno! It does look like the Champions League could be closer than I first imagined!

It's certainly an interesting place to manage Chera! Sounds like you had a great first season, although a tough second season. That rule is good, although during my time here on FM12, that rule got removed as the years passed.


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A Red Month

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November started off in fine form, as a brace from Fred saw us beat Voyln 2-1.
Our next match saw Real Madrid visit Ukraine! Adrianos 11th minute goal got us off to a dream start. Costa added one just after the break to double our advantage. A straight red card for Bernard 10 minutes later was the turning point though! Goals from Ronaldo and Rodriguez prevented an upset on this occassion.
We got off to a flyer against Metalurg Zp with Costa, Fernando and Adriano netting within 25 minutes, before the game took a huge twist. By the 75th minute we looked short on confidence and morale, finding ourselves 4-3 down. An 80th minute Bernard strike saved us here. What a poor showing after the first 25 minutes!
Back to winning ways against Olimpic D, despite going ahead twice we couldn't take more than a 1 goal lead, being pegged back twice! A penalty converted with 7 minutes to spare was our key to three points here.
High flying Dnipro proved a stern test, neither side could make anything of the chances created, as we played out a goalless draw.
Back to Champions League action, and another game ruined by a red card! Srna the offender this time, with only seconds played! We had to fight out the whole match against Anderlecht with 10 men. We put up a tough test, but couldn't prevent them beating us. 6-4 the final score.
We somehow pick ourselves up to bag our hat-trick of wins over Dynamo Kyiv for the season. A hat-trick from Adriano, a brace from Stepanenko helped with a goal from Costa ensured a highly convincing 6-2 victory!

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With every month that passes the gap slowly gets bigger. We're looking rather comfortable at the top with a 5 point cushion over Kyiv. Lets just hope we can get the job done from here.

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The two red cards in the Champions League games really ruined our chances of sneaking through to the knockout stages. We're still in with a chance of claiming 3rd place in the group though, aslong as Anderlecht don't upset the odds against Madrid!
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December

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Just one game took place for us in December, and the was the return visit of Roma. Unfortunatley, we slipped to another 1-0 defeat against them. Now we needed to hope that Anderlecht wouldn't upset Madrid!

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A group we always knew would be a monumetal task to qualify from, however, I'm happy to take third place, though I thought it would be more comfortable than it was in the end. Off the the Europa League! Let's see what it throws at us!
Dan
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Not the best way of doingit admittedly but through to the europa league! well done, looking superb in the league too
Ryan9
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Indeed it wasn't Dan, but as you've said, we're there! Looking comfortable in the league at the moment, which is good as we can look to rest a few players for the Europa League!

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January Transfer Update

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We'll start by looking at who left the club this month, a few may come as a bit of a surprise! Three reserve players left on loan to gain some first team experience, but let's look at the big movers! First up, our big man upfront, Luiz Adriano. He came to me after hearing of interest in him, and asked if I could let him go if a bid occured. Obviously I pushed to get a decent fee for him, eventually selling him for £10 million to Benfica. Next up, Wellington Nem, a guy with lots of potential! However, being offered £15 million for him was enough to make me accept, so off he went to Athletico! Finally, Fernando. He was subject of a failed move to Arsenal in the summer for £17.5 million, and now he's left us. The move takes him to Real Madrid, and we gained £20 million for him! What a massive sum we've made off three players!

Now you must be thinking ... Who could possibly be in line to replace the gap left by top scorer Adriano? Well ...

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Christian Benteke! I was surprised we could attract him to our club, however I wasn't going to turn down the chance to sign the powerful striker! A fee of £28.5 million was required to snap him up,which I was willing to pay! Now to hope he gives me the return I'm expecting!
Our other signing is 18 year old attacking midfielder Patrick Roberts of Fulham. A bid of £12 million, double his value, was needed to capture the youngster! I'm confident he'll turn into a fantastic player as his career progresses!

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Finally, here's our friendly results from the winter break. Nothing major, just a few games to help keep our fitness up before heading back into competitive football!
Dan
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Surpruised you let wellington nem go but then saw you brought in Benteke! superb signing, roberts looks like he could develop too!
Ryan9
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I couldn't turn down that sort of money Dan, especially not in a league like this! Benteke should really add something to the team, and Roberts could develop into a star!

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Our Return to Competitive Action

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In the Europa Leaugue First Knockout Round we'd been drawn against Inter Milan. After falling behind at home, and Vidic being sent off for the visitors, we struggled to find a way though, though Rakitskyi eventually managed to rescue a draw in the 88th minute. Onto the second leg. 8 minutes in and Douglas Costa got us that all important away goal, something to build on! We couldn't hold this result though, as Inter went and put 2 goals past us to send us out of the competition.
We faced an easier test when we came up against Chornomorets, we took an early lead through Bernard before Benteke turned in a first half hat-trick on his league debut! Ilsinho had our final goal, rounding off our scoring.
We also managed to brush Metalist aside as we continued our run. Benteke opened the scoring. Youngster Roberts scored a screamer to open his account for us, before defender Rakitskyi nodded in from a corner. Another three points.
We suffered a shock when Vorskla beat us 3-2. Kucher scored from the spot along with another Rakitskyi goal but it couldn't prevent a defeat!
Back to winning ways against Zorya though, a Benteke double with Bernard finding the net between the two goals saw us take a comfortable three points, as we looked to make up for our previous defeat!
Our month ended with a second domestic defeat in three games, as Karpaty got the better of us, as they held onto a 1 goal lead until the final whistle.


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With just 4 league games remaining, both us and Dnipro have qualified for the Europa League next season. A poor month though has seen our advantage cut to just 3 points, possibly 2, depending on how Dynamo Kyiv get on in their game in hand! It's going to be a close end to the season, that's for sure!
Johno
17 years ago
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Strange losses there Hopefully you can stay top!
Gendo
12 years ago
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I know a lot about how Patrick Roberts plays, having a Fulham save running currently. He'll help you a lot in the middle, hell he could net you a few goals too if Benteke can't do it. Great signings!
Ryan9
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Certainly was Johno, brings the league tight among the top 3! Thanks pal!

Hoping he can do that Gendo, he seems decent enough! More of a signing for the future, but he's getting game time to improve!


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Aprils Update

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A much needed win against Illichivets gave us a perfect start to April, with new signing Benteke on the scoresheet 4 times! Costa and Ordets scored to complete the scoreline!
Next we faced Metalist, and followed up the 6-0 win with another 3 points. Bernard, Roberts, Kryvstov and Benteke getting the goals this time.
The Ukrainian Cup resumed, here in the Quarter Finals we faced a stern test from Chornomorets. They ran out 3-1 winners in the first leg. Early goals from Ordets and Bernard keeping our hopes alive in the competition.
We once again slipped up in the league, earning just a point against Metalurg D! A 1-1 draw saved by a Costa goal would have to do, although I can't say it was a good result! Especially after it was my goalkeeper with an own goal which made us end with 1 point not 3!
Finally, the second leg of the Quarter Final clash with Chornomorets. An 8th minute goal from Rakitskyi had us in good shape, but we couldn't find the winner. Onto penalties it went, where we won 5-4 after 6 penalties each.

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We're still on top! We've got just 1 league game remaining, however, that's not until the end of May! A huge break between the final 2 league games. A pick of three teams can still win the title, us, who remain top on goal difference. Dynamo Kyiv, who will go above us if they win and we fail to win, or if they draw and we lose! Dnipro need a miracle. Trailing by three points, they'll need to win, with us and Dynamo Kyiv losing. They'll also need to make up 17 goal difference on the final day to stand any chance of winning the league!
bmg033
10 years ago
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Did Bernard attract much interest from other clubs? He could probably fetch a decent fee.
Dan
12 years ago
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Good to see you reach the semi final in the cup, expect the board want you to win it though, not too bad in the league, yours to throw away and unlucky in europe! Benteke seems to be finding ukraine life alright!

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