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#228898 English Hero (Ebbsfleet)
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#228881 Arsenal - The Big Journey With The Gooners.
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#228878 English Hero (Ebbsfleet)
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Cheers mate. Looks like we're both a glutton for LLM punishment!
#228871 English Hero (Ebbsfleet)
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#228858 From The Bottom To The Top
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#228856 My new football life
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#228855 The globetrotter
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#228852 English Hero (Ebbsfleet)
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Cheers mate. It is a bit of an ask. To be honest, I'm just hoping to make it into league football!
#228851 English Hero (Ebbsfleet)
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#228777 English Hero (Ebbsfleet)
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The English Hero Challenge is simple; take a club from the lowest playable league in England all the way to the Premier League. Consecutive promotions is obviously the aim but as we all know LLM isn't that simple.
Ebbsfleet United have announced the appointment of Michael Mul as their new manager. The arrival of Mul comes as something of a shock to fans and journalists alike; the young manager is a complete unknown and the spotlight will be firmly pointed on him and the board in the opening stages of the 2014/15 campaign.
With Ebbsfleet expected to push for promotion this term, fans appeared somewhat hesitant to see such an inexperienced manager take the helm. Speaking to the attending press Mul said, "It's fantastic to be given this opportunity. I assure you I'm here for the long-term. Together we're going to achieve great things!"
The optimistic statement was swiftly followed by stunned silence. Could a manager really be this confident, or was this display of animal puffery just an attempt to conceal his relative inexperience?
#165834 Megapack - Improvement Image request thread - NEW RULES IN OP
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#165037 English Hero (Eastleigh)
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Another good month - unbeaten still, and going strong. We're up to third, 2 points off leaders Havant. Larsson has been instrumental to our success - the young striker has bagged a phenomenal 8 goals in 8 games! So far, so good!
FA Cup 2nd Qual. Rnd
September also saw a second-string Eastleigh side beat minnows Hythe 2-0 in the FA Cup. Goals from Ingebrigtsen and Nkusu Landu were enough to see off a very average Hythe side. Playing at home allowed me to rest a whole host of first team stars; we've got a strong squad and I was always confident in the boys coming in.
In other news, I've also added a few more names to the squad. I released Damian Batt and Stuart Fleetwood which allowed me to sign four new players. The new arrivals include: Chris Forrester, Sean McDermott, Jake Kirby (season loan) and Joao Teixeira. I'm yet to secure Acapandie at right-back and I'm starting to feel like it's not going to happen.
#164937 English Hero (Eastleigh)
mully99
An unbeaten first month for Eastleigh. We were actually very unlucky this month - both games we drew were because of very late equalisers. Despite a slow start to the month, Jordan Larsson was my stand-out performer, netting 3 goals in 4 starts. We currently sit 7th, 4 points off leaders Ebbsfleet; it's early days though and with a lot of football to be played I'm confident we can topple them.
In other news, this month also saw the arrival of a few new faces. Early season injuries have forced me to add a bit of depth; I've brought in Hugo Fernandez (season loan), Liam Smith (5-month loan) and Adam Nkusu Landu. The addition of right-back Smith and holding midfielder Fernandez has allowed us to release Will Evans and Jai Reason. They're decent players but the wage bill couldn't carry them.
#164903 The Chosen One
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#164892 English Hero (Eastleigh)
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A really good warm-up; the boys performed admirably and adjusted to my formations really well. Whilst many would see this as an opportunity to make some cash - playing big sides - I feel that winning games is more important; you can't turn it on and off like a tap, and for that reason I always like to arrange some "easy" friendlies to get the team use to winning. Hopefully we can carry our fine form into the new campaign.
I've worked my transfers very differently this time round. Whilst I've stuck with many of the same faces - Horvath, Larsson, etc,. - I've also added some new ones. The way I go about my business has changed dramatically; before, I would offer high wages with yearly rises, this time however, I've lessened wages and offered 50% of next sale to pretty much everyone. I'm sure I can get them to sign new deals (on less money) next year, at which point I will remove sell-on clauses. This has really helped me secure some BIG signings and add some much-needed depth.
There were A LOT of changes - a whole new team pretty much - but I'm confident once the team gels we will be a real force. I've built a very young team (current avg. age 20.20) but I'm confident the kids will be successful! On a side note, I really can't recommend enough looking through the leagues in Sweden, Norway and Austria. You can get some real bargains there - Norway in particular have some great players you can sign for free in Jan. Anyway, here's a look at the squad and transfers as of 8th August:
#164891 Season Of Iron
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#164886 Up The Owls!
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#164885 La Leggenda Italiana - A Father & Son Tale
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#164884 Season Of Iron
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#164883 Through The Ranks
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#164854 English Hero (Eastleigh)
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So, for those of you who followed my last Eastleigh story - sorry that I cut it short. My financial management wasn't as good as I would have liked, and although I was doing very well, I knew I could do even better. In the second season my team got absolutely plagued with injuries and I had no money to bring in replacements - a real shame as there were some very decent players available.
Anyway, In the last story I did match-by-match updates, as this took forever (and got relatively little feedback) I've decided I'm going to make this version more condensed - month-by-month. Any input is very welcome - it's never easy making decisions at this level and help is always appreciated.
My home form was excellent last time round so, despite what some may have thought, the Gegenpressing system was brilliant! My away form however, well, that's another story entirely. The only reason I didn't absolutely blitz the league was because of poor away days. I went the entire season unbeaten at home; away I was probably 3rd/4th best in the league.
As you will know if you read my last story, I'm not a fan of the route-one football usually seen in LLM. For this reason I've developed a nice collection of tactics to help me throughout the season. As community member Sheriff Skacel pointed out, tactics like these are not the "norm" at this level; nevertheless, I maintain if you have the right players it will work.
Klopp's Gegenpressing
The first tactic under the microscope is the Gegenpressing system. This is my take on Jurgen Klopp's Dortmund. Playing an asymmetrical 4-2-3-1 system, this tactic combines high pressing and fast, direct attacking football. This tactic was solid at home, however it's cavalier approach was probably the reason we didn't perform away.
Conte's Vecchia Signora (Old Lady)
Personally, I've dropped the Diego Simeone tactic. It was a good tactic - very solid - I just didn't have the players to suit the system. This time I've gone for Antonio Conte's Juventus tactic - 5-3-2. I've really like the look of Juve in the Europa League this season so I've tried my best to replicate their style. I always prefer to play with wing-backs anyway, so this tactic played right into my hands.
Mourinho's Bus
And finally, the last tactic in my armory is "The Bus". Or more to the point, my version of Jose Mourinho's defensive 4-5-1 formation. Based on Chelsea's formation in the first leg of the 2013/14 Champions League semi-final against Simeone's Atletico, this tactic is designed to frustrate. The primary aim of this tactic is to "park the team bus" in front of the goal and try to nick something on a counter attack. This tactic was vital in difficult cup ties last time round, so I'm definitely using it again.
Stick with me guys, I promise I will stick with this game to the very end. It was my first ever time completing an FM14 season last time so I've learnt a lot! This is going to be EPIC!
#163009 Spinning Swimming and Screaming through Turkey
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#163008 English hero challenge (We're promoted!)
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Hunte scores a brace to get us back to winning ways in the league. Hunte was really impressive today; we're getting a lot of players back from injury now so hopefully we can recapture the form we showed at the start of the campaign. The significance of today's result is that it was away to one of the league's top sides; very promising - we're getting better!
#163004 English hero challenge (We're promoted!)
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Sutton Utd 1 - 2 Eastleigh
We lost 3-2 last time we played away to Sutton, so getting a result today wasn't a given. I'm so pleased that we were able to seal a BIG win and secure our safe passage into the next round. Last season we were the biggest underachievers in the FA Cup, getting knocked out in the 2nd Qual. Rnd against Folkestone. We're already doing better than last year!
#163002 English hero challenge (We're promoted!)
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Another draw, as a cruel 92nd minute equaliser downs my depleted side. Before the game we added two new players - Sean Goss and Tom Halsall. To be honest we should have been able to postpone the match. I had half my side out injured or on international duty; Halsall had to come in otherwise I wouldn't even have had a GK for the game.
Despite having hardly any players available to me, I really though we might have nicked it when Caleta-Car rose highest to head home the opener. The equaliser was a real kick in the teeth.
#162998 English hero challenge (We're promoted!)
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It was 1st v 2nd as the leagues two tops sides, Eastleigh and Grimsby go head-to-head. We had 16 shots to their measly 3! Our profligacy has kept us from really running away with this division. A win here would have had all promotion contenders worrying.
#162996 English hero challenge (We're promoted!)
mully99
Despite a Larsson penalty miss, we've managed to get back to winning ways! Connor Hunte and Larsson were on target to record another home victory. Hopefully that ends our bad run - fingers crossed!
#162987 English hero challenge (We're promoted!)
mully99
After 12 games we sit 2nd, 1 point off top with 2 games in-hand. We had poor end to September, but all in all, a pretty good start to life in the Skrill Premier. With our injury list at an all-time high I've moved to bring in a short-term fix - Anthony Furlonge on a 3-month loan from Stevenage.
#162983 English hero challenge (We're promoted!)
mully99
A thread-bare Eastleigh were well and truly beaten by an on-form Barnet side. Having knocked us out of the FA Trophy last year, I was keen to get some revenge - unfortunately, it didn't work out. We weren't anywhere near as bad as the scoreline says, but the way our form is right now, we just can't catch a break.
#162980 English hero challenge (We're promoted!)
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No honeymoon lasts forever! We were brought back down to earth in crushing style. Beaten 4-2 despite completely dominating the game. It was bound to happen! The game was full of controversial decisions, including a dubious penalty decision. In other news, we also picked up a fair few injuries meaning our side is in real trouble right now!