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August 2020

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4 more games played in the Bundesliga, and things are going really really well. It seems we are actually well suited to football in the top flight. Old foes Hamburger SV were our first victims of the month. We continued our good form against them with 1 1-0 win courtesy of a Clemmens bullet header. We then faced high flying RB Leipzig and came away with an unlikely victory after a Jhon Cordoba curling effort. Borrussia Monchengladbach hosted us next and outplayed us for the whole game and they came away with all 3 points. We then got a sneaky last minute victory on the last game of the month against Schalke to make it 9 points out of 12.



LEAGUE TABLE



6 games into the Bundesliga season and we sit in 3rd position. I can't believe what I'm seeing from the lads and who knows if we can keep up this form. I certainly hope so. 3 points off the top spot...

August 2020

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2 games into my first season back in the Bundesliga and things are going ok. A disappointing start to the campaign as we lost 2-0 to Hertha BSC on the opening day. We were outplayed and I thought that the difference in quality was clear to show. We bounced back against the champions FC Bayern with a sensational last-minute winner courtesy of new boy Olexandr Zinchenko! What a victory, and one that I certainly didn't expect. It shows we can upset the apple cart a bit this season.



LEAGUE TABLE



Early days, 2 games in and we sit 10th. Bang in the middle of the pack. 1 loss, 1 win. A solid start I think.

TRANSFERS / IN

Marcos Llorente - CM - Real Madrid - £2.9m



Olexandr Zinchenko - LW - Man City - Loan



David Otto - ST - Hoffenheim - £5.25m



TRANSFERS / OUT

Dominik Becker - DR - Kapfenburger - Loan

Tomas Ostrak - MC - Admira Wacker - Loan

Brady Scott - GK - VFL Bochum - Loan



FRIENDLIES




Once again we had a wide variety of friendly games to warm up to the season. We ended up grabbing 6 wins and only the 1 defeat which came at the hands of Wolverhampton Wanderers. I tried to get most of my players involved so we were all ready and raring to go for our first season back in the big time Bundesliga.

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END OF SEASON 2020

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We ended the season on a high. 3 games played and 3 more wins to add to our tally. We got our revenge against Jahn Regensburg who battered us previously in the season and hammered them ourselves 6-2 with that main man Cordoba grabbing 4 goals himself. We grabbed a 2-0 victory away from home on the final day to bring our total wins on the season to 23. Not bad if I do say so myself.



LEAGUE TABLE



TEAM STATS

APRIL 2020

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Another unbeaten month in the bag. 3 wins, 2 draws. We could've quite easily lost a couple of those draws mind you and we were lucky to escape with a point. That being said, the victories were magnificent. Special mention to Cordoba who notched up 7 goals in the 5 games this month! 4 in one game! Huge effort there by the main man.



LEAGUE TABLE



8 points clear with 3 games to go. 1 more win and we have won the league! Enough said!

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MARCH 2020

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3 games, 3 wins. We started off the month with a nice 3-1 win away against FC Ingolstadt with Risse, Ozcan and Cordoba grabbing the goals. Our 2nd victory was a demolition of Bielfield at home. 5 goals scored by Ozcan, Schaub (2), Cordoba and Clemmens. We rounded off the month with a close fought battle away at Duisburg. We managed to grab the victory with a goal from Cordoba. All in all, a decent month. 2 months to go.



LEAGUE TABLE



5 points is the gap between us in top spot, and Hamburg who lie in 2nd. Our playoff spot looks to be all but certain with a gap of 16 points between us and 4th.

YOUTH INTAKE



Seems to be a pretty good intake of youth prospects for the season. I'm really looking forward to seeing how Sertan Dogan can progress, he's only 14 and he has 5 star potential. Lots to ponder for the future. Could these be the stars that make Köln shine once again...

FEBRUARY 2020

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5 league games to start us off after the Winter Break. A mixed bag of results for us including 3 wins, 2 draws and a loss. The loss came against Furth who absolutely outplayed us, which is a shame to see. To be honest we haven't played that good football at all this month. We need to start to get back to our attractive attacking football from before the winter break. We were lucky to grab a draw against Union Berlin but we dug out a result there. We ended the month on a win which is important as we look to kick on and cement our status at the top of the tree.

LEAGUE TABLE



We're still top of the tree, and we have 3 months of football to go. We extended the lead to 5 points now after Hamburg had a varied month just like us. Our goal difference is vastly superior as well so that puts us in a fantastic position. 3 months to go...

JANUARY 2020

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TRANSFERS / OUT

Jorge Mere - CB - Schalke 04 - £12.5m (£17.75m)
I had to let him go, the offer was too good to turn down. He wanted a chance to play int he Bundesliga this season and he got the opportunity. He also picked up far too many yellow cards for my liking so that was a factor in letting him leave. Lasse Sobiech has performed well and he will now start more in his place. I've promoted a player from the youth squad to act as cover.

Marco Hoger - CM - Lokomotiv Moscow - £4.7m (5.75m)
Another one who wanted to leave the club as he wasn't getting playing time. I'm not going to miss him as he never featured for me. Cashed in on him whilst I could.

YOUTH PLAYERS PROMOTED]

Jan Thielmann - ST

Jan scored 7 in 9 starts for the youth team so I thought it's a good time to move him on up and continue his development in the senior squad. Let's see how he gets on.



Yann Auriel-Bisseck - CB

I actually got advised to move him into the senior squad as he was ready by my assistant. It makes sense after Mere departed us. He may get some game time but I have my main 2 CB's for now.



FIXTURES



Only friendlies for us this month as it's the Winter Break. 4 wins against 4 different quality teams and absolutely no goals conceded so I'm very happy with that. Keeps things ticking over. Let's hope our league form can continue.

DECEMBER 2019

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The unbeaten run is over, and what a way to lose that streak. We went down 3-0 to Jahn Regensburg who to be quite frank, aren't even that good. We were so poor on the day but I can't expect to win them all. They did deserve to win the game but if we had played to our potential then we would have won. Simple. We will move on...

2 4-0 wins got us back on track and closed out the first half of the season as we enter the Winter Break. VFL Bochum who were meant to challenge up at the top end of the league proved no match for us as we stormed past them and cemented our place at the top of the league. Louis Schaub has gone under the radar but is actually the leagues top goalscorer with 10 in his 17 games this season. Not bad for a center midfield player.

League Table



Half way point in the Bundesliga 2. 5 points is the gap now and we are starting to look really good for promotion. I don't want to go up via the playoffs though, only winning the league is good enough from here on in. Hamburger SV are still the main threat but I'm hopeful they will start to die off and let our lead grow some more.

NOVEMBER2019

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Another month, another step towards an unbeaten season. This time, only the one win which is slightly disappointing. We played 2 mid table teams and 1 title rival. The big game came at the start of the month against Hamburger SV. They took the lead early on against the run of play, but we hit back with a superb move and strike from Chris Willock. A point here is definitely better than 0. It keeps them behind us which is where we want them.

I decided to give Lasse Sobiech a run in the team after he was complaining about not having playing time and being an influential player (this seems to happen a lot in this version, either that or I'm rubbish at balancing my squad out.) and he rewarded me with 2 goals (both penalties) in a cracking 3-0 win. A draw to end the month and we are still unbeaten after 14 games in the league. Happy days.

League Table



14 games in, top of the league with that familiar 4 point cushion. Hamburger SV still haven't played their game in hand so it still could become a 1 point lead. This could go down to the wire.