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Its not a great record is it @bigmattb28 but it'll do for cover. He still has some strong attributes.

Sure is @r96Skinner just need to take it into the season now.

Sure was @KEZ_7 it was against a fair few smaller clubs though. Nothing big tactically, currently running @VP.'s 3-2-3-2 formation.

I'm enjoying life in Italy, moving away from English football and Fulham has definitely brightened up my end of the save again a little bit. Not that Fulham was demotivating me but its always nice to jump into another fresh challenge. A strong pre season on and off the bench saw me boast a strong side as we looked to get Roma back into Champions League football next season. We've had no domestic cup competition games as of yet, but have had plenty of European action along with half the league season, lets delve straight into that...

My first ever taste of Euro Cup ll action. Strange to think a side as big as Roma are in this competition but its one we now look to win. A dominant showing against Dutch opposition FC Utrecht saw us beat them over two legs, 9-3 in the Best Placed fourth qualifying round. This easily led us into the group. As expected, an easy group which saw us win five our of six of our games, drawing one which we were reduced to ten men for. Conceding just two goals along the way, our opponents for the Second Knockout Round haven't been drawn yet.

We take the top spot in the group and this was never really in doubt from the moment the balls were drawn. Taking the top spot is a nice advantage as it means we skip the first knockout round, where Rijeka are going instead. We finish six points clear having scored sixteen goals and conceding just two along the way.

Our league form is currently nothing short of fantastic! We carried our very positive pre season form into the league and are on course to smash it. Scoring plenty and picking up a few clean sheets along the way. Only one side have managed to take all the points from us this season, and thats current title holders and giants, Juventus as they beat us one nil away from home. A couple of annoying slip ups, mainly that of losing away at Salernitana, the leagues bottom side at that point and not taking our chances against Lazio and Fiorentina, but plenty of positives including putting four past Udinese, Genoa and Torino, five past Frosinone and six past Empoli! Goals galore.

A couple games short of the halfway stage this season but we are in control at Christmas and going into the New Year. Its not a massive gap, just four points clear of second place Inter Milan and a further two points clear of Napoli who are chasing us down in third place. Current title holders, Juventus are off the pace this season. Fourteen points off us struggling down in sixth place. It seems to be ours to lose right now. We've currently scored the second most amount of goals at this stage of the season, just two less than second place Inter Milan, whilst conceding the joint least. Just ten goals have gone past us so far, the same as Atalanta in fifth have conceded.

Next Post: Roma - End Of Season Round Up - May 2025

Well done on another trophy, so close in the league but im sure it'll be yours next year around

We had plenty of offers on the table @tongey But Roma was always my preferred club.

Thanks @SirWerGaming, I do like Roma!

Thanks @r96Skinner

Bit jobs indeed @bigmattb28 but it was always Roma for me from the start of the summer.

I ended up with just over forty days before our first competitive fixture since taking the reigns at Roma. So a quick flight to Italy, find a place to stay and then get to work. Luckily I had already managed to assess the squad and see what I had to work with and I already knew what we had financially. So, I got straight to work, scanning the player market to see what was about in our price range, along with what we could sell, I also quickly assessed the younger squads to see what we had available there.

The transfer window looks busy with the revolving door on the way out but not too many new faces. A couple deals were done before I arrived. Both Karim Rekik who cost the club £26.5million from rivals Inter Milan and Juan Bernat who arrived on a free transfer from PSG were done before my arrival. My first deal coming in was to snap up free transfer Alexandre Lacazette. Despite being 33 years old now, the French striker still boasts plenty of quality. The only incoming deal that I personally spent money on was to bring in Federico Valverde, another coming from our rivals, this time from Napoli in another deal costing us £26.5million.

On the other side of the revolving door again a couple of deals before I arrived. A couple of free deals but the most notable, the exit of Lucas Hernandesz was a big one, he joins PSG for £38.5million. He will be a huge loss to us, but the deal could rise to just short of £50million. A couple of cheap deals since my arrival but plenty of loan action. I let almost the whole of the under 20 squad leave on loan to get some valuable first team action.

A very, very busy summer on the pitch but a very pleasing one too. It looks like the squad are adapting to the tactics straight away. Plenty of goals, plenty of wins and just the one draw. A fair few of the teams we played were much lower in quality to us, however we did beat the likes of Atletico Madrid and Boca which shows good signs to come this season ahead. Time to head to the competitive side of things.

Next Post: Roma - Mid Season Round Up - January 2025

Well done mate!

Done easily enough to beat Finn Harps, imagine Longford will be tougher having not beaten them in all three of your head to heads so far this season!

Never in doubt

The money at Lyon was very tempting @DNZY however my heart was set on Roma from the off when I saw it was available.

Lets go to Italy! A few offers were on the table but it was Roma that drew my attention in from the start of the summer and I'm very happy to have ended up here. A chance to build some sort of dynasty is the aim. Another long term project but one I can sink my teeth into. Fulham was a good chance to welcome myself back to English football and before that, Genk was a great starting block to establish myself. Now the hard work starts in trying to turn Roma into world beaters, Champions League winners? Lets just start with the basics perhaps.

And so here are the expectations that I've agreed with the board for my first season in charge in Italy. We will play the Euro Cup ll competition, one I'm yet to play in as of yet so that'll be a fun experience, with the board expecting us to reach the Final as a minimum expectation here. My aim is to win it! In the league, the aim is to make the top four at least and get that Champions League qualification. and the Italian Cup, we need to be making the Semi Final, so hopefully we'll get favorable draws throughout that competition.

Its nice to see so money at the club after that stint in London. Positive financial situation again. As expected, Roma currently have fifty one million pounds sat in the bank, with thirty five million pounds of this made available to me in transfers and 75% of transfer revenue will also be added to the budget, so I'll look to sell any deadwood where possible. The wage budget is set at £2.8million and I've currently got 350k of that left available that isn't being spent.

I am pretty happy with the squad I've taken on here in Rome. Obviously there are a couple places that look a little weaker than others but on a whole its got a fair bit of depth and there is also plenty of quality in the youth side which I've already tried to send out on loan to gain some valuable experience. A couple of the older players will be offered out to see if we can shift them, raising some small funds but also gaining some transfer budget back. A lot of potential which we look to unlock over the season.

Next Post: Roma - Pre Season Round Up - June 2024

I'm not sure how we done it with that squad @r96Skinner but it felt rewarding!

Thanks @bigmattb28, I never saw Fulham as a long term project unfortunately and financially they're not that stable.

Its been a busy summer but I am on the move. I began the early summer by trying to get a few freebies in for Fulham, players with expiring contracts, they got a couple of them in, Kyle Walker being the most notable despite being the wrong side of thirty now. But my main aim was always to move on this summer following promotion. I had done what I felt I could with Fulham. Having scrolled through the job market, there were a couple that appealed to me, also plenty that didn't. I chucked my name into the hat for a couple, the Fulham board apparently not worried about this, with no reaction from them.

God its been a busy summer! I applied for five jobs to try and get a route out of Fulham. And they're the first five in the list, Real Madrid, Man United, Arsenal, Lazio and Roma. However, the two Premier League jobs weren't really a big interest of mine. If I was to move to the Premier League, I'd prefer to head to Liverpool. However I attended the interviews for both the clubs anyway. I also interviewed at Real Madrid, Lazio and Roma. Unexpectedly there were three other offers that soon came in, two more chances for the Premier League in Brighton and Bournemouth as well as a chance to head to France to join Lyon. I rejected the two other interview offers at Bournemouth and Brighton, But did meet with Lyon to see what was happening in France.

Two rejections shortly followed, but if I'm honest, this didn't downhearten me at all. As I said in the above paragraph. If I was to head to the Prem, away from Fulham, it would only be for Liverpool right now. So to miss out on these two posts aren't the end of the world. Hope turned towards the other jobs that my name was in four, I awaited to see my next three emails...

Shortly after the two rejections, I had three job offers on the table. There was one job in particular that I was aiming for right from the start of my application. And one of those were one of the three above. The Lazio job didn't look too bad, obviously in the top tier of Italy, A huge transfer budget of sixty five million pounds to spend. Playing in the Europa League following a strong season last year. The Lyon job offer looks extremely tempted, over double the transfer budget available, one hundred and forty one million to spend and Champions League football, a chance to challenge PSG? Finally Roma, The lowest budget of the three, just thirty five million pounds on offer to spend and they'll be playing Europa ll football, the newest of the European competitions...

Italy bound! Lets do this!

Next Post: Welcome To Roma - June 2024

This HAS to be the season! Surely you can't throw it away this time!

That certainly did not go to plan at Basingstoke! However like Matt said above, you've landed on your feet with Limerick it would seem!

This'll be a tough ask saving them! but just one good run of results and it'll be fine!

After finally get that last update out, I've done my best to get into a routine and regularly playing again and have smashed out the second half of the season. Its been a fairly enjoyable year in charge of Fulham before this update, this now taking us to a year and a half at the helm of the London based club. We went into the second half of the season just inside the playoffs, sitting sixth and three points clear from seventh place. Whilst also guiding the Championship side to a Quarter Final exit of the Carabao Cup, taking a couple of Premier League opposition out on our way. Now we have the second half of the league season, but first, the FA Cup as we seeked a second cup run.

FA Cup Quarter Finalists as well. Not bad for a Championship club going to both domestic cup Quarter Finals. We had a good run, facing League Two Walsall in the Third Round, the first one we entered. The Fourth Round drew us to League One Charlton who we thumped comfortably five now. Our reward for reaching the Fifth Round was a home tie against Premier League side Wolves. And boy did we turn up for it! A big four one victory with our summer freebie, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy hitting all four! Unfortunately the Quarter Finals would prove to be our exit again, narrowly losing out four three against another Premier League outfit, this time away on the South Coast at Bournemouth.

Our second half of the season was a joy to be in charge of, the boys were fantastic! We played twenty one matches and went on to win over half of them with twelve victories along with four draws and five defeats. We were picking up points exactly where we needed too. Unfortunately still not matching the big teams like Norwich but did secure a victory over league leaders West Brom. But what did this mean to our playoff hopes, surely we were in them for a second season running...

Of course we scoop a playoff spot for the second season running, meeting the boards expectations. Infact, we sailed into them, finishing a massive fourteen points ahead of Southampton who were in seventh place. We were also a big eight points off an automatic promotion which Norwich took. But they could get nowhere near West Brom who flew away with the title, finishing ninteen, yes nineteen points clear! What a superb season for the baggies. For us though, Leeds United awaited. A side we drew 2-2 to in the last game of the season and lost 2-1 to earlier in the year. Not a great omen, could we go one better this year and reach the Playoff Final?

Advantage Fulham! Having the Playoff Semi Final First Leg at home was a massive boost for us and we took full advantage as we went on to take a two nil victory into the Second Leg. A wet afternoon at Craven Cottage saw it goalless until the twenty seventh minute when our centre back Jamzaoui scored a header. And it was another man in our back line to secure the win. Wing back Alfa Semedo netting a volley in the six yard box just eighteen minutes from time. Leeds poor discipline caught up with them when Martin Montoya was shown a second booking in the eighty sixth minute.

Playoff Final here we come! Another good showing, this time at Elland Road sees us book our place in the Final. We started nervy and this eventually cost us when striker Sandro scored from outside the area to give the hosts the lead. Luckily we quickly bounced back, practically going up the other end from kick off as Ben Johnson netted just two minutes later. And the game would effectively be won just two minutes before the break when Paulo Bernardo struck into the bottom right corner. Leeds, for the second game running went down to ten men when Sam McQueen was shown a straight red for a bas challenge in the box. The resulting penalty taken by Jon Davies was saved though.

WE ARE GOING UP! What a show from the boys, absolutely dominated Bristol City at Wembley to take us to the promised land, the Premier League! A game in which all our goals came from set pieces! It was just seven minutes before we had the crowd jumping when centre back Lefevre seized on an error and volleyed in from close range. Unfortunately our top score Hepburn-Murphy left the pitch after a challenge in the twenty eight minute. We had to wait till just after the hour mark for the next goal when Bristol Citys defensive midfielder put the ball into his own net. Jon Davies scored to put the game beyond doubt three minutes into injury time as Bristol City were pushing for a late comeback. However we still went on to concede in the final few seconds, but it mattered very little.!

Whats next? I'm not sure, the board have given me a £40million warchest to spend on summer arrivals, but I personally think it'd take a lot more than that to get us through survival in the Premier League, despite the teams we beat this year. There are a couple of jobs that have opened up as the season winds down and I will probably throw my name into the mix for these. I won't be resigning, if I don't get another job, it'll be mission survival with Fulham.

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Good luck mate, you've had some lengthy careers with us here on the forums, hopefully this'll be another one.

Good luck mate! First step of getting out the Championship 'should' be straight forward enough.

Shame it didn't work in Croatia, but thats the fun of these saves! Good luck in Wales

Another couple trophies in the bag, well done fella, looking strong this season too following promotion.

Thanks again @SirWerGaming, its not a strong squad this time around and with our lack of financial support, it could be a tough year.

Happy New Year to you all that follow and support my story. Lets have a blast

So into 2024 we move and this updates been a while coming hasn't it. Having been away for a quick break to the big Apple and then Christmas and New Year, I've had very little time to get a serious session in and get some progress made. But finally the first half of the season here in London has been played. We went into the season with a squad that lacked depth and quality. As the board struggle to back us financially, missing out on the promotion last year looks to have cost Fulham any chance of success any time soon. However with the playoffs still the ambition of the board, I had to deliver.

We had a superb run in the Carabao Cup, much better than I could have imagined. We entered in the First Round, where we faced League One side Gillingham and comfortably beat them four one. The Second Round drew us at home against Premier League side Leicester, expecting to crash out, a first minute Joe Bryan goal sent us into the third round. We were rewarded here with another home tie, this time against League One side AFC Wimbledon. Thankfully no slip up as we coasted to a four two victory. Another Premier League team then awaited us in the Fourth Round, and another scalp for us. A penalty shootout victory over Newcastle, at St James Park saw us through after a one all draw in normal time. The Quarter Finals would be our last stop though. A trip to London rivals Chelsea saw us narrowly miss out, losing two one. We trailed two nil before half time and really tried to make a go of it, certainly not embarrassing ourselves.

Well, our form isn't as bad as I had feard coming into the season, we're definitely trying to prove a point at least. It started well enough, with six wins from our opening nine games, which also included a draw and two defeats. A couple bigger teams back in the Championship shows how we're off the top of the pile. With the likes of Norwich, West Brom and Southampton, despite us beating the latter of the three. We've had a few good wins along the way, whilst keeping with the Carabao Cup action. We'll now head to the second half of the season, look to get an FA Cup run on the go as well as keeping up with a strong performance in the league, but how does this show in the standings...

West Brom are the leaders as we pass through the halfway stage of the season. At one point they were clear and flying having won sixteen and drawn one of their seventeen games. However it seems to have taken a slight step back since and thats allowed Norwich to close within a point in second place. The gap then opens up to Leeds, who are a further seven points a drift in third and sit five points clear of us. We occupy the final playoff place as it stands, but are only three points clear of Reading and four clear of Bristol City, meaning we need to be at our best if we wish to stay in playoff contention again this year. A win for us and both Stoke and Sheffield Wednesday losing would see us jump to fourth, so the table is tight, lets bring on 2024!

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Well done dude, that was tight but always makes an exciting final day!

Well done getting that first trophy in Ghana, can't believe how many Asante Kotoko scored! lethal attack! Good luck in Croatia.

Can't keep up with how quickly you get through the game! A few superb seasons there have put you right in the hunt for the welsh title now mate. keep it going.

Congrats dude, thats the first one off the list, few more to go yet...

Hard luck narrowly missing out last season, need a strong second half of the season this time around it seems.

Very successful first season at the helm that. Great to get that new contract, best of luck in season 2

Have Norwich been heavily invested in?

I'm using the 'Thor' tactic from our tactic page @VP.

Finishing sixth, I didn't really expect us to win the playoffs @Shedender, time to see what we can do with a whole season in charge.

Shame as we beat them a couple games before the playoffs too @tongey

My first summer here in sunny rainy London and I had a bit of work to do. We really need to get Fulham into the Premier League if I want to make progress, whilst the board are happy to see me just reach the playoffs again this year. And that showed by the measly four million pounds I've been given to spend on new faces this summer. Even worse, Idah, our top scorer last season, wouldn't renew his loan from Norwich so we need a new prolific striker too.

We struggled to find many players worthwhile of signing this summer, which means only one new permanent face. First off, two loan deals as Scott Guest and Oli Ewing join from Manchester City and Leicester respectfully. Its Rushian Hepburn-Murphy who joins for a long term deal. A free transfer and valued at over ten million pounds seems a coup for us. Ben Johnson was our last deal so far this summer, joining on loan from West Ham.

Here is the squad we take into the new season, I'm extremely worried too! There isn't much depth and I'm worried there isn't much quality there either. I still have time (a week or so) to finalise anymore deals I can find and bolster the squad. Hopefully this isn't all we go into the season with.

Despite the very small squad, a pretty pleasing pre season on the pitch. Something to build on perhaps.

Next Post: Fulham mid season Round Up - January 2024

And then lose to bottom side Watford.

Interesting to see you move to the Prem with United, do you think you would of got the Arsenal job had you not just joined one of their rivals?

How do you play through the game so quickly!? This is crazy!

Well done on promotion, good luck in Wales

The power of discord!

Go on then

I'll put a link in the discord and see if we can get some of our regulars over there involved