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#127625 Please Close
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A month that was hot and cold. Can't seem to put a sting of wins together. Rested too many players for the FA Cup match and paid for it but I was more interested in the semi-final. I have no excuses for the Cardiff and Fulham matches.

We dropped from 4th at one point and now sit six points off a Champions League berth.

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#127624 Please Close
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Brought in three players for the first team. First was Norwegian centre back Forren who looks like a long term replacement for John Heitinga, followed by Everton fan Lewis Holtby to provide competition for Ross Barkleyand then Badelj who will take over from Leon Osman.

A few players left to raise £15m. The only player I didn't want to leave was Jelavic but he handed in a transfer request.

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Transfers
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#127604 Please Close
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Great month there Sean! Crucial win against Manchester united and a great win against chelsea in the capital one cup quarter final!

Cheers mate Hopefully we can lift some silverware this season.
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Another good month managed not to lose and picked up another 3 points int he Champions League leaving us 2nd still 5 points clear of BATE and Benfica who are on one point.

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Scotland actually qualified for something..
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I wouldn't have minded getting the easier draw and facing Brighton but I think we can beat Newcastle, if you look at the teams we've beaten to get here were in with a shout.
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A good run to end the year. We came back from 2-0 down to beat Man Utd, 2-1 down to beat Liverpool, 1-0 down to beat Chelsea and West Brom. What a month for the comeback. This leaves us just four points of a Champions League space.

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#127490 Welcome To Old Trafford
SR67
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Done well to get so much for Nani and Welback!

And I like your thinking: "How can I make my team better? I know. Buy some stars from the worlds best club."
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A decent month in both competitions, Aberdeen are giving us a run for our money this year. It took beating them to go top after a loss to St. Mirren. In the Champions League we sit 2nd in the group behind Man Utd.

I completed the transfer of Ravel Morrison from West Ham for £1.4m who joins in January.

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#127416 Please Close
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Good month Sean! Great win away at Southampton! Only 4 points off top 4, keep it up!

Cheers Jack, hopefully we can put a decent run together.
#127374 Please Close
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Can't believe you sold Hibbert! Never thought he would leave! Well done though, good story

Cheers

I didn't really want to but in all honesty he wouldn't have played much. Then he would end up complaining, I contemplated keeping his as a mentor for Stones but then I got a bid.
#127365 Welcome To Old Trafford
SR67
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Good pre-season. Can we hope to see some signing or you playing with no budgets?
#127363 Shedender's Journeyman Career
SR67
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KIU mate, after a good start Europa League is where you should be aiming for!
#127362 Please close - game corrupt
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The amount of home grown players in the squad is fantastic, this is just out of the players selected, there is about another eight u21 that don't need to be included but can still play.
#127361 Liverpool
SR67
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Good second month mate, nice to see Everton up there. Wish it was like that in my game
#127360 Please close - game corrupt
SR67
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Great start to the season ! All wins and good champions league group too !!

Cheers George after a shaky pre-season it's the best start I've had so far.
#127357 Please Close
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So the board gave me and extra £8m for transfers going into the January transfer window, they also made an extra £10k p/w available for transfers.

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I don't want to do too much in January but with Nikica Jelavic requesting a transfer I will need a new striker.
#127356 Please Close
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We should have beat Hull but responded well Norwich, Lakaku getting his firs hat-trick. I didn't really expect to beat Chelsea and finished well against Southampton.

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#127355 Please Close
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Going strong at the moment, KIU Sean.

Cheers mate!

Some inconstancy from tweaking the tactics but I can deal with that.
#127354 Please close - game corrupt
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With all that profit you'd think the team would be worse off that last year? But they're not. I trimmed a lot of the excess but the team I have now is much better and set for the next 10 years.

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If you look at the squad and look at the ageing players, the likes of Mulgrew, Barry, Brown and Samaras. I already have replacements ready to step in and fill their boots. Milosevic is a ready replacement for Mulgrew and then theres young Soutar. I have Zuculini, Irvine and a few reserve players ready to replace Brown and Barry. As for Samaras we have new signings Gauld and Mackay-Steven.
#127347 Please Close
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Squad/Tactics - Stage 2

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I've now got my midfield sorted. I swapped my ball winning midfielder with a defensive central midfielder and all the midfielders are playing short passes, excluding Barry as I want to just let him play his natural game. The tempo is still fast, but now I have Mirallas slowing things down a bit when he gets the ball.

The next thing to do is to concentrate on the defence.
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A lot of shock results in the last round, if we can beat Chelsea here surely we must go on and win it.
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Not a good month but we finished it strong. I've been continually making small adjustments to the tactics to get it how I want it for now, slowly getting there.

Tip: Using man marking corner at corners seems to get more fouls against the other team.

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#127344 Please Close
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Two good months Sean, keep it up and great singings!

Cheers mate , would be interesting to have a versus match after a few season.
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I arranged to sign two players from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the season. Celtic keeper Fraser Forster and St. Johnstone striker Stevie May. Forster should provide good commutation for Joel to replace Tim Howard and May gives me some extra options up front for very little wages.

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#127324 Please Close
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A tough tie coming up in the Capital One Cup. If we can beat Man Utd then I reckon we have a good chance of winning it.
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Another good month excluding the loss to Sunderland. Man City played most of the game against 10 men, Lakaku scored and own goal and the got the equaliser on the 85th minute from a corner. Ouch.

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#127300 Please close - game corrupt
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Just taking a moment out to talk money. The clubs financial status is up there with the healthiest in the world. We have no debt, no loans with a balance just shy of £60m and a projected balance of over £70m. I'd like to explain how it got to this considering I started with about £20m.

  1. Total value of players sold £37.5m - Total value of players bought £7m = £30.5m profit. Kerching.
  2. The total weekly wage is at the lowest its been and £10k p/w under what it was when I took over.
  3. Season 1 - £13m from UCL/EL, Season 2 - £8m from UCL/EL, Season 3 (so far) - £7m from CL.
#127284 Please Close
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A good start to the season for us, we took 7 points from 9 and progressed in the Capital One Cup. Lakaku got off to a great start to his loan scoring in his first two games.

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#127283 Please Close
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Squad/Tactics - Stage 1

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Going with a fast, direct, pressing 4-5-1 as it suits the squad best the now. I hope to eventually go for a short passing, slow tempo with space in front of the players. I've got the centre/attacking midfielders passing it short with the younger players learning to dictate the tempo.