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#126027 Please Close
SR67
I've changed the training from fitness to balanced for the beginning of the season, still a bit of work on the tactics before I can change to teamwork/attacking movement.
We didn't have a great start to the season drawing all of the opening three fixtures. We there away a two goal lead against both West Ham and Cardiff. The League Cup 2nd Rnd was much tougher that I expected, but it gave me the chance to rotate the squad.
Another good draw in the League Cup, hopefully the draw keeps being kind to us.
#126008 Please Close
SR67
Pre-season was rounded off undefeated. It would have been nice to keep more than one clean sheet but we did manage to bang a fair few in. Pre-season gave me a chance to rotate the squad and choose my first choice starting XI.
An easy draw should see us in the next round of the League Cup.
#126006 Please Close
SR67
I brought in Franco Zuculini on trial and will give hime a run out in the friends before I decide to sign him or not. Hopefully he impresses, could be decent cover for Leon Osman.
#126004 Please Close
SR67
Cheers Jack, good stuff!
#125994 Please Close
SR67
We still went undefeated and depute the lack of clean sheets. showed more good signs..
I tied down John Heitinga on a four year £60k p/w contract, a £5k p/w wage rise. I did manage to save some money (about £200k) by asking him to sack his agent.
#125977 Please Close
SR67
Will this be enough incentive to finish in the top 6 and at least reach a cup final? I think this is fairly realistic aims for the first season.
This is a list of the players who's contracts are up at the end of the season. Ideally I'd like to hold on to them all but that might not be possible. Three of them are loans that are finishing. I think I could convince Gareth Barry to stay if he does a good job. Not so sure about Robelu Lakaku or Gerard Deulofew though.
#125963 Please Close
SR67
Things got off to an OK start with two wins in four. I'll be looking to build on that and hopefully go the full pre-season undefeated. I've taken some huge positives from the first few games...
- Nikica Jelavic has a real strikers instinct when the ball is loose in the box scoring a double from blocked shots against the u21s.
- The wingers are getting in on the action with Steven Pienaar, Kervin Mirallas and new boy Gerard Deulofeu all scoring.
- Leighton Baines is getting forward a lot and has set up two goals so far.
I'm looking at Franco Zuculini on a free transfer. His wages would be rarely cheap and my options are limited due to the lack of a transfer budget. He also has a good 10 years left.I've offered him a trial until the end of pre-season to see what he can do.
#125962 Please Close
SR67
Step two of the coaching improvements complete. The refused to upgrade the youth recruitment but I'll try again soon. Next us was the scouting team. As I had sacked most of the scouts leaving just two I brought in a few of my own.
This is how the scouts are set up..
Ian Atkins (chief scout): Scout next opposition and the whole of the UK & Ireland for players with 4.5 star potential.
David Hamilton: Scout England for u21 players with at least 4 star potential.
Paul Montgomery: Scout England for players with at least 4 star under the age of 27.
Kevin Cruickshank: Scout Scotland for players under 23 with 3.5 star potential.
Gwyn Williams: Scout Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales for any player with 3 star potential.
Soren Lerby: Scout Scandanavia for players under 25 with 4 star potential.
Michael Piwowarski: Scout Central Europe for players with at least 3.5 star ability and 4 star potential under 27.
Bojan Krkic: Scout Eastern Europe for players with at least 3.5 star ability and 4 star potential that are under 25.
Emerson Thome: Scout South America for 3.5 star players between the age of 21 and 27.
#125961 Please Close
SR67
Cheers mate hope you follow. Wanted to try something different.
#125857 Please Close
SR67
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.
#125853 Please Close
SR67
A lot of shock results in the last round, if we can beat Chelsea here surely we must go on and win it.
#125851 Please Close
SR67
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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SR67
#125849 Please Close
SR67
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.
#125847 Please Close
SR67
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.
#125843 Please Close
SR67
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.
#125832 Please Close
SR67
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.
#125828 Please Close
SR67
A great pre-season for us, it gave me the chance to mess around with tactics and rotate the squad.
#125793 Please Close
SR67
I brought in four players however Souttar went back to Dundee Utd on loan. Zivkovic and Gauld will play for the u21's this season mostly and might get a debut in the second half of the season. Townsend was one I brought in for the first team to offer some competition for Mirallas.
This complies with the boards policy of singing young players. I had a total of £14m to spend along with £190k p/w free for wages after a few a sales.
#125790 Please Close
SR67
1st season: Play the tactic most suited to the current team and qualify for the Europa League. Bring in a few decent youngsters that will feature in the first team by season three.
2nd season: Maintain a Europa League spot, hopefully lift some silverwear and start implementing my 'goal' tactic.
3rd season: Qualify for the Champions League and have my squad set up.
#125789 Please Close
SR67
This game will be all about implementing my philosophy to the club. It will probably take a few seasons to get the team and tactics I want set up but here it is:
#125771 Please close - game corrupt
SR67
The season has kept its good start. We wrapped up the Scottish Premiership and League Cup double and are still in both the Scottish Cup and Europa League. I've changed the tactics up a bit again. I've went with a 4-4-2, 4-4-1-1 and 5-3-2 all of them exploiting the wings. But each with their own unique mark. The 4-4-2 uses Adam Matthews as a Leighton Baines type player cutting inside of James Forrest. The 4-4-1-1 uses a second striker as the main attacking threat and the 5-3-2 is completely different to the previous two.
I only brought in two youngster meaning I stuck by the guidelines. Flannery from Slingo Rovers and Hanaphy hopefully in a few years they can make their mark. Atajic went out to get some first team football and an unhappy Kayal singed for Grasshoppers. Over the past two seasons we have made a profit on transfers of £4.5m.
The unbeaten run was ended after a loss at home to Hearts however it remains the only loss of the season in the league. We almost went out of the cup tree times, leading to me dropping Scott Fox from the cup games.
In the Europa League we coasted through the FC Twente match and managed a comeback to beat Shakhtar to progress.
Close to 30 points clear now and in with the chance of topping 100 points. The runners up spot look tight it could go either way but I'll tip Dundee Utd. The teams who came up look doomed to the drop.
The draw gives us a great chance of reaching the final. I wanted to avoid Galatasaray and it happened.
#125720 Ross County Succession Game [FM14]
SR67
Right thats me finished. Let me talk you through this horrible run of form.
I'll start with Celtic and Dortmund at home. Both games we went 1-0 up and then through it away. I didn't expect to win either but it was tough to be winning and then lose.
The 4-3 epic with Hearts. We were 3-0 and before they pulled it back, luckily we got a late winner to secure the 3 points. A very good result in Germany but it wasn't enough to keep us in the competition. The Motherwell game we just fell apart. The teams moral is pretty bad and could be effecting the results.
Not a good start to the campaign. Also our best midfielder Stuart Kettlewell was ruled out for 3-4 months with a torn hamstring.
I'll upload the file and send it on.
#125676 Ross County Succession Game [FM14]
SR67
#125605 Ross County Succession Game [FM14]
SR67
A match we really should have win leaves us in the bottom half of the table. It's still early days, a few wins on the bounce should see us shoot up the table.
#125528 Ross County Succession Game [FM14]
SR67
Bounced back to the opening defeat with a win and a clean sheet with youngster John Colmean grabbing a brace. This is the tactic and starting XI I'm going with seems to be working ok so far after a few tweaks.
#125525 Ross County Succession Game [FM14]
SR67
3-2 on aggregate was enough to reach the final qualification round. We didn't go through very comfortably. But we're through nonetheless. Not sure for how long though we face Dortmund next.
I've went with a 4-4-1-1 direct game.
#125524 Shedender's Journeyman Career
SR67
#125400 The 'stache of Power
SR67
#125399 Shedender's Journeyman Career
SR67