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#185230 Forza Italia
Tessa
Thanks guys. It wasn't really that hard to qualify as they had already set themselves up before I arrived. I'm going to use the friendlies to blood some youngsters and then start to get my top squad prepared for the WC.
#184435 Forza Italia
Tessa
This is the squad for the Bulgaria game. I decided to giver Pirlo a rest since he has played every game for me since I took over. It also gives a chance for Verratti and Poli to shine and prove their worth. I've also given a start to Immobile and and a debut to Andrea Romagnoli who looks a great prospect in the future.
Bulgaria took the lead through some poor defending from Bonnuci, leaving his man who scored. Candreva equalized with a nice finesse shot passed the keeper. The second half was dull until Immobile scored an absolute bullet of a volley after Verratti crossed in. He absolutely smashed it. I thought that that would be it. So did the players and they lost concentration which allowed Bulgaria to score right at the death. I was livid but the draw meant we qualified top of the group which is a great achievement.
Great work from the lads. They worked hard and now they are in the World Cup.
This is great as I'm hoping for Verratti to become my new Pirlo or De Rossi and boss the game from midfield. I also have some other players coming through like Hachim Mastour who is only 15 but playing in the Under 19's and killing it.
I don't understand how we have dropped a position? We qualified top of our group but Colombia somehow move above us into 6th. Spain overtook Argentina into top spot.
I have a friendly against Scotland coming up in a month after the game against Turkey was cancelled. I'll bring you that plus the groups for the WC in the next update.
#184402 Susie FC - The start of something great!
Tessa
#184078 Susie FC - The start of something great!
Tessa
#184076 Forza Italia
Tessa
I thought I'd check out some of the other groups.
Damn! These groups are tight and could go right down to the last game. Even I could miss out (pffft not gonna happen
Anyway this is the squad for the game against Malta
A mainly young squad apart from Pirlo, Barzagli, Chiellini and Buffon. Buffon returns from injury which forced him out of the last two qualifiers. I'm hoping the majority of this squad will be apart of the Euro's in 2016 and the 2018 World Cup.
Easy result as was expected however it took until the 50th minute to score when El Shaarawy latched onto Destro's chipped pass to blast it past the keeper. Destro got his first Italy goal on debut after he took on the defence and tucked it away from 15 yards. El Shaarawy finshed the rout in the 80th when he latched onto Insigne's free kick from the right hand side of the box and hit it on the half volley past the predictably crap Maltese keeper. El Shaarawy was MotM which he deserved, he carved opened Malta's defence and was everywhere in the final third. Look at the amount of shots we had!
#183756 FM14 Transfers & Data Update Packs by_pr0
Tessa
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#183755 FM14 Transfers & Data Update Packs by_pr0
Tessa
#183752 Susie FC - The start of something great!
Tessa
#183461 Forza Italia
Tessa
Chiellini is a massive loss at the back as him and Barzagli are rocks at the back and don't concede many.
Terrible result. They outplayed us massively and it shows with the two goal margin. We had 15 shots on goal. 15 SHOTS ON GOAL AND ONLY THREE ON TARGET!. Candreva scored a good poachers goal from 10 yards but we were never going to win the game and was disappointed in the team. They acknowledged that they hadn't been good enough and vowed to work harder for the game against Denmark.
Changed the team up for the Denmark game
Balotelli had a great game and deserved the PoM. The first goal was outstanding after Marchetti launched a long ball forward. Balotelli out jumped Daniel Agger and on the volley, he struck it (from 30 yards) to leave Schmeichel no chance. The second was a corner whipped in by Pirlo and he was unmarked in the box to header it in. The addition of Veratti definitely helped the midfield as it gave De Rossi a well deserved break.
After these two games we sit three points ahead of the Czech who inflicted us with our first loss of the campaign. Next up Malta. I'll play a young squad with some old heads. It gives me a chance to blood some new players.
#182984 Susie FC - The start of something great!
Tessa
#182983 My 3235416145th Arsenal Career
Tessa
#182982 Forza Italia
Tessa
Thanks. I don't normally manage internationally but after hearing Prandelli being sacked, I thought I should have a crack of managing Italy. (Plus i'm Italian
#182981 Forza Italia
Tessa
Big losses as they both play RB. Great news for De Scigilo as it gives him a start and I hope to be able to develop him into a world-class defender.
#182715 It's a long way to the top... if you wanna start from the bottom
Tessa
#182684 Forza Italia
Tessa
(Where the hell is Fabio Cannavaro?!!
Tactics
I plan to play a 4-1-2-2-1 with two wingers (El Shaarawy and Candreva normally)
This is my squad for the WC Qualifier against Czech Republic
Upcoming Fixtures
The team already played two friendlies against Armenia and Australia which were easy wins (obviously). 4 qualifiers ahead against the Czech, Denmark, Malta and Bulgaria. After the Bulgaria game, we have two friendlies against Turkey and Scotland. I will put on a young squad and mix it up a bit.
#182683 Susie FC - The start of something great!
Tessa
You sir have just won the internet for the day.
#182033 1990's
Tessa
#182018 1990's
Tessa
What do you think about me creating a 1990's editor file complete with players, stadiums, cups and managers and everything else in-between? After I create it, I'll start a story and try and lead a team to the top of that countries first division.
Also would it be a good idea to include logos and faces?
#181984 My 3235416145th Arsenal Career
Tessa
#181982 Susie FC - The start of something great!
Tessa
#181765 Susie FC - The start of something great!
Tessa
#181764 My 3235416145th Arsenal Career
Tessa
#181510 We are the Sydney boys
Tessa
WOW! What a month I had. The boys are starting to get familiar to the formations being trained and it shows in the results. I start games with a possession based formation and then switch with 20-25 to go to a more attacking style of play.
I didn't win by massive scores but three clean sheets in a row is a reward for the boys efforts in training and the work they put in learning the formations.
Ali Abbas scored a great goal against the Mariners by running down the wing, cutting inside and shooting with his left. Quality. We defended well and Raul Garcia turned into Spiderman to save every shot on goal.
We ran Melbourne City ragged with McFadden grabbing a brace. They were shit and are sitting bottom of the table and rightly so, they are utterly shit.
The Phoenix really should have scored but our keeper just saved everything they shot at him. He made an error and was scrambling to get back but the Phoenix missed an OPEN GOAL. Hicks with the O.G on halftime was great and then Seb Ryall with a bullet header to round off a sloppy win.
We dominated the Roar in the first half and were really unlucky to draw 1-1. Bojic got us off to a great start with a wonderful strike from 20 yards in which the keeper had no chance. Unfortunately Milos Dimitrijevic slid in and caught a Roar player in the box and Henrique scored from the spot in the 44th minute. The second half was dull with no-one really going for a second goal. I was disappointed but I knew the guys were hurting so I let them off lightly.
We celebrated the New Year on top of the table. I found James McFadden passed out in a garbage tip which was quite a sight. I don't remember too much of what happened that night. *burp*
#181506 [FM14]Johno's career
Tessa
#181505 My 3235416145th Arsenal Career
Tessa
#181344 Susie FC - The start of something great!
Tessa
#181341 We are the Sydney boys
Tessa
Thanks mate. I still can't believe nobody signed him. He is cheaper than Smeltz and isn't that old (compared to Del Piero)
#181339 We are the Sydney boys
Tessa
November started with a loss to the bottomed placed Glory. I was shocked at this result and made my feelings perfectly clear to team. They responded brilliantly with consecutive 1-0 wins against both Melbourne sides (City and Victory). It gave me pleasure knowing we beat our biggest rival at home and backed it up with a win down there against David Villa's City side. I'm guessing the players were still thinking of those wins because their heads weren't in the game against the Phoenix. Stein Huysegems bagged a double and completely out-played us after we took a 1-0 lead. Again I was disappointed at the result and made my feelings perfectly clear to team. They responded with a 2-0 win over the Jets at home with Bruno Cazarine and Bernie Ibini scoring in the second half. Great way to finish the month.
This left us in 4th position just two points off the Roar which is great considering we were 6 off the pace after three games.
Transfer News
November brought the end of the Australian Transfer Window. I made a few good signings and let a few players go.
Out
The two loan players, Ekangamene and Giorico, were let go due to the foriegn import rule. The same goes for Tim Payne. I also let players go who weren't registered (Necevski, Warren, Petkovski), weren't good enough (Triantis, Powell) and to reduce wages (Smeltz, Despotovic)
In
I made a few signings to mainly cover for players I already had. I brought in Antony Golec as a replacement for the CBs and Petkovic on the left. Raul Garcia was bought to fill in as keeper due to injuries. Dennys Martins is a youth keeper who will become a first team player in a few years. I also re-bought Matt Thompson on lower wages after giving him a free.
#181335 We are the Sydney boys
Tessa
October started well with a 3-2 win against Newcastle. McFadden got man of the match and had a blinder. This obviously got me excited for the next two games. How wrong I was.
We were terrible against the Roar and deserved to lose. However we were really unlucky to lose to the Wanderers . We fought admirably but went behind and couldn't find an equalizer. These results left us in 6th spot on 3 points with a negative goal difference
Transfer News
As seen above I bought James McFadden as our Marquee Player for the next 3 seasons. Quality player and has represented Scotland as well. Get in. Unfortunately due to the Foreign import rule, I had to get rid of Ekangamene.
#181330 We are the Sydney boys
Tessa
All my friendly results- Unlucky against Sutherland but bounced back with three good wins. Hopefully I start the season with a bang!