Angelo Ionescu - Comments

Thanks guys!Sorry for not posting these days but the school just started and it's killing me! Hopefully Thursday I'll be able to update the story..and to play FM.

Hey guys and welcome to the end of my 2nd season of the Pan-European Challenge.It's been a great season with it's own ups and downs but I can say I'm pretty satisfied that I've reached all my objectives.

Eredivisie


As you can see we didn't had the best end of a season.Unfortunately we lost our form at the end of the league We've started bad by drawing 0-0 against relegation candidates De Graafschap.Then we've smashed Volendam at away from home,4-0 and I've began to think that we could win the title this season.
Then,another great win,4-2 against Twente,Vellios scoring 4 goals!.An excellent form showed by my loan star in this match.
We made 2 wrong consecutively steps.Unfortunately we've lost 3-2 against Utrecht and we've only got away with a 1-1 draw against Zwolle.We came back to our winning days in the match against Roda,beating them 3-1,Vellios scoring a brace.RKC proved to be the only team that beat me twice this league season by winning 2-1.
We had a wonderful series of winnings:3-0 against AZ Alkmaar,5-0 against Ado den Haag and again 5-0 against our fierce rivals SC Cambuur.
Then we faced GA Eagles who stunned us and won 2-1.It was the end of our dream.The last 2 games didn't even matter,losing 3-4 to Heracles and 2-3 to Feyenoord.

And the league table:


We finished in 2nd,12 points behind Ajax and 4 points above 3rd placed PSV after having 10 points above them almost the entire season.Vitesse won the Euro League Play-off so they'll also play in Europe next season.Cambuur was the only team who got relegated.
We are going to play Champions League football next season baby!

The Dutch Cup


The semifinal against Utrecht was a really tough game.They've dominated us but we've managed to hit them on the counter and win the qualification to the well deserved, 2nd in a row ,Dutch Cup Final.

And now the final against PSV....


Oh ya baby!Silverware has finally come at Abe Lenstra Stadium as the lads lifted The Dutch Cup after winning 2-1 against PSV.The scorer of the winning goal was no one else than Apostolos Vellios.

The Euro Cup


We've been knocked-out by Anderlecht who won the first leg 2-0 at their own ground.Unfortunately the lads won only 1-0 at home so we said good bye to a competition which was conquered by Real Madrid after a final vs Lyon.

So for this season I've reached all of my objectives and I'm very proud of my team!!!Next season we are to play in the UCL so we need some reinforcements.Also I want this to be my last season at Heerenveen which means that I must win the league this season.For the cup...eh now that we won it I'm not interested anymore of it so I will rotate the squad here.

The Youth Intake


Yep!Yet another silly youth intake.Not much to comment.I've signed only the first two players.

Other News


Vellios claimed the top goalscorer of the league award,scoring 28 goals with 10 more than his candidate Bakkali from Ajax.


These are my next season budgets....I know...WTF?!

Team Ratings

No surprise here!Vellios scored a tremendous 42 goals in 48 appearances this season and had an average rating of 7,69 which was the highest in the league.

Anyway guys that's it for now.See you in the 3rd and hopefully my final season at Heereveen!Take care and leave your comments below please!

Oh forgot about that . Anyway nice job.Be wary of Hull and Ipswich.They can catch you up anytime.

I've been catching up and I'm glad to see that you moved to Liverpool.One of my favorites sides to manage in FM.

Oh ya!Valencia!It will be a nice challenge!

Good luck at Vikingur!I'm sure you can make it in one season

You're flying through Sky Bet...good luck in the Prem

Easy one!Nice job! Looking forward to see who you will manage next.

It would be nice trying to revive Valencia!

Thanks KEZ!

It really is Dan

Incredible achievement Alveio.Winning those back-to-back promotions...just wonderful managing skill!

Hopefully I will catch them!

Hey guys and welcome to yet another update of my Pan-European Challenge!I've reached the end of January transfer window and quite a few things happened so no more words.Let's get it started!

Eredivisie



Avery good start of the second half of the season.We played 7 games from wich we won 5 and drew 2 of them.


Things went well away at Enschede,where we faced Twente who changed their manager after a very bad form showed by the host team.We've created more chances,had the possession the majority of the game time and the result was satisfying the lads winning the game 3 goals to 1.Vellios confirmed the good form he is in and scored again.Sviatchenko continues to score much more than I was expecting and van Anholt scored his first goal of the season after a corner.

The victory over Heracles wasn't a surprise.Vellios scored a hat-trick and he is heading towards another magic season.Chipciu did his job well and closed the score sheet in the '89th minute at 4-1.


Matches against Groningen are always hard.This game wasn't an exception.It was a close match,we created our chances as they did and we had the most of the possession.All in all a fair result,2-2.


The game against Feyenoord was the match where new signing Michy Batshuaiy ended his goal drought and scored the 2-0 goal of the match.A very tight match but I'm happy that my team had a better quality when it camed to finishing and we got away with the victory.



The game against Ajax was an excellent piece of good football showed by my team.Sviatchenko scored a brace,both of the goals being scored from a corner.This season we've managed to beat Ajax in both of the league games.

The game against Vitesse was a simple formality again.Vellios scored a hat-trick again.The 2 goals we conceded were scored in the '87 and '90 minute because of the complacency my team showed.But I'm happy with the three points.
The game against PSV was really boring as the scoreline indicates: 0-0.

The table:



We are 2nd in the league because of the draw against PSV but we are just 1 point behaind Ajax and we have a better goal difference.My team has the best attack in the league scoring 56 goals and the 5th defence in the league conceding 25.

The Dutch Cup


We are on a good run in the cup,progressing into the semi-finals and reaching the board objective.But my target is to win it and the good news is that Ajax was knocked out by a second division team Helmond Sport who managed to reach the semi final again!(Last season we beat them in semi finals.)We've been drawn against Utrecht a team which was smashed by us 6-2 in the league.




The Euro Cup





The last game of the group was played against Sevilla who was on 0 points before the game.And they remained the same due to my team winning 2-0.
Another good news is that we finished the group 1st upsetting the odds:



The Transfer Window

I've signed 2 young players in this transfer window.Even if probably I will win the league and the cup this season I like to bring in youth players to my squads and launch them into great football.





Allione can even play in the first team and probably I will give him a go in a few matches this season.

Anyway guys that's it for now.The next update will be at the end of the season.Wish me luck and leave your comments below.Take care!

Oh and thanks Dan and Jonho

Things are going really well! You can win both the league and cup in just one season.

Good start!Surely you will do better with Swansea.

Thanks Dan!Hopefully I can build on this.Yes Alveio it is a tough group but I can handle it.

Hey guys and welcome to another update of my European venture.Heereveen,season 2.I've played until 1st of December and I think it's time to make an update before the January Transfer Window one.So let's start.

Eredivisie



As you can see we had a very good first part of the season until now.The only mistakes we made were the defeats against Zwolle and RKC Waalwijk both of them surprising me.We started good,winning against newly promoted Volendam 4-0,Vellios scoring a hat-trick.


The game against Utrecht was a shock for me because of the scoreline.We were 3-0 up at half-time,but Utrecht managed to score 2 goals ,forcing me to change the mentality to counter-attack...and it worked very well as you can see.The final score was 6-2

We dominated the game against Zwolle but somehow they've managed to get away with 3 points leaving us gutted.


The game against Roda was really har.One of the hardest I've had until now in this save.A 4-3 that leaved me speechless,as center back Atta scored in the last few minutes bringing us the victory.


What can I say about this game.You can say that the score speaks for himself but if you look at the statistics you can clearly see that the score is totally unfair.


We came back to our winning days in the game against Ado Den Haag.A really easy one,Den Haag didn't even had a single shot on target in that match.A nice and well deserved victory.Oh...and a clean sheet

Nothing much to say about the AZ game.We smashed them 3-0 and that's enough for me.


Well well well...my boogie team I can say...Cambuur.But not this time anymore.A 3-0 win ,the third in a row.Can we stop scoring?

And the game against Go Ahead Eagles,a pretty easy one.A 4-1 victory ,Wolff Eikrem scoring an absolute golazzo as always.

Where are we on the table?



We are second just behind Ajax and we have a game in hand.This season is going nice and hopefully we can push and try to make a surprise winning it.

The Dutch Cup


Two matches played in the cup until now.My objective is to win it so I line up the best players I have at my disposal in every match.


Sheveningen were totally outclassed by the force of my team.In the mean time the 8-1 meant the biggest ever win for our club.


A good victory over FC Oss,but how on earth did we concede again?!I mean we've conceded from two lower division clubs.That's not good enough from my defense.

Europa League



We are doing surprisingly well in the Europa League.We've managed to win 3 matches against Bordeaux,Sevilla and Steaua.Steaua are doing way better than I was expecting and as you can see they managed to smash us 4-1.They sit in 1st.We are second followed by Bordeaux and Sevilla who has 0 points.The last game will be against Sevilla and a draw will be enough for us to qualify.

Team ratings


This are the ratings of my players.Pretty good ones.I'm happy that my defense is getting stronger and that my youth players are fitting in nicely with the other players.

Anyway that's it for now guys.The next update will be at the end of January.Leave your comments below.Take care!

Good luck finding a nw job.Distillery wasn't just fit for you i suppose.

Nice win over Besiktas

Honestly I think we can qualify.I think we can beat Bordeaux and Steaua

Bad luck.Sad to see you bottom again.

You make it look easy.Nice job!

Hey guys and welcome to the second season of my Pan-European Challenge.I'm still at Heereveen,second season(obviously),and for this season I'm aiming to improve our last season performance,and try to win at least one of the two domestic competitions in wich we are implicated.
I want to thank everyone who read my story until now and hopefully you will find it more and more interesting as I advance into this career.

Objectives

Board:

League:Respectable league position
Cupemi-finals
Euro Cup:Group Stages

My objectives:

League:Qualify for Champion League
Cup:Win it at all costs
Euro Cup:Respectable performances

So,let's get it started.The second season is here!

First of all,I'm pleased to announce you that supporter spokesperson,Marco Rog ,announced me that the Fans' Player of the Year Award is going to:



It is a great achievement for our main striker.I'm proud because I made a very good and strong,inspired signing and so our fans do.
Interview with Vellios

Journalist:First of all,Apostolos,congratulations for the award.How does it feel do be the favorite of the fans?
Vellios:It is an honor for me to come here and in just one season to reach the heart of this team fans.I'm very proud of myself but in the mean time I'm looking to improve as much as I can.
Journalist:There has been some rumors that head coach Angelo Ionescu wants to loan you for yet another season.Would you accept this move?
Vellios:Absolutely yes!Ionescu is one of the nicest people of soccer and I'm confident that the Everton board will also agree with the move.
Journalist:What is your expectations for the next season?
Vellios:I'm looking to improve my game,be even more dangerous in front of the goal and make the fans happy again.I'm looking to qualify for the Champions League and to win the cup this season
Journalist:Thank you for accepting this interview and good luck!
VelliosIt was my plasure!Thanks a lot!

I'm glad to announce you that I've managed to extend Vellios' loan for one more season because I haven't enough funds to buy him.Hopefully he will continue to improve and score even more.

The Pre-Season Transfers



We had some activity in this transfer window.My main task was to find a back up striker ,following Finnbogasson sale(he wasn't one of my favorites).I think I did a great job receiving that much for Finnbogasson ,so Fulham will benefice of his services.So with + 3,2 million in the bank the search began and after a month I've decided to sign Michy Batshuayi from belgian club Standard.He is really cheap for his quality,only 2,4 million paid and I think he can be a major lift for our team.



Center back,Zomer leaved us for free,wich kinda upset me,but I immediately found a cheap replacement for him,maybe a contender for a spot in the first 11.His name is Wallid Atta and he came for just 65k from swedish team Helsingborg.



Joey van den Berg requested his transfer and that didn't upset me because he was not in my plans for this season so I've sold him for 230k to Heracles.I Haven't need to sign any left back replacement for him because youngster Fahd Aktaou is now ready to some first team action.And believe me,Raitala will have to impress me if he wants to be my main left back choice.



Also Mark Uth was promoted to the first team as my third choice striker Fazli left our club.


The other 3 players signed are too young for now and they will seat on the youth squad for this season.

Pre-Season Friendlies



It was a truly crazy pre-season.I was shocked wen we lost 6-0 against french side Stade Rennais,a team similar to our team.The next friendly was against german side Aarau and again we've lost 2-3.But after that ,the lads did a great job winning 8-0 against portuguese side Naval,youngster midfielder Heerkes proving that he is ready for a place in the first team,scoring a hat-trick.The last friendly was against unknown hungarian team Bekescsaba,a match dominated by my team,the final score being 4-1.
2 wins and 2 defeats and a very strange pre-season who left me unsure about who will figure in my main first 11.Also 10 goals conceded ,wich is not good and 14 scored wich proves again that my attack works fine.

Eredivisie

I managed to play until the end of the transfer window and the results are as following:



A very good start of the season,a thing wich proves that our bad start of the pre-season was caused by the vacation.3 wins and 2 draws that are giving me confidence that we can achieve something this season.



Groningen proved us that having a good defense can bring in results against a team that dominates the match.I think we could have won that match but I'm happy even with a 1-1 draw away from home.


Yes!Finally a win against champions Ajax and we've taken our revenge for that Dutch Cup final lost last season.A very tight match ,with Ajax being 1-0 up at half-time ,but my aggressive pep talk worked fine and we've manage to score 2 goals by youngster Aktaou and by Pappa in the '89 minute.

The game against Vitesse was a simple formality,3-1 as you can see,nothing special there.


A draw against PSV.And I would take it all day long because they had dominated the match.We could won it,but at the end of a counter-attack,Bakkali scored against Kramer.


Before the game against newly promoted De Graafschap I was thinking that we will kick them out of the stadium.But now I can say that they deserve to be in Eredivisie.They were 3-1 up at half-time but agains the pep-talk worked and we won 5-3 in the end.

So how does the table looks?



We sit in a comfortable 3rd place after 5 matches.But look at Feyenoord!They're on fire,winning all of their matches.Hopefully my team will do the same thing soon

Europa League

Following last season 4th place,we've managed to qualify for the Europa League play-off.We had to play against Young Boys from Switzerland.




In the first leg I've decided to rest some important players because we had to play PSV next,and I can say I'm happy with haow the youngsters did,earning a 2-2 draw away from home.


The second leg we played at home and we've managed to smash Young Boys 4-1,Vellios finally scoring some goals.Hopefully with this hat-trick he will start scoring more.

So we are qualified,matching the board wish of reaching the group stages.How does our group looks like?



We've been handed a tough group with the likes of Bordeaux and Sevilla representing a top opposition.But the worst thing is...I have to play against the team I support,Steaua.It will be a very emotional match for me.

That being said I now present you my squad for the 2014-2015 season:



So that's it for now.The next update will be probably in November.See you!
Please leave your thoughts and comments below

WOW!!! I've just read this story and I can say I'm truly amazed that you managed to win the UCL with Burnley.Well done!

Nice victory out there.Go and win the BPL!The Gunners deserve it !

Just like Dan,happy to see you not bottom of the table!

They're a good team Kobenhavn don't they? Good luck!

Thanks mate!

Silly takeover saga. Nice job mate!

Nice job conquering Wales ! Hopefully you're gonna get a goid team in England or Ukraine.I think England would be easier coz you have only the cups to focus on.Obviously you need to win the Prem first to plat the Community Shield.Good luck!