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#219771 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
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Please don't let it go to ITV, I can't stand Andy Townsend.
#219634 BMG x2
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Champions League Quarter Final
So our next opponent in Europe was Juventus. I expected them to be our toughest test in Europe this season and they were. But despite us failing to create a clear cut chance and them creating 4, we managed to get a 1-1 draw to take to Turin. Had they been a bit more clinical, they could've won the 1st leg easily.

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The 2nd leg looked like it was going to be a nightmare when Berardi and Marchisio put Juve 2-0 up on the night and 3-1 up on aggregate. That looked to be it for our CL campaign this season, but then in the second half we sprung to life and pulled a goal back through Vilhena. That goal rocked the Juve players and just 7 minutes later Kruse equalised to make it 3-3 in the tie! Both teams had a couple more chances to seal the game, but neither could and the game ended 2-2. That meant we had beaten Juventus on away goals and now progress to the CL semi finals! What the hell!

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After that hugely unexpected win, the draw for the semis took place. I highly doubt we'll be going much further to be honest, but you never know. We shall go to Barcelona with no fear and play to win!

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March - April Results
Our Bundesliga form is still going, although a surprise 0-2 defeat at home to Wolfsburg has handed Bayern a bit of hope. We also lost in the cup semi to Freiburg. Our hopes of 2 consecutive cup wins are gone

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League Standings
We remain top of the league, but 1 loss could see Bayern take top spot from us. It would be so cruel if we lose the title this late in the season. Dortmund though have imploded and are out of it. They lost to both BMG and Bayern earlier in March before getting thumped by Koln 5-2. Must keep Kruse fit!

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#219608 BMG x2
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Yeah, I think thats put Dortmund out of it now...
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#219601 Dans Journey Around The World [FM15]
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Sheppard > Messi
#219581 BMG x2
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BMG vs Bayern
I thought i'd start off with a clash against Bayern in the league. It turned out to be further proof that Bayern aren't that great now that Rodgers is in charge. I knew we had a good chance of winning, but I didn't expect this. Lewandowski gave Bayern the lead, but that was as good as it got for the reigning champions as Tom Cleverley equalised from kick off. From that moment on we had total control of the game and if it wasn't for Neuer being so good, we could've had about 8 or 9. In the end it finished 4-1 with further goals coming from Ayew, Pepe & Kruse.


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January - February Results
Ok so I accidently went into march a bit, but at least that meant I got the 2nd leg of the Porto clash out of the way.

I was very pleased with our first half of the season form, but I am even happier with our start to the second half! We went on to win 8 out of the next 9 games, including that Bayern game, the DFB-Pokal quarter final against Schalke and the first leg against Porto. The only slight hiccup was a 0-0 draw away at Mainz. We lost the 2nd leg against Porto, but the scoreline from the 1st leg was enough to get us through to the quarter final for the 2nd season in a row.

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Cup Draws
With no Bayern or Dortmund to trouble us, its looking likely that we could win a 2nd DFB-Pokal in a row! A semi final against Freiburg stands in our way of reaching the final.

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After dispatching Porto in the previous round, I had hoped to get Everton in the quarter final draw. But it wasn't to be as we have been drawn against Juventus. Tough, but not impossible!

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League Standings
Our brilliant form has seen us pull clear at the top of the Bundesliga. But it is a bit of a fake lead as Bayern and Dortmund have games in hand and can close the gap right up. Our next game is at home to Dortmund, so a win in that one could see them out of the title race as I can't see them pulling back a 10 point gap.

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#219572 BMG x2
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Having a good season to date mate, shold beat porto too!

Thanks, i'm writing the next update as we speak. Porto tie has been played as well as a big game against Bayern!
#219456 Dans Journey Around The World [FM15]
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Maybe the board weren't being too ambitous then. If your form can continue like this and Sheppard keeps banging them in, I don't see why you couldn't be playing in League 2 next year!
#219371 BMG x2
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November - December Results
Our form in November and December has dipped slightly. We have finally suffered our first defeat of the season away at Hoffenheim. We also lost to Schalke in the last game before the winter break. But the good news is that we are still unbeaten in the cup competitions and have progressed to the next rounds despite playing a weakened team in both. Kruse is still going strong as he finished this half of the season with 7 in 7 and currently sits top of the Bundesliga scoring chart.

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DFB-Pokal Quarter Final Draw
That win over Leverkusen put us in the hat for the quarter final. We drew Schalke at home. This seasons cup is looking exactly the same as last seasons so far. Bayern losing in round 2, Dortmund losing in round 3 and then us getting Schalke at home in the quarters, lets just hope it ends in another 5-0 win in the final for us!

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League Standings
Despite suffering our first defeats of the season, we remain top of the table just ahead of Dortmund. Bayern have 3 games in hand due to their participation in the Club World Cup. They would have to win all 3 games to jump ahead of us, although 1 of them is against Dortmund.

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Champions League Group
Like last season, we finished as the runner up in our group. But we did run Atletico Madrid close with a weakened team. Pleased to get into the next round, but i'm not expecting much from the CL this season.

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Champions League Knockout Draw
We got the best possible draw in the first knockout round. A good chance to reach the quarter finals again and bring in some much needed reward money! Also Everton did really well to get through their group. They had Dortmund, Benfica and Fenerbahce and came out of it unbeaten.

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#219348 BMG x2
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Cracking run without defeat so far

You should aim for CL alongside Bundesliga

Happy birthday for yesterday

Well my initial goal was to win the Bundesliga, but a CL medal wouldn't be bad if we mess up in the league!

Happy birthday mate. Hope it was a good one.

Bayern should definitely hire a 43-year-old Dutchman who led them to four Bundesliga titles on the bounce in an alternate universe to pull them out of their funk.

Maybe, although there is a 22 year old in charge of Monchengladbach thats apparently quite good, might be a tough challenge!

Happy late birthday mate!
Great run you got going there! Mind asking you: who took over Bayern for Guardiola?

You would assume that they would go for another world class manager, but no...
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Also thank you all for the birthday wishes
#219074 Dans Journey Around The World [FM15]
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19 games unbeaten in a league like that doesn't happen very often!
#219072 BMG x2
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Had a break from FM yesterday because it was my birthday, but we're back and the season is really starting to look good!

September - October Results
An amazing run of form has seen us remain unbeaten in all competitions for over 20 games! That run stratches back to the last few games of last season. As you can see, the CL hasn't been my main priority, but we have still managed to get 6 points from 4 games. Max Kruse has just started to hit top form with 8 goals in the last 4 games. The draws away at Dortmund and Bayern are quite pleasing.

(Accidently went into November but oh well.)
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League Standings
As predicted, Bayern are no longer the force they were since Guardiola left. Dortmund, like us, have also remained unbeaten so far and sit in 2nd place 4 points behind us.

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Champions League Group
3 draws and 1 win leave us on 6 points from 4 games. A win in the next game will see us through to the knockout stages. Its unlikely that we'll get top spot, but as i've said, the CL isn't my main priority this year.

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#218964 What Are You Listening To?
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Singer always reminds me of Edge from WWE.
#218865 The England National Team
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2 great headers so far!
#218803 The England National Team
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Its my birthday today, don't let me down (again) England! For the last 2 years the game nearest to my birthday has ended in a derby defeat. 2012 Spurs lost to Arsenal and 2013 England lost to Germany. Hopefully it doesn't happen again today.
#218800 FMonline Forum - English Lower Leagues & Premier League Fixtures
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Thanks for this file! It works fine for me!
#218632 Dans Journey Around The World [FM15]
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Wow Kyle Robinson is a nob. Think i'll avoid Rhyl if I ever manager in Wales!
#218331 Bayern and Beyond
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Wow, Ibrahimovic and Ozil! Didn't see that coming!
#218299 Succession Game
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If anyone has any suggestions of what they would like to see us attempt feel free to post them.

How about Lowestoft Town? They are currently in the Conference North and have never been any higher. I think its actually their first ever season at this level as well.
#218215 BMG x2
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Summer Transfers In
No major transfers out, but some good ones coming in! It was easily the best transfer window we've had since I arrived, it was hard work with a £17m transfer budget but i'm pleased.

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DFL Supercup
This wasn't really a trophy i'm too bothered about, but its still nice to win something especially against Bayern. It was 4-3 on penalties in the end.

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Champions League Group
As mentioned previously, I will be putting a majority of my work and attention into winning the Bundesliga. But this is a very winnable group, so it might be worth taking this group seriously. If we can win it, that will give us, hopefully, a good draw in the next round. Who knows what could happen from there.

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July - August Results
Its been a good start to the season. We've dominated our oppostion in both league games so far and have easily progressed into the DKB-Pokal 2nd round after a 4-0 win against lower league Auersmacher. Pepe is still the Pepe we all know as he got sent off on his league debut against Hamburg. Some things never change.

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League Standings
Not much to report after 2 games, but we sit in 4th with 6 points.

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#218206 Gabriel Batistuta - Batigol is back!
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Now there is a 3 month stop on the league, no idea why.

Is there a Copa America being held somewhere?
#218184 BMG x2
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Hahn Possible Transfer?

Bad news. Dortmund activated a £14m release clause in Andre Hahn's contract.

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But the good news is that 2 days before Dortmund came in, I had actually offered Hahn a new deal that included raising the release clause to £35m. He accepted it

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Suck on that Dortmund.
#218183 Tommos European Journey
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So not only did you turn Katowice into a force in Poland, but also helped to make it easier for Polish teams to get into the CL!

Good luck wherever you end up next
#218163 BMG x2
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Haha BMG to win this league this season

Wow Zidane as Leeds manager

Yep, Guardiola leaving has made my task slightly easier. Hopefully we can do it this season!

Did you express interest in either of those jobs? I say you should have aimed to take over for Floop...

Nope. I had a long think about applying for the Dortmund job, but in the end I thought that I should stay with BMG and see out my contract. I've spent 2 years building a potential title winning team, so with this season looking the most likely for a title win to happen, I had to stay and try and finish the job.
#217741 BMG x2
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Just about to play Leeds in a friendly and then noticed that their manager is Zinedine Zidane!

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#217740 BMG x2
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So Guardiola leaves and the best Bayern could do was.....

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#217737 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
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Spurs no longer threaten. Sure Chadli and Lamela have chipped in the odd couple this season but they have never really replaced Modric in the middle, Eriksen has the odd game but no where near enough of them. Plus they need a striker! Kane gets a lot of the plaudits, think a good chunk of that is down to him being an English striker with potential rather than his actually ability at the moment. Soldado just hasn't adapted to England and Adebayor only plays well when he needs a new contract. They need to offload these guys, get Kane playing regularly even if just in the Europa games (which he has been to be fair) and bringing in someone like Bony in January. And that's just to start resolving their problems. Their wage bill must be massive.

The problem thats causing us the most trouble is Daniel Levy. Its got to the point where a majority of Spurs fans are wanting him out (me included) instead of the manager. I'm not a fan of Pochettino, but thats not the point. The point is that while Levy continues to 'run' our club we will never ever get into the top 4 again, whoever the manager is. Also, i'd quite like to see Baldini go as well, he does shit transfer after shit transfer.
#217736 Tommos European Journey
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After seeing how you dealt with Villarreal, I reckon you could beat Kyiv as well!
#217733 BMG x2
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Klopp AND Guardiola just quit their jobs at Dortmund and Bayern! That is excellent news!
#217726 Tommos European Journey
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Jamie Jones' moustache looks more like a line of mustard.
#217718 BMG x2
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Brilliant season once again Such a shame Bayern didn't slip up on last day

Thanks! Well Bayern had won the league anyway so even if they had slipped up it wouldn't have changed anything.