Aberystwyth Town - European Giant

Aberystwyth Town
Season Preview 2036/2037

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Transfers:

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A nice net income of £43,500,000, not including the money we brought in on loan fees. The only incoming transfer was a free transfer for a profit a couple of years down the line. The two big sales will allow younger players to come through, with young Welsh center back Aled Allen becoming our 4th center half in the season after he came through our academy. If he reaches his 2 and a half star potential he should become a good backup center back and apart of my Wales squad.

Outs:

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Two amazing players who served the club very well, but I just felt it was time to cash in on them. I'm hoping they wont come back to haunt me in the Champions League this year!



Welsh Teams in Europe

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Aberystwyth Town- Champions League Group A

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Barry Town- Champions League Group G

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Barry's first appearance in the Champions League as they finished runners up last year and we won the Champions League!

Llanelli AFC - Europa League Group I

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I've just checked and Llanelli have made European group stage football in 7 of the past 8 seasons :O



European Super Cup 2036:

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Aberystwyth Town 4 - 1 Arsenal FC

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In our 5th appearance in the European Super Cup, we demolished Arsenal 4-1 in Belgium to pick up the trophy for a 4th time. To be fair, the result slightly flatters us but we do not care!

This seems a really short pre-season update but I don't have anything else to say. Next update will be a Wales 'meet the squad' so you get to know the players who I will be working with for the national side. Although that may be split into two separate updates depending on how long it takes to write up...
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Wales 2036
'Meet the squad' - Goalkeepers + Defenders

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Goalkeepers:

First Choice: Gavin Mc'Goona - A product of the Bangor City youth system, McGoona is a top class keeper who will be first choice for another 4/5 years at least in my opinion. Currently playing in the Premier League for Newcastle.

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Backups: Matt Williams and Joe Garner - Neither are particularly great and I wouldn't be confident if Mc'Goona was injured... Both produced at the Aberystwyth academy!

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Youth Prospects: Dean Mutton and Nicholas Evans - I doubt either will ever reach Mc'Goona's standards but I really should start giving Evans some game time in the cup or to loan him out. Would like a better young keeper to come through in the next couple of seasons...

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Right Backs:

First Choice: Chris Forbes Tottenham's first choice full back and our first choice right back for at least another 5/6 years I would say. Very solid defensively but average going forward.

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Backup/Youth Prospect: Alun Rodgers - Young Manchester City full back is our second best full back and has the potential to improve, but I don't think he will ever be as good as Forbes. Again, I will be looking for a better youth prospect soon...

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Left Backs:

First Choice: Gwion Hughes - Aberystwyth's backup left back for years and Wales first choice left back. A product of our youth academy, he is solid defensively but doesn't offer much going forward...

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Backup: Alex Ready - Another to come through the Aberystwyth academy, he is a very pacy customer who is decent backup. However, we do have some young left backs who may take his place in the squad in 1 or two years time...

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Youth Prospect: Craig Walters - Gwion Hughes natural successor. 3 star potential at Aberystwyth which puts him at a similar level to our first choice club left back, therefore he could become first choice left back for the club as well!

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Center Backs:

First Choice: Dylan Meredith and Merion Johnson - Center back is the strongest area for Wales, plenty of cover and competition for places. I've pu these two down for 1st choice, but I wouldn't mind your opinion as to who you think I should be playing. Meredith is a product of Aberystwyth's academy, whilst Johnson is a product of Manchester United's academy.

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Back Ups: Sam Makings, Tony Coverley and Matt Jones - I had to include all 3 as they are all good center backs, however there was a couple more I could have included. Do you think any of these should be first choice?

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Youth Prospects: Bevan Green and Aled Allen - Allen is our 4th choice club center back this season to try and help him reach his 3 star potential whilst Green also has 3 star potential from scout reports. The future is very bright at center back as I have a couple of 2 star potential center backs at the club as well...

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So that is the defensive side of the Welsh set up, if you were the manager, who would be your back 5 from the players shown? Next Update will look at midfielders and strikers...


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Wales 2036
'Meet the squad' - Midfielders and Strikers

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Center Midfielders:

First Choice: Neil Hooson and Richard Dyer - Hooson acts as the ball winning midfielder, whilst Dyer is a deep lying playmaker. Neither are outstanding but are both of low Premier League standard in my opinion, so they will certainly do a job in the middle for the time being.

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Backups: Owain Humphreys and Clive Wigley - Both are ageing midfielders who will do a job as backup for now. Wigley has a massive 124 caps, so their experience is welcome around the squad. Owain also came thorugh the Aberystwyth academy.

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Youth Prospects: Adam Thomas and Rhys Jenkins - Two youngster we brought to Aber after searching through young Welsh players on regen day. Jenkins could develop into a top notch ball winning midfielder whilst Adam Thomas will hopefully take over as deep lying playmaker, that's if we can get him to choose us over England!

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Left Winger (AML)

First Choice: Adam Savage - A wonderkid from Swansea, I intent on playing him as an inside forward from the left even though he is only competent there as I feel he is too similar to play alongside Iwan Bell. I would love to get him to Aberystwyth but Swansea wont budge from his £41,000,000 release clause!

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Backup: Craig Walters - A TNS midfielder who has been one of their top players for years. Certainly not amazing, but decent enough cover I suppose.

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Right Winger (AMR)

First Choice: Howard Newman - Yet another product of Aberystwyth's youth academy, Newman is finally starting to fulfill his potential and is a quality winger. I'm now putting him on high finishing training to sort out that finishing attribute...

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Backup: Rhys Piles - A decent cover player is this Llanelli AFC winger, but he certainly wouldn't put fear in any opposition defender. As you can see there is not much cover on the wings or young prospects, hopefully we get a new Gareth Bale in our next youth intake.

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Attacking Midfield (AMC)

First Choice: Martin ap Dafyyd - Possibly our star player? Brought in from Liverpool a few years back, he is first choice backup for the club but a key figure in the national side! Very creative and technical, I expect him to be the main supply line for the team!

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Backup: Kieron Taylor - The Swansea attacking midfielder still has room for development, and if he reaches his potential he will be a good back up player. Once again there isn't really a top notch youth prospect in attacking midfield...

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Strikers:

First Choice: Iwan Bell - Another product of the Aberystwyth youth academy and another wonderkid. The lad is only 19 and already a club legend at Aberystwyth and was top goalscorer 2 years running. The natural successor to Kieran Pringle and I'm even thinking of giving him a more prominent role alongside Pringle as a deep lying forward.

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Backups: Clive Jenkings, Stuart Billing, Wyn Carter and Glyndwr Lewis - I've put all of these in as I'm not sure who I would go to if Bell was injured. I'm possibly leading towards Lewis but what is your opinion? All of these but Jenkins came through the Aberystwyth academy...

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Youth Prospect: Joe Hughes - Came through the same intake as Iwan Bell, but Manchester United poached him. Hopefully he reaches his potential and can challenge Iwan Bell...

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So there's the 'meet the squad' finally written out, what do you think our first 11 should be?
Next update will be a Welsh teams European group stage update...


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I think Merion Johnson and Dylan Meredith look like a great defensive partnership, but I think Sam Makings is in with a shout too. He has a height and strength advantage over Meredith, although his mental stats look slightly weaker. I can imagine his strength and Merion's speed would make them a versatile partnership. I'm not sure about Bevan Green as a prospect, however; his physical stats aren't good enough at the moment, and he needs to develop either speed or strength before he reaches maturity.
 
Iganga said:
I think Merion Johnson and Dylan Meredith look like a great defensive partnership, but I think Sam Makings is in with a shout too. He has a height and strength advantage over Meredith, although his mental stats look slightly weaker. I can imagine his strength and Merion's speed would make them a versatile partnership. I'm not sure about Bevan Green as a prospect, however; his physical stats aren't good enough at the moment, and he needs to develop either speed or strength before he reaches maturity.
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Yeah I have Meredith as a stopper with Johnson set to cover. I was tempted to use Johnson as a sweeper with 2 center halfs in front of him, but we don't really have the wing backs to employ that. I think I'll test the Makings, Johnson partnership in an upcoming friendly. We've certainly got plenty of cover in that area, that's for sure.

And I sort of agree with Green, however if he was at Aberystwyth I could monitor his progress more and adapt it to his needs but I'm not going to pay over the odds with the young Welsh center backs we currently have at the club.
 
Safc-mad-scotty said:
And I sort of agree with Green, however if he was at Aberystwyth I could monitor his progress more and adapt it to his needs but I'm not going to pay over the odds with the young Welsh centre backs we currently have at the club.
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I was going to suggest maybe loaning him to your Scottish club and keeping an eye on him there, but then, it depends if they'll let him move on loan, whether he'll want to go, and also the standard of your training facilities which, at this early stage, probably aren't great. I've had a look at the rest of your squad now, and those two centre midfield prospects - Thomas and Jenkins - both look very exciting.
 
Welsh Teams in Europe

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Aberystwyth Town - 1st in Champions League Group A

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Another very successful group stage for us, with 6 wins out of 6 from the games that we have played! We have had a few more injuries than normal to do with over the course of the campaign as well, so it shows the balance that we have in the squad.


Barry Town - 4th in Champions League Group G

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Barry Town had a decent campaign in my opinion, but it is a pity they couldn't turn one of their 3 draws into a win. Still, this is their first appearance in the Champions League Group stages so nothing major was expected of them...



Llanelli AFC - 2nd in Europa League Group I

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The great news from this year is Llanelli have managed to make it through to the Europa League Knockout Rounds for the first time (I think). They only managed one win, but 3 draws against their nearest rivals saw them creep through in second place with 6 points. I wouldn't expect them to make it past the 1st Knockout round but it's still progress being made.


Next two updates will be a 2036 Wales update and a Mid-Season update on how Kevin Conn is getting on with Forfar Athletic...
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Iganga said:
I was going to suggest maybe loaning him to your Scottish club and keeping an eye on him there, but then, it depends if they'll let him move on loan, whether he'll want to go, and also the standard of your training facilities which, at this early stage, probably aren't great. I've had a look at the rest of your squad now, and those two centre midfield prospects - Thomas and Jenkins - both look very exciting.
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Yeah, I'm going to have to be careful to not give Thomas too much exposure or else England might call him up as he has already had a few under 19 appearances for them... Also I'm thinking of putting Jenkins in the Aberystwyth first team squad in Janaury to quicken his development, if not it will definitely happen next season!
 
Club World Championship 2036

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Semi Final - Aberystwyth Town 2 - 0 Al-Ahli (KSA)

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Final - Aberystwyth Town 2 - 0 Corinthians

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Another Club World Championship in the bag for Aberystwyth Town. Two pretty straight forward 2-0 victories ensure we become Club World Champions for a third time! Hopefully this is enough to push our reputation up to world class for the first time in the summer!

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Wales
2036

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Fixtures:

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A decent start here, as we have won 3, drew 2 and lost 1 since I have took the job. The disappointing aspect of these games is that Mexico got a last minute winner against us and Russia also got a last minute equalizer. We seemed to have had a lot of injuries over the different international periods as well, so we have definitely been over performing so far!

World Cup Qualifying Group 8

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We've put ourselves into a great position in my opinion, sitting 2nd to Romania on goal difference. If we can win our next two qualifiers at home to Romania and Liechtenstein I think we will finish at least 2nd and give ourselves a chance of qualifying. Although we do still have trips to Russia and Germany to deal with... What do you think?

Best X11:

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Welsh Player of the Year + Welsh Young Player of the Year - Iwan Bell

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Next update will be an update of how Kevin Conn is getting on with Forfar after the January transfer window. Is there anything else I should include in the Wales yearly updates???


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I completely forgot whilst reading your Welsh Squad that Pringle wasn't Welsh.
 
Forfar Athletic
February 2037

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Fixtures:

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So as you can see Kevin Conn has made a pretty successful start to his time at Forfar, losing only 4 league games so far. Things looked like they were taking a turn for the worse when we lost 3 games in a row in January, but we seemed to have bounced back quite well...

Scottish Division 3:

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We sit comfortably at the top of the division, 8 points clear of 2nd place. However this is to be expected as we are, by far, the highest wage spenders in the league and do have players who would not be out of sorts in the Scottish First Division in my opinion...


Player Stats:

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I think it's pretty obvious who our standout player has been this season. 20 goals and 9 assists from 20 games is a great record for Jordan Boyd. Lets hope he keeps fit for the second half of the season and keeps banging them in!



Transfers In:

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All three of these lads are quality for this level! Richards is a towering center half who will bang in a few from corners. Stone is an attacking full back who will hopefully offer a bit going forward as well as defensively. Wilson will get a chance to replace Snodin as first choice poacher and his assistant report says he would currently make a 'decent SPL striker'!



Next update will be a January transfer window update with Aberystwyth... Once again, if there is anything else you think I should put in these updates just say...



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Aberystwyth Town
January 2037 Transfer Window

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In:

Adam Savage - I've been tracking this Welsh wonder kid for a while and when he became transfer listed by request I jumped in there and brought him to the club for £23,000,000. Hopefully I will be able to make him more comfortable to play as an inside forward from the left for the Welsh national side, and he can also obviously fill in more than capably if Bell and Pringle were injured up front. His potential has dropped slightly since joining but I'm not too concerned...

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Out:

Alan Gannon - I decided to let our long serving keeper go as Miler has taken his place as first choice, and therefore I could not justify his £50,000 a week wages. He is the record holder for most league appearances at the club, with 440. He leaves to get a taste of Premier League football at St James' Park with Newcastle, for a transfer fee of £2,500,000.

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Next update will be our Champions League 1st Knockout Round tie against PSV...


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Never mind all that Annan Athletic aren't in the Third Division which makes me happy because they're my favourite Scottish team.
 
mimefan said:
Never mind all that Annan Athletic aren't in the Third Division which makes me happy because they're my favourite Scottish team.
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Haha, I'll make sure to take it easy on them if we come up against them next season then :p
 
So I take it that Lianelli will be facing Aberystwyth in the European Super Cup?
 
Champions League

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1st Knockout Round 1st Leg - PSV 1 - 7 Aberystwyth Town

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1st Knockout Round 2nd Leg - Aberystwyth Town 1 - 0 PSV

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Pretty straight forward victory over the two legs, Tottenham await in the Quarter Final!


Quarter Final 1st Leg - Aberystwyth Town 2 - 1 Tottenham

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Quarter Final 2nd Leg - Tottenham 1 - 3 Aberystwyth Town

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Another two victories give us a 5 - 2 aggregate victory over our North London opposition. Nice to see Adam Savage grab a Champions League goal in the second leg! We'll be heading back to North London to play our rivals Arsenal in the semi final...


And the most amazing part of this update, Llanelli AFC somehow managed to beat Juventus TWICE in the Europa League Quarter Finals and therefore advance to the Europa League Semi Final, where they will play Atletico Madrid. This is now the furthest any Welsh side other than Aberystwyth has made it in Europe!

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Next update will be a European Semi Final Update, will the unthinkable happen and both Welsh sides make it to a European Final or will they both crash out?
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