Aitor Herrera Back In Bilbao - Klippybo's Fm13 Final Hurrah!

[andy_14clark]

Loving the story once again, top class stuff! And did not realise you were an NHL fan Klippybo. Which team you following? I'm an Avalanche fan myself and disappointed with the whole free agency malarkey as we have signed no-one at all!!

 

[k3zz4]

We want more, we want more !!!!

 

[Klippybo]

Loving the story once again, top class stuff! And did not realise you were an NHL fan Klippybo. Which team you following? I'm an Avalanche fan myself and disappointed with the whole free agency malarkey as we have signed no-one at all!!

I like players more than teams but I do have a soft spot for the Oilers. I play more ice hockey on the xbox than professionals do in real life! lol

 

[Klippybo]

NOVEMBER

Celta Vigo 0
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Laporte 36, De Marcos 40, Muniain 82)

An easy win - they never even had a shot on goal!

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UEFA Champions League Group B
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Roca 7)
Red Bull Salzburg 0

I kinda hoped for a bigger winning margin but hey-ho we have qualified for the next stage now anyways.

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Athletic Bilbao 1 (Laporte 45)
Espanyol 0

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Real Sociedad 0
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Ruiz de Galarreta 12)

I am so proud after this derby win as our team was decimated (see below) due to playing games every 3 days.

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Valencia 2 (Alcacer 16, Soldado 45)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Barandiaran 27, 50, Susaeta 54)

Another excellent victory although Valencia just appointed Ranieri as their new manager so I got them at a weak point maybe.

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UEFA Champions League Group B
FC Twente 3 (Ferreyra 6, 68, Bjelland 9)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Marc 53, Ruiz de Galarreta 57, Ekiza 64)

Another battling performance and for 2 games in a row my team talk has worked wonders at half-time. We cant catch Man Utd at the top of the group though.

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Athletic Bilbao 2 (Laporte 5, Barandiaran 90)
Real Madrid 2 (Higuain 37, 62)

2nd v 1st, both unbeaten, and it was a hectic game. Di Maria got sent-off for them on 58min but Benat also saw red 2min later. We deserved a point at least and Barandiaran struck 4min into stoppage time to get it.

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SUMMARY

This month was very tough but we came through it unscathed and still unbeaten. At the start of the month Ruffier and my defence gave nothing away and at the end they did but our attackers started finding their feet.

This year it will be much harder to win the league as Barca and Real havent really dipped yet and we are overdue a dodgy spell. We should play Real in the cup so if we lose that might give us a slight advantage in the hectic month that is January!

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
STEPHANE RUFFIER
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[Klippybo]

DECEMBER

Copa del Rey 4th Round 2nd Leg
Athletic Bilbao 5 (Ruiz de Galarreta 18, Marc 20, 43, Espericueta 30, Ibai Gomez 40)
Lucena 0
(Athletic Bilbao win 10-1 on aggregate)

A good win but I am slightly disappointed that we didnt add to our tally in the 2nd half.

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Athletic Bilbao 2 (De Marcos 75, Ibai Gomez 90)
Real Valladolid 0

We probably should have scored 5 or 6 but 2 will do!

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UEFA Champions League Group B
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Ibai Gomez 5, Aurtenetxe 12)
Manchester United 1 (Evans 90)

Going into this game I kinda expected it to be my first defeat at the new stadium so I played my backups - but so did they and we deservedly won!

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Copa del Rey 5th Round 1st Leg
Real Madrid 2 (Higuain 28, Cristiano Ronaldo 45)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Muniain 5)

Not too bad I suppose. Muniain also missed a pen but they had a goal disallowed too.

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Copa del Rey 5th Round 2nd Leg
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Benat 5, Herrera 36, Barandiaran 47)
Real Madrid 2 (Cristiano Ronaldo 14, Higuain 54)
(Agg 4-4, Real Madrid win on away goals)

GLORIOUS FAILURE!!! We deserved the win that we got but alas it wasnt enough.

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Athletic Bilbao 4 (Muniain 34pen, Barandiaran 38, 70, 85)
Real Betis 0

A very nice way to wrap-up the calendar year. Barandiaran is developing very nicely and putting in performances to boot!

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SUMMARY

So 2013 is now over and what a memorable year it has been for Bilbao!!! The final month was fairly successful even if we did get knocked out of the Copa del Rey. What made up for that however was the Champions League draw as we will come up against Galatasaray!!!!

What is even more pleasing is the development of my younger players. Laporte and Muniain are wonderkids, Barandiaran has led the line well and Espericueta has been immense when called upon and his stats are rocketing up. Add to that decent performances from Marc, Ramalho, Oscar, Ruiz de Galarreta and Encinas and everything is looking good!

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
JORGE ESPERICUETA
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[bcfc1]

its great to see you have picked the game up again. i cant wait to see what happens in your january transfer window. i was able to get azpilicueta into the club from chelsea which has been a great bonus

 

[Klippybo]

JANUARY

Getafe 0
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Benat 12, Laporte 42)

A fine victory especially as we had 2 men sent-off (albeit after we scored the goals) and Getafe were the better side also.

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Osasuna 1 (Sola 37)
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Susaeta 67, De Marcos 90)

A comeback victory in the derby. What made it more remarkable is that Laporte got sent-off on 89min and De Marcos ran up the pitch and scored a goal 1min later!

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Athletic Bilbao 5 (Ruiz de Galarreta 8, Barandiaran 23, Susaeta 32, San Jose 48, 66)
Malaga 2 (Juanmi 41, Camacho 71)

A highly entertaining game this and a nice 5 goal haul.

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Athletic Bilbao 4 (Susaeta 1, 60, Muniain 40, Laporte 58)
Ponferradina 1 (Karadas 88)

This run of easy fixtures is about to come to an end but we took full advantage here. Muniain missed a pen but converted the rebound.

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Barcelona 2 (Pedro 58, Pique 69)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Ruiz de Galarreta 25)

We were due to play them at home 3 days earlier but that match got put back again and this is our first defeat in the league this season too.

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SUMMARY

Defeat!!!!!! We finally succumbed in the league to Barcelona despite a brave performance. We were the last remaining unbeaten side too as Real Madrid had lost to Celta Vigo earlier in the month. Overall though we played well this month and got quite a few goals.

Regarding the transfer window I brought in two players in on loan to make them have Basque nationality......
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Elsewhere the big news was that Real Madrid signed Neymar for just under £40m.

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
MARKEL SUSAETA
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[T1LL13]

Love the story mate!! Brilliant, i wasnt around this site during the Aitor days but this is awesome!!

Got a bone to pick with ya though lol Dont you think you are doing Laporte a disservice? I mean the guys is insanely good but in the last 3 months hasnt been your player of the month!! Like seriously dude he is a CB who has scored 9 goals since the start of the season lol thats insane!!!

Anyway, keep up the good work, always following!! Btw have you seen stonecold?? lol

 

[Klippybo]

FEBRUARY

Sporting Gijon 2 (Mattioni 29, Bilic 67)
Athletic Bilbao 4 (Laporte 12, Ruiz de Galarreta 23, Aurtenetxe 44, Susaeta 85)

We had 4 shots on target and all 4 went in!!! We were outplayed in this game and Bilic missed a penalty to make it 3-3 which was vital.

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Athletic Bilbao 2 (Ruiz de Galarreta 35, Ibai Gomez 88)
Atletico Madrid 1 (Chamakh 42)

This was a very hard fought win as we had first Susaeta and then his replacement De Marcos taken off injured but his replacement Ibai Gomez struck a late winner from a free-kick.

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Levante 0
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Ruiz de Galarreta 9)

RDG is in tremendous form and is now classed as a wonderkid. Muniain missed another penalty here too.

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Athletic Bilbao 3 (San Jose 6pen, Ruiz de Galarreta 33, 51)
Mallorca 1 (Victor 82)

Thats 7 goals in the last 7 league games for RDG - and he was a sub in the game he didnt score in!

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Villarreal 0
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Ekiza 83)

RDG was only 78% fit so he had to miss out unfortunately and our under strength side just did enough against the bottom team.

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Athletic Bilbao 2 (Monreal 41, Ruiz de Galarreta 68)
Sevilla 1 (Baba 85)

My two most in form players picked up the goals for us here. Barca and Real both hit 5 and have a far better goal difference than us.

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UEFA Champions League 1st Round 1st Leg
Athletic Bilbao 4 (Ruiz de Galarreta 21, San Jose 26, Muniain 62pen, 83)
Galatasaray 2 (Eboue 68, Elmander 74)

A good win but the 2 goals conceded is an annoyance!

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[TD]Espericueta
[/TD]
[TD]Benat*
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]Muniain 2
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

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SUMMARY

A hugely successful month in which we were unbeaten and played really well. Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta was the star of the show as he scored several goals and was very impressive and gave me a few selection headaches!!

The title race looks as though as it is going to go down right to the last day as all 3 of us keep winning and refuse to slip up big time.

Finally Espericueta (Mexico) and Laporte (French) got their first international call ups.

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
INIGO RUIZ DE GALARRETA
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[Klippybo]

Love the story mate!! Brilliant, i wasnt around this site during the Aitor days but this is awesome!!

Got a bone to pick with ya though lol Dont you think you are doing Laporte a disservice? I mean the guys is insanely good but in the last 3 months hasnt been your player of the month!! Like seriously dude he is a CB who has scored 9 goals since the start of the season lol thats insane!!!

Anyway, keep up the good work, always following!! Btw have you seen stonecold?? lol

I am on hols so havent seen him at his work but I know he is alive via facebook lol.

As for Laporte - he would have got POM the month Ruffier did but 4 clean sheets just pipped it in my book as we tend to concede a few.

 

[Klippybo]

MARCH

Athletic Bilbao 3 (Ruiz de Galarreta 57, 76, Barandiaran 64)
Celta Vigo 2 (Aduriz 29, Lopez 65)

RDG is insane!!!! Why did I never give him a run in the side in my previous saves? (Sadly - I can remember him scoring a winner in the ECL against Man City in last years game lol)

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Granada 1 (Agirretxe 15)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Muniain 44)

This was very frustrating as we dominated throughout (16 shots to 2) but couldnt get the winner. Fortunately Barca drew 4-4 against Celta Vigo with my former player Aduriz getting a hat-trick!

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UEFA Champions League 1st Round 2nd Leg
Galatasaray 1 (Sneijder 45)
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Marc 36, Martin 76)
(Athletic Bilbao win 6-3 on aggregate)

My backups did me proud here. De Marcos set-up both goals to remind me that he is wanting his place back!

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Espanyol 0
Athletic Bilbao 2 (San Jose 58, Herrera 67)

Another midfield masterclass from Benat (2 assists) helped us on our way here. Undoubtedly my most under-rated player.

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Athletic Bilbao 1 (Laporte 55)
Barcelona 0

A massive win in which our only shot on target found the net. They didnt do much better and had Daniel Alves sent-off.

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Athletic Bilbao 4 (Herrera 9, Barandiaran 59, 72, Ibai Gomez 61)
Real Sociedad 0

A superb derby victory and Barandiaran was immense as he also got 2 assists. This secures our Champions League place for next year.

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[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta* 2
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[TD]Barandiaran
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[TD]-
[/TD]
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[/TD]
[TD]1-1
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Iraola
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Laporte
[/TD]
[TD]Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Benat*
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]Muniain
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gala
[/TD]
[TD]2-1
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Etxeberria
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe
[/TD]
[TD]Encinas
[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta
[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe
[/TD]
[TD]Martin
[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos*
[/TD]
[TD]Marc
[/TD]
[TD]Alegre, Oscar, Roca
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Esp
[/TD]
[TD]2-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Iraola
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose*
[/TD]
[TD]Laporte
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho, Espericueta
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Barca
[/TD]
[TD]1-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose*
[/TD]
[TD]Laporte
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]Muniain
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos, Espericueta, Iturraspe
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]R. Soc
[/TD]
[TD]4-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Etxeberria
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Ekiza
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez
[/TD]
[TD]Muniain
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran* 2
[/TD]
[TD]Quintilla, Espericueta, Iturraspe
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

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SUMMARY

We finish this month top of the league which is no more than we deserved as we beat Barca and thumped Real Sociedad in the Vasco derby. The youth intake was ok - 2 very good players and an average one called Martin Martin lol - I have high hopes for Barasoain.
View attachment 368928View attachment 368929

Not so good news was our Champions League draw however as we will face Real Madrid. The winner there could easily win the cup but lose the league............

View attachment 368931

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
MIKEL SAN JOSE
View attachment 368926

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[roberdooo]

How does he do it???

 

[Klippybo]

APRIL

UEFA Champions League QF 1st Leg
Athletic Bilbao 0
Real Madrid 0

Not a bad result - they had a goal disallowed and we injured Ronaldo too!

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Athletic Bilbao 0
Valencia 0

Two no score draws in a row and this is the first time we have failed to score in the league this season. BUT!!!! Ekiza, Espericueta and Ruiz de Galarreta were all taken off injured before half-time. Lopez came off the bench aged 15 years and 240 days to break the record for the youngest player.

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UEFA Champions League QF 2nd Leg
Real Madrid 2 (Pepe 2, Benzema 45)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Muniain 7)
(Real Madrid win 2-1 on aggregate)

We were always up against it here and having Susaeta and Ibai Gomez taken off injured didnt help!

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Real Madrid 2 (Neymar 22, Di Maria 46)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (De Marcos 72)

Advantage Real Madrid!!! What pained me most was that Muniain missed a 7th minute penalty. If we escaped defeat here I would have fancied us for the league. 4 games without a win now........

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Real Valladolid 0
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Marc 56, De Marcos 63)

Its a 2 horse race now as Barca have lost their last 2 games. We got back to winning ways here.

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Athletic Bilbao 3 (Barandiaran 27, 46, 70)
Getafe 1 (Alvaro 14)

We need to keep on winning and hope Real slip up. Barandiaran was the hero here.

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[/TD]
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[/TD]
[TD]LB
[/TD]
[TD]CM
[/TD]
[TD]CM
[/TD]
[TD]AMR
[/TD]
[TD]AML
[/TD]
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[/TD]
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[/TD]
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[TD]0-0
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[TD]De Marcos
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[TD]San Jose
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[TD]Laporte*
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[TD]Monreal
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[TD]Herrera
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[/TD]
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[TD]Espericueta, Ibai Gomez
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[TD]Val
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[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos
[/TD]
[TD]Ekiza
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe*
[/TD]
[TD]Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta
[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Marc
[/TD]
[TD]M. Martin, Lopez, Barasoain
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Real M.
[/TD]
[TD]1-2
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Iraola
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Laporte
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez
[/TD]
[TD]Muniain
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Barasoain, J. Martin
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Real M.
[/TD]
[TD]1-2
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Iraola
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Laporte
[/TD]
[TD]Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos
[/TD]
[TD]Muniain
[/TD]
[TD]Barasoain
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Marc
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]R. Val
[/TD]
[TD]2-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Iraola
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Laporte
[/TD]
[TD]Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]Muniain
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos*
[/TD]
[TD]Marc
[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez, Barasoain, Lopez
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Get
[/TD]
[TD]3-1
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Iraola
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Laporte
[/TD]
[TD]Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran* 3
[/TD]
[TD]Barasoain
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

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SUMMARY

2 of each (wins, draws, defeats) and the exit from Europe would normally be a horrific month but I am content - I think! It is now down to a 2 horse race for the title and I just hope upon hope Real slip up and we keep our nerve.

That be all - wish me luck!!! (will probably play again tomorrow when the cricket restarts)

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
AYMERIC LAPORTE
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(not beacause of the previous comment - nobody stood out and he had the best rating
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[Klippybo]

MAY

Real Betis 1 (Molina 90)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Barandiaran 6, 87, San Jose 13pen)

We did our part but unfortunately Real won too. 2 games to go.

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Athletic Bilbao 3 (San Jose 4pen, 47pen, Barandiaran 43)
Osasuna 2 (Punal 20pen, Nino 40)

A hard fought victory this especially as Herrera got sent-off when it was 1-1.......

SEVILLA BEAT REAL MADRID 1-0!!!!!!!!

Which means if we avoid defeat against Malaga we retain the title.

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Malaga 0
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Susaeta 14, Barandiaran 31)

CHAMPIONS!!!!!!

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[/TD]
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[/TD]
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[/TD]
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[/TD]
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[/TD]
[TD]AMR
[/TD]
[TD]AML
[/TD]
[TD]AMC
[/TD]
[TD]ST
[/TD]
[TD]SUBS
[/TD]
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[TD]3-1[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Iraola[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Laporte[/TD]
[TD]Monreal[/TD]
[TD]Herrera[/TD]
[TD]Benat[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran* 2
[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]3-2[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Iraola[/TD]
[TD]San Jose* 2[/TD]
[TD]Laporte
[/TD]
[TD]Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Benat[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mala[/TD]
[TD]2-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Iraola
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Laporte[/TD]
[TD]Monreal[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta
[/TD]
[TD]Benat[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos*
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe, Lopez, Ramalho
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

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SUMMARY

So we retain the title!!!! We battled away this month and once we beat Betis I was confident we would do our part and fortunately Real Madrid slipped up!

Season review post to follow.

View attachment 369106

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
INAKI BARANDIARAN
View attachment 369105

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[Klippybo]

SEASON REVIEW

An enthralling season! I must admit that going into it I was thinking we would finish 3rd due to the loss of Llorente but in the end we only scored 2 goals less in the league!!! We won 31 out of the 38 games and that should be good enough every year.

As for the squad, Laporte and San Jose were rocks at the back, Benat was amazing in central midfield and Barandiaran was great in his first full season at the club for such a young player. And then there was the surprise of the season - Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta who hit such a rich vein of form at the turn of the year that effictively won us the title.

Things are starting to fall into place regarding the squad and we are all set for domination but we are not at the stage of winning the title before the season kicks-off yet.

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FIRST TEAM SQUAD
View attachment 369109

PLAYER & YOUNG PLAYER OF THE SEASON
AYMERIC LAPORTE
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HONOURS
Spanish Young Player of the Year - I.Ruiz de Galarreta
Liga BBVA Manager of the Year
Liga BBVA Top Spanish Scorer - I.Barandiaran
Liga BBVA Team of the Year - M.San Jose, A.Laporte, Benat, I.Barandiaran (S.Ruffier, O.De Marcos)

OTHER NEWS
Barcelona beat Real Madrid on penalties to win the Champions League
Barcelona win the Copa del Rey
Roma win the Europa League
Undersoil heating to be installed and youth facilities to be upgraded

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[k3zz4]

OMG ! what a thriller !! Champions again !! nice.. but again not manager of the Year ?? whats wrong with that ??? can you show us the improvement from Barandiaran from start till now? Your new regen with 20 Determination seems a really good player to become

 

[Klippybo]

OMG ! what a thriller !! Champions again !! nice.. but again not manager of the Year ?? whats wrong with that ??? can you show us the improvement from Barandiaran from start till now? Your new regen with 20 Determination seems a really good player to become

I have been manager of the year both seasons - it is written in the end of season post lol

View attachment 369132He hasnt been tutored either as I have no experienced forward!!!!

Not working is it? The original pic is on page 4

 

[k3zz4]

Haha stupid me... i thoug when you are not writing a name after it, that would mean you are the one that was MOTY first picture doesnt work indeed but got him at page 4 . nice improvements. on 2nd pictures it stands that he is learning from a experienced player. Whos is tutoring him ?

 

[Klippybo]

Haha stupid me... i thoug when you are not writing a name after it, that would mean you are the one that was MOTY first picture doesnt work indeed but got him at page 4 . nice improvements. on 2nd pictures it stands that he is learning from a experienced player. Whos is tutoring him ?

Oscar De Marcos - not going to play him in midfield like so he is tutoring him pointlessly really lol

 

[Klippybo]

Brazil beat Serbia in the final 1-0
Senegal beat England 5-1!!!!!!
Bahrain knock-out Argentina

SPAIN WERENT IN IT DESPITE BEING THE HOLDERS - THEY LOST A QUALIFYING PLAY-OFF TO ENGLAND BUT DEL BOSQUE KEPT HIS JOB!!!!!!!

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I got offered the following posts...............

Argentina
France
Italy
Republic of Ireland
Switzerland
Ukraine
Uruguay


and I chose...............................

but then 1 day later I chose..................

Why? Well I figured I will become Spain manager one day so this will be my only chance to win the Copa America. Plus I have never had Messi in FM12/13 before so that should be fun and with their attacking players and my formation methinks we will be unbeatable........................
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