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Fixtures
December was a real busy month as we had to travel far to play in the Club World Championship. We started off with a great victory against our rivals Liverpool at Anfield, with Chris Smalling (x2) and Wayne Rooney scoring in a 3-0 win. We then beat Molde 5-0 in our last champions league group fixture and debutant Marcus Hyett (a regen) scored twice. He's a talented striker whom I will be looking to blood next season.
Next up was the Club World Championship where Suwon proved tricky in the semis. It was goals galore and thankfully, we were on the right end of a 5-3 victory. River awaited us in the final and it was surprisingly comfortable, with Wayne Rooney running riot to score 4 goals in our 5-0 win. However, the joy was short-lived as we traveled back to England to face this crazy run of fixtures.
300!
As I reach the 300 games mark...
20/12 Man City away (Capital One Cup): It was a close game, with us edging the game 1-0 with a Lewandowski winner.
23/12 Tottenham away (Premier League): Three days later, we travel to London to face in-form Spurs at their home ground. Lamela simply tore my regen left-back (Dykes) apart as we got beaten 2-0.
27/12 Man City away (Premier League): Another tough mid-week game awaited us in the league as we faced our Manchester rivals at City of Manchester Stadium. Our left-back had a torrid afternoon once more as we got thrashed 3-0.
Thankfully, after two defeats, we had home comforts as we welcomed Hull City to Old Trafford. We ran out 3-0 victors and bagged the much needed three points.
Table
And this is how the table looks after December. We sit third, 4 points behind leaders Everton with three games in hand. We face another busy month in January and if we want to regain top spot, we will have to win the majority of our games.
On the brighter side...
The next Steve Bruce, Mark Brightwell, wins the European Golden Boy award!
And Chris Smalling managed to force himself into the World TOTY, with a couple of others on the bench!
December was a real busy month as we had to travel far to play in the Club World Championship. We started off with a great victory against our rivals Liverpool at Anfield, with Chris Smalling (x2) and Wayne Rooney scoring in a 3-0 win. We then beat Molde 5-0 in our last champions league group fixture and debutant Marcus Hyett (a regen) scored twice. He's a talented striker whom I will be looking to blood next season.
Next up was the Club World Championship where Suwon proved tricky in the semis. It was goals galore and thankfully, we were on the right end of a 5-3 victory. River awaited us in the final and it was surprisingly comfortable, with Wayne Rooney running riot to score 4 goals in our 5-0 win. However, the joy was short-lived as we traveled back to England to face this crazy run of fixtures.
300!
As I reach the 300 games mark...
20/12 Man City away (Capital One Cup): It was a close game, with us edging the game 1-0 with a Lewandowski winner.
23/12 Tottenham away (Premier League): Three days later, we travel to London to face in-form Spurs at their home ground. Lamela simply tore my regen left-back (Dykes) apart as we got beaten 2-0.
27/12 Man City away (Premier League): Another tough mid-week game awaited us in the league as we faced our Manchester rivals at City of Manchester Stadium. Our left-back had a torrid afternoon once more as we got thrashed 3-0.
Thankfully, after two defeats, we had home comforts as we welcomed Hull City to Old Trafford. We ran out 3-0 victors and bagged the much needed three points.
Table
And this is how the table looks after December. We sit third, 4 points behind leaders Everton with three games in hand. We face another busy month in January and if we want to regain top spot, we will have to win the majority of our games.
On the brighter side...
The next Steve Bruce, Mark Brightwell, wins the European Golden Boy award!
And Chris Smalling managed to force himself into the World TOTY, with a couple of others on the bench!
January was incredibly busy with 9 matches and I am very pleased to say that we won them all!
League
We started off with Cardiff at home and we weren't at our best but thankfully, we managed to grind out a 1-0 victory thanks to our Team of the Year Center-Back Chris Smalling's winner. Lewandowski grabbed a treble as we beat Stoke comfortably away next, followed by a 2-0 home victory against Sheffield Wednesday with explosive Steven Spinks grabbing a double. It was Welbeck's turn to bag a double as we beat Derby 2-1 at their home ground before we wrapped up the month in the league with a 3-1 victory against Southampton at Old Trafford. Welbeck and Phil Jones were among the goals.
Table
We finally regain top spot after a busy January and hopefully we can stay there till the end of the season. Manchester City were back among the champions league places after a good run.
FA Cup
There were two home ties and we first beat fierce rivals Leeds United 5-2, with Danny Welbeck bringing home the match ball. Blackburn was next and it was a tough and well fought victory, with Lewandowski bagging the winner.
Capital One Cup
We face another good old rival Liverpool in the semis and managed to run out 6-2 aggregate victors, and now we await Chelsea in final in March.
Manager of the month
And finally I am back among the awards after a perfect month!
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February Update[/h]
Fixtures
It was another busy month and I had to rotate the players around quite a bit.
League
We kept up our solid league form with three consecutive wins against Arsenal H, Burnley A and Fulham A. Chelsea stopped our run of wins in a 6 goal 3-3 thriller with Lewandowski scoring in his 4th consecutive game. I was frustrated as we conceded a late goal to Chelsea through a corner kick. We wrapped up the month in the league with a 3-0 win away at Watford, with my favourite United player, Tom Cleverley, scoring the third goal to bag the three points.
Table
We kept our place at the top after a solid February and Manchester City has emerged as our main rivals this season, sitting four points behind. Chelsea are languishing 8th in the league with Jose Mourinho under increasing pressure.
FA Cup
We were drawn against our city rivals Manchester City in the FA Cup and it was a boring stalemate at the City of Manchester stadium as we added an extra fixture to our growing list unfortunately. The replay was at Old Trafford and we took full home advantage to knock our rivals out of the cup with the help of sharpshooters Tom Ince and Lewandowski.
Champions League
We had to travel to Spain in our champions league knock-out round to face Athletico Madrid and it was a nervy game. We managed to come away with a fine 2-1 result, with Brazilian right-back Rafael netting a late winner.
It was another busy month and I had to rotate the players around quite a bit.
League
We kept up our solid league form with three consecutive wins against Arsenal H, Burnley A and Fulham A. Chelsea stopped our run of wins in a 6 goal 3-3 thriller with Lewandowski scoring in his 4th consecutive game. I was frustrated as we conceded a late goal to Chelsea through a corner kick. We wrapped up the month in the league with a 3-0 win away at Watford, with my favourite United player, Tom Cleverley, scoring the third goal to bag the three points.
Table
We kept our place at the top after a solid February and Manchester City has emerged as our main rivals this season, sitting four points behind. Chelsea are languishing 8th in the league with Jose Mourinho under increasing pressure.
FA Cup
We were drawn against our city rivals Manchester City in the FA Cup and it was a boring stalemate at the City of Manchester stadium as we added an extra fixture to our growing list unfortunately. The replay was at Old Trafford and we took full home advantage to knock our rivals out of the cup with the help of sharpshooters Tom Ince and Lewandowski.
Champions League
We had to travel to Spain in our champions league knock-out round to face Athletico Madrid and it was a nervy game. We managed to come away with a fine 2-1 result, with Brazilian right-back Rafael netting a late winner.
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March Update[/h]Capital One Cup disappointment
We kicked off with a defeat in the Capital One Cup final against Mourinho's Chelsea. Ryan Shawcross made a costly mistake and allowed Nuno Santos to grab the winner in the 11th minute. We had a few clear cut chances but couldn't finish them off.
Man United fixtures
Premier League
After the cup final loss, we were back in the league against Norwich at Old Trafford. We struggled to overcome our opponents but thankfully, we managed to hang on to a 1-0 victory. We were brought back down to Earth in our next league game against Newcastle at home, with the Magpies grabbing the solitary goal in a smash and grab victory. I demanded a reaction from the players and they responded by bouncing back in the next two league games, beating both Blackburn and Liverpool comfortably at home.
Table
Results elsewhere went our way as we stayed top after a defeat against the Magpies.
FA Cup
Having struggled past Man City in the last round, we didn't have much luck with the draw as we drew Liverpool in the quarter finals at Anfield. Again, we weren't at our best and luckily, we managed to hang on to a goal-less draw. Inevitably, we add yet another game to our busy list of fixtures next month and it was beginning to take a toll on our squad.
Champions League
We struggled yet again (it has happened far too often this month) against Athletico Madrid at home and were a goal away from exiting the competition. It was painful to watch as we hung on to a narrow 4-3 aggregate win.
England
We had a friendly scheduled against Egypt at home and I decided to take a gamble by resting most of my first 11. As a result, we never got going as we went 1-0 down at half-time. Wanting a win to keep the momentum going, I threw on most of the first-team players in the second period and we came back to win the game 2-1.
We kicked off with a defeat in the Capital One Cup final against Mourinho's Chelsea. Ryan Shawcross made a costly mistake and allowed Nuno Santos to grab the winner in the 11th minute. We had a few clear cut chances but couldn't finish them off.
Man United fixtures
Premier League
After the cup final loss, we were back in the league against Norwich at Old Trafford. We struggled to overcome our opponents but thankfully, we managed to hang on to a 1-0 victory. We were brought back down to Earth in our next league game against Newcastle at home, with the Magpies grabbing the solitary goal in a smash and grab victory. I demanded a reaction from the players and they responded by bouncing back in the next two league games, beating both Blackburn and Liverpool comfortably at home.
Table
Results elsewhere went our way as we stayed top after a defeat against the Magpies.
FA Cup
Having struggled past Man City in the last round, we didn't have much luck with the draw as we drew Liverpool in the quarter finals at Anfield. Again, we weren't at our best and luckily, we managed to hang on to a goal-less draw. Inevitably, we add yet another game to our busy list of fixtures next month and it was beginning to take a toll on our squad.
Champions League
We struggled yet again (it has happened far too often this month) against Athletico Madrid at home and were a goal away from exiting the competition. It was painful to watch as we hung on to a narrow 4-3 aggregate win.
England
We had a friendly scheduled against Egypt at home and I decided to take a gamble by resting most of my first 11. As a result, we never got going as we went 1-0 down at half-time. Wanting a win to keep the momentum going, I threw on most of the first-team players in the second period and we came back to win the game 2-1.
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April Update[/h]Fixtures
After a bad March, it was heartening to see us remain unbeaten in a busy April!
League
We first face Everton at home and their manager Roberto Martinez was under pressure following a string of poor results. Doing him no favors, we beat the Toffees 4-0 with goals from Tom Ince, Ryan Shawcross, Steven Caulker and Wilfried Zaha. Tottenham was the next team to travel to Old Trafford and they managed to come away with a creditable 1-1 draw. We traveled to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea and we were unlucky not to win as the game ended goalless. The last league game of the month took place at Nottingham Forest, where our second-stringers beat them 4-1 with goals from Nick Powell, Danny Welbeck (x2) and the next Giggsy, Martin Reid.
Table
And we stay top, 3 points ahead with two games in hand!
Champions League
We were handed AC Milan in the quarters and I was happy to see my team achieved a commanding 5-0 lead in the first leg. I rested my first 11 in the second leg in Italy and struggled to a 2-2 draw to progress into the semis. Real Madrid was next and we beat them 2-0 at home in a solid first tie.
Unbeaten!
We were beaten finalists for two consecutive seasons and have remained unbeaten since!
FA Cup
In the quarter finals replay, we faced Liverpool at home and thankfully, we managed to come away with a 2-0 win with goals from Danny Welbeck and Ryan Shawcross. After Man City and Liverpool in the last two rounds, we were offered some rest bite in the Semis against championship side Birmingham. We beat Sam Allardyce's side 3-1 with another Danny Welbeck brace.
After a bad March, it was heartening to see us remain unbeaten in a busy April!
League
We first face Everton at home and their manager Roberto Martinez was under pressure following a string of poor results. Doing him no favors, we beat the Toffees 4-0 with goals from Tom Ince, Ryan Shawcross, Steven Caulker and Wilfried Zaha. Tottenham was the next team to travel to Old Trafford and they managed to come away with a creditable 1-1 draw. We traveled to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea and we were unlucky not to win as the game ended goalless. The last league game of the month took place at Nottingham Forest, where our second-stringers beat them 4-1 with goals from Nick Powell, Danny Welbeck (x2) and the next Giggsy, Martin Reid.
Table
And we stay top, 3 points ahead with two games in hand!
Champions League
We were handed AC Milan in the quarters and I was happy to see my team achieved a commanding 5-0 lead in the first leg. I rested my first 11 in the second leg in Italy and struggled to a 2-2 draw to progress into the semis. Real Madrid was next and we beat them 2-0 at home in a solid first tie.
Unbeaten!
We were beaten finalists for two consecutive seasons and have remained unbeaten since!
FA Cup
In the quarter finals replay, we faced Liverpool at home and thankfully, we managed to come away with a 2-0 win with goals from Danny Welbeck and Ryan Shawcross. After Man City and Liverpool in the last two rounds, we were offered some rest bite in the Semis against championship side Birmingham. We beat Sam Allardyce's side 3-1 with another Danny Welbeck brace.
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May update (End of season review)[/h]Man United fixtures
Champions League
We kicked off the final month of our club season with a defeat against Real Madrid in the Champions League semis second leg. The 2-0 first leg victory ensured that we progress into the finals against Barcelona at Nou Camp!
Champions League Final
To my pleasant surprise, we didn't face much difficulties against the Spanish giants and lifted the trophy with a 5-1 victory. \o/
League
We secured the league title with 3 league games to go against second placed Man City at Old Trafford. Second stringers and the youngsters got valuable game time in the last three fixtures.
Table
Looking at the table, we won the league by 10 points ahead of our city rivals Man City. Everton overachieved by sitting prettily on 3rd place, with Tottenham completing the top 4. Watford, Burnley and Blackburn all got relegated.
FA Cup
We dominated the game from start to finish but Southampton's keeper, Romero was in the form of his life. Football is a funny old game and right at the end, Romero made a costly error and Welbeck pounced to win us the cup.
Tom Ince
Tom Ince wins his second player of the year award...
Chris Smalling
and Chris Smalling wins his first players' player of the year award!
The next post will be on my World Cup adventure with England! *fingers crossed
Champions League
We kicked off the final month of our club season with a defeat against Real Madrid in the Champions League semis second leg. The 2-0 first leg victory ensured that we progress into the finals against Barcelona at Nou Camp!
Champions League Final
To my pleasant surprise, we didn't face much difficulties against the Spanish giants and lifted the trophy with a 5-1 victory. \o/
League
We secured the league title with 3 league games to go against second placed Man City at Old Trafford. Second stringers and the youngsters got valuable game time in the last three fixtures.
Table
Looking at the table, we won the league by 10 points ahead of our city rivals Man City. Everton overachieved by sitting prettily on 3rd place, with Tottenham completing the top 4. Watford, Burnley and Blackburn all got relegated.
FA Cup
We dominated the game from start to finish but Southampton's keeper, Romero was in the form of his life. Football is a funny old game and right at the end, Romero made a costly error and Welbeck pounced to win us the cup.
Tom Ince
Tom Ince wins his second player of the year award...
Chris Smalling
and Chris Smalling wins his first players' player of the year award!
The next post will be on my World Cup adventure with England! *fingers crossed
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fantastic result against barca there!
Thank you!
download steklo x4 straight from the steam workshop
Group stage & knock-out round
It was my first ever international tournament on FM14 and I had mixed feelings about this. We met our expectations in the group stages, beating Serbia, Japan and Angola to grab top spot. Danny Welbeck got himself on the score sheet 4 times in total and many tipped him to win the golden boot. We drew Ireland in the next round and managed to squeeze ourselves through to the quarters with a narrow 2-1 victory. Germany awaited us in the quarters and we were the underdogs.
Germany
It was an epic game! We led until the last minute of extra time when Germany equalized. We were shattered and I thought it was going to be penalty heartbreak again at the end. It turned out to be a thrilling penalty shootout, with both teams scoring all their penalties until Germany's 11th penalty, where their keeper missed and we were through the the semis!
Spain
It couldn't get any tougher against the mighty Spain. Things got off to a great start when Welbeck scored in the third minute. However, we conceded 3 goals in quick succession and it was the manner we conceded these 3 goals that angered me. All three goals were scored through corner-kicks and we were supposed to be the superior side at set-pieces due to our size advantage. We played much better after half-time but failed to grab that all important equalizer and eventually lost 3-2
3rd place play-off
We face Serbia again after the group stages and I did not know how we manage to lose this. We simply battered them but they scored the only goal of the game in a smash and grab victory.
All in all, there were both positives and negatives in my first ever World Cup but I ended up feeling more disappointed than happy
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It was a tough decision but I finally decided on selling Rafael as I had the chance to bring in Callum Chambers for only 1.8 million pounds. Rafael had been fantastic for me at right-back for the past five seasons but I had to stick to my philosophy of going English and Callum Chambers has fantastic potential. Jonny Evans was sold on a free to Tottenham (no one wanted to pay for him) as he is approaching his thirties and he is not English. Jonjo Shelvey was also moved on as Will Hughes and James Ward Prowse are developing nicely. A couple of loans completed the transfers in this window.
Fixtures
As usual, friendlies were arranged against weak oppositions to boost the squad's morale before the start of the season. And once again, for the third time in a row, we lost on penalties in the Community Shield and it is getting annoying. In the league, we only played two times in this month and they were against Leeds United H and Arsenal A. The next Ryan Giggs, Martin Reid scored a double in the fiery encounter against Leeds where we had two players sent off. We ended the month with a 2-2 away draw against the Gunners and it was frustrating to concede a late equalizer.
Table
And here's the table after just 2 games.
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September Update 18/19[/h]
Euro. Super Cup
We kicked off the month with a Euro. Super Cup victory against our rivals Liverpool. Lewandowski (X2), Smalling and Ince put us on our way to a 4-1 win.
Man United Fixtures
Back in the league, we traveled to Huddersfield for an away game and came away with three points in a 4-0 victory. Despite being on the wrong side of his thirties, Wayne Rooney was influential and came away with a double. Sheffield Wednesday was up next at Old Trafford and our second stringers struggled but managed to beat them 4-2 with our superior finishing.
We then welcomed Chelsea to the Theater of Dreams in our third league fixture of the month and things got off to a bad start with Steven Caulker made a costly error to give them an early lead. Tom Ince pounced from a corner-kick to equalize before the break. We weren't sharp enough for the second period as we were held to a 1-1 draw at full-time. We ended the month with a tough 2-1 victory at Everton. They were the leaders before the game and we managed to leapfrog them into the top spot after the win.
Table
Here's the table at the end of the month. West Brom and Nottingham Forest gatecrashed the top 4 but it is still early in the season.
Champions League
We kicked off our Champions League campaign with a 4-0 victory against FC Kobenhavn, with academy graduates Tom Cleverley and Danny Welbeck each grabbing a brace.
England Fixtures
We had a friendly in Slovakia at the start of September and managed to come away with a 2-0 victory with goals from Danny Welbeck and Harry Kane. Next, we kicked off our Euro Ch'ship Quals campaign with a 1-0 away victory against Bosnia and what pleased me the most about this month's fixtures were the two clean sheets
Euro. Super Cup
We kicked off the month with a Euro. Super Cup victory against our rivals Liverpool. Lewandowski (X2), Smalling and Ince put us on our way to a 4-1 win.
Man United Fixtures
Back in the league, we traveled to Huddersfield for an away game and came away with three points in a 4-0 victory. Despite being on the wrong side of his thirties, Wayne Rooney was influential and came away with a double. Sheffield Wednesday was up next at Old Trafford and our second stringers struggled but managed to beat them 4-2 with our superior finishing.
We then welcomed Chelsea to the Theater of Dreams in our third league fixture of the month and things got off to a bad start with Steven Caulker made a costly error to give them an early lead. Tom Ince pounced from a corner-kick to equalize before the break. We weren't sharp enough for the second period as we were held to a 1-1 draw at full-time. We ended the month with a tough 2-1 victory at Everton. They were the leaders before the game and we managed to leapfrog them into the top spot after the win.
Table
Here's the table at the end of the month. West Brom and Nottingham Forest gatecrashed the top 4 but it is still early in the season.
Champions League
We kicked off our Champions League campaign with a 4-0 victory against FC Kobenhavn, with academy graduates Tom Cleverley and Danny Welbeck each grabbing a brace.
England Fixtures
We had a friendly in Slovakia at the start of September and managed to come away with a 2-0 victory with goals from Danny Welbeck and Harry Kane. Next, we kicked off our Euro Ch'ship Quals campaign with a 1-0 away victory against Bosnia and what pleased me the most about this month's fixtures were the two clean sheets
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Chambers is pretty awesome, great trade with Rafael there