Birmingham City F.C From Nothing to Something

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Season 2

The start of my second season. My board gave me less money than I had last season from £40 Million to £15.75 Million. I once again chose my main goal in the season to be a Mid-Table finish. This year I am in the market for another goalscorer and a winger any suggestions?

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Pre Season

A good pre season 100% record :)
3-0 Nurnberg (a)
5-0 St. Johnstone (a)
3-0 Eupen (a)
7-1 Oostende (a)
6-0 Union SG (a)
5-0 Cliftonville (a)
 
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End of August Report

Results:

Birmingham 1-1 Aston Villa (h)
Jack Wilshere (37); Ashley Young (58)

Wolves 3-1 Birmingham (a)
Axel Witsel (90+1), Craig Gardner Sent Off; Michel (27), Kevin Doyle (55), Michael Knightly (59)

Birmingham 3-1 Nottingham Forest (h)
Takayuki Morimoto (24), Franck Quedrue (65), Sebastian Larsson (90+3); David Mcgoldrick (80)

Birmingham 2-0 Barnsley (h) [League Cup 2nd Rnd]
James McFadden (7,79)

Sunderland 3-0 Birmingham
Lorik Cana (68), Darren Bent (79, 90+1) Lee Cattermole Sent Off (90+4)

Premier League Position: 13th

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End of Transfer Window!
In that period I signed the following:
Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) - Loan (£2 Million)
Joe Hart (Manchester City) -£2.5 Million
Guido Marilungo (Sampdoria) - Loan (325K)
Takayuki Marimoto (Catania, Record Signing) - £11.5 Million

An OK start to the season but the losses to Wolves and Sunderland hurt me. I have progressed in the league cup looking to do better than I did last time. Now to my signings I have signed two promising wingers in Jack Wilshere and Guido Marilungo to add extra width to my team and also the permanent signing of Joe Hart was a real asset. Lastly another record signing in Takayuki Marimoto he should give me goals
 
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Great job gettin Hart and Wilshere use my tacticsand you will have a tasty season
 
End of September Report

Results:

Liverpool 1-2 Birmingham (a)
Christian Benitez (64); Albert Riera (29), Steven Gerrard (90+1)

Manchester City 5-3 Birmingham (a)
James McFadden (59), Christian Benitez (61, 70) Roger Johnson Sent Off (22); Joe Hart Own Goal (4), Carlos Tevez (28,32, 45), Emmanuel Adebayor (48)

Cardiff 1-3 Birmingham (a) [League Cup 3rd Round]
Mark Beevers (12), James McFadden (58), Guido Marilungo (69); Axel Witsel Own Goal (84)

Birmingham 2-3 Bolton
Christian Benitez (11), Takayuki Marimoto (28); Johann Elmander (36, 45+1), Marco Ruben (46)

Premier League Position: 18th

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Well on paper it was always going to be a tough month for us and that prediction was duly delivered. We started off with an unlucky loss to Liverpool as their "Messiah" - Gerrard once agagin saved them with a last minute goal. Then came Man City and at one point we were 5-0 down and a spirited last 30 minutes performance got us up to 5-3 down but once again another loss. The last 2 games were games I should have won but I lost yet again to Bolton, we need to up our performances if we are going to get anything this season.
 
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Fantastic team selection mate :P

Your doing ok so far... can i please ask how you started with 40 mill :O

With the 10.3 patch for mid table i only ever got offered 20ish.
 
Erm i got a different patch I forgot what is called though sorry. It has all the new signings and everything.
 
wich patch are you playing because i never get 40m
 
What tactic are you using btw?

Good end to season one and now you should be challenging for mid-to-top table.

Good luck.
 
End of October Report

Results:

Birmingham 2-0 Chelsea (h)
Christian Benitez (8), Guido Marilungo (90+2)

Stoke 2-2 Birmingham (a)
Takayuki Marimoto (11,18); Joe Hart Own Goal (70), Abdoulaye Faye (87)

West Brom 1-0 Birmingham (a)
Graham Dorrans (44); Stuart Parnaby Sent Off (86)

Sunderland 0-1 Birmingham (a) [League Cup 4th Round]
Craig Gardner (38)

Birmingham 1-1 West Ham (h)
Guido Marilungo (55); Radoslav Kovac (49)

Premier League Position: 16th

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A good month we beat chelsea convincingly :) . We then got two draws against West Ham and Stoke but then had a disappointing loss to West Brom. Once again we seem to be making good progress in the League Cup maybe our route to Europe who knows. I lost Chucho Benitez to injury and also Guido Marilungo hopefully we can cope with the losses.
 
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JustKituno I'm playing a 4-1-1-2-2 formation with 2 wingers, 1 centre mid and 1 defensive mid. My touchline instructions are Retain Possession, Work Ball into the Box and Pass into space (Against harder teams i tend to play Hassle Opponents too). My Philosophy is fluid and my strategy is control.

View attachment 56468 <<< This is the exact tactic, i did not make it up i got it off someone else but very good.
 
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End of November Report

Results:

Cardiff 0-3 Birmingham (a)
Gavin Rae Own Goal (27), Jonjo Shelvey (44), Jack Wilshere (64)

Birmingham 3-3 Arsenal (h)
Lee Bowyer (20) Milan Baros (32, 81); Theo Walcott (18, 65, 89)

Birmingham 2-1 Wigan (h)
Craig Gardner (20) Sebastien Larsson (22); Titus Bramble (59)

Tottenham 3-0 Birmingham (a)
Jermain Defoe (13, 37), Luka Modric (48)

Premier League Position: 14th

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Another good month 7 points out of 12 considering I had the 2 north London giants Tottenham and Arsenal. A 3-3 draw versus Arsenal was pretty good but the only thing that annoyed me was the fact Theo Walcott got a Hat-trick and I personally dislike him as I don't believe he is even good enough for the premier league. Otherwise 2 good wins against Cardiff and Wigan and an expected win for Tottenham although I would have liked at least one goal.
 
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