TheLuckDuck
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PAST 3 SEASONS
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Well, I've been head honcho at Liverpool for three years now and I'm delighted to say they have been the most successful three years since the turn of the decade, possibly since the turn of the Millennium, during that time, I myself have been branded a "legend" by hardcore Kopites, which strengthens my belief that this club is the perfect club for me, so in the three special editions of the Liverpool fanzine, I'm going to look back and reflect on my first three seasons in charge.
SEASON 1-2012/13
In my first season as manager here at Liverpool FC, we started very slowly indeed, not winning a game until we beat Tottenham 2-0 at home, this was a very tough time for me as fingers were pointed as we were languishing near (and at times in!) the relegation places. I soon realised the defence needed strengthening after the sale of Martin Skrtel so I brought in Dede and Ryan Shawcross to cover the gaps in the defence, using Daniel Agger and Jamie Carragher as cover. After these purchses I realised we still had some money in the bank so I bought Welshman Aaron Ramsey from Arsenal to support Stevie G in the midfield, using Joe Allen as cover, we also had a goalscoring problem after selling Luis Suarez to Manchester City for £25m so we signed Inter veteran Tomasso Rocchi for £140k, wha an inspired signing he proved to be. By January we had begun climbing the table and winning our Europa League games and sat in ninth position, 3 places off of my and the board's targets, after that an inspired run of losing just three out of seventeen league matches (winning ten and drawing four, even beating Manchester United!) and romping our way to the Europa League final saved our season and quite possibly my contract!
FULL LIST OF TRANSFERSS FOR THE 2012/13 SEASON
INS
Zakaria Bakkali from PSV for £600k
Ryan Shawcross from Stoke for £17m
Stephan El Shaarawy from AC Milan for £25m
Dede from Vasco de Gama for £26m
Aaron Ramsey from Arsenal for £14m
Tommasso Rocchi from Inter Milan for £140k
Julian Brandt from Wolfsbrg for £625k
Olivier Ntcham from Man City for £750k
Overall-£83m
OUTS
Martin Skrtel to Juventus for £11m
Glen Johnson to Chelsea for £10m
Peter Gulacsi to Rubin Kazan for £500k
Stewart Downing to Tottenham for £5m
Luis Suarez to Man City for £25m
Overall-£52m
Where are they now?
Martin Skrtel is still at Juventus and has 62 league games for the Italian side-He has won two Serie A's, two Italian Cups and has finished runner-up in the Europa League
Glen Johnson is still at Chelseahas 79 league appearances since rejoining Chelsea-He has won the Club World Championship, European Super Cup and has been runner-up in the FA Cup, League Cup and Charity Shield
Peter Gulacsi is still at Rubin Kazan and has made 69 league appearances for the Russian club-He has won one Russian Cup
Stewart Downing made 34 appearances for Spurs before being sold to Newcastle for £1.8m where he has made 17 appearances-He has won on FA Cup and a League Cup
Luis Suarez is still at Manchester City playing 38 games in three years and scoring but 14 goals-He has won one Charity Shield, one FA Cup, one League Cup and the Premier League
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Well, I've been head honcho at Liverpool for three years now and I'm delighted to say they have been the most successful three years since the turn of the decade, possibly since the turn of the Millennium, during that time, I myself have been branded a "legend" by hardcore Kopites, which strengthens my belief that this club is the perfect club for me, so in the three special editions of the Liverpool fanzine, I'm going to look back and reflect on my first three seasons in charge.
SEASON 1-2012/13
In my first season as manager here at Liverpool FC, we started very slowly indeed, not winning a game until we beat Tottenham 2-0 at home, this was a very tough time for me as fingers were pointed as we were languishing near (and at times in!) the relegation places. I soon realised the defence needed strengthening after the sale of Martin Skrtel so I brought in Dede and Ryan Shawcross to cover the gaps in the defence, using Daniel Agger and Jamie Carragher as cover. After these purchses I realised we still had some money in the bank so I bought Welshman Aaron Ramsey from Arsenal to support Stevie G in the midfield, using Joe Allen as cover, we also had a goalscoring problem after selling Luis Suarez to Manchester City for £25m so we signed Inter veteran Tomasso Rocchi for £140k, wha an inspired signing he proved to be. By January we had begun climbing the table and winning our Europa League games and sat in ninth position, 3 places off of my and the board's targets, after that an inspired run of losing just three out of seventeen league matches (winning ten and drawing four, even beating Manchester United!) and romping our way to the Europa League final saved our season and quite possibly my contract!
FULL LIST OF TRANSFERSS FOR THE 2012/13 SEASON
INS
Zakaria Bakkali from PSV for £600k
Ryan Shawcross from Stoke for £17m
Stephan El Shaarawy from AC Milan for £25m
Dede from Vasco de Gama for £26m
Aaron Ramsey from Arsenal for £14m
Tommasso Rocchi from Inter Milan for £140k
Julian Brandt from Wolfsbrg for £625k
Olivier Ntcham from Man City for £750k
Overall-£83m
OUTS
Martin Skrtel to Juventus for £11m
Glen Johnson to Chelsea for £10m
Peter Gulacsi to Rubin Kazan for £500k
Stewart Downing to Tottenham for £5m
Luis Suarez to Man City for £25m
Overall-£52m
Where are they now?
Martin Skrtel is still at Juventus and has 62 league games for the Italian side-He has won two Serie A's, two Italian Cups and has finished runner-up in the Europa League
Glen Johnson is still at Chelseahas 79 league appearances since rejoining Chelsea-He has won the Club World Championship, European Super Cup and has been runner-up in the FA Cup, League Cup and Charity Shield
Peter Gulacsi is still at Rubin Kazan and has made 69 league appearances for the Russian club-He has won one Russian Cup
Stewart Downing made 34 appearances for Spurs before being sold to Newcastle for £1.8m where he has made 17 appearances-He has won on FA Cup and a League Cup
Luis Suarez is still at Manchester City playing 38 games in three years and scoring but 14 goals-He has won one Charity Shield, one FA Cup, one League Cup and the Premier League
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