Disclaimer89's English Premier League Chairman Game - FM 2015 Edition

Everton have had a shocker of a start to the season getting thumped by Liverpool like that!
 
POOR START FOR ROYALS!!!

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READING owner Michael Farinaro has admitted that the club have got off to a poor start to the season but admits there can be some positives taken from this.

Match 1 READING 0 WEST BROM 1

I expected a close game against the Baggies and i think we played really well but of course West Brom wanted it more.

Match 2 ARSENAL 4 READING 2

Of course we didnt expect to get a result at the Emirates but we gave a good account for ourselves here and it was good to see our new striker Robbie Keane score both goals.

Match 3 READING 1 SUNDERLAND 2

Poor performance from us in this game was hoping for at least a draw against Sunderland but we have a emerging star in midfielder Michael Hector who grabbed our goal.

Capital Cup Rnd 2 Match OLDHAM 1 READING 4

A good cup run is very important for us this year and it was great to get thru to the next round with a goal from our on loan striker Malcolm along with Gareth McCleary and a double from Jake Cooper.

Start of our campaign not a good one but Frank is still getting to know the squad and im sure he will get us going soon and hopefully in two to three weeks time we can welcome new signing Junior Hoilett into the team after injury.



 
West Ham's Update

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OK a little more details

Tonight's update is sponsored by Head and Shoulders and will have a Hair related pun theme
(main reason being I have been hitting on a hair dresser and have so many of these left to use)

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Pre-season was pre-season...no one cares

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1st Match - Community Shied Final v Man City

West Ham 4 - 1 Man City

What a victory! another trophy for the Hammers, albeit a novelty one.



We played superbly in this match, not putting a foot wrong and BRUSHING off any attack thrown at us.


Which is good, as I bet a PONY on this one...


After the game I spoke to Pellegrini and said "I MOUSTACHE you a question" He didn't respond, just said "I will MULLET over"


2 losses at 4-1 proves what a SHAM this team can be


Danny Welbeck has started most our games this season, looks like he will be our MANE striker (well actually it looks like he is going to be sold)


I don't want this to drag on so I will CUT it SHORT


I thought I had finished with puns, but I guess KNOT


I have a few more, but I'll SHAVE them for later

1 point out of 9 is not good enough, and if the team keep playing this bad I will be forced to produce more of these puns, therefore it is in your best interests to let me win...laters!

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Znik said:
Back from holiday tomorrow! Hopefully just in time to see Arsenal cruise through August!
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And if it wasn't for Leicester, I'd be right! **** you Kasper Schmeichel (or whoever was in goal).
Will be able to write a transfer + August update tomorrow!
 

STOKE
Angry doesnt even cover it!


3 games 3 defeats. Newcastle humped us in a game where we had used all our subs by half time and spend the last 40 minutes with 10 men as N'Zonzi got sent off and Muniesa went off injured. News star striker Jonathan Calleri went off injured 2 minutes into his debut
Next up was a 2-0 defeat at the Britannia to Everton. We played better and made chances but Everton took there's we did not!
Final dissapointment of the month was away to Hull where we played well again but were let down in front of goal.

Not happy with Mr Rodgers in the transfer window either as he added an uneccasary forward in Fabio Borini, i'd say we had too many already! And youngster Charlie Colkett which is more acceptable. He only got rid of Andy Wilkinson as Steve Sidwell and others continue to make a packet sitting in the u21s

Coming up
Reading and Cardiff have become must win for confidence if nothing else, We have Reading in the League cup too. Leicester at home rounds of a month were we simply have to get wins with Man City, Chelea and Arsenal in October.

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Aston Villa start of season update
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Before we start this update, i would just like to say: He sold Enner Valencia. I will murder his babies. Sherwood, because he's brain damaged, sold our best player to inter milan. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. 20 goals in 32 games godamnit.

Our first competitive matches of the season was a couple of playoffs against some Azerbaijani team, Inter Baki. We wiped the floor with them, getting a 4 - 0 win at home and a 3 - 2 victory away. Our first premier league game, meanwhile was against Fulham. We won easily, Pelle and Benteke getting 2 and a consolation pen by Woodrow adding respectability to the scoreline. Next up, another europa league game, against KV Mechelen, a Belgian side. We won 2 - 0 at home, thanks to Wiemann and Pelle. Manchester United were our next opponents, they easily beat us 3 - 1, to be expected. We only got that goal because of a penalty however. Then came the return leg against Mechelen, who scored 2 against us after Silva was sent off. We managed to win on penalties however, to progress to the group stages. Finally, we went up against QPR. We somehow gave away a penalty in under 59 seconds, which Soldado slotted home. One of the league's surprise packages managed to rout us after Senderos was sent off, a Weimann goal making it 4 - 1 to them.

Overview
Well, not that promising honestly.The europa league is already fatiguing us, and Sherwood played N'zogbia as a target man against QPR. But the strangest decision of all, the root of all our problems was the sale of Valencia. How dumb can you be AI? HOW DUMB?!?!?!?

Worst player of the month
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Tim Sherwood
Why did you betray me tim? WHYYY?

Best player of the month
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Enner Valencia
RIP in peace.




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Liverpool Update
A disaster start for us. Only 3 points so far and I am not impressed with marcelo bielsa's style and tactic. I feel his 3-4-3 is too negative. He will only get one more month to prove himself.

Matches
After a good start against everton, we immedietly went into a badform. We lost to hull, ipswich and leicester. This 3 matches is must win match but marcelo bielsa failed to win any of them.

Transfers
I am not happy how he decided to sell marco verratti as he can become a good player. He bought lars bender which is doing well but he spend too much money on just one player.

Expectations next month
get at least 7 points
get a draw with man city and win cardiff and reading

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Fantastic first month. Absolute massive win over City. Great start for West Brom.
 
full update coming tommorow losing the community shield and to west brom not a great start =(
 

August
A more settle squad and a very good start with new Striker Lukaku hitting 3 goals in 2 starts




QPR 0-3 Man Utd
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We tried to make many deals with QPR this summer this result was not part of the deal. QPR actually had more chances!


Man Utd 3-1 Aston Villa
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Lukaku on target again comfortable win


Tottenham 3-3 Man Utd
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**** you Danny Ings!!!!! threw away a two goal lead too!




League
Happy enough with that start but didnt expect to be chasing Hull!



Champions league Draw
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Juventus games will be good but we should have no problems here.



Transfers
What the **** is LVG doing! Sold Rafael for a meager £6m as PSG rob me! and to make it worse the player i wanted to sell Nani wasnt even transfer listed!



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HULL FLYING HIGH!!!​
Preseason: Don't really care, but 6 wins, including a 4-1 against Valencia, and 1 draw.

August:
Hull 2-1 Sunderland
Great way to start off the season, New signings Kroehn- Delhi and Stuani got some debut goals. Possession was even, but we had loads of shots.

Liverpool 0-2 Hull
Huge win at Anfield, Dame N'Doye bagged a brace

Hull 3-2 Chesterfield (Capital One Cup)
Chesterfield went up early in the first half, then late in the 2nd half N'Doye bagged a brace, and Gnabry made it 3-1, before Chesterfield scored a late consolation. We go away to Crystal Palace next.

Hull 2-1 Stoke
Hernandez scores early in the first half, cancelled out minutes later by Stoke Livermore won it early in the 2nd half, and a few minutes later Mcgreggor was sent off, but that had no effect on the outcome.

1st place in the league, is far more than I had expected, I am sure we won't be there for long, but at least we know we won't be in a relegation battle. Fulham at home and Crystal Palace and United away next month, plus Crystal palace away in the COC. Drew Carey is happy
 
Sunderland chairman stranded in tent with his family.

He didn't have time to say much however he has stated it was always going to be an early season struggle with so many new faces in the team. However he is pleased that we have points on the board and is looking forward to what the seasons brings as the team starts to gel.

From what he can see Everton Ribeiro has been somewhat of a revelation since joining the club picking up 3 man of the match awards even though two of the games he was involved in were losses.

Phillips has said he will give a more detailed report once he returns from this torrid camping trip.​
 
Arsenal start of season update.

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The Gunners make promising start

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In an active summer in the Premier League, Arsenal's summer was about suring up the defence, as well as getting rid of some deadwood. We managed to half-achieve those goals while sticking to our conservative spending-policy.
Transfers
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Transfers In:
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Jose Gaya,Valencia - Fee: £18.5M
We spent big on a new left back, when we've already got the best left back in the league. Some may see this as a big risk, but we have high hopes that Arsene will see fit to rotate Jose and Leighton Baines, to make sure that Gaya gets game time. In a year or two, Jose will be the best left back in the world.

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Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, FC Barcelona - Fee: £10.5M
Despite Szczesny having a decent season last year, we felt that competition for the #1 spot was needed. And bringing in possibly the most talented keeper available out there, for a mere £10M could well be considered a bargain. Marc-Andre is already a very solid stopper, and at 23, he is 2 years younger than Wojciech as well, and should give us a very solid keeper for years to come.

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Mateo Musacchio, Villareal - Fee: £15M
This deal was completed by mr. Wenger while Prince Harry was busy on holiday, so the Prince was very surprised to see him at the club when he returned, as he asked kindly to get notice of any deals made in his absence. Despite this, it might turn out to be a good deal after all, as this gives us 4 very good CB's, but unfortunately, only weeks after signing, Mateo broke his leg in a friendly, and will be missing the next 4 months of football.

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Matteo Darmian, Torino - Fee: £12M
It was all about the Mat(t)eos this summer for mr. Wenger, as he also signed versatile Italian international Darmian from Torino. This signing was one that Prince Harry raged about when he got home from holiday, as it was in big conflict with his other plans for the fullbacks. Arsenal now have an abundance of defenders and may well be seen looking to make some movements on that part in January. Matteo was also unlucky in pre-season, and suffered strained knee ligaments, missing 4 weeks of football.

Transfers OUT:

Joel Campbell - Aston Villa: £6.5M: I feel both parts got a decent deal here. Villa get a good winger, and we get rid of a player that would struggle to get game time at a good price.
Carl Jenkinson - Sunderland: £3.5M: We continue our good relationship with Sunderland, making negotiations very profitable for both parts. Carl was deemed not needed at the Emirates, but is still a decent quality fullback in the PL, and should be able to win a good spot at Sunderland.
David Ospina - Sunderland: £3.5M: Sunderland may well have gotten a bargain here. With Ter Stegen coming in, and Leali in the reserves, David was, unfortunately, without a shot of playing time. But we might well regret this decision when David tries to stop us later on in the season, as the Colombian is still a quality player.
Natxo Monreal - QPR: £4.5M: After signing Gaya and Darmian, there was no way Natxo could get playing-time. He will do well at QPR, who look to be building a very solid team this season.
Winston Reid - West Ham: £5.5M: It is always a pleasure dealing with relatives, and when Musacchio was signed, Reid was 5th or 6th choice CB here, but he ticked all the boxes at Commonwealth Ham. A good deal for both parts, sending Reid back where he played 1 year ago.
Yaya Sanogo - Crystal Palace: £500K: Not needed, Crystal Palace needed some backup. Fairly straight forward deal.
Lukas Podolski - Rubin Kazan: £2.3M: At the end of the window, mr. Wenger made some moves to make the playing squad an acceptable size. One of the moves was selling Lukas to Russia. We had to take a major price cut on the German, but getting rid of his £100K/week wages made the deal worthwhile.
Hatem Ben Arfa - Real Sociedad: £3.9M: After signing on a free, I am not too downhearted at letting Hatem go, but would have liked mr. Wenger to negotiate a slightly higher fee for the Frenchman. But this will leave room for our younger players to develop.
Loic Remy - Napoli: £3.9M: A deal that really leaves me puzzled. We did not need to sell Loic, as he was more than happy playing a backup role to great effect last season. He is only 28, so why should we have accepted such a low fee? If we got £15M for him then sure, but this deal leaves me with great doubts about the ability of mr. Wenger to negotiate to the best interests of the team.

Loans out:
Richairo Zivkovic - Sunderland: A good match for both sides. Richairo gets first team football from a team that we have a good relationship with, and Sunderland get a quality striker, for a low weekly wage.
Diafra Sakho - QPR: Diafra gets a move after we failed to move him on permanently this summer. QPR get a quality backup striker, and perhaps Diafra can impress enough to earn himself a permanent move. He did score 14 on loan at relegated Burnley last season.
Hector Bellerin - Leicester: I think Hector has every chance to make that right back spot at Leicester his own this year, so this is of great benefit to the player as well as Leicester.
Serge Gnabry - Hull: Serge needs playing time, and hopefully there will be opportunities at Hull for the quick German.


Results
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Premier League:
Leicester 0 - 0 Arsenal
A stuttering start as no team managed to make the breakthrough in an even game. A draw was a fair result, so fair play to Leicester. Good to see Bellerin playing 90 minutes, but it was the usual fullback-suspect that won the MoM award.
MoM: Leighton Baines - 9.0 Rating

Arsenal 4 - 2 Reading
We managed to find our shooting boots here against impressive promoted team Reading. Ramsey gave us an early lead, but nomadic striker Robbie Keane, who was quoted saying he was delighted at making his debut for his boyhood dream club, Reading, equalized just before the break. Our Cameroonian beast, Aboubakar, who will play a bigger part in the squad this year, gave us the lead back straight after the break, and Alexis doubled our lead only 8 minutes later. Keane was not done however, as he expressed his joy at finally playing for his all-time favourite squad, making it 3-2 with 27 minutes to go. But last years big surprise performer, Santi Cazorla, kept up his great form, killing the game off with 10 minutes to go.
MoM: Alexis Sanchez - 8.3 Rating

Cardiff 1 - 3 Arsenal
We beat another promoted team here, and have started the league season well. An early Sterling goal, as well as goals from Sturridge and Ozil gave us a deserved win. A late Kenwyne Jones goal did cause some tantrums for Szczesny, who was hoping to keep his spot, with Ter Stegen returning from injury.
MoM: Leighton Baines - 9.1 Rating​
Champions League Playoff:
Arsenal 3 - 0 Besiktas
We drew Turkish side Besiktas in the last qualifying stage, and disposed of them in the first leg, despite Mamadou Sakho managing to get sent off. Second half goals from Aboubakar, Sanchez and Wilshere all but secure qualification.
MoM: Mesut Ozil - 8.4 Rating

Besiktas 0 - 2 Arsenal
Another professional job. Sterling, as well as Wilshere again, gave us another goal and another clean sheet. Unfortunately, this meant Jack's luck was up. He limped off with what turned out to be a torn hamstring right before the end, and will miss at least 3 months of football.
MoM: Laurent Koscielny - 8.6 Rating.
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Champions League Group Draw:
Arsenal
Dortmund
Monaco
PSV

About the hardest draw we could have gotten. We get two very strong teams in Monaco and Dortmund, as well as the reigning Dutch Champions in PSV. We will have to focus our efforts to make it through to the knockout stage.

Conclusion:​
We have had a kind start to the season, but have still performed well. The only down-side was not stealing a win from the Foxes. But now the real test starts. We have some really tough games in October beginning with Chelsea at the Bridge, straight after the international-break. We then face Monaco at home in mid-week, then Man City at home, which is sure to be a tight affair, as they seek to rectify their horrible season start. We also have away games at PSV and Leicester, in the CL and Capital One Cup respectively, as well as a must-win game at home to much-improved West Brom. Truly a do or die-month ahead of us!

Now don't go and do something silly on deadline-day Arsene!
 
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Pre-Season:
View attachment 239686 The squad had a good pre-season with some great results against lower tier teams. These wins are a good morale boost to start the new season.

Premier League: Aston Villa - Fulham
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The first match of the season results in a deserved loss for us against a strong Aston Villa.

Premier League: Fulham - Tottenham
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A great result in our first home game of the season against Tottenham. Woodrow scored both goals and has now already scored three in the first two games.

Captital One Cup 2nd Round: Yeovil - Fulham
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A decent result against League 1 side Yeovil in the Capital One Cup. Henriksen scores his first official goal for the club since moving here in July.

Premier League: Newcastle - Fulham
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We got smashed by Newcastle in the final game of the month.

Premier League Standings:
View attachment 239676The win against Tottenham is enough to stay clear of relegation for now, which is the main goal of this season.

Next month:
View attachment 239675Next month will be tough, going up against Hull and Leicester in the league, who both had very good starts to the season, and Everton, who is never to be underestimated. We also get drawn Chelsea to play against in the 3rd round of the Captital One Cup, which will be very difficult.


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August - Man city

A poor month all round

We started with a 4-1 loss to west ham in the community shield not a priority for us especially after winning it last year but 4-1 to west ham is poor by our standard caulker is the biggest culprit having a very poor debut.
Next we get to face west ham again at home however we couldn’t score and injuries to silva and zabaleta in the match are pretty disheartening aswell. 0-0

A big game against our rivals Chelsea could have a significant shame on the season. We were away from home. Chelsea scored two goals early on in lucas pratto showing us what we could have had pellegrini particularly annoyed as this suggested was ignored by sporting director joshster. However yaya toure pulled a rabbit out of hat scoring two goals before the second hand earning us a point.

Finally a 2-1 loss to west brom sums up a disappointing month with questions over the manager given fernandinho starting upfront…

This is a poor start however there’s no need to panic the new signings will take time to settle and while man city supporters may not be blown away with excitement with our summer signings they were necessary to add depth and increase our number of home grown players.

Currently lying in 17th​ pellegrini has plenty of time to pull it around before we become the next Liverpool however sticking to 4-4-2 and playing a central midfielder up front isn’t going to win him any favours, while earning himself a one year extension questions remain whether he has the full support of sporting director joshster given it was not his recruitment choice merely the manager who was in charge at the time.

In terms of possible January transfers expect to see rekik to go either permanently or on loan with possible loan placements for barker and gerson as well. In terms of the first team time will tell if clichy will get much game time and whether his happiness will drop as a result while fernandinho and possibly dzeko could also be making their way out of eithad park sooner rather than later. August Month Man city

A poor month all round

We started with a 4-1 loss to west ham in the community shield not a priority for us especially after winning it last year but 4-1 to west ham is poor by our standard caulker is the biggest culprit having a very poor debut.
Next we get to face west ham again at home however we couldn’t score and injuries to silva and zabaleta in the match are pretty disheartening aswell. 0-0

A big game against our rivals Chelsea could have a significant shame on the season. We were away from home. Chelsea scored two goals early on in lucas pratto showing us what we could have had pellegrini particularly annoyed as this suggested was ignored by sporting director joshster. However yaya toure pulled a rabbit out of hat scoring two goals before the second hand earning us a point.

Finally a 2-1 loss to west brom sums up a disappointing month with questions over the manager given fernandinho starting upfront…

This is a poor start however there’s no need to panic the new signings will take time to settle and while man city supporters may not be blown away with excitement with our summer signings they were necessary to add depth and increase our number of home grown players.

Currently lying in 17th​ pellegrini has plenty of time to pull it around before we become the next Liverpool however sticking to 4-4-2 and playing a central midfielder up front isn’t going to win him any favours, while earning himself a one year extension questions remain whether he has the full support of sporting director joshster given it was not his recruitment choice merely the manager who was in charge at the time.

In terms of possible January transfers expect to see rekik to go either permanently or on loan with possible loan placements for barker and gerson as well. In terms of the first team time will tell if clichy will get much game time and whether his happiness will drop as a result while fernandinho and possibly dzeko could also be making their way out of eithad park sooner rather than later.
 
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