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

And our second league loss :/ Still, slowly moving towards the title...
 
On a lighter note from all this talk of peligreni being sacked id like to express how great it is to see crystal palace, ourselves(QPR) and cardiff all doing so well and pushing for europe. I truely hope somehow we all make it however unlikly it is.
 
Aston Villa Feburary Update
In our first game of the month, against Newcastle we managed a slim victory thanks to a Pelle penalty. Fellow relegation challengers Hull were up next, and due to an early fierro goal we managed a 1 - 1 draw. Then in the first game of the Europa league knockout stages, we came up against Zenit. We lost 2 - 1, but got a very important away goal. Against struggling Leicester, in our first home game of the month, we managed to beat them 2 - 1. Finally, Zenit at home. We won 2 - 1, but with equal away goals and scoreline, it went to extra time and then penalties. Cissokho missed a crucial pen, and then our Europa league run ended. In truth, this may be a blessing in disguise. We can now focus entirely on the premier league, where we are 15th and by no means safe. Olsen has done an impressive job here at Villa park, and I'm very pleased with his contribution.​
 
After several long hours of talks Pellegrini will retain his position as Man City Manager.



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While recent results have been Disappointing Pellegrini is still popular amongst the fans for winning the premier league two times in a row and after beating Real Madrid in the first leg it's would be only fair to allow him it see it through to try and achieve our target of winning the champions league!



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(for now...)

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EuropeEurope here we come, I can only presume we beat United in the COC final. League safety is now our no 1 priority. It would be ashame for us to go down and not be able to lead the club on its European adventure. Will post an update once game save becomes available.

Edit: Just seen that the save is now up, Sunderland update out tonight.
 
READING CHAIRMAN MICHAEL FARINARO HAS LOST FAITH IN MANAGER FRANK DE BOER AFTER ONLY MANAGING TO WIN 3 GAMES IN 28 GAMES.
HOWEVER THE CLUB ADMITTED THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO SACK HIM AND BELIEVE IT IS TOO LATE TO WIN PREMIER LEAGUE SURVIVAL.
 

January


We tried our hardest to throw it away but despite loosing 3-1 in Sheffield were into the League Cup final against Soviet's Sunderland team
We drew and beat Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup where we played the 3 times in a week. Bolton also beaten as Liverpool await in the last 16
3 wins and a draw in the League see's us back on track if not still miles off the top 2! Where the **** did Chelsea get so far away!

FA Cup 3rd Round
Man Utd 3-0 Bolton
Young
Januzaj 2
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Man Utd 3-2 QPR
Lukaku 2
Mata
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Dybla tried to shoot down his owner club but Lukaku showed him what he's up against when he finally joins the Old Trafford Striker Force


Man Utd 3-2 Tottenham
Falcao
Pogba
Rooney
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Newcastle 1-1 Man Utd
Falcao
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League Cup Semi 1st leg
Sheff Wed 1-4 Man Utd
Young
Tielemans
Lukaku
Romangnoli
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League Cup Semi 2nd leg
Man Utd 1-3 Sheff Wed
Mata
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FA Cup 4th Round
Man Utd 2-1 Sheff Wed
Young
Wilson
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Man Utd 3-1 Leicester
Mata
Lukaku
Pogba
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Transfer Window
This was a catastraphy!
Couldnt sell anyone. We didnt even get a bid and with the chairman window suffering from so many poor Chairmen it was up to LVG to clear some wages but he had a utter nightmare of a window clearing no space at all. Hoarding is not cool!!!!






February


Further United shame in the League Cup Final
Liverpool do the business in the FA Cup so its 2nd place and 99% Focus on Champions League



Man Utd 3-2 Everton
Falcao
Di Maria
Rooney
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Hull 1-2 Man Utd
Lukaku
Di Maria
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Reading 1-1 Man Utd
Young
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Two points thrown away here. Terrible in front of goal


FA Cup 5th Round
Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd
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Champions League Last 16 1st Leg
Inter Milan 2-2 Man Utd
Rooney
Di Maria
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Twice threw away a lead however only ourselves and Bayern avoided defeat on the road.

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Man Utd 3-1 Cardiff
Pogba
Falcao
Lukaku
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Carling Cup Final
Sunderland 1-0 Man Utd
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Can Hardly blame this on the two injurys in the first 17 minutes! Sunderland were always in the game and despite only having 1 effort on target i'd say they out played us and for sure played beyond there ability for there manager & Owner. Well done to them. For shame United! For Shame!




League
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So we're 9 points behind, 6 if we win our game in hand & 3 if we do that & beat Chelsea at Old Trafford, Not looking as bleak as it did in January! Plenty of work to do to lock down a Champions League spot with Spurs and Man City just a good month away form passing us.



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Sunderland A.F.C 2016 Capital One Cup winners.




Some may see this trophy as a mickey mouse cup but to the fans of Sunderland it is more than that, it is a passport to Europe via the Europa League and the clubs first major honours since 1973.

Lets take a look at Sunderland's journey.

First up were League 1 team Walsall in the 2nd round of the competition.
A heavily rotated side were able to see hosts Walsall off 2-1. On loan Arsenal man Zivkovic continued his fine scoring form with a goal and new man Everton Ribeiro scored his first of the competition.

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Round 3 took us to the DW Stadium to face championship side Wigan. This was a tricky game and although we were outplayed we were able to scrape through 2-1 winners. Everton Ribeiro and Connor Wickham with the goals.

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Up next were Premier League high flyers Q.P.R at the Stadium of Light. In what looked a tight affair we actually ran out 3-2 winners thanks to goals from Ribeiro (his 3rd in the competition), on loan Ross Barkley and Kelechci Iheanacho who scored his first senior goal for the club. It was also a match in which we faced two former players Abou Diaby and Adam Johnson.

The match looked a tight affair from the scoreline but in truth we dominated the match.

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The win over Q.P.R set up a Quarter Final clash at home to Chelsea. We went in with a heavily rotated squad up against a rather strong Chelsea team and surprisingly ran out 2-0 winners thanks to a brace from Bryan Oviedo.

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Chelsea also threw on star men Fabregas and Oscar yet we held out to claim a Semi-Final place.


The Semi-Final pitted us against premier league struggler's Reading. Over the two games we ran out 3-2 winners on aggregate. Ginkel and Zivkovic scored in the 2-1 win and Wickham made the game safe in the second leg.

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On to the final and who would we face??

Manchester United thats who. In a close fought encounter at Wembley in front of 90 thousand fans we would run out 1-0 winners thanks to crock Itay Schecter who had been out for 5 months previous.

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Not only did we win the competition we set a few records along the way

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Overall I am very happy with the competition win, but am now keen for the club to concentrate on Premier League survival.

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Congrats to Sunderland, exciting to see a team that is not a financial superpower win the title!
 
Well done from the losing side as well. The 1 shot on target stat is a bit unfair as apart from that they more than took the fight to us. Great effort!
 
Arsenal January + February update

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January and February update

Transfers​
We started off January by flexing our economical muscles, completing signing two new players that will hopefully play a big part in our future.
We welcome two new recruits from Liverpool:

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Philippe Coutinho & Emre Can
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Coutinho is a fantastic tricky attacking midfielder that should blend very well into our style of play and Emre Can is a very promising allround midfielder, that should give us a bit mor solidity in the centre of the park, without sacrificing good ball skills.

These deals also meant that we had to cut down the size of our squad, and that meant that 3 players left permanently, while Julian Brandt, our other promising German, was sent to Newcastle on loan.

The players that left were:

Long-serving Gunner Santi Cazorla and Wenger's summer signing Mateo Musacchio left for Liverpool as part of the double deal. They were unfortunately not part of our first-team plans, and we felt it was the best for both parts to let them get first team football somewhere else. The same was the case for Victor Wanyama, who left for Newcastle for a sum of £8M. Victor has been a good servant since joining from Southampton, but struggled to establish himself in the side this year, so we feel this would benefit the player.


Results:

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January
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We entered the month top of the table, but by the end of the month, we were 6 points behind Chelsea, so we can't really be too pleased with how we've done.
We started very well, crushing Leicester 5-0 at home, but then a 1-1 draw to high-flying Cardiff, and a humiliating 3-0 loss to City at the Etihad followed. After that, it was time for the game of the season, at home to leaders Chelsea. For once, our defence was shaky, and we could only manage a draw, something that will probably be very costly at the end of May. We rounded off the month devastating London rivals West Ham away. Philippe Coutinho had a brilliant first month, scoring 3 goals


February
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A solid away win at WBA kicked off February, 3-1 was the score. This was followed by a 5-0 thrashing of Capital One winners Sunderland. But then, when we had a shot at catching up to Chelsea, we once again buckled under pressure. We lost 1-0 at Anfield, which was extremely bitter, considering Giroud scored the winning goal, and Musacchio was named MoM, both of them former Gunners. We rounded the month off with a goal-fest at the Emirates, as we had to fight back to get a draw from Stoke, another dent in our title challenge.
At the end of February, we are still 6 points behind Chelsea, and are at risk of being caught by Man Utd, who face both us, Chelsea, City and Liverpool in the remaining games.

View attachment 235726We had our first game against Shakhtar at the Emirates, and produced a solid performance, winning 2-0. Not conceding was extremely important, and we should bring confidence on our long journey to Ukraine. Aboubakar scored both goals, as he continues to improve, and become a more important member of our squad.

View attachment 235725We started off January by beating Spurs at White Hart Lane. Even more bragging rights for the Gunners faithful. In the 4th round, we beat Blackburn 4-2, which was very pleasing considering we let a lot of our promising youngsters have a go. New signing Tony Blankley, who joined from Huddersfield in January, scored on his debut. Our cup-run did end in February, however, as cup-giants Sunderland beat us 3-1 at the Stadium of Light. Maybe they can go on to win a cup-double, that would be something!


Prince Harry speaks up.
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In terms of the recent debate around the financial stability of the Premier League, Prince Harry felt obligated to give a statement, giving his view on the current situation of English football.
I've followed with great interest the debate around the Financial Fair-Play situation in our league, and as chairman of the club that has had the biggest balance available to spend, I felt a word was needed on how I believe the league is developing.

At the moment, we have an exciting league, with several teams fighting it out for the league, but I fear for the current development if nothing is changed about the way the system works. It is becoming increasingly difficult for teams without external financial backing to be competitive in the transfer market. And as the balance of over half the teams in our top division hangs on a knife-edge, every single decision becomes even more crucial. A failed signing may well mean that you cannot go into business for long periods of time to follow.

This does not only restrict and hurt the teams that struggle at the bottom end of the table, it also hurts teams of our stature. As one of the teams with good spending power, it is "easy" to exploit clubs with a problematic financial situation, but it is not a situation we want. Even when we make signings to strengthen our squad, we cannot have an unlimited squad of players, but how can we sell players if noone has the money to buy? Most top tier teams now have a large squad of quality players, and do not have to make huge changes to stay at the top of European football, but when we do, we need to be able to also give fringe players a chance to change clubs.

I believe steps have to be made to stabilize the financial situation of the teams in our league, as well as increase the competitiveness. I therefore put it to the FA to consider my suggestion:

- Increase the funding given to teams that are promoted by a large amount, making them able to quickly be competitive in the league, without risking going bankrupt.
- Give a larger amount of television funds to teams at the lower end of the table. If we provide the largest financial bonus to the team ending 17th instead of 1st, they will have a better chance at improving their squad, and perhaps climb the table the following season.
- To cope with Financial Fair Play, disallow teams of having sugerdaddy owners that inject cash into the club to be used for buying even more players.

I really hope for the future of this league, and truly believe that a more unpredictable and even league will increase attendances, and create even more excitement around our fantastic teams.

- Prince Harry
 
I support Harry's request, considering I brought 2 players off him. :P

Bottom Half teams need more support financially, and if they get that support, it will help challenge for mid table and further next season!
 
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- Give a larger amount of television funds to teams at the lower end of the table. If we provide the largest financial bonus to the team ending 17th instead of 1st, they will have a better chance at improving their squad, and perhaps climb the table the following season.

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So it would be in everyone's best interest to come 17th rather than 1st???
 

- Give a larger amount of television funds to teams at the lower end of the table. If we provide the largest financial bonus to the team ending 17th instead of 1st, they will have a better chance at improving their squad, and perhaps climb the table the following season.

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So it would be in everyone's best interest to come 17th rather than 1st???[/QUOTE]

Champions League funds more than make up for it, so no. But if your goal is only to get money without using it for anything, then I guess 17th is nice! But I kind of feel the primary motivation for winning the title isn't the prize money!
 
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