Probably the most exciting time of the season for me. You can get lucky, and lucky I was! One lad in particular, Jaap Ouwekerk will get a lot of chances in the first team straight away.
Unnbelievable! we were down to 9 men by the 80th minute, I bring on a Striker who has hardly played this season and he scores an extremely important goal!
Goalkeeper of the Year: Kenneth Vermeer (Ajax)
Golden Boot: Adam Maher (AZ)
Top Goalscorer: Jozy Altidore (AZ)
Manager of the Year: Jan Wouters (FC Utrecht)
Young Player of the Year: Christian Eriksen (Ajax)
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England: Chelsea
France: PSG
Germany: Dortmund
Italy: Juventus
Spain: Barcelona
Russia: Zenit
Scotland: Celtic
Portugal: FC Porto
Champions League: Manchester City
Europa League: Tottenham
Global Awards World Player of the Year:
1st Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2nd Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
3rd Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
Well, what a fantastic season! We won the league, though that could be thanks to Ajax's poor start or FC Twente's dramatic drop in form which saw them gain just 15 points in their last 19 games of the Eredivisie season, which consequently ruled them out of any participation in European competitions. Nevertheless, I feel 79 points is a great points tally and it certainly gives us something to aim for and build upon in the coming seasons. Of course, I couldn't do this without my main players. Players such as Alexander Milosevic and Stefan de Vrij were outstanding this season and I am looking forward to working with them again and watching them improve even more next season. I was quite disappointed in my strikers this season- I had no one who even scored 15 goals. However, with Fierro signing in January, I feel he will really shine next season. On a European front I would have liked to do better but to be fair, a group consisting of Athletic Bilbao, Newcastle and Fenerbache was always going to be difficult. In terms of finances, things aren't so great (Main cause of this is the Fierro signing). However, with extra income from Champions league football and potential player sales next season, our finances should only improve.
Haha, Twente's performance was quite realistic. Awesome man, Feyenoord is a great club. Most beautiful in the world in my opinion haha. Interested to see what you can do in the CL next season.
Thanks everyone, just letting you guys know that I'll be away on holiday on Tuesday for two weeks (Portugal, woo!) so I might get 2 or 3 more updates in before I go, and I would get back to this when I am back!
Goals Galore!
Unbeaten month in League
Big win over rivals
Eredivisie
Feyenoord 2-2 sc Heerenveen Pelle, Milosevic
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Ajax 1-2 Feyenoord Pelle x2
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Feyenoord 5-1 NEC Pelle x3, Verhoek, Cisse
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Champions League
Feyenoord 2-1 PSG Pelle, Fierro
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Valencia 3-2 Feyenoord Singh, Milosevic
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Feyenoord 5-0 JVC te Vrede, Fierro, Mathijsen, Boetius
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Month Review
Not bad at all! Some really good moments in October, most notably the win over arch rivals Ajax and the shock result against PSG. Only disappointment would be the draw vs Heerenveen, but you can't win every game. My players really have an eye for goal, which is something I did not see enough of last year. Graziano Pelle is incredible!
Fairly happy with Eredivisie form
Things are getting tight in the CL
Signing News!
Transfers!
So a player leaving us in January is Ruud Vormer. Did well last season but not had much of a chance in the first team this time round. I accepted a £4.1m bid from Olympiakos, quite pleased with that transfer fee.
Now I'm very excited by this kid I'm bringing in. Cayetano Jofre cost me £5.75m but he is well worth it. He joins on his 18th Birthday which is the season after next season! Got a while to wait unfortunately. I plan on giving him a lot of game time when he eventually joins the squad; he's a beast... 18 U20 caps for Argentina at 16 illustrates that.
3-1 down after 26 minutes at home, I was raging! Terrific comeback from the boys but I don't want that to happen every game.
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Champions League Feyenoord 3-0 Valencia Fierro x2, Clasie
Wow! What a result! Don't know what else to say about this really!
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Feyenoord 2-0 FC Porto Fierro, Mokotjo
This too! Unbelievable! PSG away next. Noticed that I've won all my home games but lost all away games in the CL.
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Monthly Review
Well what can I say about the Champions League... It's been good to me so far! Still got 1 game left and the group is still very close. As for the league, while I'm happy with 9 points out of 12, I'm slightly concerned at how much poorer we look now compared to earlier on in the league. Still, the result is more important than the performance and if I'm winning games 75% of the time then I have to be pleased!