AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2014
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- THE SEASON BEGINS -
AUGUST
Tough start, good test.
SET OF FIXTURES FOR AUGUST
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(A) Leicester City - Must win game, no excuses.
(H) Manchester City - A draw would be a great result.
(?) Capital One Cup Team - Must Win Game who ever we get in the draw. We want a cup run!
(A) Southampton - Very tough place to go, will be happy with the draw.
TACTICS
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LEICESTER CITY - AWAY - MAIN TACTIC
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We started the game nervy and a little bit tentative and the first half was full of errors, Ulloa was rewarded with a fine effort to make it 1-0 to City. At half time I played a less restrictive set up and replaced Riviere with Ferreyra, we showed more promise on the ball and tested their keeper with all kinds of oppertunities but he held firm. It took a little piece of magic from our 'Wonderkid' Ayoze to go level and the stats were in our favour. After the leveler Leicester went defensive and we piled on the pressure until Ferreyra broke the deadlock with an 25 yeard stunner with 10 minutes to go! I was confident we would get another due to our dominance and thats exactly what happend, well played Ferreyra, its a shame your only on loan!
MANCHESTER CITY - HOME - DEF / MAIN TACTIC
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After the dominating second half performance at the King Power Stadium, I went into this game full of confidence and knew that I could take the gamble if it came to it as we were already 3 points to the good. I initially started with my defensive tactic in an effort to counter them and to my surprise we managed to score through Riviere after 35' MINS. I knew that we wouldn't be able to keep Aguero and company quiet for too long but in the second half they came out all guns blazing and we were truly under the cosh. As soon as i thought we had steadied the ship Aguero scored and made it 1-1 and ten minutes later I was 2-1 down. I saw that Goufran was tiring so I replaced him with Traore and changed my tactic to my main and we started to dominate the ball. We were missing hosts of chances until the super sub and SUPER LOAN came to the good to make it 2-2 after 90 MINS then a couple of seconds later Ayoze put the game to bed to make it 3-2. A performance of Champions? Or are we getting carried away!
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WATFORD - AWAY- MAIN TACTIC
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So we drew Watford in the cup tie and I was glad to know my stars could take a breather, I managed to rotate 80% of the players but kept Cabella on the bench for precaution. After the first half the game was killed off by our supreme passing and an inspiring performance from the fourth goal scorer, Jack Colback. The second half I eased the gas slightly and brought on some youngsters for their debuts.
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SOUTHAMPTON -AWAY -MAIN TACTIC
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This in my opinion was going to be a tougher test than the fluke win against City. We were playing a team that will challenge us for the top 6 and we were playing away from home, a win there would be phenomenal and would place us top of the table. I was taken back by how defensive Southampton chose to play and we stretched them throughout the whole game, one chance fell to Pele but Krul simply had too much class for the Italian. The game ended 1-0 but in truth we should have had 6.
3 GAMES PLAYER - EPL TABLE
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4 wins out of 4 in all competitions, things are going well for us. The other Managers seem to be doing well as we have all had tough games.
OTHER NEWS
Coaches Increased to 11
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Scouts Increased to 10
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Affiliate Club - Merchandising Link - USA Team would be great!
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SEPTEMBER 2014
Carry on the run?
SET OF FIXTURES FOR SEPTEMBER
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Everton - Last Season they had a great chance of makng champions league football. Will be tough but we will want to carry on our fine form, going for the win.
Aston Villa - Must win game, Villa aren't what they used to be.
(?) Capital One Cup Team - Must Win Game who ever we get in the draw. We want a cup run!
Chelsea - A draw would be a good result at Stamford Bridge and that is what I will play for.
TACTICS
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EVERTON - AWAY - MAIN TACTIC
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Even though I was gunning for the win, I knew that it would be tight and that any mistake from our frail defense would be exposed by Lukaku. 2 Minutes in we score from the spot, Cabell with the penalty and we are cruising. T game became quite stale with no one team really going for the win and out of nothing Eto'o pops up for a headed goal to make it 1-1. I know we needed change at half time so I brought off Gouffran for Traore and Sissoko for Tiote for some added speed and strength. 15 MINS into the second hald we make it 2-1 and Coloccini made it 3 with 25 Minutes to go.
ASTON VILLA - HOME - MAIN TACTIC
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We are yet to really dominate a game on the score sheet and due to Aston Villa having an extremely weak defense I wanted to exploit it. We couldn't have dreamed for a brighter start 8 MINS in Cabella gets taken out by Baker in the box and converts the penalty to make it 1-0 and I couldn't help but think 5-0 win coming up! 10 mins later Baker redeems himself with a headed effort but Cabella was the hero once again as he made it 2-1 before half time. Game ended 2-1.
After the dominating second half performance at the King Power Stadium, I went into this game full of confidence and knew that I could take the gamble if it came to it as we were already 3 points to the good. I initially started with my defensive tactic in an effort to counter them and to my surprise we managed to score through Riviere after 35' MINS. I knew that we wouldn't be able to keep Aguero and company quiet for too long but in the second half they came out all guns blazing and we were truly under the cosh. As soon as i thought we had steadied the ship Aguero scored and made it 1-1 and ten minutes later I was 2-1 down. I saw that Goufran was tiring so I replaced him with Traore and changed my tactic to my main and we started to dominate the ball. We were missing hosts of chances until the super sub and SUPER LOAN came to the good to make it 2-2 after 90 MINS then a couple of seconds later Ayoze put the game to bed to make it 3-2. A performance of Champions? Or are we getting carried away!
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WE DREW SWANSEA IN THE CUP! (LEWIE100)
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SWANSEA - HOME - CUP TACTIC
This should be interesting!
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Based on form we are by far the better side and LEWIE100 was without Bony as he had an injury so the game was mine for the taking. LEW100 usally goes for 3-4-3 but he had chosen 4-3-2-1 and I was worried for him as it isn't his usual.
The game started and within the first 15MINS I could see that his Swanasea side were in tatters. After 45MINS we were 4-0 up and he had 0 shots in game.
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The second half was entirely different he changed his formation and he started to dominate all areas of the pitch and managed to claw 2 goals back. Our next game will be a true classic and I am sure LEWIE100 will be looking to get his revenge.
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CHELSEA – AWAY – DEF / MAIN TACTIC
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although we had won all of our games this season going to Chelsea and hoping for a similar result would be a near impossible task. Chelsea have a complete squad and they do not lack quality in any department, Mourinho will be looking to win the premierleague and Champions League this year.
The game started well and we ended the first half 1 goal down, we changed our tactic slightly so could get the goal we needed for a point but it wasn’t meant to be as when we got the goal, Chelsea replied one minute later. It was all down hill from then and our team were battling an unwinnable game.
6 GAMES PLAYED - EPL TABLE
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6 games, 1 loss and 5 wins. A very good start, lets see if we can build on that.
AWARDS
Manager of the Month!
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Team of week
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Ayoze gets the plaudits
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OTHER NEWS
Anita and Tiote attracting interest, cooled them down.
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Affiliate Club - Merchandising Link -
PORTLAND TIMBERS !
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