George Graham-Back To The Future

Mixed it up to suit the players and the opposition,but away against the big teams I usually went for the draw: Giroud holding the ball up,Camacho anchor-man marking the playmaker,2 defensive wingers marking the likes of Bale,Nani,Hazard etc and constant pressing. Didnt always work:(. Fitness training for the week and defensive prep helped too.
 

Jelavic 20m Thiago 17m
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McClean 3.5m Grant Hanley 8.5m Yarmolenko 21m



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Made some good signings early on,none of which could be deemed world-class but do hold a lot of promise; particularly Thiago who I didn't really need but wasn't to be sniffed at when Barca offered him for 17m. Arteta's eventual replacement for sure.


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Spurs didn't want to know about an Arsenal bid for Bale,who ended up at Man U for 42m.
Napoli wouldn't budge on 55m for Cavani,a figure that would have given George Graham more than a few grey hairs so I went for the far cheaper but solid and dependable option of Jelavic from Everton which will hopefully shake up Giroud.


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A typical Wenger move was to cash in Sagna as he reached 30 but rotating Sagna and Micah Richards all season would have left Jenkinson dead in the water.

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Koscielny had to go too to allow Miquel and Angha the opportunity to push for a place. Blackburn's very promising Grant Hanley was brought in to challenge Moreno as 3rd choice defender.
Two players I'm lumbered with again are Park and Santos who I couldn't even shift on a free,so it's out on loan again.
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PLAYERS OUT

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Sagna and Kos both to At.Madrid-16.75m/18.25m
Gibbs 6m-QPR.....Diaby-Southampton 1m
Rosicky-Norwich-free.....Philip Roberts,Josh Rees, Nominal.

Galindo,Nigel Nelta,Reice Charles Cook,Jernade Meade,Samir Bihmoutine,Jordan Wynter and several others who'll never make the grade are released.
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Jelavic settles early,scoring 3 goals in 2 games but once again UTD beat us 2-0 at Old Trafford.
Outstanding response by the team,winning 4 out of 4 including a 6-0 thrashing of CSKA in the opening CL game.
Thiago and Yarmolenko start to gel but Bonucci and Arteta join Fellaini and Ramsey on the injury-table.


 
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