Leicester City - Foxes back to the Premier League

[NCFCJakex]

A Leicester City Story

New manager Jake Stratton takes charge at the Walkers Stadium after promotion to the Championship from League one, His aim is to get Leicester City Football Club back to the Premier League as soon as possible.

July 2009

Start of season expectations:
With no transfer budget available, i decided to agree with the board with a mid-table finish and play it safe, play offs is where i expect us to finish.

Squad Analysis:
According to assistant manager Craig Shakesphere defender Aleksander Tunchev is my star player. I couldnt agree more, soild centre back he will be key to our sucess this season. Other star players include French foward Yann Kermorgant and midfielder Ritchie Wellens. Ive decided to play a 4-1-2-1-2 formation with no wingers, playing through the middle.

Transfers:
Max Gradel 200k (out, Notts County) - Good young winger but doesnt suit my formation.
Llyod Dyer 400k (out, Middlesbrough) - Again doesnt suit my formation, get a bit of money to spend on new players.
Levi Porter 18k (out, Exeter) - In my reserve squad, the board accepted the offer.

Pre-season:
[H] Leicester City 1-0 Leicester City Reserves
[A] Leicester City 0-2 Clyde
[A] Leicester City 4-0 East Fife
[A] Leicester City 1-1 MK Dons
[A] Leicester City 2-0 Darlington
[A] Leicester City 5-2 Brighton
[H] Leicester City 5-1 GH Academy
[A] Leicester City 6-0 Hinckley
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[Will1981]

Good luck mate

 

[glasgowrangers53]

i'll be following it mate

 

[Dan]

Good luck pal, Leicester have a decent team, you should do well with them.

 

[Max]

Good luck mate, I'm also playing as Leicester at the moment and at around January the Chairman wanted to sell the club and I was taken over by a consortium and got £4m to spend.

Hope you're as lucky as me. ^^)

 

[NCFCJakex]

August 2009 - Season Begins

Transfers:
Nicolas Savinaud (In, Vannes OC, 70K) - 33 year old midfielder to play in front of defence in diamond, can also play at right back.
Mickael Fabre (In, Clermont Foot 63, 80K) - Good goalkeeper to replace Chris Weale as number 1.
Eddy Viator (In, Amiens SC Football, 26K) - Brought in to boost up a weak left back area.
Henri Camara (In, Free) - 32 year old striker add some competition up front.
Jerry Vandem (In, Loan, LOSC Lille Metropole) - Young right back, again to boost up back 4.
Ross Forbes (In, Loan, Motherwell) - Another Young player back up for centre defensive midfield or attacking midfield.

Thought ive done quite well with such a tight budget, hopefully they can do the job.

Results:

Championship

Leicester 1-0 Swansea
Y.Kermorgant (36)
Man of the match: W.Brown 7.5

Yann Kermorgant fires Leicester into a winning start.

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Poor performance we didnt deserve to win the game, but a good soild performance at back and all we needed was to take one chance which we did.

League Cup 1st Round

Leicester 3-1 Lincoln
S.Kerr (13)
R.Wellens (79)
N.Savinaud (87)
D.Campbell (90)
Man of the match: R.Wellens 7.9

Midfielder Ritchie Wellens started Leicesters late goal glut

Finally got what we deserved in the end from a sprited Lincoln side.
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Championship

Ipswich 2-1 Leicester
P.Gallagher (12)
M.Harewood (38)
J.Stead (90)
Man of the match: M.Harewood 7.7

Jon Steads late winner sent Ipswich fans in to raptures.

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Even game they might of just edged it but that late goal hurt.

Championship

Sheffield Utd 2-1 Leicester
E.Cesnauskis (58)
Y.Kermorgant (67)
D.Henderson (73)
Man of the match: E.Cesnauskis 7.7

Kermorgant's equaliser was not enough to stop Leicester lose two games in a row.

Sheffield outplayed us fully deserved the win, other strikers need to start scoring to win some games.

Championship

Leicester 3-0 Barnsley
M.Fryatt (48, 63)
P.Gallagher (85)
Man of the match: M.Fryatt 8.6

Matty Fryatt caused the Barnsley defence all sorts of problems.

Nice easy win at home against a poor side, hopefully Fryatt will continue form into next games.

League Cup 2nd Round

Newcastle 2-0 Leicester
S.Ameobi (37)
A.Carroll (52)
Man of the match: Jonas 7.5

Andy Carroll seals Newcastles place in the 3rd round.

Nothing i could do against one of best teams in league, they were too good. But have change of revenge in next game.

Championship

Newcastle 1-3 Leicester
Y.Kermorgant (23, 38)
M.Fryatt (68)
S.Ameobi (81)
N.**** (Sent off, 88)
Man of the match: Y.Kermorgant 8.5

Leicester celebrate Fryatts 3rd as they get revenge on Newcastle.

Great response from players, even game but Fryatt and Kermorgant's finishing was world class.
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[Roonaldo]

Good luck mate . Unlucky with a few results but great layout

 

[jawk3R]

I'll follow mate , amazing choice as they're one of my fav team. Also , gr8 layout.

 

[NCFCJakex]

August 2009 Monthly Review

Results:
Games won: 4
Games Drawn: 0
Games Lost: 3
Goals scored: 12
Goals Conceded: 8

Leicester Manager awards:
Player of the month:
1st Yann Kermorgant - Great month scoring 4 goals including a brace at St. James Park.
2nd Matty Fryatt - Scored 3 goals and is forming a good partnership upfront with Kermorgant.
3rd Paul Gallagher - Linking up the front two really well and grabbed a couple of goals.
Result of the month:
Winning 3-1 at St. James Park against Newcastle days after getting well beaten by them 2-0. Its also great i won the League game and not the cup.


Coca-Cola Championship:
Manager of the month:
1st Gareth Southgate (Middlesbrough)
2nd Paul Sturrock (Plymouth)
3rd Chris Coleman (Coventry)
Player of the month:
1st David Wheater, 5 apps 0 goals 7.32 average rating (Middlesbrough)
2nd Paul Heffernan, 5 apps 7 goals 7.74 average rating (Doncaster)
3rd Clinton Morrison, 5 apps 6 goals 7.72 average rating (Coventry)
Young player of the month:
1st Gary Hooper, 5 apps 5 goals 7.50 average rating (Scunthorpe)
2nd Kyle Walker, 5 apps 0 goals 6.94 average rating (Sheff Utd)
3rd Chris Gunter 5 apps 0 goals 7.21 average rating (Nottm Forest)

I Would put a League table here but im currently like in October and not sure how to look at the table in August.

 

[burkeyoa]

Good lay out

 

[NCFCJakex]

September 2009

Results:

Leicester ease past struggling Blackpool

Leicester 3-1 Blackpool
B.Burgess (16)
P.Gallagher (20)
Y.Kermorgant (46)
H.Bouazza (Sent off 53)
M.Fryatt (55)
Man of the match: Y.Kermorgant 7.8

Comfortable win over struggling bottom club, took chances well and dominated the game.

Leicester grab deserved win
Leicester 1-0 Peterbrough
R.Wellens (3)
Man of the match: R.Wellens 7.6

Another easy win, should of won by more than 1 goal started to get a bit nervy in final few mintues.

Watford well beaten at Vicarage Road

Watford 1-5 Leicester
N.Ellington (9)
P.Gallagher (11, 26)
R.Wellens (18)
M.Morrison (66)
D.Campbell (79)
Man of the match: P.Gallagher 8.7

Great result on the road, seems my team likes going a goal behind and bouncing back.

Leicester out of luck in home defeat

Leicester 1-4 Preston
J.Parkin (25)
J.Hamill (35)
B.Nicholson (55)
M.Fryatt (80)
C.Brown (90+1)
Man of the match: J.Hamill 8.2

Didnt deserve to lose this at all, had all the possesion all the shots, we just couldnt finish. Would of thought my team would be on goal scoring form after a 5-1 win wouldnt you?

Middlesbrough fail to captialise on early goal

Middlesbrough 1-1 Leicester
M.Viduka (5)
Y.Kermorgant (75)
Man of the match: David Wheater 7.5

Other way round this time, Middlesbrough outplayed us from start to finish. Good result against top of the league.

Too much work putting pictures in, so changed layout. Also i cannot take a screenshot for some strange reason, it just takes a shot of whatever window i have behind game screen if you get what i mean. If anyone knows the problem would like to know cheers.


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September 2009 Monthly Review

Results:
Games won: 3
Games Drawn: 1
Games Lost: 1
Goals scored: 11
Goals Conceded: 7

Managers monthly overview:
Managers player of the month;
Paul Gallagher - Another great month for Paul picking up a brace against Watford giving him the man of the match award. Consistant throughout the month also picking up another goal against Blackpool.
Highs and lows:
Of course it was a high month getting 3 wins out of 5 and a good draw away against Middlesbrough, scoring 5 against Watford and then game after our players couldnt hit back of net losing 4-1 at the Walkers Stadium against Preston.

Coca-Cola Championship:
Manager of the month:
1st Alan Ivrine (Preston)
2nd Gareth Southgate (Middlesbrough)
3rd Nigel Adkins (Scunthorpe)
Player of the month:
1st Angel Rangel, 5 apps 0 goals average rating 7.30 (Swansea)
2nd Mark Viduka, 5 apps 7 goals average rating 7.64 (Middlesbrough)
3rd Krystian Pearce, 5 apps 1 goal average rating 7.30 (Peterbrough)
Young player of the month:
1st Jerry Vandam, 5 apps 0 goals average rating 7.04 (Leicester)
2nd Krystian Pearce, 5 apps 1 goal average rating 7.30 (Peterbrough)
3rd Miles Addison, 5 apps 0 goals average rating 7.30 (Derby)

Again too far in game to put league table in, will catch up before i start playing again.

 

[gunners47]

Good luck mate, i will be following as i am from Leicester

 

[dazdazdaz]

great layout mate
good luck

 

[NCFCJakex]

So does anyone know how to fix my screenshot problem? Read bottom of last posts.

 

[Dan]

Just screenshot the table as you go along pal, you cannot get a previous months table back.

 

[NCFCJakex]

Yeah i was like in october when i made this, and i cant screenshot atm anyway wont work for some reason, it doesnt screenshot the game, say if i had this up and went on fm. It would screenshot this page insted of the game

 

[Dan]

are you in windowed mode, sometimes it does not wor when in windowed mode?

 

[udbhav45]

some good results mate though unlucky in a few games,anyone u looking to sig on loan.Giovanni was availiable in my game and he was a absolute star bagging 27 goals and 14 assists

 

[NCFCJakex]

October 2009

Results:

Leicester fight back to earn draw

Coventry 2-2 Leicester
B.Turner (25)
D.Bell (28)
P.Gallagher (30)
A.King (50)
Man of the match: D.Bell 8.2

Great team spirt and good result against a top 6 team on the road fully deserved point.

Leicester ease to victory

Leicester 2-1 Derby
R.Wellens (18)
W.Brown (88)
R.Hulse (90+2)
Man of the match: Rob Hulse 7.5

Sraight foward victory would of liked to put more chances away, strikers were shy infront of goal.

Leicester hold off Palace challenge

Leicester 3-2 Crystal Palace
Y.Kermorgant (16, 31)
J.Fonte (33)
M.Fryatt (68)
V.Moses (74)
Man of the match: Y.Kermorgant 8.6

Good game from 2 good sides, Kermorgant and Fryatt grabbing the key goals again.

Reading too strong for the Foxes

Reading 2-0 Leicester
M.Matejovsky (33)
J.McAuff (63)
Man of the match: M.Matejovsky 7.2

Reading at the Madjeski are hard to beat so it proved, little chances for my side.

Leicester bounce back at Loftus Road

Q.P.R 1-3 Leicester
R.Forbes (20)
H.Tabia (21)
M.Fryatt (45)
J.Vandam (76)
Man of the match: J.Vandam 8.6

Good response from players and another good win away from home.

League table:

Still cant get a screenshot so im gonna have to do it this way for now.

Pos - Team -W - D - L - GD - PTS

1st Preston 10 1 4 +15 31
2nd Middlesbrough 9 4 2 +10 31
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3rd Leicester 9 2 4 +10 29
4th Reading 9 2 4 +5 29
5th Newcastle 9 1 4 +7 28
6th Bristol City 8 4 3 +6 28
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7th Plymouth 7 3 5 +5 24





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November 2009 Preview

Gonna skip October's review cause im lazy all you need to know is Jack Hobbs got my player of the month and he also got young player of the month.

Fixtures (Prediction):
[H] West Brom (3-1 W)
[H] Plymouth (1-0 W)
[A] Scunthorpe (1-1 D)

Only 3 matches this month, a good one at home against the Baggies and another tough home game against 7th placed Plymouth, and Scunthorpe away is not easy either with the likes of Gary Hooper playing for them.

Transfer News:
Jack Wilshere (Loan, rejected) - Wanted an extra boost in midfield especially the attacking areas, Jack is the perfect player for that, but he rejected the chance to play for the Foxes.
Victor Anichebe (Loan, rejected) - Good striker, wanted him in because the failure of Henri Camara, Henri has been playing awful since he joined club, Victor would of come in and done well but rejected like Jack.

Injury update:
Aleksander Tunchev (DC) - Picked up a groin strain in the 3-1 at QPR, expecting him to be on light training in about 11 days.
Mickael Fabre (GK) - Always a blow to lose your number 1 keeper, with goals leaking in already, we might struggle not to mention a key centre back out too. A chest injury 2-3 weeks he will be fit again.
Eddy Viator (DL) - Another blow, and another defender, but im confident Bruno can do a good job at LB in replacement, Eddy wont be in action in about 4 weeks with broken ribs.

 

[NCFCJakex]

November 2009

Results:

West Brom hold on to point at The Walkers Stadium

Leicester 1-1 West Brom
J.Morrison (62)
R.Wellens (64)
Man of the match: R.Wellens 7.5

So unlucky not to grab 3 points in this game, hit the woodwork 4 times, twice in a few seconds. A curling shot from Wellens hit the post then hit the keeper then again hit the post and rolled across the line before West Brom cleared. Very unlucky result.

Dramatic finish as Leicester win

Leicester 4-2 Plymouth
R.Wellens (9)
J.Mackie (25)
P.Gallagher (77, 90+4)
G.Sawyer (88)
D.Campbell (90)
Man of the match: P.Gallagher 8.6

Good game, fully derserved but i am very worried about my leaky defence.

All Square at Glanford Park

Scunthorpe 1-1 Leicester
G.Hooper (8)
Y.Kermorgant (16)
Man of the match: G.Hooper 7.5

Two even sides and a draw was right result, through Scunthorpe had two penalty shouts.