Manchester Disaster

[misterioBean]

10th August 2028
Busy Transfer Window

Going up to the Premier League is always a challenge despite of the team who gets promoted.
We do have an unfair advantage over those teams though: the money.

If you remember correctly, we had more than 200m available in our transfer budget and after getting promoted the board gave us a budget of 290m€ for us to spend. Obviously, we had to make some moves in order to survive this season. Let's take a look.

Transfers Out

Firstly here you can see how many players we loaned out this year, basically our entire U21 team is out on loan getting 1st team football. In this list you can also see Somto Boniface and Tomas Galvez, 2 LB's who wouldn't get much game time this season. I tried selling Galvez but no one wanted to pick him up.
You can also see some other players who got sold for peanuts. They just were not good at all.

Now let's take a look at the big name sellings.
First off, Alex Robertson left the club for a whopping 50m€ after Al-Nassr came in with a 30m+20m bid which I could not refuse.

Does this look like a 50m worth player? Of course not, but Saudi will always be Saudi I guess.

Another player who joined a Saudi Club for way over his actual value was Micah Hamilton, who was sold for 30m paid upfront to Al-Ahli.
In fact, let's be honest, none of the players sold to Saudi clubs are worth the money we got. McGuiness was also sold for 30m (he cost us 7m last season), Susoho was not a Premier League player as he lacked the physical attributes to be a good DM.

I won't name every single player we sold because there's no point, but I have to thank Alex Robertson, Hamilton, Oscar Bobb, Kaiky, Susoho, O'Reilly and Dickson for helping the club in the last 5 years after we got relegated from the Vanarama. They all sticked with us from the start and specially Robertson, Bobb and Kaiky will always be club heroes in my eyes due to the fact that they were first team players for 4 consecutive years.

With all this sales we made an extra 168m to spend in transfers.

Safe to say we spent it (and this is not all).

Transfers In
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Kim Rossil - 1.5m

Good looking youngster from Denmark to develop in your youth teams and eventually reach the 1st team or be sold for profit.

Martin Byrne - 475k

Another youngster for our youth teams and this one looks really good. He's already 20 but I'm hoping he still has more to grow.

Reo Hatate - 275k

The first signing for our 1st team was the Japanese Hatate from Leicester. He's an upgarde from Brownhill in the B2B role but it would be nice to get a younger option since they are both past 30.

Moritz Schaffer - Free

Opportunistic signing as he was free in the transfer window and he looks phenomenal. Could be a bit quicker but I will never complain for getting a player like this on a free transfer.

Bart Verbruggen - 6.75m

In order to survive the Premier League we needed an upgrade in our GK position. Verbruggen was cheap and knows the league so he comes in to be our main guy.

Marvin Akahomen - 23M

I must say I didn't know this player but when I saw him I didn't think twice in pkacing a bid for him, specially because Fulham was asking for way less than his value since they got relegated. He's on a big payroll, but I think he's worth every penny.

Rafael Maurício - 205k

This one right here came to be our 1st team LB, but he didn't get a work permit. I know we have some slots available for players without a work permit but I didn't know I had to appeal for it first so... he was loaned out.

Rayan Ait-Nouri - 9m

With Mauricio's situation I still wanted a better LB and found one in Ait-Nouri who was transfer listed after Woves got relegated. Not the best by any means but he is a big step up from Maatson so I'm very happy with this signing.

Sedan Koral - Free

Free youngster for free to develop and sell later for a profit. Nothing much to say about this one.

Marcel Ruiz - Free

Another free transfer and this time it's a playmaker. Way better than Robertson and already played Premier League football. Amazing signing for our team.

Iván Fresneda - 51m

Most expensive signing of the summer and I have no regrets.

Ibrahim Sangaré - Free

Another amazing free signing for our midfield who can be either a playmaker or a game destruicter.

Julien Duranville - 45m

Another amazing signing for our wing. A bit on the pricey side but I think he's worth it.

Yannis Issoufou - 22m

Another winger joins the club. Different winger when compared to Duranville. Duranville will be an arrow to play to amd Issoufou seems more like a creative winger.

Nelson Weiper - 45m

Our new starting striker comes from Germany and I think he's a very known name around the FM community. He didn't develop as much as I previously saw but he still looks good.

Andreas Hanche-Olsen - 7.25m

Another signing from the German league, this time for our defense. The 31 year old Norwegian comes as the replacement of McGuinness.

Tyler Morton - 30.5m

The last signing we made so far was the English midfielder from Wolves. Another player transfer listed due to his last club being relegated.
Not as physical as Sangaré but he's a better playmaker so we will alternate between them along the season.

This is our final squad.
There's still time to make more signings but I also don't want to spend everyting we have even though we still have 193m in the transfer budget.

Preseason

Not a lenghty preseason but it did the job.

We are predicted to finish our first season in the 10th place and our board only wants us to avoid relegation.
Can this team do it? Let's wait and see.

Premier League
Gameday 1

Aston Villa is expected to finish 3rd in the Premier League and let me tell you they might really be up for it.
They have a very good squad overall and we couldn't get more than one past them.

Their first goal was a mistake by McGuinness that basically sealed it for me. He passed the ball to Ramsey and he just ran to the goal and scored. Our keeper also had time to defend a penalty. But not everything was bad in this game. We dominated the 2nd half and only didn't score because Aston Villa was lucky.

I'm optimistic for the upcoming season but if we can't avoid relegation we may be sacked from the job so I really need my team to play well in the league.

Next Fixtures

This is a good month for our team to gather some points in the league as we go against some of the weaker sides.
We also have the first game of the Carabao against Wigan in between league matches but I'm not too concerned about cup competitions right now.

The main focus is survival!​

 

[misterioBean]

1st September 2028
Slow Start

Transfers Out

Cameron Archer and Ezra Carrington both left on loan. Carrington's deal has an option to buy clause so he may end up leaving next year.

Transfers In
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Merlin Rohl - 40m + 15m

I wanted a better and younger option for the B2B role in our midfield and we turned our heads to Germany once again.

Ethan Laird - 33m

We needed to get a better backup for our RB position. Ethan Laird was on my shortlist and requested to be put on the transfer list. We gave Wolverhampton a total of 72.5m€ this transfer window but all the players we signed are important to our squad.

Premier League
Gameday 2

We had a very good 1st half in this game but Enzo scored a goal from 30m away and then we just couldn't do anything. With our RB getting sent off it just went all downhill.

Premier League
Gameday 3

We relied on 2 penalties to beat Norwich after conceding in the first attack they made in the game.
A win is still a win.

EFL Cup
Second Round

We went to this game with a fully rotated squad and we were able to beat Wigan 4-0.

Premier League
Gameday 4

Two wins in a row in the league as we beat Nottingham 5-3. What a game this was.

EFL Cup
Third Round

We ended up playing one more game this month as we beat Leicester with our 2nd team once again.

League Table

Aston Villa leads the league table as we stand in the 9th position after 4 games.

Next Fixtures

Tough matches ahead of us in September but at least it's not a packed month.
Let's hope to get out of it with some points.​

 

[misterioBean]

17th September 2028
Good Month

Premier League
Gameday 5

We started the month with a 2-0 loss to Newcastle.
We did play well but they were clinical in front of goal and we weren't.

Premier League
Gameday 6

I decided to give Schaffer a chance in the league and he scored his first goal for the club after only 9 minutes.
He did get injured for 4 weeks just after the start of the 2nd half though.

We dominated the game but let Burnley score twice after the 90 minutes from two corners.

Premier League
Gameday 7

Another win in the last game of the month against Brentford.
Both our strikers scored in this match showing both of them are up to the challenge.

League Table

With those results we currently si in the 8th position.
Aston Villa dropped to the 5th position and Bournemouth are currently 4th with only one loss this season.

Next Fixtures

Mixed mounth ahead of us.
We should beat Middlesbrough but Bournemouth's current form can make them a tricky team to beat. They also have a very good team.
The last two matches will be the harder ones. The Manchester Derby finally becomes a real match once again, this time is only for the Carabao but we will still face them twice more at least.

We'll also face Arsenal in the last game of the month but we don't really have any hopes for that one particularly.​

 

[misterioBean]

1st November 2028
Nailed It

Premier League
Gameday 8

Good 1st half, bad 2nd half.
We take the W though.

Premier League
Gameday 9

Boring game. Both teams canceled each other the entire game.
We had 7 shots against Bournemouth's 1 but we couldn't score.

EFL Cup
Third Round

We were expecting this result and I didn't really bothered with it.
Played my 2nd team to give them some fitness.

Premier League
Gameday 10

Another match we didn't expect much but we almost drew this one.

League Table

We are still 7th in the league so I would say we are doing fine for now.

Next Fixtures

Tricky month once again.
Starting with a match we will most likely lose against Liverpool but then we face 3 teams below us in the table but all of them have quality in their squads.​

 

[misterioBean]

3rd December 2028
Decent Enough

Premier League
Gameday 11

Expected loss against Liverpool but I have to say we were the better team.
We had a total of 15 shots, 8 of them on target, against 3 from Liverpool. Obviously they scored from every shot they took and we didn't but it was a good performance nontheless.

Premier League
Gameday 12

We bounced back against Southampton and took the win after being down since the 11th minute.

Premier League
Gameday 13

We had to play our 2nd team due to schedule congestion and unfortunately we couldn't keep our lead in the 2nd half and ended up drawing the Leeds game.

Premier League
Gameday 14

After that unfortunate result we were able to control the game against Brighton and come out of it with the win.
It was not a very entertaining game until the last 10 minutes with all goals being scored right at the end.

Premier League
Gameday 15

I ended up playing one more game in December and we didn't get so lucky against Crystal Palace.
It was a balanced game but in front of goal they had the edge over us.

League Table

We are able to keep a top half position in the league so it's still a very good debut season for us despite some non optimal results.

Next Fixtures

That may change very soon though. December will be a very challenging month, not only because of the number of games we'll be playing but also the opposition.​

 

[misterioBean]

30th December 2028
Not Looking So Good

Premier League
Gameday 16

Decent performance against Tottenham but they salvaged the win in the end.

Premier League
Gameday 17

Not a bad result to get away at Everton but could have been better considering the chances we had.

Premier League
Gameday 18

Back to the losses against Newcastle. We didn't stand a chance in this one.

Premier League
Gameday 19

We did make United sweat for this one though but they just dominated the 1st half.
Once again we score first but then can't capitalize on the result.

Premier League
Gameday 20

Very balanced game reflected in the draw.
We keep scoring first and then conceding later on, which is a concern.

Premier League
Gameday 21

We end the month with another loss, this time to Chelsea.
We only had 3 shots and 1 on target, when they score on a corner there's not much more we can do.

League Table

This was a very dark month for our team and the results we get saw us dropping to the 13th position.
We are not far from the top half though and we can easily get there if we can get our form back.

Next Fixtures

At least Janaury is set to be a way easier month so let's hope we can get some positions back.

Youth Intake Preview

On the plus side, this year's Youth Intake looks better than all the others we had.
We hang on every branch we can I guess.​

 

[misterioBean]

3rd February 2029
Good Start to the New Year

With another transfer window opened I had some positions I wanted to strenghten in our squad.
The first one and the most important was our wingers.
The other one was our goalkeepers, but only if Verbruggen left as he had interest shown in him.

Transfers Out

There were two players leaving our club on permanent deals this winter.

Our 3rd choice Emanuel Coronel only played one game for us this season.
With Fresneda and Lair in the squad he doesn't really have space to shine.

He left the club for 1.5m to San Lorenzo after being with us for one season.

The other player to leave the club was left back Ian Maatsen who was not happy about not being an important player anymore and decided to hand in a transfer request.

When Saudi club Al Taawoun offered 7.5m I had to let him leave.

Transfers In
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Sandro De La Hoz - 2m

The first player to arrive at the Etihad was the Colombian 19 year old midfielder who looks very good for his age.

José Angel Alberdi - 10m

The 22 year old winger had a 10m release clause on his contract and was the best option available willing to join our club for not a very high price. He still looks good as a backup. His physicals are what stand out the most about him but he also has decent technicals.

Jeisson Martín - 3.8m

Another 19 year old from South America, this time a LB with some very good attributes. Needs some development in some of the areas of his game but if anything he can be sold for profit in the future.

João Pereira - 300k

Another striker joins the club. The Portuguese also comes in with good base attributes and needs some development but won't be difficult to make profit on him if he turns out as a flop.

Is worth noting that all of them, with exception for Alberdi, were loaned out to their original clubs to get 1st team football.

Premier League
Gameday 22

After our bad run of results we bounced back against Norwich with a lonely goal on the 9th minute by our midfielder who is our 2nd best goalscorer.

FA Cup
Third Round

Our 2nd team got the best of Morecambe in the cup with a 3-0 win to get us through to the next round.

Premier League
Gameday 23

We followed that with another 3-0 win, this time against Nottingham Forest in the league, which was a tremendous game from our team.

FA Cup
Fourth Round

Another good performance in the cup from our team secured us another win, even if it only came after some of our 1st team players entered the game.

Premier League
Gameday 24

Against Burnley we couldn't get better than a draw though, even after scoring in the first 60 seconds of the game.
Thankfully, they missed a penalty, otherwise we would have left our stadium with the loss.

Premier League
Gameday 25

We went to our next game with very few expectations but in the end the answer to win the game was sitting in our bench, as Sangaré and Hemming both scored the goals after coming out of the bench.

League Table

This good run in January made us able to get to the 9th position in the league table, which is confortably 16 points ahead of the relegation zone. There are still a lot of games to be played in the season and a lot of points to be made or loss.

Next Fixtures

Difficult month once again in February and won't be easy to get the consistency we need, let's at least hoep to get points in the next two games.​

 

[misterioBean]

26th February 2029
Better than Expected

Premier League
Gameday 26

Good win against Middlesbrough to keep our good form in the league going.
We did lose Duranville to injury for 4 weeks though so Alberdi will have a chance to step up.

Premier League
Gameday 27

Considering the season Bournemouth are doing I was quite pleased to be able to draw this game, even if we could only score from a corner.

FA Cup
Fifth Round

A bit of a disaster in the cup as we got eliminated and lost our backup striker and backup midfielder to 3 week injuries.

Premier League
Gameday 28

Not sure what happened against Arsenal but we dominated the game and were able to draw against the title contenders and almost won have they not conceded in the last minute of the game.

League Table

We dropped 2 positions in the league even with some decent results but we are only 7 points off the 7th place.

Next Fixtures

Difficult start to March against Liverpool but the other two fixtures should be manageable.​

 

[misterioBean]

1st April 2029
This is Nowhere Near "Excellent"

Premier League
Gameday 29

Another amazing result this season as we drew 0-0 at Anfield.

Premier League
Gameday 30

We followed it with a comeback at the Etihad against Southampton.
We relied on an own goal but this "own goals" can be ridiculous sometimes...

Premier League
Gameday 31

We finished this month with a 1-0 win against Leeds.
We could have scored way more though.

League Table

We keep our 9th place and ciment our spot in the top half. We are still only 5 points behind the 7th place and 10 behind 6th which guarantees a spot in European competitions but to be honest I'm not sure we are ready for that yet. Maybe we are but we wouldn't know unless we actually make it there.

Next Fixtures

We'll have a very important month ahead of us in April.
All points in stake are super important for us to get a good top half position.

Youth Intake

This was very far from being an excellent intake. I'm hiring some of them because we need players for our U18's otherwise they would be empty but I'm not seeing any of this getting to the first team.​

 

[misterioBean]

14th May 2029
Great Finale

Premier League
Gameday 33

Somewhere along the way I forgot how to count so now it should be the correct gameday.
Good win against Palace to start the month.

Premier League
Gameday 34

Very bad performance against Brighton saw us losing the game.

Premier League
Gameday 35

However, we had an outstanding performance against Tottenham and ended up beating them at their stadium.

Premier League
Gameday 36

Not as good of a performance against Everton but we ended up with the late win.

Premier League
Gameday 37

We then went up to lose the Manchester Derby in what felt like a Yo-yo end to our season.

Premier League
Gameday 38

And the Yo-yo continues in the last game of the season as we beat West Ham 3-1 to finish up our first season in the Premier League.

League Table

We ended up our 1st season in the Premier League in the 7th position.
Very good season from our team and I really hope we can continue to build up on it to get even further next season.

Finances

Our finances took a bit of a beating this season but it was to be expected.
We should have some money getting in in the next few months.​

 

[misterioBean]

Had I only waited one more day before posting an update I would't need to do an entire post only with this but we had some more money injected in our bank accounts.​

 

[misterioBean]

16th August 2029
End of Preseason

We had some interesting things happening at the Etihad in the last months.

Our previous owner decided it was time to step aside from football and we now have a new board which didn't put any more money in our club but to be fair we had almost 300m on the transfer budget so we it wasn't really needed.

We also qualified for the Europa League after Liverpool won the FA Cup after qualifying for the Champions League.
Chelsea also had to thank Liverpool since they moved up to the Champions League thanks to Liverpool's cup win.

Transfers Out

We saw some of our 1st team players leaving the club.

Cameron Archer was sold to Saudi for 16m, which was a steal considering we bought him for 1.6m just 2 years ago and he didn't perform well. He did have the best year of his career last year in Scotland where he scored 15 goals playing for Hearts.

Boniface didn't develop as much as I wanted but we also amde a good profit selling him.

Sergi Canós was a vital player for us to be promoted to the Premeir League but being 32 and not near as good as our current wingers we had to sell him. He had a buy clause in his loan deal last year and Swansea ended up paying it.

Harrison Parker's development hit a stalemate last season and when Blackpool offered 7m I had to let him go.

Fazzini and Brownhill both joined on free transfers and ended up being sold, but for different reasons.
Fazzini was not good enough to even be a backup to our backups and Brownhill was losing his physicals very quickly so I had to let him go. He was on 200k/m as well so good to take him out the wage bill.

Transfers In
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Assan Ouédraogo - 111m

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Our first signing was a new playmaker for our midfield as the 23 year old from Schalke comes in as the best player in our team right now.
Amazing all around attributes and can even score us some goals from distance.

Álvaro Fornals - 30m

A new CB joins the club to replace Harrison Parker and he looks very good. I hope he can still develop some more and I really hope so.

Mahmoud Anwar - 7.5m

A new GK joins the club as our last transfer so far. Verbruggen has been attracting some interest from other English clubs so I went looking for a good replacement in case he ends up leaving us. Honestly, Anwar almost replaces him as our main keeper already but we'll let him develop some more.

Preseason

Not a good looking final to our preseason as we failed to win games against other Premier League clubs.
We did have some injuries to some key players so I won't take it as roughly since we also beat West Ham 20 in July.

Next Fixtures

Only two matches to be played in August before the ending of the transfer window and they should be easy(ish) ones to get some early points in the season.

Random Stuff

We received job interviews from two Premier League teams, the most exciting one was Arsenal who almost won the title last season and won it 2 seasons ago.

If this was a regular save I would probably take the Arsenal job but right now we need to focus on improving last season's performance which won't be easy since we had a very good debut season in the Premier League.​

 

[misterioBean]

4th September 2029
Start of The Season

There was no transfer business either in our out the club in the end of the transfer window so let's jump straight into the first few games.
I ended up playing one more because the transfer window only closed on the 3rd of September.

Premier League
Gameday 1

Just like when we face each other in the preseason, we failed to beat Norwich for the league even though we dominated the game and they were clearly playing on the defensive.

Premier League
Gameday 2

Similar game against Nottingham who defended the 0-0 the entire game but in the end Akahomen gave us the lead with a header from a corner.

Premier League
Gameday 3

Another game dominated but this time Wolves actually scored 2 past us.
Weiper missed a penalty on the 3rd game of the season. I'm hoping it doesn't happen too many more times.

League Table

We are currently 5th after 3 games but some teams still have one game to play.
Bournemouth started very well once again and are right being Liverpool with 3 wins.

Europa League Fixtures

The UEL draw could have been a lot worse.
In theory we should be able to beat most of the teams we are going up against.

September

A lot of games to be played this month, including the first 2 european games of the club in 7 years.​

 

[misterioBean]

24th September 2029
European Clash and Good Domestic Run

EFL Cup
Third Round

Good win against Sheffield in our first cup game of the year with our 2nd team putting on a good show.

Premier League
Gameday 4

Frenetic final minutes against West Ham. Alberdi gave us the win after we almost delivered them the draw at the 90 minute mark.

UEFA Europa League
League Phase

Gameday 1

It was a bad start from our team in Europe.
Frankfurt scored in the their first attempt in front of goal and after that we tried to come back but were unable to.

Premier League
Gameday 5

That almost affected our league form but fortunately James Hemming scored twice in 2 minutes just after getting into the game.

UEFA Europa League
League Phase

Gameday 2

It was a very differentstory in our second European game.
We played our 2nd team and were still able to dominate the game. We took 38 shots, 16 of those on target.

Premier League
Gameday 6

We went against Bournemouth expecting a tough game and possibly a loss since they were unbeaten until they faced us.
However, our team played exceptionally well and came out of the game with the win.
James Hemming scored once again to give us the confortable 2-0 lead, making it his 4th game in the season, while Nelson Weiper is currently struggling to get his 1st.

League Table

We currently lead the Premier League by a point over Liverpool who beat Arsenal 5-0 at Anfield.

October

Time for the international break for two weeks but we still have 5 games in the last two weeks of October.​

 

[misterioBean]

2nd November 2029
Almost a Perfect Month

Premier League
Gameday 7

We start October with a 7-1 win over Everton for the Premier League and James Heeming added 4 more to his personal count.
Excellent win to start our packed 2 weeks.

Premier League
Gameday 8

We followed it with another huge win voer Southampton. This time Hemming didn't score any of the goals but did get an assist.

UEFA Europa League
League Phase

Gameday 3

We had to use our second team for this game due to fitness problems and despite conciding twice in two minutes we were able to get the comeback on the 2nd half.
However, we lost Marcel Ruíz to a knee injury for 6 weeks.

Premier League
Gameday 9

We weren't good enough against Newcastle despite having more shots overall. They scored 4 from 6 shots on target and we didn't score any in 6 chances of our own.

EFL Cup
Fourth Round

We got very unlucky in this one. Everton were able to score the equalizer on the 92nd minute but we then got lucky on the penalty shootout as we beat them for the second time this month to get through to the next round of the Carabao Cup.

I'm using mostly our second team for cup competitions because my main focus are the Premier League and the Europa League altough I'm more concerned in getting a good league position in order to keep having European access.

League Table

After 9 games we are the Premier League leaders as we go into November but I don't expect to come back in December and keep our position.

UEFA Europa League
League Phase Table

In the Europa League we are in the 5th position which guarantees we are going through to the knock-out rounds.
Hopefully we can keep our good form to finish the League Phase in the first 8 spots.

November

Another tough month ahead of us but we do have a chance to keep our good form running.​

 

[misterioBean]

1st December 2029
Are We Ready for It?

Premier League
Gameday 10

What a game from our team as we get the win over Chelsea and conditioning them the entire game only allowing 2 shots on target the whole game.

UEFA Europa League
League Phase

Gameday 4

Not as good of a game against Club Brugge for the Europa League though.
We had to play a rotated squad and unfortunately they scored 3 goals in 5 shots on target so we only have ourselves to blame.

Premier League
Gameday 11

We bounced back in the league after our B2B midfielder Marlin Rohl scored from outside the box to give us the win.

UEFA Europa League
League Phase

Gameday 5

We played our second team once again against Maribor and despite only getting one goal in 31 shots we only allowed them to shoot once and not even hitting the target.

League Table

The Tottenham game got postponed to January so we ended up the month with the Europa League fixture.

What concernes the league, we were able to keep our 1st place due to our good run in the last couple of months.

UEFA Europa League
League Phase Table

The loss against Club Brugge hurt our position in the Europa League and we dropped to the 15th position after that game.
We were able to improve a little with the win against Maribor but we may not finish in the top places after all.

December

We may see our team losing the 1st place in the league this month.
On top of having 8 games to end the year, we'll face Man. United, Arsenal and Liverpool in the matter of 7 days.

Are we good enough to go against them?​

 

[misterioBean]

1st January 2030
What is Happening?

Premier League
Gameday 12

We start the haunting month of December with a very valuable win against Brentford.
Weiper started ahead of Hemming due to an injury and scored in the first 10 minutes of the game.

Premier League
Gameday 13

Weiper also scored in the 6-0 win against Crystal Palace at the Etihad but the real star of the show was Duranville who got an assist on top of his 2 goals.

UEFA Europa League
League Phase

Gameday 6

Like I said, our top priority is the league so we are using our second team in Europe and that may cost us some wins but at least we got the draw against Basel.

Premier League
Gameday 14

Another win in the league even though we had to wait until the 85th minute to see our sub Rowe get his moment of inspiration and score the solo goal.

EFL Cup
Quarter Final

Another win in the Carabao Cup for our second team and we are going to the Semi Finals.

We finally got to the most challenging week of our entire season so far as we will face 3 teams that should be way better than us.

Premier League
Gameday 15

We won the first Manchester Derby in 7 years!
What a performance from our team to secure the 3 points at the Etihad but to be fair Man. United only shot once on target.

Our center back Akahomen was the man of the match, which is not a weird award since him and Doyle kept United's attack away from our goal.

Premier League
Gameday 16

However, it was an early goal by Arsenal that ended our good run.
Looking at the brightside of this defeat, it was a very balanced game and we got some good chances.

Premier League
Gameday 17

I was left speechless in this game.
Once again, our team performs at a level I would never expect this early in our Premier League campaign.

When you look at the stats it becomes even better. We always had the control of the game. Yes Liverpool had more possession but we don't really want to mantain possession as we play at a higher tempo which proved to be very difficult for them to handle.

League Table

This unbelievable run of results keeps us in 1st place with Bournemouth right behind us.
We are still one game behind most teams and even 2 games behind some other which makes this lead look even better.

UEFA Europa League
League Phase Table

Unfortunately, the draw against Basel puts us in the 14th position and a top place seems harder and harder to achieve.
It's not impossible but won't be an easy task, specially if we are forced to use our 2nd team.

January

Absolute mayhem at the beginning of the new decade.
A total of 9 games to be played and with both cup competitions this month the Tottenham fixtures was postponed once again.

Transfer In
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Yulián Triviño - 2.1m

Another good looking South American player joins our club. The young wing back has a lot going for him. Good base attributes at 19 years old, very versatile, resolute personality and he is a very consistent performer. He was sent out on loan to his club to continue his development.

No other business was made so far. I have one more player in mind but it got pretty bad to get a deal done during contract negotiations.​

 

[misterioBean]

1st February 2030
Oh No! Anyway...

Transfers Out

One player left our club permanently in January.
Our keeper Verbuggen was taking a backup role instead of an important player and handed in the transfer request.
He joined the Saudi League for 20m, which is 13m more than we paid for him.

Transfers In
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Niklas Hedl - 35m

We found his replacement at Sheffield United. The Austrian 28 year old is an improvement over Verbuggen in most aspects and will most likely be our main guy for some seasons unless the one keeper I'm keen to sign becomes available.

Lorran - 16.25m

I then looked at our team and identified the RW as the position with less quality. I found this Brazilian with a cheap release clause and compared him to our best player in the position.

Lorran is the overall best player, oly losing to Alberdi on the physical aspects of his game except for his speed. Looking at this graph, I knew I had to buy him since PSG was already sniffing around and believe me, PSG took away a lot of players from us this season (4 to be exact).

Premier League
Gameday 18

We start the month with a very lucky win against Brighton after Sangaré scored in the 93rd minute to give us the 3 points.

FA Cup
Third Round

Good win in the cup against Swindon as our 2nd team puts in a good performance.

EFL Cup
Semi Final 1st Leg

They also beat Wolves at the Etihad to give us the lead in the Carabao Semi Finals.

Premier League
Gameday 19

With our 1st team we failed to make our chances worth and conceded a late goal to draw against Nottingham Forest. Not a very good result.

EFL Cup
Semi Final 2nd Leg

The draw in our last game looks better if we compare it to our 2-0 loss in the Carabao which put us away from the competition.
Losing to an own goal is frustrating though.

Premier League
Gameday 20

We bounced straight back against Norwich with a 5-2 win. Good performance from our team in this game.

UEFA Europa League
League Phase

Gameday 7

With all the cup games being played by our 2nd team, it gave us the chance to play our 1st team for the Europa League and we were ableto beat the Danish team Kobenhavn 4-1. Despite being one of Denmark's biggest clubs, they only manage to acheive a 3rd spot in the league last season. The league is not loaded so I have no idea how well they are doing this year.

FA Cup
Fourth Round

This month was a very good opportunity to give our 2nd team a lot of gametime and they won yet another game for the FA Cup against Preston.

UEFA Europa League
League Phase

Gameday 8

I ended up using them once again for the Europa League and they were able to beat Dynamo Kyiv 4-0 with a little help from some of our starters.

League Table

Against all odds we are still leaders of the Premier League and to be honest the performances we had against some of the biggest teams in the country makes me believe we can achieve Champions League football next season. I don't think we have a good squad to win it yet though, but it's good to know we can at least challenge for a UCL spot already.

With our last 2 wins in the Europa League we were able to get a top 8 finish after all and are going straight to the next round of the competition.

February

It will be another tough month in February but I'm hoping we can keep our good form going.

Youth Intake

Forgot to show this last month but let's be honest it doesn't look great anyway.

Finances

Our finances took a big hit this year and with the new board I have no idea if they plan to inject money into the club at the end of every season. They say that next year's transfer budget will be 111m minimum but we already have 108m so that doesn't look too optimistic.

Maybe getting a good place in the league and Champions League football qualification will give us more money so we need to at least try our best to qualify for the UCL.​

 

[misterioBean]

1st March 2030
Closer and Closer

Premier League
Gameday 21

We started the month of February with a loss against West Ham who basically defended ever since they scored the penalty.
What a shame.

Premier League
Gameday 22

We finally played Tottenham for the league after it being postponned 2 or 3 times. It was a very balanced game and none of the teams came out on top of it.

Premier League
Gameday 23

It was a late goal by super sub Nelson Weiper that gave us the win against Aston Villa after James Hemming scored on the 2nd minute of the game.

Good to see both strikers scoring goals.

Premier League
Gameday 24

James Hemming scored yet another goal to beat Bournemouth with our newest signing Lorran also getting his first goal for the club.

Premier League
Gameday 25

Our 2nd team were able to beat Wolves this time around with a very good performance.

Premier League
Gameday 26

We finish off February with the 4th won in a row and 3rd playing out of the Etihad this month against Southampton.
Very good 1st half but our performance dropped a bit in the last 45 minutes.

League Table

We are still top of the Premier League and are currently 9 points clear of the 2nd place Man. United.

This has really been a season to remember so far and with only 3 months left in the season becoming Premier League champions once again is starting to look stronger and stronger with every game played.

March

This month could be decisive in 3 different competitions.
Obviously if we want to go through to the next FA Cup and Europa League rounds we need to win those games, but the 3 next games for the league can also help us getting a bigger lead or lose the one we had if we drop points.

We will also get the youth intake this month but let's be honest it probably won't be anything good anyways.​

 

[Rohde]

Nice work.
What did you chance the reputation to?

What staff did you bring in at the start?