After struggling to find a team I click with lately I think I have finally found the one, Fulham. Really enjoying this game so far and I don't want to put it down !
Aims for the season are to finish in the top half, perhaps even a European spot again, and to reach the semi-final of one of the cups.
First of all I noticed there was a lot of average players in the team who were worth a decent bit of cash, so I offloaded a lot of players looking to bring in a mixture of experience and class.
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Bringing in £22m I was very pleased also freeing up a large wage bill. Zamora is pretty awful on this game despite his form in real life so thought I would let him go too. The other players were nothing I was going to lose sleep over.
Initially offered for Gibson on loan for some backup to the centre midfield but they wanted £2m for the year so thought I might as well sign him and see how he develops. So far proved to be a pretty good singing, holding down a first team place at the moment. Melchiot and Booth were brought in for experience at the back in what was going to be a long season with Europa League football too. Krivets and Castro will offer some didferent options in the attack, with a bit more creativity, pace and flair than the usual Fulham wingers. Then the big one, Milevskyi. Massive signing which shows the intent of Fulham and where they are aiming to be.
Tactically I was going to rotate between 3 different tactics, all with the same 4-5-1 formation. One for winnable games where I can attack the opponent, one for close games where I will be cautious early on and try to sneak wins, and one for counter attacking better teams. I am putting a massive focus on set pieces with some big players at the back and Milevskyi also more than capable in the air.
August
Fulham 5 v 0 Sevojno (Johnson x3, Hughes, Murphy) EURO Cup 3rd qual.
Sevojno 0 v 4 Fulham (Dempsey x2, Hangeland, O.G)
Hull City 1 v 2 Fulham (Milevskyi, Konchesky)
Fulham 3 v 1 Legia (Dempsey x2, Murphy) EURO Cup 4th qual.
Tottenham 1 v 1 Fulham (Milevskyi)
Legia 2 v 3 Fulam (Dempsey, Castro, O.G) EURO Cup 4th qual.
Fulham 1 v 3 Liverpool (Milevskyi)
Fulham 4 v 0 Portsmouth (Milevskyi, Duff, Krivets, Greening)
Overall a very good month, sitting 6th in the league with a good result at Spurs and unlucky not to get more from the Liverpool game. Safely made it through to the Europa league group stage where I was drawn with Roma, Heerenveen and Aberdeen.
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Player of the month : Dempsey - 5 goals 2 assists and 3 MOTM in his 7 games.
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Result of the month : 4-0 thumping of Portsmouth showed what we can do.
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Also secured the future servies of Tore Reginiussen who will be joining us on January the 1st, he will add valuable depth to the defense in what will hopefully be a busy period after christmas.
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed and that you will follow. All advice welcome
Aims for the season are to finish in the top half, perhaps even a European spot again, and to reach the semi-final of one of the cups.
First of all I noticed there was a lot of average players in the team who were worth a decent bit of cash, so I offloaded a lot of players looking to bring in a mixture of experience and class.
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Bringing in £22m I was very pleased also freeing up a large wage bill. Zamora is pretty awful on this game despite his form in real life so thought I would let him go too. The other players were nothing I was going to lose sleep over.
Initially offered for Gibson on loan for some backup to the centre midfield but they wanted £2m for the year so thought I might as well sign him and see how he develops. So far proved to be a pretty good singing, holding down a first team place at the moment. Melchiot and Booth were brought in for experience at the back in what was going to be a long season with Europa League football too. Krivets and Castro will offer some didferent options in the attack, with a bit more creativity, pace and flair than the usual Fulham wingers. Then the big one, Milevskyi. Massive signing which shows the intent of Fulham and where they are aiming to be.
Tactically I was going to rotate between 3 different tactics, all with the same 4-5-1 formation. One for winnable games where I can attack the opponent, one for close games where I will be cautious early on and try to sneak wins, and one for counter attacking better teams. I am putting a massive focus on set pieces with some big players at the back and Milevskyi also more than capable in the air.
August
Fulham 5 v 0 Sevojno (Johnson x3, Hughes, Murphy) EURO Cup 3rd qual.
Sevojno 0 v 4 Fulham (Dempsey x2, Hangeland, O.G)
Hull City 1 v 2 Fulham (Milevskyi, Konchesky)
Fulham 3 v 1 Legia (Dempsey x2, Murphy) EURO Cup 4th qual.
Tottenham 1 v 1 Fulham (Milevskyi)
Legia 2 v 3 Fulam (Dempsey, Castro, O.G) EURO Cup 4th qual.
Fulham 1 v 3 Liverpool (Milevskyi)
Fulham 4 v 0 Portsmouth (Milevskyi, Duff, Krivets, Greening)
Overall a very good month, sitting 6th in the league with a good result at Spurs and unlucky not to get more from the Liverpool game. Safely made it through to the Europa league group stage where I was drawn with Roma, Heerenveen and Aberdeen.
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Player of the month : Dempsey - 5 goals 2 assists and 3 MOTM in his 7 games.
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Result of the month : 4-0 thumping of Portsmouth showed what we can do.
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Also secured the future servies of Tore Reginiussen who will be joining us on January the 1st, he will add valuable depth to the defense in what will hopefully be a busy period after christmas.
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed and that you will follow. All advice welcome