Hi. I finally found some time to spent on the new FM and decided to choose a Championship side for my career. The choice of team wasn't that hard. At first I just excluded the teams for which it's not really a challange to win the Championship (Newcastle, Villa, Norwich, etc.). Then excluded the ones on the other end too as I'd like a Playoff spot to be achievable during the first season. And I guess Wolverhampton were just the ones that attract me the most out of the rest. ^^)
Main players
Ivan Cavaleiro - Defenitely our star player and arguably Premier League quality already. Has some room to grow too. Luckily, he had just come into the club so there was no interest in him during the summer. It's probably going to be tough to keep him in the winter and next summer if we don't win promotion.
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Nouha Dicko - He has just recovered after a horrible 12 month injury, that's why he still hasn't played a game (beginning of September). However, he's going to be my main forward and I hope he's going to find his form quickly.
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Danny Batth - Our captain and the heart of our defense. He's defenitely going to play a big role in us achieving (or not) promotion.
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Dominic Iorfa - He's young, has potential, can play both in center of the defense and on the right side and is pretty good already. There was interest from a few big clubs during the summer and he was unhappy for a while because I rejected their offers, however he's fine now and doing amazingly so far.
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Transfers
- OUT -
Carl Ikeme - He was on a key player contract but wasn't going to be my first choice so I decided to find him a new club. He and Lonergan are probably about the same ability wise however I don't want my main keeper ******* off to the African nations tournament in the middle of the season so I decided that the Englishman will be my first choice.
Niall Ennis - A few PL sides came with offers for him and were ready to throw good money so I decided to let him go. I've never seen him becoming an amazing player, my scouts weren't rating his potential that high either so I just decided that the money was more important at the moment.
- IN -
Jesus Rueda - I needed someone to rotate in that defensive mid spot with Saiss. Most likely won't be a long term squad member.
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Magnus Wolff Eikrem - Real wolf. (6) No one in my midfield had that creative spark in them so I had to find something to insert a little bit of creativity there. Magnus was my man.
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Jiloan Hamad - His agent told me he was transfer listed and I thought he would be a great option on the wings.
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Zlatan Alomerovic - I needed a second choice goalkeeper after I sold Ikeme and just went for the cheapest option available.
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Overview - I sold my backup goalie and a youngster so no weakening of the squad because of sales really. On other hand the midfield is quite a bit stronger with the new players coming in, I have a lot of options too which is nice because the championship fixture list can be really tough.
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My assistant was dealing with the friendly matches as always. No tough opposition there, we were just looking for match fitness and morale improvement.
We started our Championship campaign with a win in a tough away game against Leeds. Really good debut there for Hamad, assisting for all three goals.
Then we won in EFL cup first round which wasn't much of a surprise against a league two side.
A great win followed - we beat one of the likely title competitors Derby 3:2. We had 15 shoots on target, 6 clear cut chances and a missed penalty so the result could have been even better but a win is a win anyway.
Then Sheffield Wednesday put an end to our 3 win streak after beating us 2:0 on their ground. We actually had a few clear chances and, if more clinical, we could have went with the three points even but there are always days like that.
Then we came to out winning way after completely demolishing Brighton on their own ground - 5:1. Amazing away result against a team that is likely to be in the Playoff battle.
And we ended the month well with wins against Bradford for EFL cup and Rotherham in Championship.
Quite a good start - we're still in the cup competition and we're close to the top in Championship while beating some of our likely division rivals.
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I'm going to do updates either every month or every 2-3 depending on if there is something interesting going on. I hope I will have long and successful career and even more than that I hope you will enjoy it together with me.
Main players
Ivan Cavaleiro - Defenitely our star player and arguably Premier League quality already. Has some room to grow too. Luckily, he had just come into the club so there was no interest in him during the summer. It's probably going to be tough to keep him in the winter and next summer if we don't win promotion.
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Nouha Dicko - He has just recovered after a horrible 12 month injury, that's why he still hasn't played a game (beginning of September). However, he's going to be my main forward and I hope he's going to find his form quickly.
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Danny Batth - Our captain and the heart of our defense. He's defenitely going to play a big role in us achieving (or not) promotion.
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Dominic Iorfa - He's young, has potential, can play both in center of the defense and on the right side and is pretty good already. There was interest from a few big clubs during the summer and he was unhappy for a while because I rejected their offers, however he's fine now and doing amazingly so far.
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Transfers
- OUT -
Carl Ikeme - He was on a key player contract but wasn't going to be my first choice so I decided to find him a new club. He and Lonergan are probably about the same ability wise however I don't want my main keeper ******* off to the African nations tournament in the middle of the season so I decided that the Englishman will be my first choice.
Niall Ennis - A few PL sides came with offers for him and were ready to throw good money so I decided to let him go. I've never seen him becoming an amazing player, my scouts weren't rating his potential that high either so I just decided that the money was more important at the moment.
- IN -
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Magnus Wolff Eikrem - Real wolf. (6) No one in my midfield had that creative spark in them so I had to find something to insert a little bit of creativity there. Magnus was my man.
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Jiloan Hamad - His agent told me he was transfer listed and I thought he would be a great option on the wings.
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Zlatan Alomerovic - I needed a second choice goalkeeper after I sold Ikeme and just went for the cheapest option available.
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Overview - I sold my backup goalie and a youngster so no weakening of the squad because of sales really. On other hand the midfield is quite a bit stronger with the new players coming in, I have a lot of options too which is nice because the championship fixture list can be really tough.
View attachment 105738
My assistant was dealing with the friendly matches as always. No tough opposition there, we were just looking for match fitness and morale improvement.
We started our Championship campaign with a win in a tough away game against Leeds. Really good debut there for Hamad, assisting for all three goals.
Then we won in EFL cup first round which wasn't much of a surprise against a league two side.
A great win followed - we beat one of the likely title competitors Derby 3:2. We had 15 shoots on target, 6 clear cut chances and a missed penalty so the result could have been even better but a win is a win anyway.
Then Sheffield Wednesday put an end to our 3 win streak after beating us 2:0 on their ground. We actually had a few clear chances and, if more clinical, we could have went with the three points even but there are always days like that.
Then we came to out winning way after completely demolishing Brighton on their own ground - 5:1. Amazing away result against a team that is likely to be in the Playoff battle.
And we ended the month well with wins against Bradford for EFL cup and Rotherham in Championship.
Quite a good start - we're still in the cup competition and we're close to the top in Championship while beating some of our likely division rivals.
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I'm going to do updates either every month or every 2-3 depending on if there is something interesting going on. I hope I will have long and successful career and even more than that I hope you will enjoy it together with me.