Saving the Scottish Game
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Cheers man. My Pace may be slow but im into it too and have no plans to stop
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Season 10 - 2022/23
Targets
SPL - Win
Scottish Cup - Win
Scottish League Cup - Youth Side
Europe - CL last 16
I expect us to Win back the League despite loosing some of my best players. Also aiming to get through to the Champions League last 16 for the 1st time after getting past some big teams in the Europa League
Transfers
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Probably my best two players leave as they wouldnt agree a new deal.
In
Dario Tappari - MC
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He's got big shoes to fill but a different kind of player which will see my midfield change around a bit.
Mimi - DL
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I've never spied the Brazilian till now. I have high hopes for my 1st Brazilian signing.
5 youngsters arrive as interest was higher after our Europa League run
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Out
After failing to agree new deals Vadala & Kone i was forced to sell. Got a great deal for Kone but feel Robbed with the Vadala deal thought he was worth double that. Fabinho and Cowan were moved on so i could bring through some youngsters. Bakero, Dunn & Mentel never developed as planned.
Staff
No changes this summer. Watch out next year!
Around the League
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Scotland coach Gordon Strachan resigns and is replaced by Luis Enrique
Not a SPL issue but USA won the World Cup with Dundee Utd player Gus Johnson
Our 4 sales were the top moves of the summer with Celtic just behind as usual.
Celtic buy nobody!
Aberdeen were the next biggest spenders.
New owners at Hearts & Dunfermline dont open there cheque books
Inverness wil be worth a watch this year with some interesting additions
FM Season preview
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Similar story to last year United and Celtic equal favorites, Hearts favorites for 3rd and for once a new team is not favorites to go down.
Current Starting 11
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Midfield is changed around a bit with Caballero loosing out to Johnson as i look to go more attacking. Only other change is new left back Mimi.
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August
I make two mega money signings on the final day of the window
Draw with Celtic but perfect elsewhere
Not quite good enough to beat Real Madrid in the Champions League Qualifiers
Fixtures
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SPL
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League looks as expected except Rangers making a very strong start.
Champions League
Best Qualifier 3rd round
Dundee Utd 6-1 Slovan Liberec
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No problems beating the Slovakians but we got a horror draw!
Best Qualifier Play-Off
Real Madrid 3-0 Dundee Utd
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Real Dominated both legs and we stood at best NO CHANCE. Europa League it is again.
Europa League Draw
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We were in the top group for seeds in the draw but got an awful draw! no easy games here
Transfer Window
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We make 2 huge deals while Rangers buy Hibs best striker. Finally a good deal?
In
Danny De Reuver - DR
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My weakest position in the squad is wing backs so adding some depth is crucial.
Adrian Williams - ML
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Love the look of this 18 year old winger. Having spent summers looking for players and being priced out i decided this time on deadline day to just go for it.
Fabian Balladares - AT
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Already collected some caps for Chile. Stand out stats are already top notch all thats left is to see how much better they will get.
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September
Marques falls as does our League form including our 1st new firm defeat in 4 years which lets Celtic take over at the top.
Europa League form could hardly be better with wins over Newcastle & Bordeaux
Fixtures
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SPL
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A few slip ups from Celtic and Dundee Utd this month leaves it very close between the top 6 at this very early stage. Dunfermlines hopeless start goes on.
Europa League
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Two wins and a perfect start. If we repeat that in our double header with Metalist should see us through.
Player Watch
Chris Mosson
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The clubs back up center back. Will be at United as long as i am and proof of the improved quality of the sides youth system
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October
We beat Metalists in Ukraine but that aside im furious
Horrible performances against St Mirren in the League then Dunfermline putting us out of the League Cup
Fixtures
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SPL
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I was angry with our form but thankfully Celtic have been just as bad and with than there is only 7 points between the top 6 after the 1st quarter of the league.
Europa League
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Victory over Metalists sets us up to qualify in our next game.
Player Watch
Gus Johnson
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Has Dundee Utd ever had a World Cup winner in there squad? Would be stunned if they had but our 2nd season star from Seattle is not having a classic season but neither has most of the squad.
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November
Win over Metalists secures qualification. Kids need to get a result against Newcastle to secure top spot.
Domestic domanence in November too including a win over Celtic to move us clear at the top for this first time since the opening games.
Aberdeen were seen off by a youthful line up in the Scottish Cup
Fixtures
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SPL
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Celtic had there worst month in a long time at the top 6 begin to spread out unlike the bottom 3.
Europa Leagu
Our 4th win on the trot secured qualification so i rested my 1st team against Bordeaux. Will need to better there result in the last game to secure top spot.
Player Watch
Niclas Tidman
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Had a injury ravaged season and Love would love for him to get fit again as he supplys bag fulls of assists.
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December
Youth team almost beat Newcastle in the Europa League but we get top spot.
Defeat against 10 man Inverness drove me mad till i saw Celtic also lost
I think the lack of a settled team effected our form and with more players arriving in January we may need a small clear out.
Fixtures
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SPL
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Neither of the top 2 are firing on all cylinders or even in decent form but Celtic are even worse than us at the moment. St Mirrens great start keeps them clear in 3rd. Dunfermline and Hamilton set to fight for bottom spot.
Europa League
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Thank you Metalists! there draw with Bordeaux left us to claim top spot.
Last 32 Draw
Dundee Utd vs Trabzonspor
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If we beat the turks we could face Bourdeaux again if they beat Gladbach
Celtic finished 3rd in there champions league group but put up a good fight with Bayern and PSG. They will face PSV in the Europa League.
Player Watch
Kostas Saflekos
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What a player Kostas could be already if only he could stay fit! still. I think there is still much to come from our stand out midfielder!
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January
We striker early in the transfer window to upgrade our youth side further
Only Rangers put a goal past us as we thump all our rivals in Janaury
Fixtures
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SPL
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Gap at the top is up to 8 points as we make a big dent in our goal difference. Dunfemline gave us a game back in December and carried there form into January to leave Hamilton lost at the bottom.
Transfer Window
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We have one of our busiest Janaurys so far starting by making ?20m off youngsters and back up players.
In
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4 youth players including two long awaited wing backs
Out
Leaving was 1st team back up Players Lukas Mucha, who was falling down the clubs pecking order and Andreas Wikstrom who was holding up the development of the youngsters, Huge profits made on both players. The third was Robert Przybyszewski who i could hardly justify giving a game for my youth team was getting higher and higher offers and at ?5m my bluff was called and off to France he went.
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February
Trabzonspor tie is my 600th game in management as we celebrate by reaching the last 16
Victory at Parkhead plus an unbeaten month edges us closer to the title
Cowdenbeath overcome in the Cup Quarter Final
Fixtures
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SPL
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Were 9 points clear after Celtic had a perfect month aside from loosing to us so the battle for top spot is far from done. Rangers and St Mirren are going at it for 3rd while Dunfermline are looking to get out of the play off spots.
Europa League
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We won both legs to set up a last 16 tie with our group rivals Bordoaux. Celtic came from behind to join us in the last 16 with a favorable tie with Sparta Prague
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Player Watch
Piet De Waard
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In his 2nd season he was only supposed to be a stop gap in the position till i got a better youth or someone on a free but then he decided to be one of my stand out players. What a jerk huh!
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March
We equal the SPL record for goals in a game with a 9-2 win at Inverness
Celtic lift the League Cup
Europa League Success for Celtic & Dundee Utd
Fixtures
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SPL
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Celtic sit 7 points behind as we head towards the split. Plenty to play for all over the League except bottom spot which looks to be Hamiltons. Even the final top 6 spot could go to any of Motherwell, Hibs or Aberdeen.
Europa League
Last 16
Dundee Utd 3-0 Bordeaux
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A comfortable 1st leg win then a back up side saw us home for a Quarter Final spot.
Quarter Final draw
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I'd have been happy with anyone except the English giants so nae doubt who i draw!
Player Watch
Derek Russell
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The former Queens Park midfielder has made a real impact during his 1st season at the club becoming my no1 pick for the 1st team from my large selection of youth player
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Well she's been sent upstairs and im not appreciating you shouting atm!
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April
We reach the Scottish cup final as do Celtic with a thrilling 5-4 win against Hearts
Two amazing results in the Europa Leauge guarentee's we'll have a Scottish Winner
3 fixtures against Celtic will decided how many trophys i pick up this season. We have a shot at the treble while Celtic are after the Quadruple
Fixtures
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SPL
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Were making a meal of winning the League. Avoid defeat against Celtic and we'll take the title otherwise its going to be a last game decider. St Mirren & Hearts are tied for 3rd going into the final games while at the other end Hamilton are down but Dunfermline and Ross County will fight to get out of the play off spots.
Europa League
Quarter Finals
Dundee Utd 4-1 Man City
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Two wins against the English giants sets up a semi final with Viktoria Plzen while Celtic have to overcome Anderlecht to make it a all Scottish final
Semi Finals
1st Leg
Both Scottish sides thrash there opponents
2nd Leg
United win comfortably in the 2nd leg to reach the final. Celtic loose in an absolute thriller but did enough to join us in the Final.
Dundee Utd 7-1 Viktoria Plzen
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May
SPL
Title Decider
Dundee Utd 6-2 Celtic
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Celtic took a 2-0 lead and i felt like crying as our league title challenge was falling to pieces. However we made stunning comeback to regain our title after a year at Parkhead.
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Europa League Final
Celtic 2-1 Dundee Utd
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What could be worse than loosing a 2nd Europa League Final in a row? Oh Loosing it in the 90th minute. So angered by this result. We were the better side through the match but Celtic struck it lucky i suppose!
Scottish Cup Final
Celtic 2-2 Dundee Utd - Celtic win 7-6 on Pens
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Two cup final defeats in a week both against Celtic who secure a treble. SEEMS HAVING GUESTS AND WATCHING THE WORLD CUP DOES NOT WORK WELL WITH FM KLIPPYBO
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Season 10 Review
No Europa League wins but the other stimulation to move on to a new club. The board has approved a new stadium no info on it yet however.
Queen of the South beat Dunfermline in the Play-off to move up.
Half the squads contracts are up next summer so lots of negotiating to do this summer.
Dundee Utd 2022/3
Season stats
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SPL - Winner
Scottish cup - Runner Up
Scottish League Cup - Semi Finals
Europe - Europa League Runner Ups
Regained the SPL but a sloppy League Cup Semi final performance and loosing two finals to Celtic in a week at the end of the season was HUGE blow to fall at the final hurdle again.
Key Player
Nuno Marques
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The Portugese youth star had a solid 1st season last time round but in his 2nd season he mover it up a level making 21 goals and scoring 17 himself. Breaking into the Portugal squad was the final feather in his cap.
SPL Review
Dundee Utd - 7/10 - Back in top spot. We moved 10 points clear around Christmas then kept the gap till a small stumble at the end of the year let Celtic make it look more of a competition that it actually was
Celtic - 8/10 - Dundee Utd have Jack Love Celtic have Paco Alcacer. 47 goals in 49 games along with Danny Rose & Matej Vydra is still leading the side. Three Cups including a second Europa League title is enough to make this successfull 2nd place.
Hearts - 7/10 - another season another 3rd place finish for Hearts. Little activity after there takeover but more loans for high profile youth sides similar to Celtic is not how i want to see the League going forward.
St Mirren - 7/10 - Spent the season fighting Hearts for the title of 3rd place. Unfortunalty St Mirren historically relied on loan players to get there as they did again on this exchange.
Rangers - 6/10 - A 2nd return to the top 6 but the question is can they stay there this time? No major changes from last seasons team.
Motherwell - 7/10 - What an improvement! Seasons of flirting with religation they won the battle to get into the top 6. Didnt add many but cleared out heeps of dead wood.
Hibs - 5/10 - After loosing Gauld to Rangers there hopes of a top 6 finish were already over. Good form through the Religation phase helped secure 7th place.
Aberdeen - 4/10 - Aberdeen made some brilliant off season additions that i thought would secure 3rd place but it was not to be and a very poor bottom half finish was all they could muster.
Inverness CT - 5/10 - Another bottom half finish. Some good work in the transfer market but no progress up the table
Ross County - 5/10 - Another season of survival for County. Used the loan system to bring in 2 players that made the difference between a play off battle and comfortable end to the season.
Dunfermline - 4/10 - Well John Collins couldnt repeat the miracle of last season and ended up in teh playoff where eventually they ended up going down to Kilmarnock in the playoffs.
Hamilton - 3/10 - A Very short stay in the SPL. Defense was hopeless and they comfortably and deservadly last.
Champions League Final
Real Madrid 1-2 Barcelona
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The El Classico final was a slow burner with a stunning finish
Europa League Final
No more to say here!
Season Awards
Player of the year
Marko Pavlovski
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A Hatrick of Awards for my one time Serbian young player of the year.
Top Scorer
Paco Alcacer
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Two players broke the 30 goals but neither could break Larssons 35 goal record.
Young Player of the year
Andy Wiles
Again a Celtic loanee
Manager of the Year
Michael Laudrup
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At the 7th time of trying Ladrup wins the Manager of the year. Should have got it last year to be fair.
Team of the Year
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So we win the League but can only boast 2 players in the SPL team of the year?
Continental Standings
National Coefficients
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Only the top 6 Leagues did better than Scotland in the National Coefficients. We jumped passed Ukraine for 11th too.
Competition Rankings
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Plenty Leagues shifting around. Perhaps the French 1st rising to 4th helped Ligue 2 move past us for 13th. Wonder how many lower league French sides got to the Europa League Finals!
Dundee Utd are now ranked 18th in Europe
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Well you may have to wait till 3 more seasons till that announcement! Have you seen how long it takes to build a new stadium in FM 14? Not set to be complete till 2026! Vast hours at work and a overeager kitten has held me up massivly
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how is the kitty doing???
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Gone! Away back to the center today for its final jabs ect before being put up for re-homing. Missing the little dude already. Its just not the same trying to do transfers and watch the world cup is not the same without constant distractions like screens suddenly flipping, turning off or balloon flying across the room