Season 3 review
End of Season Headlines
No Sackings and Heart Gary Locke is the only one insecure
Hearts comfortably beat Queen of the South to stay in the SPL with Hamilton returning in Kilmarnocks place
A local side to myself Formartine Utd are the 1st side to come through the play-offs and survive in the League
Celtic 2015/16
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SPL - Winners
Scottish cup - Winners
Scottish League Cup - Winners
Europe - Europa League Semi Finals
Scotland was easy. Only scare came in the Scottish Cup Semi Final where injurys and the Europa League Semi Finals made it a closer tie than expected.
Key Players
DL Danny Rose
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The former Man Utd & Spurs defender cost ?8m but proved to be worth the cash as he became my stand out defender. Needs to cut back on the card count though.
MC Will Hughes
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Not as impressive as last season but still easily one of our best and in Europe one of our most important Struggling to agree a new deal so we might have seen the last of him at Celtic.
ML Tom Ince
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Undisputed player of the year. Almost a goal a game from midfield even in the SPL is a amazing achievement
AT Matej Vydra
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Stepped up in the European games to solidifie his spot in the side. Might not be lead striker next season though.
SPL Review
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St Mirren - 8/10 A few less points but i'm rating them as high as last season after they relied on less loan players and earned 2nd place with mostly there own players. Hans Vuckic was this years loan player who made the attacking difference while Kello continues to keep a tight ship at the other end.
Dundee Utd - 7/10 Leading a new firm revival as they both returned to Europe. They were the only side to beat me through the Scottish season lead by Cifici again as Gauld has another unimpressive season.
Aberdeen - 7/10 Like There new firm rivals there back in Europe following there 4th place finish. Rooney's loan sidekick Duncan Watmore gave the Dons the goals. Still plenty work to do to get back up to St Mirren
Hibs - 7/10 I think i called Hibs as my relegation favorites. Could i have been more wrong as they record there 1st top 6 finish. Abdoul Faye added grit to the midfield and Shola Ameobi added goals and assists up front to take them into the top half.
Inverness CT - 6/10 Swapped places with neighbors Ross County to get back into the top 6. Relied on the loans to get there but as St Mirren showed there is no harm in that.
Ross County - 6/10 Still being lead by Luckassen they fell back into the bottom 6 but still working beyond there means.
Motherwell - 4/10 A team in serious need of redevelopment. Motherwell better points haul but having lost Sutton who was there last great goal getter and brought in aging players like Russell Anderson, Alan Hutton and Jamie Langfield improvements will be hard to come by.
Rangers - 4/10 Hard to Rank Rangers really. Not rich on resources or quality players but they were expected to be in the top 6 and then spent the rest of the season fighting relegation. Only getting clear once the relegation group kicked off.
St Johnstone - 3/10 Not a side i expect to be near the top half but Terry Butcher is leading them down a horrible trail.
Hearts - 4/10 - The favorites to go down survived the play offs to remain in the league. Getting onto a better financial footing maybe a few decent players in the window can get them away from the danger zone next season.
Kilmarnock - 1/10 - 25 points less than last season without loosing any major players was a huge shock to myself and most of the SPL. Especially a team with Kris Boyd and James McFadden leading the way.
Champions League Final
Man Utd 3-2 Man City
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Nice day for a Manchester Derby with the right result too. Van Persie's goal in the final took him to 15 past the all time season record which had stood since 1962
Liverpool won the Europa League on Penaltys
Season Awards
Player of the year
Danny Rose
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Strange strange choice of winner. He had a good season but Ince was amazing
Young Player of the year
Jose Manuel
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On loan from Arsenal to Dundee Utd. I had tried to sign him but his former club Granada wouldnt deal with me.
Top Scorer
Tom Ince
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23 goals means he is the 1st player in the modern era to be top scorer and not be the lead striker.
Manager of the Year
Me
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The award stays on my mantlepiece
Team of the Year
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7 Celtic players but no forwards!
Continental Standings
National Coefficients
View attachment 399628Thanks to our Semi Final run Scotland makes a 5 place jump to 15. which will see big changes in our European places
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The League winner move up from 2nd Qualifier to 3rd round, 2 groups from the Groups
2nd Place will be in the Best Placed qualifier 2 rounds away from the Groups
3rd, 4th and either 5th or the Scottish Cup winner will also be in Europe.
Competition Rankings
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The SPL has its first rise since i started getting back up to 22nd