The Becoming of Groats! BCFC Story!

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I have read a lot forums on this site about peoples games, so I thought it would be time to do one myself, of the mighty Birmingham City as I am an avid fan!!

I will be updating every month with screen shots and briefings of the main events. hope to get some followers as this is my first attempt!!

So here it goes:

Groats Takes Charge

Its been a long time coming that a new manager has taken over at Birmingham City, Alex Mcleish just couldn't handle life with the big boys! Groats has come to St Andrews very optimistic, and with the new takeover by Carson Yueng, Groats has told the new owners he expects a mid table finish! With a mighty £27 million to spend Groats will certainly be dipping his toes into the transfer window!!



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Groats has his eyes on a few players to bolster the depth of the team, with the strike force the team has we must add a few players in that area to get the players fighting for there places. We would also love to make Hart a permanent signing as he has great potential to be Englands number one!! So here are a few signings i would like to make:

Joe Hart
Top Class keeper who has plenty of potential and at a tender age of just 22 he can go along way for his club and country!

Razvan Rat
A really good cover player at left back as Ridgewell is recovering from an injury, this player might only be short term though as Ridgewell is top class!

Artem Milevskyi
Well this guy has to skill, control, and muscle power you want for a striker in the premiership, and valued at just £5 million we really should get a good deal for him!

Yannick Djalo
Heard a lot of rumors about this young lad, 23 years of age with again great potential, has got to be worth the 800K Sporting are asking for him!

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Pre Season

With 8 Pre Season games to play the players would definately be ready for the forthcoming season, with injuries to think about and tactics to solve here is how we got on:

Vs Birmingham Reserves 2-0
Goalscorers - McFadden, O'Connor
Assists - Bowyer, McFadden
MoM - Bowyer 8.2

Vs Southampton 1-1
Goalscorers - Jerome
Assists - Phillips
MoM - Jerome 8.2

Vs Brechin 2-0
Goalscorers - Jerome (2)
Assists- Larsson
MoM - Jerome 9.0

Vs Ballymena Utd 3-0
Goalscorers - Johnson, Milevskyi (2)
Assists - Queudrue, Djalo, Jerome
MoM - Milevskyi 8.8

Vs Stockport 0-0
Goalscorers -
Assits -
MoM - Johnson 7.3

Vs Barnsley 2-2
Goalscorers - Jerome, O'Shea
Assists - Milevskyi, Gardner
MoM - Milevskyi 8.2

Vs Bristol Rovers 1-1
Goalscorers - Milevskyi
Assists - Ntambwe
MoM - Hart 8.2

Vs GH Academy 6-0
Goalscorers - Phillips (2), Milevskyi, Fleck, McFadden, Jervis
Assists - Vignal, Ferguson, Fleck (2), Jerom, Larsson
MoM - Phillips 9.3

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as you can see i was unbeaten in my pre season matches winning 4 and drawing 4, also scored 17 and conceded 4. So overall not a bad start to my career.

So with my Pre season out of the way I can now look forward to the start of the Premier League, My First 5 fixtures in August were:

Spurs, West Ham, Wigan, Derby County (LC), and Hull.

So really not that tough to the start except the opening fixture against Spurs.



August

With the new signings I have made I can see this season being a succesfull season, here is how August went:

-H- Vs Tottenham 3-0
Goalscorers - Djalo, Milevskyi, Borriello
Assists - Djalo, Milevskyi (2)
MoM - Milevskyi 9.1

Home advantage really played it's part today as we controlled the game from start to finish, what a debut from all three of my strikers who all got onto the scoresheet. They didn't test Joe Hart in goal today as for the other end, our strikers proved to much for them! Great performance lads!

-H- Vs West Ham 5-0
Goalscorers - Milevskyi (3), Sow (2)
Assists - Paranby, Gardner, Larsson, Djalo, Milevskyi
MoM - Milevskyi 9.7

Again in front of the St Andrews fans we played with no fear, with 26 shots, 14 on target and 7 clear chances we shoud have scored more! Moussa Sow made his full debut and scores twice, Milevskyi is different class at the minute. Superb team effort!

-A- Vs Wigan 1-2
Goalscorers - Djalo (2)
Assists - Rat, Gardner
MoM - Djalo 8.8

Oncce again we dominated possession this time away from home, we had a goal disallowed then they go and equalise, we got our noses back in front and outplayed them to the final whistle!

-H- Vs Derby County (LC) 1-0 (AET)
Goalscorers - Milevskyi
Assists - Gardner
MoM - Djalo 9.0

A really poor perfrmance from the lads, Djalo was the only performer out there today, even though we hit the woodwork twice it was a very sloppy game with both keepers havin nothing to do!

-A- Vs Hull 2-3
Goalscorers - Larsson, Benitez (2)
Assists - Hart, Carr, Benitez
MoM - Benitez 9.1

What a debut for Benitez, 2 goals and 1 assist what else can I say. 3-0 up and cruising then we go to sleep and let in 2 silly goals to give us an edgy final 10 minutes but out defence stood strong!!



League Table

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What a great start from the boys in blue! If we can carry on this motivation into next month we will already be halfway to safety!

Player of the Month

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Games - 4
Goals - 5
Av Rating - 8.35

What A Signing!!
 
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Can you let me know how i am doing please and if you require anything else.
Thanks.
 
September

Well still no followers but I have gone through another month and to be fair it wasn't a bad month. I was sitting top of the table unbeaten in the league, the team were brimming of confidence, a quite month this time with only 4 matches they were:

Blackburn, Fulham, QPR (LC 3rd Round) and Manchester Utd.

A top 4 team at the end of this month could end my unbeaten run but we will have to wait and see!!

-A- Vs Blackburn 0-3
Goalscorers - Sow, Djalo (2)
Assists - Milevskyi, Sow, Benitez
MoM - Djalo 8.9
Sent off - Bowyer 90mins

With Blackburn creating more chances and having more possession our strikers were world class to put this to bed, just a shame Bowyer couldn't keep his discipline towards the end!

-H- Vs Fulham 3-1
Goalscorers - Milevskyi, Ferguson (2)
Assists - Gardner, Djalo
MoM - Ferguson 9.2

Ferguson ran the show today with two sublime finishes, and it has opened his account to go on and score some more. Inspirational!!

-A- Vs QPR (LC 3RD) 3-4 (AET)
Goalscorers - Milevskyi (2), Jerome, Ridgewell
Assists - Milevskyi, Gardner, Jerome
MoM - Milevskyi 9.1
Sent off - Bowyer 81mins

WHAT A GAME!!! with over 50 shots between the two teams we knew there would be goals. 1-1 at full time I told the lads that one more goal would be enough..... I was wrong. We went 3-1 up at the half time interval. With the lads pushing that hard with one less player we got tired, they pushed everyone up and equalised with 4 mins left. One last push of the boat and we get a corner. Ridgewell who gave away the equalising penalty came up trumps to head the winning goal in the 124th minute!!!

-A- Vs Manchester Utd 0-2
Goalscorers -
Assists -
MoM - Michel 7.1

After the 120 minute game just 3 days before we knew it would be difficult. I was really proud of the lads for shutting Manchester Utd out for 65 minutes. Then BANG Rooney with an absolute belter. Within 12 minutes he bangs another one past helpless Hart. My dreams shattered of beating them!!


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Well with only 1 defeat in 7 the Blues are 1 point ahead of Chelsea. What a second month of the campaign! Just hope it continues into next month!

Player of the Month

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Games - 4
Goals - 3
Av Rating - 7.88

Once again this lad is in top form!!
 
i actually thought that this was another bcfc story

anyways, good luck
 
Thanks lads, i appreciate the comments and would like it if people followed, another update is on the way soon.
 
I see my signings inspired you ;)

Keep it up :)
 
October

Well on the back of a 2-0 defeat to Manchester Utd we face a tough opposition in Liverpool. Still going strong in the League cup we are through to the 4th round against another lesser opposition with Sheffield Utd coming to St Andrews, so our route to the 4th round has been kind. These are the games this month:

Liverpool, Wolves, Stoke, Sheffield Utd (LC 4th Round), and Portsmouth.

With 3 teams fighting for relegation I am confident we will have a good month, but only if the players can sustain there performances! This is how this month went!!

-H- Vs Liverpool 3-0
Goalscorers - Benitez (2), Borriello
Assists - Milevskyi (2), Borriello
MoM - Benitez 8.8

Result of the season so far! Clinical finishing by the strikers as we only had 3 shots on target, but we completely shut Liverpool out with them only havin 6 shots at goal and 1 on target! Top Class performance!!

-A- Vs Wolves 2-3
Goalscorers - Milevskyi (2), Carr
Assists - Carr, Michel, Parnaby
MoM - Milevskyi 8.8
Injured - Ferguson - Bruised Rib 8 Days Out

A fantastic fight back in a Midlands derby away from home, going down 2-1 at half time the lads knew I wasn't happy, I told them to do it for the fans and they duly delivered! Carr with a superb header in the 92nd minute sent the fans wild, Great Game for a natural!!

-H- Vs Stoke 1-0
Goalscorers - Borriello
Assists - Bowyer
MoM - Johnson 8.0

Not the best game in the world and thought it was ending in a bore draw until a piece of magic from Borriello gave us the one and only goal to secure another derby win!!

-A- Vs Sheffield Utd (LC 4th) 0-2
Goalscorers - Benitez (2)
Assists - Michel (2)
MoM - Benitez 8.8

Benitez was on fire tonight and it was game of two halves, fortunately Hart had a really good game and kept them out!! League Cup Quarter finals here we come!! Even better a home tie against the Villa Scum!!

-A- Vs Portsmouth 1-3
Goalscorers - Djalo, Rat, Larsson
Assists - Milevskyi, Sow (2)
MoM - Sow 9.0

A screamer of a free kick from Razvan Rat put us 2-1 up and lead us to go on to a comfortable victory, Sow had a really good game with a great all round perfrmance!!



League Table​

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A Great month by the lads which seen us go unbeaten in all competitions and score 10 goals in the Premiership along the way. We have also set up a derby meeting against the Villa in the League Cup!!
Sitting top of the league after 11 games is incredible!!


Player of the Month

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Games - 3
Goals - 4
Av Rating - 7.70

With 2 full appearances he scored 4 goals and won us 2 vital games, he was also used as a half time sub and done his job to make a nuisance with the defence. Great month for the Ecuadorian!!
 
November


With only 3 games in November I'm hoping for a solid month, however with Arsenal away and with the Midlands derby coming to St Andrews it's going to be tough. These are the fixtures:

Bolton, Arsenal, Aston Villa.

With Arsenal pushing for Champions League football this is the only fixture I can see us struggling with, lets see!!

-H- Vs Bolton 2-1
Goalscorers - Milevskyi (2)
Assists - Sow (2)
MoM - Sow 9.0
Injured - Djalo - Concussion 9 Days Out

A 21 second goal gave us the start we wanted against a Bolton team in mid table, Milevskyi was again top draw today and Sow was clinical with his passing!!

-A- Vs Arsenal 1-4
Goalscorers - Johnson
Assists - Gardner
MoM - Johnson 7.0

Going into half time at 3-1 down I wasn't best pleased, Arsenal were to strong today!!

-H- Vs Aston Villa 2-1
Goalscorers - Borriello, Djalo
Assists - Djalo, Benitez
MoM - Djalo 8.5

A great result against the Villa boys, dominated the game throughout and to make things better, Milner got injured!!



League Table

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Once again a solid month which has seen us sustain top of the league but only by 2 points now. But after 14 games i expected us to be below mid table so what an achievement!!

Player of the Month

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Games - 2
Goals - 0
Assists - 2
Av Rating - 7.42

With 2 assists and one MoM award over the victory against Bolton he has been the player to stand out this month!!
 
Cracking start mate, nice layout and well written too... Top marks!
 
thanks mate, glad you like and will hopefully continue to follow!
 
December


A really busy christmas month with 8 games in total to get through! If we can get some good rsults under our belt this month it will put us on good stead to end the season on a high!
here are the fixtures this month:

Aston Villa (LC Qtr Final), Burnley, Chelsea, Man City, Everton, Sunderland, West Ham, Wigan.

With Villa coming back to St Andrews 4 days after there last visit they will be looking for revenge, also with Chelsea and Man City pushing for the title it is going to be a tough month. This is how it went!!

-H- Vs Aston Villa (LC Qtr Final) 1-0
Goalscorers - Borriello
Assists - Benitez
MoM - Benitez 8.4

Another really good result against the rivals, another great day for the Blue Boys, Benitez showed his class today, Chelsea in the LC Semi Finals next!!

-A- Vs Burnley 2-4
Goalscorers - Djalo, Milevskyi (2), Johnson
Assists - Dann, Gardner, Djalo, Milevskyi
MoM - Milevskyi 9.1

Dominated this game from the first whistle to the last, Milevskyi showed us today why he is indespensible to the club!!

-H- Vs Chelsea 1-0
Goalscorers - Sow
Assists - Milevskyi
MoM - Johnson 7.5

What a result!! A superb defensive performance gave Johnson MoM and with Essien getting sent off in the 45th minute we dominated in the second half, Sow came on as a substitute and scored with his first touch!! Top Class!!

-A- Vs Manchester City 3-3
Goalscorers - Ferguson, Bowyer, Djalo
Assists - Milevskyi, Borriello, McFadden
MoM - Hart 7.8
Injured - Ferguson - Fractured Ribs 4 Weeks Out
Gardner - Thigh Strain 3 Weeks Out

Another great performance on the back of a rememberable victory, injuries are catching up in the centre of the park with all 4 midfielders injured now. The players showed real class to peg them back after going 2-0 down. A late equaliser from Djalo gave us the point we needed!!

-H- Vs Everton 2-2
Goalscorers - Sow, McFadden
Assists - Ridgewell, Benitez
MoM - Ridgewell 7.4
Injured - Bowyer - Sprained Ankle 3 Weeks Out
Benitez - Gashed Lower Leg 3 Weeks Out

Again with the injuries disrupting the game, we lost a 2-0 lead and gifted Everton a point, upsetting result in a game where we dominated!!

-A- Vs Sunderland 2-0
Goalscorers -
Assists -
MoM - Larsson 7.0

Worst performance this season against a team fighting relegation!!

-A- Vs West Ham 2-2
Goalscorers - Borriello, Djalo
Assists - Michel, Borriello
MoM - Borriello 8.8
Injured - McFadden - Twisted Knee 10 Days Out

With the injury list upto 6 players and 5 midfielders out we had to play players out of position so a point away from home was a really good result!!

-H- Vs Wigan 2-0
Goalscorers - Johnson (2)
Assists - Larsson (2)
MoM - Johnson 9.0
Injured - Borriello - Pulled Hamstring 4 Weeks Out

2 great headers from the centre half put this game to bed before half time. Wigan never settled and with Johnson going for a hat-trick he missed a penalty in which Melchiot got sent off for!!



League Table

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A great month in which we beat Chelsea and drew to Man City and Everton, we now sit 2nd in the league 4 points above 3rd placed Chelsea!! Keep it up boys!!

Player of the Month

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Games - 7
Goals - 3
Av Rating - 7.37

The big centre half has had a great month with 3 goals from towering headers!! Capello has been interested in him in recent weeks!!
 
any reccomendations on signings in january transfer window to help me maintain my league position??
i have 8 mil to spend roughly!!
 
Omer toprak mate. German defender. he will do well for you. give him a go. I shall be following. Good luck. follow mine also. its on my sig. cheers
 
i will give him a look mate, and yea i will follow mate! thanks.
 
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