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Welcome!
To immerse you into real game time, this story will take us from 2016 and beyond. However, to get you up to speed there will be a little backtracking to begin with. It is the magical tale of me and my journey with Coventry City.
Originally, I never intended on doing a story as I was completely unsure how the save would pan out, but decided to share my experiences and see how it goes, and who knows it may be the start of a long one or the first of many!
A background
Coventry City, a team in financial turmoil. A ten-point deduction seemingly set the precedent for the 2013/2014 season, a season in which the team were expected to struggle. The team possessed some high quality home-grown players, and I was hoping this would carry me through to a respectable finish. Nevertheless, the team needed some additions as well as departures to ensure the club was competitive yet under it's limited budgets.
Transfers 2013/2014
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Piiroja, an ageing yet experienced centre half to shore up defence. Colsa, a talented, experienced and again, ageing midfielder to help dictate the midfield. Bowery, a back-up loan striker.
League table 2013/2014
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Yes, we did it despite the points deduction. A tremendous effort. Big thanks to Delfouneso who was superb up-front and will be for anyone who takes up the Coventry challenge. We found ourselves in the Championship against all the odds, could it get any better?
Well, yes. No screenshots available but Coventry were taken over by Valtteri Puranen, a Finnish investor who happened to pump a LOT of money into the club. My wage budget was increased from ?50k to ?350k which resulted in much transfer market manoeuvrability...
Transfers 2014/2015
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Originally I'd intended to be a manager who kept tight control on spending, but I admit I got a tad reckless (wait til you see the upcoming seasons...). I signed some players in line for the future and some to make us competitive in the Championship, as well as trying to sign domestic players. To summarise, Nathaniel Clyne, Harry Maguire and Rhys McCabe were inspired signings, as well as Stech and Katongo being first team regulars!
League table 2014/2015
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We did it! Back-to-back promotions was more than I could have imagined and I was delighted. The squad had a real togetherness and this team spirit inspired us to go marching on. We were in the Premier League... How would we fare?
Transfers 2015/2016
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An increased budget and Miller went a little wild. I was slightly disappointed in myself as I wanted to be a manager who prided himself on tight spending, however it was needed for the Premier League and we were still WELL within our budgets. To summarise the signings:
Cardozo: great target man
Sarabia: poor man's Eden Hazard
Fletcher, Hughes and Townsend: home-grown players with the potential to either tutor or develop well.
Gauld: well, he's British and got bags of potential!
Biraghi, Denswil and Ronnow slotted into the first team and Nilsson, a highly rated regen CB did so too!
I will provide screenshots of players and team details as we go into the 2016/2017 season. Firstly, how did we fare in our first outing in the Premier League?
League table 2015/2016
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An absolutely extraordinary season for me and The Sky Blues. We expected to finish just above the relegation zone (predicted 20th) yet managed to make it to Europe! If it wasn't for a last day hammering at home from Norwich we'd have tipped City to the Champs League! Miraculous. We also managed to reach the FA Cup final, yet lost to a talented Arsenal squad. Disappointing not to win the cup but no complaints as we did tremendous to reach it!
Welcome!
To immerse you into real game time, this story will take us from 2016 and beyond. However, to get you up to speed there will be a little backtracking to begin with. It is the magical tale of me and my journey with Coventry City.
Originally, I never intended on doing a story as I was completely unsure how the save would pan out, but decided to share my experiences and see how it goes, and who knows it may be the start of a long one or the first of many!
A background
Coventry City, a team in financial turmoil. A ten-point deduction seemingly set the precedent for the 2013/2014 season, a season in which the team were expected to struggle. The team possessed some high quality home-grown players, and I was hoping this would carry me through to a respectable finish. Nevertheless, the team needed some additions as well as departures to ensure the club was competitive yet under it's limited budgets.
Transfers 2013/2014
View attachment 381970
Piiroja, an ageing yet experienced centre half to shore up defence. Colsa, a talented, experienced and again, ageing midfielder to help dictate the midfield. Bowery, a back-up loan striker.
League table 2013/2014
View attachment 381964
Yes, we did it despite the points deduction. A tremendous effort. Big thanks to Delfouneso who was superb up-front and will be for anyone who takes up the Coventry challenge. We found ourselves in the Championship against all the odds, could it get any better?
Well, yes. No screenshots available but Coventry were taken over by Valtteri Puranen, a Finnish investor who happened to pump a LOT of money into the club. My wage budget was increased from ?50k to ?350k which resulted in much transfer market manoeuvrability...
Transfers 2014/2015
View attachment 381961
Originally I'd intended to be a manager who kept tight control on spending, but I admit I got a tad reckless (wait til you see the upcoming seasons...). I signed some players in line for the future and some to make us competitive in the Championship, as well as trying to sign domestic players. To summarise, Nathaniel Clyne, Harry Maguire and Rhys McCabe were inspired signings, as well as Stech and Katongo being first team regulars!
League table 2014/2015
View attachment 381959
We did it! Back-to-back promotions was more than I could have imagined and I was delighted. The squad had a real togetherness and this team spirit inspired us to go marching on. We were in the Premier League... How would we fare?
Transfers 2015/2016
View attachment 381956
An increased budget and Miller went a little wild. I was slightly disappointed in myself as I wanted to be a manager who prided himself on tight spending, however it was needed for the Premier League and we were still WELL within our budgets. To summarise the signings:
Cardozo: great target man
Sarabia: poor man's Eden Hazard
Fletcher, Hughes and Townsend: home-grown players with the potential to either tutor or develop well.
Gauld: well, he's British and got bags of potential!
Biraghi, Denswil and Ronnow slotted into the first team and Nilsson, a highly rated regen CB did so too!
I will provide screenshots of players and team details as we go into the 2016/2017 season. Firstly, how did we fare in our first outing in the Premier League?
League table 2015/2016
View attachment 381948
An absolutely extraordinary season for me and The Sky Blues. We expected to finish just above the relegation zone (predicted 20th) yet managed to make it to Europe! If it wasn't for a last day hammering at home from Norwich we'd have tipped City to the Champs League! Miraculous. We also managed to reach the FA Cup final, yet lost to a talented Arsenal squad. Disappointing not to win the cup but no complaints as we did tremendous to reach it!
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