The Scottish Revival

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SEASON 4: PRESEASON

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LEAGUE NEWS

Dundee move up 98 places to break the top 100 European Clubs, sitting 89th​.

My coach, Paul Scholes, takes over at Motherwell and splashes the cash on English talent.

Ranger continue to be smart in the transfer market.

Celtic make the Europa League group stages convincingly.


KIT LAUNCH

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A bit of influence from a previous Dundee kit, I'm very happy with how these turned out. The choice of a contrasting collar to go with the adverts and logo gives the finished kit great finish.

PRE-SEASON TARGETS

SPL: Winner.

SCOTTISH CUP: Winner.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP: Winner.

EUROPE: Champions League Last 16.

TRANSFERS

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All up we lose four first team player. Our biggest loss was Sondre Rossbach who moves to Schalke for £15.5mil but could rise to £20mil. He was without doubt our most important player but after coming in on a free there was no way I was turning down that sort of money.

Piazon leave for more than double what he come from Chelsea for and we also say goodbye to Abdul Razak who follows Piazon to Norwich. He was a real fan favourite at Dundee but with youth at the club right on his tale for that defensive midfielder spot it was time to let him go.

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With the money in the bank it was again a year of poaching youthful talent from countries across the world. We were able to bring in four first team quality players but I with all the youngsters in our youth ranks I will be giving many opportunities for them to improve and make their mark on the Scottish Premiership.

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We see Pascal Itter leave for a small profit after moving last year. He was always going to be a short term option until I found a player good enough. Borja San Emeterio is exactly the play good enough to stabilise our right side for many years to come.

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Buta was bought midway through last year as I was convinced that Piazon was on the move. He will act as decent cover for both wings as I found better options for the first team later in the window.

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Luka Jovic joins the ranks after not playing a match for Red Star in two years. He was wasting away in the Serbian reserve leagues and for £1.5mil it was a risk for taking. He was sadly not given a work permit but he has been sent to French side, AC Ajaccio, to play some first team football for a first time in a long time.

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A 36 year-old ***** Caballero has come in to act as cover for a very young goalkeeper department. Rossbach moved for big money, so our Croatian wonderkid, Matko Seric, will play regularly with ***** playing important games in the Champions League.

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Our biggest signing for the window is Dortmund’s winger, Yannick Ferreira Carrasco. The 24 year-old have struggled since moving from Atletico and hopefully with regularly first team opportunities here in Dundee he will become the player he has always promised to be.

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A total of 15 youth team players were bought this season with all showing significant improvement already. Still not Scottish talent coming through the ranks but with the players we have brought into we are in a strong position for many years to come.

ALHAJI OGBEIDE
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CARLOS
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CYRILLE SIMON
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DAG-ERIK KALDHEIM
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DENNIS BOSMANS
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EDVIN HAJRADINOVIC
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JAN BENES
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JOSEF KOVARIK
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MARTIN KUCERA
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MICHAEL OFOSU
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MICHAL BLAHA
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RADEK MACHACEK
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ROMULUS CRISAN
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TETE POZO
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VITEZSLAV JURCIK
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RESULTS

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Fairly average preseason campaign. Nothing compared to our last couple, it was just about getting the players fit and ready for the season ahead.

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We make the Champions’ League group stages convincingly once again, but will struggle for sure to even make 3rd​ place for the Europa League Knockouts.

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KEY PLAYER

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THUSO MAHLANGU

After moving from Kaiser Chiefs in January last season, Mahlangu has become a key staple in the first team providing pace on the right wing. The kid is an absolute jet and with the potential to be a world class player, I’m very keen to see how he does this season.

OTHER NEWS

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Finally we will have our own stadium instead of renting Dens Park. Obviously it’ll be sad to leave the place we have called home since 1899.

LEAGUE RANKING

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The Scottish Premiership moves again for 16th​ to 14th​, jumping the Croatian and Czech first divisions.

NATIONAL CLUB COEFFICIENTS

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We improve our ranking again from 17th​ to 14th​ with Greece and Switzerland tightly in our grasp.

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Great to see next year we will have two teams qualifying for the Champions League.

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The 2018 world cup is over with France beating Argentina in extra time. Morocco were the most surprising of the tournament making the Semi-Finals.
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SEASON 4: AUGUST & SEPTEMBER

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LEAGUE NEWS

The Old Frim battling with us for the top of the table.

Celtic bottom of Europa League group.

Ex-Dundee, Kane Hemmings leads goal scorers with 11 from 10.

Could we be going through to the Champions League last 16?

INJURIES

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Jorge has been a rock at the back for us since he came in two years ago and has always showed signs of struggling with injury. Unfortunately a serious injury was around the corner for the big centre half and he will be seriously missed as we try to compete on both domestic and European fronts.

RESULTS

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The squad has geld amazingly at the start of the season and we seem to be hitting new heights destroying anyone in our way. We have struggled a bit with a leaky defense but I feel like missing a key component such as Jorge is massive. The Celtic game was the only match where we dropped points but I'm not overly annoyed as we dominated the game without luck.

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I don’t want to jinx anything like I did last year but we’ve looked very strong in the Champions League. The Dortmund win was amazing, there goal was from a corner but from open play we dominated the whole match.

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I feel like beating CSKA Moscow away will give us the third pace at a bare minimum. I’m just praying that I haven’t jinxed myself.

SPL TABLE

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We have an 8 point gap at the top of the league and seriously can’t see anyone coming anywhere close. Celtic are struggling to score and if they can’t compete with us, we will win the league at a canter.

KEY PLAYER

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MARCO VAN GINKEL

Marco has been extremely good at pulling the strings in the midfield so far this season. He’s far too good to be playing in the Scottish Premiership and I won’t be surprised if he starts to knock on my door for a move away from Dens Park.

OTHER NEWS

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I’ve just signed a three year extension but I’m not sure if it was the greatest idea. Could I be leaving in the near future? Is Dundee good enough for me to move on to another Scottish side?
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SEASON 4: MIDSEASON

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LEAGUE NEWS

Steven McClaren sacked as Hearts manager, Slaven Bilic appointed.

Steve Evans resigns at Hamilton, Malky Mackay comes in.

I bring up 200 games in charge with a win against Hearts.

Absolute scenes in Group H!

Celtic comeback from their disastrous start and play Lazio in the Europa League last 16.

TRANSFERS

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Another batch of hot prospects join the ranks at Dens Park. Still very little Scottish talent around to ****** of other clubs, so making sure that we get these foreign youngsters in early will allow them to be trained at the club to help with European constraints. Many of these players are good enough now to play first team football which gives me more headaches with team selection but I’m not complaining.
DENI PLANTIC
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DIEGO ROOSEN
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FILIP MILENKOVIC
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HIROKAZU NISHIMURA
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JAUME BENITO
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MARKUS MUSICK
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METODI BELYAKOV
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NILS MACHIELS
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STIJN CAMPS
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TRESOR KOUYOU
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RESULTS

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Other than a little hiccup midway through where we saw two consecutive defeats, we’ve been absolutely outstanding. We’re smashing teams even with our reserves sides which makes me think the club is almost ready for me to leave.

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ABSOLUTE SCENES! With one match to play against Liverpool we sat second and already qualified for the knockout rounds. I was expecting a massive lost to Liverpool who were only starting to flex their muscles in the competition but to the boys credit we pulled a rabbit out of a hat and ran away top of the group.

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Now, finishing top of the group would make you think that we’d miss out the big clubs and hopefully play a lesser top division side. Well, we only given the current holders of the Champions League.
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SPL TABLE

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We’re just running away with the league and Celtic sit comfortably second. Could it be time to leave for pastures less greener that Dens Park?

KEY PLAYER

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YANNICK FERREIRA CARRASCO

When we signed this lad from Dortmund for pennies I always knew he’d be a star. 26 games later he’s registered 18 goals and 11 assists, making him our leading playmaker and second top goal scorer.

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Outstanding job done at the dees.

Good to see you take on another club maybe even break the hoodoo and take over at utd and get them back up into the big time
 
grianaig said:
Outstanding job done at the dees.

Good to see you take on another club maybe even break the hoodoo and take over at utd and get them back up into the big time
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Not a bad shout that, I'd never want to leave my house in Dundee though. I'd be on Dundee FC's most wanted list!
 
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SEASON 4: THE RUN IN

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LEAGUE NEWS

Ross County officially relegated and in doing so sack manager, Gary Caldwell. Martin Canning appointed.

Hearts end season magnificently and pip Aberdeen.

Celtic stopped by Man Utd in Europa League 2nd​ Knockout Round.

Anyone looking for a new manager?

RESULTS

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Only three loses and a draw in this period of games. One of those was sadly to Celtic in the League Cup Final which saw us smashed 3-0. Celtic were the only side that were able to beat us convincingly throughout the year and deserved the win.

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It was great to beat Marseille which saw us play Premier League giants, Manchester City. They were just too good for us but we can hold our heads high as we made the final eight of Europe’s most prestigious competition.

DUNDEE SEASON STATS
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Jason Cummings takes out the Fan’s Player of the Year for a second year in a row with Yannick Ferreira Carrasco in second. Surprisingly Buta took out Signing of the Year and Cummings was also awarded Young Player of the Year at the age of 23.

SPL TABLE

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It was really just Celtic and us all year really. No one came close with Ranger in 3rd​, 16 points behind Celtic and 30 points behind Dundee.

KEY PLAYER

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JOHN BROOKS

After moving from PSG for a record £7.25mil, John Brooks has really started to find some form late this season leading us to a Quarter Final appearance in the Champions League. The American Centre Half has been a rock at the back and suitors have lined up for his services going into next season.

AROUND THE LEAGUES

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Taking a quick look at the transfers, we were obviously prevalent throughout bringing in as many youngsters as we could, but it was nice to see very few players left the league in search of pastures greener.

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SEASON 4: REVIEW

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PRESEASON TARGETS

SPL: Winner.
SCOTTISH CUP: Winner.
SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP:Winner.
EUROPE: Champions League Last 16.

After dominating domestically last season winning the treble, I felt like Europe was our main priority this year as well as the league. We were able to finish in the Quarter Final of the Champions League and also win the league and Scottish Cup, so I'm fairly happy with the season.

SCOTTISH CUP WINNER
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Celtic were able to pull the Scottish Cup from the grasp of Dundee, stopping the Dees from completing a domestic treble. Celtic left arguably their best performance all season for the final where they battered Dundee 3-0.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP WINNER
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The eventual winners, Dundee FC, were head and shoulders above anyone else in the competition. They progressed through the rounds with ease beating Celtic in the final 2-1. Dundee’s Yannick Ferreira Carrasco put in some sublime performances for the Dees averaging an 8.07, the best in the competition.

CHAMPIONS
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Th3 King’s Dundee FC have replicated their previous season winning another SPL Title making that four in a row. This year saw the Dees absolutely dominate the league, winning with five matches left.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFICATION
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For the first time since 2010-11 there will be two Scottish teams in the Champions League. Celtic finished a very comfortable 2nd​ place after a great year in both domestic and European fronts. Robbie Nielson has been at Parkhead of two years now and seems to be settling in nicely of late.

EUROPA LEAGUE QUALIFICATION
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Four teams have qualified for the Europa League, which is a great sign for Scottish Football. Rangers will be the team to lead Scotland into the competition with an ever improving team. Motherwell will be another team to watch who seem to have bottomless pits of money nowadays.

RELEGATED
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Both St Johnstone and Ross County were relegated this year. St Johnstone should be feeling sorry for themselves after sitting above the relegation zone up until two matches of the season to go which saw them inevitably fall to Hibernian in the playoff. They’ll surely be a prime contender for promotion back up next year.

PROMOTION
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Dundee again will be competing in the Scottish top division after winning the Championship quite comfortably. Hibernian were the other side to achieve promotion after beating St Johnstone 3-2 on aggregate.

FULL TABLE

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After starting the season extremely well, St Mirren were slipped all the way down to 9th​ position. Inverness were quite poor this season after finishing 3rd​ last year and Hamilton can thank their lucky stars they’re be competing in this league next year.

SPL REVIEW

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View attachment 205646CELTIC - 8/10 represented Scotland quite well in Europe this year making the 2nd​ Knockout Round of Europa League which can only help the National Club Coefficient. It’s nice to see them spending a bit of money instead of relying on loans.

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View attachment 205634INVERNESS CT – 4/10 very poor from a team who finished 3rd​ last season. A few of their players did struggle with injury so they may be more of a contender next year.

View attachment 205633MOTHERWELL – 7/10 after being taken over by a very wealthy business man two years ago, Motherwell have started to make considerable ground on the Scottish big boys. Spending £11.58 million and not recouping a penny cannot be good for them in the long run.

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View attachment 205629ST. MIRREN – 5/10 Started very well sitting in the top three for the year but could hold onto the form and slowly filtered back down to the bottom half of the table. It’ll be interesting to see if they can strengthen as they have the foundations of a decent side.

View attachment 205628HEARTS – 6/10 another year that the Jambos would be happy with. Qualification for the champions League can only be seen as a good thing.

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View attachment 205626HAMILTON – 3/10 they were able to survive the drop by the skin of their teeth. They were nestled in 11th​ position all the way up to Match Day 36 where they were able to beat St Johnstone. Malky Mackay relied heavily on goals from Juanma but with his contract expiring they’ll have their work cut out again next year.

TOP GOALSCORER

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Again we see a sensational season from the Scottish international, Jason Cummings, scoring 29 goals in 28 appearances. Although not as lethal as last season he was able to put more than a goal a game past opposition goalkeepers this season.

FOOTBALL WRITER’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR

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Motherwell’s Nikos Vergos was a key component of an up and coming side who finished 4th​. Providing 22 goals and 9 assists for the Steelmen, the Greek International was deserved of the FW Player of the Year.

SCOTTISH PLAYER’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR

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Thus Mahlangu was outstanding this year on the right side of an attacking three for Dundee. With an average rating of 7.54 the South African International was able provide as a goal scorer as well as a playmaker throughout the season.

YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR

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Pozo moved from Spanish side, Sevilla on a Free Transfer in the summer and has thrived under manager Th3 King. Playing 29 matches, scoring 3 goals, assisting 4 and averaging a 7.34 rating, the Spanish playmaker was able to represent spain at U/21 level to top off a wonderful first season in Scotland.

TEAM OF THE SEASON
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4 players from Dundee and 4 from Celtic. Cummings yet again leads the line but still cannot replicate his club form at International level scoring only 2 goals in 13 caps for Scotland.

INDEX

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Now I was looking to move on from Dundee very soon, but after just a week into the offseason we’ve already had bid for two of our key players.

I’m expecting a massive transition of players in and out this summer so I may have to stay to steady the ship.

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Amazing season here...any scottish talent coming through your youth team
 
Cbarber871 said:
Amazing season here...any scottish talent coming through your youth team
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Sadly nothing at all mate. The only scottish talent that we have has been poached from other sides which is disappointing.
 
th3king said:
Sadly nothing at all mate. The only scottish talent that we have has been poached from other sides which is disappointing.
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awww no mate..bad that...i know with my "Holding out for a hero" story my best talent is getting poached all the time..but maybe you should try and tie them down before they get taken from you
 
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SEASON 5: PRESEASON

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LEAGUE NEWS

Dundee move to 48th​ best Club in Europe.

One massive out for us, but it was inevitable.

Maurice Malpas’s Aberdeen job looks insecure.

Celtic (lost in CL Qualifiers to AZ) and Ranger make Europa Group Stages. Hearts, Aberdeen and Motherwell unable to qualify.

KIT LAUNCH

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The new kit manufacturer, Lotto, has produced it's first kits for the club. They have produced a third kit this year for the Champions League, which just signifies how far the club has grown. I'm quite happy with these too, especially that gold and black third strip.

PRESEASON TARGETS

SPL: Winner.
SCOTTISH CUP: Winner.
SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP: Winner.
EUROPE: Knockout Stages

TRANSFERS

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We loose two first team players and a long serving backup. Thuso Mahlangu had come along leaps and bounds since moving from Kaiser Chiefs but the South African International wanted out and we took the money from Dortmund and ran. Buta also leaves after one season with us and Craig Wighton will be sadly missed but he wasn't getting first team football at Dundee and I'd like to see him improve rather than rot in our reserves.

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Definitely the biggest in for us. A player who had the world at his feet after a 2014 World Cup that showed everyone the potential he processes, Quintero has struggled to make an impact at Porto playing only 12 matches in 3 years. At 26 years of age and without a club Juan Fernando Quintero joins the Dees where hopefully you can settle in a play the first team football he craves. Sadly as he signed we met some bad news.
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The Arsenal youth product was released by the London club having only played a single match. He has spent the last four years on loan at numerous championship clubs and will hopefully continue to improve with us.
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A massive Scottish talent that was being closely followed by the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool and even Barcelona, but decided to join Dundee instead. Not much else you can say but he’s destined for a massive future in football.
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The Manchester United great comes to Dens Park on a free transfer. He’s now 35 and on his last legs but with immaculate mental and technical attributes I think he can only be a positive in a very young squad.
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Another couple of signings in after a few were sold and let go. It’s chock full of talent so now we have to hope and pray they continue to improve.
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MARK PETTIGREW
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MARCOS ROMERO
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RESULTS

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Can't complain with a start like this. Wayne Rooney scores on his debut with a 90th minute penalty to beat Celtic 3-2, what a guy.

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Made it through to the group stages with ease. Luckily, from next year on wards we'll be straight into the Group Stages. Well, that's if we win the league!

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Another year of Champions League group stage football and another year of a group of death. Going to have our work cut out even to make the Europa League Knockouts.

KEY PLAYER

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MARTIN KUCERA

After signing on a free at the start of last year the Czech International has really started to come into his own in the attacking midfield. Mainly as a goal threat he's kicked an amazing 7 goals in 7 games and averaged a 8.33. It will be interesting to see if he can continue this rich vein of form.
OTHER NEWS

LEAGUE RANKING

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Moving past Belgian Pro League in 11th​. The Eredivisie, Turkish Super League and Ukrainian Premier League aren’t far off either.

CLUB COEFFICIENT

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Another stead improvement for Scottish Football moving into 10th​ on the Club Coefficient. Turkey and Russia aren’t far off either, hopefully another good year in Europe and we might push even further.

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The title winning team will now qualify straight to the Group Stages of the Champions League, which is great news for the nation.


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Amazing so far, and will only get better :)

So youth intakes have been very disappointing so far? have you already maxed out junior coaching and youth recruitment?

I was considering a scottish club for a long term academy challenge (i.e. only using regens from club's youth intake), hopefully some local talent will eventually come up through the ranks!
 
kandersson said:
Amazing so far, and will only get better :)

So youth intakes have been very disappointing so far? have you already maxed out junior coaching and youth recruitment?

I was considering a scottish club for a long term academy challenge (i.e. only using regens from club's youth intake), hopefully some local talent will eventually come up through the ranks!
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Cheers mate, I'm really enjoy it so far!

The youth intakes have been absolutely abysmal with the best potential player I've received being two stars.

I currently have good junior coaching and establish youth recruitment yet seem to be able to absolutely nothing!
 
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SEASON 5: MIDSEASON

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LEAGUE NEWS

The managerial merry go round begins with the sacking of Motherwell manager, Paul Scholes.

Closely followed by the sacking of Maurice Malpas at Aberdeen.

Aberdeen sit rock bottom on five points with Hibs in 11th​ of fifteen.

RESULTS

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What more can you say, we haven’t lost and no one really looks like challenging.

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After being up 2-0 early on against both Manchester United and Zenit I would have expecting to be top of the group with all 9 points but that wasn’t to be. We made hard work of it, but we’ll be competing in the Knockout Rounds of the Champions League for a second year in a row.

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KEY PLAYER

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MARTIN KUCERA

Pushed on again since preseason and leads the club's goal scoring tally with 14 goals in 10 appearances. His link up play in the middle of the park is sublime and only seems to be improving more.

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And so, with an amazing start to the league season going unbeaten, another Champions League Knockout Round appearence, I felt it was time to leave. I had the choice, Aberdeen or Motherwell, with Motherwell throwing money at me I felt Aberdeen were the harder challenge and in that I accepted the job at the newly built, Aberdeen Stadium.

THE SQUAD

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This is what the squad looks like. Now initially there are some glaring weakness, one of them being the fact we don’t have a right back. Ryan Jack is a wonderful player and can pull string in the middle of the park but will have to be played in defence until at least January where we can then access the squad again.
Our two best players are also loanees which doesn’t help massively. Moses Blackwell will be an absolute monster in the future and Carlos at age 22 could be snared off Dundee on a free at the end of the year, fingers crossed.

KEY PLAYERS
MOSES BLACKWELL
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So other than our two loan stars we have some of our own fairly decent talent. Here’s a look at just some of our key players that will have to perform well if we are to avoid relegation.

RYAN JACK

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At 27 years-of-age Jack has spent his whole professional footballing career here at Aberdeen. A great player for this level of football and is just starting to come into the best part of his career. He’ll initialy have to fill the void at right back for now but once we strengthen he’ll be deployed as our box to box midfielder.
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GREAME SHINNIE

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Another player who is in the best part of his career, Shinnie moved from Inverness in 2015 on a free transfer. He’s a leader of the squad and the club captain, I’ll be relying on him to be both a defensive stopper and attacking outlet down the left hand side.
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RYAN FRASER

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A Scottish talent that moved to England touted as the next big thing. Sadly after showing promising signs for Bournemouth in the Championship, Fraser was never given the chance at the highest level of English football and moved back to his boyhood club, Aberdeen, two years ago. At 25, he still could grow and hopefully be a menace for other sides on the right wing.
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JAMIE ALLEN
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An obvious trend is starting to repeat here, our best players are midfielders. Jamie Allen has been outstanding for Aberdeen over the past three years and with an eye for a pass, he’ll be sure to pick out assist after assist for us this season.
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CAMMY SMITH

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A player I believe will be key if we are to survive promotion this year. A player who always had the potential to play for Aberdeen and now at 24 needs to show fans he’s the real deal. Has always struggled with consistency and injury, I’ll be hoping he can stay out of the physio room and on the park for us.
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THE SITUATION

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The situation is bleak to say the very least and to be honest, I have no idea why I took the job. 16 looses, only 1 win, I think I’ve got to pull a rabbit out of a hat here.

TARGETS

SPL: Avoid Relegation at all costs.
SCOTTISH CUP: Reach the Quarter Finals
SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP: N/A
EUROPE: N/A

It’s that simple. Our main aim for the year is to survive. We don’t care about what the football looks like, we just need to get results and fast otherwise I might be without a job soon.

INDEX

So here I have it, my next Scottish challenge. Aberdeen are a club stuck in the mediocrity of Scottish Football and obviously it's my job to improve not only the squad and the results but the all-round running of the club.

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I've been loosely following this for a while but this is great mate. Nice concept and the presentation is top notch - well done!
 
ok i did not see that coming with the move to aberdeen..but good luck i'm sure they'll be top of the league soon
 
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SEASON 5: MIDSEASON

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LEAGUE NEWS

Celtic out of Europa League Group Stages, while Rangers play Sporting Lisbon in the 1st​ Knockout Round.

Rangers sack Ricardo Moniz due to poor league position.

I’ve been gone one Transfer Window and Dundee already sell two assets of mine, but drop an absolute Transfer Deadline day bombshell.

Motherwell appointed Partick Thistle’s Callum Davidson who in turn appointed their ex-manager Alan Archibald.

TRANSFERS

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Scott Fraser was plying his trade for amateur side, Queen’s Park. A guy who moved south for the money but couldn’t hold down a starting spot at Brentford. He’s back home hopefully to stay.
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Needed a bit of cover on the wings, he’s serviceable and on not much money. Touted as a Scottish talent but never came of anything. Celtic let him rot without game time and hopefully he can show the crowds a little bit of that potential he may still have.
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RESULTS

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So after going fifteen matches without a win, I’ve come in and steadied the ship. Nine matches unbeaten and into the next round of the cup. I said from the beginning this squad wasn’t half bad, they just needed someone with a bit of tactical sense and fresh ideas!

SPL TABLE

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We sat at the bottom of the table with one win, one draw and sixteen losses, fourteen points from 11th​. A couple of months later and we’ve made up the ground and look to push on for a mid-table finish. Dundee look the goods still but seem to be drawing rather than winning. On the other side of Dundee, United also look like taking a European place.

KEY PLAYER

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PAUL PAWLETT

Paul Pawlett has been in magnificent form of late, producing 4 assist and 2 goals with a 7.74 average rating. He’s 29 now and not getting any younger, so it’s nice to see him performing because I don’t think he’s got much more in the tank to be honest.

AROUND THE LEAGUE

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So, Dundee sell off arguably their best player for £4.6mil and then their captain for £9.5mil. Surely you’d be able to get more money than that for such outstanding players!

What was most surprising was the transfer of 22 year-old Borja Mayoral for a whopping £30.5mil. It’s a massive coup for Scottish Football, but it’s a lot of money that could have been used for Wonderkids rather than a Real Madrid reject.
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OTHER NEWS

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The only recently finished Aberdeen Stadium will be expanded to 23,171, which is great for the club but with only £2mil in the coffers we've had to ask for a loan which isn't ideal.​
 
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Good job with Aberdeen! :) Dundee did buy Calum Chambers too not too bad window...
 
Yeti01 said:
I've been loosely following this for a while but this is great mate. Nice concept and the presentation is top notch - well done!
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Thanks mate, hope you continue to enjoy!

Cbarber871 said:
ok i did not see that coming with the move to aberdeen..but good luck i'm sure they'll be top of the league soon
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Yes well, they were up against in and I almost felt obliged to help them fight relegation! Their squad isn't even that bad, it's probably better than the squad I initially had with Dundee!

Nnicod55 said:
Good job with Aberdeen! :) Dundee did buy Calum Chambers too not too bad window...
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Yes, I forgot to mention that! He's 25 now and didn't ever improve to become the player everyone thought he would but he's still a very good signing for a Scottish side.
 
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