The Story Of Sam Birch - A Legend In The Making

Who Should I Manage?

  • Chelsea

    Votes: 7 21.9%

  • Southampton

    Votes: 16 50.0%

  • West Ham

    Votes: 7 21.9%

  • Athletic Bilbao

    Votes: 2 6.3%
  • Total voters
    32
  • Poll closed .
February

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Patchy month in the league once again as lead it cut even more
Benfica smashed in 1st leg of Champions League
Scrape past Norwich in FA Cup
Capital One Cup final has all the drama!!



League


Liverpool 2 - 2 Southampton

Bertoli, Zouma



Manchester City 2 - 1 Southampton

Yanga Mbiwa OG



Southampton 6 - 3 Fulham

Coates, Bertoli, Fierro(3), Lallana

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FA Cup

5th Round

Norwich 2 - 3 Southampton

Oscar, Fierro(2)



Champions League

1st Knockout Round 1st Leg

Benfica 0 - 6 Southampton

Bertoli, Fierro(3), Oscar, Khedira

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Capital One Cup Final


Southampton 2 - 1 Liverpool
AET

Fierro, Bertoli

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Monthly Review

Another dodgy month in the league but we had 2 tough matches. We were unlucky against City to be honest. Smashed Benfica in the CL which means I can rest some key players in the second leg. Capital One Cup final had it all, Liverpool equalising late on, Bertoli giving us the lead and Hamsik having his penalty saved by ter Stegan who was superb. Once again we have won the Capital One Cup for a 3rd time in 4 years :)



Player of the Month

Sebastian Coates

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Fantastic this month, MoM against Liverpool in the final


Table

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Brilliant final. Thats what buts bums in the seats Sam. Stunning result against Benfica too. These are the kind of things that has made Nigel Adkins is favorite to be 1st Premiership manager sacked haha
 
stonecold said:
Brilliant final. Thats what buts bums in the seats Sam. Stunning result against Benfica too. These are the kind of things that has made Nigel Adkins is favorite to be 1st Premiership manager sacked haha
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Word on the street down South is I'm favourite at my local bookies to be take charge should Adkins get sacked ;)
 
Another awesome update mate. Great stuff. If only it was real lol. Saints are my home team so I adore them but I'm a United fan. Like so many I'm not from manchester LOL. Please check out my Bayern story I have updatd,
 
Great stuff man, glad to see Coates is performing for you, he is a beast after all.

When you get a minute could you check out my story and drop a comment. thanks man.
 
Tyrannosaurus said:
Another awesome update mate. Great stuff. If only it was real lol. Saints are my home team so I adore them but I'm a United fan. Like so many I'm not from manchester LOL. Please check out my Bayern story I have updatd,
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Yeah I live quite close to Southampton so I have a soft spot for them, I'll give your Bayern story a check now
 
Alex17 said:
Great stuff man, glad to see Coates is performing for you, he is a beast after all.

When you get a minute could you check out my story and drop a comment. thanks man.
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Yeah Coates is always a solid performer for me, him and Zouma are forming a nice partnership.

I'll give your update a read now pal
 
March

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Poor youth intake
Month gets off to a bad start.. but improves
Good results in Champions League


League


Arsenal 1 - 0 Southampton




Southampton 7 - 0 Sunderland

Bertoli(3), Fierro(2), Lallana(2)

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Southampton 4 - 2 Leeds

Bertoli(2), Fierro(2)



Southampton 3 - 2 Norwich

Lallana, Fierro, Sulejmani OG



Swansea 0 - 0 Southampton


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FA Cup

6th Round

Southampton 6 - 2 Blackburn

Bertoli(2), Lallana, Oswald, Fierro, Overson

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Champions League

1st Knockout Round 2nd Leg

Southampton 2 - 2 Benfica
Saints win 8-2 on agg

Bertoli, Oswald




Quarter Final 1st Leg

Southampton 2 - 0 Lyon

Fierro, Oscar




Monthly Review


A solid month apart from the loss to Arsenal. After that we smashed Sunderland to show everyone we're still top dogs. The Benfica game was a good opportunity to rest some key players and give our fringe players a chance to shine and one of them was Julian Oswald. We scrapped past Norwich once again thanks to a late OG. Blackburn were easily swept aside in the FA Cup and our match against Lyon was easier than I thought considering they were Champions League finalists last year.

Here's the Champions League draw

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Player of the Month

Carlos Fierro

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Best player this month by a mile, bags of assists along with goals.


Table

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April

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Historic month for us
Real thriller in the Champions League!!
Keep dropping points in the league


League


Southampton 5 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Bertoli(3), Coates, Fierro



Southampton 3 - 2 Everton

Fierro(2), Solly OG

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Sheffield Wednesday 3 - 3 Southampton

Coates, Bertoli, Fierro

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Chelsea 1 - 1 Southampton

Zouma



Southampton 2 - 2 Manchester United

Fierro, Oswald

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FA Cup

Semi Final

Southampton 3 - 1 Leeds

Bertoli(2), Deulofeu


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Champions League

Quarter Final 2nd Leg

Lyon 4 - 3 Southampton
Saints win 5-4 on agg

Bertoli(2), Coates


Semi Final 1st Leg

Real Madrid 2 - 1 Southampton

Oscar



Semi Final 2nd Leg

Southampton 4 - 0 Real Madrid
Saints win 5-2 on agg

Bertoli(2), Coates, Fierro

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Monthly Review


Fantastic month in the cups again, what a result against Real Madrid!! We played them off the park at St. Mary's. Poor stuff in the league again against Chelsea, United and shockingly Sheffield Wednesday!! Our away form is awful but we're near unbeatable at home! Mad stuff.

Remaining Fixtures

Newcastle vs Southampton
Southampton vs Liverpool(FA Cup Final)
Southampton vs Spurs
Southampton vs Bayern Munich(CL Final



Player of the Month

Filippo Bertoli

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Table

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2 games left and City have caught right up with us...​
 
Great stuff mate, never thought i would see another person get saints that far after i made saints double Champs league champs on Fm10
 
Tom14 said:
Nice :D good story btw.
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Thing is with Fierro his stats dont look AMAZING but play him as a poacher, his stats are perfect for that role.

Glad you like the story pal
 
May
Up to Champions League final

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Trophy goes down to the wire
Liverpool brushed aside in FA Cup final
Fierro and Bertoli clean up in awards
Bertoli and Beckham announced in preliminary squads for Euro's



League


Newcastle 0 - 4 Southampton

Bertoli(3), Oswald

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Had a big call to make before this game with the FA Cup final 3 days away, I decided to start Julian Oswald instead of Oscar and he didn't let me down curling in a great free kick before half time. City won 5-0 in their match.



Southampton 5 - 0 Tottenham

Fierro(3), Bertoli(2)

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SMASHED THEM!! CHAMPIONS AGAIN. So fitting that Fierro bagged a hat-trick and an assist as he has been our best player this season closely followed by Bertoli. City won 2-0 but not that it mattered!!


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FA Cup


Southampton 2 - 1 Liverpool

Fierro, Bertoli

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Another trophy this season to take it to 4(Charity Shield, League Cup, FA Cup and BPL) and maybe 5 with the CL Final awaiting!! Pretty simple match in the end with Liverpool never really having a good chance till the last minute.

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FINAL LEAGUE TABLE

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So close in the end, I remember at one point we were like 12 points clear or something?! Nearly threw it away but never mind, we're Champions for a 2nd time.


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Player Awards


PFA Player of the Year

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1. Carlos Fierro
2. Filippo Bertoli
3. David Silva


Manager of the Year

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1. Sam Birch
2. Clarence Seedorf
3. Roberto Mancini



Team of the Year

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Southampton Player Awards


Player of the Season

Carlos Fierro

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50 Goals, 24 assists and 16 MoM's... need I say more?


Young Player of the Season

Filippo Bertoli

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59 goals in 57 games, 21 assists and 12 MoM's, I made a massive call selling Cavani and giving Bertoli a starting place alongside Fierro. Did I make the right call...... YES


Breakthrough Player of the Season

Julian Oswald

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Having to play second fiddle to Oscar at the minute but has impressed me in the final few months bagging an impressive 9 assists from 11 starts and 4 goals to boot.

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Southampton Player Ratings

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Pretty impressive season from everyone to be fair, Deulofeu has struggled a bit but I guess he was just settling.





So thats it..... for now, I still have the Champions League Final people!!!! Thought that deserved an update of its own ;) I haven't even played it yet and I honestly don't have a clue what to expect..
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You know your team is too good when your strikers combined scored more than most teams in the Premier League haha good job hope you win the champions league because the ultimate test is then to defend it :)
 
How is it possible for a 19 year old to get over 30 league goals? Haha!
 
Brilliant, best season so far. One game away from the treble Hope you pull it of sam
 
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