The Young Guns - An Arsenal FC Story

Arsenal FC

Bob Wilson 1963 - 1974

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Apps 308

July - Summer Transfer Window

Right so the main problem areas consist of a backup striker and a new left back and right back, Im going to let Teemu Pukki go out on loan as he is not ready to be a backup striker yet as he is too inconsistent when coming on.
It turns out that Naxto Monreal who i wasnt overly impressed with has a release clause of £11.5million so has clubs clambering to sign him with nothing i can do as he refuses to talk to us over a new deal.
Finally RB Sagna who has just turned 30 only has one year left on his deal wants at least £130,000 a week to stay on which i just cant offer to him after an indifferent season.

Season Expectations

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Well after a season of overspending i guess i should have seen this coming as we are given no budget no matter what i choose, so i have plumped for European Qualification no point making a rod for my own back.
So i had quite a few players coming back from loan deals who would have to be sold to generate some money, i managed to sell the likes of Djourou, Gibbs, Bendtner, Chamakh and the full backs Monreal and Sagna for a combined £54million.

These are the players i decided to bring in with that money

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ST

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I tried to sign him in the winter window but couldnt afford it at the time but he should fit in nicely as cover for Giroud in cup games and when hes tired/ injured.

Davide Santon DL

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Will be my new first choice left back for years to come and should replace Monreal with ease.

Martin Montoya DR

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The former Barcelona academy graduate will slot in to the RB slot left by Sagna moving to Real Madrid.

Marc Muniesa DLC

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Signed on a free, should be some good cover for various positions.

The Infamous Neal Maupay

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My scouting team pointed him out to me several times so i decided to pick him up for a nominal fee, he had done well on a lot of other peoples saves so i hope he can replicate that with me

Finally i signed a couple of defender regens from Middlesborough

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Both of these two will be loaned out this season and will hopefully get some game time as with the likes of Vermaelen and Koscielny struggling to get in the starting eleven this year they dont stand a chance of any game time.


Transfer History

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So i still have around £24million to spend but as yet dont feel the need to bring anyone in, i will wait til next season, we do have a new regen GK coming in next season who has a 5 star potential rating.​
 
Nice transfers!
Put Maupay on poacher role heavy.
He will be awesome!
 
minergy said:
Nice transfers!
Put Maupay on poacher role heavy.
He will be awesome!
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Yeah thats the plan, Giroud plays as a poacher and so does Aubemeyang so i wont need to rejig anything, Giroud will be starter and Maupay will play whenever we are winning comfortably or in cup matches
 
coolmcool said:
Yeah thats the plan, Giroud plays as a poacher and so does Aubemeyang so i wont need to rejig anything, Giroud will be starter and Maupay will play whenever we are winning comfortably or in cup matches
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Arsenal FC

John Radford 1964 - 1976

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Apps 481 - Goals 149

August 2013

Premier League Title Odds

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So we are seen as 3rd favourites for the title, but i would say Chelsea are the best team at the moment after signing Falcao and spending around £100 million in total.

11/8/2013
Community Shield
Att - 90,000
Man City 2 - 1 Arsenal
Aubameyang 79

Our key players have a terrible start to the new season with both Giroud and Wilshere being hauled off at half time after ratings of 5.4 and 5.3, we just didnt have enough fire power in the second half to push for the equalizer

18/8/2013
Premier League
Att - 41,214
Aston Villa 0 - 2 Arsenal
Wilshere 40 Vermaelen 89

Thats more like it for Wilshere as our side puts in a much better performance but Giroud again had to be taken off after a poor showing.

24/8/2013
Premier League
Att - 60,361
Arsenal 2 - 2 Chelsea
Bernard 39 Wilshere 87

We manage to mount a superb comeback after Falcao scored two goals in a matter of 4 opening minutes with Wilshere looking even better this season than last.

31/8/2013
Premier League
Att - 38,508
Everton 0 - 2 Arsenal
Giroud 10 Bernard 43

Yay! Giroud finally scores his first goal of the season and its the first time i didnt drag him off the pitch either!

Premier League Table

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The usual suspects sit at the top of the table already and my prediction of Chelsea leading the way looks correct especially the form Hazard and Falcao have been in.

Stats

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Jack Wilshere - Wins Young Player of the Month

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Champions League Groups Drawn

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A rather straightforward group again with Shakhtar and Zenit away going to be tough games but we should demolish all of them at the Emirates.


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Arsenal FC

Peter Simpson 1964 - 1978

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Apps - 477 - Goals - 15

September 2013

14/9/2013
Premier League
Att - 60,361
Arsenal 1 - 0 Man City
M. Richards o.g 81

Oh yes we beat the reigning champions with only minutes to spare, Wilshere hit a thunderous shot which bounced of Richards and sent the goalie the wrong way to give us the 3 points.

18/9/2013
Champions League Group Stage
Att - 51,504
Shakhtar 0 - 1 Arsenal
Wilshere pen 8

Wilshere scores an early penalty to grab us the win as Giroud continues to go missing.

21/9/2013
Premier League
Att - 20,006
Swansea 0 - 2 Arsenal
Giroud 2 Papadppoulos 85

Giroud scores! I hope he is just feeling his way into the season after he had a slow start like this last year.

25/9/2013
Capital One Cup 3rd rnd
Att - 23,504
Blackburn 0 - 3 Arsenal
Badelj 32 Koscielny 69 Cazorla pen 88

The reserves grab a comfortable victory, i think it shows the depth in the squad that i now consider Kosicelny and Cazorla reserves!

28/9/2013
Premier League
Att - 60,361
Arsenal 3 - 0 Newcastle
Giroud 13, 68 Bernard 77

We end the perfect month with 5 wins out of 5 conceding no goals and scoring 10 most importantly Giroud got a brace!

Premier League Table

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Were matching Chelsea every step of the way at the moment and it looks like we have swapped one title struggle with Man City with another with Chelsea

Stats

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Raphael Varane Wins Young Player of the Month

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Arsenal FC

Peter Storey 1965 - 1977

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Apps - 501 - Goals - 17

October 2013

Lars Bender Injured for 3 months!

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1/10/2013
Champions League Group Stage
Att - 59,324
Arsenal 1 - 1 Zenit
Papadopoulos 70

Papa gets us out of hot water against Zenit who currently look the team to beat in our group.

5/10/2013
Premier League
Att - 24,734
Cardiff 0 - 4 Arsenal
Papadopoulos 2, 67 Giroud 12, 17

We destroy the recently promoted side in the space of twenty minutes as Papa continues his goalscoring form.

19/10/2013
Premier League
Att - 28,695
Brighton 0 - 1 Arsenal
Bernard pen 76

Brighton another recently promoted club give us a much tougher game and we only just scrape the 3 points with a late penalty.

22/10/2013
Champions League Group Stage
Att - 30,599
Dinamo 0 - 1 Arsenal
Giroud 45

We struggle again against the groups whipping boys as Giroud grabs the only goal of the game just before the half time whistle.

26/10/2013
Premier League
Att - 59,112
Arsenal 2 - 0 Stoke
Wilshere pen 11 Bernard 15

We beat our fierce rivals Stoke as Ramsey has a stormer of a game after Pulis has to put his two pence in before the match.

29/10/2013
Capital One Cup 4th rnd
Att - 59,214
Arsenal 3 - 2 West Ham
Papadopoulos 8 Giroud 63 AOC 86

The Oxe who has been rather quite so far this season smashes in a very late winner to put us through to the Quarter Finals where we will face Derby in a repeat of last years FA Cup Final.

Premier League Table

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Man City are not looking the force they were last season as the top three stay Unbeaten so far and Arsenal and Chelsea look to move away from the pack.

Stats

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Giroud starts to move up the goalscoring charts as Papa tops the ratings charts with an amazing start to the season.

Raphael Varane Wins Player of the Month

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We Dont Get Young Player of the Month

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The first time in seven months that we dont win the Young Player of the Month award!​
 
Arsenal FC

George Graham 1966 - 1972

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Apps - 308 Goals 77

November 2013

3/11/2013
Premier League
Att - 50,361
Arsenal 0 - 0 Tottenham

A bore draw.

6/11/2013
Champions League Group Stage
Att - 57,574
Arsenal 2 - 0 Dinamo
Giroud 8 Wilshere 50
Santon sent off 70

We qualify for the next round with 2 games to spare along with Zenit as Shakhtar have a terrible time not winning any of their opening 4 games.

9/11/2013
Premier League
Att - 25,093
West Brom 1 - 2 Arsenal
Wilshere 61, 73

Wilshere continues with his amazing goalscoring form as we turn this game on its head and score twice in 12 minutes.

23/11/2013
Premier League
Att - 42,809
Liverpool 2 - 3 Arsenal
Giroud 1, 59 Lamela 79

Lamela scores a late winner for us as we continue to leak goals after so many clean sheets.

26/11/2013
Champions League Group Stage
Att - 60,361
Arsenal 3 - 0 Shakhtar
Bernard 27 Wilshere 46 Lamela 56

Wilshere scores again as we demolish Shakhtar but Zenit win to meaning the last match between us decides who wins the group.

30/11/2013
Premier League
Att - 60,361
Arsenal 0 - 0 Man Utd

We struggle yet again to score against a big side, these draws are whats going to see us lose another title race.

Premier League Table

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2 points off Chelsea but the title race is all but a two horse race now with us 8 points clear of Tottenham.

Stats

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I hope Lamela, Wilshere and Giroud keep up this good form as the juggernaut that is Falcao and Hazard are in full swing!



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Arsenal FC

Bob McNab 1966 - 1977

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Apps - 365 - Goals - 6

December 2013

7/12/2013
Premier League
Att - 23,581
Reading 0 - 2 Arsenal
Giroud 13 Wilshere pen 71

We get off to a good start in the most important month of the league so far, As we play maybe 6 of the worse teams in the league whereas Chelsea face some stiff competition against Liverpool and both of the Manchester clubs.

11/12/2013
Champions League Group Stage
Att - 21,110
Zenit 3 - 4 Arsenal
Giroud 7 Lamela 50, 59 AOC 82

The Oxe gets us the winner to top the group but it helps little where we came as Zenit and i both get the Big two in Spain!

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We only get drawn against Real Madrid!

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14/12/2013
Premier League
Att - 25,653
Norwich 0 - 1 Arsenal
Giroud 40

We dominate this game but only manage the one goal, Giroud has kept up his goalscoring form with a goal here an there but cant seem to find a brace or hattrick.

18/12/2013
Premier League
Att - 60,361
Arsenal 2 - 0 Fulham
Giroud 30 Wilshere 40
Wilshere sent off 68

We win comfortably again as Chelsea slip up but why Wilshere felt the need to get sent off is beyond me, he will miss the next 3 league games.

21/12/2013
Premier League
Att - 60,361
Arsenal 2 - 1 QPR
Bernard pen 38 Ramsey 91

Aaron Ramsey comes off the bench to seal a late victory for us as we continue our impressive unbeaten run.

26/12/2013
Premier League
Att - 59,297
Arsenal 4 - 0 Southampton
Lamela 5, 52, 61, 65

Lamela had an outstanding game here doubling his goal tally in one game as he smashed in 4 goals. 3 in 13 minutes after being moved into the centre of the pitch.

28/12/2013
Premier League
Att - 27,991
Nottm Forest 0 - 5 Arsenal
Lamela 10, 65 Aubemeyang 15, 33 Vermaelen 71

Another comfortable win as we rotate the squad again thanks to the poor opposition in front of us as we win all six premier league matches this month.

Premier League Table

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Well i didnt expect this! 7 points clear of Chelsea as they draw and lose games left right and centre, we face them in the Capital One Cup Semi finals next month.

Stats

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Giroud has clawed his way into the goalscoring charts but Falcao looks incredible at the moment and to think if i didnt have the under 23 policy i could have snapped him up!

Eric Lamela Wins European Golden Boy



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Raphael Varane Wins Young Player of the Month

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And Finally i pick up Manager of the Month

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Even though I am a Spurs fan you are doing really well mate and I love reading your stories. The layout is perfect and it has just about the right amount of detail in them. Have you found any promising regens yet?
 
Well done, hopefully you can get past Madrid!
And next time I do a save I'm definitely buying Bernard or Lamela.
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Rootsey said:
Even though I am a Spurs fan you are doing really well mate and I love reading your stories. The layout is perfect and it has just about the right amount of detail in them. Have you found any promising regens yet?
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I actually have, in the next post you will see the midfielder i signed from Barca, a CB from Milan and i have a new GK prospect coming in the summer! A couple of brazilians too and i just got offered the next Nobby Stiles!!!!!!!! Thanks for reading im really enjoying the save at the moment, the only problem with getting too many regens is i already have a very young first team, i think Giroud is the only player over 23 so the regens will struggle to come in and replace anyone ageing
 
minergy said:
Well done, hopefully you can get past Madrid!
And next time I do a save I'm definitely buying Bernard or Lamela.
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Pick up Lamela! You can sort a deal out for him whereas Bernard you have to pay his £37million release clause or you dont get him!
 
Arsenal FC

Pat Rice 1967 - 1980

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Apps - 528 - Goals 13

Winter Transfer Window 2014

So i didnt feel like i had to really strengthen the first team much so i decided to pluck a few regens up for fees of around £4-7million each

Hector Herranz - AMR - ST

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My new star signing for the future! I liked the look of him at the start of the season but didnt fancy paying the £7million i paid in the end, but he played 4 times for Barcelona and scored so i new he was going to be a star!

Daniel Marshall DC

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Good Italian name there, he will get some game time soon as i dont plan on bringing any new first team players in for a season or two to help these guys progress.

Tsebang Ketsekile DM

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A good English name this time! He is dubbed the next Nobby Stiles!

Koscielny was the only player to leave for £20million, i didnt want him to go but he was moaning a lot and Varane and Papadopoulos dont deserve to be dropped at the moment!



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