The Young Guns - An Arsenal FC Story

[coolmcool]

right with the plymouth save rather short lived i will be back on with the updated for this tomorrow when i have some time

 

[coolmcool]

Arsenal FC

John Lukic
1984 - 1990 and 1996 - 2000

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Apps - 298

September 2014

We have a very tough start to the league with matches against Liverpool, Man City and Chelsea this month and 2 Champions League games.

13/9/2014
Premier League
Arsenal 3 - 1 Chelsea
Giroud pen 7 Santon 27 Bernard 50

A good win to start the month against big rivals last season Chelsea and we even managed to keep Falcao down to just the one goal.

17/9/2014
Champions League Group Stage
Arsenal 1 - 0 Tel Aviv
AOC 91

The Oxe gets us out of bother late on as we struggle against the groups whipping boys never looking interest in the game.

20/9/2014
Premier League
Liverpool 1 - 2 Arsenal
Lamela 75 S.Bender 89

We score two late goals to turn this game on its head and continue our good form.

24/9/2014
Premier League
Arsenal 2 - 1 Man City
Bernard 10 Aubemeyang 76

Aubemeyang plays the part of super sub as he comes on to score the winner as we pick up another impressive win against fierce rivals.

27/9/2014
Premier League
Norwich 0 - 1 Arsenal
Giroud 23

Giroud grabs the only goal for our heavily rotated side as we win again in the league.

30/9/2014
Champions League Group Stage
Sporting 2 - 2 Arsenal
AOC 31 Aubemeyang 71

Another match were Aubemeyang comes off the bench to score as we struggle against another poor side in Europe.

I forgot to get screenshots of the league but we did pick up a couple of awards.

Raphael Varane - Young Player of the Month

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I Pick up Manager of the Month

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[coolmcool]

Arsenal FC

Martin Keown
1985 - 1986 and 1993 - 2004

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Apps - 449 Goals 8

October 2014

4/10/2014
Premier League
Wolves 0 - 2 Arsenal
Ramsey 22 Giroud 29

A good win as we get our goals early and its nice to see Ramsey still doing well and getting game time despite the superstar squad.

16/10/2014
Capital One Cup 3rd rnd
Newcastle 2 - 3 Arsenal
Giroud 16, 40 Wilshere 31

Giroud looks like he is picking up some good form now as he grabs another brace here and Wilshere looks to kick on from an amazing last season.

18/10/2014
Premier League
Arsenal 1 - 1 Stoke
Ramsey 74

A much rotated squad with this match only 2 days after the Cup match and against bogey team Stoke, Ramsey grabs the late equalizer for us again.

21/10/2014
Champions League Group Stage
Sevilla 1 - 2 Arsenal
Giroud 40 Lamela 89

Lamela grabs a late goal to help us beat our biggest threat in the Champions League Group stages as Giroud scores again.

26/10/2014
Premier League
Newcastle 1 - 2 Arsenal
Giroud 50, 93

Giroud grabs a very late winner for us as we leave it late to finish the game off despite a lot of chances.

29/10/2014
Capital One Cup 4th rnd
Fulham 1 - 5 Arsenal
Wilshere 18, 49 L.Bender 32 S.Bender 45 Papadopoulos 85

A good win in the Cup as we face yet another Premier Leauge side in the early stages, were not like Man Utd who get all the easy draws.

Premier League Table

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Only a point ahead of Chelsea as we look to move away from the chasing pack just like last season.

Player Stats

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Looks like the golden oldies are leading the way in the scoring charts this season with 4 of the top 5 well into their 30's


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[coolmcool]

FM_Marathon

Just entered the last 24 hours has been interesting viewing, playing FM for a week for Charity is not a bad idea!

 

[coolmcool]

Arsenal FC

Paul Merson 1986 - 1997

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Apps - 423 Goals - 99
Ah poor Merse one goal short of 100, he should have smashed a few more goals into the front of the net.

November 2014

8 matches this month but at least we are at home a bit more.

2/11/2014
Premier League
Arsenal 2 - 0 Huddersfield
Leo 71 Aubemeyang 93

A good win as we leave it late with the second string grabbing the goals for us, Aubemeyang has been complaining of a lack of game time despite starting 8 games already, he will be missing for all of January due to the Cup of Nations so wont be sold til the Summer if at all.

5/11/2014
Champions League Group Stage
Arsenal 5 - 2 Sevilla
Giroud 16, 91 Wilshere 25, 46, 83

My two key players grab 5 goals between them as i think if im right Wilshere grabs his first ever hattrick for Arsenal.

8/11/2014
Premier League
Brighton 1 - 3 Arsenal
Bernard 51, 55 Vermaelen 62

A crazy 11 minutes as we grab 3 goals near the start of the second half with Bernard getting a rare brace.

11/11/2014
Premier League
Arsenal 3 - 0 QPR
Ramsey 40 Giroud 57, 82

Another brace from Giroud as he really starts to hit good form along with Ramsey scoring another goal for us.

15/11/2014
Premier League
Arsenal 2 - 0 Everton
Giroud 18, 38

Giroud with another brace as he now reaches 15 goals this season as he looks on course to beat his old goalscoring records.

22/11/2014
Premier League
Man Utd 1 - 1 Arsenal
Lamela 33

The only blip in the league this month as we really struggle to hit the net as Wilshere goes missing in another important fixture.

25/11/2014
Champions League Group Stage
Tel Aviv 1 - 3 Arsenal
Papadopoulos 23 Garmash 67 Varane 70

Some unlike scores in this match as Tel Aviv play deep but we hit them with 3 set pieces with our side resembling Stoke in this game.

29/11/2014
Premier League
Fulham 1 - 5 Arsenal
Garmash 2 Wilshere 43, 45, pen 50 Leo 81

Another hattrick from Wilshere in the space of a few weeks, this one he gets in a combined 7 minutes either side of half time.

Premier League Table

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5 points clear at the top but more suprisingly see Swansea up in 3rd and Norwich are having a good season so far too.

Stats

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Thomas Vermaelen Wins Player of the Month

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I think this is the first time in 3 seasons we have actually had a player win the full Player of the Month award with our young squad.

I Win Manager of the Month

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[coolmcool]

Arsenal FC

Alan Smith 1987 - 1995

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Apps - 347 Goals - 115

December 2014

Bernard Injured For 3 Months

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3/12/2014
Capital One Cup Quarter Final
Aston Villa 1 - 2 Arsenal
Papadopoulos 74 Leo 110

We need extra time to beat Aston Villa as we go through to the Semis where we will yet again face Falcao and Chelsea.

6/12/2014
Premier League
West Brom 0 - 3 Arsenal
Leo 3 Ramsey 80, 85

A good win in the league as Ramsey comes on late on and grabs a brace in 5 minutes.

10/12/2014
Champions League Group Stage
Arsenal 5 - 5 Sporting
Wilshere 29, 65 Giroud 73, 78 Clyne 92

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2 goals late on help us get the draw after our GK gets a whopping 3.6 rating!

Champions League Draw

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We qualify top of the group and get a favourable draw for once and face At Madrid in the first knockout stages.


13/12/2014
Premier League
Arsenal 1 - 0 Tottenham
Vermaelen 26

Vermaelen grabs us the winner from this fiercely contested derby against one of our main title rivals this season.

20/12/2014
Premier League
Arsenal 5 - 0 Watford
Wilshere 33, 44 Lamela 48, 89 Giroud 63

Tottally smash them, Wilshere has carried on with some massive performances but he does go missing against the bigger teams, Typical English player.

23/12/2014
Premier League
Reading 1 - 4 Arsenal
Lamela 10 Varane 32 Vermaelen 56, 74

Another decent win, we always seem to be given the easier teams around Christmas which helps with the congested fixture list, in my Man Utd save i always had it much tougher.

27/12/2014
Premier League
Swansea 0 - 2 Arsenal
Giroud 11, 48

Giroud grabs another couple of goals as he ends the year how he has played all year banging in the goals.

Premier League Table

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9 points clear now as we continue the season unbeaten winning 17 out of 20 games.

Stats

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Giroud is climbing up the goalscoring charts with a lot of our midfield chipping in with goals and assists.


I Win Manager of the Month Again

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[coolmcool]

Arsenal FC

Steve Bould 1988 - 1999

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Apps - 369 Goals - 22
The Current Assistant Manager


Winter Transfer Window - Jan 2015

I Kept Our Expectations The Same

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We loaned out a couple of players with Ospina and maybe Aubemeyang looking to leave in the summer there was only the one outgoing player who was Milan Badelj.
I sold him for more than £18million to Newcastle with Will Hughes looking to take a more prominent role in the first team.

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So i brought in 2 players to add depth to the squad first off was Kurt Zouma as our CB's struggled with fitness with only Vermaelen, Papadopoulos and Varane our main 3 players in that area.
I also brought in Fischer who i have never bought but can play a variety of roles he came in for around £18million compared to Zouma who came in for around £11million

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AOC Wins European Golden Boy

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Giroud Wins French Player of the Year

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[coolmcool]

Right seriously need to get on the updates tonight already into september of next season, feel like i have homework to do so will try and smash 6 updates tonight!

 

[coolmcool]

Arsenal FC

Lee Dixon 1988 - 2002

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Apps - 618 - Goals 28
(Claim to Fame he once lived in Marazion in Cornwall just around the corner from my missus)

January 2015

3/1/2015
FA Cup 3rd rnd
Arsenal 5 - 1 Scunthorpe
Badelj 2 Leo 4, 57 Hughes pen 16, 87

An impressive result from my reserves as Badelj plays in his last game for the club and reserve team players Hughes and Leo show they may be ready to get more game time.

6/1/2015
Capital One Cup Semi Final 1st leg
Chelsea 6 - 2 Arsenal
Zouma 54, 79

I hate you Falcao!!!!

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10/1/2015
Premier League
Arsenal 2 - 0 Southampton
AOC 2 Giroud 44

A comfortable victory to settle the ship after the destruction Chelsea caused a few days before as our much rotated squad has a better time of it.

13/1/2015
Premier League
Man City 2 - 0 Arsenal

A bad result as we go to get the equalizer we have two players get silly sending offs.

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17/1/2015
Premier League
Arsenal 6 - 0 Liverpool
Wilshere 2 AOC 4, 36 Varane 11, 43 Santon 16

What a destruction of Liverpool to make ourselves feel better as we get all 6 goals before half time, 4 in 15 minutes.

20/1/2015
Capital One Cup Semi Final 2nd leg
Arsenal 2 - 2 Chelsea
Garmash 16 Lamela 41
(Chelsea Win 8 - 4 on agg)
Chelsea come back after half time with Falcao scoring again maybe i should have screwed my signing young players rule to get him!

24/1/2015
FA Cup 4th rnd
Newcastle 0 - 3 Arsenal
AOC 29 Varane 33 Giroud 52

I cant believe this winning the Cup matches without needing a replay, i have had to play better players in this match than previously due to the reserves playing against Chelsea.

27/1/2015
Premier League
Chelsea 3 - 3 Arsenal
Lamela 35 S.Bender 89 AOC 92

What a comeback in the League as we face Chelsea for the 3rd time this month and grab 2 very late goals to draw this match after a poor month.

31/1/2015
Premier League
Arsenal 0 - 0 Norwich

Lamela was sent off in less than 1 minute! Is there a record for fastest sending off, he must have literally nutted the ref.

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Premier League Table

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Top of the league still as we are still 7 points clear but we have now picked up our first defeat of the season in the league.

Player Stats

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AOC Wins Young Player of the Month

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Glad to have that mega update out of the way.​

 

[coolmcool]

Arsenal FC

Nigel Winterburn 1988 - 2000

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Apps - 584 Goals - 12

Feb 2015

3/2/2015
Premier League
Arsenal 1 - 1 Wolves
Giroud 45

Giroud gets the equalizer the second he comes on in the second half but our second string cant put another goal in the back of the net.

7/2/2015
Premier League
Stoke 0 - 4 Arsenal
Wilshere 12, 68 Varane 37 Santon 78

A much better performance as we beat our hated rivals Stoke comfortably for the first time in this save.

21/2/2015
FA Cup 5th rnd
QPR 0 - 3 Arsenal
Vermaelen 24, 30 AOC 43

Yes! We qualify for the next round again without needing a replay and will face Norwich in the Quarter Finals, could a 3rd FA Cup in a row be on the cards?

25/2/2015
Champions League 1st Knockout rnd 1st leg
At Madrid 1 - 3 Arsenal
Vermaelen 7 Wilshere 44 Lamela 83

I cant see them coming back from this as we all but secure our place in the next round with this impressive win away from home.

28/2/2015
Premier League
Huddersfield 1 - 2 Arsenal
Lamela 9 Leo 54

Leo scores again for us as he starts to look a better choice for my backup striker ahead of the returning Aubemeyang.

Premier League Table

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Man City have cut the lead down to 5 points with only 10 games to go and us still fighting on 3 fronts its going to need a lot of rotation to keep this up.

Player Stats

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Youth Intake up next.

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[coolmcool]

Arsenal FC

David Seaman 1990 - 2003

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Apps - 563


Youth Intake 2015

So it was not that much of a Youth Intake with these 3 the best of a supposed bad bunch.

Terry Ricketts - ST

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Looks okay but as a striker has the likes of Leo, Aubemeyang and Maupay when he returns all fighting to be Giroud's backup.

Shane Brock DR

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Danny Saunders - GK

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What do you guys make of these 3?​

 

[coolmcool]

Arsenal FC

Ian Wright - 1991 - 1998

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Apps - 288 Goals - 185
(One of the best goal to game ratios in real life i have seen)

March 2015

4/3/2015
Premier League
Arsenal 5 - 1 Newcastle
Giroud 11, 54, 62 L. Bender 32 Fischer 82

Giroud smashes an impressive hattrick in this league encouter as youngster Fischer scores his first goal since joining in January.

7/2/2015
FA Cup 6th rnd
Arsenal 2 - 0 Norwich
Zouma 35 AOC 92

Zouma goes and gets his first goal for the club in this game with The Oxe grabbing another goal to put the tie to bed and set up a Semi Final with Fulham.

11/3/2015
Premier League
QPR 1 -2 Arsenal
Fischer 39 Papadopoulos 68

A lucky win as we struggle against the lowly QPR but Fischer looks impressive again in another start for the side.

14/3/2015
Premier League
Arsenal 4 - 1 Brighton
Hughes 8, 21 Giroud 16 Varane 36

Hughes has another impressive performance and with this decent form is starting to push for a more prominent place in the first team.

17/2/2015
Champions Leauge 1st Knockout rnd 2nd leg
Arsenal 2 - 1 At Madrid
Giroud pen 4 Varane 50
(Arsenal win 5-2 on agg)

An impressive victory over two legs but our bad luck continues as we get drawn against Barcelona in the next round but all the teams left look good.

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The month ends rather early with the internationals up next for most of the players.


Premier League Table

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Still 8 points clear of Man City but they do have a game in hand with only 7 games to go.

Player Stats

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Giroud is catching up with Steven Fletcher as he has had a torrid time scoring twice since December!

AOC Wins Young Player of the Month

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Our youngsters get all top 3 spots in the Young Player of the Month this month with outstanding performances.​

 

[Bigbadtone78]

As you said, not the greatest youth intake but only time will tell if they are ultimately good enough!

 

[SVB]

Great story mate ! Can't believe you resigned sczesney ! U should of gone for smithies or Forster cheaper and better IMO

 

[iArsenal]

I've been following this for awhile and I didn't realize that you only bought players under the age of 23. Excellent job, not the greatest youth intake but with some work that striker might be pretty good. Could be a good back up for cup games.

 

[coolmcool]

As you said, not the greatest youth intake but only time will tell if they are ultimately good enough!

With the money we have i may just look to bring in other peoples youngsters! As i have such a young squad most players wont need replacing for years like all of the defence have an average age of 22 i think.

 

[coolmcool]

Great story mate ! Can't believe you resigned sczesney ! U should of gone for smithies or Forster cheaper and better IMO

Hes done okay and has taken his place back from Ospina, are you using the update as since you posted i scouted both of those two and they are not up to much, Smithies used to be a good prospect but has gone downhill in the game (and real life) and Forster is at about the right level with Celtic.
I wanted Stegen but he was asking for wages of £160k a week, i have yet to have a player on £100k a week so that wasnt happening!

 

[Mckergan]

Been following this for a while, your doing well mate, KUTGW. It's an interesting challenge.

Would you mind having a look at my new story? It's the Leeds one, should be on the first page

Cheers..

 

[coolmcool]

I've been following this for awhile and I didn't realize that you only bought players under the age of 23. Excellent job, not the greatest youth intake but with some work that striker might be pretty good. Could be a good back up for cup games.

Yeah he has gone out on loan for the season but i cant see him being much use as we already have another 2 regen strikers i have brought in along with Maupay, Leo, Aubemeyang and Giroud.
The under 23 thing is just a little extra challenge so you cant buy instant success but it does work really well in the long term, tried it with Man City before my old laptop broke and was just getting into that, like in the pass the parcel i could have signed Baines, Lewandowksi, Fellaini and even Falcao but that would have been too easy!

 

[coolmcool]

Been following this for a while, your doing well mate, KUTGW. It's an interesting challenge.

Would you mind having a look at my new story? It's the Leeds one, should be on the first page

Cheers..

Cool man will do, Yeah its a fun challenge as you get to buy all the good young players and win lots of stuff so you dont get too bored getting drubbed every week unless i play Chelsea that is!