We're the Millers - Rotherham United FC

Raaritsgozilla said:
******* fantastic! I've played Rotherham since 08 for some god forsaken reason, its good to see someone else playing them! Good work getting rid of Belaid, his aggression made him a card magnet. Great signings, your Egyptian looks quality. Good luck for promotion!
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Cheers mate :)

You're right, Belaid was a liability
 
NOVEMBER
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Three games. One month. Drama. Not really.

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Rotherham United 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
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Camp, Fisher, Ekstrand, Turner, Mattock, G.Evans, Andrews, Grant (Anderson 66), Taylor (Ekangamene 66), Wilson, Alaa
The wingers union earned their money today with a wonderful trio of goals which saw us ease past Blackburn

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Rotherham United
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Camp, Fisher, Ekstrand, Turner, Mattock, G.Evans, Andrews, Grant, Taylor (Ekangamene 63), Wilson, Alaa (Bradshaw 63)
*Sigh*

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Rotherham United 4-2 Brentford
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Camp, Fisher, Ekstrand, Turner, Mattock, G.Evans (L.Evans 65), Anderson, Grant, Taylor, Ojo (Newell 65), Alaa
A great response to the defeat at Wolves despite falling behind as we smash home 4 in a row to grab the three points

LEAGUE TABLE
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We've fallen off our perch​
 
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FESTIVE CHEER AS MILLERS SIT TOP OF THE TREE
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Rotherham United fans are full of optimism once again as they're club sit at the top of the table going into 2019

The Millers, who've suffered playoff heartbreak the past two seasons, are now one of the favourites for promotion following a string of impressive results

The Millers opened the month with four straight wins, beating Derby 4-2, Swansea 2-1, title challengers QPR 1-0 and Aston Villa 2-1 in a game which saw George Evans sent off and goals from Tarek Alaa in the 89th and 91st minutes
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Their progression hit a bump with a shock 2-0 defeat at Portman Road but the Millers recovered, beating Charlton 2-0 at The Valley before a late George Evans goal sunk Bristol City 2-1
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Any chance you could upload this save somwehere? Quite keen on trying this myself :p
 
I'm away for a week so there won't be any updates until next Sunday/Monday at the earliest
 
naterr said:
I've not seen this kind of Brexti before....as it says "instead of the current work permit system" does that mean you don't need to get a work permit as long as you only have 17 players?
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I haven't seen it before either, guess I'll find out soon enough :p
 
JANUARY
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Glen Johnson has joined Udinese and Michael Doughty has signed for Wycombe. Do I care? Not really

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Rotherham United
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Camp, Fisher, Ekstrand, Turner, Mattock, G.Evans (Bradshaw 71), Anderson, Grant, Taylor (Young 71), Ojo, Alaa
Two goals in less than a minute summed up this tight borefest

FA CUP THIRD ROUND
Wigan Athletic 2-3 Rotherham United
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Camp, Johnson, Daniels, Hutchinson, Hendrie, Ball, L.Evans, Whittingham, Young, Wilson, Bradshaw
We made this much harder than we had to but managed to pull through via Bradshaw and Wilson as we came back from 2-0 down

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Rotherham United 2-0 Milton Keynes Dons
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Camp, Fisher, Ekstrand, Turner, Mattock, G.Evans, Anderson, Grant, Taylor, Ojo, Bradshaw (Young 29)
It took us a while to take break them down but fortunately George Evans and Craig Young managed to bag us the points against everyone's favourite franchise

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Rotherham United 2-2 Sunderland
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Camp, Fisher, Ekstrand, Turner, Mattock, G.Evans, Anderson (L.Evans 61), Grant, Taylor (Young 61), Ojo, Bradshaw
We did so well against a mid-table Sunderland but conspired to throw it all away in the last 15 minutes. Frustrating.

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Reading 1-1 Rotherham United
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Camp, Daniels, Ekstrand, Turner, Mattock, G.Evans, Anderson, Grant (Newell 69), Ekangamene, Wilson, Bradshaw (Young 69)
A tale of two penalties as we both scored a stoppage time penalty which was bizarre

LEAGUE TABLE
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A bit dodgy​
 
FEBRUARY
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Can we go up? I hope so

FA CUP FOURTH ROUND
Rotherham United 1-4 Manchester City
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Camp, Fisher (Daniels 72), Ekstrand, Turner, Mattock, G.Evans, Anderson, Grant, Ekangamene, Wilson, Bradshaw (Alaa 58)
Well that was... unfortunate

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Rotherham United 1-0 Sheffield United
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Camp, Daniels, Ekstrand, Turner, Hendrie, G.Evans, Anderson (L.Evans 67), Grant, Ekangamene, Wilson, Alaa (Young 67)
A solid, if underwhelming victory over our South Yorkshire rivals to get over our embarrassing cup loss

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Brighton and Hove Albion 2-5 Rotherham United
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Camp, Daniels, Ekstrand, Turner, Hendrie, G.Evans, Anderson, Grant (L.Evans 62), Taylor, Ojo, Young (Bradshaw 62)
Five unanswered goals made up for a poor start as our relentless run towards the Premier League appeared to be slowing, fortunately we turned it around

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Rotherham United 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
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Camp, Daniels, Ekstrand, Turner (Ball 67), Hendrie, G.Evans (L.Evans 67), Anderson, Grant, Taylor (Ekangamene 80), Ojo, Bradshaw
Another solid 1-0 over a Yorkshire rival

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wycombe Wanderers 0-3 Rotherham United
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Camp, Daniels, Ekstrand, Turner, Hendrie (Mattock 73), Anderson (Ball 73), Andrews, Newell, Ekangamene, Ojo, Bradshaw
Wycombe didn't know what hit em

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Rotherham United 4-2 Middlesbrough
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Camp, Daniels, Ekstrand, Turner (Ball 24), Hendrie, Anderson, Andrews, Newell (Wilson 73), Taylor, Ojo, Bradshaw
Jake Andrews really turned it on tonight and showed why he's Australia's first choice midfielder

LEAGUE TABLE
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I hope the Premier League are ready for us​
 
MARCH
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Promotion, is that you?

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Millwall 0-2 Rotherham United
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Camp, Daniels, Ball, Ekstrand, Hendrie, G.Evans, Andrews, Grant (Anderson 62), Taylor, Ojo, Bradshaw
A solid win away at The Den is the kind of thing you have to get if you want promotion

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Rotherham United 1-3 Fullham
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Camp, Fisher, Ekstrand, Daniels, Hendrie, G.Evans (Young 61), Andrews, Grant, Taylor, Ojo, Bradshaw (Alaa 58)
We looked far more likely to win it but Fulham bagged two on the break to hold our promotion horses

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Hull City 0-3 Rotherham United
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Camp, Fisher, Ekstrand, Daniels, Hendrie (Mattock 62), G.Evans, Andrews, Grant (Anderson 62), Taylor, Ojo, Alaa
Another win against a local rival, we're getting quite good at those

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Rotherham United 3-1 Cardiff City
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Camp, Fisher, Ekstrand, Daniels, Hendrie (Mattock 71), G.Evans, Andrews (Anderson 71), Grant, Taylor, Ojo, Alaa
Tarek Alaa's hat trick leaves us a win away from the Premier League

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Rotherham United
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Camp, Fisher, Ekstrand, Daniels, Hendrie, G.Evans (Wilson 71), Anderson, Grant, Taylor, Ojo, Alaa
Well that was disappointing

LEAGUE TABLE
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Three. More. Points.​
 
APRIL
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If we don't do it from here then its the biggest bottlejob since... well, ever

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Rotherham United 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Camp, Fisher, Ekstrand, Daniels, Hendrie, G.Evans, Andrews (Anderson 63), Grant, Taylor (Ekangamene 63), Ojo, Alaa
CHAMPIONES!, CHAMPIONES! OLE!, OLE!, OLE!

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Brentford 1-1 Rotherham United
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Camp, Fisher, Daniels, Ekstrand, Hendrie, G.Evans, Andrews, Grant, Taylor (Young 61), Ojo, Alaa (Bradshaw 61)
Brentford are a playoff chasing team so an away draw is a solid result

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Rotherham United 3-2 Derby County
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Camp, Daniels, Ball, Ekstrand, Hendrie, G.Evans, Andrews, Grant (Anderson 62), Taylor (Ekangamene 77), Ojo, Alaa
Impressively, Derby equalised straight away twice as we took the lead but unfortunately for them they couldn't do it a third time as Tarek Alaa's goal sealed us all three points

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Swansea City 1-0 Rotherham United
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Camp, Daniels, Ball, Ekstrand, Hendrie, G.Evans, Andrews, Grant (Anderson 57), Taylor, Ojo, Alaa (Young 57)
They had one shot on ******* target

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Rotherham United 3-3 Queens Park Rangers
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Camp, Fisher, Daniels, Ekstrand, Mattock, Anderson, Andrews, Grant, Ekangamene, Ojo (Wilson 65), Bradshaw (Young 65)
A rollercoaster of emotions

LEAGUE TABLE
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We've only gone and done it​
 
Congrats on not only gaining promotion but winning the league
 
MAY
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We've already won the league, what's the point playing anymore?

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Aston Villa 3-0 Rotherham United
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Camp, Fisher, Daniels, Turner, Hendrie, Anderson, Andrews (Ball 71), Grant, Taylor, Ojo (Wilson 71), Alaa
An abject performance at Villa Park sees us leave with a 3-0 thrashing

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Rotherham United 0-3 Ipswich Town
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Camp, Fisher, Daniels, Turner, Hendrie, Anderson, Andrews (L.Evans 83), Grant, Taylor, Ojo, Alaa
I think the players might have been a bit hungover

LEAGUE TABLE
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We fell apart at the end​
 
A top 2 in 2019 of Rotherham United and Bristol City, wouldn't mind seeing the odds on that right now.
 
9th of June 2019Rotherham United are in the Premier League. Little old Rotherham, with a wage bill half the size of Rooney's bill for *ahem* personal services and a ground the size of a Tesco Metro have somehow made it to the Premier League and I'm partly responsible for it. Mental.

This is a very, very exciting time for the club, we'll be mixing it with the big guns this season, no more Wycombe away, Old Trafford and Anfield are on our road maps now and I for one am ******* terrified
We were the best team in the Championship last season, by some distance and I felt with a reasonable transfer budget in the region of £20m would see us secure safety with relative ease because despite our dominance, some areas needed serious improving

I'd earmarked certain positions that needed improvement: Goalkeeper, left back, centre back and left wing. One for each of those positions and we'd be set, so Imagine my surprise when I'm given £9m to keep ROTHERHAM in the Premier League

Some fiddling with the wage budgets gave me about £15m but I've already blown more than half of that and its only the 9th of June, to make matters worse, that amount was spent on only two players. Christ the Premier League's expensive

We really needed a goalkeeper so enter stage right Mr Jordan Pickford from Sunderland for £3m. A bargain in my opinion. Pickford wanted away from the Stadium of Light after finishing 10th in the Championship last season with the attack letting him down as he kept 21 clean sheets last season, add to that his 18 England Under 21 caps and his reasonable wage and he was a very good replacement for Lee Camp


I also needed a left back. Joe Mattock and Stephen Hendrie are nowhere near good enough for the Premier League so enter stage left Mr Kieran Tierney from Stoke for £7m. Left backs are, for some reason, more expensive than goalkeepers but Tierney is very much worth the money, at only 22 the Isle of Man born Celtic youth academy graduate already has 10 caps fr Scotland as well as plenty of Premier league experience wih Stoke City which will stand him in good stead here

At 22 he's a young defender as well and that £7m could have given us a left back for 10+ years, if we stay up that is

That's the left back and goalkeeper sorted, can we stay up? Probably not.
 
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