Wondering Into The Unknown - A Bristol City Story

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A small bit about myself first shall I, I as this story would pan out as being in the unknown of me being a Bristol Rovers fan, but for nearly every version of football manager, I always have a knack of doing a save with Rovers arch rivals Bristol City, so for FM17 I thought I'll return to FM-Base and make a story or more like how I'll do it a play a month and post it on here and give my thoughts on how the save is going month by month, also updates on transfers in and out would come into it as well.

So that's my plan, let see what happens, the first post will be some things to start it off just what I'll call minor things.

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A Gashead in unknown territory of south Bristol.

Lee Johnson leaves Bristol City after saving them from relegation in the 2015/2016 season, a source at the club says they already got a brilliant young manager coming into the club as the new manager.

Grant Thame is the new manager of Bristol City, the 23 year old begins his career in a manner of unknown as he supports the team he now manages arch rivals.

Grant Thame: "I'm happy that the club sees what potential I have as a manager, knowing my background in who I support, I promise the fans of the club that the future starts now, and now is going to be glorious."

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Next post will be how I got on in July with friendlies and most important my tactic that I'll be using.
 
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July 2016

Tactic

I thought I'll share the tactic I'll use first, it's my own creation, I created it when I was facing my brother in the fantasy draft mode, it worked so well so I thought I'll use it for the story, I've tested it with Ajax and it works well.

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A 4-5-1 sounds simple but pair it with the right player instructions and team instructions, it's a different kettle of fish.

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As I said a different kettle of fish, this is all about having possession. Quite a fair bit of it.

I won't put the players instructions on as there are too many to print screen for it, but I can add opposition instructions are deadly for it as well, but I'll tell you, tight marking is always, closing down is always, tackling is hard, and for show onto foot, that is weaker foot.

That's enough about the tactic, I'll show you who I say are my key players for the season.

Aden Flint
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Lee Tomlin

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Tammy Abraham

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These 3 players are key, a strong CB in Aden Flint, the animal in AM Lee Tomlin, in the person I like to call cheat code up front Tammy Abraham.

Now friendlies I had 4 games lets look at the results.

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3 wins and a draw, how about a look at average possession of them friendlies.

65.75% possession, which is a lot if you ask me, my tactic does what I want it to do, and that is to dominate possession.

August is next and the end of the transfer window, I got to post my current signing in the next post, so for now, that's a wrap.
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Bristol City signs two from Scotland Premier League.

The first signing the club has made was striker Louis Moult from Motherwell for 800k, a two-year deal for 5.5k wage per week.

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The signing of Louis Moult will give Tammy Abraham and Gustav Engvall a challenge for the starting place.

Peter Pawlett comes in as the second new signing for Bristol City. Pawlett can play in either RM or AMC for the tactic.

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475k is what Bristol City paid Aberdeen for Pawlett, he's been given a two-year deal on 6k per week wage.

Next update will be the end of august which I just got to finish playing through, shouldn't be long I got a skin which can instant result the matches.
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August 2016

League

Bristol City 1-2 Wigan Athletic
Tammy Abraham (75) - Will Grigg (28) and Michael Jacobs (55)

Burton Albion 0-2 Bristol City
Lee Tomlin (45+1) and Aden Flint (75)

Norwich City 3-2 Bristol City
Russell Martin (19), Alex Pritchard (33) and Cameron Jerome (89) - Tammy Abraham (16) and Luke Freeman (70)

Bristol City 0-1 Newcastle United
Yoan Gouffran (Pen 64)

Bristol City 1-2 Aston Villa
Peter Pawlett (45+1) - Aly Cissokho (31) and Ross McCormack (56)

EFL Cup

Round One
Bristol City 1-0 Yeovil Town
Tammy Abraham (46)

Round Two
Bristol City 3-0 West Bromwich Albion
Louis Moult (14, 85) and Peter Pawlett (68)

Round Three Draw

Bristol City vs Tottenham Hotspur

Transfers

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Goalkeeper Adam Stachowiak from Gaziantep Buyuksehir Belediyespor for 400k, signing a three-year deal for 2k per week wage.

League Table

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Not going well at the moment, sitting in 20th in the league, hopefully, the team will gel to the tactic and results will come.

Key Player of the month

Peter Pawlett

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Peter Pawlett has shown some great performances for his transfer fee of 475k.

August Average Possession

62.85%, quite high after playing 7 games in August, just need to get the tactic to gel hard to the team to get the results that are needed.
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September 2016

League

Rotherham United 0-2 Bristol City
Luke Freeman(12) and Tammy Abraham (29)

Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Bristol City
Almen Abdi (1) and Barry Bannan (24) - Tammy Abraham (28)

Bristol City 2-1 Derby County
Tammy Abraham (16, 73) - Matej Vydra (82)

Fulham 1-1 Bristol City
Michael Madl (67) - Tammy Abraham (4)

Bristol City 4-1 Leeds United
Lee Tomlin (35, 87), Peter Pawlett (54) and Callum O'Dowda (84) - Stuart Dallas (71)

Cup

Round Three
Bristol City 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur
Jamie Paterson (30) - Vincent Janssen (Pen 27), Georges-Kevin Nkoudou (102) and Erik Lamela (116, 120)

League Table

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13th in the league after September for the club is good going, around where I want the club to finish, if we finish higher it's an overachievement in my eyes.

Key Player of the month

Tammy Abraham

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5 goals in the month give the loanee from Chelsea the edge over goalkeeper Adam Stachowiak

September Average Possession

64.83%, Getting better with the results, possession is key to how I want the team to play.​
 
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Will be following this, after losing at Wembley and 8-2 last game when they got promoted from league 1 I have followed them, think they could do very well in championship with time
 
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October 2016

League

Bristol City 3-1 Nottingham Forest
Lee Tomlin (55), Gustav Engvall (64) and Luke Freeman (86) - Apostolos Vellios (60)

Cardiff City 1-3 Bristol City
Lex Immers (73) - Tammy Abraham (40), Jamie Paterson (45) and Joe Bryan (59)

QPR 0-3 Bristol City
Jamie Paterson (36), Peter Pawlett (72) and Gustav Engvall (80)

Bristol City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Gordon Greer (Own Goal 27) and Jamie Paterson (Pen 51) - Gordon Greer (48)

Barnsley 1-0 Bristol City
Marley Watkins (25)

League Table

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6th in the league, is overachieving for me, but that where the team is just quite good, 4 wins in the month justified that.

Key Player of the month

Joe Bryan

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Been solid on the left side of midfield for the 4 wins, played in cm for the Barnsley game, still gave a good showing, so he takes the award for October just ahead of Jamie Paterson and Scott Golbourne.

October Average Possession

68.2%, best yet in an awesome month for the club, as I said the future is now, and now is glorious, and glorious is what I mean by high possession.​
 
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November 2016

League

Bristol City 1-1 Brighton And Hove Albion
Luke Freeman (85) -Uwe Hunemeier (72)

Birmingham City 0-1 Bristol City
Peter Pawlett (51)

Reading 2-0 Bristol City
Jordan Obita (6, 34)

League Table

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8th in the league, 2 places down from last month, but only had 3 games, so I can't complain much in that department.

Key Player of the month

Hordur Magnusson

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The Icelandic rock in central defense is the stand out of the 3 games, no one could match him so he's the winner of November.

November Average Possession

63.33%, Only 3 games in the month so I expected it to go down but still high enough to be happy with it.​
 
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December 2016

League

Bristol City 2-0 Ipswich Town
Tammy Abraham (47) and Gustav Engvall (90+3)

Huddersfield 1-1 Bristol City
Rajiv Van La Parra (11) - Joe Bryan (38)

Bristol City 0-1 Brentford
Harlee Dean (47)

Bristol City 3-1 Preston North End
Tammy Abraham (17) and Paul Huntington (Own Goal 23, 50) - Jermaine Beckford (67)

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Bristol City
Nouha Dicko (45)

Ipswich Town 2-2 Bristol City
David McGoldrick (2, 52) - Joe Bryan (7) and Tammy Abraham (41)

FA Cup 3rd Round Match

Bristol City vs Birmingham City

League Table

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8th for the second month running, having an average month of results justifies that manner.

Key Player of the month

Adam Stachowiak

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The Polish goalkeeper takes the award, overall the best player in the month, no-one could top him.

December Average Possession

63.33%, still around where I wanted the possession to be over 60% for an average possession in each month.​
 
FMSaddler96 said:
Will be following this, after losing at Wembley and 8-2 last game when they got promoted from league 1 I have followed them, think they could do very well in championship with time
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Thanks for following, I've haven't done a story since FM15 so I'm just trying to get used to doing it again.
 
Well it's going well so far. Could be pushing for those top 6 spots with one burst of form
 
FMSaddler96 said:
Well it's going well so far. Could be pushing for those top 6 spots with one burst of form
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We could indeed, I'm actually enjoying a save without the usage of the in-game editor as I disabled it for this save, to have it more realistic. I'm just currently finishing off the transfer window deadline day, so update should be soon.
 
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January 2017

League

Bristol City 3-0 Reading
Tammy Abraham (37), Peter Pawlett (63) and Jamie Paterson (66)

Bristol City 2-0 Cardiff City
Tammy Abraham (35) and Peter Pawlett (37)

Nottingham Forest 0-3 Bristol City
Aden Flint (39) and Tammy Abraham (44, 51)

Aston Villa 0-0 Bristol City

FA Cup

3rd Round
Bristol City 2-0 Birmingham City
Tammy Abraham (30) and Joe Bryan (50)

4th Round
West Bromwich Albion 0-1 Bristol City
Tammy Abraham (20)

FA Cup 5th Round Match

Bristol City vs Leicester City

League Table

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6th in the league, but can we crack the top 2 by the end of the season, by the current form at the moment we might get there.

Key Player of the month

Tammy Abraham

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The goals he's scored in the month says enough doesn't it only Bobby Reid came close to the award but Tammy cliches it.

January Average Possession

67.33%, a difficult month but great results with great possession of the ball in each game.

Transfers

In

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Left back Conor Townsend signs for Bristol City from Scunthorpe United for 300k up front and 700k over 48 months

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Goalkeeper Dean Henderson signs for Bristol City from Manchester United for 50k up front and 250k over 48 months

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Bristol City sign midfielder Conor McAleny from Everton for 195k

Bristol City extends loan of striker Tammy Abraham until 30th June 2018

Out

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Center midfielder Gary O'Neil sold to Wolverhampton Wanderers for 81k

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Goalkeeper Frank Fielding leave Bristol City to Derby County for 275k

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Richard O'Donnell leaves Bristol City for 300k to Stoke City​
 
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Bristol City announces Forest Green Rovers as a feeder club.

Bristol City chairman and Forest Green Rovers chairman shake hands on a deal which would see Bristol City loan players to Forest Green Rovers to develop their youngsters into first teamers.

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February 2017


League

Bristol City 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Joe Bryan (27) -Marco Matias (18) and Steven Fletcher (57)

Bristol City 2-0 Rotherham United
Lee Tomlin (11) and Conor McAleny (69)

Derby County 0-2 Bristol City
Gustav Engvall (90) and Peter Pawlett (90+3)

Leeds United 4-3 Bristol City
Pontus Jansson (35), Marcus Antonsson (69) and Chris Wood (72, 76) - Peter Pawlett (2, 27) and Jamie Paterson (90+1)

Bristol City 1-0 Fulham
Josh Brownhill (Pen 87)

Newcastle United 2-0 Bristol City
Scott Golbourne (Own Goal 36) and Jonjo Shelvey (Pen 80)

FA Cup

5th Round
Bristol City 2-0 Leicester City
Jamie Paterson (19, 66)

FA Cup 6th Round Match

AFC Bournemouth vs Bristol City

League Table

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5th in the league, not bad, only 4 points from 2nd place, can it really be done, the future could be nearer than expected.

Key Player of the month

Peter Pawlett

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Overall the best player in the month, not a single another player could come close to winning the award.

February Average Possession

66.43%, still over 60%, can it be over 60% at the end of the season, only time and matches will tell.

Thame signs new contract

Grant Thame signs a new two-year deal to remain as Bristol City manager, the club confirmed before the Newcastle United match that Thame had placed pen to paper.​
 
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March 2017

League

Bristol City 2-1 Burton Albion
Peter Pawlett (59, 60) -Callum Reilly (76)

Bristol City 1-0 Norwich City
Lee Tomlin (34)

Wigan Athletic 2-1 Bristol City
Adam Matthews (Own Goal 23) and Max Power (68) - Joe Bryan (27)

Bristol City 2-1 Huddersfield Town
Peter Pawlett (24) and Josh Brownhill (69) -Chuba Akpom (66)

FA Cup

6th Round
AFC Bournemouth 2-2 Bristol City
Callum Wilson (9, 39) - Hordur Magnusson (21) and Lee Tomlin (51)

Penalties
AFC Bournemouth 1-3 Bristol City
Scored: Andrew Surman - Hordur Magnusson, Jamie Paterson and Joel Ekstrand
Missed: Emerson Hyndman, Callum Wilson, Jack Wilshere - Scott Golbourne

FA Cup Semi-Final Draw

Chelsea vs Manchester United
Bristol City vs Swansea City

League Table

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4th in the league, getting closer 2nd place, but still 4 points being the team in 2nd.

Key Player of the month

Peter Pawlett

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The second month in a row with Peter Pawlett takes the award for March.

March Average Possession

66%, for the first time, a pure percentage of possession, still over 60%.​
 
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April and May 2017

League

Brentford 3-0 Bristol City
Lewis Macleod (18), Scott Hogan (36) and Lasse Vibe (55)

Preston North End 0-0 Bristol City

Bristol City 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Hordur Magnusson (11)

Bristol City 1-1 QPR
Lee Tomlin (81) - Vaclav Cerny (90+4)

Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Bristol City
Luke Freeman (50) and Conor McAleny (87)

Bristol City 2-0 Barnsley
Lee Tomlin (16) and Peter Pawlett (80)

Brighton and Hove Albion 1-2 Bristol City
Tomer Hemed (3) - Tammy Abraham (7) and Luke Freeman (36)

Bristol City 0-0 Birmingham City

FA Cup

Semi Final
Bristol City 1-2 Swansea City
Peter Pawlett (39) - Marcus Coco (76, 87)

League Table

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Finished 4th in the league, so play-offs it is, as I see it overachieved, I told the players to be mid table, but playoffs never in my thoughts, so let see what happens in the playoffs in the next update.

Key Player of the months

Luke Freeman

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Came into the first xi for Joe Bryan being injured and continued Joe Bryan work at left midfield.

Season Average Possession

65.46% possession for the season over 46 matches, that is high!​
 
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Playoffs


Semi Final Leg One
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Semi Final Leg Two
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Final
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WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE

I'm in a slight shock, my hand built tactic, gets Bristol City into the premier league, what a season, ups and downs, ins and outs, lefts and rights, but Premier League football in Bristol for 2017/2018 season.

Now postseason, think what is needed to be done, deadwood to get rid off, improvements to be made, most importantly, let the players have a holiday, after all, their hard work paid off.​
 
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A bumper update of current transfers.

In

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Midfielder Jack Byrne from Manchester City for 1.1 million.

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Defender Lorenzo Ariaudo from Frosinone on a free.

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Defender Jonathan Gradit from Tours FC on a free.

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Defender Ruben Aguilar from AJ Auxerre on a free.

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Defender David Achucarro from Temperley on a free (can't use due to work permit).

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Defender Florian Miguel from Tours FC for 1.2 million.

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Midfielder Christofer Gonzales from Colo Colo for 800k (can't use due to work permit).

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Midfielder Gonzalo Maroni from Boca Juniors for 1 million up front and 2.5 million over 48 months (can't use due to work permit).

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Striker Andrija Pavlovic from FC Kobenhavn for 750k (can't use due to work permit).

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Midfielder Haris Belkebla from Tours FC for 1.5 million.

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Goalkeeper Zacharie Boucher from AJ Auxerre for 1 million up front and 2.5 million over 48 months.


Out

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Marlon Pack to Barnsley for 275k.

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Scott Golbourne to Sheffield Wednesday for 3.4 million.

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Mark Little to Barnsley for 230k.

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Taylor Moore to Peterborough United on a season-long loan.
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