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August Brilliant month, we can score goals. Tapia replaces the injured Becerra, Phillips is suspended after his sending off against West Ham in the FA Cup Final but that doesn't matter as Bellingham starts for Rotherham United! Palace take the lead after 6 minutes. Ball hit the box, Tremble heads out to Soumah who passes to Sousa in the box to hit in as Dekker is well out of position to keep onside! That was terrible from Dekker! There's a bit of a fluke equalier in the 13th minute. Bellingham hits in the corner, Hubana heads it and it hits off Yoro to go in. Palace go back in the lead after 14 minutes! Good ball down the right, Ibekwe hits first time into the box and Sousa hits in at the back post. Hubana equalises after 21 minutes, Bellingham plays it out to Lele, he crosses low, Hojlund is taken down and the ball falls to Hubana to hit in, he actually looks offside. Quiroga makes it 2 - 3 in the 26th minute. Lele throws in to Bellingham, he plays it into the box, it deflects out and Quiroga curls it in low from just outside the box. Palace make it 3 - 3 after 45+3! Escobar crosses and Nuamah beats Lele in the air to head in. What is this game! Hubana puts us back in the lead after 63 minutes! Bellingham hits in the corner and Hubana heads it into the empty net as Trafford is in no mans land! It's a debut goal for Bellingham! He hits in the corner, it's headed out, Flores chests it to Biffi who plays it back to Bellingham, he cuts in, hits in and it's a huge deflection into the net. Hubana makes it 3 - 6 and it's hit hat trick after 75 minutes! He heads in Tapia's cross. That's brilliant and it's 7! Bellingham plays an sublime ball through, Lele gets onto it and plays it across goal to found Flores in a ton of space! What a game, not the best at the back but we finished with an xG of 6.47 in a Prem game. Is this a sign of things to come? Tapia starts at RWB after that world class performance against Liverpool. Hubana puts us ahead after just 11 minutes. Hubana hits a ball to Biffi, he's tackled but Hubana picks up the loose ball, dribbles through the middle of the defense and hits in after 11 minutes. Somehow my CB who passed the original ball to Hubana has the assist. Tapia again.... Bellingham plays it outwide, Tapia runs on to it, dribbles, hits it between two defenders and Hubana gets his brace after 23 minutes. My word Tapia is on fire! Bitshiabu makes it 3 after 63 minutes. Hojlund hits in the freekick, Southampton head out but Hubana vollets it to Bitshiabu who volleys it and defelcts in! We were in control from start to finish. Mitrovic is back from injury and I'm letting him start against West Ham. Bellingham smashes in a 25 yarder to give us the lead, Juliao does brilliant to incerpt, plays it to Bellingham and he has to time to steady himself before thumping it. Bellingham was the difference! Uefa Super Cup and Community Shield See above. Champions League Draw Some good fixtures for us! We've had much harder draws. Carabao Cup Oof that's a good draw. Transfer Window(So Far) Well for some reason the window doesn't close until the 3rd of September, it's a bit messy this year. Journalist: You told us to watch this space and you've very much filled it. Rotherham Fan: Wow, we got him! But how much? Spilly: Welcome the most expensive English Player to Rotherham United. We do have one more incoming in January. His technique, dribbling, first touch, finishing, teamwork and work rate at the age of 17 are exceptional. Next Month We have to face Villa and then we can see if Boxall is leaving or not and then it should be a good month of football.

UEFA Super Cup We're playing well, let's hope it continues. The line ups: Liverpool are a good side. Echeverri likes scoring against us and Pino has caused us problems in the past, especially when attacking Becerra in the air. This is now probably my best 11. May the best team win. First Half. Liverpool kick off. 6th minute: Becerra crosses in and Hubana heads juvt over. 14th minute: Tapia replaces the injured Lele. 20th minute: It's a brilliant run by Echeverri, he crosses in and Kusi-Asare heads in. 27th minute: Becerra dribbles down the left, cuts in but fires over. 28th minute: This time he does the same but finishes low! It's 1 - 1. 32nd minute: Phillips hits it from 30 yards but it's over. 45+1: We take the lead! Juliao wins the ball and we counter, Hubana back to Tapia. He crosses and Hojlund heads in! Second half. The Millers kick off. 53rd minute: Tapia crosses and Hojlund heads in to make it 3 - 1! 63rd minute: Tapia again, my word. Dekker plays it out to him, he's smart, finds Bellingham who takes on his man and smashes in. 65th minute: Kimble, Biffi, Aime and Vilela replace Yoro, Bellingham, Juliao and Hubana. 73rd minute: Ward crosses, Kusi-Asare heads in but he's offside! 78th minute: Tapia again!!! Hojlund hits in the freekick, Phillips heads it at goal but it's saved. Tapia is there to hit in the rebound. I can't remember a sub making this much of a difference! 80th minute: Ward hits in an absolute beautiful cross and Kusi-Asare has smartly done our defense and is free to head in. Tapia was unreal. 3 assists and a goal from coming as on a sub at RWB!

Community Shield Let's see if we can make up for last years defeat and our draw against West Ham at the back end of last season. The line ups: All I can say to my line up: The gang is back. I can actually play my strongest 11. First half. Rotherham United get the season underway. 19th minute: Becerra hits in and Hubana heads just over! 25th minute: Becerra throws in to Juliao. He plays it back. Becerra dribbles into the box and rifles it and it's a big save from Lima. Biffi with the corner, hits in and it's headed out. Juliao collects the loose ball and hits in! It's 1 - 0 after 26 minutes. We've been the better side in the first half. Second Half. The Hammers will need to improve to get a goal back here. 52nd minute: Becerra hits a good ball in but Hubana has a heavy firs totuch and Silveria clears. Lele picks up, crosses in and finds Juliao in space who heads in! It's ace when Juliao heads in! He's probably the smallest player on the pitch . It's 2 - 0! 64th minute: Lele crosses in a fantastic ball and Hojlund heads over. Should have done better. 65th minute: Lele intecerpts a long ball, dribbles 30 yards and hits just over the net. Brilliant and unlucky. 69th minute: Biffi hits in the freekick and Dekker heads into the side netting. Bitshiabu, Tapia, Quiroga, Vilela and Flores replace Yoro, Becerra, Phillips, Hojlund and Hubana in the 70th minute. Aime replaces Biffi in the 75th minute. 85th minute: Barco hits a ball in the box, we clear, West Ham have it back, Flores steals but Lima picks up. West Ham lost it again but it's a poor pass from Juliao, Brossard hits into the box and Plonka pulls one back for West Ham! Did I make too many subs? 87th minute: It's taken 85 minutes for West Ham to wake up but good passing and Gourna-Douath tries his luck from the edge of the box but he curls it just over. We held on for a deserved win. Let's hope that's the start of a cup filled season.

Season 13 - 2035/2036 As the norm, my assistant Julien Lachuer has been taking charge of friendly matches. We've been good, enjoyed a trip to China and we've seen Hojlund and Yoro return. I was expecting a big summer and it couldn't be any further from the truth in this current state. I've had to complain to the press again to try and get a stadium built. Do I have any hope? None at all. The whole thing feels very frustrating Journalist: With news that Rotherham council have refused planning permission for a new Rotherham United stadium, how do you feel? Spilly: Flabbergasted. I was excited about the future of Rotherham United and I feel let down. I took over the club when we were trying to avoid relegation as it was a real threat. Now we're back to back Champions League winners and we've won the Premiership 9 times in a row. This is a club here to stay. Journalist: Do you feel your amibitons are met by the Chairman? Spilly: Sometimes I don't. We're currently the second biggest club in the World and I feel some would say we're bigger than Inter. We've grown bigger than the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester United. Yes, we have the best facilities that we can possibly get but I've been very clever in the transfer market and I make us money. Journalist: With the idea of Rotherham United playing in what was supposed to be a 67,000 seater stadium. Do you feel that the bigger venue would have brought money into the town of Rotherham? Spilly: Absolutely. Think of the income to surronding areas from away fans needing to stay, nights out in Rotherham, Champions League nights. Think about the jobs it would have brought in. Not just that but the nights that people will cherish for the the rest of their life. Imagine a stadium bigger than the Etihad, bigger than Anfield. The pride of South Yorkshire, Rotherham fans would have never imagined being able to see their team in a stadium like that. Journalist: There's rumours that you've gone back in with new plans for a stadium, is this true? Spilly: Well as you know I've had to leak my story again to the press about Dai Yongge and his amibtion for a new stadium just for plans to be put in place. I don't have much hope for the plans to be approved at the end of the footballing year but as you've seen we've currently let a bunch of our players go, bringing in £238million in transfer sales and I haven't spent a penny bringing players in. Journalist: On the subjects of transfers. After selling so many players and having a transfer budget of nearly £600mil, will you be looking to add any players to the team? Spilly: I absolutely will. I have a bid in already for one youth player and there's an retired English international in the final year of his contract. He's currently 32 and is probably the best player in the world in his position. His club are willing to let him go and he'll still cost a pretty penny but what's the point in making all this money if I can't have a bit of a fun with it if my original plans won't be taking place. Journalist: There's only one player that could be. Are you going on record that you're trying to bring in Jude Bellingham to Rotherham United? Spilly: All I'm saying is watch this space. I'm looking to break Rotherham Uniteds record transfer fee. Transfers It's true, I've sold so many players to try help fund stadium which isn't happening. Besic - loads of potential but needs to play. Feel his lack of determination is hindering him a bit. MacDonald - I'll miss Kevin, my first "wow" academy player. He's a good player but he doesn't fit as a MC or ST here and honestly, he's better at AMC which I don't play. Belt - Youngster with no potential here. In the last year of his contract and £5mil was very good money. Gregory - An academy player who's never gonna hit his potential. Actually shocked he's going to be first team at Juventus. Moreira - The academy player I could never understand what he actually was. Bags of potential but for what position I don't know. I got very good money for him. Toledano - I got very good money for him. He's near enough peaked and isn't good enough. He's an academy player who was in the last year of his contract. Lawl - Academy AF with lots of potential. Already capped for Sweden but he's a selfish player and does not fit here. Vermiglio - Last year of his contract and wanted be a squad player. I have 3 players who can play RWB who are much better, wasn't needed. Blott - Lots of potential, I do hope he can play here in the future. Young - Shame I could only get £7.5mil for young. He's not the worst player but he was in the last year of his contract and isn't good enough. Pitchford - I felt like it was time for him to move on. I got amazing money and I have Mitrovic back from loan who I want to try. I also have a youngster I want to give game time. The last 4 are all loans that need game time. Wu Runze will hopefully make it here, he's an academy player. Backroom I only made one replacement. I had a coach retire and the only one who looked good enough to replace was Jay Spearing. He's actually quite a good Possession - Tactical coach at 4.5* which was an upgrade to our 4* coaches. Season Start We've got two cups to win. Hopefully we can win the Community Shield this year and let's see if we can improve the squad!

End of Season Not just that but some of our loans have been impressive. Peng, Moreira and Gregory helped Bournemouth win the Championship and Young won the Scottish Cup. All I see is money though as I'm willing to sell all 4 of them . We lost nearly a 1million followrs due to the FA Cup loss? . I think we're back at being the biggest club in the world. I'm not sure what the summer will hold. I have loan players due back I'm happy to move on. I might let Mitrovic stay for a season to see if he can kick on and let Pitchford move on. Youth players MacDonald, Gregory and Moreira will be allowed to move on. If I get the right money, Peng, Mendouga, Young and Pitchford can go. I might let Martinez move on as bringing in nearly 50mil for a backup GK might be worth it, though my 3rd GK needs to go out and play to improve so we'll see. I'm not sure what to do about Hojlund due to his wage vs age but we've also massively missed him. A ton of people are interesed in Quiroga but unless I can find a replacement he won't be leaving. It might be a big summer, I do feel we could do with some new blood, especially uptop. It's been a good season, we need to be a bit more solid but we've also had quite a few injuries. It's a big shame about the FA Cup Final but we still did a treble. I wonder if we'll hear anything about the stadium. We're about to enter season 13 and I'm still excited what's to come .

Champions League Final I upset my team it seems . I said it's a game we should be winning and supposedly we're not on Spurs level and according to pre-match Spurs are favourites. We've won our last 4 games against Spurs and finished 30 points above them in the league . Will it be different because we're playing them in Germany? Nah . The line ups: Juliao and Pitchford make the bench but they have knocks. Alot of my players aren't fully fit but I know we can beat Spurs! First half: Spurs start the Champions League Final. 15th minute: Kjaergaard tries a 25 yarder freekick and Robledo manages to tip over. What a strike! Spurs with the corner, Mannsverk swings in and Tremble heads out. Chol-Min picks up, we clear. 22nd minute: Tremble goes on a run, crosses and Hubana heads over. 45th minute: Duranville hits in a corner and Kjaegaard heads in but Zedda is straight infront of Robledo and it's called for offside. Second half. The Millers kick off and need to play their own game! 61st minute: Kimble replaces Lele. 70th minute: Tapia is on for Becerra. Flores is being replaced by Pitchford and Aime replaces Boxall. There's been no quality in this game! Vilela replaces Hubana and Juliao replaces Biffi as we enter extra time. First half extra time: Time to try my attacking tactic as this game has nothing happening. 107th minute: Pitchford hits in a corner, it's cleared, it's played back to Pitchford, he dribbles into the box and fires in but he's offside.. is he? I don't know about that time ref! 114th minute: We're down to 10 as Kimble is injured. It's pens, what a terrible game . We take first. Juliao steps up... it the corner! Bergvall.. Robledo saves! Phillips... smashes into the corner! Sarr... smashed past Robledo! Vilela... sends McKenna the wrong way! Paez... cheeky pen, it's in! Aime... smashed down the middle! McKenna dove! Manioo... Robledo saves!!! WE'RE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNERS. TWO IN A ROW!!! FOUR TIMES IN SEVEN YEARS!!!

FA Cup Final I have 4 main strikers, 2 are out and 1 has a knock. We've won the last 3 FA Cup Finals and I'd love to make it 4 but I don't think we're favourites this time. Last time we faced West Ham we did batter them but we ended up drawing, if we improve our finishing maybe we will win this. Line ups: West Ham have such a good team. Silveira is the best CB in the world, Caron is an amazing flair winger and Hartel is an absolute elite level advanced forward. We have Hubana though. First Half. The Millers get the FA Cup underway. 9th minute: Rios hits in a corner for West Ham, Tremble heads clear, Brossard picks up, he plays it back and Lima kicks it up, we win the ball back, we're countering, Flores has it, Becerra, plays in Juliao and my word! WHAT A MISS! 14th minute: Boxall replaces the injured Juliao. 21st minute: Hartel tries a long shot but it isn't pretty. 25th minute: Lele wins the ball back, we counter and Biffi is through and my word, another sitter! What are my midfield doing today! 36th: Talking about my midfield. Phillips just decided to try and injure his opponent with a horrendous two-footed tackle. He's off, we're down to 10 after 36 minute. Quiroga is replacing Hubana has he is also injured so we have 1 upfront. My midfield have massively let us down so far today. Second half: West Ham kick off. 60th minute: Aime replaces Biffi, Vilela replaces Flores and Tapia is on for Lele. 84th minute: Tremble wins the ball back and we counter. Aime dribbles into the box and fires just wide! 93rd minute: Ferreira sees Robledo off his line and tries a 40 yarder but it's over. 95th minute: Brilliant passing from The Millers, Tapia dribbles into the box and forces a good save from Lima! Boxall with the corner and it's headed clear. It's extra time. ET first half. 95th minute: Aime hits a freekick and Lima has to get across to save! Becerra with the corner, Tremble flicks on, West Ham hit it up and Quiroga heads over. ET second half. 108th minute: We have a freekick on the edge of the West Ham box. Becerra steps over, he hits it to the back post, Bitshiabu heads it, it's the post! Quiroga with the rebound and the post again!!! What was that! 110th minute: Rovella hits a 30 yarder and Robledo has to get across to deny. Good strike. Barco with the corner and Tremble clears. Plonka picks up, into Patterson and it's another West Ham corner. Barco again, it's to the edge of the box, it hits Bitshiabu but it's offside from Caron. 121st minute: Ferreira tries another long shot and it's over. It's a penalty shoot out. Even with 10 men, how did we not win this . West Ham take the first pen. It's Barco... just past Robledo! Vilela... Lima goes the right way but no chance. Joao Gomes... slotted into the corner, Robledo went the wrong way. Becerra... Lima saves! Plonka... sends Robledo the wrong way! Boxall... Lima saves! Rovella... WEST HAM WIN THE FA CUP. My midfield need sacking, the absolute lot of them. Sitters missed and then a red card. Juliao is a doubt for the Champions League final, Hubana will be fine.

The Prem is over and it's onto the cup finals Not as many awards as previous years. Not as solid at the back this year and our lowest scoring season in 5 years. Work do be done. I don't feel we need to buy anyone, we just need to create more partnerships with the new players/youth emerging. Champions League We did the double over Real with some very good football. And it's an English Final! They beat us in the Community Shield, we beat them in the Carabao Cup Final and the FA Cup Quarter Final. It should be a good final. First though, it's the FA Cup Final vs West Ham. We'll be without Pitchford and Hojlund. Lele is just back in time and Yoro is still weeks away.

April Considering the amount of injuries we've had, it's been a brilliant month. We head into our final month without Yoro, Hojlund and Lele. Kimble will be back for the Real game, Phillips won't. We have some tired players and a couple of injuries after the international break so I'm having to rotate which includes Hojlund only managing to make the bench which is a blow but he'll be fit for the Inter game. Tapia starts at RWB as Lele is recovering from a knock and Kimble is out for up to 6 weeks. If the results go our way, we'll be Champions today. There's a mistake at the back from Leeds! Tapia puts pressure on Amo-Ameyaw, Hubana steals the ball off him, plays through Flores who slots in after just 3 minutes! We double the lead after 37 minutes! Boxall hits in the corner, Bitshiabu flicks it on, Dekker heads it against the bar and Phillips is first to the loose ball to hit in! We've been in total control in this first half, Leeds haven't even had a shot and they're at home! Leeds have pulled one back! It's a counter, a long ball over to Amo-Ameyaw, he crosses in to nobody and Bitshiabu just heads it out straight to Aguiar who hits past Robledo after 72 minutes, that was so bad from Bitshiabu! There's a big blow as Phillips leaves the field injury right before the Inter game. Pitchford seals the points after 86 minutes, we hit in the corner and it's cleared, we're heading in about, Leeds are heading it out, we're heading it back in, Flores hits over from the right and Pitchford heads in. That was a good win but if we'd of finished our chances we could of had 6! Another game where I'm having to rotate, we had the chances against Inter but didn't get the job done so I need everyone fit for the 2nd leg. We're at home against Sheff Utd and should really win. There's a mistake at the back! Tapia hits a long ball, McConnell intercepts but he dwells on it and Pitchford robs him and then slots under the keeper, we take the lead after 42 minutes! We double after 53 minutes! Tapia is first to a loose header, he takes on his man, plays a low ball to Flores who hits into the bottom corner with a good close strike. Sheff Utd pull one back after 64 minutes! Former Miller Watson throws in, it's passed back to him, he dribbles into the box, plays a one-two and then hits it across goal where Onurhan hits in at the back post. We score just 2 minutes later to make it 3 - 1! Abudlai wins the ball back, plays it to Aime, he's tackled but collects the loose ball, dribbles into the box and hits in. That was a solid win and an old favourite of mine Dave Watson had a crackin' game for Sheff Utd. Tapia starts at RWB as Lele and Kimble are injured, we've not far from having an injury crisis. We're currently without 5 main players but atleast we're playing well. 1 point against Villa and we're Champions. It's an 88th goal and it's Hubana who heads in! Quiroga wins the ball, hits it upfield and Boxall wins it, it's with Vilela who dribbles half the pitch, goes down the left and crosses in where he finds Hubana at the back post. Brilliant counter. Dekker should have put us ahead early on and Swann should have scored for Villa at the end but we win and we're Champions! Since we're Champions I can rotate massively against Crystal Palace so my best players aren't injured are fit and ready to face Real. It's Palace who take the lead, Soumah hits a ball to Atum, he dribbles down the middle and Verdugo misses the header as he chips over and Nuamah volleys in after 26 minutes. Tremble equalises after 39 minutes, heading in Boxalls corner. That was terrible! We're on the counter, we're 4 v 4 and Tapia plays such a bad ball to Boxall, Palace counter, Soumah plays it across goal and Sousa hits in after 50 minutes. That was smart! Dias Quitar playus it to Aime, he dribbles into the box and then plays a smart trick pass into the path of Vermilgio who smashes in his first senior goal after 63 minutes. We're head! Boxall hits in the corner, it's headed out and Vermiglio picks up, he finds Aime in space on the right and he hits in after 66 minutes. Is that a penalty!? Is so I feel that's harsh! It is! Boxall goes down on the edge of the box and Reis hits in after 83 minutes to make it 4 - 2. Brilliant win considering I had youth on to start and on the bench, even Jonatan came off the bench instead of Becerra to make his Rotherham United debut. We could finish with over 100 points again which would be class. OH YEAH, we're Champions . 9 in a row! Champions League We battered Inter, we hit the woodwork twice, missed massive changes and then Febbrari smashed in a 28 yarder. It was a brilliant strike! Inters only shot on target! It was so good. We were lethal at home though. Absolutely quality from start to finish. Losing Hojlund for 3 months though was gutting. Real is as tough as they come. Inter were unbeaten in 20 and have only lost twice in Serie A so if we can beat them, I think we can beat Real. FA Cup Subs made a big difference and it ended up being a good win. Tough final but we can beat West Ham, they're a good team though. Bristol St.Motors Trophy As a Rotherham United fan I still call this the Pizza Cup after Warne won it. U21 Manager Darren Moore has won it with our youth squad . Why we're a selling club. We don't have the income of the big clubs and I've made alot of money through player sales, this shows why we need to keep buying youth and selling for more and why Dai has ideas above his station with that transfer budget he gives me. International Debuts Soon to be club grown Dias Quitar has made his Brazil debut and has been filling in for Yoro and has done really well. January purchase Aime has alot made his debut and Tevez is the Argentina manager! That's cool! Next Month We're still on for another quad. Only the Cup games are important, if I have to play youth and we lose in the league, that's fine. There aren't any records we can break. Just hoping Hubana wins the golden boot.

March Reality hit us. Our finishing against Forest, PSG at home and West Ham was comical. Our FA Cup and Champions League winning streaks both came to an end. Our former DM Gamal only makes the bench in our game vs Manchester United, their not in great form but they still have class players who can cause us problems. WHAT A GOAL. Phillips gives us the lead after 6 minutes, absolutely smashing in a 25 yarder after taking on his marker, quality! What a ball from Phillips! He plays a ball over the top to find Hojlund who's onside and hits in to make it 2 - 0 after 12 minutes! Phillips is having an absolute storming game! It's a penalty to The Millers! Hojlund intercepts a bad pass, takes on one defender and Guehi pulls him back! Hubana steps up... and he hits low! 3 - 0 after 21 minutes! This is brilliant! Hojlund makes it 4 after 47 minutes! Lele intercepts a bad pass, plays a one two with Hubana, plays it back to Hubana who hits across goal and Hojlund has the goal at his mercy. Now that's a hit! Garnacho pulls one back in the 91st minute from the edge of the box following a corner for Man Utd. We were quality today! Nottingham Forest have a new manager, Mason Mount. It's his first non-playing role and he's drawn his first game in charge, can we make his 2nd a loss? Biffi is out injured and there's some rotation to be made as the Nottingham Forest game falls inbetween the PSG matches. Hubana and Hojlund start and I'd love for them to get more goals towards challenging for the golden boot. Well, we had 23 shots, an xG of 2.30 and my word our finishing was woeful, what happened! We've been amazing in recent weeks! Looks like Mason is 2/2 for draws. We have some tired players after that 120 minute battle against Spurs! Let's see if we can battle through against 2nd in the league West Ham! West Ham take the lead in the 58th minute. It's their first shot all game, Tremble tackles Hartel but the ball falls to von Schwedler to hit in, a bit lucky. We deserverdly eqauslise in the 71st minute! Biffi hits in the corner, it's headed out and Quiroga on the volley curls a perfect ball to Pitchford who hits one, it's off the post and in! My 15 year old youth player just dribbled 30 yards and only just missed, what a debut that would have been! West Ham with their 2nd shot take the lead back! Tremble with a poor ball, von Schwedler steals, dribbles down the right, plays it to Hartel who finds Joao Gomes in space to hit in after 79 minutes. We've equalised, deserved again! Biffi hits in the corner, it's cleared, Quiroga hits it, it's blocked and Tapia smashes in the half volley in the 90th minute! HOW DID HOJLUND MISS THAT! We should have won at the very end! Poor finishing and poor defending cost us today, we were by far the better side. My 15 year old played pretty well. We broke another record that came to an end we drew to bottom of the league Forest . We're guranteed a top 3 so... Where on earth does Dai Yongge think we have that sort of money to spend . We're still very much a selling club and because we are we can afford to keep our best players. We're 15 points clear with 7 to go, it'd take some sort of disaster to mess this up. Deserved, it was an absolute beauty. Champions League Brilliant away, top quality finish. Xavi Simons was brilliant. Flores missed so many quality chances. So glad Aime came off the bench and scored as it was getting too close for comfort . Not an easy draw next either. To be the best, you've gotta beat the best. FA Cup It was a close game but we had chances to put this one away. Robledo made up for his earlier mistake by saving two pens to take us through to the semi final. Where we face Arsenal, a team we know we can beat. Youth intake This came as a shock! This could be our best intake! Duncan looks CLASS for his age and has already made his Rotherham United debut! He is the future if we get those physical stats up. Amoako looks interesting, he's a playmaker and has some quality stats for 16. I'm hoping he can make it here. Shame about his bravery but Kimble doesn't have the best bravery and is a solid RWB. Vardy is absolutely one for the future at LWB. All 3 look like they could make it to the first team here and all 3 will be full internationals if they hit their potential. It's a really exciting intake. Probably the best I've ever had on any FM save. Best 50 Wonderkids 2 academy players and 2 youth I've brought in. Wu Runze could be higher next year, he looks like he has the potential to be an England Interntional CB. Braithwaite looks quality as a AF or Winger, shame we don't play either. Next Month Hopefully we pick our form back up as we have some important games next month.

February This might have been the best month I've had on this save. We've been brilliant, in the one game we weren't(Newcastle) we were solid instead. We're away at Arsenal to start this tough month, a team that are doing much better this season. Hubana gives us the lead after 25 minutes! Boxall feeds a ball through and Kaiky doesn't track the run of Hubana and then makes a poor tackle, Hubana is in acres of space and finishes easily past del Castillo. Aime comes off the bench to score his first Rotherham United goal! It's a quick attack from back to front, Tremble to Quiroga, he finds Hubana who is deeper, he plays it to Biffi who plays a first time through ball to Aime. Aime dribbles through and slots in after 80 minutes. That was a lovely team goal. Arsenal have one back in the 88th! A quick counter, Saka plays it to Martinelli and he feeds through Nwaneri who slots in! We return back to Yorkshire with all 3 points! Aime has picked up a knock and was due to start so I'm giving Reis a game since he's the future. Hubana gives us the lead after 37 minutes! Quiroga hits a ball down the left for Tapia to run onto, he crosses across goal and Hubana hits in. Is that a penalty!? Flores hits in a freekick and Kimble is taken down to the ground! Hubana steps up and it's the post! He's absolutely smashed in the last couple, I'm not sure why he didn't do the same! Hojlund comes off the bench to make it 2 - 0 after 79 minutes. Boxall plays a smart freekick to Tapia, he smashes it, the keeper dives but it hits the post and falls to Hojlund to hit into an empty net. Hojlund gets a brace after heading in Boxalls cross after 87 minutes. He's got a hat-trick from the bench! Lele intercepts a poor ball, hits it down to Pitchford, he plays it to Hojlund who moves it onto his left foot and hits in after 96 minutes! We're 1st in the form table and have the best defense in the league but Liverpool know how to score against us. JULAIO HEADS IN! My 5'5 4 jumping reach CM just scored a header! Lele crosses and Julaio heads in as Edwards come out to catch the ball and misses after 15 minutes! Becerra makes it 2 - 0 after 20! We hit in a corner and it's clear to Hojlund, he plays it across to Becerra who dribbles into the box and fires low. Edwards is a new goalkeeper to me, he's a 26 year old American newgen who's Liverpools first team goalkeeper and his average rating in 24 games is 6.69 with only 3 clean sheets, ouch! Boxall heads in Becerra's cross after 42 minutes to make it 3 - 0. 3 shots on target, 3 goals. Edwards isn't having a good time. Hubana makes it 4 after 49 minutes. Liverpool clear, Yoro wins the header, Phillips hits a ball over to Boxall who heads to Hubana who's in miles of space to smash past the GK, you can't blame Edwards for that one. Liverpool have finally had a shot and it's a goal, it's 4 - 1! Antonio Silva heads in Szoboszlai's corner. Edwards is lucky to not be punished again! Lele crosses, Edwards comes out for it and misses it but Pitchford heads onto the bar! 5.6 rating!!! My word Liverpool were not good but that GK was poor! City are in poor form and Spike Brits is now their starting GK! That GK I once smashed 5 against. Let's try and do it again! Hubana scored a 25 yard screamer in just the 4th minute. He steals it off Swedberg and smashes it! City equalise in the 9th minute! Adams let's one fly from the edge of the box and it's in the top corner, proper hit. What is this game! Juliao wins the ball back from Swedberg, plays it to Hojlund and he smashes one in from the edge of the box after 20 minutes! Becerra tried one from 25 yards but Brits saved! Boxall makes it 3 after 27 minutes! Phillips plays it outwide to Becerra, he hits it across and Hojlund is about 3 yards out but Brits is straight infront of him and denies but Boxall hits in the rebound as he's free about 4 yards out. That is a smart goal, it's 4 - 1 in 45+4. Hubana takes a freekick to Hojlund who's free, he hits a smart past to Becerra and no one is tracking him! He's free to hit past Brits. What a first half. Theo Ball didn't even start for City, whoever their manager is needs sacking. He's a newgen DLP-DM that's probably the level of Prime Pirlo. That was an easy win, for the players City have, their formation and play positioning makes no sense to me! I'll take it! We're away at Newcastle, 2nd in the league and trying to challenge for the title but they have to get through us. It's some very good passing from The Millers, Tremble hits it outwide to Becerra who volleys into the box and his ball finds Hubana free to head in after just 4 minutes. A game without much quality but Newcastle offered no threat. We've lost Yoro for 4 - 5 months through injury though, that's a big loss. Really big blow, he's our RCB and he's quality. We have tired players and a cup final next so I've had to rotate against Chelsea but we're at home and we should get revenge for our away loss. We've had so many chances in the first half and Dekker finally puts us ahead heading in Biffi's corner after 44 minutes. Now Hojlund is off with an injury, hopefully he'll be fine for the cup final. That was a good move and it's 2 - 0! Lele plays it to Biffi in the box, he plays it back. Lele out to Quiroga who plays a brilliant ball into the path of Tapia who's inside the box on the left. Tapia volleys in to finish the move after 75 minutes. There's a red card and it's to Chelsea! Gonzalez the Chelsea CB has been the only player booked in the entire game, he's just got a 2nd yellow in the 82nd minute. It's 3 in the 94th minute after a brilliant counter, Dias Quitar wins the ball, Quiroga hits a brilliant ball down the left, Boxall collects and smashes a low ball into the box where he finds Biffi who smashes in. We were quality, 3.31xG vs 0.05. We're Champions already, we're 20 points clear. Carabao Cup See above post. FA Cup Absolutely brilliant in the first half, I made too many changes in my defense so play youth in the second . We've broken another record. Next Month Bit of an unknown month, we're still waiting on who we have in our cup competitions.

Carabao Cup Final We've won the last 5 finals, the last team before that that won the competition was City who beat us in the final. We're on a 23 Carabao Cup match winning run and it's been 41 games since we've lost. Spurs did end our Community Shield run so we need to make sure they don't do it here. The line ups: We're without Yoro our main RCB as he picked up an injury against Newcastle and is out for 4 - 5 months, it's a huge blow. I'm shocked Warburton isn't starting at LB, he's a brilliant player. First half. The Millers get us started here at Wembley. 5th minute: It's quick attacking from both teams looking for an early goal. Phillips wins the ball, dribbles into the box but fires into the side netting. 16th: We nearly fluked a goal! Becerra does amazing down the left, past him man, dribbles into the box and hits it, it's hits a Spurs defender, hits off our attacker and onto the post! McKenna gathers. So close. 40th minute: A big chance. Spurs clear but we pick up, Boxall crosses and Hojlund is free but it's a poor header and well over. 45+2: Is that onside!? A brilliant ball out to Lele who hits an even better ball into the box. Hubana smashes it first time and it is onside! We're deservedly ahead! Second half: Spurs kick off. 48th minute: What about that one!? is that onside!? Phillips plays it to Juliao, his first time touch takes it past his man, he hits into the box and Hubana hits in! 2 - 0! 59th minute: Phillips hits it from 30 yards and it's off the bar! That was a crackin' strike, unlucky. Tapia and Flores replace Hojlund and Becerra in the 70th minute. 79th minute: It's 3 - 0! Lele throws in to Boxall, back to Lele, he dribbles past him man, finds Boxall in the box who has acres of space around him and acres of space to aim at. 6 in a row! Spurs didn't have a shot on target. We love the Carabao Cup . We've won 7 finals and lost 2. Compared to the FA Cup we've won 4 and lost 3 and the Champions League we've won 3 and lost 2. Why is the Carabao Cup the special one .

January We've had a few injuries and some players leave but we've grinded out results, we've been solid and we've played some good football. Hoping we can keep our good form up against Everton who shocked Newcastle last month, beating them 2 - 1. Neves has to come off with a foot injury, that doesn't look good. Hubana gives us the lead after 42 minutes and it's well deserves. Lele pulls off a trick and passes to Boxall, he plays it across to Hubana where it takes a deflection and Hubana hits in. Ohh what a strike Boxall! He hits it from 25 yards and it crashes off the crossbar and in after 45+5! Juliao makes it 3 after 53 minutes. It's hit outwide to Becerra, he dribbles down the left, cuts in, plays to Juliao who puts it onto his right foot and smashes in. Everton have scored a 95th goal! It's their first shot all game! Tapia gets robbed but Everton play it back and then across the other side of the pitch, Kitenge plays it through the middle to Lee who finishes off a quick attack. I made too many defensive subs at the end to leave us that open but that was a good win! We're without Hubana who's out for a couple of weeks but we have just absolutely battered West Ham without him and hopefully we can continue into the game against Spurs. It's lucky but we're ahead after 63 minutes! Biffi hits a freekick down the right to Yoro, he plays it back to Biffi, he shoots into the crowd, there's a block, a deflection and it falls to Boxall to hit in, lucky! Vilela is fouled! Is it in the box!? Sadly it's JUST out. A game that lacked quality but we stopped Spurs even having a shot on target. Gamal looks like he's on the move to Manchester United as I won't meed his contract demands, Phillips is injured so Quiroga is recalled from loan and starts against Fulham. Kimble scores against his former club after just 13 minutes to give us the lead. Fulham equalise in the 19th minute with Collins heading in Curtis Jones' corner. Flores has come off the bench to to put us back ahead after a brilliant through ball by Becerra, Flores beats the on rushing goalkeeper to hit in after 67 minutes. Flores seals the victory in the 93rd minute, dribbling past his marker and smashing in after 93 minutes. Quiroga signed in 2030/31 and it's now 34/35, it took basically 4 years for his debut . We're flying high at the top! Not an award we get often so seeing a goal of the month is pretty cool! FA Cup I had some youngsters and backups get in a full 90 minutes so it was good for them and a good win. Chelsea didn't have a shot on target, we were solid and Hubana on his return scored the only goal. We should be able to batter 'Boro. Carabao Cup Absolutely brilliant in the 1st leg, I had to rotate a little in the 2nd leg and Tremble saved our winning record in the 95th minute . The team that ended our Community Shield winning run is now looking to end our Carabao Cup winning run! Champions League We were brilliant, not our usual starting 11 so it was great to see. We deserved our late winner, we had chances but Benfica's goalkeeper was pulling off save after save. Deadline Day So we've had a busy window. Neves was on 275k a week and had 16 months left on his contract so I chose to cash in, he's gone to Barcelona for less than I was paying him but we've not missed him so far. He did his job in tutoring the players I wanted him too but I'm happy for Boxall and Biffi to play in his place. Gamal is an odd one, he's of the OG homegrown players and I didn't want him to leave, he's a good squad player but he wanted £200k a week and it was not happening, I ended contracts talks and offered him out. He's gone to Man Utd for 155k a week which I would have paid him. I think £60mil is good business though. I've brought 4 players in and 2 of them were the players I wanted in the summer and they've come for alot less wage! First we have Aime who's a squad player being retrained at MC and still has alot of potential! Absolute steal for £10mil. Matsumoto has alot of work to do but he's being trained to be a future MC for us aswell. Jonatan is full of flaws, I mean just look at his marking, passing and tackle but we have a World Class LWB to help mentor him. Can he reach his potential? Kevin "Bulldozer" Buchholzer. He needs to work on his strength but he's a 6'5 BWM who can fill in at CB, he could be a big player in the future. I had a bid accepted for another youth CM who's on loan from Roma at Mainz but the deal didn't go through in time which is a shame. He looked decent. And I guess the not new signing but someone who'll be our 2nd DM for the rest of the season. He's played well in his 3 games for us so far and I do like he's good with both feet and can win a header. I've bought 76mil worth of players this season and sold 161mil and will be looking to make bank in the summer since we have a new stadium to prepare for. Some crazy money being spent in January! \ Think I'm the only one who buys for the future . Maybe that's the difference. Next Month That is a difficult run of games, we'll be glad to finish the month off against 'Boro.

December Such an odd month, we either had chances and struggled infront of goal or we were very clinical! Home against Leeds, we have to win this one. It's half time and neither team has had a shot on target, Boxall should have buried his chance but he skied it. Ohhhh Lele! We hit in a corner but Leeds clear, we collect the loose ball, it's our defenders passing it around the edge of their box and Lele just smahses it from the edge of the box, it's a brilliant strike after 55 minutes. We had alot of chances, 23 shots, only 8 on target and an xG of 2.78 vs Leeds who had 1 shot, 1 on target and a 0.00xG and it took a wonder goal to win, our finishing is letting us down at the moment. Another Yorkshire match, this time against Sheffield United and it's another game we should be winning. Lele looked like he won the ball to me but the ref has gone to VAR and thankfully it isn't a penalty! This time it is a penalty as Tremble takes down his man and Sheff Utd take the lead after 42 minutes, they haven't had a sniff all game but we're behind. Hojlund equalises in the 47th minute after hitting in a first shot time. Hubanas pass through to set him up was sublime. Juliao gives us the lead after hitting in from just inside the box, it hit the bar and bouced in after 53 minutes. Is there a foul? There isn't and Hojlund makes it 3, we hit in a corner, it's cleared back to Neves, he hits into the box, Tremble blocks his man and Hojlund gets a brace after 62 minutes. Gamal makes it 4 after 79 minutes. Tapia with the ball down the left, back to Dias Quitar, he hits a pass to Gamal on the edge of the box, Gamal dribbles just inside the box and smashes in. Hojlund gets his hat-trick in the 88th minute after heading in Pitchford's cross. We were brilliant in the 2nd half, 5 goals, so many chances and Sheff Utd didn't manage a shot. In fact the pen was the only shot they had all game. I've had to rotate against Villa so I'm hoping Boxall and Biffi perform in midfield. Do we have a pen? Biffi is taken down in the 3rd minute. Yes it is! Hubana slots low into the corner past Bazunu after 4 minutes! Brilliant strike after a great move and we're 2 - 0! Hubana plays it out to Lele, he dribbles into the box, plays it back to Phillips who thumps it first time into the net after 24 minutes. Boxall makes it 3 after 28 minutes after a great strike finishing off a great move! This is brilliant football from The Millers! Villa pull one back just before the break, Lele tackles Sanitago but Fionuke picks it up, plays it back to Sanitago, he hits it across the box to find England International Swann who hits in after 45+2. Flores has come off the bench to make it 4, good attacking down the right, Lele crosses and Flores nods in at the near post after 71 minutes. Some brilliant football from The Millers today and some great finishing. Lele was at his best. I'm having to rotate again against Crystal Palace, Dekker and Yoro both need resting, Bitshiabu makes his return and youngster Dias Quitar starts again, he's been quite impressive this season. We've had the possession, the chances but we go in at half time level, our shooting has been wasteful. It's Palace who take the lead, a ball over the top by Essama, Soumah beats the offside trap and hits in after 48 minutes. Flores equalises in ther 68th minute, Dias Quiatar hits a ball down the right, Lele hits into the box and Flores smashes in. Not good enough, we had the chances but our shooting was woeful! Boxall gives us the lead after just 2 minutes against Brighton! He hits in the corner, it's cleared, Juliao plays it back to him, he has time to cut in, dribble and curl past Raggi. It's Juliao who makes it 2 after 28 minutes. Good attacking, Becerra plays it to Juliao who dribbles into the box and strikes it well, that's much better finishing from Juliao. Hojlund makes it 3 after 34 minutes! Lele it to Juliao but he's tackled, the ball halls to Hubana who plays through Hojlund who strikes well from just outside the box. What a brilliant first half! This is the type of finishing we've been missing! It's an own goal and 3 - 1! Gilmour dribbles down the left, crosses in and Dekker hits in for an O.G after 67 minutes! Can Brighton make a comeback? They didn't have a chance after, we were good today. Brentford are 20th and haven't won all season so I feel safe to make big changes and let some youth play a Prem game. Vilela puts us ahead after 12 minutes! Tapia crosses from the left, it takes a deflection and Vilela is there to hit in. The result was never in doubt, Brentford didn't have a shot on target. We had chances to score more and it would have been nice. Southampton were doing well but they're now 20th in the form table and we're at home, we should be winning this. It's an early goal to The Millers, Neves plays it to the feet of Hubana, he turns and does his marker, dribbles and absolutely smashes it in to give us the lead after 5 minutes. Hubana doubles after 20 minutes! He dribbles from the half way line and from about 20 yards out smashes it low, the goalkeeper manages to get a hand to it but it's in! It's 3 in the 27th! Kimble hits an early cross, Hubana flicks on and Hojlund heads in! Neves makes it 4 after 48 minutes. Yoro hits a ball down the right, Hubana picks it up in the box, plays it to Neves in space who hits in. Is that a pen!? Vermiglio crosses and Boxall is pushed to the floor! It's Hubana who steps up and smashes in for his hat-trick after 67 minutes. He's got a 4th and it's 6 - 0! Hubana heads in Boxalls corner after 85 minutes. Biffi makes it 7 after 87! Bitshiabu plays it across to Vermigilio who hits it first time to Biffi in the box who hits in first time. Hojlund makes it 8 after 94 minutes! Good passing from the Millers, Vermiglio dribbles into the box, plays it across goal and Hojlund hits in. What a win!!! Newcastle have lost 2 and drawn 1 this month where we've only slipped up by drawing once so we have some breathing room. Champions League Our impressive Champions League campaign continues. FA Cup Draw A home draw and a match we should win. Carabao Cup Brilliant, much better than our league game against Leeds earlier in the month. That is a difficult draw but we're Carabao Cup heroes, having won our last 21 Carabao Cup games. Youth intake Looks like an alright intake! We'll see! Football of the Year Hubana is the best in the world . A Bosnian striker who was the next Dzeko has become the best of the best. Robledo is brilliant. He's even better than Kovar and I didn't think I'd ever replace him. Dekker and Yoro deserve to be there, it's a shame that Becerra doesn't make it to LB and only makes the bench. Next Month Alot of difficult games and we'll need to be at our best. We have alot of players that clubs are interested in, West Ham have already big 106mil(most of it being bonuses) for Robledo which is insulting for the best goalkeeper in the world. Rumours are Spurs want to bid for Pitchford and are lining up for a £117mil bid. I'd drive him there myself for that .