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FA Cup Final We've not even finished the prem yet, I still have 19th place Hull to face. We've made the 100 point mark but it wasn't fully certain, I played a youth RWB against Wolves and he was sent off after 7 minutes! Thankfully we saw it through 1 - 0. Let's make it 3 FA Cup Final wins in a row. The line ups: Our first 11 is fit and ready to go. Manchester United have some injuries and suspeisons, Garnacho is out but Urgana and Kroupi quality players. First half. Manchester United kick off. 20th minute: We've taken the lead! There's been nothing in it but Bitshiabu heads in Neves' corner! Bodin gets a hand to it but it's in! 32nd minute: Brilliant counter by Manchester United after a poor pass from us. Hickey to Kroupi, he plays through Voss who hammers in. 1 - 1. 35th minute: Phillips shoots low from the edge of the area and it's a huge save from Bodin! 38th minute: We lose it but win it back, Becerra crosses and Hubana heads over. 41st minute: HUBANAAAAA. What a mistake! Bodin from a goalkick, passes to Guehi, he dwells on the ball, Hubana steals and hits in! That was mental! The Millers kick off the second half. 47th minute: It's good attacking from The Millers and I'm just waiting for someone to pull the trigger, Phillips finally does but it's just wide. 63rd minute: It's scrappy again, Neves wins the ball back, good passing but then it's poor from Holjund, we win it straight back, Juliao shoots and it's a good save from Bodin. Neves takes the corner, it's cleared to Juliao, to Neves who's offside. 75th minute: Players are tired, they've worked hard today. Hubana, Hojlund, Juliao, Neves and Becerra are replacing by Pitchford, Flores, Biffi, Boxall and Tapia. 84th minute: Hickey crosses and Robledo punches out, Boxall picks up and is on the counter, it's Flores, Tapiaa, Boxalls first touch is heavy, Chan takes it but it's Boxall who takes it off Chan, crosses it, Pitchford heads down and Flores hits in! Surely that's game! 94th minute: Flores hits in the corner but Yoro heads over. 3 IN A ROW!!!

Into the final.. Bitshiabu was unreal, a defensive rock and assisted Flores. This is our 4th Champions League final in a row, we've only one one of the last three, can we break the losing streak?

April Good month! Record points still on the cards if Robledo keeps a clean sheet in our last 3 games, he'll have the most clean sheets in a season in Prem history. He dropped a clanger against Bournemouth though! Pitchford and Flores start upfront against West Ham, Hubana isn't fully fit after international duty. Juliao gives us the lead after 40 minutes after a brilliant counter, Pitchford does brilliant to take on the last defender, his shot is saved but Juliao is there to hit into the net. Flores doubled just before the break, Pitchford again with his pace, dribbles down, hits low across the box, Rovella mishits it and Flores hits in. That was a good solid win, Pitchford didn't get a goal but he made some very important plays. Lele, Dekker and Becerra are on holiday resting so we've rotated for the Southampton game. Boxall puts us ahead after just 11 minutes, he hits in the corner, it's cleared, Tapia picks up, Tremble to Boxall, he moves it to his right foot and curls it round the Southampton goalkeeper. Boxall doubles after 13 minutes! Brilliant counter by The Millers, Hojlund to Boxall and it's off the post and in. Hubana makes it 3 after 22 minutes. Tapia throws to MacDonald, he crosses in, Kimble heads to Hubana who's in alot of space to volley in. Hubana is off injured, let's hope it isn't serious. Hojlund makes it 4, heading in Kimble's cross after 40 minutes. That was brilliant football to make it 5 - 0! Pitchford down the right, passes to Hojlund, first touch pass to MacDonald, first touch pass to set up Boxall to hit in for his hat-trick after 51 minutes. Southampton pull one back in the 55th minute, they hit in a corner, it's headed up, Penetra collects, passes to Guzman on the edge of the box and he hits it first time as it curls past Robledo, quality strike. Southampton have pulled another back, Vink with a volleyed pass through to Barton, he dribbles down and hits in, I did put 3 youth defenders on to give them experience in the 67th minute. We played some really good football today. A single point against Brighton will see us Champions, we're at home but Brighton love to give us a challenge. Pitchford is off the pitch with a knock but doesn't matter, we take the lead through a set piece, Dekker heading in Boxall's freekick at the back post after 51 minutes. Brighton were absolutely solid but we managed to break them down in the end. A good win and we're Champions! We've had to make some changes against Villa as we face Inter next in the Champions League and we know they're a good team, we have no right sided striker as Pitchford and Hubana are both injured. Samu gives Aston Villa the lead with a powerful effort after 14 minutes. Vilela has come off the bench to score his first Rotherham United goal! He steals the ball from Jose Marsa, dribbles 30 yards and hits past Bazunu in the 69th minute to equalise! We ended up being the better side, Vilela hit the bar with a powerful strike near the end but we share the points today. I've sent a few of the lads on holiday as they're very tired so we've rotated against Bournemouth, we should have enough quality to see this through. Wow, Becerra put us ahead after 40 minutes, beating in his man in the air and heading in Lele's cross! That is not something you see everyday! He is 5'4 with 3 jumping reach. Bournemouth equalise just after the break, Kaio Jorge plays through Mastantuono, Robledo makes an error coming through the ball and it's an easy hit in. We finally take the lead in the 80 minute! MacDonald hits in a cross and Neves hits in. We deserved that, we had so many chances, we hit the bar twice but I feel like it was more four times! Look at our goal difference . Hubana has been out injured and Haaland has been on a scoring spree so it looks like he'll just be missing our on the golden boot again. Haaland has scored 29 in 34, last year he scored 28 in 26, he's a machine. Champions League We went down and they were the better team first half but we were brilliant the second half! Job done. And onto Inter Milan... And just pipped them away, I'd like to think we'd win at home. FA Cup We do love beating Liverpool. It's a tough final against Manchester United as they beat Notts County. Youth Facilities They've rejected it again... LEAK TO PRESS.... We have money in the bank, I've made us the best team in England. Not asking much. I did ask for a new contract aswell which they switfly gave Personality Change He's gone from resilient to a model citizen and he's improving well. Just need to get his pace up. Tipped for Champions League Young Player of the Season Every single player in that list plays for Rotherham United . Next Month The quad is still on, we really should get record points with those remaining fixtures!

March Revenge on Rennes, lucky against Arsenal and Leeds and brilliance against Liverpool, a good month. Arsenal are having a bad season, I'm hoping we can add to it. It looks like we may have robbed it in 82nd minute, it's a good counter, Hojlund plays it through to Biffi who slots in, it's very bad from Arsenal CB Kaiky keeping Biffi onside, he's not in line with the other 3 defenders at all! A super-sub winning us the game through our only real chance, Arsenal had an early chance but they hit the woodwork, a game lacking real quality but I'll take the win! All 3 goals we've scored so far this season have involved MacDonald as he's come off the bench to play in CM, I might be onto something here. It's a Yorkshire Derby awat at Leeds. And they have an early pen as Hubana takes down former-Miller Iroegbunam! Bertug who loves a goal against us steps up and... wow! That is a poor penalty! Robeldo takes easily! It's Iroegbunam who gives Leeds the lead in the 48th minute, good passing down the left, Aguiar plays across goal and Iroegbunam finishes. It's a 96th minute equaliser! Flores with a quality ball from the right, it beats 3 defenders and finds Pitchford just onside to hit in! Phew! We were not great today at all! We haven't been at our best at creating chances in the last two games so Boxall gets the nod to start in MC to hopefully unlock Liverpools defense. We take an early lead against Liverpool, Juliao intercepts the ball and we counter, Becerra plays to Hojlund, he dribbles into the box, shoots low and he megs the Liverpool goalkeeper Castro after 6 minutes! Liverpool equalise in the 8th minute, Echeverri crosses, Yemery heads down, beating Becerra in the air and Kusi-Asare is there to smash in. We're back in the lead after 13 minutes! A brilliant dribble and then cross from Hojlund finds Hubana who beats his marker and heads in. What a strike from Hubana!!! Liverpool have a throw in, it's to Kusi-Asare and his pass back is intercepted by Hubana who then smashes it from 20 odd yards out after 29 minutes. We've got a 4th after 31 minutes! Becerra again down the left, he's patient and the plays through Juliao who hits in first time. We're getting alot of chances down our left. It's 5 in the 45th minute! This time we attack brilliant down the right, Boxall plays in Hojlund and his shot hits defender de Bruine in the legs and deflects past Castro. It's 6! We're just attacking, if Liverpool win the ball back it's just hoofed out and we go again. Phillips plays over a brilliant ball, Boxall lets it drop and then volleys it past Castro in the 60th minute, brilliant strike. We were absolutely brilliant, I thought we had a real game on after the early equaliser but it was so one sided, that was Liverpools only shot on target. 1 more win and we're Champions. Champions League They're a tough team to score against and I was really happy we managed to get the job done. We've never lost to Ajax and we have a good chance of getting through to the semi final. FA Cup I rotated massively due to fitness so it was a good win. Hopefully we can smash Liverpool again. Imagine if Notts County beat Manchester United . Youth intake It's a shame Hughes looks like he'd rather play for Scotland rather than England because he could be a real gem. Brilliant personality aswell. Kapuscinski has a chance to make it, he'll be being retrained to DM. I'll be training N'Goma as a Mezzala but I'm not sure he'll ever make it. He's also massively injury prone. International Debuts This one is cool, he's an academy product playing for Brazil, that's awesome to see. Let's be honest... isn't this one about time? He's been a main CB at the 2nd best team in the world for years now. Mon the Biffi. Even though he's purchased, he's still a homegrown product so it's cool to see. Also there's a bug, it means to say Quiroga also made his Argentia debut . "Best Young Player". Already has 36 goals in 54 caps for Bosnia at 22 . Another one I bought who's now homegrown and out on loan, not having the best Sweden but he's a full international now. Best 50 Wonderkids 3 academy products and 2 purchased players in 50, that's pretty cool. Next Month Let's keep this form going! West Ham are a tough team but we could be Champions after, the cup games are the most important, we're still on for the quad!

Is it happening!? I'm no expert but surely it makes sense to think that a large capacity invites more fans and therefore more money from ticket sales? I'd had enough of 70k fans waiting for a season ticket.

February Just, fantastic. After their red cards, Boxall and Neves can stay on the bench vs Chelsea as Biffi played well against Liverpool in the cup, he deserves to start. And it's Biffi who wins the ball back, we counter, a brilliant ball over by Hubana to Becerra, he dribbles down the left, crosses in and Hojlund ends his goal drought by heading in after just 5 minutes. Hubana doubles after 22 minutes, Lele plays a low ball into the box, Biffi dummys and takes out his marker, the ball is picked up by Hubana who hits in low past Trubin. That was brilliant football by Rotherham United, Lele finishes it by crosssing from the right, Davidson misses his header and Juliao volleys in after 30 minutes. Pitchford makes it 4 in the 94th minute, Lele down the right again, he crosses and Pitchford heads in using the back of his head! Lele with 3 assists today! It's an early goal against Sunderland, Tremble plays through MacDonald who's playing at MC, he collects and slots in! Hubana doubles after 26 minutes, heading in Tapia's cross. Good win. Boxall and Neves are suspended, it'll be a tough game, the positive is we're at home. We've had alot of chances but we've not put them away and in the 41st minute Lele gives away a pen, looked harsh but it's been given. Haaland steps up and Robledo saves! It's been an action pack first half and on the stroke of half time Peter Phillips hits it from just outside the box into the corner to give us the lead! Hubana heads in Biffi's corner after 54 minutes to double the lead, that was needed, City are trying their hardest to make a dent. It's a penalty of our own this time! Juliao was brought down. Hubana puts his pen away though! It's 3 - 0 after 76 minutes! There's a huge mistake at the back and we take the lead against Newcastle after 18 minutes. Allgower intercepts the ball at the back but his pass wide is poor, Hojlund intercepts and drives low past Grabara. Hubana makes it 2 after 51 minutes, smashing in a 25 yard freekick! That's even worse! Olise plays a very poor ball backwards after being pressed, Hojlund says thank you very much as Grabara is well out of position and Hojund has an open net to hit into after 58 minutes. Yoro makes it 4 after 80 minutes, heading in Flores' freekick. Newcastle were absolutely terrible today, those were two huge mistakes. Record points are in sight, we're just too good this season. ~ Carabao Cup See above post. FA Cup Ramsdale started in net so I could try and get him to change his mind on retirement, I failed, he's still retiring but he played well. He's still Englands #1 and looks like he'll be finishing his career at the World Cup. That should be an easy game for us to get into the semi final. Champions League They beat us earlier in the season so revenge would be brilliant. Next Month Hopefully it'll be a good month, i'm more interested in winning the cup games then the Arsenal game. Of course we have to beat Leeds, we have to be the best team in Yorkshire.

Midfielders Defensive Mids Phillips is my starter and he's so good. My board bought me Gamal in January 2026/2027 and he's still here. Does a job. Mendouga and Abdulai are potential future DMs Mezzala's All 4 of these CMs play, they're not really rotation players, I can trust them all. Juliao and Neves usually start but they're all good players. Biffi has so much potential. I'm retraining MacDonald in the Mezzala role, I feel he's more suited as his jumping reach is 4 so he isn't going to play upfront for me. Strikers The main two, Hubana is just on another level. My backup strikers. Pitchford plays in Hubana's position and Flores in Hojlunds. Flores is not a Pressing Forward but he still scores goals, he does miss some absolute sitters but then will score an absolute beauty of nothing, he's a flair player. Out on loan. Hu Peng came with a bad injury, he's improving well and could play a part here, or I just make money from his sale. He had so much promise, I had an early bid in for him and he came with a broken leg! He's improving but still has a long way to go. Academy player, I reckon I'll be selling him in the summer. I bought Young seasons ago now, he's not bad he just isn't my sort of player now, I'll be looking to sell. What do you do with Quiroga? I feel he's a decent squad player... or I cash in. Not sure about this one. Academy player with lots of potential, just not sure in what position. Best Academy Players We've seen Moreira who might be the best, we have some others through our ranks. I really hope I can get him up to a standard here just because he has the same first and last name Blott has potential to be our left sided Mezzala. He won't make it here but he's potentially a Prem striker. Really hoping I can get Wu Reunze up to Prem standards, I mean he looks very good for a 17 year old. Already on loan at FC Twente, but I'll absolutely be looking to cash in, he's not my type of striker. So that's the Rotherham United 2033/2034 squad. I have a very strong starting 11, it's why it's so hard to buy better because with the small stadium still and the fact we lose money every month so I need to buy youth and sell for more to keep our finances healthy that I can't afford the absolute best. Then again, I do have some of those players.

Showing the team Goalkeepers Robledo is my #1 and will be for years to come. Ramsdale is my backup and is retiring at the end of the season. I've asked him to reconsider just so I can sell him . Martizen is currently playing for Everton in the Premiership, I've tied him down to a new contract and will be backup here next season. Besic has potential, he's currently on loan out in France. Right Backs Lele is my #1 and can still improve. Kimble is my backup but also plays backup at CB as I have a DM who can play at RWB aswell. Future RWB. Left backs The main man, club captain, been here since 2026/2027. Homegrown #2 who can cover at RWB Center Backs Yoro, Dekker and Bitshiabu are my main back 3. Bitshiabu has had injured problems so Tremble has been playing more this season. Kimble also fills in for Yoro. Dias Quitar and Verdugo are future CBs

That is true! 2 Champs League, 7 Prems(Number 8 should be coming this season), 1 Club World Championship, 3 Super Cups, 1 Europa League, 3 FA Cups, 1 Sky Bet Championship, 5 Carabao Cups, 7 Community Shields and a Europe/South American Club Challenge. I think i'm getting closer to starting a save in the National League North but the idea of seeing some of my newgens in their prime is keeping me locked into this . I've never had a save where i'm pretty much favourite to win every game we go into. I've only ever managed an unbeaten season in the league once which was a few years back in a York save where I played 4 - 4 - 2 with Thomas Lemar absolutely tearing it up like he was Prime Messi/Ronaldo in one and Harvey Elliot in the middle of the park playing like Prime Pirlo. Doing it again on this save would be amazing.

Carabao Cup Final We beat Liverpool and now we're in our 5th Carabao Cup Final in a row, winning the last 4. We've won the Carabao Cup 5 times and lost 2 finals. I'd love to make it 5 in a row but West Ham are a tough team to beat. Line ups: Everyone is back for The Millers. Our first team is ready to go. Looks like West Ham are missing their winger Rene Caron who is absolutely class, that's a huge miss for them. First half. West Ham kick off. 7th minute: There's an early goal for The Millers but it's been ruled offside! That is a close one!!! Hubana is cms offside! cms! This hasn't been the most enteraining first half. Silveria is keeping Hubana quiet but I'm hoping we can take advantage of his yellow card. Second half. The Millers kick off. 60th minute: Pitchford and Boxall replace Hojlund and Juliao. Hopefully they can make a difference. 69th minute: Is there a penalty? Neves appears to be pushed over by Ferran Torres. It's given! Hubana steps up... and it's in the corner past Lima! It's 1 - 0 to Rotherham United! 75th minute: Flores and Biffi replace Hubana and Phillips. 78th minute: West Ham have equalised. Plonka plays a one-two from a freekick, is allowed to dribble about 20 yards unchallenged and slots in. What is that defending Millers!? 80th minute: Boxall heads on and Flores is in! But that's a huge save from Lima! Neves with the corner but West Ham clear. 84th minute: Gamal is on for Neves. 85th minute: Lele crosses and it's a big chance for Flores but he heads well well wide, that was poor! It's just before half ET and Lima is injured for West Ham, they're down to 10! First half extra time: Henderson comes on for Botman so West Ham actually have a GK on the pitch now. 94th minute: Becerra intercepts, Gamal to Biffi, he plays it to Pitchford, he's in and it's past Henderson! It's 2 - 1 to Rotherham! 98th minute: West Ham have a freekick, it's hit in, we head out and there's an overhead kick from just outside the box! It looks fancy but it's easy for Robledo! 98th minute: Tapia is replacing Lele, I'm not trusting Kimble to come on here after the Spurs game, especially since he's got nervous body language . 102nd minute: It's 3 - 1 to the Millers. Dekker dribbles down the middle, plays it outwide to Becerra, he plays it into the box where Biffi hits in. Losing Lima just before half time has cost West Ham big time, I'll take it! Second half extra time: 107th minute: Biffi with the freekick and it's a top save from Henderson. Flores hits in the corner but Henderson takes easily. 112nd minute: Good passing from the Millers, Gamal strikes from distance and Henderson saves for a corner. Boxall takes and it's headed clear, Biffi picks up, crosses and it's Hendersons. 116th minute: Bitshiabu makes it 4, heading in Boxalls freekick. 5 in a row!!! Yes, we got a bit lucky with that injury! Sydney . What a big player he was for us, was a huge part of getting us to where we are now.

It isn't a problem . I've never seen such an odd goal, have you? So baffled by Kimble, under no pressure and just boots it at Robledo .

January Well, we were absolutely brilliant all month, I've not been able to play for a couple of days and feel like the games punished me with the Spurs result, you can see why in the above post . We're away at Manchester United and it's a big game in the title race, can we keep this amazing form going? Brilliant football from Hubana down the right, takes on one, takes on two, crosses and Flores only just as as a sub heads in after 48 minutes to make it 0 - 1. We were lucky, Tremble fouled Uranga but it's outside the box, any closer and it would have been a pen! Flores gets his brace in the 70th minute. Brilliant through ball from Tremble finds Juliao, he plays it across goal and Flores hits in. What a strike, Flores gets a perfect hat-trick in te 78th minute. Tapia with a throw in to Flores, he plays it back, runs into the box, Tapia plays it to Biffi, Biffi to Flores and he strikes it on his weak foot into the bottom corner, lovely finish! Flores was the difference today, what a win! Home against Fulham, a team we really should be beating. Good passing from the Millers and on the minute mark Juliao is fouled and we have a pen, Hubana steps up and it's in! 1 - 0 after just 2 minutes. Hubana has his brace after just 4 minutes, heading in Becerra's cross. Neves makes it 3 just before the break, Hojlund steals the ball from Martinez, Becerra crosses, Hubana heads it down to Neves who finishes. Brilliant first half. Van Persie breaks the offside trap and pulls one back after a great ball over from Stansfield after 51 minutes. Yoro makes it 4 after 87 minutes, Boxall hits in the corner, Phillips heads it but the goalkeeper saves with his foot and Yoro hits in the rebound. We were absolutely brilliant, we had 32 shots, 20 on target! Cavlina the Fulham GK finished with an 8.4 rating after conceding 4 including a penalty! It's taken just 6 minutes to take the lead against Everton. Neves hits in a freekick and Phillips is unmarked at the back post, it's a simple header into the back of the net. It was incredibly poor marking from Everton. That was lovely, Hubana finishes off a brilliant move in the 31st minute. Neves hits such a lovely ball on his left foot over the top after some silky footwork, Juliao picks up and hits across goal for Hubana to hit in. It's a penalty to Everton, brilliant football from Tete, he's trying to take everyone on, Phillips tries to stop him but takes him down. Tete pulls one back from the spot after 41 minutes. Tapia loves a goal and he's come off the bench to hopefully seal the game, Flores hits in the corner and it's cleared to Tapia, he plays a one-two with Juliao and then thumps it, it's off the post and in after 84 minutes. Everton were giving us a game so we really needed this! Juliao was brilliant today! Spurs are in good form, we battered them away earlier in the season but it ended up goalless, let's see if we can out score them here. We're down to 10, Neves has been sent off for a two-footed tackle after just 17 minutes, will it end our winning streak? Well, that has to be one of the joke goals i've ever conceded, Spurs hit the ball across, no one is there to attack, Kimble boots it straight against Robledo for no reason and Kulusevski hits in after 61 minutes, they've not had a chance all game and they're ahead from that. What in the world. We're down to 9 men after Boxall decideds to two foot someone this time. Embarrasing. I think it's our season again, we're all ahead. FA Cup I rotated heavily so it was a good win and my new youth striker made his debut. I lost my my main RWB, LWB, CB before the Brighton FA Cup game, Kimble wasn't fully fit and 3rd RWB Vermigilio was also injured. Thankfully it didn't matter. We're against either Boro or Chelsea next. Champions League Brilliant in both games, really good to see. Carabao Cup We battered Liverpool at home, I can't see us not being in the final now. And we're breaking our own records, we love the Carabao Cup is seems. Deadline Day A bit boring from our end, we don't have room in the squad, we're in a brilliant place and I don't need anyone. I brought in a youth DM that I already had in place and a youth striker with bags of potential. Not sure it'll be a big summer either. That side of the game has got a bit boring for Rotherham as we have such a good team . Next Month Hopefully the Spurs game was a blip because February is a big month with some tough games!

@warlock I think you jinxed me, this was my next game. And this is how they scored, I will never understand what my RWB is doing smacking it at my goalkeeper .

My team is just too good now and I'm loving it , I think this is my longest ever FM save. The AI builds such strange teams or buys players they clearly don't need. Miley for instance is now an impact sub after just 6 months and 6 games played at Inter but they're paying him 375k a week. Big clubs in England haven't had the best newgens come through and since every summer I browse through national teams U18/U21/Main etc, I've found some now World Class players where big clubs are just buying mid players for too much money. It's strange to say Rotherham United have World Class players and probably the best team in the league . Only potentially City have some better players, I don't think Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal or Manchester United have better really, on par, maybe but overall I reckon my squad is stronger. Again, a massive AI team building problem as I don't have the money like they do. Real, Bayern and Inter are the only teams off the top of my head that do have better players and probably better squads. Especially Inter having Yamal and Ribeiro as strikers but my newgen Hubana isn't far from Haaland levels. I also think they sack managers far too quick and don't let them actually build a side. Another reason why the squads end up the way they do. Especially since i've found player partnerships this year to have a huge impact. It's why I have no plans to replace Hojlund, is there better strikes out there? Yep. Can they come in and fit into my system like he already does and have such a good partnership with Hubana? It isn't worth testing. He's not the best striker in the world, he's still good enough, he has a great partnership with my star player and he's a very good striker who if he carries on, over the next couple of years will become Rotherham Uniteds record league goalscorer. At times I do feel like I'm exploiting the match engine with my side that is mostly players with incredible physical attributes . We score so many headers. If I do get bored though, I already know my next save will be with Scarborough . I always enjoy getting a team from the National League North into the Prem. I still want to win the quad and I still want a new Stadium since we have the fans for it. I'd like to see one of my players win World Player of the Year aswell so I have challenges for this save still . Edit: Here's what I mean, just some of the players I've bought cheap and are now World Class .

December We had an easy month but after a close shave against Brighton, we were brilliant, such a good month. I've got my first 11 starting against Brighton, we know they can cause upsets. Lele plays it to Hubana and he's fouled in the box, he hits the pen and Peretz holds it. We've not been the best at pens recently. FINALLY! We've had so many chances, we've been by far the better team, Pitchford down the left, plays it across to Boxall, he passes to Biffi who just outside the box absolutely blasts it, the 'keeper gets a hand to it but it's in after 78 minutes! No way, from kick off Brighton have equalised, Pavlovic breaking hearts. Becerra across the box and surely that's a goal!? Pitchford puts us ahead after 84 minutes after Pavlovic should of had his brace and scabbed a lead! Take a step back and try and hold the lead this time! There's an equaliser.... but it's been disallowed! Pavlovic blocked Robledo's view, corner came in, it's headed and Robledo saves only for Pavlovic to hit in but he's blocking Robledo when the header comes in! This is a mad 10 minutes!!! The final whistle goes, we are deserved winners. They had an xG of 0.65, we had an xG of 4.08!!! Brighton GK Peretz was MOTM with 13 shots saved and a 8.7 rating. Villa are in great form but we're at home and we're undefeated in over 40 games at home. Hojlund heads in after 3 minutes after a great bit of play from Kimble. Phillips doubles after 4 minutes, Hubana hit in the freekick, Dekker heads back, Hojlund strikes, it hits the post and Phillips hits into the open net. Biffi puts us 3 ahead in the 74th minute. Kimble crossed, Hojlund headed it but Blair headed out, Kimble picks up the loose ball, played it across the floor, Hubana was blocked but it found Biffi who hit in. Biffi and Boxall have missed two incredible chances at the end of the game but we played really well, that was a brilliant start and Villa didn't manage a shot on target. We have a couple of injuries and suspensions in defense against Bournemouth so it's an untested back 3. Hubana heads Neves' corner in after 13 minutes go to give us an early lead. That's a huge mistake! Bournemouth defender Lomonaco basically passes Hubana the ball and he absolutely smashes it in after 46 minutes! Hubana heads in his hat-trick, Neves hit in a corner, Phillips headed back across goal and Hubana was free to head in after 68 minutes. That was a brilliant win, Bournemouth didn't have a single shot. Wolves pull one back just before half time as we don't clear our lines, Doyle with a good run puts it across goal where Henderson is waiting to poke in. Hubana makes it 3 - 1 as he heads in Boxalls corner after 51 minutes. Hubana gets his brace after he volleys in Boxalls corner after 62 minutes. Hubana makes it a perfect hat-trick in the 91st minute after Boxall plays a low ball across the box. He's assisted all 3 of Hubana's goals :D. Some tired players so I'm having to rotate but Wolves are a team we should beat, especially with us being at home. Dekker heads in Hubana's freekick after 27 minutes to give us the lead. Boxall doubles after 31 minutes, he hits in a corner, it's headed out to Biffi, he plays it back to Boxall, he shoots at the near post and it takes a slight deflection to take it past the Wolves GK. A few injuries but I have to start my first team against Sheff Utd! Yorkshire Derby! We don't have many of those in this save! We haven't been great today and just been given what looked like a soft penalty, Hubana steps up.. and hits in! The Rotherham penalty hoodoo is over! We're ahead after 59 minutes. Hubana doubles the lead after 75 minutes, Becerra plays a ball down the left, Boxall crosses first time and Hubana heads in. Hubana gets another hat-trick, that's 3 games in a row. Becera with a lovely cross finds Hubana who heads in after 78 minutes. Phillips makes it 4 in the 90th minute, good passing from The Millers, Hubana hits it out to Phillips, he charges and hits the ball past Luiz Junior. Hubana has gone from missing sitters to getting a hat-trick 3 games in a row! We have a big game against Manchester United on New Years Day so I have to rotate against Hull, we should have enough quality. Ohhh what a strike, Tapia gives us the lead after 2 minutes with a 25 yard blockbuster! Biffi doubles after 52 minutes, Tapia throws in to Boxall, he plays a one-two with Tapia, plays a ball across to Biffi who hits in from inside the box. Hubana heads in Flores' corner after 64 minutes to make it 3 - 0. Pitchford makes it 4 after 88 minutes, an awful pass back from Hull but Pitchford still has 40 yards to go, he dribbles all the way down, strikes it, it's the bar and in. Brilliant win. I had two youth CBs and my youth RWB on for the 90 mins, that's a good sign. We've made a gap at the top and we're playing well, some big games coming up but we're in such good form. It's a full house of awards. Hubana has been brilliant, he's back to his best. Biffi has been doing well and has potential to be world class. Our players don't win this award very often at all, infact I can't remember the last time we did so this is a cool one. Champions League A good solid win away from home. Carabao Cup Our Carabao Cup run continues. Liverpool are a tough team to face but they're not in good form and hopefully we can take advantage of that. Youth intake We could have a couple of gems this year. Interntional Debut That's all 3 of my Chile players being national players now . I just need to try and find him more game time as he has made his debut for me. Player of the Year Awards Hubana was runner up to two, sure we can get him a win in the next couple of seasons. Robeldo won goalkeeper of the year, our first since Kovar left. Biffi was Golden Boy. And 3 of my back 4 were in the starting TOTY Shows much more the club has progressed. Next Month Some difficult games starting with Manchester United. Abdulai has arrived at the club, my board think I've overpaid but I think they're havin' a laugh. I've got a bid in for a youth striker and I'll be trying to find some cheap youngsters. I plan to loan a couple more out so I expect some movement this window.