SRL88 Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Zilina . Very different formation you are playing there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Good to see them on the recieving end of hammerings for a change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 Zilina .Very different formation you are playing there. Yep and it works well - I ship loads too though. Good to see them on the recieving end of hammerings for a change. Zilina normally win? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 MID SEASON UPDATE Champions League With a fairly routine group being drawn for us, we qualified with ease: We have drawn Europa League holders Paris Saint Germain in the first knockout round. League The table speaks for itself. Great stuff! F. A. Cup We have drawn Plymouth Argyle from League Two in the third round at Home Park. Carling Cup A disappointing tournament for us. We went out at the first time of asking, in round three, losing 3-2 at home to Tottenham Hotspur. Transfers Players In Five new arrivals to date, this may get added to throughout the month, though this is unlikely. Most of the five are with a view to the future: Waleed Awad - 21 year old Egyptian left winger, signed from my previous club WEatford for £3.9m. Now he has a work permit, he will be loaned out anyway. Marlon - £3m signing from Barcelona, this 19 year old Brazilian adds to my vast array of riches up front. Vesa Jaakkola - Signed for a bargain £100,000 from TPS, this 16 year old defensive midfielder has a bright future. Jeremy Popvich - 18 year old Australian goalkeeper, signed from Sydney Utd for £10,000, he has no work permit, so Belgium is his immediate destination. Alex Diallo - 18 year old Ivorian centre half, signed on a free transfer as his club side, Sabé, decline to offer him a new deal. He was refused a work permit, so three years at Westerlo await. Players Out Quite a few have gone out on loan, the only departure of note is the aging David Luiz, for a cool £20m. He left for Manchester City. Pape Fall, a 20 year old French centre, also left for Manchester City for £1.6m after he failed to make the grade at Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 A decent look to the future there wil your signings. And great start to the first half of the league! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 A decent look to the future there wil your signings. And great start to the first half of the league! Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 As well as David Luiz for £20m, I also sold Ramires for £20m and Antonio Valencia for £7.5m. I signed one more player. For a world record fee of £99m: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 And my final bit of business: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Massively expensive signings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 £99m . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 Massively expensive signings. £99m . Yep but in my defence, I have saved £1m per week in wages since I took over and raised around £120m in player sales. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 He better me made out of gold! And hattricks every match Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 He better me made out of gold! And hattricks every match Lol I wish In fairness, every top talent in this save goes for mental money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 Just mental: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 END OF SEASON REVIEW Champions League As detailed earlier, we had Paris Saint Germain in the first knockout round. A cracking game in Paris finished in a 4-4 draw. We went through 7-5 on aggregate after beating the Frenchmen 3-1 in the return leg. A tough draw saw us play Inter in the quarter final. A terrific 1-1 draw in the San Siro saw us demolish them 4-1 at home for a 5-2 aggregate victory. The smei finals brought Lyon to Stamford Bridge and, despite Lyon dominating, we sneaked a 1-0 win. Alas, our luck ended as they hammered us 5-1 in France, thus beating us comfortable 5-2 on aggregate. This set up an all French final between Lyon and Marseille. League CHAMPIONS!!!! We had a terrific campaign and dominated from start to finish. Two of our defeats were pretty horrific though. 4-0 losses at Spurs and Cardiff! F. A. Cup League Two Plymouth were dispatched League Cup Already out at the last update. Players Player of the Season Despite being 32, Leighton Baines was simply magnificent at left back, despite his season being cut short in early March after breaking his foot. 22 assists, never mind his heroic defending, make this chap my Player of the Season. Special Mention Aged just 20, in his first full season as a first team regular, Remzi Yesil was phenomenal at the back. Being the tallest player in the side at 6'1", he went up for every corner and free kick and returned with an unbelieveable 23 goals! From centre back! A future great. Former Club Watch Metalurg Zaparizhzhya [u][b]Season Final League Position Ukrainian Cup Champions League Europa League[/b][/u] 2013-14 8th 2nd round n/a 4th qualifying Round 2014-15 11th 2nd round n/a n/a 2015-16 4th 2nd round n/a n/a 2016-17 4th 2nd round n/a 4th qualifying round Watford [u][b]Season Final League Position F. A. Cup Carling Cup Champions League Europa League[/b][/u] 2015-16 7th 5th round 4th round n/a 2nd knockout round 2016-17 7th 3rd round Quarter finals n/a 2nd knockout round Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 As stated on my first post in this thread, my goal is to win the top five leagues in Europe, plus Argentina, Brazil & Mexico. As a result, I have decided to resign as manager of Chelsea as an exciting vacancy has arisen at: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN Club - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Country - Germany Division - Bundesliga Media Prediction - 3rd My Expectation - 1st Runners up last season, I expect to go one better. The set up is here, the players are here so no reason why we cannot do it. Players My squad has enough talent to work with. A few new additions and we are set to go! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Good luck with the next mission, thought it feels like you'd only just arrived at Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Good luck in Germany. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK22 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Well, that was brief! Did a great job in a short amount time, though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Good move Winning in England and time to get on with it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Good luck with the next mission, thought it feels like you'd only just arrived at Chelsea. Yep but all targets met, aside from the Champions League and I can get that elsewhere Good luck in Germany. Cheers mate. Well, that was brief! Did a great job in a short amount time, though Good move Winning in England and time to get on with it! Thanks guys Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 SEASON 2017-18 PREVIEW Transfers Players In Marquee Signings Miguel Darío Rincón - Young Colombian centre half. Has the potential to be a world leading defender Michal Snajdr - A lot is expected from this young Czech left back, signed from Sparta Prague. First Team Signings Kosmas Gavranidis - Young Greek left winger recruited from Watford. Marlon - The lesser known of Chelsea's Brazilian youngsters. As he was behind Gean, Neymar & Antonio for a striker position, he came to me, permanently. Salah Messaoudi - Young Moroccan midfielder signed from Chelsea. Youssouf Coulibaly - Third choice goalkeeper at Chelsea, he has signed to compete with Bernd Leno for a place between the sticks. Tino Barac - 17 year old defender who can also play in midfield, signed for a bargain £1.2m from Dinamo in his native Croatia. Jeffrey Molefe - Another youngster, this South African artrives from Juventus. Loan Signings Alex Okoro - Young Nigerian right winger, signed for a year's loan from Chelsea. Nick Hut - An attacking midfielder, this Dutchman has also arrived from Chelsea for a year's loan. Alex Diallo - Completing a hat trick, this young centre half from the Ivory Coast also comes from Chelsea for a season. Players for the Future Luigi Pagano - An exciting 15 year old German/Italian attacking midfielder, this youngster signed from Mainz. Choi Sang-Chul - Young South Korean forward, without a club since being released by Chunnam. Dimitri Muza - 20 year old Brazilian defensive midfielder, signed on a free transfer since his contract with Valencia was not renewed. Players Out As per usual with any new club, a huge clearout was undertaken. Far too many players on the books meant the end of the road for some as 16 players moved on. This raised £19.75m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Good building work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 Good building work Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 LAST MINUTE ADDITIONS I managed to shift a further six players, raising £38.7m The following have arrived at the end of the transfer window, the latter on loan: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 MID SEASON UPDATE Champions League I was rather fortunate as the standard of Serie A has slipped alarmingly and Valencia had eight players out injured when I beat them away. I have a bum draw in the first knockout round though. Real Madrid. League A brilliant first half of the campaign. The only defeat was at the hands of Stuttgart and the highlight was an 8-0 mauling at Freiburg. I will add though, that the standard of the German league mirrors that in Italy. ie, it is poor. The competition on the rise the most is Ligue 1 in France. They are reaching European finals for a past time. DFB-POKAL A routine passage to the quarter finals, where we meat Borrusia Monchengladbach as home. Non league Neumunster (4-0 away in the first round), 2.Bundesliga outfit Duisburg (3-0 away in the second round) and fellow second tier side Wehen (4-0 at home in the third round) were all beaten with ease. Players As is now the norm, the mid season update is simply Players In & Players Out. Players In Antonio - He was supposed to be with me on loan for the season bu played so well, I splashed out £15m to make the deal permanent. Joel Ruppen - Argentine international left back - Already world class, he will only get better. Waleed Awad - Egyptian right winger, now with me at three clubs. Gilles Le Goff - Young French defensive midfielder with a bright future. Cesar - Young Brazilian central midfielder with a bright future. Filip Carlsson - Swedish right back. Loaned to Fortuna Dusseldorf in the second tier. Alex Borgese - Italian striker loaned to OFI Crete in Greece. Taro Sekiguchi - Japanese goalkeeper, loaned to Portuguese top flight side Naval. Je - Brazilian attacking midfielder signed on a free transfer after being released by Corinthians. Loaned to OFI Crete. Players Out Four players were sold, raising £44.3m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 END OF SEASON REVIEW Champions League An amazing first knockout round tie against Real Madrid. We lost 2-0 in the Bernabeu, but overcame them 3-0 at home for a 3-2 aggregate win. Marseille awaited in the quarter finals and, despite losing 2-1 in France in the first leg, we had a real chance of going through. Alas, it was not to be and Leverkusen produced the worst performance under me by losing the home leg 3-0, for a 5-1 aggregate defeat. League Romped home from start to finish. An extremely mean defence producing over twenty clean sheets provided the backbone of a comfortable campaign. DFB-Pokal I beat Borussia Monchengladbach 3-0 at home in the quarter finals and Cologne 2-0 at home in the semis, meaning a final against Borussia Dortmund. I lead at half time through a solitary Alex Okoro strike but Dortmund soon equalised in the 2nd half. Former Newcaslte midfielder Yohan Cabeye with the goal. That meant extra time. A goal in the 115th minute from Bartosz Szewczyk gave Bayer Leverkusen their first ever double! Players Player of the Season At 32 he is the oldest member of the squad, but also one of the best. 40 appearances and 16 goals and an astonishing 31 assists from the left wing. A revelation! Special Mention What a season from the young Moroccan. 41 games, 12 goals and 15 assists, this central midfielder ran most games. Former Club Watch Metalurg Zaparizhzhya [u][b]Season Final League Position Ukrainian Cup Champions League Europa League[/b][/u] 2013-14 8th 2nd round n/a 4th qualifying Round 2014-15 11th 2nd round n/a n/a 2015-16 4th 2nd round n/a n/a 2016-17 4th 2nd round n/a 4th qualifying round 2017-18 10th 2nd round n/a 4th qualifying round Watford [u][b]Season Final League Position F. A. Cup Carling Cup Champions League Europa League[/b][/u] 2015-16 7th 5th round 4th round n/a 2nd knockout round 2016-17 7th 3rd round Quarter finals n/a 2nd knockout round 2017-18 6th 3rd round Runners up n/a 2nd knockout round Chelsea [u][b]Season Final League Position F. A. Cup Carling Cup Champions League Europa League[/b][/u] 2017-18 3rd 5th round Semi final 1st knockout round n/a Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yinga Garten Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Conceding only 12 goals all season in the league? Truly amazing, well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Tough beat in the Champions League, but the domestic league is looking like a stomp! Just rolling over the competiton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarman Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Domination in another league, well done! Are you gonna stay a few more seasons this time and try for the Champions League? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Conceding only 12 goals all season in the league? Truly amazing, well done. Thanks mate Tough beat in the Champions League, but the domestic league is looking like a stomp! Just rolling over the competiton. Yeah, was gutted at the CL loss. No idea where that permormance came from Domination in another league, well done! Are you gonna stay a few more seasons this time and try for the Champions League? Probably leave if the right offer came up in Spain, France or Italy. I doubt if I will take the best club job in those nations (Paris SG, Lyon, OM in France, RM, Barcelona in Spain, Inter, Juventus, AC Milan in Italy) and see if I can get another club to the league title in a few years so at least I stay for a while. I was going to try and get the Real Madrid job - they had failed to win anything for eight years! But they just won La Liga. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 After sleeping it over overnight, I think I have achieved all I can at Leverkusen. So, without a job to go to... I would love a move to France with someone like Bordeaux or Lille, but those jobs dont appear to be under threat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Shame, probably had a good shot at winning the CL with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Shame, probably had a good shot at winning the CL with them. Possible but would of taken a few years. The standard of the Bundesliga in my game has fallen and the English, Spanish & French sides dominate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 A new club and a longer term challenge awaits... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 FC SOCHAUX-MONTBELIARD Club - FC Soxhaux-Montbeliard Country - France Division - Ligue One Media Prediction - 8th My Expectation - 12th Well, well, well, just the challenge I am looking for. I take over a club at the bottom of the league but with the infrastructure to do a lot better. In many of my saves, this one included, Sochaux regularly produce some of the best youngsters in football. Their youth facilites are state of the art, after all. The downside is the stadium which has a capacity of just 20,000. I will stay at this club until I have won Ligue One. Current League Table Not good reading... Current Squad Plenty to work with and in Marvin Martin & Serge Nicod we have two terrific players. Abdoulaye Diakite is someone I was after when at Leverkusen, such is his potential so I hope to mould him into a world class centre back. Whilst the squad is clearly not good enough for a top six finish, it is a damned sight better than bottom! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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