FM 2008: Sunderland AFC - The Irish Revolution

[marcftm]

Very Nice rev.

I will start again with Sunderland soon after I have made my Arsenal side very successful, who happen to have Kenwyne and Gordon playing first team for them, Gordon already saved a penna, and Im four games in. Kenwyne's got 4 goals as well.

[marcftm]

Yey New Page \o/

[revolution_is_my_name]

only problem is now we're in the red again. i dont see how, i'm almost 300k p/m under on wages and have 4 mill left of transfer kitty. think it's like 7mill in the red, hopefully that will go down due to savings on wages...guess i dont get a new feeder club this year

[Gregg]

Thanks to the Christmas holidays I have finally been able to kick off my Sunderland career. I was looking forward to this to see just how much of a challange it would be with Nialls millions and a Championship side.

I was slightly surprised to find I had only £500k to spend, I guess those Irish millins hadnt quite reached the clubc bank account just yet.

So first things first, time for a clear out, cut some of the dead wood from the squad.

Outs:

Clive Clarke - £1,500,000 - Hull

Grant Leadbitter - £900,000 - Wolves

Daryl Murphy - £1,500,000 - Crystal Palace

Anthony Stokes - £1,200,000 - Burnley

Russell Anderson - £700,000 - Derby

Nyron Nosworthy - £1,500,000 - Sheff Wed

Ross Wallace - £1,500,000 - Sheff Utd

Danny Higginbotham - £500,000 - Cardiff

Graham Kavanagh - £220,000 - Hull

Total funds raised - £9,500,000

I tried to sell others to cut the wage bill and raise additional funds however no one would take the likes of David Connolly, Chops and co. Fortunately the board gave me an extra £6m in time for the January sales.

So with funds raised I set about rebuilding the squad to one that would achieve my aim of survival. With some hard wheeling and dealing I managed to bring in the following:

Cristian Sarghi - £180,000 - Otelul

Juno Makela - £28,000 - Hearts

Jonny Evans - Season Loan - Man Utd

Charles-Andre Doudin - £100,000 - La Chaux-de-Fonds

Mathieu Flamini - Season Loan - Arsenal

Enrico Chiesa - £50,000 - Siena

Bogdan Stancu - £250,000 - Unirea Urziceni

Rene Mihelic - £350,000 - Maribor

Justin Hoyte - £3,100,000 - Arsenal

Anthony Vanden Borre - £3,000,000 - Fiorentina (January buy)

Andrey Arshavin - £5,250,000 - Zenit Peterburg (January buy)

Total Spend - £12,500,000 (plus additional causes and fees)

I didnt feel like I had a strong squad, but it was definitely capable of holding its own in the crucial battles between lower placed clubs. Andrey Arshavin was probably our strongest buy and would get a game with most Premier League clubs.

Strongest Line up:

4-4-2 Attacting (using wingers)

GK: Craig Gordon

RB: Justin Hoyte

LB: Ian Harte

CB: Jonny Evans

CB: Cristian Sarghi

RM: Andrey Arshavin

LM: Kieron Richardson

CM: Dean Whitehead

CM: Mathieu Flamini

ST: Kenwyne Jones

ST: Bogdan Stancu

Final League Position: 13th

When fielding my strongest line up we were able to compete in most games, but injuries hit us hard during the season. It was a mixed bag of results, one week we got beat 7-1 away to Arsenal but the following week we went to West Ham and won 5-2. My team has become increasingly frustrating with a complete lack of consistancy.

We were close to a top half finish, and if we hadnt gone on a really bad run at the end of the season we would probably be qualifying for the EURO Vase. But 7 games without a win soon put an end to our dreams of Europe.

Overall I am happy with the season, we wanted survival and we got it. I saw the likes of Middlesborough relegated and knew we had done well to achieve our aims.

So season two is about to kick off, I have committed to a mid table finish so that I can receive a £30m transfer budget. Will be a real test of my skills and hopefully I will buy some solid players.

Merry Christmas guys

[AcidBurn]

Had to start yet another game with my beloved Sunderland after new computer finally came i am going for a career game this time round but knowing how poor i am with tactics it may not last that long lol. Anyways here is my transfer deals so far at beginning of first season

Transfer History

Seems like a pretty good squad nothing spectacular but hopefully enough to achieve safty in first season.

Happy Christmas everybody although after we play Man Utd tomorrow i doubt it will be that happy lol.

[SAFCowper]

Hey guys! just wondering what formation youre playing and team instructions. will post my start of season update soon

[kouki]

I won the league in my second season with sunderland, was only aiming for a top half finish, champions league here i come.... Was with a fairly average young team aswell. Billy Sharpe is a legend, european golden boot winner with 30+ goals in his first season. London donovan was players player of the year.

For season objectives i wonder would it be best to pick euro cup qualification for 16M and ask more later or pick title challenge for 27M. If i did not meet this objective whats the chances of being sacked???

League table 2009

My Team (very surprised to win the league with this team, what do you think)

[AcidBurn]

Holy crap dude i think you are now one of my heroes how in the holy hell did you manage to win the league in your second season, how about uploading your tactic because it must be a great one to win the league with. Well done dude i managed to get sacked in the first season and have given up for now.

[Trilo_G]

Well done!!

Being a magpie I hate Sunderland but cannot fault your achievement there!!

Where did you finish in your first season? Today I finished my first season with Newcastle and placed 3rd, and it was the first time I witnessed Sunderland stay up, finishing in 15th place. This was largely due to poor performances by Middlesbrough and Tottenham, who kinda bumped them out of the relegation zone.

Towards the end of the season they had a string of easy games but seemed to really find their form. Every other time their inconsistency has lasted the entire season and they have had to wait for another pop.

[Trilo_G]

Oh... and I'd keep your aims realistic. £16M is a good chunk of money, although quite small considering what you have achieved and hope to achieve next season. Like you said though, you can ask for more later.

If you've won the Prem with that squad, it can't need a total revamping. A couple of quality youngsters should do it.

[kouki]

Thanks... As for tactics they were defensive in the first season and more attacking in the second. Start off with short passing, tight marking and normal tackling but changed during alot of games that were not playing well bringing on my target man and using long ball. Sometimes losing 2-0 all out attack winning 3-2!!! First season harry kewell on loan was my hero with reliable billy jones and billy sharpe signed up.

As for my objectives i was gready and took the money as a few of my first team last season were loan acquisitions that were not interested in returning and the squad needed more strenght and depth. I better meet though as the club is now in debt.....

first season was 7th, Magpies just beat me to europe but i was avoiding relegation!!!

[SAFCowper]

ok, now into january in my 1st season and currently 8th.

transfers out: collins 1.1m

anderson 700k

nozza 1.4m

murphy 1m

clarke 1m

players in:

j evans loan

d capel loan

c sheridan free

e johnson 2.1m

b stancu 140k

j hoyte loan

d jensen loan

c samba 1m

current squad

GK - gordon

RB - hoyte

LB - harte

CB's - samba and evans

RM - stancu (retrained)

LM - richardson

CM's - jensen and whitehead ©

ST - jones and johnson

kenwyne has scored 14 goals in 18 games also enjoyed a fantastic 12 match unbeaten run stretching across october, november and december. got 10m to spend in jan any reccomendations are welcome lol already signed wijnaldrum (sp) for 500k.

[kouki]

got 10m to spend in jan any reccomendations are welcome lol already signed wijnaldrum (sp) for 500k.

Recommended signings from my team:

Name Position Paid Season Value 09/00 Awards

M Hamsik CM 3.5m 07/08 9.75m 3rd Young player of the year

B Sharpe ST 5m 07/08 9.75m European Golden boot, fans player of the year

L Donovan AMC 7m 07/09 8.5m Players player of the year

H Saivet ST 3.1m 08/09 6.75m

R faty CM 3.7m 08/09 7m Signing of the year

J Riquelme AMC 3.5 09/00 8m TBA

[kouki]

January Update

Maybe last season was just not a one off and maybe the media pretection of 4th place finish was not far wrong as Sunderland are proving to be a force in the premier league and also proving no push overs in the champions league either. Took a chance on J Roman Riquelme for a snip at 3m and he has being sensational as he has consistenetly put in some immpressive displays for us. Got Gordon to sign a new contact and now he is happy for the first time in three seasons. Set the asking price to 140m so clubs dont come in with offers of 12m for Niall Quinn to accept and it has worked so far. Have signed up 2 young goalkeeping talents that have the potential to be better then gordan according to my scouts and another on the way in July!

League table

Champions League

League Cup - never seen a penalty shootout like this, Gordon has saved about 5 penalties this season!!!

Squad

Top Scores and Average Rating

B sharpe - 24 Goals 9 Assists 4 MOM 7.27

H Saivet - 20 Goals 5 Assists 5 MOM 7.00

J Requelme - 13 Goals 9 Assists 3 MOM 7.47

L Donovan - 8 Goals 4 Assists 3 MOM 7.24

M Hamsik - 5 Goals 7 Assists 1 MOM 7.00

A Diarra - 1 Goals 11 Assists 1 MOM 7.10

E Benega - 0 Goals 9 Assists 0 MOM 7.03

What have people done about staff and scouts. Have you found a good member of staff that are interested in coming to sunderland and we can afford there wages. Heres mine:

Coaches

F De Boer Att 19 Def 19 Tec 19

Vizolli Def 19 Men 19

Dahaeseleer Fit 19

Bettinelli GK 19

Physio

Nanni 20 physio

Mahseradjian 20 physio

Scouts

T Farrell 19 current ability 19 potential ability

R Wojtowicz 18 CA 19 PA

[SAFCowper]

just signed dorian dervite from spurs for 3.4m main reason because hes 6'5'' and pretty strong. great resut today lads richardson and collins played hellish

[SAFCowper]

just finished 1st season.

prem: 6th

fa cup: 4th rnd

league cup: quarter final

top goalscorer: kenwyne jones (21)

most assists: bogdan stancu (13)

mom's: kenwyne jones (5)

avg rating: chris samba (7.35)

important results:

5:2 mancity (h)

6:1 blackburn (h)

2:0 newcastle (h)

3:1 liverpool (h)

3:2 newcastle (a) oh how sweet this was wathing chops get 2

1:4 reading (a)

obviously very happt with the league, not too bothered about the cups really and relishing the chance to play in europe.

transfer targets:

jeremy menez

billy sharp

r faty

j franks

j evans

[clonabanjo]

Started a new game.

Pathetic budget of £2.1M needs to be changed in next patch.

Ins

Adam Johnson Loan

Jonathan Evans Loan

Ignashevic (The CSKA one) Free

Zarate £2.7m

Outs

Nosworthy £1.8M

Collins £1.4m

1st XI

GK Gordon

LB Harte

RB Mc Shane

CB Evans

CB Ignashevich

LW A.Johnson

RW Stokes

CM Kerlon

CM Richardson

ST Zarate

ST Jones

Results

Fulham 3-1 Sunderland

Sunderland Scorer Adam Johnson

[kouki]

Finished 3rd Season

Prem 1st: One point behind United going into the last game. Playing Bolton away and down to 10 at half time the score is 1-1. Changing Tactics (4-1-3-1) and going all out attack we one 3-1. Middlesbrough of all teams needed to to me a favour which they did beating united 2-0!!!!

FA CUP Winners: The highlight was coming from behind to beat Newcastle 2-1 in the 120 minute of extra time. Meeting Chelsea in the final and have never beat them we were up against it. Leading 2-1 at half time, changing tactics (4-2-1-2-1) all out defend to hang on to our lead which we just about managed to...

League Cup Winners: Highlight was beating spurs in a shootout when Gordan managed to save 5 pens and we managed to miss 4 winning 2-1 in sudden death!!!!

European Champions Cup Winners: All the games were highlights expecting to win none....

Top Goalscorer: Billy Sharpe (40)

Most Assists: J Riquelme (18)

mom's: H Saivet, B Sharpe (8)

Avg Rating: J Riquelme (7.32)

EPL AWARDS

Footballer Of The Year Award: J Riquelme 2nd

Players Player Award: M Hamsik 3rd

Young Players Player Of The Year Award: E Benega 2nd

Top Goal Scorer: H Saivet (23) 2nd

EUROPEAN CHAMPION CUP AWARDS

Best Player Award: J Riquelme 1st

My team are all average enough players, some good talents but no way good enough to achieve this success. If it was a world class team that i built i would be happy but this just seems unrealistic....title challengers maybe but no way european cup winning standards. Would of prefered to win it in a few more seasons with a bit of a world class put together as it would seem realistic. Requelme is the only world class player i took a chance on for 3m as he can be hot or cold, but boy was he sensational as he has consistenetly put in some immpressive displays for us. If there is any reason for this success i owe it all to him!!!

[SAFCowper]

right started 2nd season and it seems 2nd season syndrome has already kicked in. 6pts from 7 games.

transfers in:

billy sharp 5.25m

ricardo faty 3.2m

justin hoyte loan

kieran lee loan

medhi benatia loan

nicky shorey 6.75m

bostjan cesar 2m

players out:

g leadbitter 1.4m

l miller 1m

g halford 2.1m

g wijnaldum 2.4m

plus 6 players released

results so far:

1:2 (h) newcastle (devastated)

3:0 (h) preston

0:2 (a) chelsea

1:2 (h) arsenal

2:1 (a) man city

0:1 (h) liverpool

0:1 (a) bolton

also won my first game in europe 1:0! but otherwise we are playing like morons

[Welshace]

right... decided to start a game , my transfers so far have been succesful so far i think

didnt have much cash to start with so had to sell some .. urm.. 'talent'

heres transfers so far (if it works )

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[Welshace]

[Welshace]

i apologise for spamming....

planning to stretch my budget to see if i can bring in a rw...

any suggestions.. shoe string job

[dunny000]

Originally posted by benny1982:

anyone else bought steven thicot i got him on a trial a while bk for sunderland? now he`s awesome wanted by top clubs, just want to check if he`s turned out good on other games

yeah yeah had him for my newcastle team with dorian dervite and thicot at back bought him for 5.25m i needed cb because taylor was injured. then sunderland offered me job and i accepted because they were rich bought thicot straight away and he became wonderkid after 1st season with the black cats im now in 2009

[SAFCowper]

Originally posted by dunny000:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by benny1982:

anyone else bought steven thicot i got him on a trial a while bk for sunderland? now he`s awesome wanted by top clubs, just want to check if he`s turned out good on other games

yeah yeah had him for my newcastle team with dorian dervite and thicot at back bought him for 5.25m i needed cb because taylor was injured. then sunderland offered me job and i accepted because they were rich bought thicot straight away and he became wonderkid after 1st season with the black cats im now in 2009 </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

so you went from newcastle to sunderland? gotta be a neutral, at least you came to your senses eventually lol

[revolution_is_my_name]

Originally posted by SAFCowper:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by dunny000:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by benny1982:

anyone else bought steven thicot i got him on a trial a while bk for sunderland? now he`s awesome wanted by top clubs, just want to check if he`s turned out good on other games

yeah yeah had him for my newcastle team with dorian dervite and thicot at back bought him for 5.25m i needed cb because taylor was injured. then sunderland offered me job and i accepted because they were rich bought thicot straight away and he became wonderkid after 1st season with the black cats im now in 2009 </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

so you went from newcastle to sunderland? gotta be a neutral, at least you came to your senses eventually lol </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

in my game newcastle just went into administration and were docked 9 points! shame they're a mid-table side

[kennymeister]

I struggled with Sunderland for the first two seasons and now in my my 3rd season my team cant stop scoring and i am 3rd in the league, I think my success has been getting scouts with high stats and sending them to countries with good young players, england is too expensive to buy excellent players, i have signed young players with lots of potential and now everything is coming together nicely. I bought Fabiano santacroce for 3 million and sold him for 19 million a season later to AC Milan.

I am playing a 4-1-3-2 with wing backs and two forwards set as strikers.

My first 11 is as follows.

Craig Gordon

Paul McShane

Diego Placente

Steven Thicot

Gustavo Cabral

Thiago Motta

Luca Cigarini

Matias Fernandez

Lulinha - (wonder kid)

Alfonso Alves (unbelievable finisher!)

Eddie Johnson or K Jones.

I also have some amazing young players coming through, I have my scouts looking for the best young players in the world, then buy them and loan them out. Already have a replacement for Gordon so will sell him shortly for a massive fee! Bought the replacement for 50K!

I play defensively and counter attacking. very little running with the ball, all two touch football!

[kouki]

I bought Fabiano santacroce for 3 million and sold him for 19 million a season later to AC Milan.

What was his avg. rating for the season, how did he play? I was going to sign him but his physical stats are not great in my game, didnt think he would suit the EPL.

Already have a replacement for Gordon so will sell him shortly for a massive fee! Bought the replacement for 50K!

Ive three Gk with all better comparision to Gordon with the potential to be beter my coaches tell me costing 1.5m, 800k and a free transfer.... heres my best option i think

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[revolution_is_my_name]

4th season - won the league by 2 points or something. was 1st from october onwards! couple of snaps from the campaign...

sold raul bravo to man city for 1mill, trying to get rid of richardson but apparently neither charlton nor norwich can afford 2mill (which i think is a fair price considering he's worth nearly 4mill)

got a piddly 25mill budget this season: have 2 players in mind but can only afford 1..

Jeremy Menez - got a 12mill +10mill over 2 years bid accepted

also want to latch onto carlos vela but arsenal want upto 40mill

I could sell aaritalo for 20mill to juventus - but he accepted my contract instead - which would then lead me to needing a new left winger...which menez could definitely cover

[revolution_is_my_name]

dammit, I can never post images properly here

[kouki]

Already have a replacement for Gordon so will sell him shortly for a massive fee! Bought the replacement for 50K!

Ive three Gk with all better comparision to Gordon with the potential to be beter my coaches tell me costing 1.5m, 800k and a free transfer.... heres my best option i think

QUOTE]

hopefully it will work this time...

[revolution_is_my_name]

signed menez...chose sunderland over roma - quite nice. got a new feeder club too...derby in the ccc! now i can farm my youngsters out to a decent club for experience

[kennymeister]

Originally posted by kouki:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> I bought Fabiano santacroce for 3 million and sold him for 19 million a season later to AC Milan.

What was his avg. rating for the season, how did he play? I was going to sign him but his physical stats are not great in my game, didnt think he would suit the EPL.

Already have a replacement for Gordon so will sell him shortly for a massive fee! Bought the replacement for 50K!

Ive three Gk with all better comparision to Gordon with the potential to be beter my coaches tell me costing 1.5m, 800k and a free transfer.... heres my best option i think

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His average rating was only just over 7, he was good but not excepional, have cabral now who is much better!

[revolution_is_my_name]

just sold lehtovaara to reading for 8mill plus 50% sell on. couldn't get real madrid or juventus to agree to 23mill + 50% sell on for aaritalo

[kouki]

Starting 4th season. It was a very busy summer refreshing the whole squad, building a new team around riquelme and "B Sharpe" lol, he's a legend. Hes even keeping a regen striker that i bought that has similar stats to Fred, Amauri and Klose but at a young age of 21 has the potential to be better! Trying to poach Bojan is my transfer target for the season as i signed him on a season long loan

Ive paid alot of attention to my coaches and staff, but now i have 7 star training for each category.

Another highlight of the summer was getting DC United as my aaffiliate club. The presence of Sunderland in the USA will be a major benefit to merchandising sales

Sold Gordon during the summer for 27 million that could increase to 35 million!!! My new keeper has a better then gordon when you compare them both. He has also kept three clean sheets in 5 games.

The Media predection for the year is 1st postion in the league and the board have the same expectations as well as to reach the FA Cup Final, League Cup semi Final and European quater final. The most stupid part of the game i have seen to date is "the board are concerned about the teams performance last season", WTF FFS the team won every competition they played in so how F annoying is that

[AcidBurn]

signed menez...chose sunderland over roma - quite nice. got a new feeder club too...derby in the ccc! now i can farm my youngsters out to a decent club for experience

Good signing i got him in 2nd season but had to sell him at beginning of 3rd i didnt want to but the offer was like £30 million so it gave me enough to buy Ashley Young and Adriano as both were unhappy at their clubs.

Billy Sharp is a legend i must admit scores a load of goals. I have just signed Vaughn from Everton for £4.4 million firt 2 games he has scored 3 goals hope he keeps it up.

[revolution_is_my_name]

have yet to get a financial feeder club - could use it too as i always end up in the red until i get the cash payout for league position

[marcftm]

Wey amazing penna from The Captain tonight, Our Vice Captain then gets sent of.

Bring On Robbie Savage!

[DaGringoKilla]

pretty desperate to want savage?

[kouki]

need someone and fast, but who would want to come thats anyways good. I like to see steve sidwell myself maybe on loan or something.

[BlackCats Rule]

got evans back on loan now irl don't we, so yeh we just need a good CM and maybe a very good experienced goal scorer, imagine if we got inzaghi on loan haha, i managed it in fm in my second season lol.

but anyway i agree with revolution i never had a financial feeder before either.

Also while im ehre for 6th season anyone recomend a young-ish CB to replace Vidic and a good RB cos simpson isn't very good and hes my first choice atm.

[revolution_is_my_name]

Originally posted by BlackCats Rule:

got evans back on loan now irl don't we, so yeh we just need a good CM and maybe a very good experienced goal scorer, imagine if we got inzaghi on loan haha, i managed it in fm in my second season lol.

but anyway i agree with revolution i never had a financial feeder before either.

Also while im ehre for 6th season anyone recomend a young-ish CB to replace Vidic and a good RB cos simpson isn't very good and hes my first choice atm.

i use rafinha from schalke for my right back, or ignashevich (not that good a right back)

as for CB look at craig cathcart (n. ire) or yegor filipenko (belarus)

[Patrick27]

Just finished my first season with Sunderland. Finished 12th. Happy enough with that. Highlight of the season was beating Newcastle at the Stadium of Light 4-2. Harte scored a hattrick of pentalies.

Team I played 4-1-4-1

GK Gordon

RB Halford

CB Nosworthy

CB Anderson

LB Harte

DM Kavanagh

RM Edwards

CM Whitehead

CM Richardson

LM Wallace

ST Jones

Anyways I got a 9 million transfer buget off Niall. Have bought David from Palmeries. Now I'm looking for a good left back to replace Ian Harte. Carlnhos and Gulihrme teams want 6 million for them. Any good LB around 3-5 million?

I was also wondering who should I sell. I bought Iriome as backup to Edwards. Is he good enough?

Also who should I look at regarding U-18. Any good young players that will go to Sunderland?

Thanks

[Jol\'s Yid Army]

Just started a new game with Sunderland. Massive stadium and hoping in the future Niall hands out abit of cash.

Ins

Flamini Loan

Ghaly Loan

Samba £1M

Ignashevich Free

Leonardo £475K

Mihelic £250K

Piatti £150K

Pryor Free

Stancu £250K

Ropotan £100K

Iriome £200K

Makriev £200K

Outs

Collins £600K

Leadbitter £800K

Connolly £650K

Miller £210K

Murphy £575K

Etuhu £600K

Dowson £90K

Carson £80K

I have also purchased some youngers such as Marin (£100K), Thiago (Free), Scribe (Free),Christiansen (£25K), Kone (£25K), Mendy (£10), Edwards (£90K), Fernandez (Free), Doudin (£50K and Bjarnsson (£50K).

Line Up

GK: Gordan

RB: Nosworthy

LB: Wallace/Harte

CB: Ignashevich

CB: Samba

DM: Flamini/Ghaly

MC: Whitehead/Richardson

MC: Mihelic/Piatti

RW: Piatti/Iriome

LW: Leonardo/Pryor

ST: Makriev/Stancu/Jones

Performance So Far

Everton (H) 3-1

Man Utd (A) 1-4

Reading (H) 1-1

Newcastle (A) 1-2

QPR (A) 4-0

Blackburn (H) 3-0

Not bad start at home this season, 2 wins and a draw is good and all were comfortable. Away we got destroyed by Man U and Newcastle outplayed us. However, constantly tweaking tatics and there is improvements ever game so hopefully will have some consistancy home and away soon.

Have one feeder club which Yeovil which I have sent Doudin, Bjarnsson, Scribe and Stokes on loan for the season so hopefully they will improve.

Cant wait to see Thiago and Markin develop as these are the cornerstones to my youth system and within 2/3 seasons they will be in the first team.

Got rid of assistant and bought in Nilsson so will strengthen rest of staff in January when I am given more money or sell the rest of my deadwood.

Keep you updated.

[revolution_is_my_name]

everytime i try to sack the ass man I get told that I cant as the board believes I need one?!

[Jol\'s Yid Army]

Thats odd, I asked for his contract to be terminated by mutual consent. Paid about £250K out of the bank balance but had no rejections from the board.

[revolution_is_my_name]

started a new game - this time on 8.0.1

Transfers In:

Lauri Dalla Valle - 35% sell on

Balazs Dzsudzsack - 100k

Bogdan Stancu - 170k

Pablo Piatti - 100k

Niklas Barkroth - 45% sell on

Sergey Ignashevich - 0

Mathieu Flamini - season long loan

Anthony Scribe - 4k

Christopher Samba - 1.3mill

Sabrin Sburlea - 12k

Kaimar saag - 3k

Transfers Out:

leadbitter - 800k swansea

clarke - 625k leeds

l connolly - 1k morcambe

o donovan - 250k doncaster

dowson - 250k cardiff

pelter - 100k colchester

carson - 100k cheltenham

hartley - 35k macclesfield

murphey - 600k blackpool

collins - 800k norwich

Staff In:

Bert Van Lingen - 0

Andrew Renshaw - 100k bolton

Mark Dempsy - 75k man utd

Staff Out:

carter - sacked

mcnamee - sacked

dickman - sacked

lawson (who?) - sacked

ball - 120k liverpool

had a decent start to the season; played manu, arsenal, and chelsea already - drew either 0-0 or 1-1

playing a 4-4-2 w/ left/right mids pushing up, 1 center mid also pushing up and the other dropping back into a dm position

GK: gordon/ward/scribe

DR: noz/mcshane/halford

DL: harte/higgingbotham/wallace

DC: samba/anderson

DC: ignashevich

MR: stokes/halford/edwards

ML: richardson/dzsudzsack

MC: flamini/whitehead/miller

MC: dzsudzsack/piatti

SC: stancu/chopra

SC: jones

Best Ratings:

Stokes - 12(1) 3goals 7.46

Samba - 11 1goal 7.45

Richardson - 12 2goals 7.25

Dzsudzsack - 9(1) 1goal 7.20

Top Scorers:

Stancu - 5goals from 13 apps

Chopra - 4goals from 3(8) apps

Jones - 3goals from 8(2) apps

Stokes - 3 goals from 12(1) apps

[revolution_is_my_name]

oh and i'm 12th with 2W 5D 4L -2GD 11PTS

[Jol\'s Yid Army]

Nice team Rev. Be interesting how some of those guys play for you, as some did well for me and others did awful!

Just finished my first season and will give an update tomorrow when isnt so late!

Dont give up on Kenwyne. He was 4th choice striker for me at the start of the game. By the end of the season he was first choice by miles. Alot to do with the strikers I had didnt perform, but he finished with my highest Av. Rating and top scorer with 11 goals.

Good luck.

[kouki]

Originally posted by Patrick27:

Now I'm looking for a good left back to replace Ian Harte. Carlnhos and Gulihrme teams want 6 million for them. Any good LB around 3-5 million?

Sign guilherme, he's class. I paid 10m for him this season.

End of jan window 4th season.

Transfers in to date:

Fernando Forestieri ₤7.5m

Michael Johnson ₤7.5m

Guilherme ₤10.75m

Christian Zapata ₤12.75m

Micah Richards ₤22.5m

Robert Acquafresca Free

Julio Babtista Free

Okaka Free

Bojan Season loan

Transfers out to date:

David ₤12.5m

Craig Gordon ₤27m, could rise to ₤35m

Robert Acquafresca ₤8.25

Carlinhos ₤9m

Team:

GK O Olazabal

LB Guilherme

CB H Moreno

CB C Zapata

RB M Richards

CM M Johnson

CM E Benega

AM J Babtista

AM J Riquelme

AM F Forestieri

ST Bojan

Sub C Samba

Sub M Hamsik

Sub A Diarra

Sub L Donovan

Sub Lulinha

Sub H Saivet

Sub B Sharpe

Top Scores and Average Rating

B sharpe - 24 App 18 Goals 5 Assists 5 MOM 7.23

F Forestieri - 25 App 12 Goals 6 Assists 4 MOM 7.35

J Requelme - 22 App 6 Goals 10 Assists 1 MOM 7.13

J Babtista - 22 App 4 Goals 9 Assists 1 MOM 7.13

League and Cup Competions to date:

League table: 1st - Expectations 1st

European Cup: 2nd in Group - Expectations semi final

FA Cup: 5th round - Expectations Final

Leacue Cup: Semi Final - Expectations Semi Final

E Benega - 0 Goals 9 Assists 0 MOM 7.03

[AcidBurn]

Just starting the 5th season now first season finished 8th, second season finished 4th third season 2nd and won champions league, 4th season won the league heres my team.

GK C Gordon

LB G Bale

RB N Hunt

CB A Vidal

CB Samba

CM Banega and Sunny Rotating them

MR R Babel rotated with Giovanni Dos Santos

ML H Ben Arfa Rotated With Ashley Young

AM Matias Fernandez

ST Adriano

ST Billy Sharp

Subs

O Olazabal

I Akinfeev

P Ilhan

J Lescott

A Arshavin

J Vaughn

David

Giles Barnes

Toni Kroos

A Regen striker who has scored at least 20 a season for 3 seasons now, got a regen fullback who is extremely fast and can play LB or RB. Another Regen who can play DMC CM and AMC just won young player of the year.

My squad is very strong and i hope to win the league again this year. I got Akinfeev for £6 million as i could approach to sign him. I did this because Craig Gordon has done nothing but moan that he cannot go to Man Utd and i am thinking about letting him go as Olazabal is a good enough backup for Akinfeev.

It amazes me how much money you can make from selling players on. Stancu bought for 250k sold for £7.5 million, Breno bought for £6 million sold for £22.5 million, Palacio bought for£9 million sold for £23 million, Dzs-something bought for 400k sold for £8.5 million. Combined with prize money, tv rights and sell on clauses Sunderland are a gold mine.

Parlak Ilhan is hopefully going to be a great buy his stats have rocketed since i bought him and he is now just starting to edge his way into the first team as Billy Sharp wasn't his usual self last season.

Vidal is a great buy as he can play LB, CB and DM I got him to replace Breno at half the cost of what i sold Breno for and he has been a rock for the last 2 seasons now.

Anyone see anyways to improve my squad?