Moonshine Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 After months of trying, and failing to get into FM16 I realised that I had the most fun playing my John Johnson save from the start of the (FM) year - http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/437521-FM16-John-Johnson-joins-St-Johnstone. I managed to get St Johnstone relegated, and myself sacked. In real life, they finished 4th. I'm clearly ****. So... The rules: With the stars aligning in this way, John Johnson has one ambition: to create a team of Johns. What type of John doesn't matter, so long as there is a (tenuous) link to the name 'John' - this means that John, Jon, Jonny, Jonjo, Jean, Yohan, Jonathan, Sean, Giovanni, Juan, Jonas and Jens (and a million other names) are all acceptable as are surnames that utilise a 'John' form. This handy wikipedia page and this page too will not doubt come in very useful. On top of this, any player coming through the youth setup (and kept) will become an honorary John, and be given a name befitting his honorary status. These 'honJohns' are purely because I always like bringing through youth. I remain useless at FM, so might get fired. But I like the idea, and, as I said, I've struggled getting into this iteration since my firing as St. Johnstone manager, so... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Haha. Loved this before and I'm sure I will again. ps. IN case you are interested, here is a list of places that are named after Pope JOHN Paul II. I personally think that anyone from anywhere near these places should also be available to sign. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 2015/16 Season Pre-SeasonSeason Expectations:League: Top HalfMedia: 4thBookies: 40-1Scottish Cup: Semi FinalLeague Cup: Semi FinalEuropa League: Third QualifyingStarting Squad Of my starting squad only Joe Shaugnessy and John Sutton canhold even a passing connection to the name John, Shaughnessy via the Shaugn in his surname. Slowly does it... The squad needs improvement, too - too many strikers, not enough midfielders and a very average bunch of centre backs. I'll be playing a 4-4-2 for the time being, to try and accomodate everybody. Transfers Little money, but one big signing – Sean Kelly at DL/DC. Out went Craig Thompson on loan to Dumbarton Friendlies Just the two friendlies - a thrashing of my youngsters, and a solid performance in a 4-2 loss to Reading Europe Home and away wins before I started over Tshkinvali of Georgia were followed by a thrashing - complete with dodgy penalty - by Bulgarians Litex away. A 2-0 lead was pulled back to 2-1 late on as I looked for a third, and we were out. Not even semi-respectable, really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 2015/6 August Fixtures We started the season poorly, lucky to concede only twice at Hearts – who had 8 (!) CCCs. A tweak of tactics at half-time against Inverness saw us score twice more to win there, and we continued with these simple tweaks as August progressed. A draw against Ross County was deserved, but our loss to Dundee less so – but I have to say, we looked good. Another 0-0 against Motherwell showed our problems scoring and the less said about that Celtic game, the better – except that four goals for Leigh Griffiths put him on 12 goals in 6 games (!). Unsurprisingly, Leigh Griffiths was August’s player of the month. More surprisingly, my centre midfielder, Chris Millar, was second. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 2015/6 September Fixtures Three goals in three minutes – two of them the wrong way – against Hamilton followed by a couple the right way against Kilmarnock started September. Steven Maclean’s goal was his first appearance since the start of the season, an injury having kept him out until then. And then a Tayside derby where we led 2-0 and threw it all away, losing 3-2 to Dundee United. League Cup Queen of the South put up a real fight, pulling level twice before late, late goals from Wotherspoon and Millar made it look much easier than it was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 2015/6 October Fixtures Our form is incredibly patchy – wins against 2nd and 5th in Aberdeen and Inverness were interspersed by losses to 8th placed Partick and bottom of the table Hamilton. I’m finally settling on a front two, with Cummins and Kane, but they just aren’t getting the supply. League Cup 4 days after the win against Invenress in the league, we go back up North in the cup and are thoroughly beaten. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 2015/6 November Fixtures Continually patchy form – a 3-0 win over Killy stopped a losing streak before two Tayside derbies in a row ended the month: a 1-0 loss (undeserved) and 1-1 draw (far more deserved) meant I sat in a mediocre midtable come December. There’s no consistency. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 4, 2016 Author Share Posted June 4, 2016 2015/6 December Fixtures A good game with Ross County, but again we can’t convert it into a win. Celtic was an enormous disappointment. We led, were pulled back and then, with the last kick of the game, Celtic sodding won it. A loss to Hearts and the board threatened to sack me. 8 points, they said. A first half hattrick by Chris Kane put us 3-2 up against Partick. An assist by the man of the moment made it 4-2, before goals in the 87th and 91st minute made it 4-4. We just can’t hold on to a win. It’s awful. A change of tactics to a 4-5-1, focussing on retaining possession away at Motherwell brought me a much needed win – and got their manager sacked in the process. This one might just work, despite the lack of wingers in my squad. After the Hearts loss, the board demanded 8 points from five to keep me in a job. There’s speculation about replacing me, but I’ve got 4 from two, which is a great start. Despite everything, David Wotherspoon won player of the month. Ballon D’or: Lionel Messi World Team of the Year Johns: Juan Mata Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 2015/6 January Fixtures A pretty spectacular win over Aberdeen kicked the New Year off with a bang – and dragged me to five of my required eight points. We hit eight points the next game – more subtle tweaks to the tactic, now playing a possession based 4-4-1-1 resulted in the best performance, and best result, of my career to date. Celtic are just so much better than me – Leigh Griffiths scored three more, to bring his tally to 7 in 3 games against me. [/url Scottish Cup A weak – but not that weak – second team were beaten by League One Brechin City. Brechin City. Our new possession-based tactic that produced two 3-0 wins in a row just couldn’t break down a defensive-minded opponent in Brechin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 JohnWatch A biannual check up on how my Johns are doing (until there are more Johns than not…) Sean Kelly has been playing mostly at DC as opposed to his more natural DL position, with Brian Easton dominating at left back. He’s played well, and is a surefire starter. 6.91 Joe Shaugnessy: Like Sean Kelly, a full back by trade who is second choice, this time to Darnell Fisher. Instead, he normally starts alongside Kelly through the centre. 6.92 John Sutton: Doesn’t fit my formation, which calls for an AF. As a targetman, he looks static and not playing well. 11(7) and 3 goals isn’t enough. 6.89 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 2015/6 February Fixtures After a high-scoring January, a low-scoring February – draws against Inverness and Motherwell sandwiched a win against Dundee. An excellent win against Aberdeen – whom we have beaten 3 of 3 games rounded off an excellent February. Since my change of formation at the end of 2015, I’ve got 17 points from a possible 24. It’s seriously tight, with five to play until the split. 3 points separate 2nd from 8th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 2016/17 Youth intake – the HonJohns A pretty decent first honorary John intake, with three John’s chosen for naming, and a few not tagged but kept just in case. Jamie ‘John’ Murray looks pretty great in goal, especially once those mentals are dragged up. 2 Determination is a worry. Jamie ‘John’ McNiven is alright. Nothing special though. Ciaran ‘John’ Young might make it as a jobbing midfielder. Good passing, which is nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carninho Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 hope this one works out. I really loved the idea of the Johns Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 7, 2016 Author Share Posted June 7, 2016 2015/6 March Fixtures A great month. Chris Kane looks fabulous up front, and Craig Thomson, who has just returned from loan, scored in the thrashing of Partick Thistle. A victory over Ross County and draw with Hearts rounded off an excellent month. So tight at the top. 4 points between 2nd and 8th, 6 between 2nd and 10th. At least I’m at the right end of it, finally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 2015/6 Early April Fixtures Fabulous first two games – a 3-0 thrashing of Dundee, with Sean Kelly and John Sutton both scoring. We went two down early to Kilmarnock but we fought back – and a score from Graham Cummins off the bench secured a fabulous win – and second at the split. When my job was in question in December, I’d never have thought that we could turn it around. Oh, and Celtic won by a mile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 2015/6 Late April/Early May Fixtures I’m not sure if it was that we were just playing good teams again, or complacency, or people getting used to our tactics, but after a3-1 victory over Celtic we failed to win again in the Champions Section – and, apart from our draw with Hamilton, deserved every result. 3rd Place is ASTONISHING considering we were 10th at Christmas. Europa League, too \o/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 [ 2015/16 End of Season League Table. League Graph: Look at that post-Christmas rise… Facilities. Our facilities have downgraded at the end of this season, due to technological advances. We did, however, request new Youth facilities, which were granted at a million pound cost. Finances Squad Looking good. We’re losing a lot of our defenders on a free, or back from loan, at the end of the season and will have to look at replacing them. A good AMC is a must, too. More Johns Needed! End of Season Awards: The centre back pairing is very odd. Scobbie only made 7 appearances all season, while Sean Kelly and Joe shaugnessy made upward of 30 and played better to boot. It’s a shame that Darnell Fisher will be going back to Celtic at the end of the season, but hopefully Shaugnessy will replace him at DR. Stats Fans Player of the Season: David Wotherspoon John of the Season: Played consistently well at DC. Fans Young Player of the Season Darnell Fisher Young John of the Season: Also Joe Shaugnessy! He and Sean Kelly are 23 and 22, and will hopefully form the core of the Johns for many years. Goal of the Season. A fabulous long range goal from Chris Kane [video=youtube;pSsJraLHm4E] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 Roll of Honour SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE Champions: Celtic Europa League Qualifers: Hearts, St. Johnstone Relegated: Kilmarnock, Dundee SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP Promoted: Rangers, Falkirk Relegated: Greenock Morton SCOTTISH LEAGUE 1 Promoted: Dunfermline Athletic Relegated: Brechin City, Albion Rovers SCOTTISH LEAGUE 2 Promoted: Annan Athletic, Stirling Albion Relegated: East Stirlingshire SCOTTISH JUNIORS: Brora Rangers SCOTTISH CUP Celtic 7-0 Raith Rovers (51,866) SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP Inverness 0p-0 Motherwell (17,098) PREMIER LEAGUE Champions: Manchester City Champions League qualifiers: Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United Relegated: Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion, Sunderland CHAMPIONSHIP Champions: Burnley Promoted: Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion Relegated: Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers, Rotherham United LEAGUE ONE Champions: Wigan Athletic Promoted: Barnsley, Peterborough United Relegated: Shrewsbury Town, Crewe Alexandra, Blackpool, Oldham Athletic LEAGUE TWO Champions: AFC Wimbledon Promoted: Carlisle United, Plymouth Argyle, Leyton Orient Relegated: Hartlepool United, Accrington Stanley CONFERENCE PREMIER Champions: Cheltenham Town Promoted: Grimsby Town Relegated: Guiseley, Barrow, Lincoln City, Altrincham CONFERENCE NORTH Champions: Stockport County Promoted: Telford United Relegated: Brackley Town, Gainsborough Trinity, Gloucester City CONFERENCE SOUTH Champions: Bishop’s Stortford Promoted: Bath City Relegated: Chelmsford City, Weston-Super-Mare, Concord Rangers TIER 7: Dulwich Hamlet, Dorchester Town, Bognor Regis Town, Ashton United, Darlington 1883, Kettering Town FA CUP Arsenal 0-1 Manchester United (90,000) LEAGUE CUP Arsenal 2p-2 Chelsea (90,000) COMMUNITY SHIELD Arsenal 2-3 Chelsea FOOTBALL LEAGUE TROPHY Coventry 0-2 Port Vale (43,077) FA TROPHY Cheltenham Town 2-0 Barrow (19,421) Elsewhere in Europe: AUSTRIAN PREMIER: RB Leipzig BELGIAN PRO LEAGUE: KAA Gent (x2) CROATIAN FIRST LEAGUE: HNK Rijeka CZECH SYNOT LIGA: Jablonec DANISH SUPERLIGA: FC Midtjylland (x2) DUTCH EREDIVISIE: Vitesse ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP: Arsenal FRENCH LIGUE 1: AS Monaco GERMAN BUNDESLIGA: FC Bayern Munchen (x4) GREEK SUPERLEAGUE: Olympiakos (x6) ITALIAN SERIE A: Juventus (x5) PORTUGUESE PREMIER LEAGUE: FC Porto ROMANIAN FIRST LEAGUE: Steau Bucaresti (x3) RUSSIAN PREMIER DIVISION: Zenit St. Petersburg (x2) SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP: Celtic (x5) SERBIAN FIRST LEAGUE: Cukaricki Stankom SPANISH LIGA BBVA: Barcelona (x2) SWEDISH ALLSVENSKAN: IFK Goteborg SWISS SUPER LEAGUE: FC Basel (x7) TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE: Fenerbahce UKRAINIAN PREMIER LEAGUE: Shakhtar Donetsk CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Juventus 1e-0 Manchester City San Siro, Milan (80,018) EUROPA LEAGUE Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Liverpool St Jakobspark, Basel (36,000) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 EURO 2016 – Holders: Spain, Hosts: France Out in Groups: Denmark, Austria, Wales, Hungary, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland Last 16: Ukraine 1p-1 Belgium Czech republic 0-1 Serbia Holland 2-1 Italy Slovenia 1-2 France Croatia 1-0 Portugal Bosnia 0-3 Spain Romania 2-3 Russia England 2-2p Germany Quarters: Ukraine 0-2e Holland Serbia 0-2 Spain Croatia 2-2p Russia France 0-1 Germany Semis: Holland 0p-0 Spain Russia 1-0 Germany Final: Holland 0e-1 Russia Stade de France, Paris (79,000) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I recognise that layout. How did you qualify for the Champions League according to the roll of honour? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 Best form of flattery! I qualifed for the Europas. I put it in wrongly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Good to see you try this again, it's an interesting idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 2016/17 Season Pre-Season Season Expectations: League: Europa League Qualification Media: 4th Bookies: 10-1 Scottish Cup: Quarter Final League Cup: Quarter Final Europa League: Third Qualifying Starting Squad More Johns! We now number 5 Johns at the start of the season, following the free transfer of John Rankin and the big-money signing of Ian McShane. John Sutton will be third-choice Striker behind Chris Kane and Steven Maclean, (Graham Cummins is out of contract and will almost certainly join Hearts) and also second choice at AMC behind either Wotherspoon or Swanson (depending on which is playing MR). Joe Shaugnessy will move to first choice DR with Darnell Fisher’s return to Celtic, and Sean Kelly is a first choice DC. Transfers The big signing was Ian McShane (so good, they named him ‘John’ twice!). John Rankin will be a solid backup midfielder, and was available on a free after his Dundee United contract came to an end. Johnny Burn is a good backup centre back – I needed one desperately, and he’s a good signing on loan from Middlesborough. Out went a number of youth players, as well as 3rd choice ST Graham Cummins, Simon Lappin in the midfield, 3rd choice DC Steven Andersen and 2nd choice GK Zander Clark. Clearing out the nonJohns that aren’t needed. Friendlies Europe Wins home and away against Cork City of Ireland weren’t especially convincing, but we were knackered to be fair. Our draw away and win at home to Istra of Croatia was better – and the draw with Ordabasy Shymkent of Kazakhstan was the most favourable it could be, They beat Nordsjaelland of Denmark in the 2nd round, a team I think we’d have struggled against. 2 penalties helped me on my in the first leg – though I deserved the win anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 2016/17 August Fixtures Sodding Celtic. Our bogey team (and the best team in the league by far) defeated us 3-2. Understandable, but irritating. Chris Kane scored after just 24 seconds, giving us false hope, but they are just too good. We followed this by a good victory over Ross County. An 88th minute penalty meant we lost to Partick Thistle, and, in the 94th minute, we had our first ever red card after a two footed tackle by Murray Davidson. Falkirk were summarily dispatched for a good start to the season. Europe A 3-3 draw in Kazakhstan put us through to the playoffs (moolah!). Unfortunately we drew Werder Bremen. A frankly ridiculous 5-4 loss at Home – including a hattrick from Chris Kane – was, unfortunately, followed by Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 One of the pages you linked in your opening post says the Turkish equivalent of John is 'Yahya' but this strikes me as being an old Turkish name. In modern Turkish 'Can' (pronounced 'Jan') is often seen as linked to John. It's very popular as a first name and surname so you may have just had your pool of players increased considerably Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 Oh fab. Emre Can for eg? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 2016/17 September Fixtures Average month, all in. Dundee United lost to two penalties, before a bore draw with Hearts. Aberdeen were simply better than us. I’m slightly worried we aren’t going to be as good as last year – but it can all turn, as we’ve seen. League Cup Hibernian were summarily dispatched in a great performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 2016/17 October Fixtures We’re really finding goals hard to come by. One in the 91st minute against Motherwell manages to get me the win, before being shut out twice in a row in poor losses to Inverness and Rangers. We were very average, to be frank, against Celtic and got lucky with an Ambrose own goal. League Cup We’re into the semis after a 4-1 penalty win against Hamilton. Hooray! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Oh fab.Emre Can for eg? Exactly! There was even a player called Can Can in the Galatasaray youth system a few years ago Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 2016/17 November Fixtures It’s not like the end of last season. To be fair, we’re playing quite well, but can’t hold on to a lead – nor can we afford to lose Craig, Kane or Hurst who are keeping us afloat at the moment. I’m going for 4 points dropped here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 2016/17 December Fixtures The very definition of mid table – 2 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses. Hearts and Aberdeen – outside of Celtic, rounding out last year’s top ten – have dropped enormously this season and sit in the bottom half, and yet both beat me by two goals. A 90th minute equaliser against Dundee was welcome, and wins against Hamilton and Inverness were excellent. Liam Craig won Player of the Month for a second successive month. He’s looking brilliant. Ballon d’Or: Lionel Messi (x2) World Team of the Year Johns: N/a Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 2016/17 January Fixtures We played – and lost – to the top three. Celtic and Rangers and streets above us in terms of quality, while Partick Thistle are having an excellent season – and we were poor. In between, We beat Ross County with goals from Johnny Burn and David Wotherspoon. Part of our issue this season is that we aren’t firing on all cylinders. Kane hasn’t scored in the league in 11 games. Scottish Cup A weakened team struggled but eventually overcame Stranraer. Brad McKay, Steven Maclean and John Rankin with the goals League Cup A goal from Chris Kane! His first in 10 hours, and we are through to the League Cup Final!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 JohnWatch A biannual check up on how my Johns are doing (until there are more Johns than not…) Sean Kelly Plays near enough every game at DC alongside Burns, but occasionally fills in at his preferred DL when Easton is out. You can tell he’s a DL6.91 Joe Shaugnessy: Has had a sublime season at Right Back since Darnell Thomas’ return to Celtic. Not much in the way of assists, but supports brilliantly 7.34 Johnny Burn is very much the first name on the teamsheet. I will be doing my utmost to sign him permanently in the Summer. 7.20 Ian McShane: Dominant in the midfield. Passes well, breaks up play nicely. 7.31 John Rankin: Getting on a bit and very much a backup midfielder. Hasn’t played much in the league, but looks good against weaker sides in the cup. 7/03 John Sutton: Plays rarely now, and when he does it is normally as an AMC – where he’s actually doing well. Score penalties for fun. 7.11 & 5 goals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted June 28, 2016 Author Share Posted June 28, 2016 Bugger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 God only know what happened to February there.... (I was pretty good - I won some games, including a fifth round Scottish cup match) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 2016/7 March Fixtures Not a fab couple of games… After a good (if invisible) February, I lost and drew in March. That said, I was essentially guaranteed a place in the top six. Scottish Cup An excellent win against Hearts puts me into a semi-final against Celtic. Can we make it two finals?? League Cup Very sad. We had a chance… and against Dundee, of all people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 2016/17 Youth intake – the HonJohns Fab honorary John intake- this time named ‘Ian’ - with five chosen for naming. Tony ‘Ian’ Robertson looks like a pretty excellent ball winning midfielder. Great tackling. Jamie ‘Ian’ Fotheringham: Passing? Teamwork? Determination? Well he’ll definitely do. Gary ‘Ian’ Johnston: A trueJohn, and a very good one at that. I’ve two good young GKs now, alongside Jamie ‘John’ Murray… Jack ‘Ian’ Gemell: Another trueJohn, and potentially a good striker to boot. Not the best physicals…. Willie ‘Ian’ Scott isn’t quite as good as the rest, but has the physicals, perhaps, to challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 Celtic really very very good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 2016/7 April Fixtures Well, that wasn’t a very good month. I’ve no idea where my form has gone. I’ve three games left of the season – I want to blood some youngsters. Scottish Cup] What a ridiculous match. I was 1-0 down after 48 minutes, when Johnny Burn got a second yellow. An attacking formation with 3 at the back spectacularly backfired as I went 5-0 down. And then, 3 goals in 4 minutes gave me some hope at 5-3 with 82 minutes gone but three more goals from Diogo Jota, to bring his total for the day to 5 (!) in 82,83 and 89 destroyed me. Cerci completed his hattrick on 91 to make it 9-3. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 2016/7 May Fixtures I changed the goalkeeper, after Mannus had conceded 27 goals in his last 8 games – at least two in every match. 17 year old Jamie ‘John’ Murray came in, and had 3 clean sheets in three. Yes, two of those were 0-0 draws, but I’m thrilled with the turnaround after 2 points in 7 prior to that. Sixth isn’t a fab result, but I’ll take the top half, I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 [ 2015/16 End of Season League Table. League Graph: We never recovered from that post-League Cup Final slump… Europa League: Lost vs Werder Bremen in the Playoffs Scottish Cup: Thrashed 9-3 by Celtic in the Semi Final League Cup: Lost 3-1 to Dundee United in the final Facilities. Finances - £1.45m Squad A number of aging players (MacKay, Millar, Scobbie, Maclean) are going at the end of the season, and of course Johnny Burns will return to Middlesborough. We’re in desperate need of a 1st choice AMC, some DL/DRs and a backup DC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 End of Season Awards: I think that the game doesn’t recognise Sean Kelly as a DC. He played more and was much better than Brad McKay. Similarly, Danny Swanson made 38 appearances mostly as an AMC ahead of Greg Hurst. It must be players playing out of their natural position… Otherwise, that seems a fair assessment of my first eleven, though perhaps with Murray Davidson ahead of Scott Brown at BWM.StatsTop Goalscorer: Chris Kane – 22 from 45(7) [12 from 33(5) in the league]In the cup he was excellent. In the league, average. Still very young, though.Fans Player of the Season: David Wotherspoon – 7.51Sublime at MR. I slapped a £3.4m minimum release clause on him in January, with interest from Brighton and Rangers, so expect him to move in the Summer.John of the Season:Joe Shaugnessy – 7.31Moved to DR with Darnell Fisher returning to Celtic and was brilliant.Fans Young Player of the Season Scott Brown – 7.32Odd choice, given that he played only 16(2) games, though to be fair he was magnificent when he did get a chance.Young John of the Season:Johnny Burn – 7.19On loan from Middlesborough. Despite his poor disciplinary record (17 yellows and a red in 44 games) anchored the back four brilliantly. I will be doing all I can to sign him in the summer.Goal of the Season.A magnificent long-range freekick from Liam Craig [video=youtube;pSsJraLHm4E] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWticQHdJ8Y Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted July 4, 2016 Author Share Posted July 4, 2016 Roll of Honour SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE Champions: Celtic Europa League Qualifers: Rangers, Partick Thistle, Hamilton Athletic Relegated: Ross County, Dundee United SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP Promoted: Dundee, Hibernian Relegated: Alloa Athletic, Livingston SCOTTISH LEAGUE 1 Promoted: Greenock Morton, Forfar Relegated: Annan Athletic, Stirling Albion SCOTTISH LEAGUE 2 Promoted: Clyde, Albion Rovers Relegated: Brora Rangers SCOTTISH JUNIORS: East Stirlingshire SCOTTISH CUP Celtic 4-0 Inverness Caledonia Thistle (51,866) SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP St Johnstone 1-3 Dundee (42,466) PREMIER LEAGUE Champions: Manchester United Champions League qualifiers: Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Relegated: Aston Villa, Norwich City, Brentford CHAMPIONSHIP Champions: QPR Promoted: Wolverhampton Wanderers, Brighton & Hove Albion, Hull City Relegated: Sunderland (!), Leeds United , Barnsley LEAGUE ONE Champions: Millwall Promoted: Birmingham City, Walsall Relegated: Southend United, Bradford City, Plymouth Argyle, AFC Wimbledon LEAGUE TWO Champions: Portsmouth Promoted: Luton Town, Notts County, Wycombe Wanderers Relegated: York City, Northampton Town CONFERENCE Hartlepool United Promoted: Wrexham Relegated: Telford United, Stockport County, Bath City, Bishop’s Stortford CONFERENCE NORTH Champions: Altrincham Promoted: Fylde Relegated: Alfreton Town, North Ferriby United, Ashton United CONFERENCE SOUTH Champions: Ebbsfleet United Promoted: Dartford Relegated: Wealdstone, Dorchester Town, Bognor Regis Town TIER 7 FA CUP Liverpool 0p-0 Manchester United (90,000) LEAGUE CUP Watford 2-3 Chelsea (90,000) COMMUNITY SHIELD Manchester United 1-3 Manchester City FOOTBALL LEAGUE TROPHY Millwall 2-0 Rotherham Utd(43,666) FA TROPHY Southport 2-2p Kidderminster Harries (19,356) Elsewhere in Europe: AUSTRIAN PREMIER: Rapid Wien BELGIAN PRO LEAGUE: KAA Gent (x3) CROATIAN FIRST LEAGUE: Hajduk Split CZECH SYNOT LIGA: Sparta Praha DANISH SUPERLIGA: FC Kobenhavn (x2) DUTCH EREDIVISIE: AFC Ajax ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP: Arsenal FRENCH LIGUE 1: PSG GERMAN BUNDESLIGA: FC Bayern Munchen (x5) GREEK SUPERLEAGUE: Olympiakos (x7) ITALIAN SERIE A: AS Roma PORTUGUESE PREMIER LEAGUE: FC Porto (x2) ROMANIAN FIRST LEAGUE: Steau Bucaresti (x4) RUSSIAN PREMIER DIVISION: Zenit St. Petersburg (x2) SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP: Celtic (x6) SERBIAN FIRST LEAGUE: FK Partizan SPANISH LIGA BBVA: Barcelona (x3) SWEDISH ALLSVENSKAN: IFK Norrkoping SWISS SUPER LEAGUE: FC Basel (x8) TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE: Fenerbahce (x2) UKRAINIAN PREMIER LEAGUE: Shakhtar Donetsk (x2) CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Manchester United 2-2p Atletico Madrid Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (72,500) EUROPA LEAGUE Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 Liverpool Friends Arena, Stockholm (53,000) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Decent improvement on last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted July 10, 2016 Author Share Posted July 10, 2016 2016/17 Season Pre-Season Season Expectations: League: Top Half Media: 4th Bookies: 12-1 Scottish Cup: Quarter Final League Cup: Quarter Final Starting Squad We can now field a full first eleven of Johns if we want. I might play 11 Johns in the first few rounds of the cup. Wotherspoon remains my best player, though, despite the new influx. Transfers Lots in. Lots out, too, to be fair, in particular aging nonJohns. First choice players in include: John Souttar, John O’Sullivan, John Swift on loan, Ro-Shaun Williams on loan, and possibly Jack Harper. Second choices are Ivan Novoselec, Jack Hamilton, Sean Kavanagh and Jan Luptak. Yan Dhanda is a youth prospect. Friendlies Nice and simple. Good draw against Bordeaux. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 In my Dorchester Town save, Spurs have a regen called John Johnson. Pretty good too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 Here's hoping!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 2016/7 August Fixtures After a poor first weekend, we were fabulous. A comfortable win against Motherwell was accompanied by wins over Aberdeen, Dundee and Celtic – and we top the table. Kane and Shaughnessy are looking spectacular. League Cup] We played our first ever full eleven of Johns, including all three of our subs. Yes, it was a mostly second team, but I’m thrilled I’ve got to this point. We thrashed Stirling, Jan Luptak looking excellent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 2017/8 September Fixtures Four games, three wins, one draw. Three goals for ML Liam Craig. When he plays well, so does the team. Top of the table. League Cup] Dundee United may have been relegated last season, but they did beat me in the League Cup final - and the holders gave me a scare as I played 9 Johns, holding me to 1-1 at full-time, and pulling back an equalizer in extra time before the mighty David Wotherspoon rescued the match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 2017/8 October Fixtures Three points from three away games would have been alright had it not been for the prelude to it. The loss to Partick was particularly poor, and we lost the lead twice before a late winner. A good win against Hearts keeps me second in the league though. League Cup] We got over our loss to Partick in the league by beating them in the cup. Goals from Chris Kane and John O’Sullivan put me through to face Aberdeen in the semis. 8 Johns in the starting 11. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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