SpillBlood Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 April Brilliant month in the end. West Ham are a really good team on this save. It's West Ham who take the lead, Hartel finishing a good move after a pass across goal by Patterson. It's 2 - 0 to West Ham after a harmless ball is crossed in by Patterson and Bitshiabu somehow under absolutely no pressure mishits it into his own net after 21 minutes. Bitshiabu pulls one back after heading in Fodens corner after 50 minutes. Some good passing from the Millers and Becerra plays in substitue Hojlund to equalise after 65 minutes. It's a late winner.. to West Ham, a corner is swung in, we head out but Colombo collects, passes to Barco on the edge of the box who hits it through a crowd of players. We were terrible! I've had to rotate with the second leg against West Ham coming up and Bournemouth have the worst defense in the league, I'm sure with the team I've put out, especially since we're at home, that we can win. It's 1 - 0 to the Millers after 32 minutes, Miley headed in Kimble's cross. Gyokeres should have seen the game out in the 88th minute but that was a shocking miss. In the end, an easy 1 - 0 win will do me. We took the lead against Norwich after a quick counter, Juliao played a chipped ball into Hojlund who chested it down, shot and it's hit the keepers trailing leg and gone in after 24 minutes. We hit the woodwork 3 times in the first half! Hoping that doesn't cost us. It might! Norwich equalised after 65 minute, Gamal with a poor first touch, it's stolen and Longstaff plays through Soonsup-Bell who hits in. Bitshiabu puts us back in the lead after 67 minutes, heading in Foden's corner. Brilliant one touch passing from Rotherham, Kimble plays through Juliao who plays in Gyokeres who makes it 3 - 1 after 87 minutes. And with that victory, that's 5 times in a row Premier League Champions! It took 'til the 70th minute to score against Leicester but a good passing move with Miley playing it to Hojlund who finished it off, it's deserved. We doubled our lead in the 83rd minute with Hubana volleying in a brilliant ball from Gamal. We're clear winners here. 18 points clear with 3 to go. Haaland has been a different class, he's so good and Hojlund is out for 3 weeks so he can't even attempt to catch up, not like I thought he could . Champions League It was so tight, Caron is such a good player, West Ham have built a brilliant team. Glad we managed to get through. We drew PSG and the day the beofre the game Hojlund picked up an injury, still. Flores missed a huge chance but Gyokeres came off the bench to give us a close away win. International Debut A youth wingback that's not even played a handful of games yet has already got his Colombia debut We need a new stadium They want new players that can bring in revenue, I can do that, I can fit everything into the budget, thankfully our success brings in prize money but we sell out our 20k stadium and from our waiting list if we built an 80k stadium we'd sell that out with just home fans! One more year and I can ask for a new stadium! Next Month Big game against PSG we should win and what should be easy Prem games. Question is, can we win the Champions League? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 (edited) We're off to the Puskas Arena They had the possession and did absolutely nothing with it, we had the shots, the chances and the quality to beat last years winner. We face either Bayern or Real in the final, personally I'd rather face Bayern but we'll see who we get and try our best. We can win it but those are both quality teams. Edited March 5 by SpillBlood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 (edited) Champions League Final And it's against Real Madrid, I don't expect to win this one. Hojlund returns from injury and Foden is fit enough to play after a knock. Rotherham United kick off the first half. 1st minute: I thought we had a penalty shout but it doesn't matter! 24 seconds and Foden hits in Juliao's cross!!! 1 - 0 up! 2nd minute: Good football from Real and good defending from the Millers but Osimhen still find a way to force a brilliant save from Kovar. Real win the corner, it's hit in and Kovar saves the headed effort. 11th minute: SO CLOSE! Livramento plays a quality one-two with Juliao, Livramento dribbles into the box but his shot is just over! 12th minute: Valverde should have probably scored! Corner comes in, he's free to head it but heads it over! 23rd minute: Pitchford is played through by a lovely ball from Juliao but his shot is at Ramsdale when he should have scored and Rotherham win a corner. Gamal hits in and it's headed out, Real counter but Vivian mops up. Some good chances in that first half! Real Madrid kick off the second half. 51st minute: It's 2 - 0! Livramento crosses but Fresneda heads out, Becerra back in and Hojlund leaps like a fish and heads past Ramsdale! 71st minute: Good dribbling from Fresneda, he plays it into the feet of Bellingham who plays through Osimhen but he hits wide. 73rd minute: Gamal hits in a freekick, Hojlund is free to head past Ramsdale, that was so poor from Real but.. it's 3 -0! 80th minute: 4 subs are being made for fresh legs. Phillips, Hubana, Miley and Boxall replace Livramento, Juliao, Foden and Pitchford. 90th minute: Gamal is being replaced by Tremble. 3 minutes to hold on! 90+2: Hold on? Or Kossounou plays it to Boxall just inside the box, he plays a crossed into the six yard box to find an unmarked Hojlund to head in for his hat-trick! It goes to VAR but he's onside! 4 - 0!!! Hojlund has been superb on his return! THE HOJLUND FINAl. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNERS. He may have not had the best final and he may have missed out on another England call up but. Edited March 5 by SpillBlood 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 (edited) An absolutely brilliant season. Still need a season where I win all 4 proper trophies and I still want to beat Manchester City's record points, it's difficult . 1 more year and hopefully we'll be able to build a new stadium! We have 70k fans waiting for a season ticket! Foden was well worth it. Edited March 6 by SpillBlood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Season 9 - 2031/2032 This has been a really boring pre-season. I can't find youngsters to bring in but I don't really want to right now due to having some good youngsters I've loaned out and a couple I've kept to actually play, the squad is quite full, even after a couple of big sales I have players already to replace so I've bought no one. I've made a couple of backroom changes but nothing noteworthy. It's been pretty much press continue. The only noteworthy is that grey players are back in certain national teams due to the update and I forgot to sort that out when the new patch hit the other day, oh well. Transfers I couldn't turn that sort of money down for Gray as he was now my 5th MC. Gyokeres was declining and I wanted him off the wage bill. Everyone else has gone out to play football. That's about it. I don't think any other changes will be made unless someone wants to come in for Theate but my original CB target has already moved and I don't know much of an upgrade he'd of been. We have a brilliant team, we're Champions of Europe and we've won the Prem 5 times in a row. Not until we get proper funding through ya know, ticket sales through the new stadium like I keep banging on about etc can I splash silly cash on players. We're in good shape, it'll probably do for this season. We'd make so much more money! International Goal He's scored plenty here but it's nice to see Kossounou who's got interest from Saudi get his first goal, I'm not looking to sell but I'd probably be able to replace if they came in. Season Start We have two trophies to try and win but not a bad league start at all. We'll see how August treats us and to see if we need to improve. I do have a transfer budget of 167mil and 600k wages if I need. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Community Shield We've won the Community Shield 4 times in 4 attempts and 4 in a row, can we make it 5? City are a very difficult team to beat, in our last match I lost to them in the FA Cup. We both have our first eleven out! Should make a good game! Manchester City kick off the first half. 5th minute: Foden hits in the corner, City head out, Gamal hits back in, Meslier doesn't catch it, Hojlund has a free header and he headed over! Big miss! 8th minute: Bitshiabu heads in Fodens corner this time though, 1 - 0 Millers. 9th minute: He does it again . 2 - 0 Millers. 21st minute: City block to deny Pitchford, Foden corner and Meslier makes a huge save to deny Bitshiabu, Foden in again but City clear. 24th minute: We're passing well, Foden plays in Hojlund and that's a big save from Meslier! We hit in the corner and it's cleared. 31st minute: Brilliant passing from the Millers, being patient and waiting for space, Becerra finishes off the move by playing in Hojlund who hits in to make it 3. Honestly, he looks offside to me but we'll take it! 33rd minute: City pull one back after Musiala hits in a 20 yard low drive, Kovar will want that one back. 43rd minute: Foden hits a free kick but it's straight into the wall, Juliao collects, we pass it around, Foden on the right, plays it across goal and Hojlund hits in to make it 4 - 1! Rotherham United kick off. 47th minute: Ball plays in Haaland and that's a great save from Kovar to deny! 58th minute: Close for City! Musiala tries a curling effort, I thought it was the top corner but it's just wide of the post! 72nd minute: Boxall and Hubana replace Juliao and Pitchford. 80th minute: Theate, Phillips and MacDonald replace Kossounou, Livramento and Foden. 82nd minute: Kone goes for a long shot and it's only just over! 90th minute: Brilliant counter from Rotherham, Hubana brings it down, plays a one two, plays in Boxall who strikes wide! He could of made it 5! 5 in a row. Honestly, I think Kovar will be my #1 until he gets too old which I don't think I'll be playing this save that long . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Uefa Super Cup We've just won our opening game 4 - 1 and Spurs have just beat West Ham of all teams 4 - 0. This is going to be a tough game! Foden is back, I think we're favourites. Rotherham United kick off the first half. 9th minute: Bitshiabu goes close, heading over Fodens corner. 13th minute: Kossounou heads at goal but Kotarski saves. He throws out and Spurs look to attack, Mainoo plays in Sarr and it's 1 - 0 Spurs! 19th minute: Chol-Min crosses and Pedrola heads just wide! Let off for the Millers. 26th minute: It's Vivian scoring his first ever Rotherham goal! Gamal hits in the corner, it's hit out by Spurs but it's straight to Juliao, he plays ot to Kossounou who plays it to Vivian on the edge of the box. Vivian dribbles in, shoots on his weak foot and it's off the post and in! 1 - 1! It's even at the end of the first half. Tottenham Hotspur kick off the second half. 58th minute: Pedrola cuts in and shoots over! Close again! Think we need some subs, Foden is having a shocker. 60th minute: Brown, Theate, Phillips and Miley replace Bitshiabu, Beccera, Gamal and Foden. 70th minute: Our final sub as Flores replaces Hojlund. 90+4: There's a very late goal! And it's the same combo as the Norwich game meaning it's a Rotherham goal!!! Good passing and Brown crosses in from the left and Juliao hits in!!! We've won the Uefa Super Cup! What a close game! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 August I couldn't ask for a better month, 4 league wins and 2 trophies, just brilliant. We start the season away at Norwich! Foden is injured, Miley is recovering from a knock and only makes the bench so it's Boxall who gets a chance to show us what we can do. Becerra is tripped and we win a penalty after just 4 minutes, Hojlund steps up and hits in the bottom corner. Norwich equalise after 11 minues though! A brilliant long ball from Yazbek finds Soonsup-Bell to hits in, Bitshiabu is playing him onside. We restore the lead after 21 minutes, Livramento throws in, we play it round, Juliao drives it into the box and plays a square ball to Becerra who is free and slots in. It's 3 after 35 minutes, Becerra curls in a cross and Pitchford heads in. Archie Brown who's actually on at CB sets up Juliao with a ball across goal to make it 4 after 86 minutes. In the end it was a great win and Norwich were lucky we only scored 4, we had so many chances. A few tired players and a few injuries so we've rotated a little against Palace but we're at home and should win. We finally take the lead after 39 minutes, some great passing, Gamal hits it to Hojlund who flicks in the path of Hubana to strike low past the keeper. Hojlund makes it 2 after 58 minutes, Hubana hits in the frekick, Kossounou heada cross goal and Hojlund heads in. Not our best day in front of goal but a win is a win, it took Palace 88 minutes to have their first shot and they didn't manage one on target. Great in that aspect, we just had alot of chances. Newcastle take the lead after just 4 minutes. Timber plays in Tonali who makes Kossounou looks like a mug, he shoots, it's off the woodwork and in. We've been poor but Foden is there two recieve and play in every other pass, we attack down the left, Hojlund plays it to Juliao and it's 1 - 1 after 38 minutes, that was class from Foden. Hubana comes off the bench to make it 1 - 2 to the Millers, Miley hits in the corner, Hubana heads it at goal, Grabara saves with his palms and spills it, Hubana strikes it into the bottom corner after 73 minutes. That's brilliant from Miley, he plays through Hojlund who hits in to make it 1 - 3. Is it a foul? Becerra goes to shoot but seems to be pushed off the ball and we have a pen in the 93rd minute, Hubana steps up and it's slotted into the bottom corner, 1 - 4! Hubana might be starting against Brighton. I can't remember the last time I had to sub off 2 CBs for underperforming but the changes worked. Hubana strikes again, he puts us 1 - 0 up after 22 minutes. Foden loses out to Gilmour but his second attempt finds Hubana in the box who hits in. Flores makes it 2 in the 92nd minute after a brilliant passs from Hubana, he dribbles down and slots in, he should have put us 2 up earlier so glad he's made up and got us out of sight as Brighton were pushing for the equaliser and forced some good saves from Kovar. Usually when we break a record we lose right after, hopefully this time we don't . We're top but we did have four easy opening games. Hubana has just been class. Carabao Cup Draw Would have like a non-Prem team or to be at home but we should be able to rotate our squad and still win. Champions League Draw Not the worst draw, Bayer, Arsenal and Barcelona are all difficult teams to play, especially with two of those games being away but we know we can beat them. Deadline Day Nothing to see here . I've been scouting, I can't improve. It's either players I can't fit in due to then reducing playing time for youth that can improve or CBs that would improve the team that cost silly money and no one wants my CBs so it just doesn't work. We have a good enough squad anyway. This is what I mean by silly money, 186mil on 1 player is madness! We're still only 9th in the wage table, I thought we'd be higher by now. Incase I need to make any chances in January, we have some money spare . Next Month Some nice cup games but that's a difficult league run, we'll do well to come out of that with 3 wins. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 September Not the loss I was expecting but a very solid month in the league. Pitchford gets the nod to start against Spurs, hopefully he can prove me right with his pace. Spurs take the lead after 16 minutes, Kulusevski cuts in and I think it's a deflection? Kossounou might have locked Kovars vision or it's just poor from Kossounou which isn't the first time this season? I can't tell but Kossonou dropped to a 6.4. We should have equalised but Pitchford mistimed his run and is offside, that's poor. Hubana is coming on at half time, we've been awful. Is that a pen? Porro pushed Hojlund who looked like he was about to head in and it's a second yellow for Porro, he's off after 52 minutes! Foden steps up.. and he HAMMERs that it, sheer power! 53 minutes it's 1 - 1 and we need to take advantage of 10 men. It's a fluke goal but we're 1 - 2 up after 64 minutes! Foden loses the ball but it's to Gamal, he shoots and it's a deflection in! Not sure how Foden got an assist for that! What a ball from Archie Brown, he came on for Kossonou at half time, he plays it over, Hojlund collects and plays it to Foden to hit in after 72 minutes, 1 - 3! Is that another penalty!? Boxall is back from injury and has just replaced Foden, so it's Hubana to take the pen! He steps up and it's past McKenna in the 81st minute, 1 - 4! What a second half! We're at home to Liverpool but Echerverri is against us and he loves a goal against The Millers. It's the Millers that take the lead! Bitshiabu is back from injury and heads in Gamals corner after 21 minutes! It's that man again, Hubana makes it 2 - 0! The ball is cleared by Liverpool, Kossounou hits a ball back over, Foden collects, hits across goal and Hubana charges in and nods it past Kobel after 30 minutes. Vivian makes it 3 after 70 minutes! Heading in Hubana's freekick. Good quick attacking from the Millers! MacDonald through to Miley, he's tackled but Hubana hits it first time and it's 4 after 82 minutes. Hubana feels like a cheat code right now. Liverpool started well but they ended up with 0 shots on target! After our loss to Dinamo we're away at 2nd in the league Manchester United. Ha! I shouted out WHAT when I saw Manchester United had a potential penalty after what looked like a good tackle, it was and it was no pen! That is a shocking clearence from Bitshiabiu, Garnacho heads it, it hits off Livramento into the path of Kroupi to make it 1 - 0 to Man Utd, there was some luck involved there! IS THAT MACDONALD!? Vivian hits a freekick, MacDonald my youth player is onside, uses his pace and hits it first time to equalise after 91 minutes!!! Hojlund missed a sitter and then went off injured, his normal replacement Flores is also injured so that's a huge goal from MacDonald! Still nicely at the summit. Carabao Cup Brentford were good in the first half and could have scored more. Thankfully we came out in the second looking like we wanted it. Away at Arsenal, probably the most difficult tie I could have got but we did hammer them not too long ago and we've had cup success again them in the past when Boxall scored 4 past them. Champions League Pitchford was sent off for a scissor tackle, we were still the better team, I should have made subs earlier as it was my youngster uptop on his own for a good 60 minutes. Their GK was MOTM and you just knew they were gonna get a goal. International Debut Bordalas is an odd one. Phillips doesn't get call up anymore, Pitchford doesn't get a call up anymore, both World Cup winners, but my CB/RB who's barely played this season due to injury and is my 3rd RWB and 6th CB, yep, he's now an England international. Next Month Hoping this is going to be a green month, I have to beat Celtic as my girlfriends Dad is a Rangers fan . We also need to get points after the Dinamo loss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 (edited) October After the international break there was still about 9 days inbetween games so a friendly for fitness seemed like a good idea. We started the month losing Miley for 2 - 3 months which was a blow but we've been fine without so far. Anyway, to the games! That's a quality counter attack to give us the lead against Hull. Foden wins the ball back and plays it to Hubana, he dribbles half the length of the pitch and gives it back to Foden, Foden hits a quality ball over to find Hubana charging in, he collects and puts it in after 21 minutes. Could see that coming after it wasn't cleared very well, Hull equalise in the 30th minute with a curling effort from Edozie. Foden plays a quality ball through, Hojlund has the pace to beat his man and is taken down for it, it's a penalty to the Millers, Foden steps up and it's the top corner, we're back in the lead after 33 minutes. We're 3 - 1 up after 48 minutes but it's a total fluke, Phillips playes it to Becerra who shoots and it takes a massive deflection, the GK can't do anything about that. That's a brilliant attacking move from the Millers, Phillips plays in Juliao who makes it 4 - 1 after 57 minutes. It's 5 after 66 minutes, Hojlund heads in Hubanas freekick. This is brilliant from the Millers, such good passing, Foden to Hojlund who makes it 6 after 75 minutes. It's another Millers pen and Hojlund is taking for a chance of his hat-trick. He hits low and past Cox to make it 7 after 88 minutes. Cox has made some incredible saves in the depth of the game to deny an even bigger scoreline! What a game! Our xG was 5.01! That's a first for me! Even though we're battering Southampton, they take the lead in bizzare fasion, Moder crosses it following a cleared corner and he mishits it into the bottom corner, total fluke but it's in after 22 minutes. Brown with a cross, it's not cleared by Soton and Hubana picks up to hit in after 32 minutes. We make it 1 - 2 to the Millers, Vivian founds Boxall who runs into the box, crosses in and Hojlund heads past Kelleher after 54 minutes, about time we've had enough chances. It's a red card to the Millers seconds later as Theate is sent off for a 2nd yellow. Juliao makes it 1 - 3 to the Millers even with 10 men, a brilliant through ball from Boxall, Juliao is free to hit in after 65 minutes. Brilliant win, especially when we went down to 10. Still nicely top of the summit. He's giving me a proper selection headache whether I should be playing him or Gamal at DM. Carbao Cup The scoreline absolutely flatters us, Arsenal should have taken the lead early on the difference in the first half was Phil Foden, he was unplayable. It was such a tight game until I made subs in the 70th minute bringing a couple of youth on etc and we seemed to do better! At home against Villa, we can win this. Champions League Coming off the back of a 7 - 1 win, I didn't change my side and we struggled to break Celtic down. They had possession, didn't do alot with it but we managed to get a win. World Golden Ball So close for Foden! Maybe next year! Youth development I didn't know buying youth players so they're HG between 18 and 21 counted . Next Month Big league games, we need to keep winning in the Champions League, need to keep our form going. Edited March 8 by SpillBlood 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 November Could not ask for a better month!!! The second game of our double-header against Arsenal. It's Foden who puts us 1 - 0 up after 20 minutes, Livramento runs down the right, plays it to Juliao, he plays it low into the box and Foden finishes. Arsenal equalise after 58 minutes with Havertz heading in Odegaards corner. There's a 93rd minute goal... and it's to Rotherham! It's been 17 games since Arsenal have lost in the league and Pitchford just headed in Becerra's cross! We had so many chances to win this game and we so deserved that winner. I've had to rotate against Everton, Foden is too tired, Hubana isn't fully fit, Vivian is injured, it's going to be a tough match. We take the lead after 4 minutes, Juliao wins the ball, we counter, Boxall plays through Hojlund who hits in from a tight angle. That was pretty much the game, we had a couple of half chances, Everton didn't register a shot on target. We've lost Livramento for a month, it's a huge blow, especially since Gamal is away at the AFCON. Injuries and tiredness from the international break means I'm missing some key players against Manchester City. Youngster Kimble is having to start at RWB. Hubana goes superman! It's from a push and we've won a pen! Foden slots into the top corner after 21 minutes. To add to my injury list, Hubana has to be replaced as he has a knock. He did come back exhausted from international duty. We just scored such a good goal but Hojlund is just offside, that's gutting! Now Phillips has to come off as he's injured. A deserved win in the end, Kimble was brilliant at RWB! Phillips scored a 20 yarder to give us the lead against Fulham, finishing a brilliant attacking move after 35 minutes. Bitshiabu puts us 2 up after 43 minutes, heading in Hubana's corner. Foden makes it 3 after 44 minutes, brilliant attacking move again, Hubana cuts it back to Foden to strikes off the underside of the bar and in. Wilson Tapia after a MOTM display in the Champions League comes off the bench to score his first Rotherham goal after 74 minutes, he's only playing due to internationals/injuries/subs, he's my 4th RWB/LWB. That was a good solid win. We're flying high. Champions League Two much needed wins, considering how much we had to rotate against Olympiacos, that was a great win. The Best 50 Players We only have Foden, think it's harsh Becerra isn't in there. Hubana could be there in a couple of years, maybe even Juliao. This is Becerra: Next Month December is usually a good month for us! 9 games in 26 days, hopefully we'll give it our best! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 December A really good month except the Bayer 04 game! That was frustrating! Home to Aston Villa makes my 500th game in management, hope we can top that off with a win! It's a magical goal from Phil Foden as he bends a freekick that hits in the inside of the post and in after 27 minutes. Mistake at the back from Pau Torres, Foden intercepts his pass, plays it to Hubana who makes it 2 after 37 minutes. Foden makes it 3 after 52 minutes, Phillips hits a long shot, it takes a deflection of Foden and beats the 'keeper but Bazunu should be doing better. Foden is fouled in the box and it's a pen! He sends the goalkeeper the wrong way and it's his hat-trick after 72 minutes! In the 92nd minute it's 5. Hubana hits in the freekick, Kimble beats Torres in the air, he heads it down to Pitchford who hits in. What a game, 5 - 0 and Villa had 0 shots! I remember when Yuri Alberto a few seasons back was gunning for top goalscorer and today he hasn't managed to get a shot away! Foden and Hubana are tired but West Ham are a very good team that I can't take for granted and I can always sub them later. It's Juliao who gives us the led after 27 minutes, Foden hits in a corner, it's not cleared properly and Juliao drives into the box and hits in. We were lucky for it not to be level as Elliot blocks off Kovar as Kolo Muani headed in. It's an equaliser for West Ham after 73 minutes, a freekick comes in, Chalobah picks up, hits in and Silveira wins the header and it loops over Kovar. Bitshiabu puts us back ahead after 83 minutes heading in Flores' corner. It's a silly tackle and Brown gives away a penalty, Barco steps up and slots into the corner past Kovar to make it 2 - 2 after 89 minutes. It ended in a draw, both teams had chances, Flores heading an effort against the post. I didn't notice Livramento was on a 6.2, I just didn't have any more subs! Alot of tired players and I'm happy with a draw. We took the lead after just 11 minutes against Leeds. Foden hits in a freekick, Vandevoordt dives to save it, misses it and it leaves Bitshiabu to volley it into the net. It's an O.G to put us 2 - 0 after 19 minutes, Foden hits in a corner, it's cleared, Juliao hits in and it deflects to Foden, he plays a one-two with Phillips, shoots with the outside of his boot and Ampadu tries to knock it off for a corner but hits it into his own net. Leeds pull one back after 30 minutes, Triantis hits a long ball over the top, Bitshiabu loses his marker, Lino runs down and hits past Kovar. It's 3 - 1 to the Millers, Foden hit a quality ball over the top, Hojlund picked it up and hit is past the goalkeeper after 39 minutes. It's 4 after 46 minutes, good passing from the Millers, Foden outwide to Becerra, he dribbles into the box and hits a low ball across goal where Hojlund was ready to hit in at the near post. Tapia comes off the bench to score again! Good passing from the Millers, Kimble who's filling in at DM hits a ball out right to Tapia who dribbles into the box and makes it 5 after 82 minutes. What a victory! 1st vs 2nd but it's going to be tough as we're away at the Bridge. Chelsea take the lead after a quick counter, Andrade plays through Ferguson who hits in after 40 minutes. Honestly, I have no idea how he's onside, he's not on in the VAR check! I think even Kovar though he was off and he didn't come out for it! We equalised after 43 minutes as Foden plays in Hojlund who strikes in. Fofana should have done much better! That is a huge mistake and it's 2 - 1 to the Millers after 46 minutes! It's passed back to Trubin, he passes out but his pass is awful, Hubana just hits it from 20 yards into the empty net, wow! It's 3 after 51 minute, absolutely brilliant from Hojlund as he steals the ball from a dawdling CB, dribbles half the pitch, he's tackled but Foden hits into the empty net. Just 2 minutes later Chelsea make it 2 - 3, Duranville hits in the corner, it's not cleared properly, Gallagher hits it and it goes through a sea of bodies into the net, Hubana could have done better to defend that. It's 4 to the Millers! Everytime Chelsea tackle us, we get the ball back, it's with Becerra out left, he crosses in and Hubana heads off the post and in! There's 8 minutes of added time!!! I have no idea what for! It's a very good victory in the end, finishing and mistakes were the difference. 1st vs 3rd but we're at home so I'd like to think we're favourites! Becerra has just come off with a lower leg injury, let's hope it isn't serious. That was a terrible first half, we didn't manage a shot on target, they managed one. It's 1 - 0 the Millers! A brilliant tackle from Bitshiabu, Phillips picks up, plays to Hubana who hits a ball over to the charging Hojlund, he picks up, shoots, it's off the 'keepers legs and in after 54 minutes. Brilliant counter! Instany reply from Spurs as Phillips heads in Pafundi's corner after 57 minutes. Hojlund should have give us the lead back but he headed a massive chance over! It's 1 - 1, Spurs were the better side but Hojlund should have won it for us. Having to rotate heavily against Leicester, Foden, Hubana, Hojlund and Juliao all need rest. Becerra is only out for 2 - 4 weeks thankfully. We're having so many shots and some good chances but we can't put the ball into the net! Hubana has come off the bench to head in after 83 minutes! Brilliant cross from youngster Tapia who's come on for Brown! Tapia really has been showing his stuff this month. More rotation against Wolves, we have some tired players! Gamal and Kossounou are back from AFCON though. We're ahead after just 7 minutes, brilliant ball through to Hubana, he strikes it, it's saved straight to Hojlund who hits into the net. Hubana doubles after 36 minutes, Foden plays a lovely ball over, Hubana beat the offside trap and hit past Soriano. There's a penaly shout and it's given! Foden steps up, it's hit the inside of the post and JUST goes over the line on the other side of the net! It's a bit lucky but it's 3 - 0 in the 43rd minute. Wolves have had a couple of good chances and they pull one back after Isaken plays it across goal and finds Letang who hits in after 53 minutes. It's 4 after 61 minutes! Foden takes a freekick, he plays it to Vivian who plays it on to Livramento who is onside and hits past the goalkeeper. Is that another penalty!? Phillips is down in the box and it is! Foden steps up again but it's saved! Hubana makes it 5 after 75 minutes! Tapia throws in to Miley, he crosses, it's not cleared, Hojlund heads back and Hubana beats Soriano to the ball and heads in. Wolves pull anothe rback after 88 minutes! We don't clear the corner properly, Beck picks up, passes to Isaksen who cuts in and curls it low past Kovar. That was a brilliant win, Soriano had to make so many saves, it could have been a cricket score. We're still unbeaten! Hubana and Foden are just so so so good. Champions League I have no idea how we didn't win this, we had so many chances. Thankfully Hojlund rescued a point. We have Arsenal and Barcelona still to play and they're tough games, we haven't had the best Champions League campaign this season. FA Cup Draw At home to Sheff Weds? Bring it on! Carabao Cup West Ham will be tough but we gotta beat the best to win competitions! Youth intake That could be an interesting intake with a CM, Fullback and a CB. Let's see what March/April brings. World Footballer Sorry, Foden who is Football of the Year and World Player of the Year only made the bench? WHAT!? Hubana is so good. He's got potential it seems to be the best striker in the world once Haaland retires. Next Month It's not the hardest month until our Champions League games, hoping we can get a Carabao Cup final. I need to bring some loan players back as they're not getting enough game time, I actually have 3 players at Burnley and 1 isn't getting any game time so I'm bringing all 3 back to spite them . We could see some movement, there's a CB who's keen to move, big clubs are interested and so am I. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 January Good enough month. Brighton game was frustrating and thankfully we'd qualified before the Barcelona loss. There's more rotation against Crystal Palace. We take the lead after 52 minutes, Brown throws to Foden, he plays it back and Brown crosses in. Livramento heads it into the six yard box where Juliao volleys in. It's 2 after 54 minutes. Hojlund heading in Browns cross after Lima missed the ball. Hojlund heads in again to make it 3 after 62 minutes after a cross from Pitchford. It's 4 and Pitchford is back on the scoresheet, Tapia crosses, Boxall heads it, it takes a massive deflection and Pitchford is there to poke in after 85 minutes. We were brilliant in that second half. It's Hubana heading in Fodens corner after just 4 minutes to give us an early lead against Norwich. It's 2 after 49 minutes, Vivian plays a freekick over the top, Hubana hits into the six yard box, Ansen saves straight to Hojlund who hits in. Hubana makes it 3, heading in Mileys corner after 75 minutes. Hubana finished on a 10 rating, he's just amazing. We take the lead against Brighton after some good passing between Livramento and Kimble, Kimble plays it to Hubana who slots in after 20 minutes. Kossounou comes on at half time as Bitshiabu has a knock, plays a poor freekick, Prass steals, Brighton counters and Sesko hits in after 46 minutes. I could see he was going to make an awful decision the whole time, what has happened to Kossounou this season! We had chances but it's a draw. Still flying high. Carabao Cup Easy home win and a new record. Too many youth players in the 2nd leg . I made some subs and we were a different level. I think we can beat Liverpool. FA Cup Easy, easy . Hopefully we'll play better this time compared to our recent league game. Champions League Our finishing was not good enough, look at that xG! Not good enough against Barcelona either. By far Fodens worse game for us, our key players went missing. Deadline Day It sasn't actually happened, it's in early Feb but I've already finished our business. It's a very boring year for transfers for Millers fans this season. I've sold van den Berg for 15mil and brought in Stephan Stenbring for £12mil. I was looking at Goncalo Inacio who's at Newcastle but he'd cost nearly 80mil and want 300k+ wages, it isn't happening. He has some work to do but has potential. I've brought back some loans and sent more out. Conteh and Mitrovic will be 5th/6th Striker if I need, Sostik is my 6th CM or 3rd DM. We have a full squad. Next Month That is a very difficult month and there's a chance our unbeaten run might come to an end, I'd love to win the Carabao Cup for the 3rd time in a row. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 (edited) Carabao Cup Final Liverpool should have beaten us at the start of the month but we've picked up form and Liverpool have just lost to Wolves, we have a chance. Livramento and Juliao have picked up their form, Foden is playing poor at the moment, I had to insist he play better so hopefully he does it here. Line ups: Phillips is suspended but Gamal is more than enough to play DM today and Theate is out injured so I've given Tremble the nod ahead of Kossounou. Liverpool kick off. 4th minute: Hubana hits in the freekick, it's not cleared properly, Vivian heads to Juliao who unleashes a fierce volley from outside the box but it's over. 9th minute: Some bad passing from both teams, Hojlund steals it but is tackled, Hubana picks up, dribbles through two men but Hernandez makes a good save to deny. It's a corner to the Millers, Foden hits in, Hojlund heads at goal but Hernandez saves for another corner. Gamal hits in this time and it's cleared by Liverpool. 44th minute: Szoboszlai hits a 25 yard freekick and Kovar has to make a great save to deny. Liverpool with a corner, it's hit in and we head out. Very even first half. The Millers kick off the 2nd half. 54th minute: Becerra dribbles down the left after receiving a long pass from Hubana, he crosses in and Hubana is there to head in! 1 - 0 to the Millers! Konate will be wanting that one back, he missed his header. 71st minute: Boxall is back from injury, he's coming on with Miley and Flores to replace Juliao, Foden and Hojlund. 81st minute: A poor ball from Tremble is intercepted by Frimpong, he hads it to Echeverri, Bitshiabu tackles him and Bajcetic goes for a glory but it's over. 86th minute: Kossounou is coming on at DM to replace Gamal and Kimble is coming on at RWB to replace Livramento, they're both shattered. There's 7 minutes of added time. But that's it. 3 IN A ROW. We love the Carabao Cup Edited March 15 by SpillBlood 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 February We're not at our best but we've been getting results, Arsenal were awful, didn't have a shot on target and still beat us! We were lucky to draw against Liverpool, they were the better side, our key players struggled in the rain and Kovar was MOTM for a reason. Both Foden and Juliao are massively out of form. We're at home against Manchester United so hopefully we see a massive improvement from our Liverpool game. United are countering in numbers, Livramento fouls the attacker and it's a pen to United, Mount steps up and.. Kovar saves in the 52nd minute! We take the lead after 61 minutes, Hubana heading in Fodens corner! What a close game! We had a couple of chances in the game, hitting the woodwork twice but that was a very tight game and a good win! Kovar MOTM for the 2nd game in a row. Another home game and hopefully we can build on our Manchester United win. As I'm typing this, out of form Foden missed a sitter. We're all over Newcastle, we've had so many chances, we've had over 70% possession in the first half, we just can't put the ball into the net! I cannnot belive what I've watched, we've had 4 clear cut chances and they have been proper chances, Flores has come off the bench but missed some incredible chances. We've taken the lead in the 91st minute! Finally! Hubana heads in Becerra's cross! We've had 23 shots, 13 on target with an xG of 3.35, we deserved that win! Newcastle GK Grabara ended up with an 8.2 rating! Away at Hull, we smashed them 7 - 1 earlier in the season and I'm hoping we can give some confidence back into Foden and Juliao here. We've won a penalty in the 43rd minute and that should be a red card! Hull are down to 10 for a 2nd yellow, Foden steps up and it's saved! It's Archie Brown who gives us the lead after 45+2, cutting in from the left and smashing in. Livramento makes it 2 after 69 minutes. Corner comes in, it's cleared to Juliao, he hits it first time to Livramento who hits it first time from just outside the box and in. Flores' ends his goal drought, Kimble and Juliao play a one two, Kimble hits into the box, Flores picks up, spins and smashes in after 79 minutes. It's 4 after 88 minutes, Flores again. Brilliant drive into the box by Pitchford, he plays it across goal, Juliao smashes it and it's off the post, Flores is there to hit into the massive open space. We've been brilliant in this second half, we had chances to score more, 4.27xG, this is more like it! It's another game against Arsenal, I feel like we play them every month ! Arsenal are not in the best form but they're a good team and we're away. It's been a poor game, Arsenal haven't had a shot on goal but they take the lead after 61 minutes, Saliba threw in to Saka, he's hit across goal, Kovar has been caught out and Kossounou has poked it into his own net. What a terrible game of football and then our unbeaten streak is over, beaten by a team who didn't manage a shot on target. Arsenal GK Tobiasz was MOTM. We're clear the summit but i'm a little salty in the manner of our first loss of the season . Carabao Cup See above post FA Cup We couldn't put our chances away, Foden came off the bench to set up Flores' in a deserved win. Oh look, another game against Arsenal . Champions League We can absolutely beat Leverkusen, they were lucky to draw against us earlier in the season. Next Month Cup wins please . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 March An incredible month ! We take the lead against Everton after a great team goal that's finished by Juliao with an assist from Foden after 18 minutes. We dominated from start to finish, we had 29 shots but only 7 on target with an xG of 2.79, Everton didn't have a shot, our finishing let us down. Hojlund especially had a bad day. We're without Becerra, Brown and even Tapia against Manchester City, Bitshiabu is having to start at LWB. Oh what a run from Bitshiabu, he wins the ball, dribbles down the left for over half the pitch, turns and plays a nice cross into the box where he finds Phillips in space who volleys in after 11 minutes. Bitshiabu has been like prime Roberto Carlos today, he's been putting in brilliant crosses and winning everything and he's just put us 2 - 0 up, Hubana who's missed two sitters hit's in a freekic, Hojlund heads it back across goal and Bitshiabu is there to hit in from about 4 yards out after 57 minutes. What a win, it was the Bitshiabu show. We're all over Southampton in this first half but we're missing sitters! I have rotated but still! We finally take the lead after 35 minutes after Pitchford heads in Gamals cross. It's a poor pass from Bitshiabu, Devine hits a long ball over, Ewens collects and hits past Kovar, Southampton equalise with their first shot on target. Miley gives us the lead after 57 minutes, heading in Flores' corner. That's an awful pass from Tavares, Pitchford takes it, dribbles pasts his man and hits in after 58 minutes to make it 3. We battered Southampton, it would have been nice to score more. I think we're on form to actually beat Manchester City's point total, we do have Chelsea to play yet but we're at home but every other game is very winnable. FA Cup We got revenge on Arsenal, we were brilliant! And a draw vs a Championship side in the semi final should see is through to the final. Champions League Boxall and Miley showing Foden and Juliao how it's done. That's a tough draw though, we've already lost against them this season, hopefully it spurs the lads on. International Callups Finally, my English players are being used for the national team! Boxall, Tremble and Livramento are being called up for the first time. And two of them made their debut . Youth intake We got a potential CB and maybe a LB but it wasn't the best intake and some of the good talents have awful personalities, I have very good backroom staff so I'm going to have to check who needs replacing or I've just had a bad year. Best 50 Wonderkids Awesome to see an academy player in MacDonald in 4th, Young has been here for the last couple of years but I'm shocked at Guilfoyle, he's come through the youth and I'm probably letting him go at the end of the season, he's not good enough. Next Month Should be able to get maximum points in the league though West Ham are a challenge. Barcelona may knock us out of the Champions League, we'll see but I should get an FA Cup Final. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 Champions! 6 times in a row! After a draw against Leeds, meaning we can't beat Manchester City's record points, we're title winners! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 April Absolutely brilliant month! I've made some changes going into the Brentford game with Barcelona on the horizon and Brentford being bottom of the league. 15 minutes into the game and we've hit the woodwork 3 times, come on! We've finally taken the lead fter 48 minutes, Gamal plays a ball through to Foden who squares it to Flores to hits in. It's 2 after 54 minutes, Foden hits in a freekick, Brown heads back and Boxall heads in. Boxall gets his brace after good attacking play from the Millers, Theate plays it to Boxall who hits in low from just inside the box after 66 minutes. Brentford were lucky we only scored 3, with an xG of 4.21 I'd of liked to have scored more. Aston Villa take the lead after 20 minutes as Samu heads in Douglas Luiz's corner. Foden equalised after 26 minutes with a 30 yard freekick, that was beautiful! Hubana has missed 2 clear chances so far, this could be a league winning game, hope it doesn't cost us. Boxall has come off the bench to give us the lead after 76 minutes. 3 of the 5 subs come together, Brown dribbles down the left, plays it to Flores, he turns, plays it to Boxall who's free in the 6 yard box, he doesn't hit it the best but it hits off Valdez and deflects in. All we need against Leeds is a point and we'll be Champions. It was a really poor first half, hopefully we do something in the second. It's Leeds who take the lead, Lino takes it past his marker, hits a long ball over to Aguiar, he plays it across the box and Skipp hits in after 55 minutes. Hojlund equalises after 63, Foden hits in a freekick, Leeds heads out, Juliao heads back in and Hojlund past the goalkeeper. We were poor but a point is all we needed and a point is what we got. Champions! FA Cup We were heavy favourites and we showed them why , Tough game but we can beat Chelsea. Champions League We were brilliant at home and equalled them away, really impressed. Juliao gave us a good start and then Hubana missed a sitter and I was thinking is this another day we don't take our chances, I was wrong. We were brilliant, Foden scored a massive deflection but Phillips scored an absolute belter and Hubana made up for his early miss. I've said a few times this season our goals vs xG could be better, this is a game where we've been clinical. We should be able to hold on to a 4 goal difference and in the final we'll face either Spurs or Real. Next Month With the league wrapped up, can we do the quadruple? We're only 3 games away from it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakey8 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Could you please let me know your tactics used in season 1 that did so well mate? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 (edited) End of Prem Season But two cup finals to go. An O.G and loss against a team that didn't manage a shot on target cost me an undefeated season and record points . Considering I was still going to play Hojlund and Pitchford uptop again this season but Pitchford started with some poor form and Hubana kept scoring off the bench, everything changed and now I have an absolute World Class striker. Kovar just bein' Kovar, he's so good. They're trying to tell me though he's still 3* he's only a squad player now like, there's a handful of better GK's in the game, give over . Champions League After a good away draw, we're into the final. Gulp? That's the hardest draw! We have Chelsea in the FA Cup Final first, so let's get on with it! Edited March 21 by SpillBlood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 (edited) FA Cup Final We're not the best in the FA Cup, we've won 1 out of 4 finals, losing to Chelsea in 2027/2028. We do like beating Chelsea though and we've had some huge wins against them. The line ups: Boxall has just returned from injury but Hojlund is out for this and potentially the Champions League final. The Millers kick off the first half. 15th minute: Becerra steals the ball and hits a deep cross, Pitchford has the pace to get on the end of it and his header smashes against the bar and out for a goal kick. 21st minute: Becerra steals it again, it's with Juliao who hits a brilliant ball over to the on running Pitchford who hits in but he's a mile offside. 27th minute: Phillips hits a ball over to Foden, he hits first time into the box but Ronning collects. There's a huge mistake at the back from Chelsea, Reece James with a very poor pass, Hubana steals, plays it to Foden, he plays it through to Hubana who strikes in after 27 minutes to make it 1 - 0 to Rotherham United! 29th minute: Some brilliant passing from the Millers, Livramento takes on his man and plays a smart ball into space for Pitchford who hits in, it's 2 - 0! 30th minute: Another mistake from Chelsea, Juliao intecepts and hits it from outside the box but it's over. This has been a bit one-sided so far... Chelsea kick off the second half, will they do a bit better? 64th minute: It's 3 - 0 to the Millers. Fantastic passing, Becerra down the left plays a ball across goal which Hubana hits in. Becerra has been class today. 66th minute: Gamal and Boxall replace Phillips and Juliao. 78th minute: Gamal hits a brilliant 25 yard strike low into the corner past Ronning and it's 4 - 0. 80th minute: Kimble, Tremble and Miley replace Vivian, Theate and Foden. 87th minute: Boxall plays it across goal and Pitchford hits it and it's an amazing save from Ronning! It's a corner, Miley takes and it's headed out, Boxall to Miley but he's offside. FA CUP WINNERS. Chelsea didn't register a shot on target . We do like a good win vs Chelsea. We were brilliant, one more game to go for an unreal season. He's in the England Squad! MacDonald has been on loan for the past 6 months at Sunderland, they've just got promoted after winning the play-off final that MacDonald actually scored in and he's going to the European Championships! MacDonald is a Rotherham fan, Wakefield born youth player who came through our ranks so this is amazing . Edited March 21 by SpillBlood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 (edited) Champions League Final Our biggest match of the season, we win this and we win the quadruple. We've been in two Champions League final and won both, last year we beat Real in Hungary. I'm starting the same team I started against Chelsea. We just have some players not fully fit but I hope we can take the lead before they need subbing. The Millers kick off the first half. 17th minute: Good passing from Real, Mendoza has it out wide, he crosses and Bellingham rises the highest but he heads it onto the bar. 22nd minute: It's a poor pass from Livramento and Real counter and Kovar pulls out an incredible save. Becerra gives away a foul near the corner flag, Bellingham takes but Kovar collects. 32nd minute: Arda Guler is standing over the ball about 25 yards out, he strikes but it's over. We're lucky to not be behind at half time. Boxall, Miley and Flores are replacing Juliao, Foden and Hubana. They're shattered. 64th minute: That's an incredible ball from Phillips to find Flores and he smashes in but is he offside? He is, it's still 0 - 0. 66th minute: Tchoumeni tries to bend one in but it's wide. 66th minute: Kimble is replacing Livramento and even though Hojlund isn't fully fit, he's coming on the Pitchford. It's heartbreak. 92nd minute: It's poor from us, we're passing around the Real Madrid box but we're not doing anything with it, Becerra loses it, Real break, it's Mendoza who shoots, Kovar saves but Bellingham hits in the rebound. 2 out of 3 ain't bad. Real win the Champions league. Kimble is a strange one? He has been pretty impressive this season. Edited March 21 by SpillBlood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 (edited) End of Season What a brilliant season, shame we couldn't get the quad but it's still been brilliant. This summer I'll be looking to change a few players, I have bids in for 3 youth players already, I'm looking to ship some players out and I want new blood at CB. Edit: I don't feel bad about the Real loss now, they haven't lost a league game all season . Edited March 21 by SpillBlood 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 (edited) Season 10 2032/2033 As always, my assistant played my friendly matches, with some very different teams at points as I had players away at the European Champions that also needed to be sent on holiday when they got back. Talking of European Champions: England made it to the finals only to lose 2 - 0 to Serbia. Hojlund also retired from international football after the competition at the age of 29. The Champions League Difference Real managed an undefeated league season and then beat us in the Champions League final, they're gone back to the top spot of being the most reputable club in the world. Backroom I made a handful of staff changes, nothing big. We still have the best coaching and recruitment teams. Medical I think is just down to the amount of staff other clubs have. Transfers So far Out: I did not want to sell Kovar at all, he's still class but he only had a year left which I somehow missed his contract when I renewed others and after a club who can offer him 600k a week to be their first team keeper came in, I couldn't refuse, the only way he'd stay if he matched it, which wasn't happening. The offer for Theate was far too good to turn down. I wanted Vivian off the books, he had a year left and was on alot of wage. Kossounou had been declining and I have youth ready to replace. Gnahore wasn't going to make it here, pretty good investment as that's 30mil profit There's still a couple of players who could either leave for money or on loan. In: Bruno is a youth CB who looks alright, needs work but has so much potential. The next is Dekker He'll be my starting CB for the rest of this save, he looks amazing. 95mil is alot but when he's got 10+ seasons in him, he's a brilliant investment. Ramsdale was backup at Real, he's just missed out on a move to Saudi, I needed a GK as my word it's hard to find a GK, he'll be here for a season or two and he's a good mentor for my backup GK who I'm looking to take over Ramsdale when I feel he's ready. Yoro is a new player to me but he looks the part, he'll be playing at RCB for me and has years left in him, really like this signing, for other players with his ability I'd feel we'd be paying alot more. Biffi is a youth player I've been looking at for the past year who was randomly transer listed for 3.3mil, I put in 5 to make sure he came and he'll be getting some game time, already retrained him to CM, I'd love to see him play there for me, has so much potential and looks like he's good enough to play games now. I have some players that are wanted, some I'd sell including Foden, I felt he declined at the back end of the season and he's on 400k a week. Barcelona have sold a newgen for 200mil potentially going to 260 and Yamal for 260 potentially going to 290 so they have money and seem interested in Phil. If they offer 80mil, he can go. Opening Fixtures That's an easy opening month and we have the community shield to start the season and we know can beat Chelsea. Let's see what the month brings. Edited March 22 by SpillBlood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 (edited) Community Shield We've played 5 and won 5. I don't see why we can't make it 6 as we battered Chelsea in the FA Cup final. The line ups: I'm starting Robledo here instead of Ramsdale, he did okay in the Copa America and I need to give him more match experience. Chelsea kick off the first half. 3rd minute: Dekker picks up the ball, dribbles half the pitch but his shot is at the goalkeeper. Unlucky! 19th minute: Good attacking down the left, Foden plays through Hojlund who's just onside and he hits past Ronning. 25th minute: Foden swings in a freekick and Bitshiabu heads just over. 26th minute: Chelsea love making a mistake against us. Ronning plays a ball out to Badiashile, he dwells on it and Hubana intercepts his pass and hits into the net. 37th minute: Good passing from Chelsea, Gallagher finds Ferguson who hits past Roledo to make it 2 - 1. The Millers kick off the second half. 52nd minute: Oh what a ball from Foden, he curls a ball over to find Hojlund who chests it down and hits past Ronning to make it 3 - 1. 56th minute: Vellidis crosses in the ball but Robledo takes, we're attacking well, but our attack comes to an end as Hojlund is offside. 58th minute: Good passing from the Milllers, Hojlund unleashes a low drive but Ronning saves for a corner. Boxall hits in, it's cleared, Foden back to Boxall but he's offside. 62nd minute: Chelsea have a corner, it's swung in and cleared, they attack again and Robledo makes a brilliant save down by his near post. It's another Chelsea corner, Dekker heads clear. 66th minute: Tremble is replacing Bitshiabu, Biffi is replacing Boxall for his debut and Gamal is replacing Phillips. 74th minute: Kimble is replacing Livramento, Pitchford for Hubana and Brown for Becerra. 78th minute: Biffi plays it out to Kimble, he dribbles down and crosses but Ronning collects. He kicks out but we win it, Biffi is everywhere! He wins it from Caicedo, plays in Hojlund and it's 4 - 1! That was brilliant from Biffi! 84th minute: Biffi wins it again, Foden plays through Pitchford but Ronning makes a big save. It's a corner, Gamal hits in and it's cleared, we still have it and Brown smashes it but it's the post! 93rd minute: That's poor from Chelsea, Brown takes the ball, Hojlund hits it over to Pitchford who smashes in but he's just offside, still 4 - 1. 6 in a row. Oh this is a bad record! They've lost 12 community shield finals in a row! Edited March 21 by SpillBlood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 August Exactly the sort of month I expected. We start the season at home to Norwich, the same opening fixture as last season which we won 4 -1, can we do it again? Miley put us ahead after 7 minutes, Livramento crosses in, Bijol beats Hojlund in the air but his header lands to Miley in the box who has time to control and smash it in. Livramento doubles after a good team goal, Phillips plays it to him outwide, he dribbles into the box and hits is past the 'keeper after 22 minutes. Alot of shots, no more goals, Ansen in net finished with a 7.9 rating for Norwich and yeah, good win. Brilliant football from the Millers, some lovely passing, Becerra plays it across goal and Hojlund gets in to put us 1 - 0 ahead after 20 minutes. It's 2, the same sort of goal but this time Livramento plays it back across and it's Boxall who scores after 32 minutes. It's 3 after 65 minutes, good passing down the middle this time, Hubana played in Hojlund who finishes well. Brighton pull one back after 76 minutes, good dribbling from Media as he cuts into the box, he plays it to Karabec who smashes it off the bar and in. It's red after 87 minutes, Miley lost the ball and then decided to two foot the player, we're down to 10. A good win but that was terrible from Miley! It's the same duo linking up again to give us the lead against Villa. Livramento plays a ball into the box that finds Boxall who hits in after 7 minutes. A brilliant counter from the Millers, Juliao dribbles up the pitch, plays it to Hubana who takes it on and hits in after 26 minutes. Dekker just scored his first Rotherham goal after 41 minutes, heading in Hubanas freekick. Pitchford has come off the bench to make it 4, brilliant by Livramento, he played it to Juliao who passes it across goal where Pitchford is waiting to pass into the net. Kimble has come off the bench to score his first ever Rotherham goal! He heads in Flores' corner after 80 minutes. What a win! Aston Villa didn't have a shot on target! Forest have been battered twice already this season so I feel comfortable rotating my side, giving some squad/youth players some first team. Livramento is out for 3/4 weeks so Kimble will get his chance at RWB. We've had chances but we finally put one in after 36 minutes as Brown heads in Biffi's freekick. Hubana has come off the bench to give us a 2 - 0 lead, heading in another sub Boxall's corner. It's Tapia again! He's a youth player who will be getting more game time this season, he's not played many games for us but I reckon he's got a goal every 2 games for us, from RWB! He's there to hit in a good shot finish off a good move as Brown lays him off after 95 minutes. We're at the summit but we had an easy month. All Millers . Community Shield Carabao Cup Draw Champions League Draw That's some difficult fixtures! Hopefully we can do better this season in the "group stage". Deadline Day It's landed on an awful day, we're about to face West Ham in the cup on deadline day when things are still happening. We've had movement though. Foden was amazing, he was an unreal player but at 32 and 400k a week, I wanted to let him move on. I didn' t want his value to drop with age or even worse, lose him on a free. For 16mil, I've brought in Christensen to play backup MCL. This is probably is as there's 3 hours left and we're about to kick off against West Ham but Inter have bid 40mil for Archie Brown, I don't want him to go but that's alot of money. Next Month Much harder games but we're up for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 (edited) Deadline Day #2 I had to keep Brown, selling my backup LB who's been been brilliant for me for years, he comes off the bench alot and he's HG. The only other movement was loaning out a youth player. He's been touted as the next Ronaldinho and now it's the next Vinicius Junior even though Moreira lacks pace. I'm happy with the squad, we're in a good place, finances are in a good place. We were close to the quadruple last year, let's see if we can win it this year. Edited March 23 by SpillBlood 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 September Crackin' month, the Spurs game was an absolute classic. It's Leeds who take the lead after 15 minutesm Revivo hits in a deep cross and Betrug heads in past Ramsdale, our defense weren't the best there. We equalise in the 38th minute, i've gone more direct and Kimble hits a long ball into space that Hubana collects and hits in. We take the lead in the 44th minute, Juliao loses out in the Leeds box, Skipp clears but it's poor and Boxall just unleashes a volley past Vandevoort, that's a cracking finish. It's 2 - 2, Yoro is pressed and loses the ball, Leeds counter and Bertug scors his brace after 47 minutes. We take the lead back in the 78th minute, Kimble wins the ball back, plays it to Boxall who plays a lovely ball over to Pitchford who still has work to do, he dribbles through and hits in after 78 minutes. We were brilliant in attack but we were a bit too open at the back, hoping it's a blip and new players getting used to each other. We take the lead against Leicester after 25 minutes. It's good passing from The Millers, Dekker finds Boxall in space, he turns and hits in to give us the lead. Becerra doubles, after a wonderstrike vs Milan, he's just hit another great strike after 33 minutes. It's 3 after 62 minutes, Kimble plays to Hubana but he's tackled, Miley picks up the ball, plays through to Boxall who hits in. Biffi was close twice to getting his first Rotherham goal but he's hit the woodwork both times! It's 4 in the 95th minutes, Flores shoots, it's blocked, Boxall picks up the ball, plays it back, Flores dribbles pasts two and hits past the goalkeeper. We were fantastic today, so much better then we have been. We take an early lead against Spurs. Juliao intercepts van de Vens poor pass, breaks into the box and plays it across goal where Hubana hits in after 7 minutes. Paez equalises for Sprus with a well hit freekick from the edge of the box after 33 minutes. We take the lead back after 44 minutes with a brilliant counter, Kimble hits a brilliant ball over to Brown who's replaced the injured Becerra, he plays it across the box and Hojlund hits in. I'm so glad I kept him, it's 1 - 3 to Rotherham, good passing, Bitshiabu finds Brown out left, he dribbles into the box and hits in after 81 minutes. Just two minutes later Brown hit in a freekick that Yoro headed in for his first Rotherham goal, Brown has been amazing. It's 5! Good passing, Miley waits and plays a smart ball through to Hojlund who hits in after 85 minutes. There's a penalty and it's to Spurs! Yoro loses the ball, Spurs counter, it's hit in the box and Bitshiabu goes in too heavy, Kuluvevski hits in to make it 2 - 5 after 92 minutes. It's 3 - 5! Spurs throw in, Harwood-Bellis crosses in and Kjaegaard heads in after 94 minutes! It's 3 - 6! Kimble throws in, Pitchford plays it into the box, Spurs defender Yin totally misses it and Miley has a free ball to hit into a pretty much open net. What an insane 15 minutes! 6 goals in 15 minutes!!! Boxall showing me why I was right to sell Foden and give him more starts. Carabao Cup Semes I forgot to take a screenshot. I started with too many youth players and we were terrible, Tremble made a huge mistake and Hartel punished us. I made my subs on the 59th minute mark and we were fantastic, I did bring on Juliao, Boxall, Hubana and Hojlund who are basically key players. I can play some youth this time, better draw for it . Champions League Poor game in reality but we'll take a point. Pitchford was immense, his first girl was a brilliant strike. New Contract I didn't know when my current contract expired, they asked if I wanted an extension and i'm here for a few more years yet! Next Month It should be a straight forward month if we can keep Haaland quiet, he's been brilliant so far this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 October Good enough month but we need to improve infront of goal. Livramento returned from injury and is injured again so Kimble will be playing RWB against City, he's done alright so far there this season. Haaland gives City the lead after just 3 minutes after a through ball from Adeyemi, Dekker didn't commit enough to close Adeyemi down and Bitshiabu should have not been playing him on. In the 24th we equalise and it's different. Becerra crosses in, Boxall hits in and it's great anticipiation from Hubana to be able to head it in. It's 2 - 1 to the Millers after 29 minutes, good passing, Juliao hits it and Brits with a very poor save palms it into his own net. It's 2 - 2, Gomes hits low into the box and 260mil MC Adams hits in for City after 43 minutes. It's full time, a very even game. It's Rotherham who take the lead against Everton after 19 minutes, good counter attack, Juliao plays through Boxall who hits in. Boxall somehow has an assist and it's 2 - 0 after 28 minutes. Boxall hit low across the box, Fernandez even mishit it or saved Hubanas poked shot and Hojlund hit in the rebound but Boxall will take an assist. Is Hubana fouled in the box? He is, it's a pen! Hubana takes and it's saved. Our xG shows we really should have scored more but it's still a good victory. Well the first half against Fulham was terrible, we had 73% possession but only 4 shots, 1 on target. Well that was not something I'd thought I'd see, we took the lead after 63 minutes we Juliao, my 5'5 CM with 4 jumping reach won the ball in the air and headed in. We were defensively brilliant, sadly we were poor infront of goal, we had so many chances! It's crazy to see Samson there! He's a player I bought in 2026/2027 and sold 2 years later I sold to Swansea for 20mil, a year after he's moved to Sunderland for 38.5mil and 4 seasons later he's now in the Prem with them and doing well! Scored 7 in 10! He's done well at RWB. Champions League After 5 I wanted more goals so I went very attacking, it might have been a mistake . Still, we won. Carabao Cup Miley and Biffi were poor, I had to make subs to make an impact. Good win in the end, I guess. We know we can beat Villa. Rookie of the Year Considering some of the elite names that have won this award in recent years, we have some very very good players in our team. Player Development Next Month That's a big month, a very difficult Champions League game against Real with Arsenal and Man Utd either side, if I managed 5 points in the league I'd be very happy. We're not as good as last season so far but new players need time to gel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 November I'll take a home win and two away draws. I've swapped Dekker and Yoro at DCR and CB to see how they play, it worked for Vivian. We've got another penalty!? No! The ref went to VAR and it's no pen! What a dross first half against Newcastle, we have to do better. We didn't do better, what a terrible game of football. Ramsdale is injured so it's time to see if Robeldo can step up, he just won MOTM for Chile with a 9.0 rating so he's in good form. Hubana and Hojlund aren't firing at the moment so Pitchford and Flores get the nod against Arsenal. It's Yoro who gives us the lead after 52 minutes, Miley swings in the corner, Dekker heads it and Tobiasz saves. Yoro is there to hit in the rebound. Miley with a brilliant ball sets up Hubana in the 96th minute to seal the victory. That was a solid win, the back 3 and Robledo were really impressive. It's not good enough and Man Utd go ahead, we don't clear the corner well, Urgana dribbles into the box, plays it across and Kroupi hits in even with Becerra and Dekker both marking him after 33 minutes. Surely that one is a pen!? Yep! Guehi took down Julio! Can we equalise from the spot!? Nope, Hubana has missed 2 in a row now! It's a 93rd minute equaliser! "Get it to Flores" tactic had to be played, Kimble does well down the right, plays it across the box and it finds Pitchford at the back post to hit in! That was deserved, we were the better side. Draws and Hubana and Hojlund not in form has seen us drop into the pack. Champions League Very good win, wasn't expecting that. Finishing was the difference, Real are just too good. FA Cup Draw Leeds again, gotta win this one! Internatioanl Debuts Both players are out on loan, neither are giving on though, they have so much potential but I don't think either will hit the heights. Best 50 Players We have #42 in Dekker. Next Month So many games, we have depth to cover it but we've just played Arsenal, Real and Man Utd now we have Liverpool and Chelsea! Suppose we have to beat the best to beat Citys record points! We have some good games though and we should see a good month and hopefully make a gap at the summit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 December Spells of when I expect Rotherham to play as and some poor spells. We drew against Hull and Leeds with them both just registering one shot on target each and Leeds' was a pen, it was very frustrating to watch us be so wasteful. Hubana is in such poor form, he's also causing me to yell 'cause he's missed 3 pens in a row . So many tired players against Liverpool I've had to rotate heavily, thankfully we're at home. It took 9 minutes for us to take the lead, good passing downt he left, Brown finds Hojlund, to Miley who feeds a ball through to Boxall, no Liverpool players even attempt to track or win it and Boxall has all the time in the world to hit in. It's 2, Hojlund intercepts Seghirs poor pass and hits in after 33 minutes. It took 85 minutes for Liverpool to have a shot and they didn't manage to have a shot on target all game. Very good win. He loves a goal! Brilliant passing round the box following a corner from The Millers, Yoro passes to Tapia, he gets it on his stronger foot and hits a brilliant shot into the far top corner after 12 minutes against Chelsea. Gallagher equalises after 21 minutes, Davidson throws in, Gomes hits it to Gallagher, he has far too much space to run into and hit past Robledo. Scorer turns into creator, it's played down the right to Tapia, he dribbles and plays it back across goal to Juliao who hits in after 33 minutes. It's the same again but for Chelsea, Duranville dribbles down the right after a good counter, plays into the box and Gomes equalises after 83 minutes. We should have probably won that game, I brought Dekker on and his poor pass lead to that counter. That's a lovely goal from Hojlund to give us the lead against Sunderland. Boxall plays him the ball but he's still way out, he dribbles past two Sunderland defenders and slots low past the 'keeper after 39 minutes. Livramento dribbles into the box and hits in on his weaker foot to make it 2 - 0 after 42 minutes. Hubana heads his goal drought after heading in Becerras cross after 52 minutes. We played some fantastic football today, easily could of had more goals but buzzing with a 3 - 0 win. It's a brilliant attacking move from The Millers, Juliao pulls it back to Hojlund who gives us the lead after 15 minutes. Hull equalise after 28 minutes, it's an incredible pass from Steijn who finds Belloumi onside to hit in. It's a penalty to the Millers, Boxall hits in the corner and Hubana is fouled, he steps up AND HE'S MISSED 3 IN A ROW NOW WHATS HE'S DOING ! I think Hubana needs to be dropped. That's a bad draw, they've had 1 shot and we've drawn. Within the first minute Leeds were awarded a penalty after Becerra went in too hard and Bertug smashed it past Robeldo, that's how you take a pen Hubana! We finally equalise in the 86th minute after Flores' pokes home Kimbles low cross. We've been dire infront of goal, we've had so many chances. Hojlund could of had a hat-trick. Another draw to a team that had one shot on target, a pen. We really need to do better infront of goal, we're creating enough chances. Good passing from The Millers and Boxall finishes off the move by hitting past Kelleher after 9 minutes to give us the lead against Southampton. What is it with my strikers, Juliao hits a wonderful ball over, Kelleher comes and Pitchford hits it to Hillsbrough. It's 2 after 19 minutes, Yoro heading in Boxalls corner. It's 3 after 22! We hit in a corner and it's cleared to Juliao, he hits over to Livramento who dribbles into the box and hits in. Southampton pull one back after 65 minutes, good attacking down the left, Lees hits it across goal and Vink hits in. It's 3 - 2 after 76 minutes, Bitshiabu makes a big mistake to give Southampton a chance, Bindon hits across goal, Yoro blocks off one attacker but Devine is free to hit in. It's a penalty to the Millers, Flores steps up.. and we've missed 4 prem penaltys in a row. It's 4 - 2 though, good passing and Juliao plays it through to Pitchford, he takes it and hits in after 80 minutes. It's a good win but can we please score a penalty in the league! Now it's a proper test, West Ham are a brilliant team and I don't think we're playing well. We've won another pen after Boxall is fouled in the box! Hojlund steps up.. and we've scored one!!! We're ahead after 7 minutes. West Ham equalise after 11, Ferreira with a quality chipped ball finds Kudus who hits in. It's 1 - 2 to the Millers! Boxall hits in a corner, Dekker flicks on and Bitshiabu heads in after 19 minutes. It's a red card.. to West Ham! Kudus with a shocking two footed lunge on Pitchford and West Ham are down to 10. It's 1 - 3 to the Millers. Hojlund heading in Livramento's cross after Lima came out and misjudged the flight of the ball. Becerra makes it 4 after 47 minutes, good passing, Boxall plays it out left and Becerra blasts its past Lima. It's 5 and Hojlund has his hat-trick! Gamal plays a ball through, he's just on and he slots in after 81 minutes. That's so much better, such a good win. Don't get me wrong, we're still at the summit, undefeated with a gap now but it could have been so much more comfortable but that's football. Champions League Good win after going down. Carabao Cup A deserved win but we didn't make it easy for ourselves. We should be able to get into the final, we should be able to win it again tbh. Youth intake It has potential! Player Trait This is the first time i've seen this, he was already able to play RB and he's been playing RWB for me to cover Livramento and has been doing well, he was unhappy a few games back for being played in a role he's not suitable for, which he is and then a few in game days back that popped up and it looks like he's the player I always though he was. New Player I bought Hu Peng last January for £8.5mil and I'd hope he'd kick on, he's only young, just turned 18. He's got a bad injury though and I hope it doesn't effect him too much. He was 5* when I sent scouts to look at him so he's dropped, he could become a good rotation option if we can get him kicking on and improve his physical stats. Next Month Alot of games, we should be able to win alot of them, Brighton might give us a problem and Atletico are always a hard team but we're at home and really should be winning. I have alot of wanted players, I'm not looking to sell unless good money comes in. I am looking at MC though because he's out of contract in the summer at 27/28 and his current value is way below what he's actually worth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 (edited) January An absolutely brilliant month, our defense has been rock solid. I've had to rotate against Brighton, we've got some tired players, but we're at home and we should be okay. It's been a quiet game so far but we go ahead in the 53rd minute after Miley heads in Tapia's cross. A solid 1 - 0 win. Hubana is back to his scoring ways as he puts us ahead against Norwich. Becerra plays it to Hojlund and he shoots from a tight angle, Ansen doesn't hold his save and Hubana hits in the loose ball after 38 minutes. Hubana doubled after 82 minutes heading in Gamals corner, which I'm very happy about as I made all my subs and then a minute later Livramento went off injured so we're down to 10. Another solid win. Neves makes his debut at home to Nottingham Forest. That has to be some of the worst defending I've ever seen on FM, Forest keep making mistakes and getting away with it, this time they don't, Hubana flicks on and Hojlund heads in after 15 minutes, that was so poor! Hubana doubles after 27 minutes, heading in Neves' corner. Forest are down to 10 after 65 minutes after Darr two foots Christensen. Gamal playing at RWB makes it 3 after a clever one two with Hubana, he then curls a lovely shot with his weak foot after 68 minutes. Yoro makes it 4 after 70 minutes, heading in Christensens freekick. A big mistake from Forest, Masons pass is intercepted by Christensen, he plays it to Hubana who hits in first time after 79 minutes. Hubana already on a 10 rating then heads in for his hat-trick, heading in Christensens corner after 86 minutes. Christensen then scores himself after a great low cross from Neves, Christensen hits first time to make it 7 after 87 minutes. What a game, we had 40 shots, 17 on target with an xG of 4.78, they had 0 :D. We take an early lead againt Leicester. Lele back from his loan spell plays it to Neves, it's a smart pass to Hubana who's just onside and he slots in after 3 minutes. We double after 9 minutes, Lele sends in a low cross, Neves dummys it, Hubana goes down from and the ball evades him and the defender and Hojlund is free to hit in. Oh that's wonderful, 3 - 0 after 26 minutes after Hubana hits in a 30 yard freekick. Hojlund makes it 4 after 40 minutes, Lele again causing problems down the right, he crosses low, Hubana looks like he's fouled but it doesn't matter as Hojlund hits in. It's 5 after 43 minutes, Bitshiabu heads in Mileys corner. We dominated Leciester, such a good win. We're still undefeated with 14 to go, players are back in form and Neves has fit into the squad like a glove. Carabao Cup We should have scored more, look at that xG . We absolutely battered them. We've broke our own records doing so aswell. FA Cup A solid win away at Elland Road and we got a nice draw afterwards. We were brilliant. Next we play our affiliate club. Another easy fixture for us. Champions League We were amazing, absolutely brilliant for 90 minutes. Their goal came from Robledo rushing out and being beat/not kicking it, it's hard to tell by the animiation but yeah, that's a fantastic result. Deadline Day I managed to win the battle to sign Joao Neves and he's been brilliant so far. It's an absolute steal for the price. He's assisted 4 in 6 so far and he'll be a good tutor for my youth. Proper happy with this one. We were hit by this I'm not shocked, my budget is always a bit wild considering the money coming into the club is by selling players and winning competitions. We have 70k fans waiting for a season ticket but they won't build a new stadium. Inter had already bid silly money for Brown, he's been a favourite of mine this save and he's a fan favourite but I couldn't turn down £48mil for my backup LWB when I have a youth player in Tapia who can move over to the left side and I've brought Lele back from loan to fill in at RWB. Our finances aren't great but I don't need a big summer, I have some players I can sell but it's all down to the stadium. We make 18mil a year from season tickets when we could be making a 100mil a year atleast. Due to our incredible success we're the second biggest team in the world and could have 98k season ticket holders but we're happy to sit at 18k, it's crazy. And with success you need good players, so our wage budget isn't low anymore. We're looking good to atleast win the league so we'll bring money in that way but we can't move on to elite level without a new stadium. West Ham really are a crackin' team. They're as good as Spurs, Liverpool and Chelsea, if not better. Next Month Some tough league games that hopefully we won't lose and then cup games we should really win. Edited March 27 by SpillBlood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 (edited) Carabao Cup Final We're won 3 Carabao Cups in a row, winning 4 out of 6 finals and we have a good chance of making it 4 in a row. The line ups: Juliao, Tremble and Livramento miss out through injury and Neves is cup tied. Sesko is out for Brighton though and that's good for us. Miey and Boxall aren't fully fit but they're a good pairing together and especially with Phillips who's returned from injury. First half. Brighton kick off. 10th minute: It's 1 - 0 to Rotherham! Hojlund hits a freekick up to Hubana, he holds and plays it back to Hojlund who takes it into the box and hits it. Peretz gets a hand to it but it goes in, poor defending from Brighton, we'll take that! 15th minute: Hubana plays Hojlund through and it's a brilliant save to deny. We have a corner, Miley hits in and another brilliant save to this time deny Hubana. 18th minute: It's 2 - 0 to The Millers. Lele dribbles down the right, plays it to Boxall, he hits it into the net, it evades Hubana, Struurwold clears it but he kicks it straight where Miley can head it into an empty net. 36th minute: We have a penalty shout and it's given, that was so poor . Hojlund crossed, no one was there to get close, Brighton head away, Hubana picks it up, 3 defenders vs him and the first defender hacks him down. Hubana steps up and finally puts a penalty into the net!!! 3 - 0 after 37 minutes! 45th minute: CB Yoro makes a brilliant run but his effort is way over, he did everything else right. Becerra and Dekker both have knocks, Dekker is staying on for now but Tapia is replacing Becerra at half time. Second half. Rotherham kick off. 65th minute: Boxall tries a long drive but it's over. 70th minute: Bitshiabu and Dekker have knocks so Stenbring and Kimble are replacing. Biffi and Christensen are replacing Boxall and Miley as they're only just back from injury and aren't 100% fit. 75th minute: Phillips tries a long shot and it's only just wide. 4 in a row. Edited March 27 by SpillBlood 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 February Our first loss of the season and it knocks us off the top spot. Good win against Spurs though. We've had alot of injuries this month so I'm happy with the results we've got. We're without Miley, Juliao, Boxall and Phillips in midfield against Spurs. Juliao and Phillips are my main starters so we're without two key players. It's some terrible defending from us, it starts from a bad pass from Yoro, we don't clear out lines properly, Gamal gets beat in the air, Pedrola knocks it to Gnoto and he has so much time and space to hit it in after 12 minutes. It's 1 - 1 after 27 minutes, we've had all the chances and we've finally put one away, Yoro hits a ball over, Neves plays it across the box and Hojlund hits in. Livramento on his return from injury puts us 2 - 1 up after 65 minutes, good passing from The Millers, Christensen plays it out, Livramento cuts in and has alot of space to hit in. Christsen makes it 3 after 69 minutes. Kimble intercepts the ball, plays it to Biffi, he plays it to Christensen who hits a 20 yard strike and it's in off the post. A good win, Spurs only managed 2 shots all game with the second coming in added time, I thought it was going to be one of those days to start with! We still have alot of midfielders out but Boxall returns and makes the bench, Tremble is now out in defense, it'll be a tough game away at Manchester City. It's too easy for City, a poor pass from Gamal and City counter, we're not getting a foot in, Adeyemi hits it across goal and Haaland hits in after 14 minutes, very poor defending from The Millers. It's a defender who equalies after 17 minutes though, Bitshiabu heads in Christensens freekick. It's 2 - 1 to City, good passing and Musiala drives into the box and smashes into the net after 36 minutes. I had to try and go for it and it's poor at the back again and City make it 3 - 1 after 84 minutes. Kone recieves a freekick, plays it into the box and it's like Dekker pulls out of the challenge and Kuzmanovic hits in, turns out it was an error from Bitshiabu. City deserved their win, we didn't show up today and they were clinical. We have some players back for the Fulham game but they need fitness! Even though we're away we should be winning this. We've had so many chances and we finally take the lead after in the 4th minute, Neves plays in Hubana, his first shot hits the post but he follows up and hits into the net. Hubana doubles after 63 minutes, Neves crosses, Fulham head out, Neves heads down to Lele, he plays it to Hubana who hits in. A match we dominated. Carabao Cup See above post. FA Cup A good solid win. A match we should win, even away, we're a better team than Everton. Champions League 3rd row in a row we've drawn Barcelona, 2031 was in the last 16 like now and last year in the quarters. It was written to draw Barcelona though as that is where Foden plays. Next Month We need a good month as April is looking like hard mode. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 March Incredible month, just the sort of momentum we need going into April. Injuries keep coming as we're without Becerra against Newcastle, Tapia will have a chance to strut his stuff. We take the lead after just 6 minutes as Hubana heads in Livramento's cross. That's lovely, we pass well, being patient, Livramento plays it Hubana, it's saved and Hojlund hits in the rebound after 27 minutes. It's Hojlund again as we go 3 - 0 up after 63 minutes. Boxall palys it low, Hubana doesn't connect with the ball but Hojlund is there to hit in at the back post. Subs combine after 75 minutes as Julio hits in a low cross and Pitchford finishes. It's 5 after 90 minutes. Stenbring on a sub scores his first senior goal as he heads in Boxalls corner. That was a superb performance, especially in the 2nd half. Lele starts against Aston Villa, he's been really good since returning from his loan and I'm trying Yoro in the middle and Dekker at RCB. Oof that's a rocket from Juliao to give us the lead, Neves hits in the corner, it's headed out, Tapia plays it to Juliao and he smashes it. We win a penalty after 17 minutes and Hubana smashes it in, 0 - 2 already. That's a brilliant goal from Villa, Mensah steals the ball, plays it to Hyeon-Gyu, he turns with the ball at his feet and absolutely smashes it in after 35 minutes. Is that another penalty!? It is! Hubana again and he hits it in the opposite corner to make it 1 - 3 after 39 minutes. It's sloppy from both sides but Hubana picks up the ball, he's tackled, Flores intercepts and makes it 1 - 4 after 85 minutes. Brilliant win. We take the lead against Everton after 32 minutes, some good passing and the move is finishing off after Hubana strikes Juliao's through ball first time into the back of the net. It's 2 - 0 and that should be game after 89 minutes, Christensen cuts in the left and finishes well with his weaker foot. That was very one sided, Everton had 1 shot, 0 on target. We had 26, 10 on target. 7 points clear and it's a gap we need. FA Cup Not the best win but a win is a win. A difficult draw but we'll try our best. Champions League We were brilliant, our defense was solid. Foden did get a goal against us but it was a huge deflection. Real are the most difficult draw, City I reckon are 2nd, it's going to be a tough ask but we can beat them. We need to get revenge on our league loss aswell. Youth intake That's 3 CM's in 4 years . He looks decent, very random name! Same first and last name! In future years he'll be put in Joao Neves' mentoring group. He's only been here 3 months and he's already given a boost to Biffi and Peng. Top 50 Wonderkids We have 2nd that cost me £5.5mil and has improved alot and then the other 3 are all through our academy which is great to see. And MacDonald, the Rotherham fan. Next Month This is why I kept mentioning April . It's an insanely difficult month, we have to beat the best to be the best though, hoping we can progress in the cups. Basically everyone is back from injury, Miley is out again but I have enough cover at CM and he isn't a starter anymore. Just do our best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 Title Race Arsenal's form has massively dropped off. Our next two games are Sunderland and Hull so we could be Champions heading into May. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 April We've been incredible, we've in such good form, we were very unlucky not to beat Chelsea, it's just been fantastic. We're 3rd in the form table, Man Utd are 16th and we're at home. We really should be winning this. We've had so many chances and hit the woodwork twice and from the second time we're 1 - 0 up. Hubana takes a freekick, it smashes off the post but Phillip is free to hit in after 33 minutes. Whilst I was typing that, Hubana hit the post again with another freekick! Oh what a strike I was typing that :D. Hubana hit a freekick, it hits the post, it's cleared, Hubana plays a one-two with Dekker and then smashes in a 25 yarder after 42 minutes. We've been brilliant in the first half! Phillips hits a lovely ball over the top, Hubana runs on to it and hits in to make it 3 - 0 after 54 minutes. Man Utd have pulled one back, Guehi throws in, Doua picks up, takes on his man, hits it, it's off the post and goes in at the other post to make it 3 - 1 after 69 minutes, that was a lovely solo goal. That was a good solid win. We usually do well against Liverpool and it'd be nice to keep this fantastic run going. Neves scores his first Rotherham goal after a good couner, Juliao plays him through and I can't tell if he hits it well or if it's deflection but we're ahead after 9 minutes. Oh that's lovely passing, a great counter by The Millers, Hubana plays in Juliao and he slots in to make it 2 - 0 after 14 minutes. It's a deflection and an own goal and we're 3 - 0 up after 39 minutes! Phillips runs into the box and smashes it, it hits Mendes, bounces off Konate and into the back of the net. Phillips hits a brilliant 25 strike into the bottom corner to make it 4 - 0 after 45 minutes. What a fantastic first half, we've been brilliant. A really good win. We're at home to Chelsea and if results go the right way, we're Champions. Arsenal have massively dropped off. And of course Chelsea make a mistake at the back, a poor pass from Caicedo back to Trubin, Hojlund steals it and hits in after 26 minutes. It's been a really good even first half, a mistake is the diference at half time. Chelsea equalise in the 90th minute, Caicedo hits a strike from the edge of the box, it hits Yoro and goes in. We've had more than enough chances to win this game, Juliao and Hojlund have both missed clear cut chances. I can't believe we've only drawn that! There's a reason Trubin, the Chelsea GK was MOTM. I've rotated alot against Sunderland, I want my players fit and ready for the big Inter game. We're being rather sloppy with the ball but are Sunderland, Gamal wins it back and plays through Hojlund who hits in after 11 minutes to give us the lead. Even more sloppy play from both sides, Boxall wins it back, plays it Hojlund, he drives into the box and smashes in after 29 minutes. Sunderland pull one back after 35 minutes, Kimble heads out, Sousa picks up, drives down the left and pulls it back across goal where he finds Agudelo who hits past Ramsdale. Hojlund gets his hat-trick in the 37th minute, good play down the left, Tapia finds Miley,he hits across goal and Hojlund pounces. Hojlund makes it 4 after 39 minutes! Miley hits in the corner, Hubana heads it, it's saved and Hojlund is there to hit in the rebound. The Hojlund show comes to a close! Alot of changes have been made as I need my first team players fit for the Inter game but Hojlund and Hubana start as I'd like one of them to win the golden boot if they can. As I typed that Lele played a through ball and Hubana hit in after 10 minutes, lovely. Some good passing from Hull, Sattlberger plays through Belloumi and Stenbring has lost his marker so he's free to hit in after 21 minutes to equalise. Miley puts us back in the lead after 44 minutes, he swings in a corner, it's headed out, Boxall plays it back to him and he hits well past Cox. Hull managed to get 5 yellow cards in the first half, I wonder if they'll finish with 11 players on the pitch. A brilliant solo effort from Biffi puts us 3 - 1 up, we hit in the corner, it's cleared, Biffi picks up, dribbles into the box and hits it in with the outside of his foot. We've hit the woodwork 3 times today, it could have been a cricket score. With that win, we're Premier League Champions. 7 in a row Considering in December I had out of form strikers. Hubana and Hojlund are both competiting for the golden boot. Hubana has 23 goals, Hojlund has 22. We have been incredible. I can't even see much business in the summer as I don't need to replace anyone. Our players are in their prime or only still young, we have a fantastic team. Where do my board think we have this money to spend . Champions League If we won at home, I always though we'd get through. Flores came off the bench and was fantastic. City proper went for it but our home win put us through. Inter have the best strikers in the world, even better than mine. Yamal who cost them £262mil, Ribeiro and Martinez but we kept them quiet and with the last kick off the game, Boxall gave us an important away win. We should be able to do the job at home. FA Cup Zinedine Zidane had just take charge of Liverpool and this was his first game. You could tell the difference between this and our league game where we thumped them 4 - 0 at Anfield. It was a good win. There's no reason to think we're not favourites here, United are 9th in the league, they've drawn 16 times, they're not the best team at the moment and we've just beat them, we should be able to do it again. Best 16 year old I've seen. I've scouted some of the top 50 wonderkids and I couldn't find one 18 and below for HG reasons who would fit in my team except this guy, he's only 16! He looks incredible! Next Month I'm hopeful against Inter as we're at home. The league we have nothing to play for, I can't beat record points but I would like Hubana or Hojlund to win the golden boot. I do think we should be able to win the FA Cup. We're only 3 games away from the Quadruple, let's hope we can do it this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 (edited) End of Season But we've got cup finals yet Haaland scored a hat-trick on the final day so Hubana was runner up in the top goalscorer award. Imagine scoring 27 in 37 games and being runner up! Ramsdale I'm not even sure will be here next year. I want Robledo take the #1 spot but between Ramsdale and Robledo, I like the competition and they've both been injured through the season so I've needed both. I have no idea how Kimble is ahead of Bitshiabu, the game really is a Kimble fan. Here's the final table: And the player stats: Boxall is my 3rd CM and has 15 assists! Tbf he was first team but Neves has taken his role as Boxall does like an injury. We're about to play in the FA Cup Final against Manchester United and we did make the Champions League Final. Bayern have some incredible players, it'll be a very tough match but I'd we beat City, I think we can beat Bayern. Livramento, Flores and Robledo are injured for both the FA Cup Final and Champions League final. Kimble can fill in at RWB not a problem, Flores is my 4th striker so Biffi has had some game time their when needed and it's exactly why I need two good goalkeepers and Ramsdale winning the Golden Glove is obviously more than capable. And after I hit enter on this, we've now lost Bitshiabu for both games, that is one is a huge blow. Edited March 30 by SpillBlood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 Wait, we're in another cup! Hopefully all my injured players will be back for June! Why do we always play Barcelona , Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 FA Cup Final It's not that bad! We've won 2 and lost 3 FA Cup Finals. The line ups: We're without Livramento, Bitshiabu, Robledo, Flores through injury and we're without Neves due to being cup tied. We should still have enough to get us over the line to make it 3 - 3 in FA Cup Finals. First half. United kick off. 1st minute: We're 57 seconds into the game and Hojlund has put us 1 - 0 up after a Juliao through ball. Let's go! 10th minute: Urgana cuts in but his shot is well high and wide. 12th minute: Boxall hits in the corner and Hubana gets his head on it. It's just over. 25th minute: That is a beautiful through ball by Hubana and an even better run from Hojlund who puts us 2 - 0 up after 25 minutes. 28th minute: Manchester United pull one back, they attack down the right, Scalvini is free in the box, plays it back to Garnacho, his shot is blocked, Hickey picks up the ball and fires past Ramsdale. 33rd minute: Hubana hits a freekick but Maignan saves. 33rd minute: Man Utd have pulled it back to 2 - 2! Hickey down the left, crosses low and Voss hits in! 45th minute: It's Hickey again! He crosses in but Dekker blocks the shot. It's a corner to Man Utd, Uranga takes and Phillips heads clear. I forgot to take a half time picture so I grabbed one as soon as I could! Second half. The Millers kick off. 50th minute: Boxall is free in the box but his shot is blocked! That should have been a goal! Boxall takes the corner and it's headed out, it's back to Boxall but he's offside. 61st minute: Miley and Gamal replace Boxall and Phillips. 70th minute: A brilliant move from Man Utd and it's a huge save from Ramsdale at his near post to keep the scores level! Urgana hits in the corner, we clear but United still have it and we manage to get away. 71st minute: Man Utd in a freekick, Hubana heads clear and Dekker is on the counter! All that and his pass is poor but Becerra wins it back from an awful Man Utd pass! It's out wide to Kimble, he plays it to Juliao, Juliao across goal and Hubana hits in! 3 - 2 to Rotherham United! 86th minute: Miley hits a 30 yarder and Maignan makes a big save. Miley with the corner but United clear. 90th minute: Lele and Tapia are replacing Kimble and Becerra. What a game! It is 3 - 3 in the FA Cup Final now! Back to back FA Cup wins and 1 game from the Quadruple!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 (edited) Champions League Final We're off to Rome to face Bayern Munich. The line ups: Bitshiabu returns, Robledo isnt fully fit but makes the bench. Neves returns and replaces Boxall in the starting 11. It's all down to if we can keep Marinov quiet. On the flip side, they have to keep Hubana quiet. First half. The Millers kick off and we're both in home kits, MY EYES, THE KITS ARE CLASHING. 1st minute: 20 seconds it's taken for a goal! AND IT'S TO THE MILLERS! We attack down the right, Neves plays it to Hubana who hits in! 1 - 0!!! 17th minute: Hubana held on to the ball for too long outside out box, Ouedraogo took it off him and fires it past Ramsdale. It's 1 - 1. 22nd minute: Costa has gone off injured for Bayern and their backup GK is on, will this give us an advantage? 24th minute: Tel hits in a corner and we clear, Bayern have it back and Tel again, he plays it to the other flank and Bitshiabu stops Akayadin. It's a corner to Bayern, Tel hits in and we clear. 39th minute: Hojlund stands over the ball but plays it back, we play it around and Dekker goes for a dribble down the right with so many men still up for us and back for Bayern, he crosses in and Hojlund charges in but he heads just wide. It's been even so far. Second half. Bayern kick off. 57th minute: It's Tel who gives Bayern the lead after a quality ball through from Marinov. 57th minute: Lele, Tremble and Miley are replacing Bitshiabu, Kimble and Juliao. 72nd minute: Pitchford and Tapia replace Hojlund and Becerra. 90th minute: Tapia crosses in, there's a mistake from the Bayern backup goalkeeper as he comes out and misjudges the ball and Lele heads in! We're level late in the game! 2 - 2! ET First half. The Millers kick off. 99th minute: Phillips hits a hopeful shot after stealing the ball from Marinov but it skims the top of the bar! ET second half. Bayern kick off. 112th minute: Gamal replaces Phillips. It's a penalty shoot out. We still cannot beat each other in normal time. It's Bayern who will take the first penalty. Ouedraogo steps up.. and sends Ramsdale the wrong way. It's Hubana.. and he does the same. Aranda... Ramsdale goes the right way but it's hit well. Neves... redemption as Fruchtl saves! Zamani... SMASHED into the top corner. Miley... placed in the bottom corner. Rouault.. down the middle, does Ramsdale. Lele... it's in! It's Marinov.. can Ramsdale make himself a hero to keep us in it? He doesn't. Bayern win the Champions League. Two years in a row we've had a chance to win the Quadruple and lost the Champions League . Feel we were the better side but didn't make chances count, we missed Livramento massively. Try again next year. I want the quad! Edited March 30 by SpillBlood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 End of the Season As if we lost followers Now the season isn't over, we have the Club World Championship. Problem is, most of my team seem to be going on international duty.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 (edited) Club World Championship It's been a goalfest so far And that was a Rotherham United record. Spurs beat Real Madrid 5 - 0 and then Davide Ancelotti left Spurs to join AC Milan We'll face either AC or Inter in the final Edited March 31 by SpillBlood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 (edited) Club World Championship Final We're against Inter, a very good side who we beat earlier in the season in the Champions League so we know we can beat them. The line ups: First half. Rotherham United kick off. 2nd minute: Phillips is robbed of the ball, Inter break and Tremble gives away a penalty and is booked. Ribeiro the competitions top scorer steps up and... fires WELL WIDE! Oh dear! 21st minute: Becerra dribbles down the left and into the box, he shoots low, it's saved but Hubana knocks in the rebound. 1 - 0 to The Millers! 37th minute: Hubana tries a first time shot but Atubolu is equal too it. 38th minute: Hubana wins the ball back, plays it to Phillips, to Becerra, back to Hubana in the box who lays off Juliao. Juliao hits it and it's 2 - 0 to The Millers. Boxall is replacing Neves at half time as he has a knock. Second half. Inter kick off. 51st minute: Boxall takes a short corner, Pitchford hits in but Atubolu takes. Inter attack, Yamal is through and Robledo makes a brilliant save, it's a corner and Phillips makes a huge block. Another corner but Timber blasts it over. 55th minute: Prout plays a brilliant ball and Martinez is in alot of space, he beats Dekker and hits in to make it 2 - 1. 69th minute: THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. Hubana near the edge of the box hits a freekick into the top corner to make it 3 - 1! 73rd minute: Kimble, Gamal and Tapia replace Lele, Phillips and Becerra. They're so tired. 73rd minute: Just before the subs go through, Timber crosses and Martinez heads at goal and Robledo makes a huge save! 80th minute: What a strike! Boxall hits in a corner, it's headed out, Tapia picks up and plays it to Pitchford, he moves it onto his stronger foot and smashed it off the bar and in! 4 - 1!!! 85th minute: Brilliant from Kimble down the right, he plays it to Boxall, he plays it across the box to Tapia. Tapia cuts in and Siam has to block from what looked like a certain goal. Boxall takes the corner again and it's headed out for another. Boxall again, short corner, Tapia crosses in but it's taken by the goalkeeper. 88th minute: Miley is replacing Juliao 94th minute: Miley hits in the corner, we have control on the edge of the box, Miley to Boxall and in the 95th minute it's 5 - 1! CHAMPIONS!!! (Of the World?) Edited March 31 by SpillBlood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 (edited) Season 11 - 2033/2034 Pre-season as always was my assistant taking control of games, the only game we conceded we got FM'd . They had 1 shot on target and we had an xG of 3.77. Rather it be in pre-season then say our next match, the Community Shield! Nothing has changed much over the summer. I've made a couple of staff changes, we're improved in our medical team standing with only Manchester City having a better physiotheraphy rating then us. It's mostly been been about selling and loaning out players. I've bought 1 youngster and have another coming on deadline day as that's when he turns 18. So far I've brought in Vermiglio, he was a *5 PA rating until he hit 18 and he's dropped but 3* for my squad is still very good, he's looks class for his age, bags of potential and obviously has English tax. I think I've got a gem here. Verdugo is costing £3.2mil and will arrive on August 31st. He's a bit rough but we've had success with two Chilean players so far in Robledo and Flores who are both HG at the club, a 3rd sounds good. Players out: Alot of loans for youth players or plays I'm basically trying to improve to sell on for more money . I do like buying good youth for not alot of money and selling them for alot more. Sostik for instance was a pricy purchase in 2028/2029 for us costing 6mil from Dinamo but we've just cashed in £55mil. He had a good season on loan at Marseille last season, it's boosted his value and he doesn't fit in my plans. I offered him out for his max value and Atalanta matched it. With the purchase of Joao Neves, Christensen wasn't needed anymore. I have Biffi needing more playing time. Christensen did do well for us but I was happy to cash in. £50mil for Stenbring is silly. He had an exaggerated value so I offered him out and PSV said thye'd only pay £50mil for him, so I offered him out for that and they bid. He's not a bad player at all, he's only 20 and can improve but he's my 6th choice CB and even at his peak he'd be my 5th choice CB. PSV had just sold their best CB to Bayern for £65(73)mil so it looked like they had money to replace and I was happy to take. Tbf the CB they sold looks really good, my scouts class him as World Class but they also say he's inconsisent which put me off massively last season and it's why I went for Yoro instead. Spong came through my academy and had no chance of making it, clubs were interested so I offered him out. £3.2mil was the best I could get for him but it's better than £0 when his contract runs out. Conteh had just had a brilliant season at Feyenoord, scoring 18 in 32 leagues games, only runner up to another Feyenoord striker, they came 2nd in the league, only just lost out to Arsenal in the Quarter Final of the Champions League but there still wasn't alot of interests in his services. I managed to cash in as he only had a year left on his contract. I have players that came through my academy that need to play such as Wu Runze, Blott, Gregory and Moreira and then players I've bought in such as Peng, Quiroga and Mitrovic. They all need game time I can't give and I have enough HG players now. It's all about trying to create the best youth and the best team. International Debut it was a couple of months back now but Biffi made his Italty debut, this lad is going places, looks at how much he's improved! Club Coefficients Now we've had our time in Europe we're top of the charts, I was actually pretty shocked that there's 4 English clubs in the top 10 but 3 are London based and no Manchester clubs are to be seen. We'll get a new stadium one day We'd be above Spurs . Season Start It's not the easiest start but we can beat Manchester United at home. I'm still looking at youth to bring in but it's been hard to find players as we have some high quality players, I would need to find gems. Are finances are looking alright, I'm not ruling out the same of Livramento at the moment, he's great but it all depends if he can stay fit. I have Kimble and Lele who can fit his role. We have a very strong squad, it might be worth sharing a screenshot of every player in my actual squad to show how strong the Rotherham United team is now. Hopefully 3rd time is a charm in winning the quadruple as we've lost the Champions League final two years in a row. Our players have got more experienced, have become better players and last season I'd replaced some of the defense etc, the core is exactly the same and we've been brilliant, especially just recently in the Club World Championship. Can we finally beat Manchester City's record league points? First, we need to beat them in the Community Shield. I think we should win the league, 7 in a row so far and I think the game knows it . Edited March 31 by SpillBlood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 Community Shield We've won 6 in a row so far. Can we make it 7? The line ups: My first 11 starts even though Livramento isn't 100% and even though Haaland has a knock, so does he. First half. The Millers kick off. 7th minute: City win the ball from Phillips, they counter but it ends up with an easy save for Robledo. 15th minute: We lose Hubana to injury, let's hope it isn't serious. Pitchford replaces. 21st minute: Dekker plays it to Becerra down the left, he plays it to Juliao, Juliao plays it across goal and Hojlund shoots, it's blocked but the rebound gives him an empty net to hit into it. Rotherham lead 1 - 0! 39th minute: A good counter from The Millers, Never shoots but it's well held. 43rd minute: City hit in the corner, it's Adams who beats Robledo but his header hits the bar and over. That was a good chance for City. 45+1: It's a throw in, we pass well and Neves hits it from 20 yards, it's low and finds the bottom corner, 2 - 0! Second half. City kick off. 65th minute: It's 3 - 0! Yoro wins the ball, dribbles down the right and crosses in. Hojlund beats his marker and heads in! 70th minute: Kimble and Gamal replace Livramento and Phillips. 76th minute: Tapia, Biffi and Boxall replace Becerra, Juliao and Neves. 86th minute: Boxall wins the ball back, dribbles down and plays it to Hojlund. Hojlund threads it through to Biffi who strikes from 20 yards and it smashes the post. 7 in a row. We were solid today, a good way to start the season! Let's hope Hubana is okay. And thankfully Hubana isn't out for long. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 August Crackin' start to the season. We start the season away at Fulham. I'm letting Kimble, Tremble and Lele start to give them more chances. Juliao put us ahead after 8 minutes. We counter and it's a brilliant run from Neves, he plays it across the box, Pitchford is muscled from the ball but it gives Juliao all the space in the world to hit in. It's 2 - 0 after 57 minutes, Neves plays a lovely ball to Hojlund who hits in from a tight angle. Neves with an another assist! He plays a lovely ball to Pitchford who hits in to make it 3 - 0 after 61 minutes. Boxall blasts in from just outside the box after some good passing after 88 minutes. That was a brilliant team win. It's an own goal that gives us the lead against Manchester United! Lele crosses, Hojlund heads, it hits Vieria, hits GK Bodin and goes in after just 6 minutes! Juliao doubles after 14 minutes. Neves hits in the corner, it's headed up, Phillips heads it out to Juliao who smashes in after 14 minutes. It's 2 - 1. A very very poor pass from Bitshiabu and Man Utd corner, Uranga hits it across the pitch, just infront of the box, it bounces and Voss plays it to Garnacho. Garnacho hits a quality low strike that Robledo can't do much about after 43 minutes. That was a close game but it's a Rotherham United win! We face Everton unchanged, Lele deserves to be playing at RWB, Livramento could leave before the window is over. Becerra is pulled back in the box and we win a penalty after 14 minutes, Neves steps up and smashes low into the corner after 15 minutes! It's 2 after 32 minutes, a smart ball from Juliao finds Pitchford who finishes off a good move. Becerra crosses, Hojlund hits it and it smashes off Everton defender Rua to go on for an OG after 61 minutes. Everton didn't manage a shot on target at home, we were class. Carabao Cup Hubana came back from injury to score a brace and I get some backup players 90 minutes, a good win all in all. We've got Everton next, we've just beat them 3 - 0 and we're at home. This should be a win. Champions League Draw Some difficult games against Bayern and AC Milan. Cool to see Brighton there though. Deadline Day So this went a bit different then I had planned. I've sold two players, my 4th CM and my starting RWB, well he was until he was injured all the time. Livramento has moved to Spurs so Lele will be my starting RWB now. Miley was a shock bid but I couldn't turn down £65mil and he wanted to move due to him being a squad player here and they've give him over x2 the wage he was on here. I'm happy for the money. I bought one player, Steve Mendouga, he isn't a mezzala and I feel he's more suited to being a DM-BWM, we need need to get rid of his "gets in opposition area" trait which I'm attempting to train him to change his game. He just fills in a gap as emergency cover. To be honest if I knew Miley was going I wouldn't have sold Christensen. I've sold alot of players, loaned alot of players out and the finances are healthy. We need this because the last two seasons the chairman has injected money in at the end of the season and it's adding to FFP rules as they can only inject so much. I mean it's telling me I have this much money available. But I don't feel I do, I'm going to be looking for more youth over the next few months to try and purchase for the January window. There is some money atleast if I feel we have a gap in the squad but I should have enough quality in CM still. Next Month Some tough games but I feel we can win them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 September Good month but still baffled how we didn't get a goal against Spurs. A huge mistake at the back gives us the lead against Sunderland after just 2 minutes. Sunderland win the ball back, we're pressing, it's back with GK Cajon, his kick out is poor and Hojlund heads is straight in. Sunderland equalise just a minute later, a good ball over from Ekdwah finds ex-Miller Samson who hits in. Tapia takes on his man is fouled in the box, Hubana steps up and hits in after 20 minutes to restore the lead. It's 3 - 1, good passing after a corner, Dekker crosses in and Hojlund from an odd angle heads past the rushing Cajon after 42 minutes, that was terrible goalkeeping! Hojlund scores his hat-trick after 77 minutes, good passing and Juliao plays a quick ball to Hojlund, he turns and takes on his man and slots in. That was a good win, especially since I rotated for fitness. We face Livramento as he starts for Spurs, he did score the odd goal for us, I wonder if he'll do it here. I have no idea how we didn't win this one, we had so many chances, McKenna the Spurs GK was MOTM. It's an early red card for Chelsea as Hincapie two foots Lele after just 9 minutes! Juliao gives us the lead after 14 minutes, Becerra downs well down the left, plays a ball just infront of Juliao, he runs in and hits well past Trubin. Juliao gets a brace after 26 minutes! Hubana does well down the right as we counter, he crosses in, Hojlund heads it down and Juliao beats his marker to knock in. It's Lele who scores our 3rd! Phillips plays a ball out right, Lele dribbles in the box, past his marker and hits in after 49 minutes. Tremble on a sub scores his first senior goal as he heads in Neves' freekick after 60 minutes. It's 5, a poor ball from Baidoo, Hojlund steals, dribbles and hits past Trubin who's out of positon after 72 minutes. It's his hat-trick! Bitshiabu plays a good ball down the left middle, Juliao collects, dribbles and hits low past Trubin at his near post after 84 minutes. What a game, so glad our finishing improved after the Spurs draw. I think we can thank Hinacapie for this win. One of two undefeated teams and the other one is a shock! Champions League Two brilliant wins to start our Champions League campaign. England Players Hopefully we'll start to see Tremble being called up to make that 3. We have Phillips, Tremble, Kimble and MacDonald who are trained at Rotherham. International Debut This was a shock, he's a youth player that's come through our ranks. He's currently on loan at FC Twente and playing well. I would absolutely accept bids for him, he is not my sort of striker. Future Transfer Now this one is my sort of player and I'd of bought in the summer if I knew about him, there's just been an international call up so I've been looking through national teams. We've had a bid of £26mil accepted and he looks like he could be a good backup to Phillips or even play DM and Phillips drop back to CB that he looks very suited for. Next Month Difficult run of games after the international break with not alot of rest inbetween. They're all winnable games if we play like I know we can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 October We keep coming back from the internationa breal with a massive gap, I have players not in their national team and retired from internaitonal players so a friendly seems a good thing. Solid month, brilliant defense, not so good attack except Flores vs Everton. We have a few injuries going into the City game so we have a weaker bench but our first 11 is looking good. Bitshiabu heads us into the lead after 9 minutes, converting Neves' corner. Becerra doubles after 32 minutes, Juliao finds his out wide and he has alot of space to drive into and hit past Meslier. I have my defenders to thank in such a close game. Liverpool are 17th in the form table but they've just beat Arsenal 6 - 1! Let's hope our home advantage counts as we have some tired players. Some brilliant passing, Bitshiabu playing like he's Foden, Lele plays it through to Neves who hits in after 7 minutes. Another close game, finishing from both sides wasn't great. Newcastle are in good form and we've not been the best in front of goal this month, we could be in for a tough game. It's Yoro who puts us ahead after 19 minutes. Neves hits in the corner, no one attacks it properly or defends it, it bounces and Yoro strikes in on the half volley. That's a good team goal and we're 2 up after 45+2. Bitshiabu again playing some very good football down the left, he plays it to Hubana who passes first time to Juliao. Juliao plays in Hojlund who smashes past the goalkeeper. Boxall comes off the bench to make it 3 after 73. His corner is cleared but only to Tapia, he plays to Juliao, Juliao plays a smart ball to Boxall who drives in from the left and smashes in. We were brilliant today! Juliao really has been impressive this season. 9 games, 5 goals, 5 assists. After the Newcastle game we've beating our record. We've made a small gap at the top but it's still early days. Champions League Hubana missed some huge chances, Hojlund came off the bench to give us the win, considering we went against 9 men, we weren't great. Carabao Cup Flores was amazing, I rotated and everyone played well. Such a good team effort but Flores was clinical. A good fixture next aswell, I think we'll be fine away. Player Development Buying young, developing and selling them on works . We do have a few players like that playing for us, Gamal, Tremble, Phillips, Hubana, Roledo, Juliao, Becerra, MacDonald. Best way to play the game, find good youth, develop them into players for your first team. Hopefully in a few more seasons we'll be #1 on there. Next Month Should be a good enough month. Arsenal have had some bad losses, West Ham are a good team though and Bayern will prove difficult but hopefully we can get revenge on them. I say that but we've played each other 3 times and drawn in 90 minutes everytime. Hopefully keep our run going and help Hubana back to form. He's got 1 in 6 in the league so far, he's had a few knocks this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 (edited) November I've feel we've been a bit lucky this month, I'll take it. Arsenal are 20th with 1 win in 9 and we need to up our levels, especially after our defeat to Rennes. Well that was lucky, Phillips puts us ahead after 4 minutes with a 25 yarder that took a massive deflection ! Mistake at the back form Arsenal, Hubana intercepts Morato's pass and hits in after 17 minutes to break his goal drought. We got a bit lucky early in the game and I'm glad we did because we had chances later on and we could not put them away, we still have work to do. I've rotated against Leeds as we have a big game against Bayern up next. It's brilliant from Becerra down the left, he crosses in and Hojlund is fouled, it's a pen just before the break! Hojlund steps up and.. it's saved by Vandevoordt! Becerra gives us the lead after 49 minutes, Biffi lobs over a freekick, Becerra chests it and has all the time in the world to hit in after 49 minutes. Good football from the Millers, it's a crackin' through ball by Hojlund and Pitchford makes it 2 - 0 after 55 minutes. That was a good solid win. It's Dekker who gives us an early lead away at West Ham United! Neves hits in the corner, it's cleared, we pass around the edge of the box, Becerra finds Dekker, his first touch is heavy but isn't defended well, he picks it up again and hits in after just 5 minutes! Robledo charged out, the ball got squared and Ramos had the goal at his mercy and Dekker with an absolute brilliant block to deny West Ham equalising! Brilliant by West Ham, even better by Dekker! Becerra makes a tackle, Rowe goes down and it's a penalty!? It's actually been given by VAR!!! Barco hits in to make it 1 - 1 after 41 minutes, robbed! We have 9 minutes of added time! Where's that come from!? It's a draw in the end that I'll take, West Ham should have won this. I've made alot of changes at home against Southampton just to keep some players fit as we have some tough games coming up. I had to make subs as we weren't able to make a breakthrough. Hubana is on for 2 mins, his freekick sets up Boxall who blasts one in after 63 minutes. Boxall than sets up Hubana via a corner as he heads in after 68 minutes to make it 2 - 0. Boxall than sets up another sub in Hojlund to make it 3 - 0 after 81 minutes. Boxall intecepts a bad pass, plays it to Hubana who plays through Hojlund and he hits it to make it 4 - 0 after 85 minutes. The subs made a huge impact, brilliant second half. Champions League They had one shot on target . Scored early, sat back and we couldn't find a way through. This was a result I was not expecting! It helped we're at home. Lele scored the opener and then assisted 4 goals, he was amazing! FA Cup Draw This is a game we should win. Best 50 Players in the World Still no idea how Becerra isn't there! I reckon we could see Phillips in there one day. International Debut This makes 3 Chilean internationals in our squad . Next Month We usually do well in the winter months, two difficult opening games but then after that we should win every single game. Edited April 6 by SpillBlood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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