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End of Season Stjepanvoic over Watson? Overachievers. First season I haven't got the signing of the season! Broke our attendance record and then moved back to a stadium that has 20k max Tietz upfront with our new striker should be deadly. If Tietz stays, he has some interest. He's now decided he wants to improve the youth facilities, good 'cause I've spent some time changing alot of staff.

Europa League Final May the best team win. It's a big ask for us to go to the Netherlands and try and win a trophy. Arsenal sacked their manager in January and their U21 manager Mehmet Ali is still intermin. The line ups: 1st half. We kick off. 2nd minute: Holm bombs it down the right, he loses the ball via a bad pass but we win it back. Holm charges into the area and forces a save out of Ramsdale. It's a corner, Bruno takes and it's headed clear. Bruno again, we're passing round but Holm is offside, that's poor. 10th minute: Waston throw in to Tietz, we're passing round, out to Holm, back to Berge who loses the ball, Arsenal are passing round the back, it's with Havertz who strikes from distance and Kovar saves for a corner, it's swung in but we clear. 40th minute: Odegaard swings in the corner but Riedel heads clear, Zinchenko strikes but Kovar saves! Another corner, we clear again. 42nd minute: Watson long throw, Tietz hits it but it's blocked over. Watson takes the corner and Arsenal clear, we hit it back in and it's another corner. Watson again, swung in and cleared back to Watson, Burno into the box, crosses and Ramsdale takes. Half time and it's very even and both teams seem nervy. 2nd half: Arsenal kick off. 54th minute: Ekdal has it, Holm through to Berge.. wait! It's in!!! 1 - 0 to Rotherham! Questions will be asked of Ramsdale there!!! HE'S BEEN MEGGED!!! (Here's a link to the meg https://gyazo.com/62872346d1833aab04af13444f8a1ffc ) 63rd minute: Holm strikes a long shot but it's way over. 74th minute: Rice has it, plays it out wide. Back in the middle, Bruno intercepts, back to Kovar! MISTAKE BY KOVAR and he's luckily got the ball back. That should have been a goal to Arsenal. 10 minutes left or so and I'm gonna bring some fresh legs on. Juliao, van Hooijdonk and Gonzalez replace Weiper, Tietz and Gray. 84th minute: Martinelli takes the corner, we head out, what a strike by Joao Neves but it's got too much curl and hits the post and we clear. Nerves setting in. 88th minute: Long ball by Greaves and it finds van Hooijdonk, he's hits it and he's onside! It's a goal!!!! 2 - 0 to Rotherham!!!! 90+5: We make 2 changes and that's it. ROTHERHAM UNITED HAVE WON THE EUROPA LEAGUE!!!! Europa Awards:

End of Prem Season We still have Europa League Final

We drew with Sevilla in the 2nd leg and we've drawn Arsenal in the final, they're favourites for sure.

CHAMPIONS!!! Now on to the Sevilla game to see if we can get into another final. Can we make it a treble?

April Good month, we're out of the FA Cup but we're 1 point away from the Premiership title and we're leading in the Europa League Semi Final. I feelwe got lucky against Bournemouth, it was 1 - 1 and we got a soft penalty which Tietz put away, we'll take those three points. We took the lead after again Hull through van Hooijdonk but they equalised after 40 minutes through Connolly. It seemed to fire the team up as we went ahead through Greaves 2 minutes later and Tietz put us 3 up 2 minutes after that. Quality finishing as the difference. We battered Sheffield United. Rohl scored an absolute beauty of a goal after 6 minutes and van Hooijdonk doubled after 12. Game over. We had the chances to atleast equalise against Chelsea but Datro Fofanas goal was the difference. We need 1 point. We have Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United left. There is a chance we get nothing. FA Cup Tight game but we just don't have a forward close to Haalands quality to score out of nothing. Juliao scored a wordly though for his first Rotherham goal. Europa League Huge mistake at the back saw us leave Florence behind But we were brilliant at home. Tietz loves Europa. Next up is Sevilla. Tietz scoring and assisting, he really does love Europa . This was after the Fiorentina game. Youth intake Poor and I need to replace some of the youth coaches with balanced personality as we're getting some unambitious youngtsers. Facilities We're back in the updated 20k NYS and I asked for some upgrades. They had no interest in upgrading the youth facilities though. Next Month We still have a chance of the Prem title, it'd be mental if we didn't win it when we only need one point from 3 games. We have a great chance to make it to the Europa League final where we'd face either RB Leipzig or Arsenal.

So a newgen in the game that's come through Stokes academy. Look at him at 16 years old! The next Rooney-esque? I've just got my budget through as we've qualified for Champions League. May see how much Stoke want. Edit: I tried, he doesn't want to leave Stoke . One to try and get, for sure.

March Not good enough in the league against teams down the bottom, missed out on 4 big points. Great in cups. We have had Gray out all month, Holm injured and now we're without Berge. van Hooijdonk put us ahead just before the break against Villa and they equalised just after the break. They hit a ball over the top that seem to just land in acres of space, Yuri Alberto picked it up and hit in and I'm like.. surely he's a country mile offside, nope, goal stands. Walter should have put us ahead but fluffed his chance, he did get the winning goal, heading in Brunos cross to give us the win. Boring game against Palace but Walter played in van Hooijdonk, 1 on 1, well wide. Big chance missed. Newcastle were clinical, 3 shots, 3 goals. Joelinton scoring a 22 yard strike which was class. We actually took the lead with Rohl having to fill in at RWB as we had injuries and internationals scoring his first Rotherham goal but after that, Newcastle were too good infront of goal. HUGE POINTS DROPPED. We were 1 - 0 up and comfortable, ball passed back to Kovar who's hit it at Calvert-Lewin for their only "shot on goal" to equalise! 93rd mintue we win a pen, Tietz had come off but van Hooijdonk was still on who's a strong penalty taker, saved. He's been so bad at pens recently . We're still top by 7 but we have a very tough end to the season and playing in other competitions is taking its toll on our squad. FA Cup They sold Sterling in the January window and brought in Elye Wahi who scored a hat-trick against me for RC Lens. He hadn't adapted to Chelseas play style at all, Tietz was the difference. Tough draw next. Europa League After Dybala scored I thought it was over but thanks to Weiper we took it all the way to pens where Kovar was the hero. We have another Italian opponent. I think we can beat Fiorentina. Top 50 Wonderkids We have two now and I have scouts out looking at some of these players. I'm pretty sure the "Egyptian Kimmich" is actually Gamal aswell. Next Month We really need to win against Bournemouth, Hull and Sheff Utd but then I also want to win those cup games. Atleast we've had a break after the Brentford game for some players to be sent on holiday or have a few days off to be fresh for our April run. We're without Watson and Berge so I may end up playing my 2 DM 3 ST tactic.

February We rode our luck but came out with our heads high. I had my defenders to thank against Nottingham Forest. Ekdal gave us an 11 minute lead after a good strike in the box and Becerra scored his first Rotherham United goal in the 52nd minute with a good strike from outside the box. Edouard pulled one back for Forest in the 74th minute but we were comfortable. Our winning streak ended against Everton. They just talked through us with Talisca giving the lead and de la Vega doubling. Berge pulled one back after the 77th minute and Tietz had a huge change at the end to equalise but missed to give Everton all 3 points. Very tight game against Wolves, we had lot more chances but they had two clear cut chances. Greaves headed in after 31 minutes after Holms freekick was headed back in by Ridel. Wolves got lucky, Neto cut inside, Ekdal got his foot in but the balls bounced straight back for Neto to hit in after 46 minutes. Wolves had a big chance as a cross found their attacker and he headed onto the bar, they only had 2 shots and 1 on target, we had 16, 6 on target and were lucky to win. Stejpanovic on a sub hitting a brilliant strike in the 88th minute to give us the win. 2 games in hand and still nicely at the summit. Carabao Cup See above post . FA Cup Such a mad game. We cancelled each other out until we took the lead, we were the better team and Maddison scored a deflection after 94 to take it to ET. I subbed on Iversen as Kovar had a knock, they went ahead, we equliased and Iversen on a sub was the penalty shoot out hero! Home draw, gives us a chance. Europa League I have no idea what to expect against Roma. Just hope we can progress. Next Month A game every 3 days, this is going to be very tough and I'm going to save my first teamer players for cup games if I can.

It's Carabao Cup Final Day A Yorkshire Derby at Wembley Championship Leeds United vs Premiership Rotherham United. It's my second attempt at lifting the trophy as in 2024/2025 we got mauled by Spurs. The line ups: That's a very strong side for a Championship squad! Will be a tough game. First half: 1st minute: Waston swings in a corner, Tietz heads it but a strong save from Meslier, Greaves pounds on the loose ball, passes it to Tietz to hit in! 2nd minute lead! 3rd minute: Leeds corner, we head out and it's a long shot that's well wide. 7th minute: Greaves down the left, back to Bruno, great ball into the box to Berge who plays it to van Hooijdonk, he passes out to Watson who forces Meslier into a great save. Watson takes the corner but Leeds collect and try to counter but we hold close them down. 26th minute: Watson long throw to Berge, Berge takes it past his man, crosses and it finds Tietz, he heads it and it's a goal! 2 - 0 to Rotherham United!!! 35th minute: Leeds freekick, it's played low to Wober, he shoots but Kovar saves! Leeds have a corner, Harrison swings it in but we win the header and get rid. 39th minute: Harrison takes a freekick but we clear, he drives into the box and a good save from Kovar. Harrison takes the corner and we head out back to him, a low cross is put in but Kovar collects. 41st minute: We're passing round the back and Greaves finds Watson, through to Gray and Meslier makes a good save. Watson with the corner, Leeds clear for another corner. Watson trys again and Meslier collects. It's half time! We're looking good! Second half: 49th minute: van Hooijdonk tries a long range freekick but it hits the wall and we have a corner. Watson swings it in but it's headed out, van Hooijdonk swings it back in but Tietz is offside. 50th minute: Leeds have the ball and are passing around well, van Hooijdonk closes down Justin but he wins it back, Leeds can't find a way through and it's Ekdal that intercepts, the ball is with Tietz and it's a lovely chip over to van Hooijdonk, Meslier comes for it but van Hooijdonk hits the post! The ball bounces back nicely to him to hit in! It's 3 - 0 to Rotherham United! 58th minute: We steal the ball, Gray out to Bruno who crosses low, van Hooijdonk doesn't get his foot on it as Porozo intercepts but Tietz does and that's 4 - 0 and his hat-trick!!! 66th minute: Holm hits in a freekick that van Hooijdonk heads, it's saved by Meslier. 68th minute: It's Rotherham on the attack, Tietz tries a long shot but it's well wide. 70th minute: Watson takes the corner but it's headed out, van Hooijdonk goes for a strike from outside the box but it's wide. 73rd minute and making all 5 subs: Holm, Bruno, Greaves, Gray and Waston off. Arrey-Mbi, Gamal, Stejpanovic, Becerra and Juliao on. 74th minute: Gamal has a freekick down the right, he passes to Juliao who shoots and forces a corner out of Meslier. Berge takes the corner but it's headed out. 90+4: Berge swings in the corner but Riedel head just over. Meslier kicks out but that's it. WE'VE WON THE CARABAO CUP AND MY FIRST WIN IN 3 FINALS. Two Carabao and Championship Play-Off finals.

January What an absolutely amazing month! Our xG against Fulham was 3.48 with 3 CCC but we did not make it easy for ourselves. Stjepanovic on a sub crossed the ball in low, Juliao on his debut looked to tackle the ball in Fulhams box which then set up Stejpanvoci in a one-two to hit in after 88 minutes to give us the win, was so bizzare to watch . We were 1 - 0 down after 8 minutes against West Ham after a Lucas Paqueta long shot was weakly saved into Kovars own net. Greaves headed in just before the break to make things ever. I made some subs and it was like a different team, we were brilliant. Greaves this time the creator, setting up Wiper in the 62nd minute. Stejpanovic set up Gray in the 82nd and then Weiper set up Stjepanovic in the 85th to make it 4. Brilliant. The Spurs game was stressful, Berge set up Weiper in the 39th minute and Walter doubled after 43. Orkun Kokcu pulled one back after 72 minutes and we were holding on, the board went up +7, from where!? The game ended in the 101st minute for a huge victory! An early goal against Brighton gave us the win, Gray with a deflected cross found van Hoiijdonk to hit in after 8 minutes. That was that. We're still flying high at the top! What on earth is going on at Everton, top 3 yellow cards are Everton players Some monthly awards. All 3 young players are Millers Carabao Cup We struggled, I changed formation to try and hit Liverpool on the break and it worked. See what happens when we're at home. FA Cup I had youth players on as we needed to rest players so a win is a win. Same again, 18 year old Samson giving us a vital goal off the bench. Away draw at Spurs, boo. Europa League 0 - 0 for ages, nothing was happening, some subs happened including Walter and we were clinical. Strange how much this one was hyped. My back 3 for this game was 2 squad players and a DM and then brought on an 18 year old DM to play CB at half time and we chilled, easy game. Let's see who we face next! Deadline Day I did bring in 1 more player, I asked my board to buy him as it'll show we mean business and they actually did. Gamal can fill in at RWB and DM and heck, I've even had him at CB. Even after a mad season with purchases, we're only 19th in wage table! Next Month Hopefully keep the good times rolling as we've been good away recently but I know we're not the best away team and we're away 4 times in Feb.

December Brilliant month. The City have should have been a win but still, brilliant! We battered Hull, 24 shots vs 3. Greaves headed in Watsons corner after 54 minutes to give us the win. Brilliant game of football against Sheffield United. Hamer gave Sheff utd the lead after 14 minutes but van Hooijdonk equalised after 19. It was a very even game and both teams were cancelling the other out, I switched to 2 DMs and 3 uptop. Krafth on a sub found Weiper to head in after 84 minutes for the win. Massive win. Talking about massive win, what a win against Chelsea! I feel like I had a double agent, before we signed Kovar, I was in for Chelsea keeper Tim Ronning and he had a stinker, he faced 5 shots, 1 of them a penalty and all 5 shots went in. Tietz hat-trick and a Berge brace. Chelsea played the same shape as we do but much worse, they must have a different manager as last seasons shape saw them be alot more dangerous. We were much better than Liverpool, Tietz hit in after 4 minutes to give us the lead and we were in control, had to make subs due to congestion and Leif Davis gave away a penalty in the 81st minute that Szoboszlai put past Kovar, I was raging as we were in control. Leif Davis made up for it though as he assisted Greaves via a corner in the 87th minute and found Wiper in the 91st to make it 3 - 1 to us. So Dave Watson was ROBBED, his 27th minute strike against City should be goal of the season, it was utter class. 30 yard screamer off the bar and in. Watson turned assister as he found van Hooijdonk to put us 2 - 0 up. Rodri pulled one back with a brilliant long range shot of his own and Neiper should have made it 3 to us, it was an absolute sitter in the 90th minute. A deflected ball found Haaland to poke in after 96 minutes! I felt robbed!!! Defence and keeping was poor against Arsenal, but so was van Hooijdonks finishing, he should of had a brace in 3 minutes of football but missed both chances. Our xG was 2.93 and Arsenals was 0.89, it was just not our day. Jesus putting Arsenal ahead after 13 minutes, Martinelli with a quality top corner finish put them 2 up after 24. Odegaard with a good strike of his own made it 3 after 47. Tietz scored from the spot but that was that. 12 undefeated over, a new run stats. Brilliant win against Manchester United. We went ahead after 8 minutes as Stjepanovic scored an absolute beauty, trying for his own goal of the month. Graves headed in Leifs corner after 41 minutes to make it 2 going into the break. Weiper made it 3 and van Hooijdonk made it 4 from the spot. United were dross but Kovar did have a good game with what shots they did have. 8 points clear . Ah yeah, Haaland scored 12 goals in 6 games including 6 against Sheff Utd so I think he's going to get the golden boot . Dave being class again. Carabao Cup Brilliant win, had to rotate. Sheff Utd games bring records We can beat Liverpool, we just have. Tough but we can do it. Europa League Job Interview No thanks . Youth intake Also the reason I've just brought in 4 18 year olds, need HG players. Players In Cheap, has potential, needs to improve those mental stats. Bags of potential, training at LWB, does lack height. Brilliant mental stats! Another that lacks height but looks classy, has room to improve and already looks like he can play around the first team. Pace to burn, worth a punt. Next Month Keep the games going! I'm not looking to do any more deals this window, depends if we get bids for a couple of wanted players.

November Frustrating. We weren't very good against Palace but ping pong in the box found Tietz at the back post to knock in for the win. We were 2 - 0 up against Brentford. Tietz put us ahead after 37 minutes and Weuper doubled after 72. Mbeumo was having a shocker for Brentford but his corner found Collins to pull one back after 74 minutes. It was his run also and low pass into the box which found Macias to equalise after 88 minutes. Was an even game but frustrating to draw after being 2 - 0 up. Top of the league battle is heating up. FA Cup A home draw would have been better but we should be able to win. Europa League 2 clear cut chances, hit the woodwork 3 times. I can't believe what I witnessed but we were so poor at the back! Atleast back to winning ways. Current top 8: Next Month How many games . Look at that run at the end of the month! Chelsea into Liverpool, City, Arsenal and United? My word.

October Brilliant month. Clinical finishing was the difference against Bournemouth. Greaves put us ahead after 5 minutes, heading in Onyemaechis freekick. Gray doubled after 71 after he stole the ball, played a one-two with Weiper and hit in. Kapic hit in after 90 to make it 3, nice. Tommy Doyle gave Wolves the lead. I'm shouting, close him down! We didn't, he smashed it in after 5 minutes, Holm equalised after 10 but Ogbu heaed in to give Wolves the lead after 21 minutes. Holm popped up again to equalise and share the spoils. In reality, it was a very even game. Newcastle took the lead out of nothing, Isak with a brilliant solo goal which earnt him goal of the month (Grays goal vs Aston Villa was better!) gave Newcastle the lead just before the break. I gave the lads a yelling at during half time and we played much better, van Hoojidonk equalised, Krafth gave us the lead and Tietz scored out 3, all within 5 minutes of each other, much better. What an insane game against Villa! Both teams offered much attacking quality, Kovar has a brilliant game compared to Martinez in the Villa goal. Our xG was 2.76, Villas was 3.67 but we did hit the woodwork 3 times. Tietz gave us the lead after just 1 minute and great pressing from van Hooijdonk, he stole the ball and doubled our lead after 10. Piquerez pulled one back for Villa and Douglas Luiz in the 2nd half equalised. Onyemaechi gave us the lead after 57 minutes and Gray hit a 35 yard curling shot after 60 to make it 4, it was a special goal. Watkins pulled one back after 92 to make it a nervy finish and I'm regretting my sub choices. Gray found van Hooijdonks run in the 97th minute where he slotted in for his brace. We're currently in a title race. Carabao Cup I had 17 year old youngsters on for their debuts and my backup players on, my first team were too tired so I'm happy we won. Now that's an interesting draw! We haven't played Sheff Utd yet in this save! Europa League Still 100% win rate. Next Month A more relaxing month and I'm looking at young players to bring in. Currently have an Irish goalkeeper and potentially a Peruvian LB.

September Cups, brilliant. League, poor. I was saying how good Kovar had been in August but he was down to 5.7 against City. He scored an own goal, low cross he's somehow hit into his own net and a poor kick out that City have countered from and scored. He did pull off some great saves get his rating back up to 6.2 but still. We did pull one back against City as they messed up at the back, Walter slotting in after 86 minutes but it wasn't good enough. I watched Brightons LB bomb it down the pitch and cross home for Ferguson to head in after 2 minutes and I'm just shouting, CLOSE HIM DOWN. Holm hasn't been the best in the past few league games. Mitoma put Brighton 2 ahead after 45 minutes. Stjepnavoc pulled one back after 72 minutes and the momentum was with Rotherham, we won a penalty which was saved. Could of drawn but van Hooijdonks pen really was dross. We didn't make it easy for ourselves against Forest either. Walter put us ahead after 2 minutes but Cirkin with a low cross found Don to equalise after 10. Riedel scored but was ruled offside by a few cms, should have been better by him. We found the winner in the 58th minute as Onyemeachi found Greaves at the back post to slot in after 58 minutes. Still early days. It's a good job Bramall is still about as our backup LB is out for a bit. Carabao Cup Easy win. Easy draw. Europa League Tietz is making Europa look far too easy. 6 goals in 2 games. More records broken Next Month Playing the friendly games due to it being 23 days between Forest and Bournemouth and I have a few players not on international duty. Need to pick up league form.

Deadline Day Yes we spent, but we have an amazing squad and let's be honest, I did earn it . Still only 19th in wage table! That seems mad!

August Perfect. Can already see the quality difference, especially in net. We were all over West Ham, a ball over the top from Targett found Colombo who put West Ham ahead after 27 minutes. Greaves headed in a debut goal after 38 minutes and van Hooijdonk gave us the win after 58 minutes. West Ham had a couple of chances but Kovar was immense in net, I honestly didn't expect the GK replacement to show that much in one game. I felt bad aswell, I brought Gonzalez on for his debut and a few minutes later he's out for 2 - 3 weeks with concussion, poor bugger . We went away from home and controlled the game, that was a new experience against Fulham. We could of scored more, a van Hooijdonk brace and Berge scored our goals but we were class. We actually beat Everton!!! We played so well and even though Kovar only saved the one shot he had at him, he has the same rating as Tietz who scored and assisted and van Hooijdonk got himself a brace. Heck, maybe the GK really did need improving, It was going to be a position I wasn't going to bother with but Viktors value was OTT. Another away win! At Spurs! They had most of the ball, the better chances but Berge hit a good strike from the edge of the box that gave us the win after 17 minutes! Only team who have won all 4 games! Waston wins, Gray 3rd. POTM we had van Hooijdonk 2nd and Berge 3rd, we're doing things right. He still rejected my transfer budget and wage increase ask though when we have money in the bank . Europa League Okay, this is a total new format for me but I think we should be able to beat the majority of these teams. Only PSV and Sporting may be a challenge and Sporting is at home. Carabao Cup Nice draw for us . New Stadium bringing in money Shame we're only expanding to a 20k stadium. Next Month Deadline day the same day as the Carabao Cup but there won't be any more business from us. We have no budget left and I don't want to sell anyone as I don't have enough budget to replace. Difficult month in the leagye, hopefully we can pick up 4 points and we'll test the water in the Europa League.

Season 4 - 2026/2027 As norm, I let my assistant take charge of friendlys as I was busy making transfers. The squad: Alot of changes, more quality and 1 more player still to join. It looks like I sold players and made money but.. I'd already made deals in June In: Out: Burke was needed, been trying to sell him for a season. Mendes wasn't needed, I can get better. Viktor is not worth 22mil so I cashed in. I'll miss him, love that guy. Welsh wasn't good enough. Rathbone was in his last year of contract and isn't good enough. Siersleben had dropped off and I could get better. Fohrenbach was the same. Is no world is Davis worth 17.5mil, he missed some SITTERS last season, last straw was his miss against Liverpool. No idea how a Championship side has afforded that. Adams wasn't good enough, been trying to sell for a season. I wasn't a fan of McKenna. Humphreys is not a prem player. With the player inc, that's 13 new players. So who are they all Gray is class, will be here years to come hopefully. Greaves is my LCB and now club captain. I do like my Swedish players and Ekdal looks solid. Iversen is an ex-loanee who's come to play backup. Bright is a CB for the future who rejected me last year, will get some game time and he's HG. Davis is my backup LB who can take a corner. Matej replaces Viktor as #1. Also HG. I've been trying to buy Harrison since January, he'll be getting some game time and one for the future. Good striker needed, Weiper fit it. Brilliant scoring record in Paraguay, can hopefully get some goals here. My other new starting CB, looks class, especially for 23. Bruno looks quality, those physical stats! He's my new LWB. The one incoming, 3.5mil, he's versatile and it's needed. Backroom: We've had some staff poached, i've brought in some new faces, looking decent enough considering we only have 7 coaches + 1 set piece. Season Start Hopefully can get 6 points on the board. I do think it's going to be a different season, alot of transfers, alot of manager changes. Arsenal, City and Liverpool all have new managers. I don't think it'll be as tight as last season, our aim is simply to avoid a relegation battle.

Wait, what . The what? The Gary Lineker stadium in SHEFFIELD!?

End of Season We beat Liverpool and Wolves but lost to Spurs and West Ham meaning we finished 6th, amazing season though. He did it! After he missed a hat trick of chances against Liverpool I thought he may have blown it but that's brill . Need to sell before we can buy and we REALLY need better CBs, if I even keep this formation. Meaning... I need to keep getting in better players but this season I really need to bring in English, we're going to lose some HG players and I need to find replacements. Added: Overachievers And best signing two years in a row

April Solid enough month. I struggle against Everton, we were lucky it was only 3 thanks to Viktor. We actually took the lead after Holm found van Hooijdonk after 9 minutes. Tapia equalised after 15 and I'm shouting at my monitor as Nathan Patterson just dribbles through everyone. "CLOSE HIM DOWN". He squares a simple ball to Beto to give Everton the lead after 36 minutes. A mistake in the Everton backline gave van Hooijdonk an empty net to hit in after 48 minutes it was Beto again in the 61st minute who gave Everton the win. We're much better at home and it was Holm again to gave us the lead after 28 minutes through a quality ball from Waston. Watson was the assister again as Fohrenbach headed in a long throw just before the break. Isak pulled one back for Newcastle, their only shot on target after a long ball over from Tripper found Isak and he smashed it in, pretty good goal after 48 minutes. Berge scored in the 93rd minute to give us the win. City battered us, they were a class apart. Haaland gave them the lead after we missed a sitter! Davis equalised after 56 minutes. Haaland put City ahead again the 83rd minute and scored from the spot in the 88th minute. City could of had more, they were class. FA Cup revenge against City. They took the lead through Gallagher after 11 minutes and I'm thinking oh is it happening again. Watson found Holm again who equalised after 30 minutes. Fohrenhbach doubled via a Watson assist that wasn't a long throw! Just found him on the edge of the box and he smashed it in. Watson found Kapic this time who hit in another quality strike to give us the win. Some very good Rotherham goals. 4 games left, we could be in the Champs League, Europa or nothing. Watson has won both awards, he was brilliant this month. FA Cup 1 - 1 at "full time". Key players didn't play well, subs played worse but they were class in ET, the quality they could bring in vs our tired players, we tried. Youth intake We do have a MC! A Rathbone/Berge sort of player, could he make it? Potentially! Next Month Massive month to see where we finish, Spurs away is going to be difficult as they're chasing a league title vs Chelsea. We need to beat Liverpool if we want Champs League. West Ham won't be easy but neither will Wolves, we just have home advantage. Give it our best shot.

March Brilliant month . The finishing was the difference at Fulham. They had a great chance to take the lead but they hit wide. Holm put us ahead after 22 minutes, Tietz doubled after 51 and Welsh our third after 55. Finishing was the difference. My tactic worked against Arsenal . I have David Waston, 19 long throws. Rotherham in the past few years have had some alright long ball throwers so I've developed Waston to possess a long flat throw. Our first goal came from a long throw and Fohrenbach heading in after 42 minutes to give us the lead at half time and our 2nd goal came from a long throw, Tietz flicked it on and Mendes head in after 90 minutes. Rice did play through Raphinha in to pull one back after 91 but we held on . I played some friendly matches as we had two weeks without games and I don't have many internationals. We might be able to get Champs League and we finally have a team who's breaking off at the top. FA Cup That puts us on 19 goals in 5 goals and we now have the record of the most goals in an FA Cup run. Really tough games next tough, really tough. Contract Extended Dai came to ask me if I wanted an extension, well, of course I do . Next Month That is a very difficult month of games. It'll be hard to not have a red month.

February Some good wins, a bad loss and game we were better but mistakes cost us! Brilliant against Brentford, we should have scored more and they didn't manage a shot on target. Berge put us ahead as Raya gave him a goal(see above post) and Berge set up van Hooijdonk to make it 2. Bournemouth were just better than us, I even tried the tactic that beat them in the cup with 3 uptop but we just lacked quality. Quality against Brighton was something we didn't lack, another team who didn't manage a shot on target against us. Irving being set up by Bramall after 19 minutes saw us take the win. Ah! We were the better side against Man Utd but we lost! van Hooijdonk gave us the lead after just 1 minute. Antony equalised after a huge error from Watson. McKenna scored a quality goal in the 43rd minute, his first Rotherham goal but Toney equalised just before the break. Hojlund came off the bench to score as Man Utd capatalized on van Hooijdonks mistake to take home all 3 points. van Hooijdonk also missed what was basically an open goal earlier in the game, hitting the bar instead, not his best game. Still doing very well! FA Cup 2 - 0 down I made some big changes including 2 CBs and 3 strikers in my wingback system but, it worked, we won. Ederson has been out for pretty much all season, they haven't replaced and have been using backup Stefan Ortega insted, for their FA cup game, they put an 18 year old in net, it was too easy for our strikers. Best goal came from the GK kicking it out to Doyle, Tietz stole it off Doyle and hit it in, I was like, oh dear , Oh and Viktor was amazing against Haaland who hit the woodwork aswell, he finished on the same rating as a GK who conceded 5. Their GK looks pretty decent for an 18 year old tbf. Home draw . A wanted manager. I turned it down, I'm a one club save and I would not go down the road . Next Month The FA Cup game is the most important for me next month, feel we have a chance of winning it.

I feel like it's a massive overachieve due to AI teams not doing aswell as they should be. None of the top teams are showing why they're supposed to be the best clubs in the world, I'm 3 points right now behind City who are 1st, 6 points ahead of Liverpool who are current holders. Most players the top clubs are bringing in are squad players, they're not bringing in the best players to win them titles/cups. 62million valued, 140k a week Star Player David Raya doing this for example. https://gyazo.com/06b250d2e0f96a2a485a29d88569d933 My 850k striker is currently outscoring Haaland . I do have City, United, Chelsea, Spurs, Liverpool and Arsenal to play again. I still think I'll finish bottom half of the table.

January Frustating, lack of quality cost us points. We were amazing against Leeds. I thought we were looking at a loss when Gnonto put Leeds ahead but he was offside. Tietz after 18 minutes put us ahead, Berge doubled after 23 and Tietz scored our 3rd after 40. The second half belonged to van Hooijdonk as he scored a hat-trick. Brilliant. We were awful again Southampton, went in at half time 1 - 0 down, having 2 shots, 1 on target and I threw the water bottle. I went straight out full attack, my wing backs might aswell have been AMR/AML but it worked. van Hooijdonk equalised after 46 minutes and Kapic scored the winner after 71 minutes. Not good enough, we didn't create enough but we were slightly better than Villa but their only shot on goal, a headed effort from a corner saw Diego Carlos head past Viktor to give Villa the lead after 90 minutes. We went ahead from the penalty spot against Leicester and looked good, we missed too many chances, Berge was 1 on 1 and put is well over. Leicester found some fighting spirit and pulled it back through Ndidi after 74 minutes. We just lacked quality and Leicester were there for the taking. 2.67 xG, 3 CCCs and 5 half chances, we had so many chances and our finishing was lackluster against Forest. They went ahead through a Holm own goal after just 5 minutes but after 7 we were award a penalty which van Hooijdonk put away, he missed some great chances until he put away a quality through ball from Davis after 31 minutes. We're looking great still but it's helpful when you have the top goalscorer in the league who is attracting attention from other clubs. FA Cup Quality. Not quality. Drew 2 - 2 to a team that had one shot on target. Big mistake from McKenna to give Solanke a free shot and then an OG, we had chances. Club Stuff Bank loan for what, where, when, who? 'Cause it ain't in the club balance. But he did offer me youth facility upgrades. Deadline Day I loaned out Burke who will be joining Wrexham for a mil at the end of the season. Alot of clubs wanted Adams but he rejected them all, shame as he won't play and I wanted the money. McNally is here to cover since he was a free loan. 107mil on a 33 year old Salah, mad. Next Month Hoping we can progress in the FA Cup and pick 4/6 points up in the league.