R7Now Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Lazio and Sampdoria do seem nice, recover in Italy a bit before crashing into England. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 14 minutes ago, R7Now said: Lazio and Sampdoria do seem nice, recover in Italy a bit before crashing into England. That's my thinking, crashing back with only one thing in mind, revenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 I like Sampdoria, Villarreal second. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 48 minutes ago, ManUtd1 said: I like Sampdoria, Villarreal second. Any particular reason? Villarreal might not even become available. Decisions, decisions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Sampdoria, because Italy is good fun with the 12 subs on the bench...and they need someone to take them to the top! Clarification: I also like their history, as a "nearly" club. Villarreal, because their uniforms are fantastic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 1 hour ago, ManUtd1 said: Sampdoria, because Italy is good fun with the 12 subs on the bench...and they need someone to take them to the top! Clarification: I also like their history, as a "nearly" club. Villarreal, because their uniforms are fantastic That could be a good angle to go with with for Sampdoria. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 They don't know what they're missing! Although Southampton do as they have picked up their form and just gotten a 1-1 draw against Sevilla in the first knockout round of the Europa League with a certain James Smith from the academy bagging the goal. They are also back up to 11th in the league. **** you Bobby Manc!!!! I'm still waiting to get an interview with Sampdoria. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 We're heading to Italia! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Nice! Congrats, man! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 2 minutes ago, ManUtd1 said: Nice! Congrats, man! There should be a guaranteed six points against some minnows called Fiorentina. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Just now, Keano16 said: There should be a guaranteed six points against some minnows called Fiorentina. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 9 minutes ago, ManUtd1 said: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 This was agreed in the interview. I want to bring through as many players as I can. Unfortunately they are **** for now. Interestingly we get an Irishman! I'll have a look at the youth teams and see what we need before signing anyone, The better personalities will most likely be signed however. That takes us to an overview of the current squad. We've got some experience blended with youth. I'm yet to go through in massive detail so a tactic hasn't been decided yet. Bonazzoli looks promising however. Is there anything you guys want to see? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 7, 2017 Author Share Posted March 7, 2017 Right, not had a lot of time to play this week, got my first game with Sampdoria in tonight. I'm aiming to play a possession-based style and I've found a tactic online that I'm trying out and going to be tweaking. It just gives me a base to work off. I hope to get a tactical overview up by at least Sunday with a more in depth look at the key players. I also want to post up some of my Southampton youth players that I'm following to see how they progress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 Look what just greeted me in my inbox ahead of the derby against Genoa in my second game. @ManUtd1 Three starters from the last game missing, including Fernando, our best player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Bobby Mankini loves him some Italian footie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 As I said just after I was sacked by Southampton, there were some youth players that I was very excited about and I wanted to show you guys what they are like. So here they are. Spoiler These three were getting minutes in the first team this season. All three can go very far, especially Smith and Hudson who have Professional personalities. Smith already has 8 goals in 6 appearances for the U21 National side and is probably the best player produced at the club in my tenure. Okoro and Hudson have all the tools to become very decent players. Next up we have two promising midfielders. Both have good potential to make a mark on the game in the future. Blake is one of four on this list to come through the first intake, alongside Smith, Okoro and Hudson. Unfortunately he doesn't look to have the same potential as the others but could still become a handy player down the line. Finally, we have two more prolific strikers from the youth teams. I'm surprised that Faithful hasn't got any youth caps with his form and look at that 16 finishing! Mulcahy came through the most recent intake of my reign and again has a Professional personality. He could go very far. The development of all these players hinges on the fact that Bobby Manc doesn't **** up their progress. He may find himself jumped by a Swede and an Irishman otherwise.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 The next Genoation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Good read Keano. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 17 minutes ago, deltablue said: The next Genoation Shame the youth here is the polar opposite! I'm about 3/4 of the way through your FM13 save, hope to have it read by the end of the weekend! Just now, DazRTaylor said: Good read Keano. Cheers! Season four with Southampton did not go how I envisaged it would go unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 I thought with 8 games left in the season would be a good time to update with how things have gone thus far. Three games in, two draws and a defeat. We dominated both Atatlanta and Genoa but needed a late equalizer to take one point from six. Against Genoa, their woodwork was struck on no less than three occasions! We took a 3-0 lead at home to Lazio but due to my naivety we conceded twice in two minutes late on to only draw. Extremely frustrating to say the least. Here are the game stats. Spoiler So the table now looks like so. We're in the same general position as when I took over, five points off the relegation zone. I honestly don't care where we finish, as long as it is not in the bottom three. Inter aside, we should be looking to win the majority of these games. 5 of these teams are below us, so we have to show why. Finally we have the tactic which is still a work in progress. The core idea is to try and maintain possession, while creating decent chances. If you guys have any questions, just fire away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 I blame those weird thrusting movements he insisted on doing. Scoring a hat trick does strange things to the mind....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 I'm hoping to get some more games in over the weekend. It's hard to get time to play throughout the week unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 That midfield seems a bit off to me. Maybe it's just me. Good to see you're back in the saddle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, Deisler26 said: That midfield seems a bit off to me. Maybe it's just me. Good to see you're back in the saddle. What I'm kind of going for is, the AP(s) sits in the hole, the DLP(d) sits in front of the defence and recycles ball, the CM(s) has the PI Hold Position to account for the attacking wingback and the RPM is the legs, the AP and either the RPM/F9 have Move into Channels PI. Cheers as well man! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 11 minutes ago, Keano16 said: What I'm kind of going for is, the AP(s) sits in the hole, the DLP(d) sits in front of the defence and recycles ball, the CM(s) has the PI Hold Position to account for the attacking wingback and the RPM is the legs, the AP and either the RPM/F9 have Move into Channels PI. Cheers as well man! INstead of an RPM, why not a BBM? More defensively solid too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 7 hours ago, Deisler26 said: INstead of an RPM, why not a BBM? More defensively solid too? I'll try both and see how they do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 This game frustrates me beyond end..... We go toe to toe with Inter only to lose because of our keeper feebly slapping Mertens' free kick and a dodgy penalty. We smash Torino but can never take any chances. We struck the woodwork from range in the last minute and their first goal was typical, a long clearance finds their striker who thumps it over the top for the other to score. Same situation for us, no finish. /rant. Still haven't won a game despite should of winning at least three. *breathes*. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
argento Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Just caught up, unlucky with Southampton. Sure you'll turn Sampdoria around! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 2 hours ago, argento said: Just caught up, unlucky with Southampton. Sure you'll turn Sampdoria around! Cheers, Southampton started to go very well but instead of continuing to progress we hit a brick wall. I'm just hoping that we can take advantage of the last six games with the majority of them against teams below us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 I'm thinking that I'll change the update style slightly as I don't get time to play a lot during the week. I'll post individual game stats, similar to above, with a little recap, as I play. Then there'll be a monthly roundup at the end of the month. Just something to get more regular updates out for you guys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 I just don't know anymore, at this stage I just expect to concede a late winner/equalizer. What made things worse was how we conceded. Literally comical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 Same old story, and we're down to 17th. I still haven't won a game despite being here for seven. Surely, we have to win at least one of the last four? Seeing as three of them are below us and the other just above. I wouldn't count on it though..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 That's not gone well. Hopefully you can get something from those final games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 1 hour ago, deltablue said: That's not gone well. Hopefully you can get something from those final games. Hopefully being the key word, right now I have a lack of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Another disappointment. To the team in ****ing 20th.......Now we drop into the relegation zone. I have no idea what to do. A 92nd minute winner was disallowed for a foul. This game really wants to **** with me doesn't it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Ok, what for it. Ready? WE WON!! I changed tactic to this: Possibly we were lucky with two early goals but I don't care, a win is a win. The first goal was a very nice passing move where we kept recycling the ball. The second had a lot of fortune but the two lads were there to follow it up. I don't know what happened with the gif, I'll try to sort it tomorrow. The goal is the second one in it. Bonazzoli's goal was a tap in after De Silvestri's chip from the sideline hit the bar after nearly catching the keeper out. I'll try and get a gif up of that tomorrow as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 The win also confirmed the relegation of rivals Bologna! Spezia also went down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Woo! Survival! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Congrats on survival! Big win over Bologna! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjoe Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Massive win! Congrats, but woah that YI looks dire. Hopefully next season will just be a little bit better. Can hardly get worse eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 7 hours ago, Deisler26 said: Woo! Survival! 5 hours ago, ManUtd1 said: Congrats on survival! Big win over Bologna! Thanks lads! Although we're not safe yet with two more games to be played against Carpi and Sassuolo. We should be OK however......I hope. 5 hours ago, Benjoe said: Massive win! Congrats, but woah that YI looks dire. Hopefully next season will just be a little bit better. Can hardly get worse eh? Now there's some positivity! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 We got FM'd. Their first chance was the goal. We had easier chances and missed. The most frustrating result so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Ackppt...squeaky bum time. Are you home or away for the final match? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 5 hours ago, ManUtd1 said: Ackppt...squeaky bum time. Are you home or away for the final match? Yeah, Carpi at home is the final game. All we have to do is avoid defeat and we're safe. Next summer with have a massive clear out. Two of my best players have also come to me and demanded to leave for bigger clubs. Think I'll cash in and build a better squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 The situation going into the final game against Carpi in seven days. It's simple, avoid defeat and we stay up, lose and we're relegated. Buckle up lads, it's going to be a disaster thriller! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjoe Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I'm thorn here, mate. I want you to win, and stay up and have good fortunes and all that. But... It would be interesting to see how you'd handle the relegation. Would you crumble under the pressure or come back stronger? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxToBox Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Geez, couldn't have scripted a more interesting final game of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 35 minutes ago, Benjoe said: I'm thorn here, mate. I want you to win, and stay up and have good fortunes and all that. But... It would be interesting to see how you'd handle the relegation. Would you crumble under the pressure or come back stronger? I'm sure I removed Serie B at the start of the season (when I had no idea if I would be in this mess) and I'm not sure if you can cancel that or not. Obviously I have complete and utter faith in my abilities to stay up.....2/1 odds on the crumbling into unrecognizable dust. 13 minutes ago, BoxToBox said: Geez, couldn't have scripted a more interesting final game of the season. I'm with you on that one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxToBox Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I'm sure you're able to cancel removing a league, or you can re-add it if it's gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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