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FM17 | Burnley | Return to glory


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Hi All,

After many years playing football manager games i have finally taken the leap and am going to blog & video about my FM save. I will drop quarterly updates into this post to keep you up-to date with progress & be uploading videos onto my youtube channel of the games.

I have recently set up a youtube channel & created an intro video for the series which shows the compelling history of Burnley FC.

Link - Burnley | Return To Glory Youtube Save

Background

Burnley once were one of the big teams in English football. Back in 1914 & famously in 1959-1960 they won the old division one. Harry Potts led the small Lancashire town all the way to top the league and in a memorable 2-1 against Man city at maine road captured the title. Legends such as Pay Pointer, Jimmy Adamson & Jimmy McIlroy have long cemented themselves into Burnley folk law.

The 70's & 80's proved to be tougher times at Burnley and 10 years later they were relegated into the old division two. 

Times got tougher and on May 9th 1987 Burnley faced what was once unthinkable for the former champions of England - relegation out of the football league.

Burnley had to win and results go their way in order to stave off relegation. A thrilling 2-1 win set the crowd into raptures & Lincoln were the unfortunate team to be relegated that year. THIS WAS ROCK BOTTOM!!

Burnley began to slowly rise up the football league again and at wembley in 2009 Wade Elliot scored the goal that took Burnley back to the big time.

2 promotions and 2 relegation's followed before Sean dyche won championship and burnley return to glory is now one step closer.

Today

Sean Dyche has left the club looking for greener pastures & Burnley have employed Rob Taylor as the new manager. Taylor comes in cold to the role with only sunday league football experience to count on. He has stated to the press that he once took Bromley to the champions league final on football manager.

The Team

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3 new signings

Dider Drogba coming in as cover  - Drogba at Burnley if only it was 10 years ago!!!

Guido Carrillo as the new star striker

Macnelly Torress as the main AMC

Sam Vokes has left the club for £6m that could possibly rise to £7m

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Torres is injured but only slightly improvement across the board. It seams a sunday league manager for a small premier league club isn't the most appealing to quality footballers.

Finances

Who said that being rich was a guarantee when joining the premier league. In debt before we start.

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Season Goal

EPL - Avoid Relegation (this could be quite the task)

FA Cup - Fifth Round

The old milk cup - Fifth Round.

 

Thanks for reading. Be sure to check out the youtube videos & I will post quarterly season updates.

Cheers

Bobby G

 

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Trouble at Burnley

A poor start to the campaign has left Burnley languishing down in 18th in the Premier League.

One solitary win came against and equally poor Hull team & a last gasp draw away at Arsenal.

Lack of quality particularly in defence has left Burnley wide open to a barrage of goals in particular the 5-1 demolition by Man Utd. 

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Sacked before christmas?

The return to glory was never going to be easy, especially give the financial constraints at the start of the season.

The board are already starting to loose patience & Bobby G may well get his marching orders before his new singings are able to make an impact on January 1st.

Whats Next

After a tough run of games thats seen Burnley play - Man Utd, Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal & Spurs, Burnley will take on the lower end of the premier league table in the lead up to December. 

Vital points are to be won or lost as the fight for his job becomes very real

Follow the Journey on Youtube

Burnley - Youtube Playlist

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The new years episode has dropped right now.

FM17 | Burnley | Episode 8 | New Year's V Hull City

After an horrendous run of form we are slowly starting to turn things around. Boxing day wins over watford & just before new year we overturned west brom means we are giving ourselves a chance in the relegation dog fight.

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Our new transfers have finally arrived and we have strengthened in defensive midfield and our defence.

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League Table

Riding high in nose bleed seats of 16 we are actually giving ourselves a chance of a good fight now with a tough few games ahead.

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Till next time guys

 

Bobby G

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  • 3 months later...

HEY GUYS,

Its been so so long since i updated here but the series is still going ahead!

 

Season 2 - we crushed it finished 7th and go through to europe

Season 3 - Knocked out by Seville in the first round knockout in europe & a steady top 10 finish in the leage

Season 4 - This is where we're at now - we've just snagged Raheem Sterling for a right bargain £5m! BARGIN & started strong

Check out the link below to 

Season 4 Opener & New Signings

Cheers

Bobby G

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