Manchester United: Building on Success [Archive] - Page 2

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 01:29 PM

1st minute mark: Brown dribbles it up the right sideline.. being adventurous.. he crosses it to the middle of the 6 yard box.. Adriano jumps.. the keeper jumps.. Adriano outjumps the keeper.. heads it.. into the net! GOAL!!!! 1-0.

36 minute mark: Downing passes to Djemba just outside the box.. strong curving shot.. upper right corner.. the keeper blocks it.

38 minute mark: Howard stops a long range shot from Carter.

Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. The Wolves have just over 29,000 fans here today.

46 minute mark: Schreurs steals the ball.. passes it to Adriano.. who passes it into the box to Rooney.. he has an open shot.. he blasts it.. well over the bar! Bad strike by Rooney.

52 minute mark: Djemba passes it to Rooney in the box.. hard shot.. upper left corner.. good save by the keeper!

61 minute mark: Schreurs passes it to Djemba just outside the box.. hard shot.. upper right corner.. good save by the keeper.

68 minute mark: Howard stops a long shot from Carter.

74 minute mark: King on for Rooney and Ortega on for Schreurs.

76 minute mark: Downing crosses it to Adriano who is by the far post.. he heads it.. into the upper right corner.. no chance for the keeper.. Adriano outjumped a big centreback for that goal! GOAL!!!! 2-0. Adriano's second of the game. That is Adriano's 10th goal of the year.

78 minute mark: Cahais on for Ferdinand.

Game over. 2-0 win for us. We are in 1st place in the EPL! :)

We outshot them 18-15 (9-7 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 9 for form, 14 of 16 passes, 3 of 3 tackles, 4 of 7 headers, 1 interception, 13 runs, 1 assist.

Howard and Adriano also had 9's for form.

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 01:43 PM

Dec. 16, 2012 -

Barcelona have offered us 21.5 million for James McFadden today. McFadden is getting older and has had injuries this year, but he is still my 3rd best striker. I counter with 50 million. If they want to offer that much, I'll let him go.

Covelo has been sacked by Valencia.

Chelsea have paid 5 million for Jordi, a good young right fullback who was with Deportivo.

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 02:20 PM

Dec 18, 2012 -

Fletcher and Adriano were both selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Barcelona have withdrawn their offer for James McFadden.

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 02:28 PM

Dec 19, 2012 -

Today we host Arsenal in an EPL Match. They are in 8th place, but I'm not taking them lightly. I'll be using my top lineup today (despite just playing 4 days ago, I won't increase my chances of losing to Arsenal of all teams.) Arsenal is led by the dynamic scoring of Lukas Podolski who has 10 goals on the year. Midfielder Mario is playing great. Left winger Jose Antonio Reyes is still excellent at the age of 29. Salomon Kalou is a good right winger. Joseph Yobo is a good centreback, however, he might struggle as Ashley Cole is injured and the rest of his fellow defenders haven't been playing well. Manuel Almunia is still the primary keeper, but he is starting to fade in skill.

We are 5-4 favorites.

It's raining with temperatures in the 40's.

GK: Howard
DL: chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: Fletcher
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Taylor
S2: Salva
S3: Alfonso
S4: Mamam
S5: King

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 02:47 PM

1st minute mark: Reyes with a long range shot that Howard barely punches over the bar.

23 minute mark: Reyes is called for being offside.. Yobo argues the call.. yellow card for Yobo.

27 minute mark: Kalou trips Downing.. he gets away with a warning.

28 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in the left side of the box.. he draws a defender and the keeper.. passes to Adriano.. open net.. Adriano shoots.. Yobo blocks the shot saving a goal!

36 m inute mark: Schreurs dribbles past two defenders into the box.. Biasi trips him! Penalty awarded! Rooney steps up.. blasts it into teh upper right corner.. the keeper dove, but it was past him! GOAL!!!! 1-0.

Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. WE have over 91,000 fans here today.

60 minute mark: Adriano is having a totally listless game. I'm yanking him (and might warn him as well.) I put King in at striker for Adriano.

64 minute mark: Reyes gets a yellow card for tripping Schreurs.

74 minute mark: I put Mamam in for Djemba and Salva for Ferdinand.

77 minute mark: Downing throws it into the box to Mamam who heads it to Schreurs in the left side of the box.. he shoots.. hard shot.. it hits the crossbar.

83 minute mark: Schreurs passes it to Adriano in the right side of the box.. he crosses it to Rooney who shoots.. upper left corner.. great save by the keeper.

87 minute mark: Mamam passes it to Rooney who tries one of his trademark 30 yards banana shots.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.

89 minute mark: Good defensive play by Salva.

90 minute mark: Long pass from Mario to Reyes in the box.. he fakes out Salva.. he shoots.. lower left corner.. GOAL! 1-1. Darn, maybe I should have put Salva in for Ferdinand.

91 minute mark: Downing crosses to Rooney who heads it.. the keeper blocks it.

92 minute mark: Downing beats two defenders.. crosses to Schreurs who heads it.. the keeper blocks it.

Game over. Disappointing 1-1 tie.

We outshot them 18-8 (6-2 on target)

Their keeper, Almunia, won MoM.

Adriano did nothing this game and had a 4 for form. I'm going to warn him about lackluster play.

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 02:52 PM

Post Match Info:

King injured his knee and will miss about a week.

Adriano told me that he feels my official warning for poor performance was unfair :(

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 02:58 PM

Dec. 21, 2012 -

Lucio twisted his ankle in practice today and will miss about 2 weeks.

Dec. 22, 2012 -

Today we travel to play Fulham. Fulham is currently 7th in the EPL while we are in 2nd (we fell there after our tie against Arsenal.) Fulham is led by the continued top notch play of midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger. Left fullback/centreback Carlos Bocanegra is having his best season of his career. Striker collins John leads the team with 10 goals. Centreback Enrico Gaede is having a good year. Keeper Michael Rensing has been inconsistent, he has either been brilliant or bad.

We are 4-6 favorites.

It's raining with temperatures in the high 50's.

GK: Howard
DL: Schmidt
DC: Salva
DC: Marchetti
DR: Grygera
ML: Alfonso
MC: Stevanovic
MC: cook
MR: Eagles
SC: Mcfadden (freshly back from his injury)
SC: Smith

S1: Taylor
S2: Marino
S3: Parker
S4: Mamam
S5: O'Shea

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 03:20 PM

1st minute: Eagles passes to Smith in the box.. both defenders close down on him before he can shoot.

7 minute mark; Hitzlsperger heads the ball to Postier.. Marchetti misplays it.. Postier alone in the box.. shoots.. over Howard's left shoulder.. GOAL. Down 1-0.

11 minute mark: Marchetti with a long pass to McFadden who heads it to Smith in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.

19 minute mark: Alfonso passes it to Cook in the middle of the pitch just outside the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.

37 minute mark: Alfonso crosses to the near post.. McFadden heads it.. the keeper blocks it.

41 minute mark: Grygera passes it long to the right corner of the pitch.. Smith gets to it.. he centers to Eagles just inside the box.. he shoots.. it deflects off the centreback.. and sails into the right side of the net! GOAL!!!! 1-1.

Halftime: 1-1 tie. They have over 22,000 fans here today.

54 minute mark: Stevanovic passes to McFadden in the box.. he shoots.. the keeper blocks it.. the rebound rolls right to Smith.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper can't recover! GOAL!!!! 2-1.

65 minute mark: McFadden is exhausted. I put Marino on for him. I also put Mamam on for Cook who is tired.

84 minute mark: Marchetti with two good defensive plays.

85 minute mark: Grygera gets a yellow card for pulling Milan Baros jersey.

88 minute mark: Marchetti starts the counter attack, but it is stopped Smith is caught from behind.

89 minute mark: Marchetti trips Postiga just outside the box.. yellow card for Marchetti.. salva argues the call.. yellow card for Salva.

Game over. 2-1 win for us.

We each had 13 shots (we each had 7 shots on target)

Alfonso wins MoM, 8 for form, 22 of 28 passes, 2 of 3 tackles, 5 of 6 headers, 3 interceptions, 8 runs, 3 fouls drawn.

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 03:41 PM

Dec. 23, 2012 -

Oh crap! Adraino skipped training today. I'm going to warn him about unprofessional behavior. If that doesn't work, and he skips again he will be fined a week's wages.

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 03:42 PM

Dec. 23, 2012 -

Adriano accepted his wanring and noted that his unprofessional behaviour in unacceptable and that he deserved a warning. He has indicated a willingness to improve his behaviour in the future.

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 03:47 PM

Dec. 25, 2012 -

Alan Smith was selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Speculation is heating up in the media regarding Eagles' transfer. I tell the media that we will sell him at the right price.

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 03:52 PM

Dec. 26, 2012 -

Today we host Aston Villa which was recently in 1st place, but is now in 4th place. We are in 2nd. Aston Villa is led by the scoring of Luke Moore is a top flight striker. Midfielder Mourad Meghni is a very good midfielder who has 6 goals and 6 assists. Keeper Leo Franco is having a very good year. Their centrebacks are having a superb year. In particular, Liam Ridgewell is playing great.

We are 4-6 favorites.

It's raining with temperatures in the 30's.

GK: Howard
DL: Chivu
DC: O'Shea
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: Fletcher
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Taylor
S2: Marino
S3: Parker
S4: Mamam
S5: Cahais

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 04:24 PM

26 minute mark: Fletcher shoots from just outside the box.. the keeper punches it over the bar.

40 minute mark: Schreurs passes to Fletcher just outside the box.. he shoots.. the keeper dives.. tips it wide. On the ensuing corner.. Downing kicks it.. to the near post.. Adriano outjumps the defender.. heads it.. into the upper left corner! GOAL!!!! 1-0! Glad to see Adriano bounce back.

Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. We have over 75,000 fans here today.

46 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney along the baseline.. he is dribbling along the baseline.. tries that amazing parallel shot.. it's curving.. the keeper dives.. tips it over the bar.

69 minute mark: Parker on for Djemba.

79 minute mark: Parker gets called for a two footed tackle on Jenas just outside the box.. yellow card.. they take the free kick.. Darijo Srna shoots from this range.. curving shot.. upper left corner.. Howard dives.. it is past him! GOAL. 1-1 tie.

91 minute mark: Rooney steals it from the left fullback.. passes it to Downing in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. barely tips it over the bar.

Game over. 1-1 final score. Tough break on our home pitch, but Aston Villa is a quality team.

We outshot them 14-4 (8-2 on target)

Their keeper, Leo Franco won MoM.

Downing also had a 10 for form, 21 of 30 passes, 1 of 3 tackles, 1 of 5 headers, 1 interceptions, 26 runs, 3 fouls drawn, and 1 assist.

illinifan999

04-23-2005, 04:24 PM

I've had a guy that hasn't gotten a pay check in 4 months because he keeps skipping and I keep fining him 2 weeks wages. You'd think he learn.

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 04:39 PM

Dec. 29, 2012 -

Today we travel to play against Everton. Everton is currently shocking everyone and is 3rd in the EPL! We are currently in 2nd. Everton is thriving behind a diversified offense and a solid defense. Left winger Andy Reid is having a great year. Centrebacks Anthony Gardner and Sean Brady have shut down many very good strikers. Right winger, Aaron Lennon has played veyr well. Mauro Di Mauro and Scott McDonald have been very good strikers this year. Ceiran Hutcheson has had a very good year in goal.

We are 4-6 favorites.

It's raining with temperatures in the 30's.

GK: Howard
DL: Schmidt
DC: Salva
DC: Marchetti
DR: Grygera
ML: Alfonso
MC: Duff
MC: Cook
MR: Eagles
SC: McFadden
SC: Smith

S1: Taylor
S2: Marino
S3: Parker
S4: Mamam
S5: Cahais

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 04:40 PM

I've had a guy that hasn't gotten a pay check in 4 months because he keeps skipping and I keep fining him 2 weeks wages. You'd think he learn.

Hehe :)

Adriano is no longer unhappy and he is no longer upset about me treating him unfairly from the 1st warning, so I think he'll be alright now...

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 05:06 PM

13 minute mark: Di Mauro takes it down the right side of te pitch.. crosses it to the center of the box.. McDonald traps.. shoots.. upper left corner.. Howard dives.. it is past him! GOAL. Down 1-0.

16 minute mark: Di Mauro fakes out Schmidt.. dribbles into the box.. shoots.. upper right corner.. Howard tips it.. it's past him.. GOAL. Down 2-0. Darn, perhaps I shouldn't have started some of the young kids against this good team.. but my first team is tired from playing 3 days ago.

35 minute mark: Eagles takes it down the right sideline.. crosses to Smith in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! Still down 2-1.

Halftime: 2-1 lead for Everton.

48 monute mark: McFadden steals the ball at midfield.. dribbles past a defender.. past Gardner.. the keeper is rushing out to meet him.. Gardner tackles the ball away from McFadden.. right to Smith.. Smith has an open shot on goal since the keeper came out.. he shoots... GOAL!!!!! 2-2.

70 minute mark: Marino on for McFadden who is exhausted and has a slight injury. Mamam on for Duff.

Game over. 2-2 tie. I'm glad we salvaged the tie after falling down 2-0. We still haven't lost a game this year.

We were outshot 8-7 (5-4 on target)

Eagles won MoM, 9 for form, 19 of 26 passes, 2 of 6 tackles, 3 of 5 headers, 8 runs, 1 foul drawn, and 1 assist.

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 05:45 PM

Dec 31, 2012 -

Eagles and Downing were both selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

January 1st, 2013 -

The Board is only satisfied with my performance as manager.

Stewart Downing has won EPL Player of the Month. Freddy Adu has come in 2nd, and Rohan Ricketts of Leicester came in 3rd.

Leed's Gregory Maury has won the EPL Young Player of the Month. Wayne Dunn of Aston villa came in 2nd, and Sean Brady of Everton came in 3rd.

Liverpool's Tony Colbert has won the EPL Manager of the Month. Gary Megson of Tottenham came in 2nd, and Micky Adams of Everton came in 3rd.

Wayne Rooney has won the World Footballer of the Year Award!!!

Joaquin of Real Madrid came in 2nd, and Fernando Cavenaghi of Real Madrid came in 3rd.

Wayne Rooney has won the World Player of the Year Award!!!

Joaquin came in 2nd, and Robinho of Barcelona came in 3rd.

Wayne Rooney has won the European Footballer of the Year Award!!!

My Adriano came in 2nd! Joaquin of Real Madrid came in 3rd.

Tim Howard has won the European Goalkeeper of the Year Award!!!

Andreas Isaksson of Milan came in 2nd, and Iker Casillas of Real Madrid came in 3rd.

Lucio won the European Defender of the year award!!!!

Cristian Chivu came in 2nd! Mark Gonzalez of Real Madrid came in 3rd.

Mark Gonzalez of Real Madrid has won the European Midfielder of the Year award.

Jeroen Schreurs came in 2nd!! Joaquin of Real Madrid came in 3rd.

Wayne Rooney has won the European Striker of the Year Award!!!!

My Adriano came in 2nd! Yakubu of Liverpool came in 3rd.

Overall, a very impressive haul for my guys :)

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 05:52 PM

Jan. 1, 2013 -

Today we host Middlesbrough in an EPL Match. We are currently 2nd (falling further and further behind Liverpool though) and Middlesbrough is 18th. Their offense has been below average and their defense has been horrible. Porcellis is their leading scorer with 6 goals. midfielder Johnu Alejandro Acosta has 5 goals and can set up his teammates. Jan Lastuvka is a good keeper, but he has been peppered with shots. He is becoming unhappy and faltering in his play. Chris Riggott is a good centreback, but his teammates have had a horrible year.

We are 4-7 favorites.

It's raining with temperatures in the 30's.

GK: Howard
DL: Chivu
DC: O'Shea
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: Fletcher
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Taylor
S2: King
S3: Stevanovic
S4: Mamam
S5: Cahais

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 06:09 PM

29 minue mark: Fletcher shoots from 20 yards out.. the keeper blocks it.. Schreurs get the rebound.. shoots a sharply angled shot.. upper left corner.. it's past the keeper.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

42 minute mark: Stewart Downing takes it down the left hand side.. passes it into the box.. sharp pass.. Rooney settles.. shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

44 minute mark: Yates steals it from Chivu passes it into the box to Marius Niculae.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL. 2-1.

Halftime: 2-1 lead for us. We have over 71,000 fans here today.

52 minute mark: Schreurs passes it to Fletcher outside the box.. hard powerful shot.. upper right corner.. the keeper blocks it.

60 minute mark: Schreurs crosses it to for Rooney.. the keeper intercepts it.. bobbles it.. into the net! Own goal on the keeper!!! 3-1 lead for us.

71 minute mark: Cahais on for O'Shea, Mamam on for Fletcher, and King on for Rooney.

83 minute mark: Downing crosses it to Adriano who heads it.. the keeper blocks it.. King shoots.. the keeper blocks it again.

Game over. 3-1 win for us!

We outshot them 13-4 (10-2 on target)

Jeroen Schreurs won MoM, 10 for form, 18 of 25 passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 1 of 2 headers, 1 interception, 13 runs, 2 fouls drawn, 1 assist, and 1 goal! :)

Downing also had a 10 for form. Rooney, Adriano, and Fletcher all had 8's for form.

The rest of the team had 7's.

Eaglesfan27

04-23-2005, 06:23 PM

Post Match Info:

Manchester City managed to tie Liverpool (1-1) and allow me to catch up a few points on Liverpool :)

Downing has had 2 10's and a 9 in the last 5 games. I decide to praise him to the media after the game.

Koryo

04-25-2005, 08:51 AM

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 10:47 AM

I awake this morning to see the league standings:

http://64.17.163.76/images/EPL%20Standings%202012.jpg

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 10:50 AM

January 3, 2012 -

Inter has offered 27.4 million for Christopher Eagles (6.9 million up front and 20.5 million in monthly installments over 2 years.) I'm happy to accept this offer. Hopefully, I don't end up regretting it in the future.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 10:53 AM

January 4, 2013 -

Christopher Eagles suffered a groin strain in practice today and will miss about 2 weeks.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 11:00 AM

January 5, 2012 -

Lazio has offer 27.4 million (1.9 up front and 25.5 over 24 months) plus Danny Cox for Christopher Eagles.

I accept the offer.

Today we play Sunderland on the road in the 3rd round of the FA Cup. Sunderland is currently 1st in the English Championship. They are led by a dynamic duo of strikers in Marco Streller and Danko Lazovic who each have 13 goals. Right winger Steven Reid has pitched inanother 8 goals and all around stellar play. Left fullback Julio Arca is a good defender. Luca Brunoni is a good keeper.

We are 4-7 favorites.

It's raining with temperatures in the 40's.

Carlos Godoy will get his first start due to Eagles' injury.

GK: Howard
DL: Schmidt
DC: Salva
DC: Marchetti
DR: Grygera
ML: Alfonso
MC: Stevanovic
MC: Cook
MR: Godoy (GO GO GO!)
SC: McFadden
SC: Smith

S1: Taylor
S2: King
S3: Ortega
S4: Mamam
S5: Cahais

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 11:24 AM

1st minute: Godoy has already been very active, but his crosses keep getting intercepted in the box.. however he is looking very active early.

2 minute mark: Long pass from the keeper to Lazovic on the counter attack.. Lazovic dribbles into the box.. shoots.. upper right corner.. Howard dives.. it's past him. GOAL. Down 1-0.

12 minute mark: Godoy is tripped by Arca.. yellow card on Arca.

35 minute mark: Cook gets a yellow card for a trip on Lopo.

Halftime: Down 1-0 :( They have over 48,000 fans here today.

65 minute mark: Alfonso gets a throw in from Schmidt.. he crosses it to Smith in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. it's past him! GOAL!!!! 1-1.

71 minute mark: Schmidt with a few good defensive plays.

74 minute mark: Eremenko takes the corner.. to the near post.. Lazovic outjumps our defenders.. heads it.. into the upper right corner.. GOAL. Down 2-1.

75 minute mark: I put Ortega on for Stevanovic who looks listless, Mamam on for Cook who is tired, and King on for McFadden who is tired.

80 minute mark: Alfonso trips Reid.. Reid is hurt.. Alfonso is lucky that he didn't get his second yellow card.

88 minute mark: Godoy with a great cross.. Smith heads it.. over the bar.

93 minute mark: WHAT THE F!#$ Howard saves the ball left of goal.. he throws it to Marchetti on his right except he actually throws it backwards into his own goal!!! You Du!@$!#$ Howard. Down 3-1.

Game over. 3-1 loss. The ref killed us this game, but we let ourselves be outworked :( Very disappointing.

They outshot us 15-3! (6-2 on target)

We were given 7 yellow cards. They were given 3.

Danko Lazovic won MoM, 9 for form, 31 of 33 passes, 1 of 2 tackles, 1 of 6 headers, 1 interception 4 fouls drawn, and 2 goals.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 11:34 AM

January 5, 2012 -

Liverpool has offered 27.5 million for Christopher Eagles. I counter with 50 million. It would take that much for me to sell him to a rival.

condors

04-25-2005, 11:35 AM

Timmy!

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 11:47 AM

January 6, 2012 -

Richard Money has been hired at West Bromwich Albion. They are currently 8th in the EPL. I hope that jerk doesn't make it back to the EPL.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 11:51 AM

Jan 7, 2012 -

Jeroen Schreurs was selected to the EPL TEam of the Week.

Aston Villa has offered 18 million for Craig King. I counter with 54 million.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 11:53 AM

Jan 8, 2012 -

Juventus has offered 28 million (12.5 immediately and 15.5 over a year) plus 30% of next sale for Christopher Eagles. I agree to this offer.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 11:55 AM

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 12:07 PM

Jan. 9, 2012 -

I still can't believe we blew the quadruple so early in the season. Today we host Everton in the first leg of the English League Cup Semi-Final. We still have a shot at the treble, and I don't want to let that get by me. Everton has been surprisingly good in the EPL this year. They are 4th in the EPL and they are doing it behind a diversified offense. Strikers Nathan Ellington and Mauro Di Mauro are having a great year. Centrebacks Anthony Gardner and Sean Brady are difficult to score against. Aaron Lennon has been a very good right winger and Andy Reid hs having a great year on the left side. Ceiran Hutcheson is a good enough keeper.

They beat us earlier this year, but we will pull out the top team against them today..

We are 4-6 favorites.

It's raining with temperatures in the 50's.

GK: Howard
DL: Chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: Fletcher
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
Sc: Adriano

S1: Taylor
S2: Salva (he is demoted out of starting in my 2nd string.)
S3: Ortega
S4: Mamam
S5: Marino (king is hurt.)

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 12:24 PM

3 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in the box.. he dribbles past a defender.. passes to Adriano.. he heads it.. the keeper blocks it.

5 minute mark: Downing crosses it long to Adriano.. he heads it.. into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!!! 1-0.

17 minute mark: Their defender, Gardner, has just made a series of great plays on both Rooney and Adriano.

18 minute mark: Danny Hope gives Rooney a yellow card for a trip on Gardner.

33 minute mark: Rooney dribbles past two defenders on the left side of the pitch.. into the box.. he passes to Schreurs in the middle of the 6 yard box.. Schreurs hits it on the half-volley.. over the keeper's shoulder.. GOAL!!!! 2-0! (That is why I like Schreurs over Eagles - Schreurs is the better scorer and just as good at distributing or almost as good. Howver, he is a much better scorer than Eagles.)

Halftime: 2-0 lead for us. We have over 85,000 fans here today.

47 minute mark: Djemba gets a yellow card for unfairly jumping with Gardner.

50 minute mark: Schreurs passes to Fletcher outside the box.. he shoots a hard curving shot.. upper left corner.. the keeper blocks it.. Rooney pounces on the rebound.. shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper couldn't recover in time.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

61 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick to the near post.. Adriano jumps.. whistle.. Gardner pushed him.. Penalty awarded.. Rooney steps up.. shoots.. upper right corner.. barely over the bar!

68 minute mark: Lucio gets a yellow card for a trip on Serhat (my former player.)

75 minute mark: Marino on for Rooney, Mamam on for Djemba, and Salva on for Lucio (all guys with yellow cards.)

Game over. 3-0 win for us.

We outshot them 15-8 (8-2 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 10 for form, 10 of 15 passes, 0 tackles, 2 of 6 headers, 3 interceptions, 17 runs, 1 foul drawn, and 1 assist.

Schreurs had a 9 for form.

Desnudo

04-25-2005, 01:52 PM

37 goals and 10 draws? *yawn*

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 02:40 PM

37 goals and 10 draws? *yawn*
Draws have been the bane of my existance this year. :(

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 05:48 PM

January 11, 2013 -

WOW!!! Chelsea have agreed to the one-on-one transfer of Freddy Adu for Christopher Eagles!!!! I don't see how this helps them, unless they desperately need a right winger as Adu has a MUCH higher value, but I'm jumping on it!

I never thought they would actually agree when I made this move :)

I just need Eagles to agree to this deal and reject all of the other deals now.. ;)

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 05:54 PM

January 11, 2013 -

Chelsea have given me permission to contact Adu. Adu wants 100,000/week as well as a 5.6 million dollars signing bonus, 5,800/goal and 3,000/assist. The board will only allow me to offer 5.2 million as a signing bonus, but they will allow me to offer up to 240,000/week. I decide to offer him a 3 year deal with 120,000/week as a base salary.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 05:57 PM

January 12, 2012 -

Longtime Loyal Scout Mick Brown has retired from football effectively today. He will be missed by all of us here at Manchester United.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 06:01 PM

January 12, 2013 -

Today we travel to play coventry in an important EPL game. They are currently in 14th and we are in 2nd. I need our 2nd stringers to play well today and show me they are capable of beating weaker teams. Coventry is led by young striker Wayne Worthington who leads the team with 10 goals despite only starting 10 games. He has been a sub in 10 other games. Keeper Marco Tedeschi has had a great year so far. Right winger Dani has played very well. Striker Shola Ameobi remains a veteran threat to score. Martin Scott is a decent centreback who is having a rough year.

We are 4-7 favorites.

It's overcast with temperatures in the low 40's.

GK: Howard
DL: Schmidt
DC: O'Shea (promoted ahead of Salva)
DC: Marchetti (looking great in practice)
DR: Grygera
ML: Alfonso
MC: Stevanovic
MC: Cook
MR: Godoy (needs to do better this game)
SC: McFadden
SC: Smith

S1: Taylor
S2: Silvestre
S3: Parker
S4: Mamam
S5: Marino

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 06:22 PM

1st minute: Godoy burns his man down the right sideline.. crosses it to Smith.. he heads it.. the keeper blocks it.

8 minute mark: Marchetti with a key defensive play on Ameobi in the box.

20 minute mark: McFadden takes it down the left sideline.. crosses it to the near post.. Alfonso heads it.. barely wide left.

28 minute mark: Howard stops a series of shots.

34 minute mark: Howard stops a flurry of shots, very acrobatic play by Howard.

38 minute mark: Godoy with a long pass to McFadden.. he dribbles into the box.. shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.

Halftime: 0-0 tie. They have over 32,000 fans here today.

46 minute mark: O'Shea trips Amoebi in the box.. penalty awarded.. David steps up.. shoots.. to Howard's left.. he dives.. blocks it.. Ameobi gets the rebound.. shoots.. Howard catches it!

51 minute mark: Alfonso passes to Smith just outside the box.. Smith draws two defenders.. passes between them to McFadden in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

68 minute mark: Whing passes to Williams.. Williams passes to Chaplow in the box.. he shoots a quick powerful banana shot.. it curves.. upper right corner.. GOAL. 1-1.

74 minute mark: Mamam on for Cook, and Marino on for McFadden. I also tell the team to open up the offense more.

78 minute mark: O'Shea with a long pass to Smith.. he dribbles into the box.. the defender catches him from behind.. strips the ball.. it bounces to Marino.. he shoots.. weak shot to the upper left corner.. the keeper saves it.

85 minute mark: Godoy passes it to Marino in the left side of the box.. he fakes out the keeper.. shoots.. wide left.

Game over. Yet another draw. 1-1 tie. I need to look at getting another speed striker who can burn the defense.

They outshot us 19-8 (13-5 on target)

Howard won MoM for his 12 saves, 9 for form.

O'Shea, Grygera, McFadden, and Smith all had 8's for form.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 06:49 PM

January 15, 2013 -

Tim Howard and John O'Shea were both selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Adu accepted my contract offer!

Adriano and Howard were both called up for the North American Gold Cup!

DARN!!! Eagles rejected the offers from Inter, Juventus, and most importantly Chelsea! He has agreed to terms with Lazio. Do I dare back out of the deal at the last second. That is so fraught with danger. Chelsea might not agree to the deal on the second time, or Eagles might refuse to go. Also, I'm sure I'd take a professionalism hit.. Thoughts anyone?

I'm going to save the game and think about this for a while.

Crapshoot

04-25-2005, 06:53 PM

Even money says Chelsea won't agree to the deal the second time. For what its worth, you don't have to respond to transfer offers immediately- you can wait for others to roll in, and only accept the good ones.. ;)

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 06:54 PM

Chelsea just lost Arjen Robben, their starting right winger for 3 months. I forgot to post that (it happened after they accepted the Eagles trade.) So, now they desperately need a right winger. However, I still think you are probably right and they probably won't accept the deal a second time. I agree that I should have waited a bit more before accepted a deal, but I thought 27.5 was about as good as it was going to get (he is only valued at 20 million right now.)

Crapshoot

04-25-2005, 06:56 PM

robbgmaier

04-25-2005, 06:57 PM

robbgmaier

04-25-2005, 06:59 PM

Jan 8, 2012 -

Liverpool have sold top youngster Jordi to Atletico de Madrid for 25.5 million. Liverpool fans are livid at the sale of their favorite youngster.

Chelsea have offered 25 million plus John Hall (a good young left winger who starred in my most recent U21 England match) for Eagles. I counter by asking for a straight up trade for Freddy Adu.

I thought this was freaking hilarious, the way you were tripling everyone's offers that you didn't want to deal with and then just stuck Adu in there. Then they said yes, and I almost died. Then I thought oh no, why didn't he cancel all the other offers? Then...oh man, HOW COULD YOU SCREW UP YOUR CHANCE TO GET ADU AND STICK IT RIGHT UP CHELSEA's ASS? sigh...i'm so depressed. I recommend you go back to the save game right after chelsea accepted and get it right :)

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 07:08 PM

How good is the Cox guy (who sounds English) that you got from Lazio ?
Cox was being offered by either Milan or Juventus. Lazio was just offering the 27.5 million. Therefore, I've made up my mind. I'm going to risk the professionalism hit, and cancel the deal. I'm going to try to make the Chelsea deal work. I won't go back in time to a previous save as that would be too much of a cheat to me.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 07:09 PM

I'm surprised I didn't get roasted in the press for that loss either.

Cox looks like a good, but not very good or great centreback, but he is only 20. He is on England's U21 National Pool.

Robb, I really must try to get Adu. Eagles is ANGRY at me now for canceling the Lazio deal, but I'm hopeful that I can send him to Chelsea for Adu soon *crosses fingers*

robbgmaier

04-25-2005, 07:10 PM

Adu and Rooney together on the front line would be just sick :)

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 07:14 PM

On an OOC Note:

My wife is due home from school soon, and I might have a cliff hanger if she gets home before this is resolved.

However, she'll hopefully be going to bed early tonight because her plane was delayed til late last night (she was in Michigan for the last few days for an American Culinary Federation Conference.)

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 07:18 PM

January 16, 2012 -

Franco Colomba was sacked by Juventus today. Sevilla manager Pako Ayestaran is believed to be the favorite to take over as Juventus' manager.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 07:24 PM

January 19, 2012 -

Those A-Holes. Chelsea have rejected the part exchange offer for Freddy Adu.

I'm going to see if I can sweeten it with some money.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 07:50 PM

Jan. 19, 2013 -

Today we host Newcastle in an important EPL Match. They are currently 6th in the EPL, but they are missing several of their better players due to injury including star strikers Jerain Defoe and Ricardo Oliveira. James Milner is out of the midfield due to his injury. Right fullback Ian Robson, Left winger Charles N'Zogbia and left fullback Jlloyd Samuel are all injured. They will be relying heavily on star keeper Jesus to keep them in this game. Left winger Hatem Ben Arfa will have to have a good game as well. It looks like they will end up starting Diomansy Kamara at striker, but that is far from his best position. Scott Murphy and Per Kroidrup remain a strong pair of centrebacks who are very good.

We are 4-5 favorites.

It's raining with temperatures in the 30's.

GK: Taylor (Howard is away on international duty)
DL: Chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: Fletcher
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: King (Adriano is also away on international duty.)

S1: Smith
S2: Harper (my other backup keeper)
S3: Cahais
S4: Parker
S5: Duff

OOC: I'll be playing this match later tonight hopefully, as Mrs. Eaglesfan just arrived home from work.

finkenst

04-25-2005, 09:36 PM

yeah...

i hear ya...

i just got offered Quinton Fortune and Wayne Rooney :eek: for Frank Lampard from Man U. If they had made this offer before I acquired Adriano, i'd be very tempted...

heck i'm taking a break to think about it.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 09:43 PM

Take the offer. Unless it is bizarro Rooney, I seriously doubt you will regret it.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 09:43 PM

9 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney outside the left half of the box.. he dribbles between two defenders into the box.. along the baseline.. passes to King by the far post.. he heads it.. great save by the keeper!

13 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney by the left side of the box.. he crosses to Schreurs who quickly passes to King in the middle of the 6 yard box.. King powers it into the net! GOAL!!!! 1-0.

30 minute mark: Schreurs gets a yellow card for a trip on Kamansy.

Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. Over 91,000 fans here today.

46 minute mark: Rogerio trips Schreurs.. yellow card for Rogerio.

50 minute mark: Downing passes it to Rooney in the box.. he fakes out a defender.. shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper pushes it over the bar.

57 minute mark: Downing loses a dribble over the endline for the second time today.

64 minute mark: Pennant passes to Ben Arfa who is just outside the box.. he shoots from 20 yards out.. soft shot.. Taylor looks at it as it sails by him! GOAL! Terrible lack of response by Taylor! 1-1.

75 minute mark: Rooney beats two defenders.. passes to Djemba in the box.. he shoots.. the keeper dives.. catches it.

76 minute mark: King steals it from the keeper.. shoots.. into the crossbar!

77 minute mark: Rooney gets a yellow card for holding Ben Arfa's jersey.

81 minute mark: Schreurs dribbles up the right side.. crosses to the center of the box.. Rooney heads it.. the keeper blocks it.

90 minute mark: My midfeilders pass it around.. probe the defense.. finally Djemba passes it to Schreurs in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. Jesus dives.. saves it.

92 minute mark: Downing passes to Fletcher just outside the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives and makes a very acrobatic save.

Game over. 1-1 tie :(

We outshot them 15-1 (9-1 on target)

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 09:44 PM

Dola -

I was so despondent I forgot to add that their keeper, Jesus, won MoM. That guy is amazing.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 09:49 PM

Post match Info:

YES! Tottenham beat Liverpool 3-2. Therefore, we actually gained a point and are only 4 points behind 1st place Liverpool.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 10:01 PM

January 21, 2012 -

Wigan have fired Olafur Johannesson. Wigan is currently 13th in League One.

Newcastle have signed Andreas Gorlitz from Aston Villa for 15 million dollars.

Carlos Bocanegra has signed a Bosman deal to go to West Ham after the season is over.

International Roundup:

Tim Howard played well in the North American Gold Cup match which saw the USA beat Anguilla 5-0.

Adriano had a goal in Brazil's 3-0 win over Saint Martin in the North American Gold Cup.

Chivu, Downing, and Fletcher were selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Chelsea have offered 25.5 million plus John Hall for James McFadden.

Chelsea have offered 7.8 million plus 30% of next sale for Barry Parker.

I'm going to wait til they respond to my Adu bid before I respond to either of these bids.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 10:04 PM

January 22, 202 -

Chelsea have rejected my bid for Freddy Adu. I'm going to see if they will take McFadden for Adu in a straight-up deal ;)

Damien Duff announced he will leave as a Bosman at the end of this season. That is fine as we couldn't come to an agreement on a fair deal, and his skills are significantly deteriorating.

International Roundup:

Tim Howard played well in the USA's 5-0 win over Guatemala in the North American Gold Cup.

Liverpool spent 24 million dollars to sign Nuno Ferro, a 26 year old midfielder, from Juventus.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 10:10 PM

January 22, 2012 -

Sweet! My rejecting Lazio didn't completely blow up in my face. Valencia has offered 35 million dollars plus Francesco Guarino, a 23 year old right fullback who looks average but not great, in exchange for Eagles. I have a week to accept and I've learned my lesson. I'll sit on this for a few days..

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 10:19 PM

Jan. 23, 2013 -

Today we travel to play Everton in the 2nd leg of the Semi Final of the League Cup. I'm going with the second team, hopefully, it doesn't cost me.

We are 4-6 favorites.

It's sunny with temperatures in the mid 30's.

GK: Taylor
DL: Schmidt
DC: O'Shea
DC: Marchett
DR: Grygera
ML: Alfonso
MC: wood (just back from his loan)
MC: Cook
MR: Godoy
SC: McFadden
SC: Smith

S1: Salva
S2: Harper
S3: Cahais
S4: Parker
S5: Duff

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 10:34 PM

10 minute mark: Taylor with a strong save of a point blank shot by Ellington.

15 minute mark: Wood passes it to Cook just outside the box.. he shoots.. strong curving shot.. upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it!

21 minute mark: Godoy passes to Smith in the box.. he shoots.. the keeper blocks it.

25 minute mark: Godoy passes to McFadden just outside the box.. he passes to Smith in the box.. Smith chips it over the keeper who was rushing out.. into the right side of the net! GOAL!!! 1-0.

29 minute mark: Taylor stops a flurry of shots.. very nice series of plays by the keeper!

33 minute mark: Taylor stops a 20 yard shot from Reid.

44 minute mark: Godoy passes to McFadden in the box.. he fakes out the keeper.. shoots.. GOA.. it's negated! McFadden is called for being offside :(

Halftime: 1-0 lead. 4-0 lead on aggregate. They have over 40,000 fans here today.

60 minute mark: Parker on for Wood and Salva on for O'Shea.

68 minute mark: Godoy passes to Cook in the box.. he shoots.. inches wide right.

Game over. 1-0 win, 4-0 win on aggregate.

They outshot us 13-10 (6-4 on target)

McFadden won MoM, 9 for form, 19 of 22 passes, 2 of 3 tackles, 3 of 11 headers, 4 runs, 3 fouls drawn, and assist.

Godoy had his first 8 :)

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 10:36 PM

Post Match Info:

We were given 900,000 dollars for that win.

Liverpool beat the Wolves 3-1 on aggregate, and we will face Liverpool in the final of the League Cup.

Leeds has signed Leighton Baines from Everton on a Bosman signing.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 10:47 PM

January 25, 2012 -

Chelsea have rejected the offer of McFadden for Adu. I'm going to go ahead and make one final offer of Eagles and Parker plus some cash for Adu. If they refuse that, I will just take the Eagles deal and not worry about getting Adu this year.

Darn, I can't offer Eagles while the Valencia deal is pending :(

Oh well, I'm going to pass on Adu for now, and accept the Eagles deal.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 11:07 PM

January 26, 2012 -

Today we host Southampton in an EPL Match. They are currently 13th in the EPL while we are in 2nd place. Southampton is led by the strong play of left winger Jorge Pina and striker Robbin Kieft. Jonathan Douglas is a strong midfielder who is playing well this year. Keeper Simon Jentzsch is leaving on a Bosman signing so it will be interesting to see how his motivation is this match. Centreback Danny Higginbotham remains a good defender.

We are 4-6 favorites.

It's very windy today with temperatures in the 50's.

GK: Taylor
DL: Chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: Fletcher
MR: schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: King

S1: Eagles
S2: Harper
S3: Cahais
S4: Parker
S5: Smith

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 11:26 PM

1st minute: Schreurs dribbles past three players.. centers it for King.. King shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. We have over 70,000 fans here today.

63 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney.. he fires a shot.. upper right corner.. great save by the keeper.

65 minute mark: Ferdinand stops a breakaway. great defensive play.

71 minute mark: Schreurs passes to Djemba just outside the box.. he blasts a shot.. over the bar.

74 minute mark: De Weerd steals the ball passes it to Kieft in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. Taylor dives.. it is past him. GOAL. 1-1 tie.

Smith on for King, Parker on for Djemba, and Eagles on for Fletcher.

83 minute mark: Parker shoots from 25 yards out.. the keeper blocks it.. Eagles shoots the rebound.. over the bar.

88 minute mark: Downing passes to Schreurs just outside the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.

90 minute mark: Rooney dribbles past two defenders.. into the box.. passes to Eagles.. he shoots.. over the bar.

Game over. Yet another tie. This is disgusting. 1-1 tie.

We outshot them 17-2 (10-1 on target)

Downing won MoM, 9 for form, 13 of 16 passes, 0 of 1 tackles, 2 of 4 headers, 22 runs, 3 fouls drawn.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 11:31 PM

Post Match Info:

Chelsea tied Liverpool 1-1, so at least we aren't falling any further than 4 points behind Liverpool. We really need to get our offense clicking again.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 11:37 PM

Jan 27, 2013 -

Christopher Eagles has reached terms with Valencia.

Tim Howard played well for the USA and had an assist in a 4-0 win over Saint Martin in the North American Gold Cup.

Desnudo

04-25-2005, 11:41 PM

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 11:42 PM

Jan 28, 2012 -

Francesco Guarino has agreed to the contract we offered him (30,000/week for a backup spot.) The Eagles to Valencia deal can now be completed.

Eagles was a good player and will be missed, but Schreurs and he were not going to be able to co-exist which is unfortunate.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 11:43 PM

There are no "easy" games in the EPL, as Sir Alex has learned himself this season. I've noticed that leaving one or two key players out of a lineup can really kill your scoring punch, even if you have reasonable backups.
Yeah, I like to rotate guys particularly for the first half of the year to keep guys fresh for the stretch run. I usually keep rotating guys IF things are going well, but now they aren't. Therefore, you will see me using the same lineup more games in a row during the stretch run now. Again, this is part of the reason that I had to move Eagles.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 11:49 PM

Jan 29, 2012 -

Liverpool has lost Nigel de Jong a 28 year old defender they were using heavily to a broken hip! He will miss the rest of the season.

I decide to make one last move for Adu. Apparently, the board has made all of my money from the sale of Eagles available. I offer Chelsea 60 million for Adu as well as 50% of next sale.

I doubt they are going to take it, but it can't hurt to ask.

Eaglesfan27

04-25-2005, 11:58 PM

Jan 30, 2012 -

Adriano had the game winning goal against Tim Howard and the USA in a 1-0 victory in the North American Gold Cup Semi-Final. Brazil will play either Canada or Costa Rica in the final.

Eaglesfan27

04-26-2005, 12:02 AM

Jan 30, 2012 -

Darn! I've been informed that Adriano sprained his ankle during Brazil's 1-0 win over the USA and Adriano will miss about 2 weeks.

Today we travel to play Blackburn. They are currently 11th in the EPL while we are in 2nd. Blackburn is led by a dynamic midfielder. Left winger Raul is a very talented player. Midifleder Jozef Adam is having a great year. Striker Paul Gallagher is leading the team with 6 goals. Jonathan Stead also has 6 goals. Petri Pasanen is a very good defender. Samir Handanovic is a good keeper.

We are 4-6 favorites.

It's raining with temperatures in the mid 40's.

GK: Taylor
DL: chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: Fletcher
MR: schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: King

S1: Harper
S2: Godoy
S3: Cahais
S4: Parker
S5: Smith

Desnudo

04-26-2005, 12:18 AM

Yeah, I like to rotate guys particularly for the first half of the year to keep guys fresh for the stretch run. I usually keep rotating guys IF things are going well, but now they aren't. Therefore, you will see me using the same lineup more games in a row during the stretch run now. Again, this is part of the reason that I had to move Eagles.

I'm sure you've got a workable system, but what I've found works well is to play one team in league matches and the other in cup and European matches. It seems like cohesion is extremely important in FM and this rotation does a decent job of keeping players fresh and playing together.

Eaglesfan27

04-26-2005, 12:21 AM

7 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in teh box.. he blasts a shot at the upper right corner.. very good save by the keeper.

8 minute mark: Taylor stops a powerful shot from Raul.

13 minute mark: King gets the ball at midfield from Taylor.. he passes it long to Rooney.. Rooney burns the defense.. dribbles into the box.. fires a shot.. lower right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

29 minute mark: Raul passes to Stead in the box.. he shoots.. lower right corner.. Taylor dives.. it is out of his reach.. GOAL. 1-1 tie.

32 minute mark: Raul passes to Stead in the box.. he shoots.. Taylor blocks the shot.

34 minute mark: Schreurs passes to Rooney 30 yards out.. Rooney shoots immediately.. trademark power banana shot.. severe curve.. the keeper dives.. it is out of his reach.. into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!! 2-1.

40 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in the left side of the box.. he fakes out a defender.. shoots the sharply angled shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-1. That is his hattrick!

43 minute mark: Raul passes it into the box.. Gallagher shoots.. Taylor blocks it.. Stead beats Ferdinand to the rebound.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL. 3-2.

Halftime: 3-2 lead for us. They have over 31,000 fans here today.

47 minute mark: Schreurs passes to King in the right edge of the box.. he passes it to Rooney just inside the center of the box.. Rooney blasts a shot between two defenders.. into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-2. That is his 4th goal of the game. Oh yeah, 2 goals ago he had his 20th of the season.

74 minute mark: James Faulkner passes to Edu in the box.. he shoots lower right corner.. GOAL. 4-3. Least I'm seeing that Taylor might not be the guy to replace Howard after all... I was about to pull Rooney, but with the lead down to 1 goal, I need to leave him in. King is also tired, so I put Smith in for King. I also put Godoy in for Schreurs.

81 minute mark: Godoy gets the ball from Taylor.. dribbles down the right sideline.. burns a defender.. crosses to Smith.. he settles it.. shoots.. lower right corner.. GOAL!!!! 5-3.

85 minute mark: Godoy passes to Smith in the right edge of the box.. he centers it to Rooney.. Rooney shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!!! 6-3! That is Rooney's 5th goal of the day.

Game over. 6-3 win :) That is more like it.

We outshot them 13-9 (11-6 on target)

Rooney won MoM, 10 for form, 20 of 21 passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 1 of 5 headers, 1 interception, 12 runs, 5 goals!

Downing and Schreurs both had 9's for form.

Eaglesfan27

04-26-2005, 12:28 AM

Post Match Info:

Rio Ferdinand strained his wrist and will miss a week.

Chelsea rejected my Adu bid. I'll throw a bit more cash at them in one last bid, but I won't go over board.

Eaglesfan27

04-26-2005, 12:33 AM

January 31, 2013 -

've signed Christian Tiffert to a Bosman deal. Tiffert is a 30 year old right winger who is a true speedster with decent skill levels. He does everything reasonably well, but nothing great except for run past people. I offered him 30,000/week and see him as insurance.

He will arrive on Aug 1, 2013 when his current deal with Siena ends.

OH MY!!! Chelsea accepted my generous offer for Adu!!! Now, some of you may think I overpaid, but I feel the need to re-energize my offense. Adu is only 23... so hopefully it was worth it. What did I give them?

52 million dollars, Barry Parker, 50% of next sale, and 18 million after he plays 30 games (which will happen sometime next year.)

Adu's agent wants 100k/week, 5.6 million signing bonus, 5,800/goal, and 3,000/assist. I can only go up to 5.2 million for my signing bonus per the board so I go up to 120,000/week in wages.

Eaglesfan27

04-26-2005, 12:36 AM

Eaglesfan27

04-26-2005, 12:49 AM

Feb. 1, 2013 -

Oh well, no Adu for us (at least not this year.) The transfer window has closed and apparently we didn't have the money that was needed to get the deal done before the window closed.

The board is pleased with my performance.

Stewart Downing has won the EPL Player of the Month Award. Wayne Rooney came in 2nd, and Dean Ashton of Leicester came in 3rd.

Aston Villa's Wayne Dunn has won the EPL Young Player of the Month. Paul White of Leicester came in 2nd, and Philippe Durand of Tottenham came in 3rd.

Newcastle's Steve Bruce has won Manager of the Month. I came in 2nd, and Jose Mourinho of Chelsea came in 3rd.

Wayne Rooney's goal against Blackburn won Goal of the Month.

Eaglesfan27

04-26-2005, 12:56 AM

Feb 2, 2013 -

Today we host Millwall. They are 20th in the EPL While are in 2nd place. Millwall's offense has been anemic with striker Simeon Jackson the only player to score more than 3 goals (he has 6.) Their defense is solid but without any offensive support, they are getting beaten frequently. Centrebacks Mark Phillips and Simon Marshall are playing great. Right fullback Nyron Nosworthy has played well this year too. Bill Barron is doing well as a left winger. Maurizio Tommasi is playing well in goal, but he appears to be getting discouraged by the lack of offensive support.

We are 1-2 favorites.

It's raining and windy with temperatures in the 50's.

GK: Taylor
DL: Schmidt
DC: O'Shea
DC: Marchetti
DR: Grygera
ML: Alfonso
MC: wood
MC: Cook
MR: Godoy
SC: McFadden
SC: Smith

S1: Schreurs (will only play if things are going back)
S2: Rooney (Ditto)
S3: Cahais
S4: Parker
S5: Harper

Eaglesfan27

04-26-2005, 01:10 AM

2 minute mark: Godoy crosses it for Wood.. he heads it.. over the bar.

10 minute mark: Marchetti passes to Godoy outside the box.. he heads it to Smith in the box.. he shoots.. the keeper punches it over the bar... on the ensuing corner.. Godoy kicks it.. to the near post.. O'shea outleaps his man.. heads it.. into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

22 minute mark: Godoy burns two defenders down the right sideline.. burns a third.. dribbles to the right corner.. crosses it.. sharp curving cross.. McFadden jumps.. heads it.. into the upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0!

26 minute mark: Godoy burns his man down the right sideline.. crosses it to Smith in the middle of the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper blocks it.

Halftime: 2-0 lead for us. We have just over 65,000 fans here today.

52 minute mark: Alfonso dribbles down the left sideline.. crosses to Wood in the middle of the box.. he heads it.. over the bar.

70 minute mark: Godoy gets a yellow card for tripping Ottil.

Cahais on for O'Shea and Parker on for Wood.

Game over. 2-0 win for us :)

We outshot them 21-1 (11-0 on target)

Carlos Godoy won MoM, 10 for form, 23 of 26 passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 3 of 5 headers, 1 interception, 8 runs, 3 fouls drawn, and 2 assists.

Eaglesfan27

04-26-2005, 01:26 AM

Feb 2, 2013 -

Tim Howard played very well in the USA's 4-0 win over Costa Rica to secure a 3rd place finish in the North American Gold Cup.

finkenst

04-26-2005, 02:11 AM

Jan. 31, 2013 -

WTF!?! I'm being told that we don't have enough funds to complete the transfer for Adu! Why not?

Does the game require that I have that future 18 million dollar payment available in my transfer budget now? eaglesfan27,

as far as i know, this is the case. You have to have the cash in your current transfer budget to cover the future payments.

fwiw, i did make the trade for rooney for lampard...

As a result, i was able to part with eidur gudjohnsen for $30m to Valencia.

In rooney's first game, chelsea's 36 match unbeaten streak came to an end 1-0 against 4th place birmingham.

odd trivia note: chelsea beat leicester in the earlier cup semifinal... 2 matches later, chelsea beat leicester in the 4th round of the later cup...

and we have caught the dreaded terpkristinitis as there are 10 players out injured on the senior squad and a couple of players on the reserve/u18 squads...

which brings up another question, when you get a player back from a 5 month injury, how do you get him back into match fitness beyond just playing him? do you send him to the reserves or..?

keep us up to date...

Eaglesfan27

04-26-2005, 02:14 AM

Yeah, I guess I did have to have the money. It seems odd that I would have to have the 18 million dollars when it was completely impossible for him to reach the mark of 30 league games for us that would trigger that clause. Oh well, there is always next year to acquire Adu. ;)

Sorry to hear that Rooney's first game didn't work out for you, but I'm sure he'll be excellent once he settles in. I'll tell you that he didn't do crap for me when I had him as the right striker, but I once I made him the left striker he has been dynamite.

Anyway, I'm off to bed (been doing some research on wireless 5.1 speakers for the last half hour or so.)

finkenst

04-26-2005, 02:19 AM

i believe the poor result to be a result of a number of things since they only got the one goal at the 4 minute mark of the game... the full back on that side has a 4 or 5 for form after the goal and through 20-25 minutes later, still a 5, so he got pulled...

also, i think the injuries, and as a result of all the injuries, the conditioning also caught up... i had 1, yes 1, player who was not listed as a starter or sub for the game.

other than that, i hate this game. you know what i mean :D

*heads to bed*

illinifan999

04-26-2005, 06:21 AM

Face it you are just not meant to have Adu. ;)

Eaglesfan27

04-26-2005, 11:10 AM

Face it you are just not meant to have Adu. ;)

NEVER! Well at least not until he turns 28. At that point, it probably wouldn't be worth the price anymore. ;)

However, he is only 23 now :D

Eaglesfan27

04-26-2005, 11:10 AM

Feb 4, 2013 -

Fletcher, Djemba, and Rooney were all selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Eaglesfan27

04-26-2005, 06:42 PM

Feb 10, 2013 -

Today we travel to play against Manchester City in an EPL Match. Manchester City is currently 14th in the EPL while we have taken over 1st place!!! They are suffering from a weak offense and a defense that isn't good enough to compensate. Their best player this year has been midfielder Said Boutahar. He has set up 6 of their goals. Left winger Ryan Smith has played well too. Their best defender has been Centreback Damien Delaney but he is suspended for this game. Their keeper, Libis Andres Arenas, is very acrobatic and could shut us down by himself if he is playing his best game. Deivid is their leading striker with 7 goals.

We are 4-5 favorites.

It's sunny with temperatures in the high 40's.

We are in 1st because Liverpool lost 4-3 to Leicester in their last game which escaped my attention til now. Aston Villa and we are tied with 58 points, but our GD is best in the league at plus 30.

GK: Howard
DL: Chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: Fletcher
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: King (Adriano is still hurt.)

S1: Taylor
S2: Godoy
S3: Cahais
S4: Parker
S5: Smith

Eaglesfan27

04-26-2005, 06:58 PM

12 minute mark: Lucio comes up to join the attack.. blasts a shot from 20 yards out.. hits the crossbar.. Rooney with the rebound.. shoots.. the keeper dives.. catches it.

35 minute mark: Howard stops a long range shot from Boutahar.

36 minute mark: Rooney dribbles into the box.. passes to Fletcher in the middle of the box.. he shoots.. the keeper catches it.

42 minute mark: Dawson with a corner kick to Robert Earnshaw.. he heads it.. into the upper right corner.. he outjumped Ferdinand. GOAL. Down 1-0.

44 minute mark: Djemba passes it to King in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. tips it over the bar.

Halftime: Down 1-0. They have over 47,000 fans here today.

51 minute mark: Downing dribbles past he left side.. crosses to Rooney in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper pushes it over the bar.

65 minute mark: Godoy on for Schreurs who is tired, and Smith on for King who is tired.

I also tell the team to open up the offense and go all out on the attack.

91 minute mark: Godoy passes to Djemba just outside the box.. hard banana shot.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. catches it.

Game over. We have suffered our 1st loss of the EPL Season. 1-0 loss. Tough loss on the road to our hated rivals who are having a bad season, yet our top line couldn't beat them :(

We outshot them 12-6 (4-2 on target)

Downing won MoM, 9 for form, 10 of 17 passes, 3 of 5 tackles, 2 of 7 headers, 18 runs, 3 fouls drawn.

Eaglesfan27

04-26-2005, 07:00 PM

Post Match Info:

This loss was the first loss in 30 league games.

Aston Villa and Liverpool haven't played yet, but if either one of them win they will take 1st place from us.

Eaglesfan27

04-26-2005, 07:03 PM

Feb 11, 2013 -

Downing and Djemba were selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Eaglesfan27

04-27-2005, 01:26 AM

Feb 20, 2013 -

Today we host Porto in the 1st leg of the 1st knockout round of the Champions League. I'm not taking anything for granted, and will be using my top team. Porto is playing well this year and they have a highly diversified offense. Right winger Ricardo Quaresma has 10 goals on the year. Striker Marcio Marreiros also has 10 goals, and left winger Helder Barbosa also has 10 goals. Striker Tiago Maia has 7 goals. The good defense is led by centreback Thiago who is playing well. Keeper, Filipe Rodrigues has been inconsistent but brilliant at times this year.

We are even odd favorites.

It's overcast with temperatures in the mid 30's.

GK: Howard
DL: Chivu
DC: Marchetti
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: Fletcher
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Taylor
S2: Godoy
S3: O'Shea
S4: King
S5: Smith
S6: Wood
S7: Lucio

Eaglesfan27

04-27-2005, 01:41 AM

2 minute mark: Brown passes to Schreurs who dribbles past a defender.. into the right corner.. he crosses it to Adriano in the box.. Adriano settles.. shoots from 10 yards out.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. it's past him! GOAL!!!! 1-0.

4 minute mark: Quaresma takes it down the right sideline.. crosses to Marreiros who heads it.. into the upper left corner.. GOAL. 1-1 tie.

13 minute mark: Schreurs dribbles past a defender.. to the right corner.. crosses... Adriano heads it.. over the bar.

17 minute mark: Downing is hurt but insists he can keep playing.. I'll watch him closely.

21 minute mark: Downing crosses to Adriano in the middle of the box.. he heads it.. inches wide left.

35 minute mark: Downing crosses it to Rooney in the middle of the box.. he blasts a shot.. over the bar.

Halftime: 1-1 tie. We only have over 66,000 fans here today.

75 minute mark: Godoy on for Downing who is looking like he is hurt, Smith on for Adriano who is tired, and Wood on for Djemba who is tired. I also tell the team to open up the offense.

89 minute mark: Fletcher passes to Rooney in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper saves it.

Game over. Disappointing 1-1 tie. This could be bad as we will have to win the 2nd leg on their pitch.

We each had 6 shots and 2 shots on target.

Rui Sousa, their centreback won MoM, 8 for form, 39 of 49 passes, 8 of 16 tackles, 4 of 4 headers, and 4 interceptions.

Schreurs and Downing both had 8's, but everyone else was just average.

Eaglesfan27

04-27-2005, 01:51 AM

Feb 23, 2013 -

Our U18 has won the Group 3 U18 title for the third consecutive year.

Eaglesfan27

04-28-2005, 12:20 AM

Feb 24, 2013 -

Today we play Liverpool in the English League Cup Final. Liverpool is currently suffering a rash of injuries and have lost quite a few matches recently. Their list of injured players that definitely won't be playing include: Valdo, Andres D'Alessandro, Steven Gerrard, Liam Ridgewell, and Nigel de Jonh. In addition, Jamie Carragher and Nigel Reo-Coker are questionable. However, Liverpools dynamic pair of strikers are healthy and full of vigor for this match. Dijbril Cisse and Yakubu each have 27 goals on the year. They are an amazingly explosive duo. Right winger Luis Garcia has chipped in 7 goals, and no one else has more than 5. Chris Kirkland has been good, but occasionally inconsistent in goal. Djimi Traore has just been an average defender this year.

We are 5-4 favorites.

It's sunny with temperatures in the 40's.

GK: Howard
DL: Chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: Fletcher
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Taylor
S2: Godoy
S3: O'Shea
S4: King
S5: McFadden

Eaglesfan27

04-28-2005, 12:39 AM

3 minute mark: Carragher gets a yellow card for a trip on Adriano.

11 minute mark: Adriano passes to Rooney just outside the box.. he shoots.. the keeper blocks it.. Downing with the rebound.. shoots.. Kirkland dives.. amazing recovery to push it over the bar.

22 minute mark: Junior passes to Yakubu in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. Howard dives.. catches it!

25 minute mark: Brown gets a yellow card for a trip on Yakubu.

40 minute mark: Yakubu dribbles into the box.. he passes to Ferro by the near post.. Ferro heads it.. into the upper right corner... GOAL. Down 1-0.

Halftime: They are leading 1-0. There are over 90,000 people at Wembley today.

I'm telling the team to open up the offense now at halftime.

47 minute mark: Fletcher gets a yellow card for tripping Junior.

58 minute mark: Adriano passes to Rooney in the box.. he shoots.. wide left.

65 minute mark: Djemba dribbles into the box.. shoots.. upper right corner.. blocks the shot.

75 minute mark: O'Shea on for Chivu who recently got a yellow card. McFadden on for Djemba, and I'm putting McFadden up front, and putting Rooney in a very aggressive attacking midfield role. Also, Schreurs is very tired, so I'm putting Godoy in at right winger.

78 minute mark: Lucio gets a yellow card for tripping Cisse.

81 minute mark: McFadden dribbles into teh box.. passes to Rooney.. he shoots.. from the middle of the box.. over the bar.

Game over. Another tough disappointing loss. 1-0 loss to Liverpool. We didn't defend our English League Cup Title.

We outshot them 13-6 (6-3 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 9 for form, 23 of 26 passes, 1 of 2 tackles, 1 of 2 headers, 18 runs, 3 fouls drawn.

Eaglesfan27

04-28-2005, 12:50 AM

Feb 27, 2013 -

Birmingham beat Liverpool in EPL Play 1-0 today. Liverpool has dropped to 3rd place.

Meanwhile, Aston Villa is just 1 point ahead of us.

Eaglesfan27

04-28-2005, 01:14 AM

March 3, 2013 -

Darn! Liverpool lost to 18th placed Leeds 2-0 in an EPL Match. I'm glad to see Liverpool lose and drop further in the EPL, but why couldn't we beat them in the League Cup Final if they are losing so much lately.

Unfortunately, Aston Villa won and will remain a point ahead of us IF we win our next EPL Match.

finketr

04-28-2005, 10:26 AM

FrogMan

04-28-2005, 10:41 AM

liverpool motsed the cup final
LOL!!! :D

Not so sure that EF27 understands the joke, but it was a very good one :)

FM

Eaglesfan27

04-28-2005, 12:09 PM

I have to admit that I don't get this joke :)

condors

04-28-2005, 12:20 PM

match of the season in hattrick :)

FrogMan

04-28-2005, 12:27 PM

match of the season in hattrick :)
to complete the explanation, MOTS designs an attitude you can ask of your players in Hattrick. It gives you more possession, thus giving you a better chance of winning. The drawback is that it "drains" your players, make them lose what we call "team spirit" and they will play badly for a few weeks, when you tell them to "play it cool" and they regain the lost "team spirit". That way, it often leads to your team winning the one big game, but sometimes losing a few games after that... :D

FM

Eaglesfan27

04-28-2005, 03:51 PM

Ahh! Thanks for the explanation :)

Eaglesfan27

04-28-2005, 04:07 PM

March 6, 2013 -

Today we play Porto in the 2nd leg of the 1st knockout round of the Champions League. We are tied 1-1 going into this game on their pitch, and it could be tough. I'm using my best lineup.

We are even odd favorites.

It's sunny with temperatures in the high 50's.

GK: Howard
DL: chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: cook (Fletcher getting demoted this game.)
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Taylor
S2: Marchetti
S3: Godoy
S4: King
S5: Fletcher
S6: McFadden
S7: Smith

Eaglesfan27

04-28-2005, 04:30 PM

1st minute: Pepe steals it from Downing in the box to prevent us from having a great offensive opportunity.

2 minute mark: Schreurs steals it at midfield.. passes a lovely curving ball that drops into the edge of the box and stops rolling.. Adriano beats the defender to it.. takes three dribbles.. shoots from 12 yards out.. upper left corner.. it's past the keeper.. GOAL!!!! 1-0!

8 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in the left half of the box.. he shoots.. strong curving shot.. sails wide right.

10 minute mark: Schreurs passes to cook outside the box.. hard shot.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.

13 minute mark: Schreurs burns two men.. dribbles into the right side of the box.. passes to Adriano in the middle of the 6 yard box.. he shoots.. lower left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0!

39 minute mark: Ferdinand with a very good defensive play in our box.

40 minute mark: Downing with a long pass from midfield.. it rolls into the box.. the keeper races to it.. Adriano races to it.. a defender races to it.. Adriano wins the race.. dribbles between the keeper and the defender.. fires it into the open net! GOAL!!!! 3-0! Adriano with a big hattrick early! (Finally, I can praise him after a game.)

43 minute mark: Pepe collides with Adriano.. Adriano is hurt, but my physios think he can come back.

44 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks the shot.

Halftime: 3-0 lead. 4-1 on aggregate. They have over 52,000 fans here today.

55 minute mark: Rooney steals it at midfield.. passes to Adriano in the box.. he shoots a hard shot.. upper right corner.. the keeper blocks it.

57 minute mark: Howard stops a long range shot from Marreros.

58 minute mark: Chivu starts a counterattack.. passes it to Adriano in the midfield.. he passes to Rooney.. he dribbles between two defenders.. shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-0!

60 minute mark: McFadden on for Rooney, Smith on for Adriano, and Godoy on for Schreurs who is tired.

65 minute mark; Howard stops a shot from Marreiros.

91 minute mark: Downing passes to Cook just outside the box.. he shoots.. hard powerful shot.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!! 5-0! We are getting revenge for that embarassing tie at home.

Game over. 5-0 win, 6-1 on aggregate. We advance to the next round.

We outshot them 20-10 (12-6 on target)

Adriano won MoM, 10 for form, 16 of 17 passes, 1 of 2 tackles, 3 of 8 headers, 4 runs, 1 assist, and 3 goals.

Djemba and Downing also had 10's for form.

Howard, Schreurs, Cook, and Rooney all had 9's for form.

Every other starter had an 8. This is the best overall team game we have played in a long time. :)

I'm making sure to praise Adriano to the media after the game.

Eaglesfan27

04-28-2005, 04:38 PM

March 9, 2013 -

We will be playing Real Madrid in the Quarterfinal of the Champions League. The first match will be on our pitch on April 3, 2013. They should be a very tough opponent.

The other quarterfinals will be:

PAOK vs Parma.

Marseille vs Roma.

FC Bayern vs Mallorca.

Other than Roma, I think Real Madrid is the best team left.

Eaglesfan27

04-28-2005, 04:47 PM

Mar. 11, 2013 -

Fans are thrilled with Adriano's play and writing in thousands to support him.

Eaglesfan27

04-28-2005, 05:05 PM

Mar 16, 2013 -

I decided to extend Dave Ryan's deal as he has been a good outfield coach. He wants 7,500/week which is a nice raise from his current salary of 4,600/week. However, I think he is worth it and offer him this rate for a 4 year deal.

I also approach Tony Coton who wants a raise from 5,600/week to 9,200/week. I agree to this deal for 4 years.

Carlos Queiroz's contract is up at the end of this year. This 60 year old is a superb assistant manager. He is currently making 11,000/week and wants a raise to 20,000/week. I agree to his request as he is truly invaluable.

Ivo Ulich, one of my physios, wants a raise from 550/week to 3,200/week. I agree.

Paul Underwood wants a raise from 550/week to 1250/week. I agree.

John Cooke, an excellent outfield coach, wants a raise from 4200/week to 7600/week. I agree.

Paul Thompson wants a raise from 700/week to 6,400/week. I think this is a hefty raise for this keeper coach, but he is young and full of potential. I agree to this deal if he makes it a 4 year deal.

Eaglesfan27

04-28-2005, 05:12 PM

Mar 16, 2013 -

Salva, the 20 year old Italian centreback has requested a transfer. I really don't want to lose him, but I understand his frustration. He wasn't as ready to play as I thought he might be. I will grant his request and hope that he reverses it at some point. I really think he has tremendous potential as a centreback.

Eaglesfan27

04-28-2005, 05:17 PM

Mar 17, 2013 -

Today we travel to play Chelsea in a key EPL Match. We are currently 2nd in the EPL while Chelsea is currently 5th in the EPL. Chelsea has been led by the dynamic scoring of their Adriano who leads the team with 26 goals. Adu is the second leading scorer with 11 goals, but he is injured for this game and definitely will not play. Joe Cole remains a dangerous midfielder who score or set up his teammates. They have a new keeper in Federico Donatelli and he is quickly establishing himself as a very good keeper. Centrebacks John Terry and Naldo are playing well in front of whoever is in goal. Petr Cech is recovering from an injury and might take over goalkeeping duties soon once again.

We are 6-4 favorites.

It's sunny with temperatures in the mid 50's.

GK: Howard
DL: chivu
DC: O'Shea
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: cook
MR: Schreurs
SC: rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Taylor
S2: Marchetti
S3: Godoy
S4: King
S5: McFadden

Eaglesfan27

04-28-2005, 05:38 PM

4 minute mark: Joe Cole passes to their Adriano in the box.. he fakes out Lucio.. he fakes out Howard.. shoots.. lower left corner.. GOAL. Down 1-0.

25 minute mark: Downing crosses to Adriano in the middle of the 6 yard box.. he heads it.. the keeper tips it over the bar.

27 minute mark: Downing steals it at midfield.. passes it to Adriano outside the box.. Adriano with a brilliant dribble around one defender.. another good move on Terry.. into the box.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-1! Great goal from my Adriano.

37 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in the left side of the box.. he shoots that shot that is parallel to the endline.. it curves at the last second.. into the upper right corner! GOAL!!!! 2-1! That is Rooney's 25th goal of the year.

Halftime: 2-1 lead for us. They have over 42,000 fans here today.

66 minute mark: Diego passes to Rafael van der Vaart in the edge of the box... he shoots.. upper right corner... Howard dives.. it is just out of his reach.. it his the post.. and bounces in! GOAL. 2-2.

75 minute mark: I transition to our 4-3-1-2 attacking offense by pulling Cook and putting McFadden in at attacking midfielder. I also put King on for Djemba who is tired, and Godoy on for Schreurs who is tired.

80 minute mark: Godoy burns his man.. passes to Downing in the box.. he shoots.. over the bar.

85 minute mark: Godoy burns the defender.. into the box.. passes to Adriano.. he shoots.. over the bar.

87 minute mark: Howard stops a powerful 20 yard shot from Cole.

90 minute mark: McFadden dribbles down the middle of the pitch.. passes to Rooney in the box.. he hsoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. tips it over the bar.

Game over. 2-2 tie on the road. At least this tie is a quality tie, but we really can't afford any more ties with Aston Villa ahead of us.

We each had 13 shots. We each had 6 shots on target.

Downing wins MoM, 9 for form, 11 of 17 passes, 1 of 2 tackles, 2 of 5 headers, 4 interceptions, 11 runs, 4 fouls drawn, and 2 assists.

Eaglesfan27

04-28-2005, 05:46 PM

Mar. 17, 2013 -

Downing was selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Alfonso suffered a groin strain today and will miss at least 2 weeks.

I had to name my England squad for the upcoming World Cup Qualifying Group 4 match. I surprised many by not naming Ledley King a starter, nor did I name Chris Kirkland a starter.

Eaglesfan27

04-28-2005, 05:48 PM

Mar. 20, 2013 -

Milan has sacked Gianlucka Atzori for the team's recent poor play.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 12:17 AM

March 22, 2013 -

Today I'm coaching the England U21 team in the Euro U21 Championship Qualifying group play at home against the Ukraine. The Ukraine's U21 team doesn't have too many talented players and we should be able to handle them.

I asked my AM to pick this lineup and he is recommending starting three of my players:

GK: Jon Hooper
DL: Lee Roberts
DC: Charlie Wilson
DC: Robert Morris
DR: Paul White
ML: John Hall
MC: Jamie Cook (my player)
MC: Michael Wood (ditto)
MR: Paul Kelly (double ditto)
SC: Steve Wilson
SC: Wayne Worthington

S1: Ian Thorpe
S2: David White
S3: Dave Moore
S4: Mark Tucker
S5: MArtin Scott
S6: Jimmy Farrell
S7: Gavin Lynch

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 12:37 AM

5 minute mark: Kelly takes it down the right sideline.. crosses to the center of the box.. Wood heads it.. over the bar.

8 minute mark: Kelly passes to cook in the middle of the box.. Cook shoots.. upper right corenr.. good save by the keeper.

28 minute mark: Kelly crosses to Wood just outside the box.. Wood shoots.. over the bar.

31 minute mark: Kelly burns his man.. dribbles down the right sideline.. crosses to Worthington.. Worthinton is pushed by the keeper.. penalty awarded.. Cook steps up.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

38 minute mark: Hall passes to Wilson in the left side of the box.. he shoots a sharply angled shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

40 minute mark: Cook passes to Kelly on the right wing.. he dribbles.. crosses it to the center of the box.. Wilson heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!! 3-0.

42 minute mark: cook passes to Kelly on the right wing.. he passes it diagonally into the box to Worthington.. he shoots immediately.. lower right corner.. GOAL!!! 4-0.

Halftime: 4-0 lead. We have over 10,000 fans here today.

62 minute mark: White on for Morris, Moore on for Hall, and Tucker on for Wilson.

72 minute mark: Kelly passes to Wood in the box.. he shoots.. over the keeper's right shoulder.. GOAL!!!! 5-0.

74 minute mark: Kelly passes to Moore outside the box.. Moore dribbles into the box.. shoots.. lower right corner.. GOAL!!! 6-0.

Game over. 6-0 win for England's U21 team :)

We outshot them 22-5 (10-2 on target)

My Paul Kelly won MoM, 10 for form, 16 of 26 passes, 0 tackles, 2 of 6 headers, 1 interception, 9 runs, 2 fouls drawn, and 4 assists.

Kelly looks bad in my team's practices (his attributes just aren't that great), but perhaps I need to give him another look.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 12:40 AM

March 23, 2013 -

Tim Howard played well in a 6-0 win over El Salvador in a World Cup Qualifying match.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 12:42 AM

March 23, 2013 -

Today I coach England in a World Cup Qualifying match against the Ukraine. They have a decent team and could be a challenging foe.

GK: Paul Robinson
DL: Ashley Cole
DC: Rio Ferdinand
DC: Anthony Gardner
DR: Glen Johnson
ML: Stewart Downing
MC: Gareth Barry
MC: Jermaine Jenas
MR: Christopher Eagles
SC: Wayne Rooney
SC: Luke Moore

S1: Chris Taylor
S2: Ben Bennett
S3: Steven Gerrard
S4: Jermain Defoe
S5: Wayne Bridge
S6: Joe Cole
S7: Alan Smith

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 12:59 AM

1st minute: Eagles crosses to Downing in the box.. he shoots... upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

7 minute mark: Ashley Cole with a long pass.. Rooney gets it outside the box.. he dribbles around a defender.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

35 minute mark: Rooney passes to Downing in the left side of teh box.. Downing shoots. it hits the crossbar.. bounces to Moore.. he slams home the ball into the upper right corner! GOAL!!!! 3-0.

Halftime: 3-0 lead for us. We have over 78,000 fans here at Wembley today.

I'll sub out Rooney soon..

51 minute mark: Defoe on for Rooney and Smith on for Moore.

62 minute mark: Cole on for Downing.

Game over. 3-0 win for England!

We outshot them 25-3 (10-0 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 9 for form, 7 of 9 passes, 0 of 1 tackles, 0 of 1 headers, 11 runs, 3 fouls drawn, 1 assist, and a goal.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 01:02 AM

International Roundup (All World Cup qualifying play):

John O'Shea and Damien Duff were average, and Ireland tied Bosnia 1-1.

Jeroen Schreurs had a disappointing game, but Holland beat the Faroe Islands 3-0.

James McFadden had a goal and an assist for Scotland in their 5-1 win over Azerbaijan. Fletcher also had an assist in this match.

Dalibor Stevanovic had Slovenia's only goal in their 2-1 loss to Germany.

Zdenek Grygera played poorly for the Czech Republic in their 2-0 loss to Serbia and Montenegro.

Cristian chivu played very well for Romania in their 1-0 win over Albania.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 01:15 AM

March 27, 2013 -

Tim Howard was great in the USA's 4-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago in the World Cup qualifying match.

The following matches were friendlies:

Cristian Chivu played well in the 1st half of Romania's 1-0 win over Liechtenstein.

Damien Duff had 2 assists for Ireland in their 5-0 win over Chinese Taipei.

Darren Fletcher had 2 assists for Scotland in their 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 01:18 AM

March 30, 2013 -

We've had 3 matches postponed due to international callups. We are going to have a very busy end of April.

Now our next match is a Champions League Match against Real Madrid on April 3, 2013.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 01:26 AM

March 30, 2013 -

Aston Villa tied Manchester City 1-1, and this will give us a chance to catch up some in the EPL when we eventually play our EPL Matches.

Unfortunately, Paul Scholes was sacked by Coventry today :(

Sunderland have won the English Championship Title in convincing fashion.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 01:40 AM

April 1, 2013 -

Fabrizio Castori has been sacked by Lazio.

Ouch. Adriano strained his neck in practice today and will miss about a week. Doctors believe it is unlikely he will be available for our key match against Liverpool on April 7th :(

The board is satisfied with my performance as manager.

Everton's Mauro Di Mauro has won EPL Player of the Month. Hanno Balitsch of Middlesbrough came in 2nd, and Scott McDonald of Everton came in 3rd.

Coventry's Wayne Worthington has won EPL Young Player of the Month. Gregory Maury of Leeds came in 2nd, and Alan Ball of Southampton came in 3rd.

Aston Villa's Bruce Arena has won EPL Manager of the Month. Joe Roach of Leeds came in 2nd, and Sammy Lee of Southampton came in 3rd.

Wayne Rooney's goal against Chelsea from March 17th won goal of the month.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 01:41 AM

April 3, 2013 -

Milan has hired Luca Trucchi from Brescia to become their new manager.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 01:46 AM

April 3, 2013 -

Today we host Real Madrid in the 1st leg of the Quarter Finals of the Champions League. Real Madrid is a masterful team who fortunately will be missing multiple players due to international play! Specifically, their best striker Fernando Cavenaghi, their 3rd best striker Horacio Peralta, their best left winger Mark Gonzalez, the left fullback Maxwell, their 4th best striker Edixon Perea, and Michal Kowalik are listed as being away on international duty. Their second best striker Nilmar is injured. Their top midfielder Francesc Fabregas is also injured. To be honest, they are going to have a hard time lining up 18 men (11 starters and 7 subs.) Vincent Kompany is a top notch defender and he will be difficult to get past to score. This should be a very interesting match.

We are 6-4 favorites.

It's raining with temperatures in the 50's.

GK: Howard
DL: Chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: cook
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
Sc: Smith

S1: Taylor
S2: Fletcher
S3: Godoy
S4: King
S5: McFadden
S6: Stevanovic
S7: O'Shea

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 02:01 AM

Looking at their starting lineup, it is clear they are relying on multiple very young players including striker Tucker who played for my England U21 team last week. Their only veteran players on the pitch are centrebacks Vincent Kompany, Pavon, and keeper Iker Casillas (who could shut us down by himself if he is playing at the top of his game.)

6 minute mark: Smith passes to Djemba in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. Casillas dives.. blocks it.

9 minute mark: Downing passes to Schreurs in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper blocks it.

22 minute mark: Alan Smith steals a pass from Casillas to Kompany.. he blasts a shot from 30 yards out into the wide open net! GOAL!!!! 1-0.

30 minute mark: Schreurs passes to Rooney in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. Casillas dives.. blocks it.

Halftime: 1-0 lead. We have over 91,000 fans here today.

51 minute mark: Cook passes to Rooney in the box.. he shoots.. over the bar.

56 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in the left side of the box.. he shoots.. wide left into the sidenetting.

61 minute mark: Rooney passes to Smith in the box.. he shoots.. the keeper blocks it.

71 minute mark: Stevanovic for Djemba, Godoy for Schreurs, and King on for Smith.

85 minute mark: Godoy with a brilliant dribble around two defenders.. crosses long to Downing left of the box.. he passes to Rooney in the box.. Rooney shoots.. the keeper blocks it.. Rooney gets the rebound.. blasts it into the left upper corner! GOAL!!!! 2-0.

88 minute mark: Godoy dribbles past two defenders on the right wing.. really used his speed there.. passes to King in the box.. King shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

Game over. 3-0 win! I'm very happy with this game thanks to those two late goals.

We outshot them 17-3 (10-0 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 10 for form, 18 of 24 passes, 2 of 4 tackles, 3 of 5 headers, 1 interception, 16 runs, 2 fouls drawn.

Schreurs and Djemba both had 9's for form.

robbgmaier

04-29-2005, 07:04 AM

woot
that is all

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 05:48 PM

April 7, 2013 -

YEAH! Jose Mourinho has finally been fired by Chelsea. Good to see that jerk leave the team. Hopefully, he'll be out of the EPL completely. Michael van Praag is the favorite to take over the job. Chelsea is currently 5th in the EPL.

I decide to take the opportunity to make an offer for Adu ;)

Andrea Manzo has been hired as the new manager at Lazio.

OOC Note: I'm on call tonight, so if I leave you all hanging with a game result, that is the reason.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 05:52 PM

April 7, 2013 -

Today we play Liverpool in a key EPL Match. I think it is vital that we win this road game if we are going to win the EPL. Liverpool has been hurt by late injuries and this greatly increases our chances. The injured include: Valdo, Jamie Carragher, Liam Ridgewell, Nigel de Long, Gael Clichy, and Jose Luis Abad. In addition, Michael Owen and Andres D'Alessandro are both doubtful for this game. However, Liverpool will still be tough because of keeper Chris Kirkland and strikers Djibril Cisse and Yakubu who are all healthy and very talented. We need to shut down those strikers who both have 27 goals.

We are 5-4 favorites.

It's sunny with temperatures in the high 40's today.

GK: Howard
DL: Chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: Cook
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Smith (Adriano is out injured)

S1: Taylor
S2: Fletcher
S3: Godoy
S4: King
S5: McFadden

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 06:09 PM

2 minute mark: Downing passes to Djemba.. he dribbles into the box.. shoots.. upper left corner.. Kirkland turns it away.

5 minute mark: rooney dribbles into the box.. draws two defenders.. passes to Djemba.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.

6 minute mark: Kirkland starts the counter attack.. long pass to Yakubu.. he outjumps Brown.. heads it to Cisse.. Cisse passes it between two defenders to Yakubu in the box.. he shoots.. lower right corner.. Howard dives.. tips it.. but it still rolls into the net! GOAL. Down 1-0.

16 minute mark: Rooney dribbles into the box.. draws two defenders.. passes to Schreurs in the middle of the box.. he shoots.. Kirkland saves it.

28 minute mark: Luis Garcia with a free kick... passes it to Yakubu in the box.. he fakes out Ferdinand.. shoots.. upper right corner.. Howard dives... it is past him. GOAL. Down 2-0.

36 minute mark: Downing with a corner to the far post.. Rooney heads it.. into the crossbar.

38 minute mark: Downing passes to Cook outside the box.. he shoots.. the keeper punches it over the bar.

44 minute mark: Cisse passes to Yakubu in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. Howard dives.. catches it.

Halftime: 2-0 lead for Liverpool. They have over 61,000 fans here today.

50 minute mark: Downing passes to cook in the box.. he shoots.. a defender blocks it.

60 minute mark: Lucio passes to Djemba just outside the box.. he shoots.. the keeper blocks it.

61 minute mark: Rooney dribbles into the left side of the box.. crosses to Smith.. great pass.. Smith wiffs on it!

61 minute mark: McFadden on for Djemba - moving McFadden to AMC in a 4-3-1-2. King on for Smith, and Godoy on for Schreurs. Time to fire up the offense.

68 minute mark: Rooney dribbles into the box.. is tackled.. the ball rolls to McFadden.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. barely wide right.

74 minute mark: cook passes to McFadden in the box.. he shoots.. hard shot.. upper left corner.. the keeper saves it.

77 minue mark: Downing with a corner kick.. to Lucio by the near post.. he heads it.. into the crossbar.. Rooney gets the rebound.. shoots from 5 yards out.. Great save by Kirkland. He is having a great year.

Game over. Disappointing 2-0 loss.

We outshot them 16-13 (7-7 on target)

Kirkland was great with a 10 for form, but Yakubu won MoM. 10 for form, 28 of 32 passes, 0 of 2 tackles, 9 of 26 headers, 1 interception, 1 run, 3 fouls drawn, and 2 goals.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 06:19 PM

Post Match Table Look (Top 5 as they are all that matters at this point) (OOC: Darn, just got paged.. FU!#$%!$!#!% I hate when Judges order me to admit teenage girls into the hospital. Horrible abuse of judicial power in my opinion. I know I'm not a freaking Lawyer, and I don't tell them how to do their freaking job, yet they order me to admit a girl into the hospital because she wasn't wearing undergarments and she started having her Menses.. f!#$! !#$. /End of Rant. I'll be back later with a league update table.)

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 08:01 PM

Review of the Top of the Table:

1st - Aston Villa. 19-10-4 record. 67 points after 33 games played. Goals for 53. Goals against 23. Remaining games: Chelsea at home (4th), Birmingham (12th) on the road, Liverpool (2nd) at home, Leicester (7th) on the road, and Leeds (16th) at home. Doesn't have any non EPL matches left which is an advantage for them. However, they only have one truly easy game (Leeds.)

2nd - Liverpool. 19-6-7 record. 63 points after 32 games. Goals for 61. Goals against 30. Remaining games: Fulham (8th) at home, Arsenal (9th) on the road, Aston Villa (1st) on the road, Newcastle (5th) on the road, Everton (6th) at home, and Middlesbrough (15th) on the road. Still has the FA Cup matches. Also, suffering from multiple injures. Middlesbrough is the only easy game remaining.

3rd - Us! 15-14-2 record. 59 points after 31 games. Goals for 50. Goals against 23. Remaining games: Leicester (7th) at home, Tottenham (10th) at home, Leeds (16th) on the road, Birmingham (12th) at home, West Ham (17th) at home, Newcastle (5th) on the road, and the Wolves (19th) at home. We are still alive in the Champions League which could cause more "extra" matches than either of the top 2 teams. We also face the challenge of a string of 5 games in 2 weeks. On the plus side, three of our games are against relegation battlers and this is the easiest of the top 3 teams' schedules.

4th - Chelsea. 15-13-4 record. 58 points after 32 games. 51 goals for. 31 goals against. Remaining EPL Games: Aston Villa (1st) on the road, Everton (6th) at home, Middlesbrough (15th) on the road, Arsenal (9th) on the road, Coventry (18th) at home, and Southampton (13rd) on the road. They still have UEFA matches and FA Cup matches left. Their squad is getting thin. However, they also have a favorable EPL Schedule down the stretch with only 2 really hard matches.

5th - Newcastle. 17-7-8 record. 58 points after 32 games. 51 goals for. 33 goals against. Remaining EPL Games: Leeds (16th) at home, West Ham (17th) on the Road, the Wolves (19th) on the road, Liverpool (2nd) at home, Manchester United (3rd) at home, and Arsenal (9th) on the road. They are still alive in the UEFA as well. They have a healthy team. They have 3 easy games followed by 3 challenging games. They might be the deciding factor in who wins, but are unlikely to win the EPL themselves.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 08:13 PM

April 8, 2013 -

Lucio was selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 08:20 PM

April 10, 2013 -

Today we travel to play Real Madrid on their pitch in the 2nd leg of the Champions League Quarterfinal. I'm taking a huge risk, but I have to rest Rooney and the rest of the starters somewhere during this next month. I'm doing it in this match. We are up 3-0 on aggregate.

They are 6-4 favorites.

It's sunny with temperatures in the 50's.

GK: Howard
DL: Schmidt
DC: O'Shea
DC: Marchetti
DR: Brown
ML: Alfonso
MC: Stevanovic
MC: Fletcher
MR: Godoy
SC: McFadden
SC: King

S1: Taylor
S2: Salva
S3: Parker
S4: Marino
S5: Wood
S6: Smith
S7: Rooney (will only play if they start pulling even.)

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 08:45 PM

1st minute: Stevanovic gets a yellow card for holding Cavenaghi's jersey outside the box.. Peralta takes the free kick from 25 yards out.. strong curving shot.. around the wall.. into the upper right corner.. Howard flailed at it, but missed.. GOAL. 1-0. Still up 3-1 on aggregate.

6 minute mark: Marchetti with a series of good defensive plays.

7 minute mark: Fletcher passes to King in the box.. he fakes out a defender.. shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. It's past Casillas! GOAL!!!! 1-1.

15 minute mark: Fletcher gets a yellow card for bodychecking Cavenaghi.

20 minute mark: Fletcher passes to King who passes to McFadden in the box.. he fakes out one defender, but Kompany tackles him.

27 minute mark: Godoy fakes out two defenders.. passes to King in the box.. King is wide open.. shoots.. lower right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-1!

40 minute mark: Maxwell gets a yellow card for tripping Stevanovic.

Halftime: 2-1 lead for us. 5-1 on aggregate. They have over 75,000 fans here today.

48 minute mark: Kompany gets a yellow card for a trip on McFadden.

52 minute mark: Gonzalez passes to Cavenaghi in the box.. he shoots... upper left corner.. Howard dives.. saves it!

55 minute mark: Alfonso gets a yello wcard for a trip on Joaquin.

61 minute mark: Wood on for Godoy who is exhausted. Salva on for Schmidt who is also tired.

65 minute mark: Joaquin blasts a shot from 25 yards.. Howard tips it over the bar.

67 minute mark: Howard stops a two quick rapid succession shots from Cavenaghi.

75 minute mark: Howard stops a long range blast from Joaquin.

Game over. 2-1 win on the road! 5-1 win on aggregate :)

They outshot us 15-9 (11-5 on target)

Howard has a 10 for form and wins MoM.

McFadden and King each had 9's for form.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 08:47 PM

Post Match Info:

We were given 3.2 million dollars for winning the Quarterfinals of the Champions League.

In other matches:

Parma beat PAOK 3-1 on aggregate.

Roma beat Marseille 3-2 on aggregate.

Mallorca beat FC Bayern 3-2 on aggregate.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 08:59 PM

April 12, 2013 -

I'm rather pleased with our Semi Final draw for the Champions League. We will play the first leg on Parma's pitch.

Roma and Mallorca will play in the other Semi-final.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 09:08 PM

April 13, 2013 -

Today we play Leicester in an EPL Match on our home pitch. We are 3rd in the EPL. They are 7th. Leicester is thriving on the amazing scoring of Dean Ashton. I had a chance to get this guy when I first came to Manchester and am disappointed that I didn't. He plays so far above his talent it is amazing. He has 33 goals in 38 games! The second leading scorer is Jafeth Asprilla who has 11 goals. Edgar Barreto is a very talented right winger. Rohan Ricketts is a good midfielder. Paul Gallacher plays great in goal despite the defensive line playing poorly. Jonathan Spector has been the most consistent defender for the past few weeks, and he hasn't been great or even very good.

We are 4-6 favorites.

It's sunny with temperatures in the 50's.

Before the match, Adriano came to me and told me he wants a better contract. I have to admit he is a bargain at 53,000/week. I tell him we will discuss it after the match.

GK: Howard
DL: Chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: Cook
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Taylor
S2: Cahais
S3: Parker
S4: Smith
S5: Wood

OOC Note: Work calls again. Hopefully, I'll be back to play this in a little bit.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 10:10 PM

My AM tells me as the match is starting that Adriano has told the Guardian that he is no longer happy with his current contract and he wants a new deal immediately.

Just before the game starts, Howard and several other players come up to me and tell me that they are upset with Adriano's attitude and his going to the press. They hope that he matures quickly or that I look to move him.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 10:27 PM

1st minute mark: Cook steals it at midfield.. passes it up the middle of the pitch to Rooney.. he dribbles between two defenders.. the keeper comes out to challenge him.. Rooney chips it.. over the keeper.. and it sails just under the bar! GOAL!!!! 1-0.

2nd minute: Cook steals it at midfield.. passes to Rooney on the left wing.. he dribbles down the left side of the pitch... passes to Downing in the box.. Downing shoots.. the keeper blocks it.. Adriano gets the rebound.. shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

5 minute mark: cook steals it at midfield.. passes to Schreurs right of the box.. he passes between two defenders to Adriano.. Adriano fakes out the keeper.. fires it up into the upper right corner of the net! GOAL!!!!! 3-0.

10 minute mark: Schreurs dribbles down the right side of the pitch.. around two defenders.. crosses to the center of the box.. Adriano heads it.. upper right corner.. good save by the keeper.

21 minute mark: Schreurs dribbles down the right side of the pitch.. crosses to Djemba in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper pushes it over the bar.

25 minute mark: Djemba with a hard long range shot.. the keeper blocks it.. Downing gets the rebound.. passes to Rooney on his right.. Rooney fires it into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-0.

37 minute mark: Ashton gets a yellow card for a trip on Chivu.

Halftime: 4-0 lead for us :)

We have over 70,000 fans here today.

I'll give Rooney 15 minutes to get his hattrick before I pull him.

63 minute mark: Smith on for Rooney. Wood on for Djemba and Cahais on for Ferdinand.

The crowd gives Rooney a standing ovation as he comes off the pitch!

84 minute mark: Schreurs gets a yellow card for holding Barreto.

88 minute mark: Downing dribbles past two defenders.. draws a third over as he goes into the box.. passes to Adriano who is wide open on his right.. Adriano hits it into the wide open right net with a powerful header!! GOAL!!!!! 5-0! That is Adriano's hattrick. That is also his 20th goal of the year! Only Rooney has more this year.

Game over. 5-0 win :)

We outshot them 19-1 (12-0 on target)

Adriano wins MoM, 10 for form, 13 of 15 passes, 0 tackles, 9 of 17 headers, 2 interceptions, 1 run, 4 fouls drawn, and 3 goals.

Rooney and Downing both had 10's for form as well.

Schreurs and Djemba both had 9's for form. Every other starter had an 8 except for Howard.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 10:28 PM

Post Match:

Now, I find myself having a tough choice. Do I let Adriano stew for a bit, and maybe have him play inspired football showing me he is worth more money?

Do I risk his anger if I don't offer him more money soon enough?

Do I risk the anger of Howard and others if I give him more money too soon?

Decisions.. decisions.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 10:35 PM

Post Match Info:

Adriano suffered a concussion and will miss about 5 days including our next match.

Boston United have been relegated from League One.

Rooney's 21 league goals is a new Manchester United Record this season.

An Update on the top teams:

Aston Villa hasn't played any more games.

Liverpool hasn't played any more games.

Actually none of the top 5 besides me has played any more games. We'll continue to follow them as the season winds down.

Oh yeah, I've decided to delay offering Adriano a new contract til after at least 1 more great game.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 10:36 PM

April 14, 2013 -

Wigan have hired Paul Scholes as their new manager! I wish Paul luck in turning them around. They are currently 11th in League One and most of the team is unhappy and wanting to be transferred.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 10:39 PM

April 15, 2013 -

Lucio, Downing and Djemba have all been selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Middlesbrough have hired Mike Newell to be their new manager.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 10:40 PM

April 15, 2013 -

Newcastle beat Leeds 3-0 to temporarily advance to 4th place.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 10:47 PM

April 17, 2013 -

Today Aston Villa and Chelsea play each other. At the same time, we will be playing Tottenham on our pitch. We are in 3rd place in the EPL while Tottenham is in 10th. Tottenham is dangerous because of their very acrobatic keeper, Jesus. Ledley King is a good centreback, but he is unhappy at Tottenham. Actually, most of the team is very unhappy right now. Carlton cole is the leading striker with 20 goals. Second leading scorer, Daniel Omoya Braaten, is injured for this game. Philippe Durnad is a good midfielder as is Pedro Mendes. Pedro is currently transfer listed by request. Matthew Taylor is a good left fullback who can really get under the opposition's skin.

We are 4-5 favorites.

It's overcast with temperatures in the 50's.

Adriano is doubtful, and I'm going to let him rest.

GK: Howard
DL: Chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downng
MC: Djemba
MC: Cook
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: King

S1: Taylor
S2: Marchetti
S3: Parker
S4: Smith
S5: Godoy

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 10:59 PM

7 minute mark: Downing dribbles into the left side of the box.. beats two defenders.. centers to Rooney.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. Jesus dives.. catches it!

20 minute mark: Ledley King stops Rooney's advance into the box.

21 minute mark: Rooney is called for being offside.. he argues the call.. yellow card for Rooney.

33 minute mark: Ledley King stops Downing's drive into the box!

41 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick to the near post.. Djemba heads it.. over the bar.

44 minute mark: Downing crosses long to Schreurs.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. Jesus dives.. tips it over the bar.

Halftime: 0-0 tie. We have over 65,000 fans here today.

48 minue mark: Downing passes to Djemba just outside the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. it hits the crossbar.

59 minute mark: Downing passes to Djemba just outside the box.. hard powerful shot.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. catches it.

72 minute mark: Schreurs crosses long to Downing.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. Jesus dives.. catches it.

Smith on for King, Godoy on for Schreurs, and Parker on for Djemba.

78 minute mark: Godoy passes to Parker outside the box.. he shoots.. it hits Ledley King.. and bounces into the left side of the net! GOAL!!!! 1-0.

85 minute mark: Rooney passes to Smith in the box.. he shoots.. the keeper dives.. catches it.

87 minute mark: Corner kick from Downing to Smith in the box.. he heads it.. the keeper blocks it.. it bounces pack to Parker.. Parker passes to Lucio outside the box.. he shoots.. hard shot.. upper left corner.. it deflects off a defender.. into the right side of the net! GOAL!!!! 2-0!

Game over. 2-0 win :)

We outshot them 13-1 (10-0 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 9 for form, 13 of 14 passes, 1 of 3 tackles, 0 of 3 headers, 2 interceptions, 25 runs, 2 fouls drawn.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 11:03 PM

Post Match Info:

In the other game of note, Chelsea beat Aston Villa 3-1! This moves Chelsea back into 4th. This also means that Aston Villa is only 2 points ehad of us, but we have 1 more game remaining to play than they do. If we win all of our remaining games, we will beat Aston Villa. The only team that is still ahead of us by pace is Liverpool which has one game less than us, but is only 2 points behind us with 63.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 11:13 PM

April 20, 2013 -

Alan Smith twisted his knee today and will miss about a week.

YES! Fulham tied Liverpool 1-1! If we win all of our remaining games, we are in the driver's seat for the EPL Title.

In other relevant news, Chelsea beat Everton 3-0.

Newcastle tied Westham 1-1.

In other news:

Millwall has been relegated from the EPL.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 11:15 PM

April 21, 2013 -

Ronnie Moore has been sacked by Birmingham City.

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 11:27 PM

April 21, 2013 -

Today we travel to play Leeds. They are in 17th while we are currently in 2nd place. Birmingham and Aston Villa are playing at the same time. Leeds is a team that has been struggling all year, and we will risk giving our stars the night off. Tgey are led by a strong defense in centrebacks Zander Diamond and Nick Porter. However, their offense is weak and star striker Shane Paul is injured. Gregory Maury is the second leading striker with 12 goals and he will have to thrive tonight for them to win. midfielder Steve Sidwell is also playing well.

We are 1-2 favorites.

It's raining with temperatures in the 50's.

GK: Howard
DL: Schmidt
DC: O'Shea
DC: Marchetti
DR: Grygera
ML: Alfonso
MC: Stevanovic
MC: Fletcher
MR: Godoy
SC: McFadden
SC: King

S1: Taylor
S2: Cahais
S3: Parker
S4: Adriano
S5: Rooney

Eaglesfan27

04-29-2005, 11:59 PM

5 minute mark: Nick Porter gets a yellow card for a trip on McFadden.

10 minute mark: McFadden takes a free kick from 25 yards.. blasts a powerful shot.. upper right corner.. the keeper saves it.

14 minute mark: Maury gets open in our box.. shoots.. wide left.. whew. I thought that was going to go in.

18 minute mark: Fletcher gets a yellow card for a trip on Sidwell.

33 minute mark: Jones stops McFadden's dribble into the box.

36 minute mark: Marchetti collided with Rubins.. Godoy argues the whostle.. Godoy gets a yellow card.

Halftime: 0-0 tie. They have over 40,000 fans here today.

I decide to put Adriano on for King to ignite the offense. If that doesn't do enough, I will bring Rooney on at the 60 minute mark.

48 minute mark: Alfonso crosses it to the middle of the box.. Adriano heads it.. wide left.

51 minute mark: Marchetti gets a yellow card for a trip on Diamond.

58 minute mark: Sidwell with a hard shot.. it deflects off Marchetti.. Howard still recovers and smothers the ball.. brilliant play by Howard!

60 minute mark: Rooney on for McFadden and Parker on for Stevanovic.

66 minute mark: Steve Sidwell trips Fletcher.. yellow card for Sidwell.

75 minute mark: Godoy passes to Adriano in the right side of the box.. he beats a defender.. passes to Rooney in the left side of the box.. Rooney shoots.. the keeper blocks it.. Rooney shoots the rebound.. great recovery to block it again

81 minute mark: Parker passes to Rooney in the left side of the box.. he draws two defenders over.. he passes it to his right.. past Adriano.. to Godoy.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

83 minute mark: Godoy with a long pass to Rooney.. he gets it alone in the box.. tries to fake out the keeper.. shoots.. the keeper blocks it.

88 minute mark: Howard with a good save of a long shot by Sidwell.

91 minute mark: Marchetti with a very good defensive play.

Game over. 1-0 win for us :)

They outshot us 17-13 (9-6 on target)

Howard wins MoM for his 9 saves with a 9 for form.

Godoy also had a 9 for form as well as the game winning goal.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 12:05 AM

Post Match Info:

In other pertinent matches, Aston Villa beat Birmingham 1-0.

In other news, Manu the keeper I sold to Middlesbrough is complaining to the media that he isn't getting enough Playing time.

April 22, 2013 -

Grygera, O'Shea, and Fletcher were all named to the EPL Team of the Week.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 12:14 AM

April 24, 2013 -

Today we travel to play Parma in the 1st leg of the Champions League Semi Final. Parma has a very talented team even though they are currently 9th in Italian Serie A. Fortunately, most of their team is unhappy. Hopefully, this will aid us. They are led by a dynamic pair of scorers in Obina and Alessandro Portioli who each have 17 goals on the year. Fabio Simplicio has become a top notch defender. Emilson Sanchez Cribari is also a very good defender. Daniel de Ridder is a good right winger. Sebastien Frey is a top notch keeper.

We are 5-4 favorites despite being on the road.

It's sunny with temperatures in the 60's.

GK: howard
DL: chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: Cook
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Taylor
S2: Marchetti
S3: Parker
S4: O'Shea
S5: Alfonso
S6: King
S7: McFadden

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 12:39 AM

1st minute: Downing passes to Rooney in the left side of the box.. rooney passes to Adriano.. he heads it.. upper right corner.. Frey with perfect positioning.. he saves it.

5 minute mark: Downing is called for a trip on de Riddler.. yellow card for Downing. Rooney argues the call.. yellow card for Rooney.

15 minute mark: Downing dribbles past two defenders.. crosses to Adriano.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. Frey stops it.

22 minute mark: We have a flurry of shots on goal blocked by their defenders.

24 minute mark: Djemba passes to Rooney in the box.. he shoots.. lower right corner.. the keeper saves it.

25 minute mark: Rooney with a trademark strike from 30 yards out.. the keeper catches it.

30 minute mark: Downing with a corner.. Adriano jumps.. heads it.. wide left.

33 minute mark: My defenders stop a few shots before they reach goal.

35 minute mark: Downing with a corner... Adriano heads it at the near post.. the keeper blocks it.

36 minute mark: Downing loses the ball over the end line.. he is doing that more lately.

39 minute mark: Cook gets a yellow card for a trip on Obina.

41 minute mark: de Ridder trips Downing, but only gets a warning.

Halftime: 0-0 tie. They have over 29,000 fans here today.

46 minute mark: Howard stops a hard shot from Portoli inside the box.

51 minute mark: Schreurs passes to Cook outside the box.. hard shot.. upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. catches it.

52 minute mark: Rooney dribbles into the left side of the box.. passes to Adriano.. he heads it.. barely over the bar.. it grazes it as it sails over.

53 minute mark: de Ridder trips Downing.. gets away with a warning once again!

56 minute mark: Downing with a corner.. to the near post.. Ferdinand heads it.. over the bar.

59 minute mark: Rooney dribbles into the left side of the box.. crosses for Adriano.. Frey punches the ball away before it reaches Adriano.. Cook gets the ball.. blasts it into the upper right corner! GOAL!!!! 1-0.

70 minute mark: Downing crosses to Cook in the middle of the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. great save by the keeper.

72 minute mark: Adriano and Rooney are tired. I put McFadden and King on for them.

Downing is tired, so I put Alfonso on for him.

78 minute mark: cook steals it at midfield.. passes it to King.. he passes to McFadden in the box.. McFadden dribbles between two defenders.. around the keeper.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

91 minute mark: James McFadden gets a yellow card for a trip on Cribari.

Game over. 2-0 win on the road! Very nice start to the Semi-finals :)

We outshot them 26-12 (13-4 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 10 for form, 18 of 21 passes, 2 of 2 tackles, 0 of 2 headers, 3 interceptions, 20 runs, 1 foul drawn.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 12:41 AM

April 24, 2013 -

In the other semi-final, Roma beat Mallorca 1-0 on their home pitch. It will be interesting to see what happens when Roma plays in enemy turf.

I feel especially good about our win since we will be in front of our home crowd for the second leg.

In other news, Liverpool beat Arsenal 1-0.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 12:57 AM

April 27, 2013 -

Chelsea tied Middlesbrough 1-1! That will damage their attempt to catch up to us.

Liverpool beat Aston Villa 1-0.

The top 5 is now as follows:

1. Liverpool - 35 games played 70 points.

2. Aston Villa - 36 games played 70 points.

3. Manchester United - 34 games played 68 points.

4. Chelsea - 35 games played 65 points.

5. Newcastle - 34 games 62 points.

As you can see, we are in the driver's seat. If we win every one of our 4 remaining EPL Games, we will win the title.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 12:59 AM

April 27, 2013 -

Bolton has won promotion to the EPL.

Swansea has been relegated from the English Championship.

Barnsley have won the League One Title.

Harrogate Town has been relegated from League Two :(

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 01:21 AM

April 28, 2013 -

Today we host West Ham in what should be an easy match. We are 3rd in the EPL officially while they are 16th. However, I'm not taking any matches for granted. I'm going to start my best players. West Ham is led by the strong play of their midfield which stars Ricardo Gardner at left wing and Dickson Etuhu at midfield. Their keeper Vlada Avramov is playing well this year as well. Centreback Marchena is playing well, but their offense is weak. The leading scorer is Dani with 7 goals. bobby Zamora also has 7 goals.

We are 1-2 favorites.

It's sunny with temperatures in the 50's.

GK: Howard
DL: Chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: Cook
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Taylor
S2: Marchetti
S3: Parker
S4: King
S5: McFadden

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 01:37 AM

17 minute mark: McAnuff trips Downing.. yellow card for McAnuff.

20 minute mark: Djemba passes to Downing in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper blocks it.

32 minute mark: Downing burns two defenders, but loses the ball over the endline.

40 minute mark: Downing passes to Cook just outside the box.. he shoots.. the keeper saves it.

47 minute mark: Downing passes to Cook outside the box.. he shoots.. hard shot.. upper left corner.. the keeper saves it.

Halftime: 0-0 tie. We have over 84,000 fans here today.

46 minute mark: Schreurs dribbles down the right sideline.. crosses to Adriano in the box.. he heads it.. the keeper saves it.

48 minute mark: Schreurs passes to Djemba outside the box.. he shoots.. hard shot.. upper right corner.. the keeper saves it.

60 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick.. to the near post.. Ferdinand jumps.. heads it.. into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0! That is Ferdinand's first goal of the year.. perfect timing :)

68 minute mark: Rooney passes to Adriano who heads it to Djemba in the middle of the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. good save by the keeper.

75 minute mark: McFadden on for Rooney, King on for Adriano, and Parker on for Djemba.

83 minute mark: Howard with a long goal kick.. the keeper tries to catch it.. bobbles it.. King knocks it away from him.. and shoots into the open net! GOAL!!!! 2-0.

Game over. 2-0 win :)

We outshot them 18-1 (13-0 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 10 for form, 17 of 23 passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 2 of 8 headers, 3 interceptions, 20 runs, 4 fouls drawn, and 1 assist.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 01:43 AM

April 28, 2013 -

Bordeaux has won their 4th consecutive French First League Title Today.

Chelsea have hired Spanish Legend Mane to be their new manager.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 01:50 AM

May 1, 2013 -

Downing has been selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Birmingham City has hired Glenn Hoddle to be their new manager.

The board is pleased with my performance as manager.

Stewart Downing has won EPL Player of the Month. American Bobby Convey of southampton came in 2nd, and Thomas Hitzlsperger of Fulham came in 3rd.

Adriano has won EPL Young Player of the Month. Gregory Maury of Leeds came in 2nd, and Wayne Worthington of Coventry came in 3rd.

I have won Manager of the Month for guiding the team to victories in 4 of our last 5 EPL Games. Tony colbert of Liverpool came in 2nd, and Kevin Keegan of Leicester came in 3rd.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 01:53 AM

May 1, 2013 -

Today we host Parma in the 2nd leg of the Champions League Semi-final.

We are even odd favorites to win at home.

It's sunny with temperatures in the 50's.

I'm taking nothing for granted, and using my top team.

GK: Howard
DL: Chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: Cook
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Taylor
S2: Marchetti
S3: Parker
S4: King
S5: McFadden
S6: Ortega
S7: Stevanovic

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 02:07 AM

1st minute: Djemba passes to Adriano just outside the box.. he heads it to Downing in the box.. Downing shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

18 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick.. to the near post.. Adriano heads it.. over the bar.

25 minute mark: I breath a sigh of relief as a shot by Obina goes just over the bar.

43 minute mark: Schreurs crosses the ball.. but Downing can't get up high to head it.. it sails over his head.

Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. We have over 89,000 fans here today.

59 minute mark: Downing with a corner.. to Lucio in the center of the box.. he heads it.. barely over the bar.

60 minute mark: Mcfadden on for rooney, King on for Adriano, and Ortega on for Schreurs.

62 minute mark: McFadden splits two defenders.. shoots upper right corner.. Frey barely tips it over the bar.

65 minute mark: Ortega crosses the ball to the far post.. McFadden heads it.. into the crossbar.

83 minute mark: McFadden shoots from 25 yards out.. upper right corner.. the keeper punches it over the bar.

Game over. 1-0 win. 3-0 on aggregate! :)

We outshot them 12-7 (6-1 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 10 for form, 8 of 13 passes, 1 of 4 tackles, 1 of 1 headers, 11 runs, 1 foul drawn, and 1 goal.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 02:10 AM

Post Match Info:

We won 4 million dollars for winning the semi-final of the Champions League.

Mallorca beat Roma 3-1 on aggregate.

Mallorca is 5th in the Spanish First Division and should be a tough opponent in the Champions League Final.

We will play Mallorca in the final on May 22, 2013.

Ouch! Stewart Downing injured his knee and will miss about a week, including our next two EPL matches most likely!

OOC Note: I'll be looking forward to finishing this season tomorrow hopefully.

weinstein7

04-30-2005, 09:34 AM

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 11:03 AM

May 2, 2013 -

Liverpool suffered a serious blow as Steven Gerrard injured his achilles tendon and will miss about 2 months.

Wes Brown twisted his knee and will miss about a week.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 11:05 AM

EF,

I've been watching your recent games, and in almost every one, it seems to be scoreless until the 60th minute or so. Given the early season trouble with the scoreless ties, incredibly suspenseful! Fortunately you're getting some clutch goals and putting these games away.

Any idea why the scoring explosions don't seem to happen until so late? Does your team have such superior fitness that they're just wearing everybody down?

Anyway, good luck down the stretch in the Premiereship (I'll be honest, I thought you were toast a while ago) and in the final of the Champions League!

I'm not sure why we are breaking out of our scoring slump in the 60 minute area. I do think we have better conditioning than some of our opponents, but that doesn't explain it all. I'm almost afraid that my guys aren't trying their hardest until the game becomes urgent. I feel like that has been a problem all year, particularly with Adriano. Now, that he wants a new contract, he is playing much better.

I also thought I was toast in the EPL for a while there. I'm just hopeful, we can pull out these last 3 games and keep our fate in our hand :)

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 11:12 AM

May 4, 2013 -

Doncaster has been relegated from League One.

Blackpool has been relegated from League One.

Peterborough has been relegated from League One.

Swindon have won promotion to the English Championship.

Shewsbury have won promotion to League One.

Werder Bremen have retained the German First Division Title.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 11:15 AM

May 5, 2013 -

John O'Shea has broke his collarbone in practice yesterday, and he will miss about a month which is the rest of the remaining schedule.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 11:19 AM

May 5, 2013 -

Today we travel to play Newcastle in a potential stumbling block for our EPL Title. Liverpool will be playing Everton at the same time. Newcastle is always dangerous due to their excellent keeper, Jesus. Hatem Ben Arfa is playing very well at left wing. Centrebacks Craig Scott and Per Kroldrup are playing very well. Strikers Jermain Defoe and Ricardo Oliveira are both playing very well this year. Miguel and Fabian Ernst are playing well in the midfield.

We are 4-5 favorites.

It's sunny with temperatures in the 60's.

GK: Howard
DL: Chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Grygera
ML: Alfonso
MC: Djemba
MC: Cook
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Taylor
S2: Marchetti
S3: Parker
S4: King
S5: McFadden

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 11:37 AM

10 minute mark: Alfonso passes to Rooney in the far left side of the box.. he shoots.. a very sharply angled shot.. upper right corner.... it's past Jesus! GOAL!!!! 1-0!

26 minute mark: Djemba collided with Pennant.. Djemba is hurt, he has to come off. I put Parker on for him.

Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. They have over 52,000 fans here today.

45 minute mark: Cook steals it at midfield.. passes it to Adriano in the right side of the box.. he crosses to Rooney.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. Jesus blocks it.

59 minute mark: Alfonso passes to Rooney in the left side of the box.. he fakes out a defender.. fakes out the keeper.. has an open left corner.. shoots.. wide left! Terrible.

60 minute mark: McFadden on for Rooney who is tired.

82 minute mark: Alfonso passes to Adriano in the right side of the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. wide left.

84 minute mark: Alfonso fakes out a defender.. passes to McFadden in the left side of the box.. he dribbles past a defender.. shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

Game over. 2-0 win for us :)

We outshot them 15-7 (6-4 on target)

Alfonso wins MoM, 9 for form, 27 of 40 passes, 1 of 5 tackles, 1 of 3 headers, 2 interceptions, 3 runs, 1 foul drawn, and 2 assists.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 11:41 AM

Post Match Info:

Liverpool beat Everton 3-0 keeping the pressure on us to win every game left.

Eric Djemba Djemba broke his arm and will miss the rest of the season.

After the match, Newcastle's Steve Bruce told reporters that he thinks we are going to walk over the competition in the last two games and definitely win the EPL Title.

I hope the guys don't become over confident.

robbgmaier

04-30-2005, 11:44 AM

faster
FASTER
FASTER
FASTER
FASTERFASTERFASTER

:)

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 11:45 AM

May 6, 2013 -

Grygera, Lucio, and Alfonso were all selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 11:46 AM

faster
FASTER
FASTER
FASTER
FASTERFASTERFASTER

:)

Hehe :)

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 11:48 AM

May 7, 2013 -

Aston Villa beat Leicester 2-1. This also works to keep the pressure on us to win every game.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 12:02 PM

May 8, 2013 -

Today we host Birmingham which is currently in 13th while we are in 1st. Liverpool (2nd) and Newcastle (5th) will be playing at the same time. Birmingham has a solid trio of scorers in Dmitry Sychev, Christophe Mandanne, and midfielder Scott Parker. Robin van Persie is still a very good player. Centrebacks Matthew Upson and Mourad Benhamida do a good job. Keeper, Jose Moreira can be very good some games, but bad other games.

I'm taking a risk and giving my top team some rest...

We are 4-7 favorites.

It's sunny with temperatures in the 50's.

GK: Howard
DL: Schmidt
DC: Salva (biggest risk out there...)
DC: Marchetti
DR: Grygera
ML: Alfonso
MC: Stevanovic
MC: Fletcher
MR: Godoy
SC: McFadden
SC: King

S1: Taylor
S2: Cahais
S3: Parker
S4: Smith
S5: Rooney (will only play if we haven't taken the lead by around 50 minute mark)

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 12:26 PM

1st minute: Schmidt starts the counter attack.. long pass to McFadden.. he crosses to Stevanovic.. he heads it.. into the crossbar.

5 minute mark: Schmidt steals the ball in our zone.. passes long to McFadden.. he dribbles past two defenders.. passes to Stevanovic in the middle of the box.. Stevanovic blasts a shot.. right at the keeper.. he partially blocks it.. but it sails past him into the goal! GOAL!!!! 1-0.

13 minute mark: Schmidt dribbles up the left side of the pitch... he crosses to King in the box.. King heads it.. into the upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0! That is King's 10th goal of the year. I really need to start playing Schmidt more.. he has potential to be great, and is already good.

30 minute mark: Schmidt steals it at midfield.. passes it to McFadden in the box.. great pass.. McFadden fakes out the keeper.. shoots.. lower right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0. That is McFadden's 10th goal of the year!

Halftime: 3-0 lead for us. We have over 72,000 fans here today.

49 minute mark: Schmidt passes to Stevanovic in the box.. he shoots.. good save by the keeper.

60 minute mark: McFadden dribbles into the left side of the box.. he crosses to King.. he heads it.. into the crossbar.. he shoots the rebound.. wide right.

65 minute mark: Howard stops a 15 yard shot from Sychev (set up by van Persie)

70 minute mark: Salva has played well, but I'll put Cahais on for him now. I'm also putting Smith on for McFadden.

82 minute mark: Alfonso steals the ball at midfield.. passes to King who is 30 yards out.. he surprises me by showing speed.. King outracing the defenders.. into the box.. he blasts a shot.. over the keeper's right shoulder! GOAL!!!! 4-0 That is King's 2nd goal of the game.

90 minute mark: Cahais trips van Persie just outside our own box.. yellow card for Cahais.

Game over. 4-0 win! :) We are playing our best football of the year, and morale is high now.

We outshot them 16-6 (6-2 on target)

King wins MoM, 9 for form, 10 of 11 passes, 0 tackles, 4 of 12 headers, 1 interception, 2 runs, and 2 goals.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 12:33 PM

Post Match Info:

Liverpool and Newcastle tied 3-3 giving me a touch more breathing room from them.

Let's take a look at the top 3 with all of us having one more game left..

We are in 1st. 21-14-2 record. 77 points. 66 goals for. 23 goals against. GD of plus 43! :)

2. Liverpool 22-8-7 record. 74 points! :) 70 goals for. 34 goals against. GD of plus 36! YES!!!! Basically, unless we lose our last game by 7 or more goals, we will win the EPL!!!

3. Aston Villa. 21-10-6 record. 73 points. 57 goals for. 28 goals against. GD of plus 29. No chance to win the EPL :)

The rest of the top 10 (in brief)

4. Chelsea - 69 points.

5. Newcastle - 64 points.

6. Everton - 60 points.

7. Fulham - 58 points.

8. Leicester - 56 points.

9. Arsenal - 51 points.

10. Tottenham - 47 points.

WOO HOO! :)

robbgmaier

04-30-2005, 12:39 PM

woot, now buy adu and you can say you had a good season :)

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 12:42 PM

May 10, 2013 -

I miscalculated. If we lose by a high enough number of goals, and Liverpool wins by a high number of goals to equal the 7 goals differential, we could lose the EPL Title. Regardless, we have almost 2 weeks til the Champions League Final, so I plan on playing my best team even though we are playing the Wolves which are a relatively weak team.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 12:43 PM

woot, now buy adu and you can say you had a good season :)

I actually made an offer of 50 million plus McFadden when they didn't have a manager (and 50% of next sale.) They refused. I thought that was a generous offer. They seem determined to hold on to him ;)

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 12:47 PM

May 11, 2013 -

Today we host the Wolves who are 19th in the EPL. Meanwhile, Middlesbrough is playing Liverpool. The Wolves have had a tough time due to a below average offense coupled with a very bad defense. Alexandr Orekhov has been an average defender, but he has been the best of their defenders. Michele Sardo is a decent keeper that they just acquired, but he is facing too many shots. Stuart Taylor has been demoted from the top keeper spot, after a series of bad games. Their offense is decent and is led by strikers Bruno Moreira and Stefan Moore who have 14 and 10 goals respectively. Seyi George Olofinjana is still their best midfielder.

We are 4-7 favorites.

It's sunny with temperatures in the 40's.

GK: Howard
DL: Schmidt (I want to give him more PT)
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Grygera
ML: Alfonso (Downing is still hurt)
MC: Stevanoic (Djemba is hurt)
MC: Cook
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Taylor
S2: Cahais
S3: Parker
S4: Smith
S5: King

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 01:05 PM

1st minute: Alfonso steals it.. passes to Schreurs outside the box.. Alan O'Brien tackles Schreurs.. yellow card for O'Brien. Cook takes the free kick from 25 yards out.. curves it around the wall.. it hits the right goal post.. and bounces in! GOAL!!!! 1-0.

11 minute mark: Alfonso collided with Olofinjana... Alfonso looks hurt, but the physio thinks he can go on..

15 minute mark: Schreurs gets the ball from Rooney on a corner kick.. Schreurs passes to Adriano in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

23 minute mark: Lucio gets a yellow card for a tackle on Moreira.

31 minute mark: Schmidt gets a yellow card for a trip on Moreira.

36 minute mark: Olofinjana gets a yellow card for a trip on Rooney.

Halftime: 2-0 lead for us. We have over 68,000 fans here today.

55 minute mark: Darren Carter gets a yellow card for a trip on Cook.

62 minute mark: Schreurs with a powerful curving shot from 30 yards out.. the kepeer barely pushes it over the bar.

70 minute mark: Smith on for Rooney, King on for Adriano. Cahais on for Lucio.

Game over. 2-0 win. Not particularly inspired effort, but I'm happy with the win that secures the EPL Title :)

We outshot them 11-2 (5-0 on target)

Schreurs won MoM, 8 for form, 12 of 12 passes, 0 of 2 tackles, 2 of 6 headers, 9 runs, 2 fouls drawn, and 2 assists.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 01:09 PM

Post Match Info:

We have officially retained the EPL Title.

After a hard night of celebrating, I wake to find this story in the press:

Engles continues Manchester United Tradition

The fans of Manchester United are overjoyed as Christopher Engles and his players continued the team's proud tradition by winning the English Premier Division. A spokesperson for the official supporters' club stated that Engles was the sort of manager who simply lived and breathed success.

In a statement released to the press, the Manchester United Board have also stated that they are pleased with winning the competition.

We were given 21 million dollars in prize money for winning the EPL!

West Ham and the Wolves were both relegated from the EPL.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 01:22 PM

May 14, 2013 -

Stewart Downing has won the English Player's Player of the Year Award!

Wayne Rooney came in 2nd, and Salomon Kalou of Arsenal came in 3rd.

Leed's Gregory Maury has won the English Player's Young Player of the Year Award. Wayne Worthington of Coventry City came in 2nd, and Sean Brady of Everton came in 3rd.

Cristian Chivu, Stewart Downing, and Wayne Rooney were all selected to the English Players' Premier Division Select Team.

I won manager of the Year. Tony Colbert of Liverpool came in 2nd, and Micky Adams of Everton came in 3rd.

Stewart Downing has won the English Footballer of the Year Award.

Rooney came in 2nd, and Kalou came in 3rd.

Liecester's Dean Ashton won the EPL Top Goalscorer Award with 28 league goals!

Wayne Rooney came in 2nd, and Djibril Cisse of Liverpool came in 3rd.

Wayne Rooney's goal against Chelsea on March 17th was selected as goal of the year.

Stewart Downing came in 2nd for his long range curling shot against Leeds on November 25th.

Now, we just need to complete the more prestigious double (than last year) to make this a successful season.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 01:26 PM

May 15, 2013 -

Bourdeaux beat Juventus 3-1 in the UEFA Final. Ivica Olic scored all 3 goals for Bordeuax while Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored Juventus' only goal.

Bourdeaux pulled off the treble as they also won the French First League as well as the French League Cup final (with a 3-2 win over Lille.)

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 01:31 PM

May 20, 2013 -

Milan have won the Italian Cup after a 3-1 aggregate win over Fiorentina.

Valencia have won the Spanish First Division Title.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 01:43 PM

May 22, 2013 -

Today we play against Mallorca in the Champions League Final. Mallorca finished 4th in the Spanish First Divison. They are a talented team led by a dynamic striker named Guiza. Guiza is 32 years old and is a bit slower than he was in his prime, but he is a goal scoring machine. Javier Ernesto Chevanton is also a very good scorer who has 20 goals on the year, and David Aganzo has 15 goals on the year. Right winger, David Toledo a technically gifted player who can make guys miss him. Centreback Steven Taylor is a very defender. Daniel Jarque is an above average centreback. Their keeper Bruno has been very good this year with 21 clean sheets in 45 starts. He is a 26 year talented Brazilian keeper. Juan Arango is a 33 year old left winger whose skills are fading fast, and he isn't that good any more. However, Mallorca keeps relying on him. I hope Schreurs can light him up.

We are even odd favorites to win this game, while Mallorca has 9-4 odds to win.

It's sunny with temperatures in the 60's.

GK: Howard
DL: Chivu (going with his experience over Schmidt's young prodigious talent.)
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Brown
ML: Downing
MC: Stevanovic (Djemba is hurt still)
MC: Cook
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Taylor
S2: Schmidt
S3: Parker
S4: Smith
S5: King
S6: Marchetti
S7: Fletcher

I just discovered that England has a U19 Championship Qualifying match at the same time. I'll let my English AM handle that match.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 02:03 PM

8 minute mark: Downing fakes out two defenders.. crosses to Adriano in the box.. he heads it.. the keeper pushes it over the bar.

14 minute mark: Downing's cross sails over Adriano's head and out of bounds.

20 minute mark: Downing passes back to Chivu.. he passes it to Rooney in the box.. Rooney fakes out the keeper.. fires it.. into the upper left corner! GOAL!!!! 1-0! That is Rooney's 30th goal of the year!

44 minute mark: Downing crosses to Adriano in the box.. the defender heads it away from Adriano.

Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. This game is occuring in Piraeus and there are only 33,000 fans fitting in the stadium.

46 minute mark: Howard stops a long range shot from Guiza.

50 minute mark: Downing passes to Schreurs in the right side of the box.. he shoots.. wide left.

68 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in the left side of the box.. he crosses to Adriano by the far post.. Adriano with a diving header.. into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0!

84 minue mark: Ferdinand gets a yellow card for tripping Guiza just outside the box.

89 minute mark: Downing with a corner to Ferdinand in the center of the box.. Jack Lee pushed him down.. penalty awarded.. Lucio steps up to take it.. shoots to the keeper's right.. he dives.. blocks it.

92 minute mark: Ferdinand with a good defensive play.

Game over! 2-0 win for us! We've won the Champions League!!!

We outshot them 12-9 (6-4 on target)

Downing won MoM, 10 for form, 29 of 35 passes, 6 of 10 tackles, 2 of 3 headers, 4 interceptions, 24 runs, 1 foul drawn.

Rooney and Adriano both had 9's for form.

Howard and Chivu both had 8's.

The rest of the team had 7's.

Adriano will get a nice new contract after this performance! :)

robbgmaier

04-30-2005, 02:09 PM

woot...woot....when's the next season start? <ducks>

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 02:29 PM

In other news, I hear that England's U19 team beat N. Ireland 3-0 despite my not being there to manage them.

Now to the important Post Match Info:

We were given 8 million dollars for winning the Champions League! :)

I awoke the following morning to find the following three articles in the newspaper:

Engles one of the top English Manager

Christopher Engles has at last staked his claim that he is one of the most successful English Managers of all time, boasting a managerial record that is comparable to the greatest. The accomplished Manchester United boss has shown himself to be no stranger to success and is likely to add to his growing collection of silverware in the near future. He is being considered for indcution into the Hall of Fame, and if he continues to thrive he will be considered among the greats like Bob Paisley and Sir Alex Ferguson.

The second article:

Engles praised by the Manchester United Supporters

Fans of Manchester United were justly proud after the team returned home with Champions League Title. Fans and pundits alike were unanimous that the person responsible for the team's success was Christopher Eagles. The Manchester United Board have also revealed to the gathering journalists that they were happy with winning the competition.

The third article was a short blurb about us winning the double.

We have been given 24 million dollars from the Champions League Television revenue.

Finally, the team's statistician tells me Downing's 18 MoM awards is a new team record.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 02:35 PM

woot...woot....when's the next season start? <DUCKS>

Well, I actually have a summer full of quite a few international competitions :)

Also, I'm on call this weekend. Also, I need to do a quick summary of the leading goal scorers, average form, etc ;)

However, I suspect I'll be starting the next season sometime later this week. I face a big challenge as Lucio and Ferdinand are starting to show their age. My defense is going to get old quickly I suspect. Howard is getting old as well which is even a bigger challenge. I think Marchetti, Cahais, and maybe Salva are about ready to step up, but I'm not convinced yet about Taylor one way or the other. Should be some interesting challenges next year.

Oh yeah, Djemba is getting old too. I have several good "depth" midfielders but no other blossoming stars except for Cook. I need another star midfielder in the near future.

weinstein7

04-30-2005, 03:43 PM

Wow! Congrats on the double! You guys really came on strong at the end!

Good luck with the English team in international play, and we'll all be looking forward to next season!

finkenst

04-30-2005, 05:23 PM

i managed to get the EPL title, and the first England cup title. Lost in the first knockout round in the Champions' league (many injuries and focused on league), and lost in the final in the second england cup final.

condors

04-30-2005, 06:11 PM

congrats!

daedalus

04-30-2005, 10:17 PM

Congrats on the hard won double. Great job pulling that out after a difficult start of the season.

On the topic of Adu, I'd rather see you chase Jesus (I mean, c'mon, he's JESUS! And he saves.) with the money. You'd be spending less to help the team more.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 10:26 PM

You bring up a good point. He has been great in goal. I may end up making a power play for him. I have to carefully consider where to bolster the team. We are starting to get old in several areas, and I saw Lucio and Ferdinand's attributes both starting to slip. Djemba and Fletcher might not be far behind either.

Eaglesfan27

04-30-2005, 10:26 PM

Thanks to everyone for the congrats :)

Eaglesfan27

05-01-2005, 05:09 PM

Well, Mrs. Eaglesfan has requisitioned my laptop for today and tomorrow due to a big project that she is presenting at school. Therefore, the rest of the season (international play and end of season summary) will be delayed a few days.

kingfc22

05-01-2005, 07:18 PM

congrats on an awesome season.

FrogMan

05-06-2005, 10:50 AM

huh, hello? anyody home?

:D

Wonder if Mrs. Eaglesfan has not broken said laptop, that would certainly be a shame... :)

FM

Eaglesfan27

05-06-2005, 12:12 PM

huh, hello? anyody home?

:D

Wonder if Mrs. Eaglesfan has not broken said laptop, that would certainly be a shame... :)

FMShe did manage to make the "Y" key stick. However, it's just been an odd week. Expect many developments this weekend (particularly tomorrow as I should have a nice solid block of time to play, but a little bit tonight too.) :)

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 06:35 PM

OOC Note: Well I've finally reclaimed the laptop :)

Time to play some FM while watching two (hopefully) enjoyable Game 7's.

weinstein7

05-07-2005, 07:12 PM

OOC Note: Well I've finally reclaimed the laptop :)

Time to play some FM while watching two (hopefully) enjoyable Game 7's.

Make that ONE enjoyable Game 7. Sheesh. No way David Stern (or Shaq, for that matter) lets either of these teams past the second round.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go write David Stern a check for 100 thou.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 07:16 PM

OOC: Well, my website is not letting me upload images properly for some reason. I've been fighting it for 40 minutes, but I'm done fighting for now. I'll do the year in review without any images.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 07:17 PM

Make that ONE enjoyable Game 7. Sheesh. No way David Stern (or Shaq, for that matter) lets either of these teams past the second round.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go write David Stern a check for 100 thou.
Yeah, the first game has been quite the dud.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 07:24 PM

Time to look at the final league standings and some individual stats:

1. Manchester United: 22-14-2 record. 80 points. 68 goals scored (3rd in the EPL) and 23 goals allowed (1st in the EPL) for a GD of plus 45 (1st in the league.)

2. Liverpool: 23-8-7 record. 77 points. 72 goals scored (1st in the EPL) and 34 goals allowed (3rd in the EPL) for a goal differential of plus 38 (2nd in the EPL.)

3. Aston Villa: 21-11-6 record. 74 points. 57 goals scored (8th) and 28 goals allowed (2nd) for a goal differential of plus 29 (3rd.)

4. Chelsea: 19-15-4 record. 72 points. 64 goals scored (5th) and 36 goals allowed (4th) for a goal differential of plus 28 (4th.)

5. Newcastle: 18-10-10 record. 64 points. 58 goals scored (7th), 41 goals allowed (7th), GD of plus 17 (5th.)

6. Everton: 19-6-13 record. 63 points.

7. Fulham: 17-10-11. 61 points.

8. Leicester: 16-8-14. 56 points.

9. Arsenal: 13-15-10. 54 points.

10. Tottenham 10-17-11. 47 points.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 07:29 PM

League (only) stats:

Average form:

1. Stewart Downing - 9.04

2. Wayne Rooney - 8.26

3. Adriano, Chelsea - 7.88

4. Salomon Kalou, Arsenal - 7.81

5. Jorge Pina, Southampton, 7.74

6. Jeroen Schreurs - 7.71

7. Djibril Cisse, Liverpool, 7.68

8. Jose Antonio Reyes, Arsenal - 7.59

9. Glen Johnson, Chelsea - 7.59

10. Hatem Ben Arfa, Newcastle - 7.56

Other notables:

12. Tim Howard - 7.52

18. Cristian Chivu - 7.44

25. Lucio - 7.39 (not bad for an old guy)

34 Adriano - 7.38

41. Eric Djemba Djemba - 7.33

48. Darren Fletcher - 7.30

48. Wes Brown - 7.30

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 07:34 PM

League Goals:

1. Dean Ashton, Leicester - 28

2. Wayne Rooney - 22

3. Djibril Cisse, Liverpool - 21

4. Adriano, Chelsea - 20

5. Mauro Di Mauro, Everton - 17

6. Yakubu, Liverpool - 16

7. Jermain Defoe, Newcastle, 15

7. Helder Postiga, Fulham, 15

7. Robbin Kieft, Southampton, 15

10. Wayne Worthington, Coventry - 14 (this kid is looking like a potential star, I might have to make a play to add him as my strikers are actually getting old outside of Rooney, Adriano, and King.)

League Assists:

1. Salomon Kalou, Arsenal - 19

2. Johan Absalonsen, Southampton - 15

2. Stewart Downing - 15

4. Jose Antonio Reyes, Arsenal - 14

5. Yakubu, Liverpool - 13

6. Joe Cole, Chelsea - 12

7. Thomas Hitzlsperger, Fulham - 10

7. Rohan Ricketts, Leicester - 10

7. Djibril Cisse - Liverpool - 10

10. Jeroen Schreurs - 9

Other Notables:

41. Adriano - 6

48. Alan Smith - 5

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 08:40 PM

OOC NOTE: Thanks to Frogman for the player comparision tool which is the basis of the following post:

March 23, 2013 -

With the season over, my coaches have prepared a report of who they think has improved the most over the last year and who has regressed the most:

Biggest Improvers:

Alfonso - This young left winger is finally coming into his own. He is becoming quite proficient at crossing the ball, dribbling, heading, passing, and his technique has improved. He still lacks flair, but he is a solid backup left winger. His agility and balance which were already superior appear improved.

Jamie Cook - This young midfielder has become a superb player even at the age of 20. He lacks footspeed, but makes up for that with superb off the ball skills. He has become one of the best passers in the game this last year. He has also become one of the best long range shooters this past year. He has superb creativity and flair which have improved this past year. He is a superb corner taker as well. He has an excellent dribble. One area of concern is his lack of a good first touch, but that is starting to improve.

Gabriele Marchetti - This young Italian centerback has continued to gain strength, stamina, agility, and balance the past season. He is better at positioning himself, and he is making better decisions. He has become superb at marking players and heading the ball. I wish he had better jumping skills, but he is going to become a prominent centreback.

Antonio Ortega - This young right winger may have taken more forward steps than any other player on my squad according to my coaches. He has become a very good crosser, an excellent finisher, goood at free kicks, and much better at the mental aspects of the game. If he can continue to improve, he has a chance to become a very good right winger. I'll need to continue to work him into games to see if he can continue this pattern of improvement to become a legitimate very good player.

Barry Parker - This young midfielder has improved his balance, agility, positioning, and all of his technical skills. Of note, he has become a superb man marker and a very good header. He could become a much more important piece in the midfield.

Wayne Rooney - Amazingly, our coaches think this superstar has improved this past season in multiple areas. In particular, he has become a significantly better passer, better off the ball, a better decision maker, and better at taking free kicks and penalties.

Mickael Schmidt - This young left fullback has taken astounding leaps according to our coaches. In particular, his positioning is much better. His tackling has become lethal. He has become a better passer, long range shooter, tackler, dribblers, header, and he has better mental attributes. He is much harder to rattle. He has become a clear starter at left fullback if he doesn't regress during the summer.

Biggest regression:

Wes Brown - Still starter quality, but his technical and physical abilities are just starting to slide. He is a step slower.

Damien Duff - Lost a significant portion of his good speed. He is no longer an EPL quality player. We will let him go after this season is officially over.

Lucio - He is starting to lose his stamina and strength, but he is still a top notch starter. However, if he loses much more during the summer it could be a problem.

John O'Shea - He is starting to lose his technical abilities, but not much else.

Mikael Silvestre - Without a doubt, our biggest loser. He has lost a tremendous amount of footspeed in just one season and is no longer quick enough to play on this level. He also lost all of his acceleration and a bit of his technical abilities.

Louis Saha - Lost his remaining speed, and is now a slow player.

Ruud van Nistelrooy - has lost almost all of his speed, and some of his shooting ability.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 08:47 PM

May 24, 2013 -

Salva suffered a fracture in his arm and will miss training for a good portion of the summer.

Real Madrid's Joaquin has won the Champions League Best Player Award. My Adriano came in 2nd, and Andreas Ivanschitz of Real Zaragoza came in 3rd.

Liverpool's Yakubu has won the Champions League Golden Boot Award. My Adriano came in 2nd, and Aruna of Marseille came in 3rd.

Cristian Chivu, Jamie Cook, and my Adriano were all selected to the Champions League Dream Team.

York just won promotion to the European Championship.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 09:15 PM

May 26, 2013 -

I've submitted my squad for the upcoming World Cup Qualifying match and the Confederation Cup. It's about time to start a great stretch of games for me as manager of England's National Team.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 09:26 PM

May 27, 2013 -

Charlton has won promotion to the EPL.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 09:33 PM

May 29, 2013 -

James McFadden has revealed to the press that he is unhappy with not playing on the first team and he wants to be traded soon if he isn't going to become a first team player :(

Gabriele Marchetti has been called up the Italian U21 Team.

Jamie Cook, Michael Wood, Bob Wright, and Daniel Rowland have been called up to England's U21 team.

Alfonso has been called up to Spain's U21 Team.

WTF!?! Chris Kirkland has rejected my callup to the England National Squad as a replacement player! Is he mad that I haven't called him up sooner? I need a replacement player as Milner is hurt, and I thought I would pull the talented keeper up, but now I will look at another option.

Wow. Kirkland has told the national media that he rejected the callup, because he should have been on the original squad and he wasn't going to let me use him as a second fiddle.

I called up Shaun Wright-Phillips instead.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 09:45 PM

May 31, 2013 -

That jerk. Jeroen Schreurs went to the media to tell them that he feels he deserves a pay raise to bring his salary up to those of his teammates.

Adriano is also making noise about wanting a pay raise, but at least he is doing it privately.

Despite his loud complaining, Jeroen has become a superior player. I decide I will offer him and Adriano a new contract immediately.

Jeroen is requesting 120,000/week (was making 57,000/week) and my AM thinks we should pay him what is asking. He is also asking for a 3.2 million dollar signing bonus which I will give him.

Meanwhile Adriano is asking for an astounding 5.4 million signing bonus with 170,000/week! My AM thinks he is worth 150,000/week. I decide to split the difference at 160,000/week. He also wants 9,000/goal and 7,000/assist which I agree to as well.

Wow. The media has asked me if I would ever put Kirkland on the England National Squad again after he rejected my callup!

I respond, "Kirkland must apologise before I even consider him for another call-up."

My personal assistant has reminded me that the following contracts expire in a month:

Phil Neville - No intention of renewing it.

Louis Saha - Definitely no renewal.

Andy Ford - This youngster just hasn't shown signs of improvment. He is gone.

Ben Walters - Ditto.

Bob Wright - This 21 year old striker has shown some promise, but not enough to keep him around. He wants 23,000/week to stay, and Mr. Queiroz and I both agree that Wright isn't worth it.

Excellent, Salva has settled here in England and has now asked to be removed from the transfer list. I agree to his request.

Now it is time to get ready for my England U21 game against Latvia before our national squad plays theirs.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 09:48 PM

May 31, 2013 -

I've decided to go with Mr. McClaren's recommendations for the England U21 Lineup today against a weaker Latvia team.

GK: Craig James
DL: Alan Ball
DC: Paul Adams
DC: David White
DR: Martin Scott
ML: John Hall
MC: Jamie Cook (my player)
MC: Michael Wood (also mine)
MR: Paul Kelly (also mine)
SC: Wayne Worthington
SC: Steve Wilson

S1: Ian Thorpe
S2: Richard James
S3: Danny Porter
S4: Ryan Barrett
S5: Paul White
S6: Dave Moore
S7: Gavin Lynch

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 10:06 PM

1st minute: Hall crosses to Wood in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. wide left.

2 minute mark: Scott with a free kick from the right side of the pitch.. he passes to the middle of the box.. Worthington heads it.. into the upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

33 minute mark: Kelly with a great pass to Worthington in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. good save by the keeper.

36 minute mark: David White elbows their midfielder! Yellow card.. he argues the call.. 2nd yellow card! He is ejected! I pull Wilson, and put James on at centreback.

44 minute mark: Craig James is run over by their striker! He is injured. He has to come off the pitch. I put Ian Thorpe in at goal.

Halftime: Up 1-0.

62 minute mark: Cook shoots from 20 yards out.. the keeper dives.. tips it over the bar.

69 minute mark: Kelly takes a corner.. to the near post.. Worthington heads it.. over the bar.

88 minute mark: Kelly crosses it to Worthington in the box.. he heads it.. the keeper pushes it over the bar.

92 minute mark: Wood passes to Cook in the left side of the box.. he crosses it to Worthington by the far post.. he taps it into the open net! GOAL!!!! 2-0.

Game over. 2-0 win.

We outshot them 22-1 (10-0 on target)

Wayne Worthington has won MoM, 10 for form, 21 of 22 passes, 5 of 6 tackles, 7 of 16 headers, 1 interception, 6 runs, 2 fouls drawn, and 2 goals.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 10:08 PM

May 31, 2013 -

Other international U21 Championship action:

Alfonso played magnificiently for Spain in their 2-0 win over Azerbaijan setting up both goals.

Gabriele Marchetti played well for Italy in their 2-0 win over Denmark.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 10:11 PM

June 1, 2013 -

The board is pleased with my performance as manager.

Tim Howard played well but not great in the USA's 6-1 win over Jamaica in the World Cup Qualifying Match. Freddy Adu had an assist and a goal for the USA. Landon Donovan had a hattrick and 2 assists. Jonathan Spector contributed a goal as did Brian Mascarenhas.

Now, it is time for our match against Latvia in the World Cup Qualifying match of Group 4.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 10:14 PM

June 1, 2013 -

I think Latvia should be fairly easy which is making me experiment just a little bit with our lineup particularly at centreback and right back.

GK: Paul Robinson
DL: Ashley Cole
DC: Ledley King
DC: Ben Bennett (giving the kid a chance)
DR: Owen Hargreaves (I want to get his speed on the pitch)
ML: Stewart Downing
MC: Jermaine Jenas
MC: Gareth Barry
MR: Christopher Eagles
SC: Wayne Rooney
SC: Craig King (perhaps a bit of a homer decision.)

S1: Chris Taylor (I might get my backup keeper in there if we get a big lead.)
S2: Rio Ferdinand
S3: Alan Smith
S4: Jermain Defoe
S5: Wayne Bridge
S6: Joe Cole
S7: Luke Moore

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 10:29 PM

14 minute mark: Downing passes to Jenas outside the box.. he shoots a powerful shot from 25 yards out.. curving.. into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

16 minute mark: Hargreaves gets a yellow card for a trip on Laizans.

23 minute mark: Hargreaves passes to Eagles who centers for Barry.. he heads it.. the keeper blocks it.

25 minute mark: Eagles takes it down the right sideline.. centers for Barry who is just outside the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. it's past him! GOAL!!!! 2-0.

37 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick to Barry.. he shoots.. the keeper blocks it.. Jenas gets the rebound.. shoots it over the keeper's right shoulder.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

Halftime: 3-0 lead for us :)

I decide to put Taylor on the pitch, and I'm also going to try Wayne Bridge at right back for Hargreaves who is playing tentative with his yellow card.

57 minute mark: Craig King passes to Eagles on the right edge of the box.. he quickly crosses it to far post.. Rooney heads it.. into the lower left corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-0.

61 minute mark: I rest Rooney, and put Luke Moore in.

81 minute mark: Downing steals the ball passes to Luke Moore in the box.. he blasts a shot into the box.. it deflects off a defender.. into the right side of the net! GOAL!!!! 5-0.

Game over. 5-0 win for us.

We outshot them 14-2 (11-0 on target)

Jermaine Jenas wins MoM, 10 for form, 32 of 35 passes, 2 of 2 tackles, 3 of 5 headers, 2 fouls drawn, and 2 goals.

Downing also had a 10 while Eagles and Barry both had 9's for form.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 10:32 PM

Post Match Info:

Fans are quite happy as they didn't expect us to win by such a wide margin.

In other World Cup Qualifying news:

Dalibor Stevanovic played well for Slovenia, but they tied Liechtenstein 0-0.

Darren Fletcher played ok for Scotland, but they lost to Greece 2-0.

Zdenek Grygera did not play well for the Czech Republic but they tied Georgia 0-0.

Michael Schmidt played extremely well for France, but they lost to Ireland 1-0. Damien Duff played well for Ireland.

Cristian Chivu played very well for Romania in their 3-0 win over Moldova.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 11:02 PM

June 4, 2013 -

Read Madrid has fired Francisco Chaparro after their disappointing season in which they finished 4th in the Spanish First Division. Gonzalo Abando, Xerez's manager, is the favorite to get the job.

Adriano has signed a new 4 year deal worth 39 million dollars.

Jeroen Schreurs has signed a new 4 year deal worth 26.5 million dollars.

An ex-international star has told the media that he doubts I will be able to guide England past Sweden in our upcoming match.

Chris Kirkland has told the media that he will never apologize to me.

Our U21 match against Sweden is today.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 11:04 PM

June 4, 2013 -

Today our U21 Team plays Sweden in a tough U21 Championship Qualifying match. I'm using the same lineup as last time, except that David White has been suspended, and I will use David Evans at centreback instead.

Also, Craig James is injured so Ian Thorpe will start in goal with Jon Hooper being a sub.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 11:20 PM

11 minute mark: Cook steals it at midfield.. passes it to Hall outside the box.. he passes it to Wilson in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

19 minute mark: Robinson with a solid save of a shot by Gustavsson.

Halftime: 1-0 lead for us.

55 minute mark: Hall passes to Cook just outside the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. great save by the keeper.

75 minute mark: Kelly steals it at midfield.. Kelly with a spectacular 45 yard pass.. to Worthington just outside the box.. he dribbles past a defender.. shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0!

Tucker on for Wood, and James on for Hall.

Game over. 2-0 win for us.

We outshot them 20-5 (11-3 on target)

Worthington won MoM, 9 for form, 36 of 41 passes, 0 tackles, 7 of 11 headers, 1 interception, 4 runs, 5 fouls drawn, and 1 goal.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 11:22 PM

In other Euro U21 Championship Qualifying news:

Alfonso was magnificient for Spain in their 2-0 win over Greece in having an assist and a goal.

Gabriele Marchetti played well for Italy in their 4-0 win over Estonia.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 11:26 PM

June 5, 2013 -

Leicester's Dean Ashton has won the European Golden Boot Award. Maurizio Pellegrino of Reggina came in 2nd, and Wayne Rooney came in 3rd.

Today we host Sweden in an important World Cup Qualifying match.

Sweden has a talented squad however, their most dangerous player, striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, was thrown off the pitch in his last match and is suspended for this game. Kim Kallstrom is a powerful talented midfielder. Keeper, Andreas Isaksson is difficult to score against.

I'm going to use the same lineup as last game since they did well, however, I'm removing Alan Smith from the sub list and Wayne Bridge from the sub list. Instead, I'll have David Prutton and Wes Brown on the sub list. This will give us more defensive options if needed.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 11:41 PM

13 minute mark: Ledley King passes to Rooney.. he shoots from 30 yards out.. blistering banana shot.. curving.. into the upper right corner! GOAL!!!! 1-0. Rooney does it again :)

42 minute mark: They are playing 8 men back and thwarting our offense.

Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. There are over 78,000 fans here at Wembley.

62 minute mark: Defoe on for King, and Joe Cole on for Jenas.

68 minute mark: Downing passes it to Rooney.. he passes to Defoe by the far post.. he shoots.. the keeper dives.. great save.

71 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in the box.. he blasts a shot.. great block by the keeper.. Defoe shoots the rebound.. excellent recovery by the keeper.

84 minute mark: Barry passes the ball to Defoe inside the middle of the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0!

Game over. 2-0 win for us.

We outshot them 15-4 (9-1 on target)

Downing won MoM, 9 for form, 17 of 20 passes, 2 of 3 tackles, 3 of 5 headers, 15 runs.

Rooney also had a 9 for form with his 1 goal.

Eaglesfan27

05-07-2005, 11:50 PM

Post Match Info:

The media and fans seem satisfied with our 2-0 win. We now have 2 weeks until the Confederation Cup begins.

In other World Cup Qualifying news:

Tim Howard played well for the USA in their 5-0 win over Costa Rica. The USA had balanced scoring with 5 different goal scorers (including Donovan, Adu, and Beasley.)

Mikael Schmidt played very well for France in their 1-0 win over Bosnia.

Dalibor Stevanovic played well for Slovenia and scored both of their goals in a 2-2 tie against Northern Ireland.

James McFadden played well for Scotland (he was a replacement player call-up) in their 1-1 tie with Switzerland.

Zdenek Grygera played ok for the Czech Republic in their 1-1 tie with Malta.

Damien Diuff played well for Ireland in their 2-0 win over Macedonia.

Eaglesfan27

05-08-2005, 12:14 AM

June 10, 2013 -

Adriano had Brazil's only goal in their 1-1 tie with Argentina in the World Cup Qualifying match.

Eric Djemba Djemba played well for Cameroon, but they lost 1-0 to Nigeria in the World Cup Qualifying match.

Tottenham have sacked Gary Megson. Peter Taylor is being mentioned as the favorite to take over the job.

My physio, Michel Brohan has mentioned he will retire at the end of the season as he feels it is time to call it a career.

Damien Duff has become qualified as a coach and has told me that he would love to join my coaching staff. Interestingly, he looks like he is best at coaching keepers. I might hire him if he doesn't want too much money.

I decide to offer him 6,000/week to become a full-time coach. I'm not interested in hiring him as a player-coach.

Damien Duff has told me that he wants to retire from playing at the end of the season.

Tottenham has named Manuel Delgado Meco manager this evening. Meco is coming from Malaga to take over the Hotspurs.

My former player, Mark Smyth has been signed from Chester by Hartlepool on a free transfer. Hartlepool finished 19th in League Two.

Eaglesfan27

05-08-2005, 12:18 AM

June 12, 2013 -

England's U19 has qualified for the next round of the European U19 Championship. We will be in group B with Belgium, Austria, and France.

Eaglesfan27

05-08-2005, 12:25 AM

June 13, 2013 -

Damien Duff has rejected 6,000/week to be a coach. I counter with 8,000/week which is my final offer.

Adriano had a bad game for Brazil, but they beat uruguay 3-0 in the World Cup Qualifying match.

Louis Saha has announced that he will retire at the end of the season.

I had some tough choices today as I'm only allowed to have 22 players on the English Squad for the Confederation Cup. I decided to remove Shaun Wright Phillips, Scott Parker, Alan Smith, and Wayne Bridge who are all getting older.

Eaglesfan27

05-08-2005, 12:28 AM

June 14, 2013 -

There was a news article in The Times talking about how Chris Kirkland's feud with me has cost him the rest of his international career, and how he would likely never play for the international team again. However, the newspaper said that fans are firmly behind me and expect us to do well in the upcoming international competition.

Eaglesfan27

05-08-2005, 12:36 AM

June 18, 2013 -

Damien Duff has rejected my contract offer. I will let him completely walk when his contract expires at the end of this month.

Adriano has been called up to the Brazil National Squad for the Confederations Cup.

We have remained in the top place for the new European Club Rankings for the upcoming season. The most improved team was Nistru Otaci which jumped from 415th to 260th.

Phil Neville has announced that he will retire at the end of the season.

I've agreed to loan Michael Wood out to Bolton which is coming to the EPL next season. I can recall him at any time that I choose.

The media expects us to beat Morocco by a good margin tomorrow, but does think an upset is possible particularly because Morocco's striker Marouane Chamakh is a very fast skilled player.

Eaglesfan27

05-08-2005, 12:41 AM

June 19, 2013 -

Today we host Morocco in Group A play of the Confederations Cup. Besides the aforementioned striker, Chamakh, they have three other dangerous player. Midfielder Jaouad Zairi is a good midfielder who is a solid veteran. Centreback Mustapha Fatihi is a strong young centreback. Their keeper is not very good or experienced, and we should be able to beat Mohamed Mrabet repeatedly.

It's in the mid 70's today and sunny.

We are 4-7 favorites.

GK: Robinson
DL: Cole, Ashley
DC: Ferdinand
DC: Brown
DR: Hargreaves
ML: Downing
MC: Barry
MC: Jenas
MR: Eagles
SC: Rooney
SC: King

S1: Taylor
S2: Bennett
S3: Ashton
S4: Defoe
S5: King, Ledley
S6: Cole, Joe
S7: Moore

Eaglesfan27

05-08-2005, 01:06 AM

The first thing that I notice is that they are playing a unique formation. They are using 1 sweeper who looks like he is being told to be very aggressive according to my scouts, 2 centrebacks, 5 midfielders, and 2 strikers. They should be vulnerable to the counter attack...

9 minute mark: Hargreaves passes to Downing on the left wing.. he crosses it to King in the box.. he heads it.. wide left.

11 minute mark: Craig King argues an offside call.. yellow card for King.

21 minute mark: Downing gets a yellow card for tripping Zairi.

30 minute mark: Hargreaves starts the counter attack.. long pass to Downing who heads it to Barry just outside the box.. he shoots.. wide right.

31 minute mark: Teolui gets a yellow card for a trip on Eagles.

32 minute mark: Eagles passes to Barry just outside the box.. hard shot.. wide left.

40 minute mark: Jenas with a hard shot from 25 yards out.. a defender blocks it wide of the net.

Eagles on the corner kick.. to King by the near post.. he heads it.. good save by the keeper.

44 minute mark: Eagles passes to King in the right side of the box.. King blasts a shot.. upper left corner... GOAL!!!! 1-0!

Halftime: 1-0 lead.

46 minute mark: Jenas passes to Rooney in the box.. he blasts a shot.. into the crossbar. The defense clears it.

57 minute mark: Ferdinand with a good defensive play on their star striker.

61 minute mark: Eagles crosses it from the right wing.. to the center of the box.. Rooney heads it.. over the bar.

68 minute mark: We get a flurry of shots off, but the defenders stop them all before they even reach goal.

73 minute mark: Rooney tries a long range shot.. the keeper blocks it.

74 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. good save by the keeper.

75 minute mark: Luke Moore on for Barry, Joe Cole on for Downing, and Dean Ashton on for Rooney.

80 minute mark: Joe Cole passes to Ashton in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. good save by the keeper.

87 minute mark: Jenas passes to Craig King in the box.. he fakes out a defender.. shoots.. lower right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

Game over. 2-0 win for us. :)

We outshot them 23-3 (11-1 on target)

Craig King wins MoM, 9 for form, 10 of 11 passes, 0 tackles, 2 of 11 headers, 5 runs, 3 fouls drawn, and 2 goals.

Downing also had a 9 for form.

Eaglesfan27

05-08-2005, 01:14 AM

Post Match Info:

The media thinks that we should have won the game by a larger margin, but overall fans seem satisfied with the win.

England's 10 games won in a row between June 21, 2012 and June 19th 2013 is a new record.

Eaglesfan27

05-08-2005, 01:19 AM

June 20, 2013 -

Well, the end of my Manchester United season is upon us as we have many final things to clear up. (OOC Note: I'll continue this thread until after the confederations cup is over.)

Stewart Downing was selected the Player of the Year by the club's supporters.

We have received 8 new U18 players from our academy. None of them are particularly exciting to me at this point.

We have been given 24.5 million dollars for the EPL TV rights for the upcoming season.

The Community Shield has been announced, and we will be playing Fulham on August 4, 2013.

Shareholders are thrilled as 36 million in dividends will be paid to shareholders.

Our Transfer budget for the upcoming year has been announced to be 59 million dollars.

I'm expected to lead the team to the EPL Title this upcoming year.

Our average attendance of 77,671 this past season was a new record high for the club.

The average rating of 9.11 by Stewart Downing in 35 appearances was a new club record.

Tomorrow, we play Australia and we are expected to win this game handily even though we just played two days ago.

Eaglesfan27

05-08-2005, 01:20 AM

June 20, 2013 -

Adriano had a bad game for Brazil and was eventually substituted in their 1-1 tie with Chile in the Confederations Cup.

Eaglesfan27

05-08-2005, 01:26 AM

June 21, 2013 -

Today we play against Australia in the Confederations Cup. They are led by right winger Brett Emerton, midfielder Tim Cahill, and left winger Mark Bresciano. Keeper Nathan Coe is playing well. Their defense is led by left back Scott Gillett.

It's sunny with temperatures in the 70's.

We are 1-2 favorites.

With a game only 2 days after the other, I'm asking my AM to help me decide who is healthy enough to play again.

GK: Robinson
DL: Cole, Ashley
DC: Bennett
DC: King, Ledley
DR: Hargreaves
ML: Cole, Joe
MC: Jenas
MC: Prutton
MR: Eagles
SC: Rooney
SC: Defoe

S1: Taylor
S2: Ferdinand
S3: Ashton
S4: Carlton Cole
S5: Brown
S6: Downing
S7: Moore

Eaglesfan27

05-08-2005, 01:48 AM

2 minute mark: Joe Cole passes to Jenas.. he passes to Defoe in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

5 minute mark: Jenas trips Emerton in the box.. penalty awarded.. Lucas Neill steps up.. shoots.. lower left corner.. Robinson dives.. it is out of his reach.. GOAL. 1-1.

12 minute mark: Ashley Cole steals the ball.. starts the counter attack.. passes it to Defoe.. Defoe plays a perfect through ball.. Rooney gets to it.. fakes out the keeper.. fires.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-1. That is Rooney's 60th international Goal!

22 minute mark: Joe Cole passes to Defoe outside the box.. he fakes out two defenders.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper partially blocks it.. it rolls into the net! GOAL!!!! 3-1!

29 minute mark: Emerton crosses it to Dylan McAllister in the left side of the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL. 3-2 game.

36 minute mark: Joe Cole passes it to Rooney just outside the box.. he blasts a banana shot.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.

Halftime: 3-2 lead for us.

59 minute mark: cole passes to Rooney.. he passes to Defoe in the right side of the box.. hard shot.. upper left corner.. wide left.

60 minute mark: Moore on for Defoe, Ashton on for Rooney, and Wes Brown on for Bennett.

77 minute mark: Moore is injured and has to leave the pitch. Unfortunately, I've used all 3 subs, so I have to play with a man down.

89 minute mark: Eagles takes the ball down the right sideline.. he crosses to Prutton.. he shoots.. the keeper blocks it.. Ashton gets the rebound.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-2.

Game over. 4-2 win for us.

We outshot them 13-8 (7-3 on target)

Jermaine Jenas won MoM, 8 for form, 14 of 22 passes, 2 of 3 tackles, 1 of 11 headers, 1 interception, 1 run, 1 assist.