Manchester United: A threepeat?

[Eaglesfan27]

Greetings to everyone reading this. This is the electronic journal of Christopher Engles.

I'm a 42 year old manager who is considered a great manager. I started out my first season of managing professional football at Harrogate Town in the English Conference North back when I was 29. During my first season, I didn't know if I was going to make it through to a second. We had some rocky games in that first season. Fortunately, I showed enough improvement in the 2nd half of the season, that they gave me a chance to come back for another season. You can read about my first season as manager in this thread:

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/...ead.php?t=32963 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=32963)


In my second season as manager, I really developed a system and brought in some good talent. Thanks to their play, I managed to help Harrogate win promotion from the English Conference North. You can read about that season in this thread:

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/...ead.php?t=33340 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=33340)


In my third season, we continued to gather talent and we continued to win. We won the English Conference National Title and were promoted to League Two. You can read about that season in this thread:

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/...ead.php?t=33908 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=33908)


In my fourth season, after some early struggles, the team adapted to League Two play and we went on a tear in the second half of the season. Thanks to our hot play, we won the English League Two Title and were promoted to League One. You can read about that season in this thread:

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/...ead.php?t=34430 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=34430)


In my fifth season, I had to make a very hard decision. The team was struggling in League One as the board had continued to refuse to expand the stadium over the years. We were losing money. We didn't have the money to keep our top players. We were floundering. My status was very high and I was being offered several high profile jobs because of what I had done with Harrogate. I made the hard decision to leave Harrogate in midseason and I moved to Wigan. I suddenly had massive amounts of money. I sent some of it to Harrogate Town for a few of my favorite players. You can read about my fifth season in this thread:

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/...ead.php?t=35300 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=35300)


In my sixth season, I managed to bring in some potent talent to Wigan via Bosman signings. Thanks to that talent, we won the English Championship with a 99 point season in which we had 30 wins, 9 draws, and 7 losses. I was glad to see that my new system worked nicely at this higher talent level. You can read about my sixth season in this thread:

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/...ead.php?t=36645 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=36645)


Then, in my seventh season, I knew that Wigan would have a hard time staying in the EPL and I also knew that Manchester United had a coaching vacancy. It took well over a month, but just before league play started Manchester United approached me and offered me the manager's job. I felt bad leaving Wigan after only a year and a half, but this was the golden ring I had been trying to reach. I quickly took the job. I had moderate to good success in my seventh season as I brought in a few very talented players, including wonderkids Adriano and Craig King. We also brought in the very talented Stewart Downing at left wing. As a result, we improved from the previous finish of 5th place to a 2nd place team. You can read about the seventh season here:

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/...ead.php?t=36968 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=36968)


In my eighth season, we enjoyed great success. We had an early battle with Chelsea for the EPL lead. Eventually, our offense really started popping. Wayne Rooney had his best season ever as a Red Devil. Our defense came together. We won the EPL Title. We also won the English Cup Title. However, we fell short of the quadruple and lost in the final of the Champions League and the English FA Cup. Those were both disappointing losses. A developing story all year long was Wayne Rooney's dissatisfaction that I would not let him go to Milan or another "more prestigious club" that made huge offers for him. You can read about the eighth season here:

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/...ead.php?t=37396 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=37396)


In my ninth season, the big question going in was if I would be able to sign Wayne Rooney or if I would have to sell him. Fortunately, just before I was about to sell him, I managed to sign Rooney to a new deal. Behind the dynamic duo of Wayne Rooney and Adriano at striker, along with a solid defense we finished 1st in the EPL for a second straight year. Perhaps, more importantly, we won the Champions League for my first time as a manager.

Read all about the 9th season here:

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/...ead.php?t=37735 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=37735)


In my 10th season, things had settled down. We had Rooney under a long term contract and our offense looked set. However, our defense had questions as Lucio and Rio Ferdinand were aging. Also, Wes Brown was aging and losing his skills. Would these guys be able to hold on for one more season? Would my replacements such as Salva, Marchetti, and Cahais step up? I gradually started the phasing out of Lucio and Ferdinand but they both played in some key games. However, Salva and Marchetti generally did well and proved they can play on this level. Also, we had an explosive offense led by Wayne Rooney who had his best year ever for me with 36 goals and 14 assists in 36 starts. I also saw the surprising developing of Antonio Ortega and Carlos Godoy. We did well and we won the EPL Title for the third straight year. However, we faltered in the quarterfinals of the Champions League and we only pulled off a double. We want.. no we need to build on that success and do better next season. Oh yeah, I helped guide England to one their best World Cup Finishes in a long time. There was a suprising villian that ended our run.

You can read about my 10th season here:

http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~fof/for...ead.php?t=38819 (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?t=38819)


My 11th season was the season that finally saw me drop Rio Ferdinand from the active playing list. Also, we saw Lucio, Cristian Chivu, Wes Brown, and Zdenek Grygera all get phased out of the playing rotation. Newcomer Mark van den Boogaart had one of the best years I've ever seen out of a right back. However, I knew that he was only a stop gap for 2-3 years and I was actively searching for a young right back all year long. Unfortunately, I never found one worth signing. I relied on Wayne Rooney and Adriano more than ever in part due to injuries to Craig King and James McFadden, and also because James McFadden is slowly starting to lose his abilities. We faltered towards the end of the season and had a disappointing 2nd place finish in the EPL. That loss cost us our first triple. Read about our 11th season here:

http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~fof/for...ead.php?t=39668



In my 12th season, we started out with some early losses, but we rebounded and had a strong second half of the season. As a result, we won the EPL Title and also won the Champions League. However, the English League Title continues to evade my grasp. We relied heavily on Wayne Rooney yet again. We also had a great if injury riddled season from Adriano our young striker. Salva played well when he wasn't hurt. Barry Parker who I never expected to be great has become a great midfielder. You can read about the 12th season here:

http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~fof/for...ead.php?t=40184


In my 13th season, we started off strong and stayed strong all year long. We had a powerful offense led by Wayne Rooney and Adriano, but they were given a great deal of support from the other players. We had three midfielders with 10 goals each, Barry Parker, Michael Heller, and Carlos Godoy. Wayne Rooney had arguably his best season ever with 34 goals and 15 assists in 40 starts. Adriano also had a great year with 25 goals and 13 assists in 35 starts. He continues to show improvement every year. The defense was solidified by the acquisition of speedy Adriano Trotta and the talented Vincent Kompany. The defense is now skilled and deep. With this talented team, we won the EPL and we also won the Champions League. However, the treble and the quadruple continue to elude us.

Read about our 13th season here:

http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?t=40839



Now, I start my 14th season. Will this be the year that Rooney starts to slip? Will Alberto Flores play so well again that he forces me to use him more in the first team or will I have him continue to gain seasoning with the U18 and reserve squads? Will Adriano continue to improve statistically? Will Stewart Downing show a precipitious decline? Will we switch to a 3-5-2 this season? Will we finally pull of a treble or even a quadruple? So many questions. Now, I start my 14th season in search of answers.

[Eaglesfan27]

June 20, 2017 -

We've gotten 6 new players from our youth academy including a 16 year old midfielder/centreback named Karl Roberts who looks promising.


We've been given 24.5 million dollars from TV rights for the upcoming season.

We will play Liverpool in the English Community Shield this year.


The board is delighted with my performance as manager.

The board has announced a transfer budget of 27.5 million dollars for the upcoming season.

[Eaglesfan27]

June 23, 2017 -

Mark van den Boogaart played well for Holland in their 2-0 win over El Salvador in the Confederations Cup.

Adriano, the keeper, played well but Colombia beat Brazil 1-0 in the Confederations Cup Match.



Atletico de Madrid and Sevilla are rumored to be interested in buying Adriano, the keeper, from me. I tell them that he isn't for sale at any price.


June 26, 2017 -


Deportivo has expressed interest in Adriano as well. Adriano has told me that he is unsettled by all of the speculation.


Adriano, the striker had 2 goals for Brazil in their 3-1 win over China in the Confederations Cup match.


Sunderland have contacted me stating that they want to buy Alberto Flores and would be willing to pay 11 million dollars!

I tell all of the clubs interested in Flores that there is NO chance that I will sell him.


Werder Bremen have asked how much I want for Carlos Godoy. I inform them he is not for sale.

[Eaglesfan27]

June 29, 2017 -

Adriano had a hattrick for Brazil in their 3-1 win over New Zealand in the Confederations Cup match.


Alberto Flores told the media that he wants to go to Sunderland!?! What the heck is he thinking? I guess he wants more first team playing time already? No way am I trading him.



Mark van Den Boogaart was ejected from the Holland-Ivory Coast match, and Holland tied Ivory Coast 3-3.



Carlos Godoy told the press that he doesn't want to go anywhere, and he is happy that I have no intentions to transfer him.

[Eaglesfan27]

July 2, 2017 -

Anthony Petit has arrived from Arsenal on a free transfer. We really have an abundance of depth (too much really) along the defensive line.


Chelsea has signed David Harper, a good keeper, from us on a free transfer.



Adriano had a good game for Brazil in their 2-0 win over the Ivory Coast in the Confederations Cup.




Sevilla have offered 7.2 million plus 40% of next sale for Gabriele Marchetti. He has never really worked out for us. I agree to the sale.

[Eaglesfan27]

July 7, 2017 -

Gabriele Marchetti has agreed to go to Sevilla. The 7.2 million dollar deal has been completed.


Marchetti has told the media that he is thrilled to leave Manchester United and get an opportunity for first team football.


Deportivo have offered 13 million dollars, plus Javier Iglesias, a 21 year old mediocre Spanish centreback, for Adriano my keeper. I reject the offer.

[Eaglesfan27]

July 11, 2017 -

Today we travel to play Sachsen Leipzig, a decent German team. I'm just looking to work my guys into shape, and hopefully see a glimmer of talent from my young kids, particularly Flores.


It's sunny with temperatures in the 70's.


GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Cardozo
DC: Petit (I want to see what the newcomer can do.)
DR: Boogaart
ML: Barbosa
MC: Wood
MC: Godoy
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Miller
S3: Parker
S4: Wright
S5: Kompany
S6: Alfonso
S7: Ortega
S8: Salva
S9: Trotta
S10: Flores
S11: Heller
S12: Downing

[Eaglesfan27]

9 minute mark: We've been applying the pressure early, but Petit has to stop the counterattack. He does a nice job of it.

21 minute mark: Schreurs dribbles up the right sideline.. passes to King in the box.. he shoots.. the keeper blocks it.. Rooney taps in the rebound for a GOAL!!!! 1-0.

40 minute mark: Schreurs dribbles past two defenders.. crosses it to Rooney in the left side of the box.. hard powerful shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!! 2-0.



Halftime: 2-0 lead for us.



I put on my entire "second team" including Flores.


55 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick.. towards the near post.. Wright jumps.. heads it.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!! 3-0.

68 minute mark: Parker goes down with an injury. Hopefully, it isn't serious.

I put Alfonso on for Parker and change his position with Heller.

73 minute mark: Ortega dribbles past two defenders.. short cross.. Wright heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-0.

77 minute mark: Trotta passes to Wright in the box.. he heads it to Alfonso in the middle of the box.. Alfonso shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 5-0.

82 minute mark: Heller steals the ball.. passes it to Alfonso.. Alfonso passes it to Wright in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 6-0! Wright has his hattrick.



Game over. 6-0 win. We looked like we are in mid-season form. Wright make a strong case for more PT. Flores didn't do much and will probably play on the U18 and reserve teams this year if he plays like that in our next two preseason games. Overall, I'm thrilled.

We outshot them 34-2 (19-0 on target)

Bob Wright won MoM, 10 for form, 9 of 12 passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 7 of 11 headers, 1 interception, 1 run, 2 fouls drawn and 3 goals.

Rooney also had a 10 for form.

Heller had a 9 for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

July 13, 2017 -

Newcastle have made an offer of 22 million dollars for Michael Oswald. I reject the offer.


July 16, 2017 -

Today we play Cottbus, a decent German team, in our second friendly of the season (we only have 3 before the Community Shield.)


It's raining with temperatures in the 80's.


GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Cardozo
DC: Petit
DR: Boogaart
ML: Barbosa
MC: Parker
MC: Godoy
MR: Schreurs
SC: Flores
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Salva
S3: Fletcher
S4: Ortega
S5: Miller
S6: Wood
S7: Downing
S8: Cahais
S9: Oswald
S10: Wright
S11: Kompany
S12: Alfonso

[Eaglesfan27]

7 minute mark: Parker passes to Schreurs.. he passes back to Parker.. passes to Schreurs.. passes back to Parker.. they advance the ball all the way up the pitch.. Parker shoots from 25 yards out.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

26 minute mark: Barbosa passes to Godoy outside the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

29 minute mark: Parker passes to King in the box.. he passes back to Parker.. Parker shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

32 minute mark: Flores collides with a defender.. Flores has to be carried off the pitch. Hopefully, it is a minor injury. I put Oswald on for Flores.

41 minute mark: Oswald is tripped in the box.. Penalty!!! King steps up.. shoots.. right at the keeper! He catches it cleanly. King disappoints.


Halftime: 3-0 lead.


I put on the entire "second team."



Game over. 3-0 win.

We outshot them 13-2 (7-0 on target)

Parker wins MoM, 8 for form, 16 of 18 passes, 1 of 2 tackles, 2 of 2 headers, 1 interception, 1 run, 2 goals.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Alberto Flores suffered a sprained ankle and is expected to miss 1-2 weeks.


Liverpool have signed keeper Chris Taylor from Aston Villa for 15 million dollars.


Fiorentina have made an offer of 20 million over 2 years plus 20% for Adriano, the keeper. I reject the offer.

[Eaglesfan27]

July 18, 2017 -

Today we travel to play Werder Bremen in our final friendly. They are a very good German team.

It's sunny with temperatures in the 70's.


GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Kompany
DC: Petit
DR: Boogaart
ML: Barbosa
MC: Godoy
MC: Heller
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Salva
S3: Parker
S4: Alfonso
S5: Ortega
S6: Cahais
S7: Wood
S8: Trotta
S9: Fletcher
S10: King
S11: Miller
S12: Downing

[Eaglesfan27]

7 minute mark: Parker passes to Adriano just outside th ebox.. he quickly passes it to Rooney in the box.. Rooney shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

37 minute mark: Adam Cole with a nice long pass to Saramago.. he dribbles into the box.. shoots.. lower left corner.. Ruben Saramago scores. GOAL. 1-1.



Halftime: 1-1 tie.



52 minute mark: Their keeper makes a pair of acrobatic saves.

53 minute mark: Their centreback trips Adriano in the box.. Godoy takes the penalty.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-1.

72 minute mark: I bring on the entire "second squad."

82 minute mark: Downing passes to Alfonso left of the box.. he crosses it to Ortega.. Ortega in the right half of the box.. shoots from 10 yards out.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-1.



Game over. 3-1 win for us. Overall I'm very happy with how my team has looked in these 3 friendlies.

We outshot them 13-9 (8-5 on target)

Rooney wins MoM, 9 for form, 9 of 14 passes, 6 of 7 tackles, 5 of 9 headers, 8 runs, 2 fouls drawn, and 1 goal.

[Eaglesfan27]

July 19, 2017 -

Arsenal have signed French star Sebastien Mendy for 20 million dollars from Milan. Sebastian is a VERY good defensive midfielder who sometimes dogs it on the pitch, but is very talented technically and to a lesser extent physically.


July 21, 2017 -

Mark Hall had England's U19's only goal in their 1-0 win over Portugal in the Euro U19 Championship Group Match.


Matias Cahais has asked to be removed from the transfer list as he feels I'm going to use him more this season since Marchetti was traded. I agree to remove him from the transfer list.



Chelsea have hired Rafa Benitez, the 57 year old Spanish Legendary Manager, as their new manager.


Apparently, we will be playing Sunderland in the European Super Cup on Aug 25, 2017. I didn't know that two English teams could end up in this particular Cup.

[Eaglesfan27]

July 22, 2017 -

Oh No! Adriano, my keeper, skipped practice today! I guess he wants to be traded?

I warn him for unprofessional behavior.



July 23, 2017 -

Adriano acknowledged that his behavior was unprofessional and that he deserved a warning. He has indicated a willingness to improve his behavior in the future.

[Eaglesfan27]

July 26, 2017 -

18 year old striker Mark Hall had 2 goals for England's U19 team in their 2-1 win over Germany in the Euro U19 Championship Semi Final! I guess it wasn't just Flores making this kid look good!

My AM is doing a good job with England's U19 team.


July 27, 2017 -


The following players are in the last year of their contract:


Tim Howard - The 38 year old keeper has already announced he is retiring after this season. I'm hoping to hire him on as a coach.


Wayne Rooney - He will be 32 soon, but he clearly still has top notch football left in him. He wants a 2 year extension for 170,000/week (a slight pay decrease) and 3 million signing bonus. I agree to his request.


Darren Fletcher - His skill set has deteriorated significantly. He is planning on retiring after this year. I hope to sign him as a coach for next year.


Adriano - The 23 year old keeper has some flaws in his game, but he is among the better keepers in the world. He currently makes 33,500/week. He wants a 2 year extension with a 2 million dollar signing bonus and 66,000/week. I decide to offer him this if he will make it a 3 year extension.


Stewart Downing - He has retired from international football, and he is beginning to show the signs of decline. However, I'd like to offer him a 1 year extension. I offer him a 1 year extension at his current rate of 86,000/week with a 550,000 dollar signing bonus.


Alfonso - This 26 year old left winger still is a good player despite my sparse use of him. Surprisingly, he is willing to sign a 2 year extension but wants to be paid 100,000/week. He also wants 1.4 million signing bonus. I'll offer him 80,000 as I'm just not sure if he is good enough to really make this offense work, but he might be.


Matias Cahais - This 29 year old centreback hasn't played much for us, but he is a good rotational defender. I offer him a 1 year extension at 28,000/week which is his current pay rate as well as a signing bonus of 300,000 dollars.


Salva - This 24 year old centerback is an integral part of our defense. He wants his current pay of 61,000/week for a 2 year extension with a 1.3 million dollar signing bonus. I ask him to make it a 3 year extension.


Antonio Ortega - This 23 year old Spanish right winger has become one of the top 5 in the World. He is very fast, skilled, and is excellent. He is the most important player to re-sign. He was making 71,000/week. He wants 160,000/week plus a 5 million dollar signing bonus for a 2 year extension. I ask him to make it a 3 year extension.


Andy Ford - This 25 year old English striker has some talentes, but he is never going to be a main contributor. I'll let him go.


Darren Evans - This 22 year old keeper isn't showing enough. I'll let him go.


John Gray - This 24 year old English left winger isn't good enough. We'll let him go.

Stephen Wright - This 23 year old midfielder has a weak skill set. We'll let him go.


Dani - This 23 year old keeper has some skills. I'll keep him as insurance. He wants 8,200/week plus 100,000 signing bonus for a 3 year extension. I agree.

[Eaglesfan27]

July 28, 2017 -

Arsenal have made an offer of 16 million dollars for Oswald. I tell them heck no.

Chelsea have made an offer of 16 million for Oswald. I tell them no.


Liverpool have made an offer of 18 million for Oswald. I tell them no. Why do any of my rivals think I would sell this good young kid to them? ;)



July 30, 2017 -

Dani has signed a new deal.

Rooney signed a new 3 year deal worth 28.5 million dollars.

Downing signed a new 2 year deal worth 9 million dollars.

Cahais signed the 2 year 2.6 million dollar deal.

Salva signed a 4 year deal worth 12.5 million dollars.

Antonio Ortega signed a new 4 year deal worth 36 million dollars.


Alfonso rejected my contract offer.

He's good, but he isn't great and I need greatness out of my left wingers. He doesn't always work hard enough and he lacks flair in his game. I'm going to let him go and pursue a new left winger or maybe use Trotta there once Downing and Barbosa are done.

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 1, 2017 -

Adriano has signed a new 4 year deal worth 14 million dollars.

Lazio have made an enquiry about Adriano. I declare 66 million dollars would be an acceptable value for him (in which case I'd use the money to buy an even better keeper.)


Juventus have made an enquiry about Michael Heller. I declare I wouldn't let him go for less than 80 million dollars.



The board are thrilled with my performance as manager.

Barry Parker damaged knee ligaments in practice today and will miss at least a month!


The board has announced that due to an improvement in the clubs fiancial position, they are increasing the transfer budget by 26.5 million. With my previous sale this year, that increases the funds available for the season to 61 million dollars.

I'm not sure what to use the money on yet.



We've been made 6-4 favorites to win the EPL again. The rest of the contenders are Chelsea (2-1), Arsenal (2-1), Liverpool (3-1), Newcastle (20-1), and Aston Villa (25-1)

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 2, 2017 -

After reviewing all of Flores' friendly match stats, I decide to send him back to the U18 team to play with them and the reserve squad for 1 more year of seasoning.

I tell myself that I will use Wright more this year.



Aug 5, 2017 -

Lazio have withdrawn their enquiry for Adriano.

Juventus have withdrawn their offer for Heller.



Aug 6, 2017 -

Sunderland have offered 10.5 million plus 50% of next sale for Alberto Flores. I tell them no way.

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 6, 2017 -

Today we play Liverpool in the Community Shield. Liverpool is a very talented team. Mike Jongerius, their left winger, is becoming their best player. He is fast, strong, and skilled. Despite his lack of foot speed, Nicky Platt is a sniper near the goal and he has to be closely marked at all times. Stephane Dalmat is a quick skilled attacking midfielder/forward who can score at any moment that he gets the ball. Their other powerful, quick, striker - Lebobhang Mokoena is injured for this match. Jorg Konig is playing very well at centreback. Chris Taylor is their new keeper who is talented and could burn us, his old team.


We are 6-4 favorites.

It's raining with temperatures in the 70's.



GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Kompany
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Heller
MC: Godoy
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Cardozo
S3: Schreurs
S4: Oswald
S5: Boogaart
S6: King
S7: Barbosa

[Eaglesfan27]

1st minute: Pretty passing between Godoy, Heller, and Rooney. Finally Heller with a slick pass to Rooney in the box.. he shoots.. Great save by Taylor.

3 minute mark: Salva gets a yellow card for jumping unfairly with Platt.

5 minute mark: Heller passes to Rooney in the left half of the box.. he heel passes back to Downing who shoots from 15 yards out.. over the bar.

9 minute mark: Konig tripped Adriano. Yellow card for Konig.

12 minute mark: Downing dribbles past a man.. long cross to Ortega in the right side of the box... Ortega fakes out a defender.. shoots.. upper left corner.. it curves inches wide of the post.

13 minute mark: Downing gets a yellow card for tripping his man.

28 minute mark: Rooney gets a yellow card for pulling on Antonio's jersey.

34 minute mark: Godoy passes it to Heller in the box.. shoots.. upper left corner... GOAL!!!! 1-0.



Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. There are almost 90,000 fans here at Wembley today.



48 minute mark: Trotta steals the balll.. passes it to Kompany.. Kompany with a nice long pass to Rooney.. he burns a defender.. crossover dribble.. fakes out the keeper.. shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

53 minute mark: Jongerius gets a yellow card for a trip on Ortega.

55 minute mark: Adriano with a strong save of a 15 yard shot by Platt.

56 minute mark: Antonio trips Rooney.. that is Antonio's second yellow card!

71 minute mark: Cardozo on for Salva, Barbosa on for Downing, and Oswald on for Rooney.

82 minute mark: Jongerius pushes Ortega! Good bye Jongerius, that is your second yellow.



Game over. 2-0 win for us.

We outshot them 11-7 (5-3 on target)

Heller wins MoM, 8 for form, 21 of 26 passes, 2 key passes, 3 of 5 tackles, 8 of 10 headers, 3 interceptions, 2 runs, 1 foul drawn, and 1 goal.

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 8, 2017 -

Charlton have signed Fabian Estoyanoff on a free transfer since he was released by Milan. The 34 year old striker still has a bit of football left in him.


Roma have expressed interest in Diego Cardozo and want to know how much I want for him. I reply that I would sell him for 70 million and not a cent less.

I don't expect them to pay it, but I'm happy with my defense and don't really want to lose Cardozo.


Aug 9, 2017 -

Real Madrid have offered 40 million dollars plus 30% of next sale for Diego Cardozo. I tell them no.


My scout is very impresses with Real Madrid's young right/left fullback Victor. I decide to offer them 7 million dollars for him.



Aug 10, 2017 -

Roma have withdrawn their offer for Cardozo.

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 12, 2017 -

Michael Wood has suffered a groin strain and he will miss at least 2 weeks.

Real Madrid have rejected my 7 million dollar offer for Victor.

I counter with an offer of 9 million dollars.

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 14, 2017 -

Today we travel to play Sheff Wed in the first EPL Match of the new season. 2 of Sheffield Wednesday's best players are out injured including strikers Michael Vickers and Mike Davies. Instead, they will be relying on Scottish Midfielder Steven Collins. At 21, he is becoming a very good midfielder. David Bowen is a good left back and Michael Rein is a decent left winger. Craig James is a 25 year old keeper who has flaws in his game, but played well at times last year.

We are 4-7 favorites.

It's sunny with temperatures in the 70's.


GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Kompany
DC: Cardozo
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Heller
MC: Godoy
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Schreurs
S3: Barbosa
S4: King
S5: Salva

[Eaglesfan27]

2 minute mark: Godoy steals the ball at midpitch.. he passes it to Ortega.. Ortega dribbles past two defenders.. Ortega with a quick pass to Adriano in the right half of the box.. he shoots.. lower right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

22 minute mark: Godoy steals it.. passes it to Heller.. he shoots.. over the bar.

25 minute mark: Adriano with a pair of acrobatic saves.

44 minute mark: Godoy passes to Rooney.. he shoots from 30 yards out.. Hard curving shot.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.



Halftime: 1-0 lead for us.




47 minute mark: Adriano gets a yellow card for handballing.

50 minute mark: Adriano with a point blank save.

52 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney left of the box.. he centers it to Heller.. Heller volleys it.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!!! 2-0.

55 minute mark: Downing passes it left of the box.. he dribbles past a defender.. centers it to Heller right of the box.. Heller shoots.. strong curving shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

65 minute mark: Schreurs on for Ortega and King on for Adriano.

68 minute mark: Schmidt throws it into Heller.. he passes it to Schreurs.. Schreurs heads it.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-0.

75 minute mark: Miller gets a yellow card for tripping their striker.. Kompany argues the call.. Kompany gets a yellow card as well.

Salva on for Miller.

89 minute mark: Downing with a corner to the near post.. Heller heads it to King's feet in the center of the 6 yard box.. King immediately shoots.. GOAL!!!! 5-0!


Game over. 5-0 win.

We outshot them 15-10 (9-5 on target)

Heller wins MoM, 10 for form, 23 of 29 passes, 2 key passes, 4 of 5 tackles, 6 of 8 headers, 3 interceptions, 4 runs, 2 assists, and 2 goals.

Ortega had a 9 for form. Every other starter had an 8.

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 15, 2017 -

Real Madrid has countered my offer with a request for 3.8 million upfront, 8 million over a year, and 20% of next sale. I think Victor has a great deal of potential and Boogaart is getting old. I decide to pull the trigger on this transfer.

He is another fast, hard tackling fullback.


Liverpool has signed Gonzalo, a 24 year old Spanish striker from Levante. Gonzalo isn't particularly fast, but has good speed. He isn't particularly great at anything but is good at most things. Overall a nice pickup for depth, but they are in trouble if they rely on him as an everyday starter.



Aug 17, 2017 -

Darren Fletcher tore his groin muscle in training yesterday and will miss 1-2 months.

Tim Howard played well and the USA tied Canada 1-1 in the World Cup Qualifying Match today. Andrew Douek-pirotte scored the USA's only goal. Freddy Adu assisted on it.


Real Madrid have offered 76 million dollars plus Dario Tamburini for Carlos Godoy! I swallow hard, but tell them no.


Aug 18, 2017 -

Real Madrid have accepted my offer for Victor. I've offered him a 3 year deal as a rotational player with a salary of 1,800/week plus 50,000 signing bonus. My AM thinks he has considerable talent for his age.



Aug 19, 2017 -

Liverpool have offered 18 million for Michael Oswald. I reject that offer.


Derby have asked to borrow Mark Hall, my young 18 year old striker, for 3 months. They have very good training facilities and are in the English Championship. I agree.

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 19, 2017 -

Today we host West Brom in our first home EPL Match of the season. West Brom is led by young striker Mark Walsh who is a 19 year old Irish phenom. Ryan Wallace is also a good strong striker. Michael Jakobsen is 31, but he is still a technically gifted midfielder who is a good passer. He also plays with great determination. Iain Turner is a 33 year old Scotish keeper who has superb aerial ability and is generally a good keeper. He has a clean sheet in his only EPL start this year.


We are 4-7 favorites.

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


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Kompany
DC: Salva
DR: Boogaart
ML: Downing
MC: Godoy
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Petit
S3: Barbosa
S4: King
S5: Cardozo

[Eaglesfan27]

3 minute mark: Boogaart gets a yellow card for a trip on Walsh.. Heller argues the call.. yellow card for Heller.

5 minute mark: We get three shots on goals.. their keeper blocks them all.

7 minute mark: We keep the pressure on them.. Adriano shoots... the keeper blocks it.. Downing gets it in the left half of the box.. he centers it to Rooney.. he shoots from 8 yards out.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

10 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick.. to the near post.. Adriano heads it.. it hits the post.. bounces in! GOAL!!!! 2-0.

13 minute mark: Godoy passes to Boogaart.. he passes to Rooney in the box.. Rooney shoots.. it hits off Adams the defender.. into the goal! Adams is charged with an own goal! GOAL!!!! 3-0.

23 minute mark: Downing with a corenr kick to the near post.. Adriano outjumps the keeper.. heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-0.

36 minute mark: Downing passes to Godoy who heads it to Ortega.. Ortega centers it to Heller in the middle of the box.. he shoots.. quick powerful shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 5-0.



Halftime: 5-0 lead. We have over 68,000 fans here today.



51 minute mark: Heller passes to Godoy.. passes to Downing left of the box.. long cross to Ortega in the right side of the box.. he shoots.. lower left corner.. the keeper dives.. it's past him! GOAL!!!! 6-0.

54 minute mark: Ortega dribbles past two defenders.. crosses it short.. Adriano heads it.. over the bar. Just missed his hattrick. He is tired and won't get much more pitch time.

66 minute mark: Cardozo on for Boogaart and Petit on for Kompany. Adriano gets 2 more minutes before I pull his tired self.

70 minute mark: King on for Adriano.

80 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in the left corner of the box.. He shoots a powerful shot that flutters almost like a speeding knuckleball.. the keeper saves it.

86 minute mark: Downing threads a pass between three defenders to King in the right half of the box.. he shoots.. lower right corner.. the keeper saves it.

88 minute mark: Ortega dribbles past two defenders.. into right half of the box.. he makes a very fast crossing pass to the left side of the 6 yard box.. Rooney beats the defender.. hits it on the half-volley.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 7-0.



Game over.. 7-0 win. Rather convincing.

We outshot them 25-1 (19-0 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 10 for form, 24 of 27 passes, 3 key passes, 2 of 4 tackles, 1 of 3 headers, 12 runs, 1 foul drawn, and 4 assists!

Ortega, Adriano, and Rooney all had 10's for form as well. Heller had a 9. All of my other starters had 8's.

Ortega had 32 runs.

[daedalus]

Any plan on making a play for Mark Walsh? :D

[Eaglesfan27]

Any plan on making a play for Mark Walsh? :D

Hehe :) Probably not. I need to work Alberto Flores and Mark Hall into my rotation in the next year or so if they keep developing. Along with Oswald, Wright, King, Adriano, and of course Rooney in his last years it will be a crowded rotation ;)

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 19, 2017 -

Arsenal have signed 24 year old Spanish Right Winger, Rafa, from Sevilla for 10.5 million dollars. Rafa is a technically skilled player, but isn't very fast or physically skilled. I think they overpaid in their search for a replacement for the aging Kalou.


Aug 20, 2017 -

Glenn Hoddle has been sacked by Manchester City. Roy Aitken and Kunle Odetoyinbo are considered the favorites to become their new manager.


Xerez is trying to purchase Victor from Real Madrid. Hopefully, we can get the deal done before he changes his mind and goes there.


Alberto Flores played brilliantly for our U18 team in a 2-0 win. He had a 10 for form and had both goals.


Roma have offered 22 million dollars for Adriano Trotta. I turn down the offer.



Aug 21, 2017 -

Dario Tamburini has told Real Madrid that he is insulted by their contract offers and he plans on leaving the team after this year. The 19 year old midfielder is very talented for his age, and I'd gladly make a play for him if becomes a Bosman player.

Boogaart, Downing, and Heller were all selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

[daedalus]

Dario Tamburini has told Real Madrid that he is insulted by their contract offers and he plans on leaving the team after this year. The 19 year old midfielder is very talented for his age, and I'd gladly make a play for him if becomes a Bosman player.Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Time to poach.

Couldn't happen to a nicer team.

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 22, 2017 -

Today we travel to play Liverpool in our first difficult EPL Match of the Year. See our previous match (the Community Shield) against Liverpool for their main stars. However, today, none of their stars are injured.



We are 6-4 favorites.

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



GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Kompany
DC: Cardozo
DR: Miller
ML: Barbosa
MC: Godoy
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Trotta
S3: Schreurs
S4: King
S5: Salva

[Eaglesfan27]

4 minute mark: Miller starts our counter attack.. long pass to Adriano who crosses it to Barbosa.. he shoots.. the keeper blocks it.. a defender barely beats Rooney to the ball.. the defender clears it across the left sideline.

7 minute mark: Jongerius dribbles past Miller.. crosses it to Mokoena.. he heads it.. barely over the bar.

16 minute mark: They are applying tremendous pressure.

17 minute mark: Their keeper kicks it long to Mokoena.. he fakes out Kompany... dribbles to the edge of the box.. shoots.. upper left corner.. Adriano dives.. misplays it! Somewhat soft goal. Down 1-0.

25 minute mark: Godoy gets a yellow card for a trip on Mokoena.

32 minute mark: Adriano with a pair of acrobatic saves.



Halftime: Down 1-0. They dominated possession this half :(



60 minute mark: Trotta on for Schmidt. King on for Adriano.

65 minute mark: Matthews passes between both of our defenders to Mokoena.. he dribbles into the box.. shoots.. lower right corner.. Adriano dives.. too late. GOAL. Down 2-0.

72 minute mark: Antonio with a long pass to Platt who heads it to Mokoena in the middle of the box.. he blasts a shot.. upper left corner.. GOAL. Down 3-0. Mokoena has a hattrick against us.

91 minute mark: Miller with a long pass to King right of the box.. he crosses it to the far post.. Rooney heads it.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!! 3-1.



Game over. 3-1 loss.

We were outshot 19-5 (8-3 on target)

Mokoena wins MoM, 10 for form, 18 of 23 passes, 1 of 2 tackles, 8 of 12 headers, 7 runs, 2 fouls drawn, and 3 goals.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

That loss drops us into 2nd place behind Liverpool which has won every match so far.



Sunderland have completed the signing of Pierre Michel from Villarreal for 50 million dollars!!! When did Sunderland start having that kind of cash!?!

Pierre Michael is a 25 year old French striker with excellent speed, off the ball skills, dribbling, passing, and finishing. This kid could be a very dangerous striker in the EPL.

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 24, 2017 -

Carlos Godoy suffered a twisted ankle in practice yesterday and will miss at least 2 weeks.


Victor rejected my contract offer! He chose to go to Xerez and said that he was looking forward to working with new boss Abel Resino! I wonder if it was because he didn't want to have to compete with all of the talent we had among our defenders.


Newcastle have offered 16 million for Michael Oswald. I reject the offer.

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 25, 2017 -

Chelsea have offered 17 million dollars for Michael Oswald.

Chelsea have offered 80 million dollars for Michael Heller!!!! GULP! The first offer is easy to reject. The second one is a tougher choice.

Heller already has 4 goals in 4 starts. He is only 24. He is a very good passer. He has excellent physical skills, excellent mental skills, and excellent technical skills. This is going to be a tough decision.

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 25, 2017 -


Betis have paid 36.5 million plus Jose Angel, a talented 25 year old striker, to Liverpool for centreback Jorg Konig.



Today we play Sunderland in the European Super Cup. Sunderland is currently 11th in the EPL. Their most talented player is new acquisition Peirre Michel. Skjaerbaek remains a talented midfielder who drives their team. Alessandro Guidetti is a 26 year old sniper in front of the net. Steven Taylor is a fast skilled centreback. Paul Clarke is a young keeper who has potential, but is still a question mark at this point in his career.


We are 4-6 favorites.

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


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Kompany
DC: Salva
DR: Boogaart
ML: Barbosa
MC: Alfonso
MC: Heller
MR: Schreurs
SC: Oswald
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Petit
S3: Rooney
S4: Wright
S5: Miller
S6: Ortega
S7: Cardozo

[Eaglesfan27]

18 minute mark: Kompany trips Michel in the box.. Michel takes the penalty shot.. shoots.. Adriano dives to his right.. saves it!!!!

20 minute mark: Michel gets a yellow card for pushing Kompany.

29 minute mark: Grant bodychecks Oswald.. yellow card for Grant.

37 minute mark: King gets a yellow card for arguing an offside call.



Halftime: 0-0 tie.




61 minute mark: I slide Schreurs inside to the left side and put Ortega on for Alfonso.

72 minute mark: Rooney on for Oswald.


End of Regulation. It goes to penalties!



Rooney steps up first for me... he shoots.. to the keeper's left.. he dives.. blocks it.


Harmen Boven steps up for them... shoots.. lower right corner.. Adriano dives.. it is barely past him. Down 1-0.


Ortega steps up for us.. he blasts a shot into the upper left corner. 1-1.


Thomas Skjaerbaek steps up.. he blasts it over the bar!


Trotta steps up for us.. he shoots to the keeper's right.. he dives.. blocks it! 1-1.


Luke Clark steps up to shoot.. He shoots to Adriano's left.. Adriano dives... blocks it!



King steps up for us. He shoots.. lower left corner.. GOAL!!! 2-1.


Dave Grant steps up for them.. he shoots wide left!!!!


If Salva hits this, we win.... he shoots.. lower right corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.


Guidetti steps up for them.. if he hits this.. it's tie... he shoots.. to Adriano's left.. Adriano dives.. it's wide of Adriano.. wide of the post by inches!!!! YES! WE WIN!


Game over. 2-1 win on penalty shots.

We each had 6 shots. We each had 2 shots on target.


Salva wins MoM, 8 for form, 22 of 27 passes, 7 of 8 tackles, 15 of 16 headers, 2 interceptions.

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 26, 2017 -

The deadline for accepting/rejecting the Heller trade is midnight tonight. I decide that I'm going to carefully deliberate over this for a while before making a decision.

[ice4277]

That's a lot of cash but the fact that its a rival team would make me very leery.

[Eaglesfan27]

That's a lot of cash but the fact that its a rival team would make me very leery.
Yeah, that is why I'm leary too. I turned down that much cash for Godoy. I'm not sure why I'm so tempted on giving up Heller. Perhaps, it is because I sort of nursed Godoy's development along and am more attached to him. The fact of the matter is that Heller may be better than Godoy. Heller and Godoy together are a great 1-2 punch. Parker is also excellent and I feel great about my midfield when any 2 of them are out there. I'll almost certainly turn down the offer or counter that 80 million plus Adu ;) (Who is 28 now I think)

[TonyR]

Wow, that would give you 140M+ in your transfer budget...What you could do with all the money...

[Eaglesfan27]

Wow, that would give you 140M+ in your transfer budget...What you could do with all the money...
That is part of why I'm tempted. However, what would I do with the money?

I've got a great young keeper who I suspect is at least one of the top 15 in the World.

I've got both skilled youth and veteran leadership among my defenders.

I need a left wing fairly soon. Probably within the next year or so as Downing is starting to decline.

Right now (if I don't sell Heller) I have two of the best midfielders in the World and Parker isn't far behind.

Ortega is just hitting his prime and he has become one of the best right winger is in the World. Schreurs is still very good and makes an excellent backup (except for his sulking that he isn't getting more PT.)

Adriano and Rooney are still two of the best strikers in the World. Rooney is going to start his decline soon, I suspect. However, King is very good to excellent. Oswald is very good. Flores has the potential to be great. Would I bring in another striker and risk taking away PT from Flores? Also, Wright is good to very good and he isn't even getting PT. Kevin Young in my reserve squad isn't bad either.

I'm not posting this as anything negative. I'm just posting some thoughts I've been wrestling with as I work on this decision.

With 60 million I probably could still get a good left winger, but having 140 million to play with is tempting..

[daedalus]

If it was Milan or Juventus (namely out of the league), I'd be tempted. With the budget you already have to play with, I don't think arming Chelsea with another weapon is worth it.

[Eaglesfan27]

Yep. I've finally made my decision. I'm going to turn down the offer. It's just not worth giving Chelsea an excellent midfielder just entering his prime.

[TonyR]

well, you still have 60+M to play with, and you get to see Heller play for you in his prime.

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 26, 2017 -

Gary Corbertt had 2 goals for my U18 team as they beat Blackpool 4-0.

Alberto Flores missed the game (and the next 4 days due to a twisted knee.) He does seem to be picking up quite a few "minor" injuries.


I rejected the offer for Heller.




Aug 27, 2017 -

Sheff Wed have signed striker Pete Collins from Liverpool for 3.8 million dollars. Pete is a decent depth striker, and I think this was a nice value striker as Collins has some ability as a target man.


Valencia have offered 70 million for Carlos Godoy. I turn down the offer.



Zaragoza has offered 9.2 million plus 50% of next sale for Alberto Flores. I turn down the offer.


Arsenal have offered 16 million for Michael Oswald. I turn down the offer.

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 28, 2017 -

We've been put in Group F of the Champions League along with Milan, Shakhtar, and Porto. Overall, a fairly challenging group.

We've been given 4.8 million for participating in the Group Stage of the Champions League.



Aug 30, 2017 -

Aston Villa have spent 16.5 million dollars to sign Reggina's Murilo. Murilo is a 29 year old Brazilian Central Defender who is technically very skilled, but isn't that physically gifted.

Murilo has told the press that he is sad to be leaving Reggina, and that he hopes to return there some day!

[Eaglesfan27]

Aug 30, 2017 -

Today we host Newcastle in an EPL Match. Newcastle relies on the continued good play of Kasper Lorentzen at left wing. Ignacio is a very good striker entering his prime and he is joined by young phenom striker David Perez. David is an 18 year old Spanish Striker who has a deft touch around the goal and is very agile. He is still young, but he has tremendous potential. Luis Carlos is a powerful leaping centreback who dominates foes physically at times. Jon Hooper is a decent keeper who I've just added to the English Team as he is probably the 3rd best keeper in England. Unfortunately (at least from my perspective as the England Manager) that doesn't mean much. Hooper has some holes in his game, and we should be able to beat him.


We are even odd favorites.

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


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Salva
DC: Kompany
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Heller
MC: Oswald (With Godoy and Parker hurt, I love Oswald's versatility to play midfield)
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Cardozo
S3: Barbosa
S4: King
S5: Wood

[Eaglesfan27]

4 minute mark: Ortega is whistled for tripping Lorentzen.. he argues the call.. he gets away with a warning.

10 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick to the near post.. Adriano heads it.. excellent save by the keeper.

12 minute mark: Trotta steals the ball.. passes it to Heller.. Heller with a slick pass into the box to Adriano.. he shoots.. the keeper with a diving save.

22 minute mark: David Grunert trips Adriano.. Yellow card to Grunert.

28 minute mark: Ortega gets a yellow card for a trip on Lorentzen.. Adriano argues the call.. he gets a yellow card too.

33 minute mark: Trotta take a free kick from left of the box.. centers it to Downing.. he heads it.. the keeper dives... catches it.

44 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick to the middle of the box.. Adriano heads it.. upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. it's past him!!! GOAL!!!! 1-0. That is Adriano's 100th Career League Goal!



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



52 minute mark: Adriano stops a long range shot from Lorentzen.

54 minute mark: Downing passes it to Rooney left of the box.. Rooney centers it to Adriano who knocks it down.. is 8 yards out.. shoots a shot so fast that I couldn't see it. Neither could the keeper. GOAL!!!! 2-0. That was Adriano's 5th of the year.

66 minute mark: Oswald slides to right wing and Wood comes on for Ortega. Cardozo on for Salva who has a yellow card.

Adriano gets 4 more minutes to work on his hattrick.

71 minute mark: King on for Adriano who has a yellow card.

74 minute mark: Lorentzen with a corner kick to the middle of the box.. Dickhoff outjumps Cardozo.. heads it.. upper left corner.. Adriano can't get to it in time. GOAL. 2-1.

85 minute mark: Cardozo with a key defensive play.



Game over. 2-1 win.

We outshot them 11-7 (5-4 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 10 for form, 14 of 20 passing, 3 key passes, 0 tackles, 3 of 8 headers, 2 interceptions, 12 runs, 6 fouls drawn, 1 assist.

Adriano had a 9 for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Alberto Flores was injured in our U18 game against Woking and will miss 3-4 days with a gash on his head.


Sep 1, 2017 -

Fulham have signed Sorin Gheorghe from Celta for 21.5 million dollars. Sorin is a skilled 25 year old Romanian Left Winger. I wouldn't have paid that much for him due to a relatively slow footspeed.



The board is thrilled with my performance as manager.


Stewart Downing has won the EPL Player of the Month. Adriano came in 2nd, and Lebohang Mokoena of Liverpool came in 3rd.



Richard James of Arsenal won the EPL Young Player of the Month. The 18 year old striker had 3 goals for them this month. Victor of West Ham came in 2nd, and Chris Miller came in 3rd.


Liverpool's Pako Ayestaran has won the EPL Manager of the Month. Dave Jones of Middlesbrough came in 2nd, and Rafa Benitez of Chelsea came in 3rd.



Sep 2, 2017 -

My young forward, Mark Hall, had a goal for England's U21 team in their 3-0 win over Norway. Chris Miller provided solid defense in the match.


Tim Howard played well in the USA's 2-0 shutout over Costa Rica in the World Cup Qualifying Match. Newcomer, John Singleton had both goals for the USA. The 21 year old has 6 goals for San Jose this year and now 3 goals in 10 caps for the USA.

Freddy Adu didn't play due to injury.

[Eaglesfan27]

Sep 2, 2017 -

Today I coach England against Norway at home in a World Cup Qualifying Match. We are currently 1st in our Qualifying Section Group Stage. Norway has some talented players including attacking midfielder/striker Daniel Fredheim Holm who is playing well for Nantes this year at the age of 32. Keeper Espen Johnsen is aging, but still playing well for Lazio. Midfielder Hans Martin Wehler is playing well for FC Koln and is really just hitting his stride. Those are the three biggest stars on the team, but they work well together and we would do well not to underestimate them.


We are 4-6 favorites.


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



GK: Chris Taylor
DL: Alan Thomas
DC: Robert Morris
DC: David Evans
DR: Glen Johnson (the veteran of the group)
ML: John Hall
MC: Chris Cohen
MC: Michael Wood
MR: Aaron Lennon (has surpassed the slipping Eagles)
SC: Wayne Rooney
SC: Craig King

S1: Jon Hooper (my AM thinks he has surpased Lancaster in ability)
S2: Steve Turner
S3: Jack Lee (talented young left winger)
S4: Mark Tucker
S5: Steven Taylor
S6: Jamie Cook
S7: Nicky Platt

[Eaglesfan27]

7 minute mark: John Hall with a nice run past his defender.. crosses it to Cohen who is just outside the box.. he shoots.. strong curving shot.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!!! 1-0. That is Cohen's first international goal!

30 minute mark: Both defenses are dominating..

32 minute mark: Wood gets a yellow card for tripping Skollevoid.

40 minute mark: Cohen gets a yellow card for pushing Moen.



Halftime: 1-0 lead. Defenses are dominating, preventing good scoring opportunities. There are over 78,000 at Welbley today.



47 minute mark: David Evans starts the counterattack. They've gone to a more attack oriented strategy... Rooney is breaking away.. he beats the lone defender.. dribbles into the box.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

52 minute mark: Evans witha long pass to Rooney.. he dribbles past two defenders.. into the box.. shoots... upper right corner.. the keeper saves it.

61 minute mark: Tucker on for Rooney, Platt on for King, and Cook on for Wood.

75 minute mark: Taylor with a trio of acrobatic saves as the defense really broke down there for a minute!

88 minute mark: Cohen passes to Hall on the left wing.. he passes back to Cohen.. Cohen with a great pass to Lennon in the box.. he is 10 yards out.. rips a shot.. lower left corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0. Lennon with a nice goal.


Game over. 3-0 win :)

We outshot them 18-14 (10-8 on target) The game really open up in the 2nd half.

Wayne Rooney won MoM, 10 for form, 12 of 12 passes, 0 of 1 tackles, 0 of 2 headers, 1 interception, 13 runs, 2 fouls drawn, and 1 goal.

Lennon also had a 10 for form.

John Hall and Chris Taylor both had 9's for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Aaron Lennon was hurt and has to be removed from the squad for the next game. I bring up Matthew Harvey, a decent right winger playing for Coventry to replace him.

Robert Morris has been hurt and has to be removed from the squad. I call up Ben Bennett to replace him.




In other World Cup Qualifying News:


Antonio Ortega had both assists for Spain in their 2-1 win over Romania.


Vincent Kompany and Mickael Schmidt both played very well for their respective countries in a 1-1 tie between Belgium and France.


Michael Heller had an assist and Michael Oswald had a goal for Germany in their 4-0 win over Andorra.

Salva and Trotta both played very well for Italy, but they tied Ireland 1-1.

Jeroen Schreurs had 2 assists for Holland in their 3-0 win over Belarus.

[Eaglesfan27]

Sep 4, 2017 -

Chris Cohen spoke of his delight in scoring his first goal for England. The 30 year old fullback/midfielder thanked me for giving him the opportunity and told the press that he can't wait to get on the pitch again for England.

Nicky Platt was hurt in practice today. I've called up striker Mickael Vickers to replace him.


Downing and Adriano were named to the EPL Team of the Week.



Sep 6, 2017 -

Barry Parker has resumed full training after recovering from his injury.

Mark Hall had 2 goals and an assist for England's U21 team. Chris Miller also played well in England's 5-0 win over Albania.

[Eaglesfan27]

Sep 6, 2017 -

Today England hosts Albania in a World Cup Qualifying Match. Albania doesn't have any real stars.


We are 1-6 favorites.

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


GK: Taylor
DL: Cohen
DC: Evans
DC: Bennett
DR: Johnson
ML: Hall
MC: Wood
MC: Stephen Taylor
MR: Eagles
SC: Rooney
SC: Tucker

S1: Hooper
S2: Steve Turner
S3: Matthew Harvey
s4: James Gordon
s5: Alan Thomas
S6: Cook
S7: Worthington

[Eaglesfan27]

14 minute mark: Rooney is tripped in the box.. Hall takes the penalty.. blasts it.. upper left corner.. just over the bar.

29 minute mark: Rooney gets the ball left of the box.. centers it to Eagles.. Shala defends the pass.. taps it away.. to Wood.. he shoots from 18 yards.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

43 minute mark: John Hall dribbles past his man.. short pass to Rooney in the left side of the box.. quick shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.


Halftime: 2-0 lead. There are over 78,000 here at Wembley.



61 minute mark: James Gordon on for Rooney and Cook on for Wood.

84 minute mark: Cook passes to Eagles on the right wing.. he beats his man.. crosses it to Hall in the left side of the box.. Hall shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.


Game over. 3-0 win.

We outshot them 21-2 (11-1 on target)

Hall wins MoM, 9 for form, 28 of 33 passes, 4 key passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 2 of 4 headers, 5 runs, 1 foul drawn, 1 assist, and 1 goal.

[Eaglesfan27]

Sep 6, 2017 -

Alberto Flores was dominant despite only having an assist in our reserve's 3-0 win over Middlesbrough.



Other World Cup Qualifying News:

Jeroen Schreurs had an assist for Holland in their 2-0 win over Poland.

Salva played very well defensively for Italy in their 5-0 win over San Marino.

Mickael Schmidt had an assist and played solid defense for France in their 5-0 win over Moldova.

Helder Barbosa had a goal and an assist for Portugal in their 5-0 win over Lithuania.

Antonio Ortega was just ok for Spain in their 1-0 win over Slovenia.

Vincent Kompany played well defensively in Belgium's 0-0 tie with Slovakia.

Tim Howard played well in goal for the USA in their 2-0 win over Jamaica.


23 year old San Jose striker Connor Hayes had both goals for the USA. Freddy Adu didn't play due to injury.

[Eaglesfan27]

Sep 9, 2017 -

Alberto Flores suffered a bruised shin during our U18 team's 2-0 win over Halifax. Flores will be back in 5 days. Is he showing that he is brittle?


Manchester City upset Chelsea 1-0. Excellent.



World cup News:

Diego Cardozo had a poor game for Uruguay and they lost to Paraguay 1-0.

Adriano played ok for Brazil in their 2-1 win over Ecuador.



Sep 10, 2017 -

Andriy Voronin has been sacked by Villarreal.


We've been made 5-1 favorites to win the Champions League. Valencia is next at 8-1, Milan 10-1, Arsenal 11-1, Juventus 11-1, and Deportivo 11-1.


Sep 11, 2017 -

Manchester City suffered a blow when Striker Melvin Mukrab was hurt in training today. He will miss 2-3 months with a hip injury.

[Eaglesfan27]

Sep 13, 2017 -

Today we travel to play Porto in a Champions League Match. Porto is a good Portguese team lead by striker Joao Pedro. Joao is a fast agile striker who has a good finishing touch. Rui Caeiro is an average keeper who is only 21 and could become quite skilled. Peter Prospar is a fast powerful 25 year old centreback who has impecable positioning.


We are 4-5 favorites.

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


GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Kompany
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Godoy
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Trotta
S3: Schreurs
S4: Oswald
S5: Parker
S6: Barbosa
S7: King

[Eaglesfan27]

1st minute: Adriano steals it at midpitch.. quick perfect pass to Rooney's feet about 30 yards up the pitch.. he dribbles into the box.. the keeper came out at him.. he chips it over the keeper's shoulder... upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

14 minute mark: Downing gets a yellow card for tripping the right winger.

43 minute mark: Godoy gets a yellow card for a trip on Prospar.



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




60 minute mark: King on for Adriano and Parker on for Godoy.

68 minute mark: Nunes gets a yellow card for tripping Rooney in the box.. he argues.. Red CArd!!!! Ortega takes the penalty shot.. lower left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

74 minute mark: Barbosa on for Downing.

83 minute mark: Kompany gets a yellow card for pushing a striker.



Game over. 2-0 win for us.

We outshot them 13-7 (5-2 on target)

Rooney wins MoM, 10 for form, 27 of 30 passes, 3 key passes, 1 of 2 tackles, 3 of 6 headers, 10 runs, 1 assist, and a goal.

All of my other starters had 8's for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Sep 17, 2017 -

Real Madrid is rumored to be close to firing Gonzalo Abando.


Today we host Fulham in an EPL Match. Fulham is currently in 15th place. They are led by striker David who is a very good player. David has excellent jumping, balance, and agility and is a very good finisher. Michael Rensing has quietly become one of the best keepers in the World and I've been tempted to acquire him a few times. However, he is already 33. Wayne Dunn and Jiri Mach are an excellent pair of centrebacks. Davide Canini is playing well at right wing.


We are 4-5 favorites.

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


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Kompany
DC: Salva
DR: Boogaart
ML: Barbosa
MC: Godoy
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Oswald
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Cardozo
S3: Schreurs
S4: Adriano
S5: Miller

[Eaglesfan27]

1st minute: Heller steals the ball.. passes it forward to Oswald.. Dunn heads the ball away... to Heller.. he quickly passes to Godoy on his left.. Godoy shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

11 minute mark: Intricate series of passes from Ortega to Barbosa to Heller to Godoy just inside the center area of the box.. he shoots from 17 yards out.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0! Godoy's 2nd.

35 minute mark: Ortega with a hard slide on Schulz.. yellow card for Ortega who was a little too aggressive trying to get the ball.



Halftime: 2-0 lead for us. We have just over 64,000 fans here today.



Trotta has picked up an injury. I put Cardozo on for him.

47 minute mark: Barbosa passes to Heller in the middle of the box.. hard shot.. upper left corner.. excellent save by Rensing.

63 minute mark: Heller with a yellow card for pushing their midfielder.

68 minute mark: Schreurs on for Ortega.



Game over. 2-0 win for us.

We outshot them 18-0 (10-0 on target)

Barbosa wins MoM, 10 for form, 16 of 18 passes, 6 key passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 1 of 1 headers, 21 runs, 3 fouls drawn.

Ortega also had a 10 for form. Godoy had a 9 for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Game Report:

I realize that I never had my coaches prepare their report on the annual decline/improvement of my players over the past year. I was supposed to have them prepare it at the beginning of September. I tell them to prepare it by tomorrow morning.

[Eaglesfan27]

First the good news:

10 best gainers:

1. Antonio Blanco - This 18 year old keeper has shown TREMENDOUS growth. He has improved his aerial ability, command of the box, comminuciation, and positioning to significant degrees. If he can continue to progress at this rate for 1 to 2 more years, he will surpass Adriano as the #1 keeper! He is showing more growth than Flores, my other acquisition at that time period. I expect Blanco to play with my reserve squad and be my backup keeper next year for the big squad.

2. 18 year old Phil Griffin, a right back, has improved the most in the past year. He still has a large degree of improvement needed to be worthy of playing on the big club. However, he is noted to be a very hard worker and he might make it one day.

3. Adam Simpson is an 18 year old midfielder who has shown vast amounts of improvement. He doesn't have great natural ability, but he is working very hard. It shows in his training.

4. Graham Lewis is a 16 year old keeper who has shown astonishing growth for one so young. He has become a very good keeper for his age. If he can continue to grow at anywhere near this rate, he should be ready to start for our big club in 3 o 4 years. However, my coaches note that he doesn't have good bravery in practice. In fact, he is downright afraid at times. That could hurt him..

5. James Webb - This 18 year old left winger probably will never make the big club, but he does have excellent speed and has shown significant growth in the past year.

6. Alan O'Brien - This 17 year old Irish Right Winger is showing improved speed, very nice growth in his decision making, and better passing. He might be able to contribute in a few years if he continues to grow.

7. Michael Higgins - This 19 year old keeper has shown astonishing improvements in his agility and balance to the point that he has become among the best in these areas. However, he is still technically deficient.

8. Carlos Godoy - Despite already being a very good player this midfielder has continued to show significant improvement. Most of his improvements have been mental as he is showing improved concentration, flair, technique, creativity, positioning, composure, and anticipation. He has truly become one of the best midfielders in the world.

9. Antonio Ortega - This 23 year old World Class right winger doesn't have much room for improvement, but my coaches believe he has become the top 3 in the world at crossing the ball. They think his first touch has improved to top notch levels. They feel his passing has become one of the best 3 in the world. His technique has become unstoppable, and his creativity and flair have become top notch. He has continued to have a fast pace. He has also improved his heading and long shooting ability.

10. Michael Oswald - He has improved his agility, balance, and most of his technical abilities. He is becoming a top flier striker/attacking midfielder.


Others of note: Alberto Flores has not shown much improvement in the last year, despite scoring a large number of goals. Our coaches feel his finishing is better, but his passing is regressing a bit. He is improving in most mental areas. His first touch is improving slightly as well. Overall, he needs to show more commitment to becoming a world class striker.



Now, the bad news. The 10 biggest losers (of skill):


1. Darren Fletcher's age has clearly caught up with him. He is losing most of his skills. He plans on retiring after this season which is a good thing.

2. Stewart Downing - He is losing his very good speed and is just average in that area. He is also losing his acceleration and agility. His crossing is not as crisp. His passing isn't as good. His first touch isn't as good. He is still a very good starter, but he is no longer a dominant left winger. He could become merely average by the end of the year according to my coaches. Next year, he will probably be a backup at best.

3. Alfonso - The 26 year old left winger appears to have just given up training hard, perhaps due to the lack of PT. He isn't as crisp in any of his technical skills.

4. Tim Howard - His age is clearly catching up with him and he isn't as agile or as good at leaping. His reflexes are also slowing down considerably. In fact, all of his keeping skills have deteriorated a bit.

5. Vincent Kompany - He is 31 and is just starting to decline, but if he goes down fast, he will be my worst acquisition ever arguably. He is still a very good and maybe even elite defender, but he is showing slight signs of deteriorating in all of his technical areas.

6. Chris Miller - Did I bring him up too early. Is this just a momentary blip? Regardless, my scouts feel that he has deteriorated in most of his technical abilities slightly.

7. Salva - He is only 25, but he is showing slight signs of decline in all areas.

8. Mark van den Boogaart - He is 32 and he is starting to show decline in all technical aspects of his game.

9. Bob Wright - The striker is showing slight declines in his game.

10. Wayne Rooney - He is showing just the slightest signs of slipping according to my coaches. Specifically, his passing ability is decreasing slightly as is his ability to take corners. They also feel his ability to accelerate has dropped slightly.

His top speed is still very good as is his acceleration.

[Eaglesfan27]

Sep 19, 2017 -

Ortega and Godoy were selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Villarreal has hired the prominent manager Luis Miguel Rivera as their new manager.



Sep 20, 2017 -

Darren Fletcher has resumed full training after recovering from his injury.


Graham Lewis played very well in goal for our reserve team even thought they lost to Liverpool 1-0. Nicky Platt had Liverpool's only goal (what is he doing on the reserve squad?)


Sep 22, 2017 -

We drew Everton at our home pitch in the 3rd round of the English League Cup. I really want to win this cup this year.

[Eaglesfan27]

2 minute mark: Heller passes to Downing left of the box.. he passes it to Adriano in the center of the box.. nice half volley.. the keeper parries it.. Adriano beats Rooney to the rebound.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

11 minute mark: Ortega gets the ball at midpitch.. dribbles past one defender.. fakes out another defender.. dribbles past a third defender cutting the ball into the box.. he centers it for Adr.. no it's past him to Downing.. Downing shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0. That is Downing's 1st of the year.

18 minute mark: Ortega takes a free kick from left of the box.. he passes it to Adriano inside the 6 yard box right side.. he heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

21 minute mark: Salva passes it back to Adriano.. he passes to Boogaart.. Boogaart passes it to Adriano in their half.. he heads it onto Rooney.. Rooney beats the lone defender.. dribbles into the box.. the keeper charges him.. Rooney with a nice feint.. around the keeper.. shoots.. GOAL!!!! 4-0.

25 minute mark: Boogaart passes it to Ortega.. Ortega dribbles past two defenders.. into the right edge of the box.. crosses it to the far post.. Heller heads it.. over the bar.

33 minute mark: Heller steals the ball.. passes it to Ortega just past midpitch.. Ortega with a perfect pass into the left corner of the box to Downing.. he beats a defender.. shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 5-0!

42 minute mark: Downing throws it into Heller.. he centers it to Godoy just inside the box.. Godoy with a quick tap pass to Ortega.. he shoots from 15 yards out.. strong curving shot.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 6-0.


Halftime: 6-0 lead. We have over 91,000 fans here today.



54 minute mark: Downing with a free kick.. passes it to Adriano by the near post... Adriano heads it.. the keeper blocks it.

64 minute mark: Cardozo on for Salva who has a yellow card. Trotta on for Downing and Parker on for Heller.

Downing gets a standing ovation as he comes off the pitch.

70 minute mark: Ortega passes to Trotta left of the box.. he centers for Rooney.. he heads it.. the keeper dives.. tips it over the bar.

74 minute mark: Trotta steals the ball.. dribbles past two defenders.. to the left corner.. nice cross to the far post.. Adriano heads it.. upper right corner... GOAL!!!!! 7-0. That is Adriano's hattrick.

82 minute mark: Parker gets a yellow card for pushing Pabio.

84 minute mark: Very nice passing between Trotta and Rooney all the way down the left side of the pitch.. great passing back and forth.. Trotta passes it to Parker just outside the box.. he is tripped.. Whistle. Rooney takes the free kick.. blasts it over the wall.. just over the bar.

89 minute mark: Trotta dribbles the ball past two defenders.. crisp cross to the far post.. Adriano heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 8-0.

91 minute mark: Trotta steals the ball.. dribbles past a defender.. crosses it to Ortega.. he passes it to Adriano in the 6 yard box.. Adriano shoots.. the keeper blocks it.. Rooney shoots the rebound.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!!! 9-0.



Game over. 9-0 win for us.

We outshot them 26-1 (18-0 on target)

Adriano wins MoM, 10 for form, 14 of 18 passes, 2 key passes, 0 tackles, 14 of 17 headers, 1 run, 1 foul drawn, 2 assists, and 4 goals.

Boogaart, Downing, Ortega, and Rooney also had 10's for form.

Salva, Schmidt, Kompany, Godoy, and Trotta (despite limited time at left wing) had 9's for form.

Heller had an 8 and Adriano (GK) had a 7 for form. Very nice game from our guys.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

That 9-0 win was a new record league win!



Sep 24, 2017 -


Alfonso has told the media that there is no chance of him re-signing with us, and that he will leave as a Bosman after the year is over.

Our U18 team beat Sheff Wed's U18 team in the 2nd round of the U18 cup. Young midfielder, Andrew Harper had 2 goals for our team in the win.


Sep 25, 2017 -

Salva suffered a severe ankle sprain in practice and he will miss 4-5 weeks.


Boogaart, Schmidt, and Kompany were all selected to the EPL Team of the Week.


The media asked me "How are you going to handle losing a player of Salva's quality?"

I reply, "Salva is an excellent player, but so are many of my defenders."

[Eaglesfan27]

Sep 26, 2017 -

Today we host Shakhtar in a Champions League Match. They are a decent Ukrainian team. Their main star is striker/midfielder Mykola Gaydarhy who is 29. He is fast, has good accleration, and technically good.


We are 4-7 favorites.

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



GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Petit
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Heller
MC: Godoy
MR: Schreurs
SC: Oswald
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Wood
S3: Parker
S4: Kompany
S5: Alfonso
S6: Barbosa
S7: Wright

[Eaglesfan27]

14 minute mark: Godoy passes to Downing left of the box.. he centers it to the ar post.. King heads.. nice block by a defender who blocked the ball.

34 minute mark: Heller gets a yellow card for pushing down the man guarding him.



Halftime: 0-0 tie. We have over 72,000 fans here today.




59 minute mark: Schreurs dribbles past two defenders.. centers it to Downing who shoots.... his shot is blocked.. it bounces to Cardozo.. he shoots from 25 yards out.. strong curving shot.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!!! 1-0.

64 minute mark: Petit trips a striker.. yellow card for Petit.

66 minute mark: Petit steals the ball.. quick pass to Godoy who heads it onto to Heller.. Heller passes it between two defenders to King in the box.. perfect leading pass.. he shoots.. lower right corner... GOAL!!!! 2-0.

Downing is Exhausted! I put Alfonso on for him. Oswald is tired, I put Barbosa on for him.

Wright on for King as well.

Downing is given a standing ovation.



Game over. 2-0 win for us.

We outshot them 13-0 (9-0 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 9 for form, 12 of 15 passes, 1 of 2 tackles, 0 of 2 headers, 1 interception, 21 runs, 3 fouls drawn.

Heller also had a 9 for form. Cardozo, Schreurs, and King all had 8's for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

(OOC NOTE: I'm playing while slightly intoxicated. Hopefully, that doesn't bite me in the ass.)

Sep. 28, 2017 -

Antonio Ortega has twisted his knee and will miss about a week.


Sep 30, 2017 -

Today we travel to play Aston Villa in an EPL Match. They are in 10th while we are in 3rd place. They are led by star striker, Jhon Jairo Mosquera who has 6 goals in 6 starts this year. Jose Ignacio Carreno is playing right wing very well. John Hall is playing left wing very well. Chris Cohen is playing excellently at left back. Richard Duah is their new keeper. This 23 year old from Ghana has average skills at best, and he hasn't done well in goal for Aston Villa this year. He has given up 12 goals in 7 starts so far.


We are 4-5 favorites.

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


GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Kompany
DC: Cardozo
DR: Miller
ML: Barbosa
MC: Godoy
MC: Heller
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Cahais
S3: Oswald
S4: King
S5: Trotta

[Eaglesfan27]

5 minute mark: Heller steals the ball.. passes it to Rooney who heads it to Adriano in the box.. he shoots.. lower left corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it. The keeper scrambles.. jumps on the rebound.

6 minute mark: Barbosa passes to Rooney.. he dribbles past a defender.. tries to go around the keeper.. the keeper backpedals.. Rooney shoots.. the keeper blocks it.. Barbosa gets the rebound.. passes it to Godoy in the center of the box.. he shoots.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

9 minute mark: Davis passes to Mosquera in the edge of the box.. he shoots.. strong curving shot.. upper right corner.. Adriano dives.. great save.

11 minute mark: Schreurs gets the ball from Cardozo.. passes it to Barbosa in the left edge of the box.. Barbosa dribbles past a defender.. shoots from 15 yards.. strong curving shot.. it sails past the keeper.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!!! 2-0. That is Barbosa's 1st of the year.

13 minute mark: Godoy steals the ball.. passes it to Barbosa in the left edge of the box.. he fakes out a defender.. crosses it towards the far post.. Adriano heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0!

16 minute mark: Schmidt plays it to Barbosa.. he passes to Rooney left of the box.. Rooney fakes out a defender.. dribbles along the endline.. shoots his patented shot.. along the endline.. it is parallel.. curving.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-0.

30 minute mark: Rooney picks up a minor knock.. I'll be watching him closely.

42 minute mark: Godoy passes to Rooney in the very middle of the box.. he shoots.. over the bar.



Halftime: 4-0 lead. Very impressive first half on the road.



56 minute mark: Miller gets a yellow card for tripping Mosquera just outside the box.

61 minute mark: Barbosa passes to Rooney.. he dribbles past two defenders.. dribbles towards the left goal post.. the keeper comes over.. Rooney with a quick cross back towards Adriano on his right.. he hits it on the half-volley.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 5-0.

Oswald on for Rooney, King on for Adriano, and Cahais on for Cardozo.

77 minute mark: Mosquera is tripped by Cahais in the box.. Cahais gets a yellow card... Carreno takes the penalty shot.. lower left corner.. GOAL. 5-1.

79 minute mark: Godoy passes it to Barbosa left of the box.. he crosses it to the middle of the box.. King hits it on the half-volley.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.

80 minute mark: Cahais with a good defensive play.. passes it to Heller.. Heller threads the ball between two defenders.. King has it in the box.. he shoots.. blazing shot.. lower left corner.. GOAL!!!! 6-1.

84 minute mark: Cohen passes to Moore left of the box.. Moore beats Miller.. centers it for Carreno.. he heads it.. upper left corner.. GOAL. 6-2.

91 minute mark: Moore dribbles into the box.. passes back to Cohen who has joined the attack.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. Adriano dives.. it's past him. GOAL. 6-3.



Game over. 6-3 win.

We outshot them 16-8 (14-6 on target)

Rooney wins MoM, 10 for form, 12 of 14 passes, 1 key pass, 3 of 3 tackles, 3 of 6 headers, 5 runs, 1 assist, and a goal.

Adriano, Barbosa, and Heller had 9's for form. Cardozo, Schreurs, King, and Godoy all had 8's for form.

The rest of the team had 7's.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Alberto Flores had a hattrick and 2 assists in our U18's 5-0 win over Burnley. Alberto is back!

Chris Miller bruised his shin and will miss about a week.

That win has us back in 1st place in the EPL!



Oct. 1, 2017 -

The board is "thrilled" with my performance as manager.

Carlos Godoy has won the EPL Player of the Month Award. Michael Heller came in 2nd, and Hatem Ben Arfa of Arsenal came in 3rd.

Birmingham City's Darren Fitzgerald has won the EPL Young Player of the Month. The 21 year old striker has 2 goals this month and has generally played well. Alan Keane of Sunderland came in 2nd, and Steffen Seitz of Middlesbrough came in 3rd.


Arsenal's Joop Hiele has won the EPL Manager of the Month. Frank Rijkaard of Sunderland came in 2nd, and I came in 3rd.

Wayne Rooney won the Goal of his month for his patented goal against Aston Villa on the 30th.




Oct 3, 2017 -

Heller, Rooney, and Adriano were all selected to the EPL Team of the Week.



Alberto Flores has been called up to Spain's U21 squad for their match against Wales.

[Eaglesfan27]

Oct 4, 2017 -

Today we host West Ham in an EPL Match. They are in 2nd place early in the season! This is a battle for 1st which we currently own. West Ham is doing it behind two dynamic scorers and with strong defense. Striker Robbin Kieft is off to a hot start with 7 goals in 7 starts. Right winger Aaron Lennon has 3 goals and 4 assists in 8 starts. They have 6 other players with 1 goal each. Paul Anderson is playing left back superbly. Warren Norman is having one of the best starts I've ever heard about from a keeper. He is averaging 9.00 for form so far! He is 26 and he is really hitting his stride as a keeper. I'll have to consider adding him to the National Team soon. Unfortunately, I've already named the national team for the upcoming 2 matches (which are immediately after this match.) In any case, Norman has 7 clean sheets in 8 starts. Can we crack the mystery?

We are 4-6 favorites.

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



GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Kompany
DR: Boogaart
ML: Downing
MC: Godoy
MC: Heller
MR: Schruers
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Petit
S3: Barbosa
S4: King
S5: Parker

[Eaglesfan27]

2 minute mark: Godoy with an aggressive play for the ball in the offensive box.. yellow card on Godoy.

5 minute mark: Rooney was holding Anderson's jersey in the box.. yellow card for Rooney.

16 minute mark: Kompany trips Kieft just outside the box.. Yellow card for Kompany :(

18 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in the left half of the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

24 minute mark: Kieft gets a yellow card for a hard tackle on Kompany.

35 minute mark: Heller steals the ball.. shoots from 25 yards out.. inches wide left.



Halftime: 1-0 lead. We have over 83,000 fans here today.



47 minute mark: Downing with a very nice dribble past two defenders.. quick crisp cross to the middle of the box... Godoy with a diving header.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

54 minute mark: Kompany tripped Kieft in the box.. Campisi steps up.. takes the penalty shot.. lower left corner.. Adriano dives.. it's past his fingertips.. GOAL. 2-1.

62 minute mark: Barbosa on for Rooney and Parker on for Godoy.

71 minute mark: Dave Russell with a free kick from 35 yards out.. over the wall.. heading towards Adriano.. he misplays it! GOAL. 2-2.

80 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick.. to the far post.. Schreurs heads it.. good save by the keeper.

91 minute mark: Schreurs dribbles past two defenders.. crosses it to the far post.. Barbosa heads it.. the keeper saves it.



Game over. 2-2 tie.

We outshot them 21-3 (9-3 on target)

Boogaart wins MoM, 8 for form, 32 of 36 passes, 2 key passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 8 of 9 headers, 11 interceptions, 1 foul drawn.

[Eaglesfan27]

Oct 7, 2017 -

Today we host Israel in the 2nd to last World Cup Qualifying Match of the Year. We are 1st in our qualifying group while Israel is 5th. Their only really skilled player is striker Chen Attias. Chen is a 23 year old striker who is significantly improved in the past year and he has 4 international goals in the last year.


We are 2-5 favorites.

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


GK: Jon Hooper!
DL: Alan Thomas
DC: Ben Bennett
DC: David Evans
DR: Chris Miller (in his debut for the big club)
ML: John Hall
MC: Michael Wood
MC: Barry Parker
MR: Christopher Eagles
SC: Wayne Rooney
SC: Craig King

S1: Paul Lancaster
S2: Glen Johnson
S3: Jack Lee
S4: Bob Wright
S5: Robert Morris
S6: Aaron Lennon
s7: James Gordon

[Eaglesfan27]

4 minute mark: Eagles passes it to the right of the box to King.. he centers for Rooney.. Rooney heads it.. into the crossbar.. Rooney shoots the rebound.. the keeper tips it over the bar.

5 minute mark: Wood takes the corner.. passes it to Thomas.. he crosses it to the right edge of the 6 yard box.. Eagles heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

14 minute mark: Hall passes to Rooney left of the box.. he centers it to King who hits it on the half-volley.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!!! 2-0.

20 minute mark: Miller with a long pass to Rooney.. he heads it to King just inside the box.. King spins away from a defender.. dribbles towards the right goal post.. shoots from 12 yards out.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

25 minute mark: Miller with a very good defensive play on their star striker.

31 minute mark: Wood passes it to Rooney who is 30 yards out.. he makes a strong curving shot.. upper right corner.. the keeper tips it over the bar.

On th enesuing corner.. Hall sends it to the middle of the box.. Wood heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-0.



Halftime: 4-0 lead.

58 minute mark: Parker passes to Rooney in the box.. he fakes out one defender.. tries to fake out the keeper... shoots... upper left corner.. the keeper saves it.

60 minute mark: Lennon on for Eagles, Gordon on for Rooney, and Wright on for King.

68 minute mark: Hall passes to Gordon in the box.. he blasts a shot.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. can't reach it. GOAL!!!!! 5-0.

77 minute mark: Wright is tripped by Moni Kakoon in the box.. Penalty.. Gordon steps up.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 6-0.

90 minute mark: Hall crosses it to Wright in the right side of the box.. Wright draws a defender.. passes it to Hall in the left side of the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 7-0.


Game over. 7-0 win for us.

We outshot them 33-1 (17-1 on target)

Hall wins MoM, 10 for form, 37 of 48 passes, 1 key pass, 1 of 1 tackles, 3 of 5 headers, 3 runs, 2 fouls drawn, 2 assists, and 1 goal.

Wood also had a 10 for form. Miller had a 9 for form in his debut. King also had a 9 for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Other WC Qualifying News:

Michael Heller had a goal and an assist for Germany in their 3-0 win over Armenia.


Adriano Trotta played ok for Italy in their 1-1 tie with Bulgaria.


Vincent Kompany played very for Belgium but they lost to Northern Ireland 1-0.


Jeroen Schreurs had 2 assists for Holland in their 3-1 win over Croatia. Mark van den Boogaart played well for Holland's defense.


Darren Fletcher played ok for Scotland as a sub in their 0-0 tie with Poland.


Mickael Schmidt played very well for France in their 1-1 tie with Serbia & Mont.


Tim Howard played well for the USA in their 4-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago. Freddy Adu had a hattrick for the USA. Brian Mascarenhas scored the other goal and Adu assisted on that goal.

[Eaglesfan27]

Oct 10, 2017 -

The Wolves have fired Kunle Odetoyinbo. Thierry Henry is being named as the most likely replacement which would be rather interesting.


Manchester City almost immeditately hired Odetoyinbo the day after he was fired by the Wolves.


James Gordon thanked me in the media for helping him get his first international goal.


Mark van den Boogaart was named to the EPL Team of the Week.




Oct 11, 2017 -

Today we travel to play the Faroe Islands in a World Cup Qualifying match. Their best player, striker Runi Mortensen is a decent player, but he shouldn't be that hard to contain.


We are 1-10 favorites.

It's supposed to be sunny with temperatures in the 60's.


GK: Chris Taylor
DL: Alan Thomas
DC: Ben Bennett
DC: David Evans
DR: Chris Miller
ML: John Hall
MC: Michael Wood
MC: Aaron Lennon
MR: Christopher Eagles
SC: Wayne Rooney
SC: Craig King

S1: Jon Hooper
S2: Robert Morris
S3: Jamie Cook
S4: Luke Moore
S5: Glen Johnson
S6: Barry Parker
S7: Nicky Platt

[Eaglesfan27]

2 minute mark: Taylor with a very long pass.. perfectly placed as it reaches Rooney in stride.. he dribbles past a lone defender.. tries to beat the keeper.. shoots.. upper right corner.. it curves.. just wide right.

17 minute mark: Their keeper with a pair of acrobatic saves on shots by Rooney.

19 minute mark: Thomas gets the ball thrown into him.. he passes it to Hall.. Hall centers it to Eagles.. Eagles shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

21 minute mark: Thomas takes a free kick.. perfectly placed into the box.. Rooney gets it.. beats a lone defender.. dribbles past the keeper.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!!! 2-0.

25 minute mark: Wood passes to Hall in the left half of the box.. he is 10 yards out.. shoots.. past the keeper.. wide right.



Halftime: 2-0 lead for us.



50 minute mark: Hall passes it 20 yards up the pitch to Rooney.. he draws two defenders.. holds the ball.. passes it to Hall in the left side of the box.. Hall shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

56 minute mark: Rooney gets the ball at midpitch after stealing it from a midfielder.. passes it to King.. he beats a defender.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-0.

64 minute mark: Cook on for Wood, Platt on for Rooney, and Moore on for King.

87 minute mark: Nielsen passes it to Runi Mortensen in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL. 4-1.


Game over. 4-1 win for us.

We outshot them 22-3 (11-2 on target)

Rooney wins MoM, 10 for form, 10 of 10 passing, 3 key passes, 2 of 3 tackles, 2 of 8 headers, 12 runs, 2 assists, and 1 goal.

[tucker342]

obviously I know that you have much more important things to worry about after Huricane Katrina. But I just wanted to keep this on the first page and I wanted to say that when you are ready to update the dynasty I'll be ready to read it.:)

[Eaglesfan27]

Once things are settled down a bit more, I certainly plan on continuing this. As I just posted, we are moving into an apartment in Shreveport tomorrow. Once Kathy and I have a bit more space, I assume I'll start updating this again.

[Eaglesfan27]

An Update:

I know this is irrational, but I loved playing this game in my own living room in my favorite chair. For some reason, I haven't felt like playing this in my temporary apartment. I am hopefully going to be able to return to New Orleans within the next week. I'll be working quite a bit (I assume) once I do return, but I'm sure I'll find time to play my favorite game again :)

[Eaglesfan27]

A quick update:

I'm working part time. I'm looking forward to playing FM2005 when I get home from work tonight, and finally updating this dynasty :)

I really want to see how Alberto Flores develops (along with a few of my other young guns) therefore, I plan on continuing this dynasty well past when FM2006 comes out. I might even try concurrent dynasties. However, if I do that, my FM2006 dynasty will probably be a different league (maybe the MLS) and will probably have a different style (maybe more of a weekly or month wrap-up) with no live in-game reporting as it happens like I've done in this dynasty.

Edit: Oh yeah, if history is any indicator, I will probably wait for a few enhancement packs to be out before I start a "serious dynasty" with FM2006.

[Eaglesfan27]

Oct. 13, 2017 -

Today I was notified that due to our 4-1 win over Faroe Islands, we have qualified for the 2018 World Cup!


In other WC news:

Michael Heller had a goal and an assist for Germany in their 5-0 win over the Ikraine.

Antonio Ortega had a goal and an assist for SPain in their 4-2 win over Azerbaijan.

Vincent Kompany provided solid defense for Belgium in their 3-1 win over Moldova.

Adriano Trotta had 2 assists for Italy in their 6-0 win over Kazakhstan.

Mark van den Boogaart and Jeroen Schreurs each had an assist for Holland in their 4-1 win over Scotland. Darren Fletcher suffered an injury in that match.

Tim Howard led the USA to a 3-0 win over Surinam.

[Eaglesfan27]

Oct 15, 2017 -

Antonio Ortega was hurt in his World Cup Qualifying match. He will be out for about a week. Carlos Godoy also injured his leg and will miss a few days.


Dean Watkins came into my office today, and told me "Play me or move me."

The 21 year old left winger is becoming more skilled, but I decide that I will consider moving him despite the possibility that he will become a EPL starting quality left winger.

I reply, "I'll try to move you as soon as possible."

[Eaglesfan27]

Oct. 17, 2017 -

Today we play at home against Milan in a Champions League Group F Match. Milan is a very talented team with the star of the team this year being my former player, Cristiano Ronaldo. He is playing well at striker and midfield for them. Frank Wolf is having one of his best years at centreback. Jorg Walther is a world class centreback beside him. Francesco Bilardo has been playing well at striker for them this year. Cleiton is a 20 year old Brazilian phenom striker who is very quick, but it is unclear if he will play today. Andreas Isaakson remains a top notch keeper.


We are 5-4 favorites.

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



GK: Howard (Adriano is away on international duty.)

DL: Schmidt

DC: Kompany

DC: Boogaart

DR: Miller

ML: Downing

MC: Parker

MC: Heller

MR: Schreurs

SC: Rooney

SC: King

S1: Adriano Blanco (the young keeper is my only other keeper beside Adriano and Howard who is eligible for CL play)

S2: Anthony Petit

S3: Michael Oswald

S4: Michael Wood

S5: Adriano Trotta

S6: Helder Barbosa

s7: Bob Wright

[Eaglesfan27]

2 minute mark: Schmidt passes to Parker at midfield.. he turns, passes to Downing.. Downing centers for King.. he shoots.. the keeper tips it over the bar.

Downing takes the corner kick.. to the near post.. Heller outjumps his man.. heads it.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0! That is Heller's 5th of the year.


14 minute mark: Miller plays the ball to Schreurs on the right wing.. he passes between two defenders to Rooney in the right half of the box.. Rooney shoots.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.. Downing with the rebound.. over the bar.

25 minute mark: Heller with a yellow card for tripping Ronaldo.

30 minute mark: Downing with a corner to the middle of the box.. Kompany heads it.. upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. catches it cleanly.

36 minute mark: Our defenders are keeping the ball in their half.. Schmidt passes it towards the left corner of the pitch.. Downing gets to it.. centers it ot Rooney who is just 8 yards out.. he blasts a shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0! That is his 10th of the year.

45 minute mark: Cristiano Ronaldo with a great dribble past Miller and Boogaart.. centers it for Fernando Torres who is just outside the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. Howard dives.. saves it!



Halftime: 2-0 lead. 91,000 fans here today watching us.



46 minute mark: Schreurs steals it from their defender Felipe.. Felipe trips him.. yellow card for Felipe.

51 minute mark: A flurry of opportunity in their box ends when Ronaldo clears it down the pitch.

59 minute mark: Miller starts our counterattack with a superb pass to King who heads it back to Schreurs.. Schreurs passes it ahead to King just right of the box.. draws two defenders.. passes it between them.. to Rooney inside the 6 yard box.. he shoots.. OVER the bar! Darn.

Wood on for Heller and Barbosa on for Downing who is tired.


62 minute mark: Parker intercepts a clearing pass from their defense.. passes it to Wood on his right.. wood with a hard curving shot.. upper right corner.. the keeper blocks it.

75 minute mark: Barbosa dribbles past two defenders, passes it to Rooney in the box.. he shoots.. over the bar.

Oswald on for Rooney.


78 minute mark: Kompany plays a ball back to Howard.. he kicks it long to Schreurs who finds Oswald on a breakaway.. Oswald dribbles into the box.. the keeper comes out to cut down the angle.. Oswald shoots.. the keeper smothers it.

90 minute mark: Barbosa trips Ronaldo.. yellow card for Barbosa.



Game over. 2-0 win :)

We outshot them 17-3 (10-1 on target)

Rooney wins MoM, 9 for form, 7 of 8 passes, 1 of 2 tackles, 1 of 5 headers, 9 runs, 1 goal.

Parker, Heller, Schreurs, and Downing all had 8's for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Heller has picked up an automatic one match ban after collecting 3 yellow cards in European Competition this year.

My physio's believe I need to start resting Vincent Kompany more.


Oct 18, 2017 -

Thierry Henry, the former Arsenal great striker, has been announced as the new manager of Sheffield Weds. The club is expected to have a hard time avoiding relegation from the EPL, and it will be interesting to see if Henry can pull it off.


Adriano played well for Brazil but they were beat 1-0 by Paraguay in their World Cup Qualifying match. Matias Cahais played well for Argentina in their 1-1 tie with Colombia in the WC Qual. Match.

[finkenst]

Welcome back to the dark side, EaglesFan27...


:D

[Eaglesfan27]

Thanks, it was a rush playing that first game again!

I'm forcing myself to take an hour break while I do some more packing (just in case we have to move), but I'll playing again a bit later tonight :)

[Eaglesfan27]

Oct 20, 2017 -

Salva has resumed full training following his injury.


Today we host Middlesbrough in an EPL Match. They are currently in 6th place. They are led by the talented keeper, Jan Lastuvka, who is playing well this year. My former player, Jamie Cook has been very solid for them and is their leading scorer, but he is out for this match with an injury. John Collins will be their main midfielder that I have to keep an eye on. Their strikers don't put fear into my team at all. Their defenders are led by Charlie Wilson who is playing very well this year.


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

We are 4-6 favorites.


GK: Howard (Adriano isn't back yet)
DL: Trotta
DC: Petit
DC: Boogaart
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Heller
MC: Oswald
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: King

S1: Blanco (giving the kid one more backup game)
S2: Salva
S3: Barbosa
S4: Wright
S5: Schmidt

[tucker342]

Good to see one of the GREATEST dynasties in FOFC history back in action:)

[Eaglesfan27]

As the game is about to begin, I'm informed that Alberto Flores has 2 goals and 2 assists for my U18 team in their 5-1 win over Doncaster.


8 minute mark: Petit passes to Schreurs on the right wing.. Schreurs passes it to Downing just left of the box.. he passes it to Rooney in the box.. nice defensive play by Wilson.

15 minute mark: Their defenders deflect a flurry of shots before they can reach goal.

22 minute mark: Petit passes to Schreurs right of midpitch.. he passes it to King right of the box.. he centers for Rooney in the middle of the box.. he shoots.. great save by Lastuvka.

26 minute mark: Oswald gets a yellow card for yellowing at the ref on an offisde call.

27 minute mark: Miller steals the ball at midpitch.. passes it to Oswald.. Oswlad shoots from 30 yards out.. strong curving shot.. it is sailing wide right.. it curves.. into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0. That is Oswald's 1st of the year.

33 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in the box.. he shoots.. keeper blocks it.. King shoots.. Another great save by Lastuvka.

44 minute mark: Trotta with a long pass to Rooney left of the box.. he centers it for Heller.. he shoots from 17 yards out.. upper right corner.. just wide right.



Halftime: 1-0 lead. We have over 68,000 fans.



54 minute mark: Downing steals the ball at midpitch.. passes it to Rooney left of the box.. he centers it for King.. excellet play by the defender to intercept the ball and clear it.

57 minute mark: Trotta steals the ball in our zone, passes it long to Downing.. Downing centers it to Rooney just left of the box.. he dribbles past a defender.. into the box.. shoots.. over the bar.

60 minute mark: Wright on for King and Salva on for Petit.

67 minute mark: Rooney gets a foot on a pass from the keeper to the defender, LeGall, Rooney's deflection rolls to Wright in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0! Rooney made that goal for Wright!

77 minute mark: Heller intercepts the ball.. passes it to Downing left of the box.. crosses it to Schreurs right of the box.. he centers it to Wright.. Wright shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0. Wright's second of the game.



Game over. 3-0 win for us.

We outshot them 22-1 (11-0 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 9 for form, 15 of 19 passes, 0 of 2 tackles, 1 of 3 headers, 2 interceptions, 13 runs.

Rooney, Oswald, Schreurs, and Wright as a sub all had 8's for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Good to see one of the GREATEST dynasties in FOFC history back in action:)
Thank you for the very kind compliment :)

[Eaglesfan27]

Oct 23, 2017 -

Downing was selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Alan Watkins, my reserve player was selected to the League One team of the week while on loan.


Oct 25, 2017 -

Today we host Everton in the 3rd round of the English League Cup. Everton is currently 1st in the English Championship. One of their best players, midfielder Valery Mezague, is out with an injury. They will be relying on a fundamentally sound defense led by Aleksandar Djuric and Jimmy Murphy. Keeper, Ceiran Hutcheson has had some spectacular games, but has been inconsistent. Neil Gibson is their main scoring threat and the striker has 10 goals.


We are 1-3 favorites.

It's raining with strong winds and temperatures in the 50's.


Today we get close to our best lineup out there:

GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Cardozo
DC: Kompany
DR: Boogaart
ML: Barbosa
MC: Heller
MC: Godoy
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano (Yeah, finally back from WC Qual Play)

S1: Howard
S2: Miller
S3: Downing
S4: King
S5: Salva

[Eaglesfan27]

2 minute mark: Schmidt passes it to Godoy at midpitch.. he passes it to Rooney left of the box.. Rooney dribbles.. centers it back for Godoy.. Godoy shoots a powerful shot.. it hits off of Scott Laird.. own goal on Laird! GOAL!!!! 1-0.

16 minute mark: Ortega passes to Rooney in the box.. he is tripped by Girardi.. Penalty! Rooney steps up... shoots.. lower left corner.. GOAL!!! 2-0.

30 minute mark: Barbosa with a corner.. to Kompany in the middle of the box.. he heads it.. past the keeper.. into the crossbar.



Halftime: 2-0 lead for us. We have over 66,000 fans here today.



57 minute mark: Rooney steals the ball in our own zone.. plays a beautiful pass just ahead of Adriano.. he races the defender.. dribbles past the defender.. into the box.. another defender dives in front of him.. blocks the shot.

74 minute mark: Heller steals the ball.. passes it to Ortega right of the box.. he crosses it.. Adriano by the near post.. heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

76 minute mark: Downing on for Barbosa and Salva on for Kompany.


Game over. 3-0 win for us :)

We outshot them 17-7 (7-2 on target)

Barbosa wins MoM, 9 for form, 17 of 17 passes, 6 key passes, 0 of 2 tackles, 1 of 7 headers, 7 runs, 2 fouls drawn.

Adriano, Boogaart, Schmidt, Cardozo, Ortega, Adriano, and Rooney all had 8's for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Doncaster pulled off a shocking 1-0 upset over Liverpool in the 3rd round of the League Cup.

We were given 52,000 dollars for winning that 3rd round match.



Oct 28, 2017 -

Today we travel to play Plymouth in an EPL Match. They are in 12th place while we are in 2nd place. They are led by keeer Mark Hunt who had a phenomenal year last year, but has been just decent in EPL Play this year. Their leading scorer is Paul Hamilton who has 2 goals in 13 starts. Mark O'Brien and Maxwell are leading their defense from both back positions.

We are 2-5 favorites.

It's very windy with temperatures in the 40's.


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Boogaart
DR: Miller
ML: Barbosa
MC: Parker
MC: Godoy
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Oswald
S3: Wright
S4: Cahais
S5: Salva

[Eaglesfan27]

As the game is about to start, I hear that Alberto Flores had 2 goals and an assist in U18's 4-0 win over Bolton.

6 minute mark: Godoy gets a yellow card for tripping one of their midfielders.



VERY flat first half for us. 0-0 tie. They have just under 20,000 fans here today.



62 minute mark: Barbosa with a corner kick.. to the near post.. Parker heads it.. into the crossbar.

77 minute mark: Parker heads it to Rooney.. he shoots from 30 yards out.. the keeper catches it cleanly.

Oswald on for Parker and Wright on for Adriano.

85 minute mark: Barbosa takes a free kick from 40 yards out.. long pass to Wright in the box.. he dribbles past one defender.. shoots from 5 yards.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

88 minute mark: Miller starts the counterattack.. long pass of 60 yards... to the right side of the box.. Wright gets to it.. fakes out the lone defender.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0! This is the Bob Wright show. He has revived our offense today.


Game over. 2-0 win :)

We outshot them 7-3 (5-2 on target)

Wright gets MoM, 8 for form, 1 of 1 passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 1 run, 2 goals.

Barbosa, Miller, and Adriano (GK) also had 8's for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Schreurs suffered a sprained ankle and will miss a week.


Dean Watkins has agreed to go to Brighton on loan. They are currently 3rd in the English Championship.


Alberto Flores had 2 assists for our reserve's 3-0 win over Sheff Wed.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 1, 2017 -

The board is just "satisfied" with my performance as manager currently.



Arsenal's 32 year old Jaime Gavilan has won the EPL Player of the Month. Jhon Jairo Mosquera of Aston Villa came in 2nd, and Christian Obodo of Fulham came in 3rd.


Arsenal's Richard James has won the EPL Young Player of the Month. Danny Taylor of Birmingham City came in 2nd, and Michael Corbett of Tottenham came in 3rd.


Chelsea's Rafa Benitez has won the EPL Manager of the Month. Pako Ayestaran of Liverpool came in 2nd, and Steve Coppell of Fulham came in 3rd.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 1, 2017 -

Today we travel to play Milan in the Champions League Group Match. They are expected to use the same lineup as last match.

We are 5-4 favorites.

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


GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Cardozo
DC: Boogaart
DR: Miller
ML: Barbosa
MC: Parker
MC: Godoy
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Salva
S3: Oswald
S4: Wright
S5: Kompany
S6: Downing
S7: King

[Eaglesfan27]

1st minute: Cristiano Ronaldo dribbles past Godoy and Miller.. centers it for Bilardo.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. Adriano dives.. great save.

10 minute mark: Miller passes to Barbosa.. he dribbles past Jose Lopez Rodriguez (Rodriguez is hurt).. he centers it for Adriano.. he heads it.. over the bar.

22 minute mark: ADriano with a pair of acrobatic saves, they are putting the pressure on us with Ronaldo leading their attack.

24 minute mark: Ronaldo dribbles past Ortega and Miller.. centers it for Bilardo.. he shoots.. lower right corner.. great save by Adriano.

35 minute mark: Ronaldo dribbles past Ortega and Boogaart.. passes to Silberbach.. he heads it to Fernando Torres in the center of the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. Adriano dives.. it is just out of his reach.. GOAL. Down 1-0.


Halftime: Down 1-0, we were dominated the first half, but Adriano is keeping us in it. They have over 86,000 fans here today.


61 minute mark: Barbosa dribbles into their half.. crosses it for Rooney.. the keeper intercepts it.

72 minute mark: oswald on for Rooney and Wright on for Adriano. Let's see if Wright can re-ignite our offense again..

77 minute mark: Boogaart with a great steal.. passes it long to Parker.. he looks for a forward.. can't find any.. shoots from 20 yards out.. upper left corner.. nice save by Isaakson.

86 minute mark: Schmidt with a steal of a pass meant for Torres.. he passes it long to Godoy.. Godoy dribbles up the middle of the pitch.. two defenders back.. he shoots.. splits them.. upper right corner.. Isaakson dives.. can't get to it! GOAL!!!! 1-1. That is Godoy's 5th of the year.


Game over. 1-1 tie.

We were outshot 16-8 (7-4 on target in their favor)

Helder Barbosa wins MoM, 8 for form, 14 of 19 passes, 1 key pass, 2 of 3 tackles, 1 of 8 headers, 11 runs, 4 fouls drawn.

Adriano (GK), Chris Miller, and Adriano also had 8's for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Alberto Flores had a 10 for form with a goal and 2 assists in our U18's 4-0 win over Altrincham. If he keeps this up, I'm going to need to get him some first team action this year.


Nov. 2, 2017 -

Matias Cahais injured his knee in practice today and he is expected to miss 4-6 weeks.

Craig King came into my office today and asked to be given more Playing Time. I told him that I will work him into the game more.


Nov. 4, 2017 -

Today we play Sunderland in an EPL Match at our pitch. We are in 2nd place while they are in 11th. They are led by star striker Peirre Michel who has 10 goals in 14 starts. Thomas Hassing Skjaerbaek defies his age with excellent play in the midfield and continues to be a solid scorer. The defense is solid and is led by Steven Taylor and Lee Taylor. However, their keeper, Paul Clarke, has been suspect this year and has let them down several times.

We are 4-7 favorites.

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


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Kompany
DC: Boogaart
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Parker
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Oswald
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Cardozo
S3: Alfonso
S4: Wright
S5: Salva

[Eaglesfan27]

1st minute: Miller steals the ball from Sunderland.. passes it to Ortega.. he dribbles past two defenders.. centers it to Parker.. he is 25 yards out.. shoots.. strong curving shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0. That is Parker's 1st of the year.

6 minute mark: Parker passes to Downing in the left side of the box.. Downing shoots.. the keeper blocks it.. Downing shoots again.. the keeper blocks it.. Oswald shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

9 minute mark: Trotta with a free kick into the box.. Downing heads it.. the keeper blocks it.. Parker gets it.. passes to Heller.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

14 minute mark: Parker steals the ball.. passes it to Ortega right of the box.. he centers it for Oswald.. Oswald spins away from a defender.. shoots a blistering shot.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-0. That is Oswald's second of the game.

27 minute mark: Trotta plays it up the left sideline.. Downing gets it.. centers it for Ortega by the far post.. he heads it.. over the bar.

31 minute mark: Heller gets a yellow card for shoving one of their players.

34 minute mark: Downing dribbles past two defenders.. crosses it to the right side of the 6 yard box.. Oswald with a header.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 5-0. Oswald has a hattrick!



Haltime: 5-0 lead. We have just under 70,000 fans here today.



Salva on for Kompany.


55 minute mark: Downing with a corner.. Parker heads it.. the keeper blocks it.. Heller shoots the rebound.. the keeper blocks it.. King gets the rebound.. shoots between two defenders.. GOAL!!! 6-0.

64 minute mark: Downing dribbles past the right back.. centers it to the near post.. King jumps with his defender.. heads it.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!! 7-0.

Alfonso on for Downing.

80 minute mark: Alfonso is repeatedly getting stopped by the defender on him.



Game over. 7-0 win for us :)

We outshot them 24-1 (17-1 on target)

Oswald wins MoM, 10 for form, 14 of 16 passes, 1 of 2 tackles, 3 of 7 headers, 2 runs, 5 fouls drawn, 3 goals.

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

King and Heller both had 9's for form.

All other starters had 8's for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 5, 2017 -

Simon Clarke has been sacked by Wigan.



Nov 6, 2017 -

Downing, Parker, and Oswald were all selected to the EPL Team of the Week.


Antonio Blanco has been called up to spain's U19 Squad for a match against Croatia.


Despite only being 18, Alberto Flores has been called up to Spain's U21 team for their match against Croatia.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 7, 2017 -

Today we host West Brom in the 4th round of the English League Cup. They are currently in 16th place in the EPL while we are tied for 1st. Iain Turner is having an above average year in goal and their 2 main centrebacks Michael Jakobsen and Tom Huddlestone are playing very well in front of their keeper. Their top three strikers are all out injured and their midfield has been average at best. Giedrius Brichkus is a 23 year old Lithuanian left winger who I will be watching closely as I will need someone at the position in the next year or so. He is their most dangerous midfielder. He has blazing speed, great acceleration, good creativity, and he is a gifted passer. He is 23 and already has 21 caps and 2 goals in international play. I look forward to seeing him in action.


We are 1-2 favorites.

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


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Boogaart
ML: Downing
MC: Heller
MC: Godoy
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Alfonso
S3: King
S4: Oswald
S5: Miller

[Eaglesfan27]

2 minute mark: Huddlestone collides with Rooney.. he looks hurt.. Rooney shakes it off.

5 minute mark: Adriano steals the ball from a midfielder.. passes it to Downing on the left wing.. he dribbles up the pitch.. centers it.. Huddlestone intercepts the pass.

8 minute mark: Godoy gets a yellow card for tripping Brichkus.

9 minute mark: Trotta starts the counterattack.. quick pass to Downing at midpitch.. he plays it ahead to Rooney left of the box.. Rooney fakes out the right back.. dribbles into the left side of the box.. shoots from the edge of the box.. sharply angled.. curving.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

20 minute mark: Trotta starts our counter attack.. passes it to Downing.. he passes it to Rooney left of the box.. Rooney draws two defenders.. passes it back to Heller just outside the box.. Heller shoots.. blistering shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

29 minute mark: Godoy steals the ball from a midfielder.. passes it to Heller just outside the box.. Heller shoots.. it deflects off a defender to the left side of the box.. Downing is there.. he shoots the rebound immediately.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

35 minute mark: Trotta gets a yellow card for tripping Defoe (yes Jermain Defoe who has come here to finish out his career as their 3rd or 4th striker.)

36 minute mark: Heller takes a free kick from just inside the opposition's half.. long pass to Rooney who breaks behind the defense as the ball sails over his head, he races into the box.. shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-0.

40 minute mark: Trotta plays the ball down the left sideline to Downing at midpitch.. he crosses it to Ortega.. Ortega burns the left back.. crosses it to the near post.. Adriano heads it.. over the bar!

43 minute mark: Downing gets the ball from Heller.. he dribbles down the left sideline.. crosses it to the middle of the box.. Adriano heads it.. good save by the keeper.

44 minute mark: Downing with a corner to the near post.. Cardozo outjumps his man.. heads it.. the keeper dives.. tips it over the bar.


Halftime: 4-0 lead for us. We have just over 61,000 fans here today.



46 minute mark: Ortega trips Brickhus.. yellow card on Ortega.

55 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick to the near post.. Cardozo outjumps his man.. heads it.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 5-0.

62 minute mark: Alfonso on for Downing and Oswald on for Godoy.

77 minute mark: Alfonso passes it to Rooney in the left half of the box.. strong curving shot from 15 yards out.. inches wide right. He just missed his hattrick.



Game over. 5-0 win.

We outshot them 23-1 (13-0 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 10 for form, 17 of 17 passes, 2 key passes, 0 tackles, 2 of 4 headers, 10 runs, 1 foul drawn, 2 assists, and 1 goal.

Rooney and Heller had a 9 for form.

Adriano my keeper had a 7 for form. Adriano my striker had a 6 for form (and has seen out of sorts the last few weeks.) The rest of the team had 8's for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 8, 2017 -

Most of my team was called up for their country's friendly matches on November 11th.



Nov 9, 2017 -

We've drawn Tottenham on their pitch for the Quarter Final of the English League Cup.

Millwall v Doncaster, Chelsea v Sunderland, and Leeds v Fulham make up the other Quarter Finals.



Nov 10, 2017 -

Antonio Blanco played well for Spain's U19 team in their 2-0 win over Croatia.


Alberto Flores was decidedly pedestrian in Spain's 1-0 victory over Croatia.



Nov 11, 2017 -

From my main squad:

Michael Oswald stood out for Germany in their 3-1 loss to Brazil as he had the only goal and played very well. Adriano didn't do much in the match playing only 45 minutes.

Tim Howard played well in goal in the USA's 2-0 victory over Liechtenstein.

Mark van den Boogaart had Holland's only assist in their 1-1 tie with Argentina.


I've made offers for 2 young left wingers, one of whom has a release clause of 5.8 million dollars. Both of them are young and talented.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 12, 2017 -

11 of my players have been called up for friendly matches on November 15th.


Nov 14, 2017 -

Crotone had no choice but to accept my bid for Adriano Pinna as he had a release clause of 5.8 million dollars. Adriano Pinna is a 20 year old Italian left winger with excellent speed and acceleration, excellent leaping ability, very strong determination on the pitch, and good but not excellent technical skills. If we can develop him, he could become a regular starter for us. At 5.8 million he seems like a good gamble. Hopefully, he signs our offer.

He wants a 3 year deal of 12,000/week with a 100,000 signing bonus which I offer him.



Celta have rejected my 6.2 million dollar offer for Antonio Ferrer. Ferrer is an 18 year old Spanish left winger who is not very physically gifted, but he is a very good technician despite only being 18. I decide not to pursue him further at this time.



Nov 15, 2017 -

Standouts from my team in international play today:

Michael Heller had 2 goals and an assist for Germany in their 3-0 win over Greece. Michael Oswald had the goal that Heller assisted on.

Adriano scored a goal for Brazil as my other Adriano made 6 saves to lead Brazil to a 2-0 victory over Bulgaria.

Spain beat the USA 2-0, and Tim Howard did not play well in goal.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 16, 2017 -

Tim Howard hurt his wrist in the game yesterday and will miss about a week.

Antonio Blanco has been called up to Spain's U21 squad.



Nov 17, 2017 -

Bob Wright injured his ankle in practice and will miss at least a week.

Arsenal Boss Joop Hiele has told the media that he thinks I'm arrogant and I don't deserve to win the EPL TItle and he hopes to beat me and put a dent in our title hopes this year.

I reply, "I'm not going to comment on Hiele's ability, but I believe if we continue to play hard, we will win the EPL Title."



Antonio Ortega in the match against Croatia and he will be out for about a week.

Mickael Schmidt hurt his heel in the match against Croatia and he will be out for about 2 to 3 days (a different match against Croatia.)

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 17, 2017 -

Adriano Pinna has told the press that he is extremely happy to have come to terms with our team and he can't wait to put on his jersey and do the club proud.

He will join the club on January 1st, 2018.


Wigan have hired Vince Bartram from Hartlepool to become their new manager.

[Eaglesfan27]

Oct 18, 2017 -

Today we travel to play Arsenal in an EPL Match. They are currently 5th in the EPL while we are tied for 1st. Arsenal has had superb play by left back Jaime Gavilan this year. Hatem Ben Arfa is playing both striker and left wing for them and is doing both very well. I wonder which position he will play this game? Christophe Sanchez is a blazing fast striker who has 12 goals for them in 18 games. He creates a great deal of pressure with his phenomenal speed. Salomon Kalou is 32, but shows no signs of slowing down on the right wing. He is having a very good year so far. Jesus has developed into a very good keeper for them and he is having perhaps his best year so far.

We are 5-4 favorites.

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


Injured: Howard, Cahais, Schmidt, Ortega, Wright.


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Boogaart
ML: Downing
MC: Heller
MC: Godoy
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Dani (he is probably the 3rd best keeper in my organization right now)
S2: Kompany
S3: Parker
S4: King
S5: Barbosa

[Eaglesfan27]

5 minute mark: Trotta gets called for tripping Sanchez.. Rooney argues the call, he is in the ref's face.. yellow card for Rooney!

10 minute mark: DiMatteo has broken up 3 of our offensive charges already.

14 minute mark: Godoy passes it to Rooney in the box.. Rooney is about to shoot.. DiMatteo slides.. knocks it away.. no whistle!

18 minute mark: Rooney steals the ball.. tries to cross it for Adriano.. Jesus intercepts it.

20 minute mark: Godoy steals the ball at midpitch.. plays it down the right end to Schreurs.. he centers for Rooney.. he heads it.. the keeper blocks it.. Adriano hits the rebound.. amazing save by Jesus.

27 minute mark: Boogaart heads away a Kalou cross intended for Ben Arfa who is playing striker.

31 minute mark: Adriano with a pair of acrobatic saves.

33 minute mark: Downing gets a yellow card for tripping Kalou.

34 minute mark: Gavilan starts the counterattack.. long pass to James.. James dribbles into the box.. passes between two defenders to Sebastian Mendy by the right post.. Mendy one times it into the upper right corner.. GOAL. Down 1-0.

36 minute mark: Schreurs steals the ball.. centers it for Godoy.. he dribbles past two defenders.. shoots from 30 yards out.. upper right corner.. inches wide right.

43 minute mark: Gavilan stops two Downing entries into enemy turf.

44 minute mark: Our midfielders pass it back and forth.. Godoy has it about 30 yards out.. strong shot.. Jesus easily saves it.

45 minute mark: Godoy passes it to Downing in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper blocks it.. Heller shoots the rebound.. another acrobatic save by Jesus.


Halftime: Down 1-0. Arsenal has just under 60,000 here today.



46 minute mark: Downing dribbles past his man.. again past the same man.. crosses it for Adriano.. Gavilan intercepts the pass..

He passes it back out.. Rooney steals the pass.. shoots.. it deflects off a defender.. to Schreurs in the right side of the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!!! 1-1.

59 minute mark: Trotta intercepts a pass.. passes it to Downing.. Downing with a perfect through ball for Rooney.. he dribbles into the box.. shoots.. lower left corner.. Jesus dives.. blocks it.

66 minute mark: Downing with a corner.. Adriano heads it.. to Heller in the middle of the box.. he blasts a shot.. over the bar!

72 minute mark: Godoy passes it to Heller just outside the box... he shoots from just off center.. upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. catches it!

Barbosa on for Downing nad King on for Adriano.

Boring final 15 minutes.


Game over. 1-1 tie. Least we didn't lose that team.

We outshot them 17-6 (9-6 on target)

Jaime Gavilan won MoM, 9 for form, 26 of 32 passes, 1 key pass, 3 of 6 tackles, 5 of 7 headers, 4 interceptions, 15 runs, 1 foul drawn.

Schreurs had an 8 for us, everyone else had a 7.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 21, 2017 -

Today we play Porto in our 2nd match against them in CL Group Play. We beat them 2-0 on the road in the first match.

We are 4-5 favorites.

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

Inj: Howard, Cahais, Ortega, and Wright.

Ineligible due to playing earlier game today (gulp!): Antonio Blanco


GK: Adriano (I sure he isn't hurt - no backup keeper today)
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Boogaart
ML: Barbosa
MC: Parker
MC: Heller
MR: Schreurs
SC: Oswald
SC: King

S1: Kompany
S2: Petit
S3: Godoy
S4: Wood
S5: Schmidt
S6: Alfonso
s7: Adriano

[Eaglesfan27]

2 minute mark: Cardozo gets a yellow card for tripping their striker.

10 minute mark: Cardozo passes to Heller who passes to Parker across midpitch.. he passes to Oswald in the box.. he shoots.. lower right corner.. nice save by the keeper.

22 minute mark: Pedro Miguel gets a yellow card for pushing Heller.

Trotta takes the free kick.. passes it to Schreurs just outside the box.. he shoots.. strong curving shot.. wicked curve.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

34 minute mark: Barbosa dribbles past two defenders... short low pass to Oswald in the left half of the box.. he hsoots.. upper right corner.. keeper dives.. tips it over the bar.

37 minute mark: Craig King gets a yellow card for pushing Thiago to the ground.

44 minute mark: Salva races back to stop a breakaway from their striker Ricardo Amiguinho.


Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. We have over 80,000 fans here today.



49 minute mark: Oswald steals a pass from the left back to the centerback.. horrible pass.. Oswald dribbles into the box.. he is running ahead of the defender.. the keeper comes out.. he shoots.. sharp angle.. lower right corner.. it hits the post.. and in! GOAL!!!! 2-0.

60 minute mark: Wood on for Parker who has played poorly, and Godoy on for Schreurs who is very tired.

63 minute mark: Wood steals the ball in their turf.. passes it to Godoy in the box.. he shoots from 17 yards out.. lower left corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

86 minute mark: Pedro Miguel pushes Barbosa to the turf.. yellow card - that is his 2nd!



Game over. 3-0 win :)

We outshot them 20-3 (10-3 on target)

Barbosa wins MoM, 9 for form, 14 of 21 passes, 1 key pass, 2 of 5 tackles, 1 of 2 headers, 29 runs, 3 fouls drawn, and 1 assist.

Adriano, Schreurs, and Oswald all had 8's.

The rest of the team had 7's (except Parker who had a 6.)

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

That win qualifies us for the next round of the Champions League competition.

King has picked up a 1 match ban in European play for too many yellow cards.



Nov 22, 2017 -

Mickael Schmidt injured his groin in training today and will miss about 2 weeks.


Nov 26, 2017 -


Alan Day has been sacked by Tottenham. Blackburn manager Kevin Hughes is being touted as the favorite to take over the job.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 26, 2017 -

Today we host Chelsea in an EPL Match. We are currently tied for 1st while Chelsea is in 3rd place. Their defense is very good, but their offense has been a bit weak this year. Freddy Adu has become their #1 striker and he is their leading scorer with 6 goals in 16 starts, but he is out injured this match. Arjen Robben, Sylvain Bon, and Stefan De Weerd are their 3 attacking midfielders that are working very well together and they each have 4 goals. Naldo and Urby Emanuelson are anchoring the defense. Keeper Petr Cech continues to play at a high level.


We are 5-4 favorites.

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


Injured: Cahais, Petit, Schmidt.


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Kompany
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Barbosa
MC: Heller
MC: Godoy
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Cardozo
S3: Downing
S4: King
S5: Oswald

[Eaglesfan27]

Chelsea comes out in their 4-2-3-1 offense.


First 10 minutes, we are putting pressure on them but their defense are deflecting most of our shots before they even reach goal.

11 minute mark: Ortega steals it from his man.. passes it to ADriano right of the corner of the box.. he crosses it to the far post.. Rooney outjumps his man.. heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0!

12 minute mark: Heller steals it from De Weerd.. he passes it to Adraino... Adriano with a perfect through ball to Rooney.. he shoots from 25 yards out.. blistering banana shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0! That is Rooney's 15th of the year.

36 minute mark: Barbosa with a fancy dribble past two defenders.. deep into the left side of the box.. he centers it for Godoy.. shoots from 10 yards out.. over the bar!



Halftime: 2-0 lead for us. We have a sold out house of over 91,000 tonight.


50 minute mark: Salva with a key clearance away from De Weerd.

55 minute mark: We continue to pile the pressure on them and they are barely deflecting shots before they reach goal. Ortega in particular is carving up their defense.

63 minute mark: Diego dribbles down the middle of the pitch.. plays a ball into our box for Bon.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. nice save by Adriano.

72 minute mark: King on for Adriano and Cardozo on for Kompany.

81 minute mark: Cech plays a ball long for Diego.. he shoots from 25 yards out.. Adriano with a nice save.. he starts the counter attack.. quick kick to King who dribbles into the box.. the keeper comes out to challenge him.. a defender knocks it away.. to Rooney who is on his left! Rooney shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!!! 3-0! That is his hattrick!



Game over. 3-0 win! :)

We dominated them. We outshot them 17-3 (11-3 on target)

Rooney wins MoM, 10 for form, 9 of 11 passes, 1 key pass, 1 of 1 tackles, 4 of 6 headers, 12 runs, 1 foul drawn, and 3 goals.

Barbosa had a 9 for form.

Adriano (GK), Heller and Ortega had 8's.

Everyone else had 7's.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 28, 2017 -

Wayne Rooney was selected to the EPL Team of the Week.



Nov 29, 2017 -

Today we travel to play Tottenham in the English League Cup Quarterfinal match. Tottenham is in 19th place in the EPL. Tottenham's offense has relied almost completely on Mark Tucker who has 9 goals in 17 starts. Midfielders Christophe Dembele and Davide Chiumiento have been the only truly reliable players for the team beside Tucker. Marc Cunningham has been the least erratic of the defenders, but he hasn't really impressed. Romain Lacombe and Michal Kowalik have rotated in goal and neither has really impressed. I wonder who will start today?


We are 4-7 favorites.

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


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Boogaart
ML: Downing
MC: Parker
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Alfonso
S3: Schreurs
S4: King
S5: Kompany

[Eaglesfan27]

Lacombe is in goal today.

1st minute: Downing passes to Rooney in the box.. he shoots.. a defender blocks it.. it bounces out to Parker.. he shoots from 22 yards out.. the keeper makes the save.

10 minute mark: Heller passes it to Parker just outside the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. punches it away.

19 minute mark: Heller steals the ball.. passes it to Parker.. he plays a perfect pass between two defenders to Adriano.. Adriano shoots.. powerful shot.. lower right corner.. trailing away from the keeper.. past him.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

22 minute mark: A midfielder passes it back to LaCombe.. Lacombe tries to kick it away.. Rooney steals the ball.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

37 minute mark: Trotta races from around midpitch to catch up with Tucker and knock the ball away before he can dribble into the box.

37 minute mark: Adriano passes to Parker who passes to Heller just outside the box.. he blasts a shot.. upper left corner.. Great save by their keeper.

44 minute mark: Trotta starts our counterattack.. long pass to Heller.. he shoots from 22 yards out.. upper right corner.. it deflects off a defender.. barely wide left.


Halftime: 2-0 lead for us. They have just over 36,000 fans here today.



63 minute mark: Chiumiento passes to Tucker in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. Adriano with great position.. saves it.

71 minute mark: Ortega with a brilliant dribble down the right sideline in which he weaved around 2 defenders.. he crosses it to the far post.. Rooney heads it.. over the bar.

72 minute mark: King on for Rooney and Alfonso on for Downing.

80 minute mark: Ortega with a corner kick.. near post.. Adriano heads it.. it skims over the bar.


Game over. 2-0 win.

We outshot them 23-6 (12-2 on target)

Parker wins MoM, 10 for form, 29 of 33 passes, 7 key passes, 4 of 7 tackles, 9 of 9 headers, 2 interceptions, 2 runs, 2 fouls drawn, and 1 assist.

Adriano and Rooney both had 9's. All of my other players had 8's.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

We were awarded 360,000 for that win.

In other English League Cup news:

Chelsea beat Sunderland 2-1, Millwall beat Doncaster 3-1. Leeds and Fulham play later.



Dec. 1, 2017 -

Craig King told the media that he is happy that I'm using him more in the starting line-up. (?)

The board is pleased with my performance.


West Ham's Aaron Lennon has won the EPL Player of the Month Award.

Nuno Ferro of Liverpool came in 2nd, and Gabriel Nicolae of Coventry came in 3rd.


Newcastle's Christian Giusti has won the EPL Young Player of the Month. Sven Fischer of Sheffield Wednesday came in 2nd, and Darren Fitzgerald of Birmingham came in 3rd.


West Ham's Stuart Baxter won EPL Manager of the Month. Pako Ayestaran of Liverpool came in 2nd, and Bruce Arena of Aston Villa came in 3rd.



Dec 2, 2017 -

We had the fortunate draw as we will be facing Millwall (the only EC team left) in the Semi Final of the English League Cup. Unfortunately, it will be on their pitch.


Chelsea will travel to play either Fulham or Leeds.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 2, 2017 -

Today we travel to play Manchester City in an EPL Match. We are currently tied for 1st in the EPL. They are in 14th place. Their offense has been virtually non-existant this year with their leading scorer being striker Gregory Grondin who has 3 goals on the year. Keeper Libis Andres Arenas has played very well in goal and has been key in their ability to have a few shut outs. Luca Carusa and Paul Simpson are providing good ball control in the midfield. The defenders have been inconsistent. They are relying on an aging Owen Hargreaves at right back and he has looked TERRIBLE. I wonder if he will start today?

We are 4-6 favorites.

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


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Kompany
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Godoy
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Wood
S3: Schreurs
S4: Wright
S5: Salva

[Eaglesfan27]

Luca Viola is starting in goal today!?!

5 minute mark: Miller with a throw-in to Ortega right of the box.. he crosses it to the far post.. Rooney heads it.. GOA... It's disallowed! Rooney called with pushing the defender.

19 minute mark: Gardiner with a good tackle on Adriano in the box to stop our attack.

23 minute mark: Ortega dribbles past three defenders down the right sideline.. long cross.. O'Connor heads it away before Rooney can get to it.

29 minute mark: Miller passes to Godoy just across the midfield line.. he dribbles.. perfect through ball to Rooney in the box.. he dribbles on goal.. keeper charges out.. the keeper knocks it away from Rooney.

31 minute mark: Adriano stops a weak shot by Curtis.


Halftime: 0-0 tie. We are dominating possession, but their defense is hanging tough.

They have just over 48,000 fans here.



46 minute mark: Heller gets a yellow card for pulling Piper's jersey.

51 minute mark: Danny O'Connor trips Downing.. yellow card for O'Connor.

59 minute mark: Downing is called for handballing.. Downing argues the call.. yellow card on Downing.. Cardozo argues the call.. yellow card for Cardozo.

62 minute mark: Wright on for Adriano and Salva on for Cardozo.

66 minute mark: Rooney gets called for pulling Ramon's jersey.. yellow card on Rooney.

75 minute mark: Kompany starts our counterattack.. long pass to Rooney.. he has a breakaway.. dribbles into the box.. tries to fake out the keeper.. he shoots.. the keeper tips it over the bar!

On the ensuing corner.. Downing kicks it towards the near post.. Wright jumps.. heads it.. GOAL!!!! 1-0! That is Wright's 5th of the year as he continues to be a super sub!

80 minute mark: Superb ball movement as 8 of my guys touch it in a matter of 16 seconds.. finally it ends with Downing crossing it short ot Rooney.. he heads it.. upper left corner.. it skims over the bar.

85 minute mark: Viola with a pair of acrobatic saves in goal!

87 minute mark: Downing passes it to Rooney left of the box.. he centers it for Wright.. Wright shoots from 8 yards out.. amazing save by Viola!

88 minute mark: Salva with a goal saving tackle on their striker in our box.

89 minute mark: Kompany with a pair of excellent defensive plays. Adriano with an acrobatic pair of saves following that.

90 minute mark: Salva heads away a corner kick.

92 minute mark: Heller passes it to Ortega right of the box.. he dribbles past a defender.. crosses it for Rooney.. the keeper outjumps Rooney.

94 minute mark: Miller with an excellent defensive play on Rossini.



Game over. Exciting 1-0 win that was hard fought.

We outshot them 14-9 (9-4 on target)

Carlos Godoy wins MoM, 9 for form, 29 of 30 passes, 7 key pases, 2 of 3 tackles, 1 of 5 headers, 3 interceptions, 4 runs.

Ortega also had a 9 for form. Downing and Miller had 8's. The rest of the team had 7's.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 2, 2017 -

My other young promising striker, Mark Hall, outshone Alberto Flores today by scoring both goals in our 2-1 win over Barnsley. Alberto did have an assist on one of the goals. Mark's speed is truly remarkable, but he doesn't have Alberto's skill set.


In 13 youth/reserve appearances, Alberto Flores has 10 goals, 10 assists, and 5 MoM awards with an average form of 8.41. I hope to get him some play on the big club soon (in fact in our next Champions League Match which is essentially meaningless [except for 400,000 dollars prize money].)



My scout was very impressed with the 18 year old Luca Viola in goal today. I must admit that I found the Italian keeper to be quite impressive as well.


Dec 3, 2017 -

Carlos Godoy was selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

We had a favorable draw for the 3rd round of the English FA Cup. We will be facing Barnsley (EC team) on our home pitch.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 6, 2017 -

England was drawn in Group 8 of the European Championship Qualifying along with Greece, Slovenia, N. Ireland, and Luxembourg.

Johnson Hippolyte has been hired as the new manager of Q.P.R.



Today we travel to play Shakhtar in our last Champions League Qualifying Round Match. We beat them 2-0 at home earlier in the year.

We are 4-6 favorites.

It's very windy with temperatures in the low 30's.


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Barbosa
MC: Parker
MC: Heller
MR: Schreurs
SC: Flores (Time to give the kid some PT!)
SC: Adriano (the best partner for him I think)

S1: Howard
S2: Kompany
S3: Wood
S4: Alfonso
S5: Boogaart
S6: Godoy
S7: Wright

[Eaglesfan27]

The field is hard and frozen today!

6 minute mark: Schreurs with a long range shot.. barely wide right.

11 minute mark: Flores steals the ball from a defender.. the defender steals it back.. Flores pushes the defender Volkov.. yellow card for Flores!

32 minute mark: Miller starts the counterattack.. quick pass to Parker.. Parker passes it to Schreurs who passes it back to Parker.. Parker finds Adriano in the right half of the 6 yard box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

36 minute mark: Trotta push Holokovo.. yellow card for Trotta.

39 minute mark: Adriano, my keeper, slips on the field.. he looks hurt! He has to be carried off the pitch! I put Howard on for him.



Halftime: 1-0 lead for us, but I'm focused on hoping Adriano isn't hurt too bad... and hoping no one else gets hurt.

They have a full house of just over 25,000 fans here today.



55 minute mark: Howard kicks it to Parker.. he shoots from 20 yards out.. upper right corner.. nice save by their keeper.

78 minute mark: Schreurs dribbles down the right sideline.. crosses it to the near post.. Adriano heads it.. into the crossbar.

I decide to put Wright on for Adriano.

84 minute mark: Barbosa passes it to Flores in the left half of the box.. he shoots from 15 yards out.. lower left corner.. nice save by the keeper.

92 minute mark: Ivanov with a vicious tackle on Parker just outside the box.. yellow card on him. Parker shakes it off.


Game over. 1-0 win.

We outshot them 10-5 (4-1 on target)

Salva wins MoM, 8 for form, 21 of 32 passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 15 of 15 headers, 4 interceptions.

Adriano, my striker, had the only other 8 for form. Everyone else had 7's.

Flores had a 7 for form, 11 of 13 passes, 2 of 3 tackles, 0 of 2 headers, 2 runs, 3 fouls drawn.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Despite not having Flores, Mark Hall had a goal and an assist in our U18's 2-0 win over Aston Villa.

Crap! I just got the word from our physio. They believe Adriano broke his ankle and will miss at least 3 weeks!

The media already has word of this and is asking me, "Can you remain title contenders without Adriano for at least a few weeks?"


I reply, "Adriano is a very important player on this team, but I believe our other guys can step up."

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 8, 2017 -

Matias Cahais has resumed full training following his injury.

Anthony Petit broke his arm in practice today and will miss 3-4 weeks.


Gain a defender, lose a defender.


Michael Wood strained his hamstring in practice and will miss at least a week.


Mr. Alvarez has told me that Adriano is in a buoyant mood after hearing my comments to the press that he was a very important part of the team that would be missed!



Tottenham have hired Kevin Hughes from Blackburn to become their new manager.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 9, 2017 -

Today we host Birmingham in an EPL Match. We are currently tied for 1st in the EPL. Birmingham is in 17th place. Birmingham's offense comes almost exclusively from striker Ryan Barrett who has 9 goals on the year. Ryan is a 26 year old English striker with excellent physical skills but he is technically below average. Their defense is led by midfielder Danny Taylor. Danny is a player who relies on excellent technique to make up for his physical short comings. However, he is only 19 and he could become quite talented. David White at centreback and Daniel Lozano at right back are both playing very well. Jose Moreira has had a poor year in goal.

We are 1-4 favorites.

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


GK: Howard (Can the old man still do it?)
DL: Trotta
DC: Kompany
DC: Salva
DR: Boogaart
ML: Downing
MC: Godoy
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Dani (the 24 year old Spanisk keeper is #3 [and arguably better than Howard and #2] in the system)
S2: Cardozo
S3: Barbosa
S4: Flores (if we get a 3 goal lead, he definitely comes in.)
S5: Miller

[Eaglesfan27]

5 minute mark: Heller gets called for pushing Taylor.. Adriano argues with the ref.. yellow card for Adriano.

18 minute mark: Barrett is called for being offside.. Danny Taylor argues the call.. yellow card for Taylor.

21 minute mark: Boogaart with a 2 footed tackle on Barrett.. yellow card for Boogaart.

24 minute mark: Downing pulls Barrett's jersey.. yellow card for Downing.


Chris Edwards is quick the hand out cards today.


42 minute mark: Salva plays a GREAT pass to the right corner of the pitch.. Ortega races to get to it.. he centers it for Adriano.. Adriano has an open left side of the net.. he whiffs!

43 minute mark: Boogaart plays a nice pass 40 yards up the pitch to Adriano.. he dribbles between two defenders.. shoots.. lower right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0. That is Adriano's 15th of the year.

44 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney just left of the box.. he draws two defenders.. centers it for Godoy.. he settles it.. shoots from 8 yards out.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.



Halftime: 2-0 lead. We have over 77,000 fans here today.



49 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick.. to the near post... Kompany outmuscles his man.. heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0! That is Kompany's 1st goal for the club ever!

54 minute mark: Downing gets a throw in from Godoy.. Downing dribbles past the fullback.. crosses it to the far post.. Adriano heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-0!

I bring on Flores for Rooney.

77 minute mark: Ortega dribbles past two defenders down the right side of the pitch.. he crosses it short.. Adriano in the 6 yard box.. he heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 5-0! That is Adriano's hattrick.

79 minute mark: Heller steals the ball.. passes it to Downing on the left wing.. he crosses it short.. the keeper intercepts it.

80 minute mark: Long kick from the keeper to Barrett.. he is behind the defense.. breakaway.. he dribbles into the box.. Howard comes out.. cuts down the angle.. Barrett shoots.. Howard saves it!

88 minute mark: Our midfielders passing it back and forth.. Heller to Godoy to Downing to Godoy to Heller to Godoy.. Godoy shoots from 19 yards out.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 6-0.



Game over. 6-0 win.

We outshot them 10-1 (7-1 on target)

Adriano won MoM, 10 for form, 14 of 16 passes, 1 key pass, 0 of 1 tackles, 5 of 9 headers, 3 runs, 3 goals.

Boogaart, Godoy, Downing, and Ortega all had 10's as well!

Heller had a 9 for form. Howard had a 7. Every other starter had an 8.


Flores had a 7 for form, 7 of 9 passes, 0 tackles, 3 of 4 headers, 1 run.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

The board is delighted with my recent big wins.

Downing has picked up an automatic one match ban for 5 yellow cards.



Here is a quick view of the (somewhat surprising) top 10 in the EPL as we approach the half way point:


1. Liverpool 14 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses. 43 points. 39 goals scored, 14 goals allowed.

2. West Ham 12 wins, 4 draws, 0 losses. 40 points. 31 goals scored, 7 goals allowed.

3. Manchester Utd 12 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss. 39 points. 57 goals scored, 10 goals allowed!

4. Chelsea 10 wins, 4 draws, 2 losses. 34 points. 24 goals scored, 15 goals allowed.

5. Arsenal 10 wins, 2 draws, 5 losses. 32 points. 28 goals scored, 16 goals allowed.

6. Newcastle 7 wins, 7 draws, 3 losses. 28 points. 27 goals scored 16 goals allowed.

7. Aston Villa 8 wins, 3 draws, 5 losses. 27 points. 29 goals scored, 20 goals allowed.

8. Leeds 8 wins 3 draws 6 losses. 27 points. 16 goals scored, 16 goals allowed.

9. Fulham 7 wins 5 draws 5 losses. 26 points. 23 goals scored, 17 goals allowed.

10. Plymouth 6 wins 3 draws 8 losses. 21 points. 15 goals scored, 20 goals allowed.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec. 11, 2017 -

Boogaart, Godoy, and Downing were selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Craig King is complaining to the media about the lack of PT here at Manchester United.


It has been announced that we will play South Melbourne in the Club World Championship Semi Final.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 15, 2017 -

I've been approached by a journalist from the media:

"A lot of people regard today's game against South Melbourne as a 'David vs Goliath' encounter. Do you agree that your team should crush them?

Despite playing some youngsters, I reply, "We should be able to win comfortably today as long as we give a good effort."



We've drawn Bordeaux in the next round of the Champions League.

Other matchups:

Rangers vs Inter

Valencia vs Juventus

Barcelona vs Werder Bremen

VfB Stuttgart vs Benfica

Fenerbahce vs Ajax

Milan vs Lazio

Deportivo vs Arsenal.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 15, 2017 -

Zaragoza has offered 10.5 million plus 30% of next sale for Alberto Flores. I turn down the offer.



Today we play South Melbourne in a Club World Championship match. They are a generally weak team with their only stars being midfielder Nick Kennedy and right back Danny Walker. Quite frankly, neither of these players would make it on our reserve squad.

We are 1-6 favorites.

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


Injured: Adriano, Petit, and Flores is probable.


GK: Howard
DL: Trotta
DC: cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Parker
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Flores (the kid has to shine against this inferior team)
SC: King

S1: Dani
S2: Alfonso
S3: Schreurs
S4: Oswald
S5: Wood
S6: Barbosa
S7: Wright

[Eaglesfan27]

2 minute mark: Parker passes to Downing left of the box.. he centers it for Flores.. he taps it to King on his right... he shoots.. nice save by the keeper.

16 minute mark: Salva with a long pass.. to Flores in the box.. he heads it.. upper right corner.. nice save by the keeper.

19 minute mark: Downing dribbles down the left sideline.. crosses it to Flores in the left side of the 6 yard box.. he volleys it.. brilliant save by the keeper!

22 minute mark: Heller gets a yellow card for pushing their midfielder.

27 minute mark: Downing dribbles down the left sideline.. crosses it to the far corner of the box.. Heller gets it.. shoots.. upper right corner.. great save by their keeper.

44 minute mark: Flores is tripped just outside the box.. Downing takes the free kick.. shoots.. it deflects off the wall.. lower right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.


Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. They are playing 8 or 9 men back and stifling our attack.

Flores has an 8 for form at the half.


72 minute mark: Oswald on for Flores, Barbosa on for Downing, and Wood on for Heller.

77 minute mark: Barbosa dribbles down the left sideline past two defenders.. centers it to the near post.. Oswald heads it.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.



Game over. 2-0 lead for us.

We outshot them 15-3 (7-2 on target)

Heller wins MoM, 8 for form, 21 of 28 passes, 2 key passes, 5 of 5 tackles, 4 of 4 headers, 2 interceptions, 2 runs, 1 assist.

Howard, Parker, Downing, Ortega, and Barbosa all had 8's for form. The rest of the team had 7's for form.


Flores had a 7 for form, 12 of 13 passes, 1 key pass, 0 tackles, 4 of 8 headers, 1 interception, 1 run, 2 fouls drawn.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Independiente beat Suwon 3-0. We will play Independiente in the Club World Championship Final on the 20th of December.


Dec 16, 2017 -

Bolton has sacked Olof Mellberg.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 17, 2017 -

Roy Keane, former great midfielder and scout extraordinare, has recommened that I poach Alessandro Di Matteo from Castellettese. The 16 year old keeper can be poached for only 200,000 so I did it. Alessandro is thrilled to have agreed to terms on a youth contract with us! The transfer will go through on July 19, 2018 once he is 17.


Club Atletico de Madrid has offered 14 million dollars for Alberto Flores. I reject the offer.


Dec 20, 2017 -

Today we play independiente in the Club World Championship. Despite this being a 9 million dollar match, Flores gets another start. Their team has a few talented players including striker Jose Velazquez. Jose is somewhat slow, but has excellent technical abilities and is a dangerous target man. Jorge Cobian teams up with him to give a good scoring punch at the striker position. Mariano Rojas is a 26 year old midfielder who isn't physically gifted but plays a very smart game. Juan Pablo Carrizo is a 33 year old keeper who has decent skills in goal.

We are 4-6 favorites.

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

Inj: Adriano, Petit, Heller is probable.



GK: Howard
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Parker
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Flores (if he doesn't have a great or at least very good game, he will go back to the reserves or U18 squad)
SC: King

S1: Dani
S2: Alfonso
S3: Schreurs
S4: Oswald
S5: Wood
S6: Barbosa
S7: Wright

[Eaglesfan27]

1 minute: Heller steals the ball... passes it to Flores.. despite his lack of great speed, he burns a defender.. dribbles to his right.. crossover move to his left.. around the keeper.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

4 minute mark: Howard with a pair of acrobatic saves.

5 minute mark: Belluschi trips Heller.. he gets away with a warning.

20 minute mark: Hermano Pellarano trips Flores from behind just outside the box.. yellow card on Pellarano.

23 minute mark: Howard stops a shot by Cobian.

30 minute mark: Re passes to Velasquez in the box.. he shoots from 15 yards out.. Howard stops it.. quick kick to PArker.. he passes to Ortega on the right wing.. Ortega dribbles into the right corner of the pitch.. he centers for Parker.. he shoots from 15 yards out.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

41 minute mark: Pellarano catches Flores from behind outside the box.. clean tackle this time.



Halftime: 2-0 lead for us. Flores has an 8 at halftime.


52 minute mark: Parker starts our attack with a pass to Downing left of the box.. he centers it to Flores in the box.. he shoots from 15 yards out.. powerful shot.. it hits the keeper.. he can't control it! GOAL!!!! 3-0! Flores has 2 now.

72 minute mark: Barbosa on for Downing and Wood on for Heller. I might pull Flores soon as he is getting really tired, but I want to give him a shot at the hattrick.

75 minute mark: Parker intercepts a keeper kick.. heads it into the box.. Flores gets to it.. shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. King gets the rebound.. shoots.. a defender blocks it with his body to save a goal.

80 minute mark: Miller starts the counterattack.. long pass to the box.. King gets to it.. shoots.. lower left corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-0.



Game over. 4-0 win.

We outshot them 13-5 (8-2 on target)

Flores wins MoM! 10 for form, 19 of 23 passes, 1 key pass, 0 of 1 tackles, 5 of 8 headers, 1 interception, 9 runs, 6 fouls drawn, 2 goals!

Parker also had a 10 for form. Downing and Ortega had 9's, Howard, Trotta, Miller, Heller, and King all had 8's. The rest of the team had 7's for form.


I guess Flores did enough to remain on the big club and get some PT (mostly off the bench probably.) ;)

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

We've been awarded 9 million for winning the Club World Championship.

This was our 3rd consecutive year capturing this title.


Dec 23, 2017 -

England has been drawn in Group C of the World Cup along with Uruguay, Iran, and Sweden. Overall, I like our grouping.

Mick Harford has been hired away from Crystal Palace to join Bolton as their new manager.


Alan Day has been hired as the new manager of Blackburn. He most recently was with Tottenham.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 23, 2017 -

Today we host Sheff Wed in an EPL Match. At this moment (because of playing a few less games) we are in 4th place. Sheff Wed is in 18th place. Their offense is decent, but their defense has been horrendous. Striker Michael Vickers is their leading scorer with 5 goals. Mike Davies is a good partner at striker, but he doesn't have many skills other than blinding speed. Magnus Troest is playing great at centreback. Michael Rein is playing in the midfield well. Craig James is playing very poorly in goal, and they don't have any other keepers that are better.

We are 2-5 favorites.

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


GK: Howard
DL: Trotta
DC: Kompany
DC: Salva
DR: Boogaart
ML: Barbosa
MC: Godoy
MC: Oswald (he needs somewhere to play with Flores possibly taking over the striker position?)
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Dani
S2: Flores!
S3: Schreurs
S4: King
S5: Miller

[Eaglesfan27]

1st minute: Barbosa dribbles down the left sideline.. passes it to Rooney left of the box.. he weaves between two defenders.. fires a pass to Adriano by the far post.. he heads it.. wide right!

9 minute mark: Godoy passes it to Barbosa left of the box.. quick cross to Ortega.. he heads it to Oswald.. he shoots.. great save by the keeper.

14 minute mark: Ortega dribbles up the right sideline.. crosses it to Barbosa.. he centers it to Rooney.. he shoots from 12 yards out.. the keeper saves it.

15 minute mark: Godoy starts our attack with a steal from the midfielder.. he passes it to Oswald.. Oswald passes it to Barbosa.. Barbosa passes it to Rooney in the box.. he shoots from 10 yards.. the keeper blocks it.. Adriano gets the rebound.. shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

20 minute mark: Rooney takes a free kick from 25 yards out.. curves it around the wall.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!! 2-0.

30 minute mark: Kompany gets a yellow card for tripping Davies.

39 minute mark: Barbosa dribbles up the left sideline.. centers it for Godoy.. he is 10 yards out.. shoots.. over the bar!

44 minute mark: Godoy passes to Ortega right of the box.. he passes it back to Oswald.. Oswald passes it to Barbosa left of the box.. he centers it to Rooney who is 15 yards out.. he shoots a blistering shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0!


Halftime: 3-0 lead. We have over 72,000 fans here today.


52 minute mark: Adriano is tackled hard just outside the box.. he is writhing in pain. King on for Adriano.

72 minute mark: Schreurs on for Barbosa.. I wonder if Schreurs can play the left side reasonably competently?

85 minute mark: Rooney gets the ball at midpitch.. dribbles past four defenders.. into the left side of the box.. shoots a blistering curving shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!! 4-0! That is his hattrick! That is also his 20th goal of the year. Glad I left him in to try to get the hattrick. Flores will get a shot next time.



Game over. 4-0 win :)

We outshot them 27-1 (17-0 on target)

Rooney wins MoM, 10 for form, 12 of 15 passes, 2 key passes, 0 tackles, 3 of 6 headers, 6 runs, 2 fouls drawn, 1 assist, and 3 goals.

Barbosa had a 9 for form. Boogaart, Oswald, and Adriano all had 8's for form. The rest of the team had 7's.


I hope Adriano isn't hurt too badly..

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

The board is very pleased with that win.

Leroy Rosenior has been sacked by Southampton.

Adriano only suffered a calf pull and is expected to be back in action in a day or two!


Dec 26, 2016 -

Tullio Gritti has been sacked by Reggina.


Boogaart and Rooney were selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Thierry Henry was on TV giving an interview in which he praised Bruce Arena as a great manager.

In return, Arena said that he thinks Henry is doing a very good job as manager of Sheff Wed.


Miguel Alvarez has been appointed manager of Southampton.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 26, 2017 -

Today we travel to play West Brom in an EPL Match. We are currently in 3rd while they are in 16th place. Their offense is led by striker Ryan Wallace and his 5 goals. Ryan is a slow footed striker who relies on positioning and finesse to score. Midfielder Michael Jakobsen is technically and fundamentally sound but doesn't have great physical attributes. Keeper Iain Turner is a top flight keeper who remains on top of his game at 33 years old, but he is getting bombarded with shots this year.

We are 4-7 favorites.

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


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Kompany
DC: Salva
DR: Boogaart
ML: Downing
MC: Parker
MC: Godoy
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Cahais
S3: Alfonso
S4: King
S5: Flores

[Eaglesfan27]

30 minute mark: Turner has had 3 very good saves on our players.

35 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick to the near post.. Adriano heads it.. great save by Turner.

36 minute mark: Trotta keeps the ball in their half.. centers it to Adriano.. he heads it back to Parker.. Parker shoots from 25 yards out.. curving shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.


Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. They have over 30,000 fans here today.



47 minute mark: Salva intercepts a keeper kick with a strong header towards the box.. Rooney burns the defender.. gets to the ball.. shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!! 2-0.

62 minute mark: Mark Walsh trips Salva.. yellow card on Walsh.

62 minute mark: Flores on for Rooney.

75 minute mark: Cahais on for Salva.

77 minute mark: Downing passes to Flores in the left half of the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. great save by the keeper.



Game over. 2-0 win for us.

We outshot them 17-0 (8-0 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 9 for form, 28 of 38 passes, 4 key passes, 0 tackles, 2 of 3 headers, 1 interception, 11 runs, 1 foul drawn.

Kompany, Parker, Schreurs, and Adriano (striker) all had 8's for form.

The rest of the team had 7's for form.

Flores had a 7 for form, 1 of 2 passes, 0 key passes, 0 tackles, 2 of 2 headers, 2 runs.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 28, 2017 -

Real Madrid has sacked Gonzalo Abando. Bordeaux manager Jose Antonio Camacho is expected to take over the job.

Chelsea has lost Julien Ribeiro for at least 3 months as he injured his hip in a match the other day.



Reggina have hired Marco Domenichini as their new manager. He is well respected and is expected to bring glory to the team.

Steve Hunter had a hattrick for my U18 team in their 4-2 win over Everton. Hunter is a 17 year old striker that I don't think looks very good in practice, but he is taking over Flores spot as the leading scorer for the team. Mark Hall assisted on 2 of his goals and chipped in a goal.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 30, 2017 -

Today we host Liverpool in a big EPL Match. We are currently in 3rd place while they are currently in 1st. However, of note, they have played 4 more matches. Their current record is 16-3-2 and our record is 14-2-1. They have scored 44 goals and allowed 17. We have scored 63 goals and allowed 10. Their keeper, Chris Kirkland tore a calf muscle 2 weeks ago, and is out for 2-3 more months. Chris Taylor, my former keeper, has done ok in goal for them. Mike Jongerius has played well at left wing. Mike is a 27 year old Dutch player with excellent speed, great technical ability, and good mental focus. My scout believes he has looked tired in his last few matches. Lebohang Mokoena is their leading scorer with 15 goals on the year. Lebohang is 31, but is still a burner on the pitch. He is a world class striker in my estimation. Liam Ridgewell is 33, but is playing good position defense. Nigel Reo-Coker is 33 and is showing signs of decline, but he is still a good midfielder.

We are 5-4 favorites.

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


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Kompany
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Parker
MC: Godoy
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Cardozo
S3: Barbosa
S4: King
S5: Heller

[Eaglesfan27]

1st minute: Ortega steals it from Jongerius.. dribbles past 4 defenders.. into the box.. shoots.. over the bar.

Jongerius was hurt on that play, but can continue to try to play.

18 minute mark: Salva passes the ball down the right sideline.. Ortega gets to it just before it crosses the endline.. centers it.. Chris Taylor intercepts it.

33 minute mark: Antonio caught Rooney from behind as he dribbled into the box. Clean tackle.

40 minute mark: Downing dribbles down the left sideline.. plays a brilliant pass into the box from 30 yards out.. Rooney gets to it.. shoots from 5 yards out.. Taylor blocks it.

43 minute mark: Downing passes to Parker just outside the box.. he shoots from 25 yards out.. strong shot.. upper right corner.. Taylor dives.. tips it over the bar.

44 minute mark: Parker shoots from 25 yards out.. the keeper blocks it.. Downing gets the rebound.. centers it for Rooney.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.



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



52 minute mark: Ortega dribbles past two defenders.. down the right sideline.. he is burning them.. plays a great pass to Adriano's feet.. Adriano hits it on the half-volley.. lightning quick.. GOAL!!! 2-0.

70 minute mark: King on for Rooney who is tired, and Heller on for Godoy.

76 minute mark: Adriano with a pair of solid saves.

80 minute mark: Jose Angel with another breakaway.. he is being chased down.. shoots from 20 yards out.. Adriano blocks it and the defense clears the rebound.



Game over. 2-0 win.

We each had 9 shots. We each had 6 shots on goal.

Adriano (GK) wins MoM, 8 for form, 6 saves, 14 of 21 passes, 2 interceptions.

Parker and Ortega both had 8's as well. The rest of the team had 7's for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Wayne Rooney has picked up a one match ban due to Yellow cards.



Lazio has offered 25 million for Adriano Trotta. I turn down the offer.



January 1, 2018 -

Zaragoza have offered a contract to Alfonso.


The board is "satisfied" with my performance as manager.



Antonio Ortega has won the World Footballer of the Year Award. Striker Adriano came in 2nd, and Wayne Rooney came in 3rd as we swept the award!


Adriano has won the World Player of the Year Award. Rooney came in 2nd, and Ortega came in 3rd.


Ortega has won the European Footballer of the Year Award. Adriano came in 2nd, and Rooney came in 3rd.


Adriano (GK) has won the European Goalkeeper of the Year Award! Joao Carlos of Deportivo came in 2nd, and Emerson of Juventus came in 3rd.


Arsenal's Jaime Gavilan has won the European Defender of the Year Award. Philipp Lahm of Inter came in 2nd, and Mark van den Boogaart came in 3rd.


Antonio Ortega has won the European Midfielder of the Year Award. Cristiano Ronaldo of Milan came in 2nd, and Carlos Godoy came in 3rd.


Adriano won the European Striker of the Year Award. Rooney came in 2nd, and Jose Angel of Werder Bremen came in 3rd.





Stewart Downing has won the EPL Player of the Month Award. Antonio Ortega came in 2nd, and Aaron Lennon of West Ham came in 3rd.

Arsenal's Richard James has won the EPL Young Player of the Month award. Tom Francis of Fulham came in 2nd, and Dave Grant of Sunderland came in 3rd.

Bruce Arena of Aston Villa won the EPL Manager of the Month award, I came in 2nd, and Stuart Baxter of West Ham came in 3rd.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 1, 2018 -

We have completed the deal for Adriano Pinna by sending 5.8 million to Crotone. The speedy 20 year old Italian left winger will get some serious PT in the next year as I think this will be Downing's last truly productive year.



Fulham have signed 25 year old Romanian Midfielder Sorin Gheorghe from Celta for 22 million dollars.


The board told me that due to an improvement in the club's financial position they have raised my transfer budget by 6 million. This makes 61 million dollars available if I wanted to make a move..



Jan 1, 2018 -

Today we travel to play Newcastle. We are in 3rd while Newcastle is in 8th right now. They are led by left winger Kasper Lorentzen who continues to be a very good player on the wing. Kasper is 32 and is starting to lose a bit of his speed, but he is an excellent technician who is mentally focused. Ignacio is a 27 year old striker who is a great scorer and he has 14 goals and 9 assists on the season. Dion Dickhoff is their leading centreback but he is injured for this game. Christian Giusti is a good second striker who is only 21 and is improving. Keeper Michel Testerink is under pressure and the media has suggested that he should be dropped from the starting lineup.

We are 4-5 favorites.

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

Rooney is suspended.


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Boogaart
ML: Downing
MC: Godoy
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Oswald
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Cahais
S3: Barbosa
S4: Wright
S5: Flores

[Eaglesfan27]

5 minute mark: Lorentzen gets a yellow card for pulling Downing's jersey.

10 minute mark: Godoy gets a yellow card for tripping Grunert.

35 minute mark: Ignacio gets a breakaway.. dribbles into the box.. shoots.. upper right corner.. Adriano dives.. blocks it.


Halftime: 0-0 tie. They have over 52,000 fans here today. They are keeping 8 men back usually and are frustrating our offense.



58 minute mark: Adriano starts the counterattack.. quick pass to Oswald at midpitch.. he passes between two defenders.. Adriano gets the ball just outside the box.. dribbles into the box.. shoots from 17 yards.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0. That is Adriano's 20th of the year!

72 minute mark: Barbosa on for Godoy with Downing sliding inside. Flores on for Oswald.

77 minute mark: Barbosa dribbles down the left sideline.. passes it to Flores left of the box.. he heel passes it back to Barbosa.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. over the bar.

80 minute mark: Boogaart tackles Ignacio in the box.

82 minute mark: Barbosa passes to Flores in the left half of the box.. he crosses it short to Adriano by the far post.. he heads it.. good save by the keeper.

82 minute mark: Salva starts our counterattack.. passes it to Ortega.. Ortega finds Flores wiht a great pass.. he is in the box.. takes two dribbles.. shoots.. blistering shot.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0. That is Flores' first league goal this year!


Game over. 2-0 win for us.

We outshot them 16-12 (5-5 on target)

Ortega wins MoM, 9 for form, 21 of 24 passes, 3 key passes, 5 of 13 tackles, 1 of 3 headers, 4 runs, 1 assist.

Oswald had a 7, but all of my other starters had 8's for form.


Flores (in 18 minutes) 7 for form, 5 of 5 passes, 1 key pass, 1 of 3 tackles, 1 of 3 headers, 3 runs, 1 goal.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Carlos Godoy has picked up an automatic one match ban for collecting 5 yellow cards.


Diego Cardozo picked up a calf strain and will miss 2-3 weeks.



Jan 5, 2018 -

Anthony Petit has suffered a fractured cheekbone in training and will be out for at least 3 weeks.

Crystal Palace have hired former Southampton manager Leroy Rosenior as their new manager.

Matias Cahais suffered a pulled groin muscle and will miss 2-3 weeks.

West Brom has requested to borrow Flores for 3 months. I reject the request.

Zaragoza has signed Alfonso to a deal that will start July 1st, 2018.



Jan 6, 2018 -

Atletico de Madrid have paid Liverpool 29 million dollars for Alberto, a 25 year old good right/left back! I think they overpaid by a good margin.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 6, 2018 -

Today we host Barnsley in the English FA Cup's 3rd round. They are currently 11th in the English Championship and shouldn't be much of a challenge. Their best star, left winger Luke Briggs, is suspended for this game. Their next bext player is striker Phil Younghusband. He is a 30 year old English striker who has a great shot, but has a hard time creating room. Their keeper, Andrew Lonergan, isn't very talented and at 34 he is slipping in skill.


We are 1-6 favorites.

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


Injured: Cardozo, Cahais, Petit. Suspended: Godoy.


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Kompany
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Parker
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Pinna (the new acquisition should get some PT if we gain a big lead as I expect.)
S3: Flores
S4: Schreurs
S5: King

[Eaglesfan27]

2 minute mark: Trotta gets a yellow card for tripping Younghusband.

5 minute mark: Parker dribbles up the left side of the pitch.. passes it to Heller just outsie the box.. he shoots.. banana shot.. curves.. just inside the post.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

8 minute mark: Trotta dribbles down the left side of the pitch.. crosses it to Ortega.. he quickly passes it back to Heller.. Heller shoots from 21 yards out.. amazing shot.. curves into upper right corner... GOAL!!!! 2-0

13 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick.. Adraino heads the ball down to Ortega's feet inside the 6 yard box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!! 3-0.

15 minute mark: Derek Nivan pushes Adriano down.. yellow card for Nivan.

24 minute mark: Derek Nivan trips Rooney in the box.. Red Card for Nivan! Ortega takes the penalty shot.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!! 4-0! That is Ortega's 5th of the year.

28 minute mark: Ortega dribbles past three defenders.. weaving down the right sideline.. dribbles into the box.. passes it to ADriano.. he shoots from 10 yards out.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 5-0.

42 minute mark: Jimmy Morgan trips Ortega.. yellow card for Morgan.

43 minute mark: Ortega dribbles past two defenders.. down the right sideline.. crosses it to the far post.. Adriano with a diving header... upper left corner.. GOAL!!! 6-0!



Halftime: 6-0 lead for us. We have over 68,000 fans here today.


Adriano Pinna on for Downing and Flores on for Rooney.


47 minute mark: Ortega gets a yellow card for tripping Younghusband.

48 minute mark: Miller steals the ball deep in our turf.. passes it 60 yards up the pitch.. Flores gets to the ball before the defender.. fakes right.. dribbles left.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 7-0.

54 minute mark: Kompany gets a yellow card for handballing.

62 minute mark: Trotta passes to Pinna.. he dribbles into the left side of the box.. crosses it for Adriano.. the keeper intercepts it.

79 minute mark: Pinna passes to Flores in the left half of the box.. he shoots.. GOA.. Flores is whistled for being offside.

85 minute mark: Younghusband with a hard tackle on Flores.. yellow card.. he argues the call.. Younghusband gets a second yellow card!

90 minute mark: Ortega throws it into Heller.. he passes to Parker in the 6 yard box.. Parker heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 8-0.


Game over. 8-0 win.

We outshot them 21-0 (13-0 on target)

Parker wins MoM, 10 for form, 33 of 36 passes, 4 key passes, 3 of 3 tackles, 4 of 4 headers, 1 interception, 1 run, 1 assist, and 1 goal.

Miller, Ortega, Heller, and Adriano all had 10's for form. Trotta had a 9 for form. Every other player besides Adriano, GK had an 8. Both Pinna and Flores had 8's.

Flores, 8 for form, 6 of 6 passes, 2 key passes, 0 tackles, 1 of 2 headers, 3 runs, 2 fouls drawn, and 1 goal.

[daedalus]

Question for you . . .

So you are in 3rd place (or were, as of last standing update in the Liverpool game) due to the fact that you've played 4 games less than them. How are your players reacting to that? Are they whining about the fact that they're out of 1st/2nd? [I had major problem with this in my '01/'02 game.]

[Eaglesfan27]

Question for you . . .

So you are in 3rd place (or were, as of last standing update in the Liverpool game) due to the fact that you've played 4 games less than them. How are your players reacting to that? Are they whining about the fact that they're out of 1st/2nd? [I had major problem with this in my '01/'02 game.]
My players' morale are all superb and I'm not getting any whining from them. However, I suspect that is why the board is only satisfied with my performance. It would stink to get fired because of the fact that I have played less games. Right now, if we win the 4 games to put us all on an even number of games, I'm in 1st by a decent margin.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 6, 2018 -

Harrogate Town (WOO HOO!!!) shocked Manchester City 2-0 in the FA Cup 3rd round match at Manchester City today!

None of my old players are there, but it is still nice to see the team succeed. Harrogate Town is currently 8th in League Two.

Blackpook has fired coach Paul Simpson. Terry Butcher is the favorite to take over.


Boogaart and Ortega were selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Arsenal have offered 9 million plus Ruben for Bob Wright. Ruben is a 20 year old Spanish Centerback of minimal talent. I turn down the offer.


Jan 8, 2017 -

We just missed getting Harrogate Town as our 4th round draw in the FA Cup. instead we will host Tottenham.


Jan 9, 2017 -

Newcastle have offered 10 million dollars for Bob Wright. I turn down the offer.


Millwall boss Paul Scholes has told the press that he is relishing the opportunity for his side to test their skill in our upcoming mach.

I responded, "Paul is a great manager and I look forward to facing him tomorrow. Millwall would be smart to keep him around for a long time."


Carlos Godoy injured his ankle in practice today and will miss about a week.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 10, 2018 -

Today we travel to play Millwall in the first leg of the English League Cup Semi-Final. Chelsea is traveling to play Fulham in the other match. Millwall is 14th in the English Championship. Richard Briggs is a talented 19 year old left winger that I'm interested in watching. The remainder of the team isn't up to our caliber. Striker Simeon Jackson is a fast player, but the Jamaican isn't very technically gifted and shouldn't be much of a threat.

We are 1-4 favorites.

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


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Boogaart
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Dwoning
MC: Parker
MC: Oswald
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Barbosa
S3: Wright
S4: Flores
S5: Schmidt

[Eaglesfan27]

They come out in 4-5-1 with only Jackson forward.

7 minute mark: Oswald gets a yellow card for tripping Briggs.

12 minute mark: Oswald is whistled for tripping Yates.. Schreurs argues the call.. yellow card for Schreurs.

31 minute mark: Downing dribbles down the left sideline.. centers it for Parker.. he shoots from 25 yards out.. strong curving shot.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.

40 minute mark: Downing pulls Briggs' jersey.. yellow card on Downing.

42 minute mark: Rooney is tripped by Connoly in the box.. penalty awarded! Rooney steps up.. blasts it into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.


Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. Millwall has just under 20,000 fans here today.



Their centerback Marshall is stopping many of our offensive attacks.

56 minute mark: Miller starts the counterattack.. quick pass to Schreurs.. he dribbles past two defenders.. into the box.. short cross for King.. diving header.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

60 minute mark: Muntari steals the ball from Oswald.. passes it to Jackson.. he shoots from 22 yards out.. Adriano calmly saves it.

62 minute mark: Flores on for Rooney who has picked up a minor knock. Wright on for King who is tired.

Barbosa on for Downing as well.

68 minute mark: Boogaart passes to Parker at midpitch.. he makes a nice pass towards the box.. Flores get to it.. Marshall tackles him before he can shoot.

78 minute mark: Barbosa dribbles into the left half of the box.. draws two defenders.. great centering pass for Flores.. he shoots from 6 yards out.. the keeper smothers it.

82 minute mark: Flores steals it at midpitch.. beautiful pass to Wright who makes a quick touch pass to Schreurs in the box.. Schreurs with a nice crossover.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!! 3-0.



Game over. 3-0 win for us.

We outshot them 16-4 (10-2 on target)

Schreurs wins MoM, 8 for form, 23 of 28 passes, 1 key pass, 2 of 2 tackles, 3 of 5 headers, 4 interceptions, 8 runs, 1 assist, and 1 goal.

Every starter had an 8 except for Craig King who had a 7.

Flores had a 7 for form in 30 minutes, 3 of 3 passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 1 of 1 headers, 4 runs, 2 fouls drawn.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Michael Oswald damaged his shoulder and will miss about 5 days.

Wayne Rooney picked up a bloody nose and should be fine tomorrow.



Jan. 12, 2018 -

Fulham have offered 1 million dollars plus Tom Francis for Alberto Flores. Tom is a mediocre 21 year old left winger. I turn down the deal.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 13, 2018 -

Today we host Tottenham in an EPL Match. We are currently in 3rd while Tottenham is in 17th place and floundering. Three of their top players are injured including star striker Mark Tucker, midfielders Michael Corbett and Ivair. Today they will be relying on Andrea Conte at striker to generate offense. Conte is an above average talent and has 7 goals on the year in 11 starts. Michal Kowalik has seized control of the keeper's job and has played very well the last two weeks. Stuart Parnaby has played well at right back and has led the defense. However, Parnaby is 35 and is not nearly as fast as he used to be. We should be able to dominate this defense.

We are 4-6 favorites.

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


Inj: Godoy, Oswald, Cahais, Cardozo, and Petit.


GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Kompany
DC: Salva
DR: Boogaart
ML: Barbosa
MC: Parker
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Flores
S3: Pinna
S4: Wright
S5: Trotta

[Eaglesfan27]

The first 10 minutes, they are keeping 9 men back and shutting down our offense.

12 minute mark: They attack, we catch them on the counterattack with a quick pass from Schmidt to Barbosa.. he passes to Rooney in the left half of the box.. Rooney blasts a curving shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!! 1-0.

24 minute mark: Boogaart passes to Ortega who burns two defenders down the right sideline.. he crosses it.. Adriano heads it.. over the bar!

29 minute mark: Rooney is tripped in the box by Parnaby (who he had just burnt.) Penalty! Rooney steps up.. shoots.. lower left corner.. the keeper dives.. just out of his reach! GOAL!!!! 2-0.



Halftime: 2-0 lead for us. We have just over 70,000 fans here today. Our defense is just dominating as a unit right now.


46 minute mark: Barbosa takes a free kick from 10 yards left of the box.. he crosses it towards Adriano.. a defender heads it away.. right to Rooney in the middle of the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0! That is his hattrick!

61 minute mark: Flores on for Adriano who is tired. Pinna on for Barbosa who had picked up a yellow card earlier.

Barbosa gets a standing ovation from the crowd!

70 minute mark: Parnaby has used positioning and guile to stop Pinna's last 3 attack attempts.

75 minute mark: Wright on for Rooney with Flores sliding to the left striker and Wright on as the right striker.

Rooney gets a standing ovation as he leaves the pitch!

81 minute mark: Heller passes to Pinna in the left half of the box.. he chips it over a defender to Flores.. he heads it.. upper left corner.. GOA.. Flores is whistled for pushing the defender, the goal won't count.


Game over. 3-0 win.

We outshot them 23-2 (12-2 on target)

Rooney wins MoM, 10 for form, 9 of 9 passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 2 of 8 headers, 9 runs, 3 goals.

Barbosa and Ortega also had 10's for form.

Adriano (GK) and Boogaart had 8's. The rest of the team had 7's.

Flores had a 7 for form, 29 minutes, 3 of 3 passes, 2 key passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 1 of 1 headers, 2 fouls drawn.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

My physio lets me know that we need to rest Kompany more.


Jan 13, 2018 -

Sad just sad to see James McFadden's decline. My former player was just sold by Chelsea to Charlton for 100,000 dollars.


Sunderland has signed Nigel Reo-Coker on a Bosman deal from Liverpool.

Sheff Wed spent 10.5 million to sign Javi from Real Sociedad. Javi is a 24 year old midfielder who will add some nice talent to their midfield as he is a skilled passer who can be creative offensively.


Jan 14, 2018 -

Our U18 team has lost their last two games since I took Alberto Flores from them. Mark Hall played well but the team was beat 1-0 by Burnley.



Jan 15, 2018 -

Liverpool have offered 47 million dollars for Mickael Schmidt! This is a very tempting offer. I'm not using Schmidt that much as I really love Trotta's unbelievable speed at my left back position. If this wasn't an EPL Rival, this would be a no-brainer. However, I'm going to refuse simply because Schmidt is very talented (I need to use him more) and I'm not going to give such a talented player to a main rival.


Boogaart, Ortega, and Rooney were all selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Sunderland have spent 2.4 million to sign 26 year old American fullback Gary Shultis, Jr. from Bristol C.


Jan 17, 2018 -

Alberto Flores injured his hamstring in practice today. He will miss 2-3 weeks.

Newcastle has signed Wayne Dunn from Fulham for 9.4 million dollars.


Jose Antonio Camacho who is 62 has taken over at Real Madrid leaving Bordeaux for this opportunity.


Jan 19, 2018 -

Zaragoza has offered 10 million dollars plus 30% of next sale for Alberto Flores. I turn down the offer.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 20, 2018 -

Today we host Tottenham in the fourth round of the English FA Cup. See the previous preview for their strengths.

We are 4-7 favorites.

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


Injured: Flores, Cahais, Petit.


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Parker
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Schmidt
S3: Barbosa
S4: King
S5: Wright

[Eaglesfan27]

3 minute mark: Downing gets a deflection from their box.. he crosses it to the far post.. Adriano heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

6 minute mark: Downing viciously bodychecks Danny Perry.. Yellow card for Downing, he was lucky it wasn't red.

8 minute mark: Chiumiento takes a corner kick for tottenham.. finds Diemeble in the box.. he heads it.. Adriano parries it.. Diembele shoots.. Adriano saves it.

11 minute mark: Adriano kicks it to Ortega, he burns three defenders down the right sideline.. dribbles into the box.. crosses to Rooney.. he heads it.. keeper blocks it.. Parker with the rebound.. shoots.. just over the bar!

15 minute mark: Rooney is whistled for pushing Parnaby.. argues the call.. yellow card for Rooney.

16 minute mark: Adriano passes to Downing.. Downing dribbles past two defenders.. passes to Rooney left of the box.. Rooney dribbles past Parnaby.. shoots a strong curving shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!! 2-0.

34 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick to the near post.. Salva jumps.. heads it.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!! 3-0.


Halftime: 3-0 lead for us! We have just over 66,000 fans here today.



47 minute mark: Daniel Hofmann trips Ortega, yellow card for Hofmann.

49 minute mark: Hofmann holds Ortega as Ortega is running by him.. yellow card.. Hofmann is ejected!

63 minute mark: Wright on for Rooney and Barbosa on for Downing.

Downing gets a standing ovation as leaves the pitch!


68 minute mark: Barbosa passes it to Adriano in the box.. he heads it.. the keeper blocks it.. he shoots the rebound.. a defender blocks it.

70 minute mark: Barbosa crosses it to Adriano in the right half of the box.. he draws two defenders.. passes it to Parker.. Parker blasts a shot.. over the bar. He missed a good goal opportunity.

86 minute mark: Wright gets a yellow card for pushing Parnaby.



Game over. 3-0 win for us :)

We outshot them 23-9 (14-5 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 10 for form, 11 of 13 passes, 2 key passes, 1 of 2 tackles, 1 of 4 headers, 2 interceptions, 12 runs, 1 foul drawn, and 3 assists.

Adriano had a 9 as did Barbosa (even though he was a late sub.)

Adriano (GK), Salva, Ortega, and Rooney all had 8's for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match:

That win earned 130,000 in prize money.


Jan 20, 2018 -

Sunderland has fired Frank Rijkaard and Richard Money is the favorite to take ove the job.

Fulham have signed 28 year old Scottish Midfielder Iain Lobban from West Ham for 10.5 million. Iain is a talented long range sniper and a decent all around player.


Jan 21, 2018 -

Milan have offered 72 million dollars for Michael Heller. I turn down the offer.


Jan 22, 2018 -

We received a VERY favorable draw today in the 5th round of the English FA Cup as we will be hosting Preston (League 1.)


Jan 23, 2018 -

Wayne Rooney twisted his knee in practice and will miss approximately a week.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 24, 2018 -

Today we host Millwall in the 2nd leg of the English League Cup Semi Final. We are up 3-0 on aggregate over Millwall.

We are 1-6 favrites.

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


Injured: Flores, Rooney, Heller, Cahais.

GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Cardozo
DC: Boogaart
DR: Miller
ML: Barbosa
MC: Parker
MC: Godoy
MR: Schreurs
SC: Oswald
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Wright
S3: Pinna
S4: Adriano
S5: Salva

[Eaglesfan27]

2 minute mark: Kevin Yates holds Schreurs' jersey.. yellow card for Yates.

5 minute mark: Barbosa dribbles into the box.. past two defenders.. into the 6 yard box.. passes to Parker.. he shoots from 7 yards out.. the keeper blocks it.. it bounces back to Barbosa.. quick pass to Parker.. he shoots.. The second time is the charm! GOAL!!!! 1-0.

7 minute mark: Barbosa dribbles past two defenders.. into the box.. he passes back to Parker who is just outside the box.. Parker shoots.. powerful banana shot.. it curves away from the keeper.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!! 2-0. That is Parker's 5th of the year.

9 minute mark: Schmidt with a long pass to Parker.. he is outside the box.. he shoots a powerful banana shot.. upper right corenr.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.

32 minute mark: Barbosa passes to Godoy.. he heads it to Parker's feet just outside the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. over the bar. He just missed his hattrick.



Halftime: 2-0 lead for us. We have over 79,000 fans here today.



50 minute mark: Phil Wright trips Miller.. yellow card on Wright.

55 minute mark: Pinna on for Barbosa who has picked up a minor knock.

Barbosa is given a standing ovation!


63 minute mark: Pinna dribbles past a defender.. crosses it to the far post.. Parker heads it.. over the bar.

72 minute mark: Pinna dribbles past two defenders.. crosses it to the near post.. Parker heads it.. it hits the post.. and bounces wide!

72 minute mark: Wright on for King who has had a bad game (6 for form.)

86 minute mark: Bruno Provost bodychecks Parker to the ground.. Red card for Provost!

90 minute mark: Parker passes to Pinna in the box.. he kicks it so fast I can't see it, but the ref indicates it went over the bar.

91 minute mark: Schreurs picks up an injury :( Hopefully he is ok.

Godoy pushes McGoldrick to the ground (he injured Schruers), yellow card for Godoy.


Game over. 2-0 win. The game ended before we could even carry Schreurs off the ground.

5-0 win on aggregate.

We outshot them 30-1 (16-1 on target)

Barbosa wins MoM, 10 for form, 21 of 22 passes, 5 key passes, 2 of 2 tackles, 2 of 4 headers, 21 runs, 2 fouls drawn, and 2 assists.

Parker and Schreurs also had 10's for form.

Schmidt had an 8. King had a 6. The rest of the team had 7's.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Chelsea beat Fulham 2-0 today to win 3-1 on aggregate and advance to the final.

Jeroen Schreurs suffered a shoulder injury, but is believed to only be a strain and he should be back within a week.

The English League Cup Final against Chelsea will be played on Feb 25th at Wembley.



Jan 26, 2017 -

Roma have offered Andrea Aiello and 22 million dollars for Trotta. Aiello is a good 26 year old centreback, but I counter the offer asking for 80 million plus this player.


Blackpook has hired Dennis Wise from Walsall.


Newcastle has offered 12.5 million dollars for Flores. I reject the offer.



Middlesbrough has signed Dion Dickhoff to a Bosman deal taking him away from Newcastle.


Chelsea has signed Jocelyn Lacombe from St. Etienne on a Bosman deal. i find this an interesting pickup as I consider him a below average striker (although he is only 22.) It seems like Chelsea might be desperate if they are planning on using him much.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 27, 2018 -

Today we play Fulham in an EPL Match. We are currently in 3rd while they are in 7th place. Fulham is replying on a dynamic pair of strikers and solid defense to stay in the upper half of the table. David is having an amazing season at striker. The 27 year old Spanish striker doesn't have much speed (which gives me hope for Flores) but he is a lethal finisher and he uses great off the ball skills to set himself up. He has 21 goals and 5 assists in 34 starts. Collins John is playing well beside him with 8 goals and 8 assists. Michael Rensing is playing well the last month in goal and he really is a talented keeper. Jiri Mach is playing solid if not spectacularly at the centreback position. Craig Gardner has played well at left back the past few weeks.

We are 4-6 favorites.

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

Injured: Flores, Miller, Schreurs, and Rooney.


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Kompany
DC: Salva
DR: Boogaart
ML: Downing
MC: Godoy
MC: Parker
MR: Ortega
SC: Oswald
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Cardozo
S3: Barbosa
S4: Wright
S5: Wood

[Eaglesfan27]

4 minute mark: Our midfielders probe the defense.. finally Godoy sees an opening.. passes it into the box to Adriano.. he shoots a low curving shot.. lower left corner.. it curves too far.

15 minute mark: Gardner has stopped a pair of Ortega offensives.

19 minute mark: Downing dribbles into the left half of the box.. fakes the pass.. shoots.. lower left corner.. nice save by the keeper.

26 minute mark: Downing gets the ball left of the box.. quickly centers it to Godoy.. shoots.. upper right corner.. inches wide right.


Halftime: 0-0 tie. They have just under 22,000 fans here today.



62 minute mark: Downing passes to Oswald in the left half of the box.. he shoots.. lower right corner.. it hits the post.. and bounces back towards him.. the keeper pounces on it!

72 minute mark: Wright on for Adriano who is looking lethargic, and Wood on for Godoy who is looking slow out there today.

84 minute mark: Schulz is shutting down our attacks the last few minutes.

90 minute mark: Downing passes to Wood outside the box.. he shoots.. lower left corner.. wide left.



Game over. 0-0 tie. That ends a long winning streak, but we continue our unbeaten streak.

We outshot them 14-4 (4-1 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 9 for form, 20 of 24 passes, 3 key passes, 3 of 3 tackles, 1 of 2 headers, 4 interceptions, 10 runs.

Salva, Ortega, and Parker all had 8's. The rest of the team had 7's.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 28, 2018 -

Aston Villa spent 30 million dollars to sign 27 year old Spanish Centreback Ignacio from Marseille. He appears to be a very good centreback according to my scouts and he should be an upgrade for them.


EXcellent.. Roma has withdrawn their bid for Adriano Trotta.


January 29, 2018 -

Chelsea have offered 58 million plus 20% of next sale for Cardozo. I ask for 90 million.

Chelsea has offered 18.5 million for Michael Oswald. I counter by asking for 60 million.


Liverpool has also offered 18.5 million for Oswald. I counter with 60 million.

Arsenal has also offered 18.5 million for Oswald. I counter with 70 million ;)


Lazio has offered 30 million for Trotta. I counter with 90 million.




Jan 30, 2018 -

Dario Tamburini has told Real Madrid he will not return. I offer the promising 19 year old midfielder his requested 1 million dollars signing bonus, 56k per week salary, but tell him that he will be a rotation player at first.

I also approach Antonio Ferrer about signing a bosman deal. I offer the talented 18 year old left winger 420k signing bonus, and 8600/week, but let him know that he will be working his way onto 1st team football.


Liverpool has spent 33 million dollars to sign Vincenzo Guidetti from Lazio. Guidetti is a talented centreback but not top tier.

Javi told the media that he is concerned that he will lose his starting centreback position. Based on my scout's estimate of Javi's ability, he should be worried about losing his job which is likely.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 31, 2018 -

Ferrer rejected my offer and chose instead to sign a new deal to remain at Celta!

The deal is rumored to be 3 years for 4.5 million dollars.


Dario Tamburini rejected Real Madrid's offer and agreed to our offer! The talented young midfielder will arrive on August 1, 2018.


West Ham has signed Christopher Eagles from Valencia on a Bosman deal. The talented but aging right winger will get to play some games against his old boss.


Sheesh!!! Alberto Flores suffered a dislocated shoulder in practice today :( He will be out 3-4 weeks. I have to face the real prospect that he is just injury prone and therefore will not be able to live up to my hopes for him :(

I asked my head physio to give me a report, and he feels that Flores should be fine in a few weeks, and he doesn't feel he is injury prone.


Excellent, everyone withdrew their bids on my players.



Mark Hall had 2 assists as our U18 team beat Hull's team 3-0.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 1, 2018 -

In a new feature, I'm going to briefly overview the top 5 teams (as per the current standings) at the beginning of each month.


Surprisingly at #1 is West Ham! West Ham has played 26 matches. They are 20-5-1 for a total of 65 points. They have a solid offense that has scored 50 goals. They have an excellent defense that has only given up 11 league goals. However, a few of West Ham's players are hurt and it will be interesting to see how they respond. Their star is Robbin Kieft (who I almost acquired a few times.) Robbin has 22 goals and 5 assists (16 league goals and 5 league assists) He is 30 and is using excellent speed and a top notch finishing ability to rack up the goals. Aaron Lennon is playing very well at the right winger position. The 30 year old English winger doesn't have great speed, but he is an excellent crosser. He has 8 goals and 9 assists (7 goals 8 assists in league play.) Finally, Warren Norman is playing astoundingly well in goal. He isn't that talented, but is playing above himself this year. He has 20 clean sheets in 32 starts.


#2 - Liverpool. They have also played 26 matches. They have an 18-3-5 record for a total of 57 points. They also have scored 50 goals but have given up 24 goals. They have been hit hard by injuries particularly the injury to star keeper Chris Kirkland (who has been out for over 2 months.) Chris Taylor is playing adequately well in goal, but has been inconsistent. He has 12 clean sheets in 30 starts, but has given up over 2 goals a game in his other starts. Their offense is primarily led by Lebohang Mokoena at the striker position and Stephane Dalmat alongside him. Mokoena is a 31 year old South African player who has superb abilities all around. Stephane Dalmat is a 25 year old forward/midfielder who has good speed, excellent dribbling ability, and good finishing. Dalmat has 14 goals 5 assists (9 goals 4 assists in league play.) Mokoena has 16 goals and 2 assists (11 and 1 in league play.)


#3 - Manchester Utd. We've only played 21 matches. We have a record of 17-3-1 for a total of 54 points. We have scored an astounding 70 goals and are on pace for our highest scoring total ever. We have only allowed 10 goals. Wayne Rooney and Adriano lead our offense, but we have others who have scored. Rooney has 27 goals and 10 assists (18-7 in league play.) Adriano has 23 goals and 7 assists (17-5 in league play.) We have 7 other players with at least 5 goals including Heller who has 9 goals and Godoy who has 8. Kompany and Miller have the highest forms among defenders. Adriano is playing very well in goal with 26 clean sheets in 32 starts.


#4 - Aston Villa. They have played 26 matches. They have a record of 16-4-6 for 50 points. They have also scored 50 goals but have given up 27 league goals. Their offense has been hurt by the injury to Jhon Jairo Mosquera who is still out for another month with a hip injury. In his stead, Christoph Kramer and Luke Moore have stepped up as the 2 main goal scorers. Kramer is a 24 year old German striker with blazing speed and good finishing ability. He has 14 goals and 13 assists on the year (9-11.) Luke Moore is a 31 year old English Striker with good speed, excellent finishing ability. He has 10 goals and 7 assists (8-6.) Richard Duah has been their new keeper this year and has played just average in goal.


#5 - Chelsea. They have also played 26 matches. They have a record of 14-10-2 for a total of 52 points. They have only scored 39 goals and their offense has struggled at times this year. They have allowed 21 goals. They have 4 main scorers with Stefan De Weerd and Freddy Adu being their two top scorers. Adu is now 28, and while he doesn't have good speed, he has excellent all around abilities. He has 9 goals and 7 assists on teh year (6-4.) Stefan De Weerd is aging and this will probably be his last year with Chelsea, but he still has average speed and good finishing ability. He has 10 goals and 2 assists on the year (7-1.) Petr Cech is 35, but is playing well in goal. However, he isn't getting too much help from his defense at times and he can't single handedly shutout teams any longer.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 1, 2018 -

The board is just "satisfied" with my performance.


Antonio Ortega has won the EPL Player of the Month. Chris Cohen of Aston Villa came in 2nd, and Peter Seibert of Coventry came in 3rd.


Chelsea's Alvaro Cuevas, a 20 year old striker, has won the EPL Young Player of the Month. Alberto Di Paolo of Chelsea came in 2nd, and Steven Collins of Sheff Wed came in 3rd.


West Ham's Stuart Baxter has won the EPL Manager of the Month. Dave Jones of Middlesbrough came in 2nd, and Bruce Arena of Aston Villa came in 3rd.



Feb 2, 2018 -

Adriano Pinna has been called up to Italy's U21 team for a match on Feb 6.


Feb 3, 2018 -

I keep watching as Chelsea keeps surprising me with losses/ties. Today they lost to Coventry 2-1.




Feb 4, 2018 -

Victor Munoz has been sacked by Real Betis. Jose Uribe is expected to become the next manager.


Mark Hall had 2 goals and an assist for our U18 team as they beat Leeds 3-0.


Despite their being 6 games left on the schedule, our U18 team has won their 7th consecutive U18 Group 3 Title!

We have 44 points with 14 wins, 2 draws, and a loss. Manchester City is next with 25 points.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 5, 2018 -

Today we host Aston Villa in an EPL Match. We are in 3rd and they are in 4th. See the previous feature to highlight their key players.

We are 4-5 favorites.

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

Injured: Flores. On International Duty: Pinna.


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Kompany
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Parker
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Cardozo
S3: Barbosa
S4: King
S5: Wright

[Eaglesfan27]

4 minute mark: Cohen made a last minute tackle to prevent a pass from Downing to Ortega that almost certainly would have equalled a goal.

7 minute mark: Rooney steals it from Cohen.. dribbles past another defender.. dribbles 20 yards.. into the box.. fakes out the keeper.. shoots.. lower left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0. What a goal by Rooney!

15 minute mark: Trotta passes the ball across the pitch to Ortega.. he dribbles past two defenders.. crosses it short.. Adriano heads it.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. tips it over the bar.

19 minute mark: Luke Moore trips Parker just outside the box.. Moore gets away with a warning. Downing takes the kick from 22 yards out.. just over the bar.

25 minute mark: Duah with a pair of acrobatic saves.

44 minute mark: Heller steals the ball.. passes it to Ortega in the right half of the box.. he blasts a curving shot.. it's past the keeper.. just wide left of the goal.



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



46 minute mark: Downing centers it to Heller.. he shoots from 25 yards out.. upper right corner.. Good save by the keeper.

55 minute mark: Trotta come sup to join the attack.. dribbles left of the box.. plays a nice crossing pass to the center of the box.. Heller outjumps two defenders.. heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0. That is Heller's 10th of the year.

62 minute mark: King on for Rooney who is tired.

70 minute mark: Ortega gets the ball in our zone.. dribbles across the midpitch line.. passes it up to Parker.. he shoots from 30 yards out.. powerful shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

82 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick.. middle of the box.. Adriano heads it.. over the bar.



Game over. 3-0 win for us.

We outshot them 18-2 (11-2 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 10 for form, 25 of 30 passes, 3 key passes, 1 of 6 tackles, 3 of 5 headers, 13 runs, 2 fouls drawn.

Adriano, Trotta, Parker, Ortega, Heller, Rooney, and Adriano all had 8's for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 7, 2018 -

"Wonderkid" Adriano Pinna had a 9 for form and won MoM for Italy's U21 team as he had an assist in their 2-0 win over Russia.


Tim Howard played very well in the USA's 0-0 tie with Portugal during a friendly match.

Adriano (GK) had a poor game for Barzil in their 2-1 loss to Slovenia during that friendly.

Adriano Trotta had 2 assists for Italy in their 4-0 win over Russia.

Mickael Schmidt had a goal for France in their 3-0 win over the Ukraine.



Feb 11, 2018 -

Dani has told the media that he wants first team football or he wants to be traded. I'll look at moving him if possible.

[daedalus]

Post Match:

That win earned 130,000 in prize money.For whatever reason, it made me giggled that this message was followed by:Jan 21, 2018 -

Milan have offered 72 million dollars for Michael Heller. I turn down the offer.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 11, 2018 -

Today we travel to play West Ham in a key EPL Match. West Ham is currently in 1st. Robbin Kieft and Aaron Lennon are their two big offensive stars. Warren Norman has 3 clean sheets in his last 5 matches and is playing superb football. Ben Walters and Paul Anderson are playing the right and left back positions very well.

West Ham are in 1st place while we are in 3rd.


We are 4-6 favorites.

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

Inj: Flores, Adriano (questionable - I'm starting him.)

GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Kompany
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Parker
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano (might come out early if the injury is bothering him)

S1: Howard
S2: Barbosa
S3: King
S4: Wright
S5: Cardozo

[Eaglesfan27]

18 minute mark: Miller gets a yellow card for tripping Kieft outside the box.

First 20 minutes, both sides playing even football with no truly good offensive opportunities. Both defenses playing well.

21 minute mark: Kieft is whistled for pushing Kompany.. yellow card for Kieft.

27 minute mark: Downing with a two footed tackle on Lennon.. yellow card for Downing.. Downing is arguing with the ref.. he gets a warning.. Heller comes over.. he is yelling at the ref.. Heller gets a yellow card.

30 minute mark: Heller pushes Craig Powell (their other striker) to the ground! Heller gets his second yellow and is ejected! :(

I switch to a 4-4-1, pulling Adriano who doesn't look good. I put King on at midfield.

35 minute mark: King passes to Rooney in the box.. Rooney shoots.. the keeper tips it over the bar.

36 minute mark: The keeper punches away the corner.. Ortega gets it back.. passes it to Rooney in the box.. he dribbles between two defenders.. shoots a sharply angled shot.. lower left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

44 minute mark: Lennon passes to Kieft in the box.. he shoots from 15 yards out.. upper left corner.. Adriano dives.. blocks it! Miller clears the rebound.

45 minute mark: King is called for tripping Shaw.. Yellow card for king.



Halftime: Up 1-0. They have just over 35,000 fans here today.



Barbosa on for Downing primarily due to his yellow card and some risky plays recently.



46 minute mark: Ortega steals it from Shaw.. passes it to King.. he heads it back to Ortega right of the box.. Ortega crosses it.. Rooney heads it.. upper left corner.. just wide left.

48 minute mark: Dave Shaw bodychecks Miller.. yellow card for Shaw.

56 minute mark: Lennon with a fancy dribble into the box.. around Kompany.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. Adriano blocks it.

62 minute mark: Ortega and Rooney get off a flurry of shots that the keeper does a great job of parrying.

63 minute mark: Their keeper starts the counter.. quick pass to Lennon.. he passes to Kieft in the box.. he shoots a blistering curving shot.. upper right corner.. Adriano dives.. it's out of his reach. GOAL. 1-1.

64 minute mark: King passes back to Miller.. Miller passes it 25 yards up the pitch to Parker.. Parker shoots from 25 yards out.. beautiful banana shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-1.

68 minute mark: Parker steals the ball.. passes it to Rooney.. he dribbles into the box.. past a defender.. shoots.. upper right corner.. past the keeper.. it hits the crossbar and bounces back to a defender.

70 minute mark: Parker gets a yellow card for tripping Lennon.

75 minute mark: I was planning on bringing a defensive sub to go to a 5-3-1 but this play changes that.. Miller starts our counterattack.. long pass to Barbosa.. he crosses it to the right side of the box.. Ortega with a quick pass to Rooney's head.. he heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-1. That is Rooney's 30th of the year. Our streak of unbeaten games looks like it will extend to 20!

Wright on for Rooney who is exhasuted and has earned some rest.

80 minute mark: Mancuso passes to Kieft in the box.. he dribbles.. shoots from 15 yards out.. lower left corner.. Adriano dives.. blocks it.


Game over. 3-1 win! Great win despite going down a man early.

We outshot them 19-14 (14-6 on target!)

Rooney wins MoM, 10 for form, 11 of 13 passes, 0 tackles, 8 of 15 headers, 2 interceptions, 12 runs, 1 foul drawn, and 2 goals.

Parker also had a 10 for form. Ortega and Barbosa had a 9. Salva and Miller both had 8's. Heller had a 6. The rest of the team had 7's.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Michael Heller picked up an automatic one match ban.

Chris Miller picked up a groin strain and will miss at least 2 weeks.

Our unbeaten streak is now 20 games this year!

David Gill declared himself very pleased with that win over West Ham.



Feb 12, 2018 -

Parker and Rooney were both selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Adriano Pinna came into my office and told me that he is having a hard time settling in England and is homesick.

He then proceeded to tell the same thing to the Manchester Evening News :(


Barry Parker has told me that he is very unhappy with his current contract. I told him I would look at it. He is only making 80,000 per week and he is playing at a high level, so I decide to offer him a raise.

However, Parker is asking for 150,000/week which I find a bit excessie in addition to a 3.2 million signing bonus. I offer him 120,000/week with the signing bonus and I also ask him to sign a 3 year extension.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 14, 2018 -

Barry Parker has signed the new 4 year deal worth 30.5 million dollars.


Today we travel to play Leeds in an EPL Match. We are currently in 3rd while they are in 8th place. Leeds is relying on a solid midfield led by Craig Roberts and Stephen Taylor who are dominating opponents in the middle. However, their best centreabck Billy Jones is out injured for this match and that will hurt the normally solid defense. Richard McDonald is inconsistent in goal. The offense almost COMPLETELY centers around striker Shane Paul who has 16 goals. The next highest scorer has 2 goals.


We are 4-7 favorites.

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

Injured: Flores and Miller. Heller is suspended by the EPL.


GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Boogaart
ML: Barbosa
MC: Godoy
MC: Parker
MR: Schreurs
SC: Oswald
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Cahais
S3: Pinna
S4: Wright
S5: Wood

[Eaglesfan27]

2 minute mark: Salva passes it to Schreurs who is 35 yards out.. he dribbles down the right sideline.. fires one of the best crosses I've ever seen that Godoy knocks down in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0. Great pass from Schreurs.

10 minute mark: Boogaart passes it to Schreurs.. he passes to Parker.. Parker passes to King.. King dribbles into the right corner of the box.. unleashes a very powerful shot.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

20 minute mark: Edwards steals the ball from Schreurs.. passes it back towards his keeper.. King intercepts it with a sliding play and in one motion redirects it into the upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

44 minute mark: Shane Paul gets the ball from Craig Roberts.. he shoots.. Adriano blocks it.. Kevin Cox gets the rebound.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL. 3-1.



Halftime: 3-1 lead for us. They have over 40,000 fans here today.



60 minute mark: Pinna on for Barbosa and Wood on for Godoy who looks tired.

64 minute mark: Wood goes down grabbing his calf, screaming in pain.

Oswald moves back to midfield and I put Wright on at the striker position.

68 minute mark: King gets a yellow card for pushing Diamond, their defender.

72 minute mark: Pinna passes it to Wright in the box.. he is tackled before he can shoot.

85 minute mark: Pinna passes to Wright in the box.. he fakes out a defender.. shoots.. over the keeper's shoulder.. over the bar.

88 minute mark: Lynch passes to Shane Paul in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. Adriano dives.. nice save!



Game over. 3-1 win for us.

We outshot them 13-11 (8-6 on target)

Adriano wins MoM, 9 for form, 5 saves, 12 of 20 passing, 1 interception.

Schreurs also had a 9 for form. Oswald had a 7 for form. Every other starter had an 8.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Antonio Blanco had a masterful game in goal for our reserve squad. He is going to be an excellent #2 keeper for us one day (assuming I can keep him happy as a 2.)


Michael Wood tore ligaments in his ankle in today's game :( He will miss at least 6 months! :(

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 17, 2018 -

Today we play Preston in the 5th round of the English FA Cup. We are in 2nd in the EPL while they are in 4th in League One. They have a diversified offense, but no one that really scares me with my current skill level. Darren Francis is their most talented striker and he has 13 goals, but he doesn't have good speed or technical abilities. Joseph Yobo is their main centreback and he has played well for them, but he is 37 and is really not that good of a player anymore. Their most talented player in my estimation is keeper Luke Douglas who I actually wouldn't mind as my #2 guy. He has excellent aerial ability and is good at stopping one on ones.


We are 1-8 favorites.

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

Inj: Wood, Miller, and Flores.



GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Boogaart
ML: Downing
MC: Heller
MC: Parker
MR: Ortega
SC: Oswald
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Adriano
S3: Pinna
S4: Rooney
S5: Cahais

[Eaglesfan27]

10 minute mark: Boogaart passes to Ortega right of the box.. he centers it towards the far post.. Heller heads it.. over the bar.

15 minute mark: Ortega dribbles past two defenders.. crosses it towards the far post.. the keeper tries to intercept it.. he knocks it into his own goal! GOAL!!!! 1-0.

20 minute mark: Salva gets a yellow card for pushing Francis down.

27 minute mark: Boogaart collides with Francis.. Boogaart is clutching his knee! He has to be carried off the pitch :(

Cahais on for Boogaart.

36 minute mark: Cahais passes to Ortega.. Ortega dribbles past two defenders.. shoots from 25 yards out.. it's a screwball shot! curving back to the right.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0!



Halftime: 2-0 lead for us. We have about 72,000 fans here today.



55 minute mark: Trotta passes to Downing left of the box.. he crosses it to the far post.. Parker heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

58 minute mark: Heller steals the ball at midpitch.. quick pass to Oswald.. he dribbles into the box.. spins past a defender.. shoots.. lower right corner.. it hits the post.. and in! GOAL!!!! 4-0.

Pinna on for Downing after that goal.

61 minute mark: Pinna dribbles past two defenders into the left half of the box.. quick centering pass to Parker.. he shoots.. over the bar.

76 minute mark: Trotta dribbles it all the way down the left sideline.. crosses it for the far post.. Yobo heads it away from King.

82 minute mark: Pinna passes it to Oswald in the box.. quick pass from Oswald to King in the middle of the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!! 5-0.


Game over. 5-0 win for us.

We outshot them 14-1 (11-0 on target)

Ortega wins MoM, 10 for form, 15 of 17 passes, 2 of 2 tackles, 3 of 5 headers, 1 interception, 14 runs, 2 fouls drawn, 1 assist, and 1 goal.

Heller also had a 10 for form.

Downing had a 9. Boogaart and Adriano (GK) had 7's. Everyone else had 8's.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

We've been awarded 260,000 for winning against Preston.

Barry Parker has picked up an automatic one match suspension due to collecting 5 yellow cards.

Boogaart's knee is judged to be ok, and was just a twist. He shouild be back in a few days.



Feb 18, 2018 -

Michael Heller has gone to the media and told them that he believes he should be paid higher :( I wish he had just come to me instead.

He is underpaid at 73,000/week. He wants 120,000/week plus 2.4 million signing bonus for 2 years. I offer him 100,000/week with the 2.4 million for a 3 year extension.


Feb 19, 2018 -

Adriano (GK), Boogaart, and Schreurs were all selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

Craig King is happy that he is getting more PT.


We had another fairly favorable draw in the English FA cup. We will travel, but we will play Watford in the English Championship.


Feb 20, 2018 -

Heller has signed the new deal that we offered him for 4 years and 25 million dollars.

Craig King injured his neck in practice today and he will miss at least a week.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 21, 2018 -

Today we host Bordeaux in the 1st leg of the 1st knockout round of the Champions League! Bordeaux is currently 6th in the French First Leagye. Their offense is talented, led by star striker Rodrigo. Rodrigo is a 31 year old Brazilian striker with good speed, great positioning, and a good shooting touch. He has 17 goals and 1 assist in 31 starts. Nicolas Pinault is a 25 year old French midfielder who is quick, strong, and a skilled passer. Nicolas Silvestre is a 23 year old French striker with good speed and decent shooting ability. Dominique Rodriguez is the only talented centreback. However, Ludovic Foulon is a 26 year old talented keeper who can play very well in goal.


We are even odd favorites.

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

Inj: Miller, Wood, and King. Flores is doubtful.


GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Cardozo
DC: Kompany
DR: Boogaart
ML: Downing
MC: Godoy
MC: Parker
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Schreurs
S3: Heller
S4: Salva
S5: Barbosa
S6: Wright
S7: Oswald

[Eaglesfan27]

6 minute mark: Godoy passes it back to Boogaart.. Boogaart plays an amazing pass to Rooney's feet just outside the box (50 yard pass).. Rooney splits two defenders.. the keeper comes out.. Rooney dribbles to his left.. shoots.. lower left corner.. Keeper dives.. it's past him.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

26 minute mark: Downing passes it to Rooney left of the box.. he dribbles into the box.. towards the endline.. shoots his patented shot.. parallel to the endline.. it curves.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0. Rooney is dominating!

33 minute mark: Godoy steals the ball at midpitch.. dribbles past two defenders down the left side of the pitch.. he is running along the sideline.. crossover dribble to go past a third defender.. short cross.. to the near post.. Rooney heads it.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0. Rooney has a hattrick!

35 minute mark: Downing gets the ball from Boogaart.. Downing dribbles down the left sideline.. crosses it to the near post.. Rooney hits it on the half-volley.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-0.

44 minute mark: Ortega takes a free kick from 30 yards out.. sends a nice pass into the 6 yard box.. Downing outjumps everyone! Heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 5-0.


Halftime: 5-0 lead. We only have 74,000 fans here today :(



60 minute mark: Heller on for Godoy, Oswald for Rooney, and Wright for Adriano.

Rooney gets a well earned standing ovation!


88 minute mark: Beautiful string of passes.. Parker passes it to Wright right of the box.. he centers it for Downing who quickly taps it back towards the right post for Oswald.. Oswald one times it into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 6-0.



Game over. 6-0 win in the 1st leg.

We outshot them 14-8 (9-1 on target)

Rooney wins MoM, 10 for form, 6 of 7 passes, 0 of 1 tackles, 4 of 5 headers, 1 interception, 1 foul drawn, and 4 goals!

Downing and Ortega also had 10's for form.

Boogaard and Godoy had 9's for form. Every other starter had an 8 for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 25, 2018 -

Today we play Chelsea at Wembley in the English League Cup Final. Chelsea is currently 6th in the EPL While we are in 2nd. Alvaro Cuevas is a 20 year old Spanish Striker who looks like he could be their next star. They have finally started using him more regularly and in 8 starts and 10 relief appearances he leads the team with 12 goals. Cuevas is fast, anticipates well, and is a lethal shooter. Their number 2 striker for the lone striker position, Stefan De Weerd is out injured for at least a few more weeks. Freddy Adu is doing very well in one of their three attacking midfield slots with 9 goals and 9 assists. Arjen Robben is still playing well at one of the other AMC slots, but he is 34 and his age is really starting to show as he is just a step too slow to probably pose a threat to us. The defense is not playing well, but keeper Petr Cech continues to be on top of his game even though he is 35.


We are 5-4 favorites.

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

Injured: Wood, King, and Flores (doubtful) Parker is suspended.

GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Boogaart
ML: Barbosa
MC: Godoy
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Schreurs
S3: Pinna
S4: Wright
S5: Cahais

[Eaglesfan27]

8 minute mark: Cuevas pushes Cardozo.. yellow card for Cuevas.

10 minue mark: Rooney gets a yellow card for sliding hard on Naldo.

18 minute mark: Rooney steals the ball.. dribbles into the box.. shoots.. Cech saves it.

20 minute mark: Godoy collides with Adu.. yellow card on Godoy.

27 minute mark: Barbosa with a corner kick.. Salva heads it.. the keeper blocks it.. Godoy shoots the rebound.. Goa.. NO! Salva is judged to have unfairly pushed his man, the goal is disallowed!

35 minute mark: Cuevas burns Cardozo.. he trips Cuevas.. yellow card on Cardozo.

43 minute mark: Giuseppe Vannini trips Ortega.. yellow card for Vannini.




Halftime: 0-0 tie. Over 89.000 here today.



54 minute mark: Boogaart passes it to Rooney in the box.. he shoots.. lower left corner.. the keeper dives.. saves it cleanly.

57 minute mark: Heller gets a yellow card for tripping Adu.

64 minute mark: Cardozo is called for tripping Cuevas... Rooney argues the call.. yellow card.. Rooney gets in the ref's face and curses him out! Rooney is ejected!

We switch to a 4-4-1 with Adriano as the lone striker.

66 minute mark: Wesley Sneijder with a dangerous 2 footed tackle on Heller.. yellow card for Sneijder.

70 minute mark: Ortega dribbles up the right sideline.. crosses it to Barbosa in the left half of the box.. Barbosa fakes out a defender.. shoots from 12 yards out.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

71 minute mark: Salva gets a yellow card for tripping Cuevas.

72 minute mark: Cahais on for Boogaart, Wright on for Adriano who is tired.

80 minute mark: Adu passes to Diego in the box.. he shoots from 18 yards out.. Adriano with a clean save.

84 minute mark: Cardozo starts the counterattack with a pretty touch pass 50 yards down the pitch.. Barbosa gets to it just before the endline.. he centers it for Heller.. he shoots from 10 yards.. weak shot over the bar.

88 minute mark: Adu passes to Cuevas in the box.. he fakes out Cardozo.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. Adriano dives.. blocks it.. Salva clears the rebound.

93 minute mark: Adu passes to Robben in the box.. he heel passes it back to Sneijder.. he shoots.. over the bar.


Game over! 1-0 win!

We outshot them 13-7 (9-5 on target)

Ortega wins MoM, 9 for form, 23 of 27 passes, 2 key passes, 2 of 3 tackles, 2 of 5 headers, 1 interception, 11 runs, 2 fouls drawn, 1 assist.

Barbosa also had a 9 for form. Adriano (GK), Salva, Boogaart, and Godoy all had 8's. Rooney had a 6! The rest of the team had 7's for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

We've won 1.8 million for winning the English League Cup.

Salva is banned one match for 5 yellow cards.

Heller is banned one match for 5 yellow cards.

Rooney is banned for the next match due to being ejected. (I love that the newspaper article called him "legendary striker" Wayne Rooney.)

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 28, 2018 -

Today we host Coventry in an EPL Match. We are currently in 2nd place while they are in 11th place. Coventry is led by star striker Wayne Worthington. Wayne has 19 goals and 7 assists in 33 starts. Wayne is only 26. He isn't that fast, but he has decent speed. He also is a terrific shooter and is equally lethal with headers. Gabriele Nicolae is a very interesting Romanian player who plays both striker and centreback! He is extremely fast and he has done very well at the striker position alongside Worthington, but he also has some good starts at centreback! Where will he start today? Their other talented player is right back MArtin Scott. Martin is a physically intimidating right back who is strong, fast, agile, and is a terrific leaper. Keeper Marco Tedeschi has been very inconsistent. He has 12 clean sheets in 33 starts. However, he is averaging 2.4 goals/game conceded in the other 21 starts.

We are 4-6 favorites.

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

Injured: King and Wood. Suspended: Salva, Heller, Rooney.


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Kompany
DC: Miller
DR: Boogaart
ML: Downing
MC: Parker
MC: Oswald
MR: Schreurs
SC: Flores (almost by default with Rooney and King out. Of course I could have started Oswald here.)
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Schmidt
S3: Pinna
S4: Wright
S5: Godoy

My plan is to move Oswald to striker if Flores doesn't play well in his first game back from injury.

[Eaglesfan27]

3 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick to the middle of the box.. Oswald heads it.. it skims the bar as it sails over.

4 minute mark: Gregory Plet gets a yellow card for a push on Kompany.

10 minute mark: Gabriel Nicolae gets a yellow card for tripping Flores.

Nicolae is very versatile. He is playing in the midfield today!


28 minute mark: Schreurs gets the ball from Oswald.. dribbles to the right corner of the pitch.. long cross to the left side of the box.. Downing knocks it down.. dribbles into the 6 yard box.. shoots a sharply angled shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0. Downing's 5th of the year.



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


Boogaart is exhausted so I put Schmidt on at right back for him.

62 minue mark: Flores is tried, so I move Oswald up to Striker and put Godoy on for Flores.

71 minute mark: Adriano with a long kick to Schreurs.. he passes it to Adriano.. Adriano quickly taps it forward to Oswald.. he fakes out a defender.. dribbles into the box.. the last defender strips him of the ball.

75 minute mark: Adriano with a long pass to Downing.. he quickly passes it to Oswald.. Oswald fakes out a defender.. dribbles into the box.. blasts a powerful curving shot.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. Amazing save.

77 minute mark: Trotta starts the counterattack.. long pass to Oswald in the left half of the box.. he gets to it.. crosses to the far post.. Schruers hits it on the half-volley.. extreme angle.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0. That is Schreur's 5th of the year.


Game over. 2-0 win for us.

We outshot them 15-3 (8-2 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 10 for form, 17 of 24 passes, 1 key pass, 2 of 2 tackles, 0 of 1 headers, 12 runs, 2 fouls drawn, and 1 goal.

Schreurs had a 9 for form. Adriano (GK) had an 8. Everyone else had a 7.


Flores had a 7 for form, 6 of 7 passes, 0 tackles, 2 of 8 headers, 1 run, 3 fouls drawn.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 1, 2018 -

Top 5:

1. Manchester United - Despite playing 3 less games (we've played 25 games), we are in 1st place by 1 point. Our record is 21-3-1 for a total of 66 points. We've scored 81 league goals and allowed 12 league goals.

2. West Ham - They have a 20-5-3 record for a total of 65 points. They have scored 51 league goals and allowed 15 league goals. Robbin Kieft now has 17 league goals and 5 league assists.

3. Liverpool - They have a 20-3-5 record for a total of 63 points. They have scored 56 goals and allowed 24 goals. Stephane Dalmat and Lebohang Mokoena are both closing in on 20 goals on the year.

4. Arsenal - They have a record of 17-5-6 for a total of 56 points. They have scored 49 goals and allowed 27 goals. Arsenal has been missing Jaime Gavilan, star left back, and Lukas Podolski to injury. However, Christophe Sanchez has 16 goals on the year and he is keeping the offense working well. Hatem Ben Arfa is also chipping in some nice goals and has 7 on the year.

5. Aston Villa - They have a record of 17-4-7 for a total of 55 points (tied with Chelsea.) They have scored 53 goals and allowed 32. Christoph Kramer now has 9 league goals and 11 league assists.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 1, 2018 -

The board is "pleased" with my performance as manager.


Stewart Downing has won the EPL Player of the Month Award. Barry Parker came in 2nd, and Wayne Rooney came in 3rd!


Arsenal's Richard James has won the EPL Young Player of the Month. The 19 year old striker has 0 goals, 5 assists and 9 MoM awards on the year.

Chris Miller came in 2nd, and Ivan of Sunderland came in 3rd.


I've won the EPL Manager of the Month award for guiding our team to victory in all 4 of our league matches this past month. Joop Hiele of Arsenal came in 2nd, and Ray Wilkins of the Wolves came in 3rd.


Barry Parker took the top 2 goal of the Month Awards (Cuevas of Chelsea came in 3rd.)


March 2, 2018 -

Adriano Pinna skipped training today :( I decide to warn him for unprofessional behavior.



Mar 3, 2018 -

Pinna acknowledged that his behaviour was unprofessional and has vowed to improve his behaviour in the future.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 3, 2018 -

Today we host Charlton in an EPL Match. We are in 1st while they are in 15th. Charlton's offense has been anemic and their defense isn't much better. Their leading striker, David Jurcik is out injured and he only has 5 goals on the year. Their next leading scorer is Enrico Papa, their #2 striker. Enrico is slow but strong and he is a decent header. However, he only has 3 goals on the year due to lack of good set up men. Kasper Schmeichel is a very good keeper, but he is being bombarded with shots. As a result, he is conceding 2 goals/game.

We are 1-6 favorites.

It's sunny with temperatures around 70.

Injured: Wood.

GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Barbosa
MC: Parker
MC: Godoy
MR: Schreurs
SC: Flores (this is a bad team and I want to see if he can dominant against a weaker team.)
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Oswald
S3: Pinna
S4: Wright
S5: Cahais

[Eaglesfan27]

6 minute mark: Schruers is called for being offside.. Godoy argues the call.. yellow card for Godoy.

11 minute mark: Godoy passes to Barbosa left of the box.. Barbosa fakes out a defender.. centers it to Schreurs in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!! 1-0.

14 minute mark: Barbosa with a corner kick.. to Salva in the middle of the box.. their defender pushes Salva down.. Penalty! Salva steps up.. shoots.. lower left corner.. it hits the goal post! It bounces back and the keeper pounces on it.

19 minute mark: Barbosa takes a free kick from 5 yards left of the box.. Barbosa finds Adriano by the near post.. he heads it.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

26 minute mark: Barbosa passes it to Flores in the box.. he is tackled before he can shoot.



Halftime: 2-0 lead for us. We have over 68,000 fans here today.



55 minute mark: Parker collides with one of their midfielders and falls to the ground clutching his hip area. He has to be helped off the pitch. I put Oswald on for him.

58 minute mark: Barbosa dribbles into the left half of the box.. draws two defenders.. makes a deft pass to Oswald in the box.. he shoots... past the keeper.. it hits the crossbar. The defense clears the rebound.

64 minute mark: Barbosa passes it to Flores in the box.. a defender tackles him before he can shoot.

65 minute mark: Wright on for Adriano and Pinna on for Barbosa.

74 minute mark: Schreurs passes it to Wright right of the box.. he quickly crosses it for the far post.. Flores heads it.. the keeper dives.. saves it.

77 minute mark: Miller passes it across the midpitch line to Schreurs.. Schreurs crosses it long to Pinna left of the box.. Pinna dribbles into the box.. Pinna drops a pass off for Oswald just outside the box.. Oswald shoots.. quick shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.


Game over. 3-0 win for us.

We outshot them 16-3 (8-0 on target)

Barbosa wins MoM, 10 for form, 16 of 16 passes, 4 key passes, 0 tackles, 0 of 2 headers, 25 runs, 2 fouls drawn, and 2 assists.

Schreurs had a 9. Cardozo, Miller, and Godoy all had 8's. The rest of the team had 7's.


Flores had a 7 for form, 7 of 7 passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 2 of 7 headers, 1 run, 1 foul drawn.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Barry Parker suffered a minor hip injury and should be 100% in a week or so.

WOW! I'm a bit confused, but according to our statistician we have a streak of 42 games unbeaten from August 25th to now!



March 4, 2018 -

Paul Scholes has been fired by Millwall :(

I'd love to hire him as an AM if I didn't have such a good AM and I knew that he would take it.

FC Bayern sacked Brian McClair.



Mar 5, 2018 -

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


My other youngster, Mark Hall, has been requested on loan by Ipswich. I agree and he goes immediately.

[Eaglesfan27]

Mar 7, 2018 -

Today we travel to play Bordeaux in the 2nd leg of the 1st knockout round of the Champions League. We are up 6-0 on aggregate.

We are even odd favorites.

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


GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Cardozo
DC: Miller
DR: Boogaart
ML: Downing
MC: Godoy
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Oswald
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Salva
S3: Schreurs
S4: Rooney
S5: Flores
S6: Pinna
S7: Wright

[Eaglesfan27]

VERY boring first half. However, playing on the road with a 6-0 lead on aggregate, I'm quite satisifed with our playing defensive football today.


Halftime: 0-0 tie.


52 minute mark: Adriano passes it to Downing who passes it to Oswald left of the box.. he centers it for King.. King shoots.. lower right corner.. the keeper dives.. it's out of his reach! GOAL!!!! 1-0. That is King's 10th of the year.

59 minute mark: Pinna on for Downing and Flores on for King who has picked up a minor knock.

70 minute mark: Godoy passes it to Flores in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. GOA.. whistle.. Flores was offside. :(


Game over. 1-0 win. 7-0 win on aggregate.

We were outshot 16-7 (6-6 on target)

Adriano (GK) wins MoM, 9 for form, 6 saves, 10 of 29 passes, 1 interception.

Godoy, Downing, Ortega, and Heller all had 8's for form. The rest of the team had 7's.


Flores: 30 minutes of PT, 7 for form, 9 of 10 passes, 0 tackles, 2 of 4 headers, 1 intercception, 1 run, 5 fouls drawn!

[Eaglesfan27]

Mar 10, 2018 -

Managerial legend, Josu Uribe, has been named as the new manager at Betis.


In other Champions League Play:

Inter beat the Rangers 5-0.

Valencia beat Juventus 3-0.

Barcelona beat Werder Bremen 4-2.

Benfica beat VfB Stuttgart 3-1.

Ajax beat Fenerbahce 4-0.

Laxiop beat Milan 4-2!

Arsenal beat Deportivo 6-1.


Today it was announced that we will play Arsenal in the Quarterfinal of the Champions League!

The first leg will be played on April 4th.



We are about to play watford and the media asked if I agree with the experts who expect us to crush them. I reply, "Watford isn't as bad as the media is making them out to be, but we should win today."

[Eaglesfan27]

March 10, 2018 -

Today we travel to play Watford in the 6th round of the English FA Cup. Watford is in 10th in the English Championship. They only have one player who worries me. Striker Pat Sneath is a good striker who is absolutely tearing up the EC. He has 29 goals on the year, and is capable of scoring on any level. Pat has just average speed, but he is a skilled dribbler and a great finisher. However, we can key on him as they don't have any other players of concern. On the year, he also has 12 assists. Their defense isn't that good, and their keeper, Andy Ingram, is below average at best.

We are 1-6 favorites.

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

Injured: Parker, Wood, Pinna.


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Barbosa
MC: Godoy
MC: Heller
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Flores
S3: Oswald
S4: King
S5: Cahais

[Eaglesfan27]

11 minute mark: Schreurs tripped Sneath and Schreurs was given a yellow card.

12 minute mark: Danny Morris gets a yellow card for tripping Adriano.

17 minute mark: Heller passes it to Barbosa.. Barbosa crosses it to the far post.. Adriano heads it.. past the keeper.. into the crossbar.

35 minute mark: Chris Ingram with a dirty tackle on Godoy.. Ingram gets away with a warning.. Godoy has to be carried off the pitch. We put Oswald on for him.

37 minute mark: Oswald passes it to Rooney who heads it to Barbosa in the left half of the box... he fakes out a defender.. alone with the keeper.. shoots.. wide right.

39 minute mark: Rooney passes it to Brbosa left of the box.. Barbosa with a quick centering pass to Heller.. Heller shoots from 12 yards out.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.



Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. They have just over 23,000 fans here today.



46 minute mark: Miller trips Higgins.. yellow card for Miller.

58 minute mark: Adriano starts our quick counterattack.. long pass to Heller.. Heller plays a nice through ball towards the left corner of the box.. Barbosa gets to it.. he centers it towards the far post.. Adriano with a diving header.. lower right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0. That is Adriano's 25th of the year.

60 minute mark: Schreurs dribbles down the right sideline, burns two defenders.. crosses it to the far post.. Adriano heads it.. wide right.

61 minute mark: Flores on for Rooney and Cahais on for Miller.

73 minute mark: Barbosa passes it to Flores left of the box.. he crosses it to the far post.. nice pass.. Adriano heads it.. over the bar.


Game over. 2-0 win for us.

We outshot them 16-10 (10-2 on target)

Barbosa wins MoM, 10 for form, 17 of 22 passes, 5 key passes, 2 of 3 tackles, 2 of 10 headers, 1 interception, 8 runs, 1 foul drawn, 2 assists.

Adriano had a 9 for form. Trotta and Rooney had 7's. Every other starter had 8's for form.

Flores had a 7, 30 minutes PT, 3 of 4 passes, 0 tackles, 1 of 1 headers, 4 runs, 1 foul drawn.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

We were awarded 700,000 for winning that match.

Carlos Godoy suffered a twisted ankle and will miss about 2 weeks.

That win puts us through to the semi-final of the English FA Cup.


March 12, 2018 -

Roy Carroll has been fired by Stoke. Paul Scholes is being mentioned as the favorite to get the job. I hope he does.


The draw for the Semi-Final of the English FA Cup occurred. We will be hosting Liverpool or Fulham.


Either Newcastle or Arsenal will play either Derby or Coventry in the other semi-final.

[Eaglesfan27]

Mar 14, 2018 -

Today we travel to play Bolton in an EPL Match. Bolton is in 20th while we are in 1st. Their offense is virtually non-existent. Jonathan Spector is their best defender, and none of the others are playing well at all. Their best keeper, Kasper Schmeichel, is out injured. Instead, they will likely start Simon Thomas. Simon is 21 and he still has quite a bit to learn. We should beat them easily.

We are 1-2 favorites.

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


Injured: Wood, Godoy.


GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Kompany
DC: Boogaart
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Oswald
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Barbosa
S3: Flores
S4: Wright
S5: Cardozo

[Eaglesfan27]

9 minute mark: Hauksson is tripped in the box by Kompany! Bjarki Hauksson takes the penalty.. shoots.. upper right corner.. Adriano dives.. tips it.. GOAL. Down 1-0.

20 minute mark: Steve Turner gets a yellow card for tripping Downing.

23 minute mark: Ortega gets a yellow card for pulling Hauksson's jersey.

28 minute mark: Ortega dribbles past two defenders.. crosses it from the right corner.. Downing by the far post.. heads it.. upper left corner.. GOA.. it's disallowed! Downing is judged to have jumped unfairly with Spector.. he argues the call.. yellow card for Downing.


Halftime: Down 1-0. They have over 27,000 fans here today.



King has a 4 for form. I pull him for Bob Wright.

50 minute mark: Schmidt passes to Oswald in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. barely tips it over the bar.

On the ensuing corner, Downing kicks it towards the far post.. Kompany jumps with Spector.. Kompany heads it.. upper right corner.. the keeper can't get to it! GOAL!!!! 1-1.

56 minute mark: Kompany heads away a corner kick.. starts the counter attack.. long pass from Heller to Rooney.. he fakes out a defender.. the keeper charges out.. Rooney tries to fake out the keeper.. he backpedals.. Rooney shoots.. the keeper blocks it!

62 minute mark: Barbosa on for Downing who is tired.

83 minute mark: Barbosa steals the ball.. passes it to Rooney left of the box.. he fakes the shot.. draws the keeper over.. quick pass to the far post.. Wright hits it on the half-volley.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-1.


Game over. 2-1 win for us.

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

Simon Thomas won MoM, 9 for form, 4 saves, 19 of 37 passes.


Adriano, Kompany, Ortega, Heller, and Rooney all had 8's for form. King had a 4. The rest of the team had 7's.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Michael Heller injured his thigh and will miss 3-5 days.


March 15, 2018 -

Paul Lee has been hired as the new manager of Millwall. He was recently with Everton.


My scouts have noticed that 16 year old German Striker Jurgen Meer has an astounding skill set aleady. He is fast, skilled, and mentally tough for his age. I decide to try to poach him from Barcelona's system.

If I can get him, he could be a great compliment to Flores.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 17, 2018 -

Today we travel to play Middlesbrough in an EPL Match. They are in 10th while we are in 1st. Their star player has been my former player, Jamie Cook. He leads the team with 4 goals and he leads the team with 3 assists. The offense is weak, but their defense is very strong and it has kept them in games. Jan Lastuvka has been phenomenal in goal this year. Charlie Wilson and Zdenek Chaloupka are playing excellent defense. Zdenek is a 24 year old Czech player who is fast, strong, and has good positioning. However, he occasionally loses track of his man. John Yates is a good right back who is a hard tackler.

We are 4-5 favorites.

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

Injured: Heller, Godoy, Wood, and Cahais.

GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Boogaart (an experiment due to multiple injuries)
MC: Parker
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Flores
S3: Barbosa
S4: King
S5: Petit

[Eaglesfan27]

1st minute: Adriano gets the ball outside the box about 30 yards out.. passes it to Rooney.. he fakes out a defender.. dribbles into the box.. shoots.. Lastuvka with an excellent save.

3 minute mark: Cook has it 30 yards out.. he passes it to Roberts on his right.. Roberts passes the ball to Sergio, the striker, in the box.. Sergio has Cardozo on him.. spins away from Cardozo.. shoots.. upper right corner.. Adriano dives.. tips it.. still a GOAL! Down 1-0.

8 minute mark: Trotta starts the counterattack.. quick pass to Downing.. Downing passes it down the left sideline.. Rooney beats the defender to it.. is just outside the box.. he dribbles into the left edge of the box.. he blasts a shot from 20 yards out.. it curves.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-1. That is Rooney's 35th of the year! This is his best year yet!

28 minute mark: Salva gets a yellow card for pushing Cook.

30 minute mark: Cook passes to Jose Manuel Marquez, a fellow midfielder 20 yards out.. he shoots a strong shot.. upper left corner... Adriano dives.. it's just past him.. GOAL! Down 2-1.

43 minute mark: Schreurs steals the ball deep in our zone.. makes a very nice pass 50 yards down the pitch that stops rolling just inside the box.. Rooney beats the keeper to it.. Lastuvka starts backpedalling.. Rooney shoots.. Lastuvka sprawls.. and tips it over the bar!



Halftime: Down 2-1. What happened to our vaunted defense?

They have just over 35,000 fans here today.



Adriano has a 5 for form in goal so far.



46 minute mark: Cardozo gets the ball from their striker.. he makes a long pass to Rooney just outside the box.. Rooney fakes out a defender.. dribbles into the box.. Lastuvka charges out.. Rooney fakes right.. dribbles left.. around the keeper.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-2.

52 minute mark: Trotta passes it to Downing.. he quickly passes it to Rooney who is left of the box.. Rooney dribbles around one defender.. fakes out another defender.. deep into the box.. fakes left.. shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!!! Hattrick! 3-2! It's the Rooney Show.

58 minute mark: John Collins with a very hard tackle on Cardozo.. Cardozo is trying to shake it off but he looks like he is limping..

61 minute mark: Petit on for Cardozo and Flores on for Adriano.

72 minute mark: Petit gets a yellow card for pulling Fernandez's jersey.

91 minute mark: Schreurs with a long cross to Rooney.. he passes it to Flores in the box.. Flores is tackled before he can shoot.



Game over. 3-2 win.

We outshot them 15-8 (11-4 on target)

Rooney wins MoM, 10 for form, 17 of 23 passes, 1 of 2 tackles, 5 of 9 headers, 1 interception, 8 runs, 5 fouls drawn, and 3 goals.

Downing has a 10 for form. Boogaart had a 9 for form in the midfield! Adriano had a 5 in goal. The rest of the team had 7's.


Flores had a 7 for form, 28 minutes, 10 of 12 passes, 1 key pass, 1 of 1 tackles, 1 of 4 headers, 2 interceptions, 1 run, 1 foul drawn.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 18, 2018 -

Richard Money has been hired away from Charlton to take over as the new manager of Sunderland.


March 19, 2018 -

Boogaart and Rooney were selected to the EPL Team of the Week.


March 20, 2018 -

Adriano Pinna has told the Daily Star Sunday that he now feels settled in England and on the Manchester United team and he looks forward to playing better football in the near future!

Jurgen Meyer rejected Barcelona's contract offer and accepted our contract offer!!!!

We will have to compensate Barcelona 1.4 million dollars for the 16 year old, but if he pans out, he will be a steal!

He said that he signed with us because he is excited about the prospect of coming to play for me who he thinks is a great manager.

The deal will go through on July 9, 2018. I'll give Gil Prescott a big bonus for finding this kid if he turns out like I think he will.


As I previously mentioned, Gil feels that Jurgen is very fast, has great acceleration. He isn't very strong, but he isn't weak. He has good agility and balance. He has good work habits. He already has a very good shot and is a good dribbler and has a nice first touch. Hopefully, this kid can develop. In 21 league starts with Barcelon's 2nd squad has 10 goals and 4 assists at the age of 16.

[Galaxy]

Bouncing back and forth between FM and Civ 4?

[Eaglesfan27]

March 21, 2018 -

Today we travel to play Charlton in an EPL Match. We are in 1st while they are in 16th. Their offense resolves around midfielder Mohamed Sissoko who leads the team with 8 goals and 7 assists. Ryan Smith and Steven Defour are decent strikers. James McFadden gets an occasional relief appearance for them. Ryan Smith relies on above average speed to create most of his goals. With the exception of centreback Scott Murphy, the defense isn't very good. Stephan Andersen has not played well in goal.


We are 1-3 favorites.

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


Injured: Wood and Godoy.


GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Cardozo
DC: Kompany
DR: Miller
ML: Barbosa
MC: Oswald
MC: Parker
MR: Ortega
SC: Flores
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Pinna
S3: Wright
S4: Adriano
S5: Cahais

[Eaglesfan27]

Bouncing back and forth between FM and Civ 4?Very much so. Tonight, the wife was exhausted from work (working 6 days a week 7AM to 7PM) and wanted it quiet upstairs. Therefore, it is all FM tonight (not that I'm complaining ;))

[Eaglesfan27]

17 minute mark: Paul White is holding Flores' jersey.. just outside the box.. yellow card for White.

Barbosa takes the ensuing free kick.. crosses it to the far post.. King heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.



29 minute mark: Barbosa takes a corner kick.. near post.. Parker heads it.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

31 minute mark: Markus Beer trips King.. barely outside the box.. Beer gets a yellow card.

34 minute mark: Valon Belrami gets a yellow card for a hard tackle on Schmidt.


Halftime: 2-0 lead for us. They have over 27,000 fans here today.


60 minute mark: Cahais on for Kompany and Wright on for King.

83 minute mark: Oswald passes it to Flores in the box.. he shoots.. over the bar.


Game over. 2-0 win.

We outshot them 6-3 (4-1 on target)

Barbosa wins MoM, 8 for form, 8 of 10 passes, 1 key pass, 0 of 2 tackles, 2 of 6 headers, 5 runs, 2 fouls drawn, and 2 assists.

Everyone else had a 7 for form.


Flores had a 7 for form, 8 of 11 passes, 2 of 2 tackles, 3 of 7 headers, 4 runs, 3 fouls drawn.

[Galaxy]

Very much so. Tonight, the wife was exhausted from work (working 6 days a week 7AM to 7PM) and wanted it quiet upstairs. Therefore, it is all FM tonight (not that I'm complaining ;))

Sounds like a late night for you. :D

Civ IV will be keeping me up until late tonight. I am gonna try out online play.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Mickael Schmidt bruised his shin and will miss 4-5 days.


March 23, 2018 -

Chelsea's veteran fullback Glen Johnson has strained ligaments in his knee and may miss the rest of the season.

Laurent Rodrigues has been called up from my youth system to help France's U19 team in their match against Croatia.


Alberto Flores and Antonio Blanco have both been called up to Spain's U21 team for their match against Hungary.

[Eaglesfan27]

Sounds like a late night for you. :D

Civ IV will be keeping me up until late tonight. I am gonna try out online play.

I'll be playing Civ IV quite a lot tomorrow. It's a great game and I can't wait to see how my war with Ghengis turns out :)

[Eaglesfan27]

March 24, 2018 -

Today we host Plymouth in an EPL Match. We are in 1st while they are in 14th place. Their offense has been weak, but their defense has played very solidly. Their leading scorer is striker Bernard Guily with 4 goals and 3 assists. However, he is out injured this match. Their #2 striker, Dean Evans, is also out injured this match. It will be up to midfielder Steve Cox to provide any offense today. Their solid defense is anchored by centreback Liam Parker and right back Mark O'Brien. Mark Hunt is having his best year in goal that I've ever seen from him.


We are 1-4 favorites.

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


Injured: Wood and Schmidt.


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Parker
MC: Heller
MR: Schreurs
SC: Oswald
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Wright
S3: Pinna
S4: Flores
S5: Cahais

[Eaglesfan27]

12 minute mark: Schreurs is called for tripping Thomas.. Parker argues the call.. yellow card for Parker.

22 minute mark: O'Brien with a free kick from 40 yards out.. Keigan Parker outjumps Cardozo in the box.. heads it.. upper right corner.. Adriano is slow in reacting.. another reasonably soft goal allowed by him! Down 1-0.

25 minute mark: Schreurs dribbles up the right sideline.. crosses it towards Parker.. the keeper punches it away.. Heller heads it back into the box.. Parker hits it on the half-volley.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-1.

37 minute mark: Heller collides with Domenico Trotta.. Trotta is hurt and has to be carried off the pitch.

Heller gets a yellow card.

Halftime: 1-1 tie. We have just under 69,000 fans here today.



53 minute mark: Downing passes it to Parker.. Parker dribbles slowly up the pitch.. plays with the ball.. fakes left.. fakes right.. the defender gives him room.. he shoots from 25 yards out.. powerful banana shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-1.

68 minute mark: Dowing passes it to Oswald left of the box.. Oswald holds up.. passes it to Downing in the left half of the box.. Downing centers it for Parker who one times it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-1. That is Parker's hattrick!

Pinna on for Downing, Flores on for Oswald, and Wright on for King.

73 minute mark: Cardozo with a long pass to Flores.. he has a breakaway.. whistle.. Flores was offside.

84 minute mark: Cardozo with a long pass to the box.. Wright is the first man to it.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.

90 minute mark: Pinna dribbles up the left sideline.. crosses it to the near post.. Flores heads it.. good save by the keeper.


Game over. 3-1 win for us.

We outshot them 16-2 (6-0 on target)

Parker wins MoM, 10 for form, 18 of 21 passes, 3 key passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 4 of 6 headers, 1 interception, 1 run, 1 foul drawn, 3 goals.

Trotta, Downing, and Schreurs all had 8's for form. Heller and Adriano had 6's for form. The rest of the team ahd 7's.



Flores in 20 minutes, 7 for form, 1 of 1 passes, 0 tackles, 1 of 1 headers, 1 foul drawn.

[Galaxy]

I'll be playing Civ IV quite a lot tomorrow. It's a great game and I can't wait to see how my war with Ghengis turns out :)

Take him OUT!!!!! Do not settle for peace!
Can you tell I've had my share of brawls with him (and the Aztecs)? :D

[Eaglesfan27]

March 25, 2018 -

Djuradj Vasic has been sacked by Milan. Milan is 10th in Italian Serie A!


13 of my players have been called up for friendly international matches on the 28th.



Mar 26, 2018 -

Real Zaragoza has hired Gonzalo Abando as their new manager.


March 28, 2018 -

Alberto Flores played well for Spain's U21 team in their 1-0 victory over Hungary. Alvaro Cuevas (Chelsea's young star) had the only goal, but Flores had an 8 for form and was 12 of 12 in passing.

Adriano had 2 assists and a goal in Brazil's 3-1 win over the Czech Republic. Adriano (GK) played well in goal in this match.


Boogaart had an assist for Holland in their 2-1 loss to Chile. Schreurs didn't do much in the match.


Helder Barbosa had 3 assists for Portugal in their 3-0 win over Egypt.


Antonio Ortega had both assists in Spain's 2-0 win over Hungary.

Michael Oswald had a goal and an assist for Germany in their 3-0 win over Paraguay.

[Eaglesfan27]

Take him OUT!!!!! Do not settle for peace!
Can you tell I've had my share of brawls with him (and the Aztecs)? :D
I plan on crushing Ghengis. He has started 3 seperate wars with me and is truly pissing me off. I'll get my technology to the gun age before him and start producing like crazy. He won't know what hit him ;)

[Eaglesfan27]

March 31, 2018 -

I've been told that I have many staff with expiring contracts:

Chrstian Roberts - The 38 year old Physio is doing his job well. He currently makes 2,000/week. I offer him 2,000/week on a 3 year extension.

Ivo Ulich - The talented 43 year old Physio is making 3,200/week. I offer him 3,200/week for a 3 year extension.

Darren Fletcher is a player who is eligible to be a coach, but he doesn't want to sign a coach contract with me at this time.


Jose Luis Runco is a 49 year old Brazilian Physio who is VERY well regarded. He is making 5,400/week. I offer him 5,400/week for a 3 year extension.

Kevin Kilbane is a 41 year old Irish Physio who is also well regarded. He is making 4k/week and I offer him 4,000/week for a 3 year extension.


Wesley Sonck is a 39 year old Belgian Scout. His biggest find for me was Schreurs (who wasn't really anonymous at the time.) He is currently making 1,000/week. He is requesting a raise to 2,200/week. I agree if he'll sign a 3 year deal.


Martin Albrechtsen is a 37 year old physio who is one of my favorite players from back in the day. He is currently making 550/week. He wants a raise to 3,400/week. I agree to his request if he signs a 3 year deal as he is a very good physio.


Tim Howard is 39 and is eligible to be a coach, but doesn't want to sign a coach contract yet.


Neil Hough is a 49 year old English Physio who is very well regarded. He is making 5k/week and wants the same rate. I agree if he takes a 3 year deal.


Simon Ambrose is a 49 year old Scout who has done a godo job of identifying weaknesses in my upcoming opponents. He wants a raise from 1900/week to 2600/week which I agree if he signs a 3 year deal.

Finally, Peter Webb is a midfielder coach who is doing a great job with my guys. He was making 4,800/week but wants a raise to 15,500/week. He is doing such a good job that I agree but ask him to sign a 4 year deal.

[Eaglesfan27]

Mar 31, 2018 -

Today we play Sunderland in an EPL Match. We are in 1st (by 9 points despite playing one less game than everyone else!) They are in 12th place. Their offense has been fairly good mostly due to star striker Pierre Michel. Pierre is a 26 year old French Striker who is one the verge of becoming a true superstar. He has great speed, great acceleration, great dribbling ability, and lethal finishing ability. His only flaw is that he doesn't always play hard. He has 21 goals and 7 assists on the year, and is rumored to be the target of many of the bigger clubs in the upcoming offseason. Midfielder Thomas Hassing Skjaerbaek is the second leading scorer with 7 goals and 8 assists. The midfielder is 31, but is still very skilled despite losing some of his already dubious speed. Steven Taylor is the only midfielder playing well and Luca Brunoni had been injured most of the season which was hurting their defense. He is now healthy and he is playing well the last month which has helped improve their defense.


We are 4-6 favorites.

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


Injured: Wood.

GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Parker
MC: Heller
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Boogaart
S3: Barbosa
S4: Adriano
S5: Oswald

[Eaglesfan27]

4 minute mark: Miller stopped a Michel breakaway.

13 minute mark: Skjaerbaek passes it to Michel in the box.. he shoots from 18 yards.. Adriano dives.. blocks it.. Novak shoots the rebound.. Adriano with an amazing recovery to catch the ball!

19 minute mark: Ivan passes it to Michel in the left half of the box.. he spins away from Salva.. he dribbles into the 6 yard box.. shoots.. lower right corner.. it hits the post.. and bounces in. GOAL. Down 1-0.

29 minute mark: Downing passes it to Heller.. he heads it to King just outside the box.. King blasts a shot.. past the keeper.. it hits the crossbar and bounces back and the keeper pounces on it.

36 minute mark: Downing with a great dribble past the defender, he used a hesitation dribble to perfect effect.. crosses it to the center of the 6 yard box.. Parker outjumps everyone.. heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-1.

39 minute mark: Schreurs dribbles down the right sideline past two defenders.. crosses it to the far post.. Rooney heads it.. over the bar.



Halftime: 1-1 tie. They have over 48,000 fans here today.



52 minute mark: Ivan passes it to Michel in the right half of the box.. he blasts a curving shot.. lower right corner.. Adriano dives.. tips it wide.

54 minute mark: King shoves Ivan to the ground.. Rooney argues the call.. King gets a warning, but Rooney gets a yellow card.

60 minute mark: Adriano punches away a corner.. King gets to it.. plays a nice touch pass that stop rolling just outside the box.. Rooney is racing to it.. Brunoni, the keeper, is racing to it.. Rooney wins the race.. dribbles around the keeper.. shoots.. GOAL!!!! 2-1.

63 minute mark: Barbosa on for Downing, and Oswald on for Rooney who is tired.

66 minute mark: Barbosa plays a pass 40 yards up the pitch to King.. he dribbles past a defender.. into the box.. fakes out another defender.. shoots from 10 yards out.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!! 3-1.

73 minute mark: Skjaerbaek passes it to Lee Taylor.. Lee Taylor passes it back to Skjaerbaek who is just inside the box.. he unleashes a furious shot.. it sails right over Adriano's shoulder. GOAL. 3-2 lead for us.

82 minute mark: Great passing as Heller passes it 45 yards to Barbosa who quickly passes it to Oswald deep in the box.. he shoots from 8 yards out.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-2.


Game over. 4-2 win for us :)

We outshot them 18-15 (8-8 on target)

Barry Parker wins MoM, 9 for form, 29 of 32 passes, 4 key passes, 2 of 3 tackles, 10 of 12 headers, 3 interceptions, 1 foul drawn, and 1 goal.

Salva, Miller, Downing, Schreurs, King, Rooney, and Barbosa all had 8's for form.

The rest of the team had 7's.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

Stewart Downing's 31 assists this season is a new team record! I guess he isn't washed up yet, despite being 33.


April 1, 2018 -

Top 5 teams:

1. Manchester United - 31 games played, 27-3-1 record. 84 points. 98 goals scored. 18 goals allowed. +80 goal differential.

2. West Ham - 32 games played, 22-7-3 record, 73 points. 58 goals scored. 19 goals allowed. +39 GD.

3. Liverpool - 32 games played. 22-4-6 record, 70 points. 62 goals scored, 29 goals allowed. +33 GD.

4. Aston Villa - 32 games played. 19-6-7 record. 63 points. 59 goals scored, 34 goals allowed. +25 GD.

5. Arsenal - 32 games played, 19-6-7, 63 points. 54 goals scored, 31 goals allowed. +23 GD.


Chelsea is in 6th. Manchester City has climbed to 15th and appears to be out of relegation danger...

[Eaglesfan27]

April 1, 2018 -


The board is pleased with my performance as manager.


Wayne Rooney has won the EPL Player of the Month Award. Barbosa came in 2nd, and Jaime Gavilan of Arsenal came in 3rd.


Chris Miller won the EPL Young Player of the Month Award. Alvaro Cuevas of Chelsea came in 2nd, and Ruben Vicente of West Brom came in 3rd.


I won the manager of the month award. Ray Wilkins of the Wolves came in 2nd, and Tony Young of Coventry came in 3rd.




Milan has hired Giancarlo D'Astoli as their new manager. Palermo will now be looking for a new manager.


Parker and Rooney were selected to the EPL Team of the Week.



All of my staff signed their new deals to stay with the club.

[Eaglesfan27]

April 4, 2018 -

Today we host Arsenal in the 1st leg of the Quarter Finals of the Champions League. Arsenal has a diversified offense and a solid defense this year. Their #1 threat is speedster Christophe Sanchez. Sanchez has used his top notch speed to score 18 goals and 5 assists. What makes him so dangerous is explosive acceleration to go with great top notch speed. Mauro Di Mauro has developed into an excellent partner. He has great speed, great passing ability, and it is sort of surprising that he only has 5 goals and 9 assists on the year. Hatem Ben Arfa is playing very well on the left wing despite starting to lose his speed. Salomon Kalou is 32, but shows no signs of slowing on the right wing. Jaime Gavilan is clearly the class of the defense, but Marek Mach does well at centreback. Jesus has done well, but not great in goal for them.


We are 5-4 favorites.

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

Injured: Petit, Wood, and Trotta.

GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Cardozo
DC: Kompany
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Godoy
MC: Parker
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Salva
S3: Schreurs
S4: Wright
S5: Oswald
S6: Barbosa
S7: King

[Eaglesfan27]

10 minute mark: Miller passes it long to Ortega.. Gavilan tackles it away from him, but out of bounds.

On the ensuing corner.. Downing floats a perfect corner towards the near post.. Cardozo outjumps everyone.. heads it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

25 minute mark: Adriano steals the ball at midpitch.. passes it to Rooney.. he is tackled by Gavilan.. the ball rolls to Downing... Downing fires a quick pass to Godoy in the right half of the box.. he one times it.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

36 minute mark: Kompany stops a Sanchez breakaway!


Halftime: 2-0 lead. Our defense is dominating right now. We have over 91,000 fans packing the stadium.



47 minute mark: Kalou intercepts our corner.. plays a long ball.. Sanchez beats all of our defenders to it.. dribbles into the box.. shoots.. lower left corner.. Adriano blocks it! We start the counter.. long pass to Rooney.. he dribbles into the box.. shoots.. Jesus saves it.

52 minute mark: Kompany with a long pass to Ortega in the right corner of the pitch.. he gets to it.. centers it towards the near post.. Adriano heads it.. great save by Jesus.

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

70 minute mark: Kompany starts our counterattack.. long pass to Adriano right of the box.. he centers it to Ortega in the middle of the box.. Ortega shoots.. lower left corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

72 minute mark: Oswald on for Godoy and King on for Rooney.

82 minute mark: Downing with a corner kick to the far post.. King knocks the ball down.. shoots from 5 yards out.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-0! That is King's 100th career goal for Manchester United!


Game over. 4-0 win for us in the 1st leg.

We outshot them 15-4 (11-2 on target)

Adriano won MoM, 10 for form, 13 of 18 passes, 3 key passes, 1 of 2 tackles, 8 of 12 headers, 1 interception, 4 runs, 1 assist.


Cardozo, Downing, and Ortega all had 9's for form.

All of my other starters had 8's for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

In a rare scheduling event, we will be playing Arsenal 3 times in a row. Our next match is again at home and is an EPL Match.


In other Champions League Quarter Final First Leg Results:

Valencia beat Inter 3-0 at home.

Benfica only tied Barcelona 0-0 at home.

Ajax lost to Lazio 1-0 at home.



April 6, 2018 -

Rotherham have won promotion to League One.

Newcastle has fallen to 9th in the EPL and Tony Colbert has been fired. Ernie Tippett is being lauded by the media as the likely man for the job.

[Eaglesfan27]

April 8th, 2018 -

Today we host Arsenal in an EPL Match. See the preview from our last match.

We are 5-4 favorites.

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

Injured: Wood.


GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Cardozo
DC: Kompany
DR: Boogaart
ML: Barbosa
MC: Godoy
MC: Parker
MR: Ortega
SC: Oswald
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Cahais
S3: Pinna
S4: Adriano
S5: Flores

[Eaglesfan27]

29 minute mark: Boogaart passes it to Ortega at midpitch.. he passes it down the pitch to Barbosa in the left half of the box.. Barbosa dribbles past a defender.. shoots from 10 yards out.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.


Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. King has been getting banged around and has a 5 for form. I'll be watching him closely the next 5 minutes.


We have over 91,000 fans here today.



50 minute mark: Boogaart throws it into Ortega right of the box.. he draws two defenders.. passes it to the near post.. King gets it.. shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.

64 minute mark: Barbosa gets a yellow card for arguing an offside call against Oswald.

65 minute mark: Flores on for Oswald, and Pinna on for Barbosa.

Barbosa gets a standing ovation.


68 minute mark: Kompany gets a yellow card for tripping Sanchez.

75 minute mark: Kompany passes it down the right sideline to Ortega.. he crosses it for King.. Fran heads it away from King.. Flores gets to it.. immediately shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. can't get to it! GOAL!!!! 3-0.

Nice to see Flores finally score a goal after a draught.



Game over. 3-0 win for us.

We outshot them 18-3 (9-0 on target)

Ortega wins MoM, 10 for form, 20 of 28 passes, 3 key passes, 1 of 4 tackles, 4 of 5 headers, 1 interception, 10 runs, 1 foul drawn, and 3 assists.

Boogaart, Godoy, and Barbosa all had 9's for form. Cardozo had an 8 as did Flores! The rest of the team had 7's.


Flores, 24 minutes played, 8 for form, 2 of 3 passes, 0 tackles, 0 headers, 6 runs, 3 fouls drawn, and a goal.

[Eaglesfan27]

April 9, 2018 -

Carlos Godoy injured his calf during practice today and will miss 2-3 weeks.


Boogaart and Godoy were named to the EPL Team of the Week.



April 10, 2018 -

Anthony Petit partially tore his groin muscle and will miss at least a month.

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April 11, 2018 -

Today we travel to play Arsenal in the 2nd leg of the Quarter Final of the Champions League Match.


We are 5-4 favorites.

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


Injured: Barbosa, Wood, Godoy, and Petit.


GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Heller
MC: Parker
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Flores
S3: Pinna
S4: Wright
S5: Cahais
S6: Ortega
S7: King

[Eaglesfan27]

7 minute mark: Downing passes it to Rooney in the left edge of the box.. he takes two dribbles.. shoots.. upper right corner.. Jesus dives.. blocks it.

37 minute mark: Downing with a corner to the near post.. Ben Arfa on Rooney.. Rooney outjumps him.. heads it.. upper left corner.. the keeper tries to block it.. tips it.. still a GOAL!!!! 1-0.


Halftime: 1-0 lead. 5-0 on aggregate. They have just under 60,000 here today.



52 minute mark: Trotta with a pass to Downing.. he centers it for Adriano by the far post.. he heads it.. over the bar.

60 minute mark: Adriano has picked up a knock and is exhausted. I put Wright on for him and Flores on for Rooney. I also put Pinna on for Downing.

73 minute mark: Jesus starts their counterattack.. long pass to Kalou who quickly centers it to Villa outside the box.. he quickly passes it to Sanchez in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. Adriano can't get to it. GOAL. 1-1.

78 minute mark: Long pass from Cardozo to Schreurs in the right corner of the pitch.. he crosses it to the far post.. Heller with a diving header.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-1.

90 minute mark: Wright is tripped by Fran.. I thought it was in the box, but it was outside the box.. Heller takes the free kick.. over the bar.


Game over. 2-1 win, 6-1 win on aggregate.

We outshot them 15-6 (8-4 on target)

Schreurs wins MoM, 8 for form, 21 of 31 passes, 3 key passes, 3 of 5 tackles, 1 of 4 headers, 2 interceptions, 4 runs, 4 fouls drawn, and 1 assist.

Cardozo, Helller, Downing, and Parker all had 8's. The rest of the team had 7's.



Flores had a 7 for form, 29 minutes, 9 of 9 passes (he always seems to make the safe pass - I'm not quite positive if that is good or it is bad because he isn't taking enough chances), 1 of 1 tackles, 1 of 1 headers, 2 runs.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

In other Champions League News:

Barcelona beat Benfica 2-0 at home to win 2-0 on aggregate.

Valencia tied Inter 1-1 on the road to win 4-1 on aggregate.

Lazio beat Ajax 2-1 at home to win 3-1 on aggregate.



So, I'll be playing either Barcelona, Valencia, or Lazio in the Semi-final.


Rooney's 39 goals on the season is a new team record!


We've been awarded 3.2 million dollars for winning this round of the Champions League.

[Eaglesfan27]

April 14, 2018 -

We will be playing Lazio in the Semi-Final of the Champions League on April 25th for the 1st leg.


Bolton has been relegated from the EPL.

Colchester has been relegated from League One.

Rotherham has won the League Two Title.

Wrexham has been relegated from League Two.

[Eaglesfan27]

April 15, 2018 -

Bolton have been relegated from the EPL.

Colchester have been relegated from League One.

Rotherham have won the League Two Title.

My former team, Harrogate Town is in 7th place and is in the hunt for the playoffs!

[Eaglesfan27]

April 15, 2018 -

Today we travel to play Chelsea in an EPL Match. They are currently in 5th. We are in 1st by 11 points. I believe a win today secures the EPL Title! Chelsea's Alvaro Cuevas is exploding onto the scene. The 21 year old Spanish Striker with excellent speed has averaged almost a goal a game since he became a starter. He has 15 goals, 6 assists, and 2 MoM awards in 18 starts. Stefan De Weerd has been playing good at the other striker position when playing alongside Cuervas as his slowing footspeed isn't as much of an issue. Freddy Adu has been playing better with Cuevas as well, but his stock has really fallen in the past few years and he only has 9 goals and 8 assists on the year. Naldo is playing well at centreback and Petr Cech continues to play well in goal.


We are even odd favorites.

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


Injured: Wood, Godoy, and Petit.


GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Cardozo
DC: Kompany
DR: Boogaart
ML: Downing
MC: Parker
MC: Oswald
MR: Ortega
SC: Rooney
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Cahais
S3: Flores
S4: Wright
S5: Pinna

[Eaglesfan27]

WOW! Cuevas isn't playing today! They are using their 4-2-3-1 with De Weerd up front. Diego, Adu, and Sneijder are directly behind him. Fran is up in the midfield along with Ribeiro. Interesting defensive set.

20 minute mark: Downing dribbles down the left sideline.. crosses it to the near post.. Parker heads it.. over the bar.

23 minute mark: Boogaart stops an Adu attack by stealing the ball.

36 minute mark: Vannini starts the counterattack, long pass to Adu.. Adu with a great pass between my two centrebacks, De Weerd gets to it in the box.. shoots.. upper left corner.. Adriano dives.. can't get to it. GOAL. Down 1-0. They have been playing very defensive and caught us on the counterattack.


Halftime: Down 1-0.


53 minute mark: Oswald takes a free kick from midpitch.. passes it to Kompany is just outside the box.. he knocks it down, turns, shoots... it's right at Cech.. he misplays it! GOAL!!!! 1-1.

71 minute mark: They still haven't brought Cuevas on! Cahais on for Schmidt and Wright on for King.

89 minute mark: Adriano punches away a corner.. to Ortega.. he burns them down the right side.. he is running alone.. crosses it to Rooney in the box.. Rooney has a 1-1 with the keeper.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. Wide left!


Game over. 1-1 tie.

We outshot them 11-5 (4-3 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 9 for form, 28 of 36 passes, 2 key passes, 2 of 3 tackles, 3 of 4 headers, 1 interception, 12 runs, 1 foul drawn.

Ortega had an 8 for form. Everyone else had 7's.

[Eaglesfan27]

April 16, 2018 -

Downing was selected to the EPL Team of the Week.

My scouts have found another young striker that screams potential. Olivier Gomez is a 17 year old striker who is refusing to sign a new deal with Niort. I approach him and offer him his requested 7,000/week plus 220,000 dollars to sign with us. This 17 year old would likely be my fastest striker ever.


Andrew Harper who has been with my organization for 2 years signed a professional contract with the team today. The 17 year old left winger/midfielder has very good potential I believe.


April 17, 2018 -

Everton have won promotion to the EPL.

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April 18, 2018 -

Today we host Liverpool in the English FA Cup Semi-Final. Liverpool's offense is very dynamic centering around 3 individuals. Midfielder/striker Stephane Dalmat has 24 goals in 30 starts and he is a dangerous scorer. Dalmat is only 25 and he has a great combination of very good speed and tremendous strength. He is very hard to push around in the box. He has 24 goals and 10 assists on the year. Striker Lebohang Mokoena is 31 and still has excellent speed and great all around skills. He has 19 goals and 4 assists on the year. Nicky Platt is their other striker. The 30 year old is slow of foot, but gets good position and is a nifty passer and a solid shooter. He has 15 goals and 9 assists on the year. Chris Taylor has kept the keeper job that he took from Kirkland when he was injured and Kirkland is unhappy about it. Antonio is a good centreback and Marcos is playing right back well.


We are 5-4 favorites.

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


Injured: Godoy, Petit, and Wood.

GK: Adriano
DL: Trotta
DC: Kompany
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Barbosa
MC: Parker
MC: Heller
MR: Schreurs
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano

S1: Howard
S2: Cardozo
S3: Ortega
S4: King
S5: Wright

[Eaglesfan27]

5 minute mark: Miller steals it from Mokoena.. passes it to Rooney.. Rooney with some crafty dribbling to get past a defender.. shoots a banana shot.. upper right corner.. Taylor dives.. saves it.

20 minute mark: Schreurs passes it to Adriano right of the box.. he heads it to Heller in the box.. Heller shoots.. good save by Taylor.

24 minute mark: Kompany starts our counterattack.. long pass to Schreurs.. he heads it to Adriano who is 50 yards out.. Adriano turns on the speed.. dribbles down the field faster than 2 men can catch him from behind.. pulls up with 25 yards to go and quickly shoots.. strong banana shot.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0! Adriano has been quiet lately, and it was nice to see him finally score.



Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. There are 90,000 fans here today at Wembley. Both sides are playing generally good defense.



46 minute mark: Jongerius passes it to Dalmat who dribbles between both of my centrebacks.. shoots from 20 yards out.. Adriano saves it easily.

Plenty of easy saves for both keepers so far.

50 minute mark: Dalmat with a great pass to Platt in the box.. he shoots from 15 yards out.. upper right corner.. Adriano dives.. barely tips it over the bar.

On the ensuing corner.. Adriano punches it to Barbosa.. he passes it to Rooney in the box.. Rooney shoots.. Taylor blocks it.. Adriano gets to the rebound.. shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!! 2-0. Adriano with another goal.


70 minute mark: Adriano is looking very winded now. I wanted to get him a hattrick, but not today. I put King on for him.

I also put Ortega on for Schreurs who is tired.


90 minute mark: Heller collides with Jongerius. Heller has to be helped off the pitch. I put Wright on for him.

91 minute mark: Dalmat gets the ball from Jongerius.. weaves his way between my two centrebacks.. lays off a pass for Jose Angel.. Angel has an easy goal as Adriano was focused on stopping Dalmat. GOAL. 2-1.


Game over. 2-1 win :)

They outshot us 15-8 (8-5 on target)

Adriano (GK) wins MoM, 8 for form, 7 saves, 11 of 17 passes, 1 interception.

Schreurs, Adriano, and Rooney also had 8's for form.

[Eaglesfan27]

Post Match Info:

In the other English FA Cup Semi-Final, Coventry shocked Arsenal 1-0! We will play coventry in the final on May 26th, 2018!


April 20, 2018 -

Boogaart has suffered a twisted knee during training and will miss at least a week.

Olivier Gomez told the media that Niort has always been one of his favorite clubs, and he wanted to remain loyal to them. He turned down my offer and signed a new contract with them!


April 21, 2018 -

Torquay have been relegated from League One.

Walsall have been relegated from League Two.


April 22, 2018 -

Auxerre have won the French League Cup after a 2-0 victory over Sochaux.

Newcastle have hired Roy Aitken as their new manager. Roy used to be the manager of Aston Villa many years ago.

[daedalus]

Sucks about Gomez but on pace for a treble!!

[Eaglesfan27]

Sucks about Gomez but on pace for a treble!!
Shhhhhhhh... Don't jinx us.

We are actually still on pace for the Quadruple (which I've never ever done in any version of the game.)

[Eaglesfan27]

April 22, 2018 -

Today we host Manchester City in an EPL Match. We are in 1st and a win should secure the EPL Title. Manchester City is in 12th and surging after being in danger of relegation for most of the season. 5 of their players are injured for this match including their leading scorer, striker Gregory Grondin. Their top players this match will be keeper Libis Andres Arenas (unless they surprise me by starting Luca Viola again) and the centreback Guiseppe Corradini. Right back Andrew Davies is also playing well.


We are 4-5 favorties.

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

Injured: wood, Godoy, Boogaart, and Petit.


GK: Adriano
DL: Schmidt
DC: Cardozo
DC: Salva
DR: Miller
ML: Downing
MC: Parker
MC: Heller
MR: Ortega
SC: Oswald
SC: King

S1: Howard
S2: Flores
S3: Pinna
S4: Adriano
S5: Cahais