View Single Post
Old 09-14-2011, 12:14 PM   #864
Radii
Head Coach
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
-- Mcdonald Mariga is getting up there in years but he's still the captain of the Kenyan National team and he has a busy summer ahead of him with World Cup Qualfying:

Kenya 5 : 0 Comoros - 8.6 rating - 1 goal
Gabon 3 : 1 Kenya - 7.1 rating
Egypt 3 : 0 Kenya - 6.0 rating - 53rd minute red card


June Update

-- The Euro Championship is this month. England is grouped with Holland, Norway and Turkey. Germany, Portugal and Spain are grouped together so that should be fun.

-- The board is delighted with my leadership.

-- Thanks to the squad bonuses we lose $5.94M in May. That puts us at a net loss of $8.6M for the year leaving us with -$2.4M cash.



-- Gordon Donnelly is called up by Scotland to play in the European Championship.


New Signing

Recently we got a report on youth players that were released. Man City is overloaded with young keepers and they let go 17 y/o GK Michael Rogers. He was the highest rated and highest scouted player I saw amongst those that were let go and I was able to grab him for free.

Physical: Balance 18, Jumping 9, Strength 11
Mental: Anticipation 7, Bravery 17, Composure 9, Decisions 12, Determination 12
Goalkeeping: Aerial 9, Command of Area 11, Communication 10, Handling 8, One on Ones 10, Reflexes 16, Rushing Out 12.

Like some other guys I've signed I don't know if he could ever really play for Ipswich but hey he came for free, I don't have a GK on my U18 squad, and maybe even if he wouldn't ever play for me I can make some cash off him.


June 13th News Report: Real Madrid are rumored to be interested in signing Ipswich's 24-year old midfielder Neil Gordon for a fee in the region of $49.5M Well its just a rumor. Last year when someone came after Gordon I shrugged and counter-offered saying I'd sell him for $50M. Is this where that kind of thing goes?

European Club Rankings

1. Barcelona - 165.343 (no change)
2. Olympique Lyonnais - 158.738 (+4 spots)
3. Inter - 153.111 (+1)
4. Chelsea - 145.501 (-2)
5. Man Utd - 145.501 (+4)
6. At. Madrid - 142.343 (was not in top 10)
7. Real Madrid - 137.343 (+1)
8. Liverpool - 135.501 (+5)
9. Benfica - 127.531 (-2)
10. Newcastle - 127.501 (not in top 10)

Leverkusen and Man City fell out of the top 10. Arsenal is 13th, Man City 19th for the other top England squads. Ipswich are rated 120th.
Radii is offline   Reply With Quote