Carlisle United. A long journey to the top of the footballing world *FM14*

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2 days after Middleborough we play at home vs Blackburn. lots of young players in this squad

we get badly outplayed but only lose 1-0

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We lost @ Nott Forrest 2-0

home vs Barnsley

we win 2-0

were safely entrenched midtable, time to get some youngins some game time

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@ Bournmouth

we lose 2-1

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we host MK Dons

we smoke their asses 5-3

Svensson had 3 assists

Lindsay had 2 goals and 2 assists

Frampton scored 2 goals

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@ Bolton

lost 2-1

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0-1 loss to Leicester

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offseason time. i convince the board to increase the lvl of my youth lvl and they agree. we go from a lvl 4 to a lvl 3.

Sheldon is leaving for free in the offseason. i bought him when he was 17 and ill miss him, but he wants to leave



Watts also wants to leave, im selling him for 150k and 25%



Lindsay also wants to leave and i promised to sell him.



Cormac Butler is also leaving for free. these 4 guys were key players for me the last 4 seasons and wont easily be replaced

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some good news to report. my current balance is 2.7 million, the highest its ever been and i have 1.5 in my transfer kitty before selling said players above.

ive spotted some promising youngsters from leagues below me but thet want a lot of money for them and i cant spend that much $$ on guys im not sure would resign with me and i dont know if i could sell them for a profit. i dont have much cash to spare

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arg it seems everyone wants to leave me

so far:
McKee DC
Cropper GK
Sheldon RB
Watts MC
Lindsey AMR/ST
Craig MC/DC

and now my hot young striker Osbourne. i havny even played a game with him and he wants to leave. hes a youth regen from a few seasons ago and hes been loaned out the last few years. hes 18 and already says he has to leave. bastard! i was planing on building my offense around him for years

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woohoo sold McKee for 1 million and 20% future fee. while he was my best defender thats a nice chunk of change...... now if only i could find someone worthy of spending that cash on that wont ask for my first born for salary...

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ok some good news for a change. Osborne resigned a new contract with me . hes still transfer listed by request, but im hoping he will request i take him off that later this year once hes getting playing time. i also locked up Frampton for a few more years, i spent around 800K to get a good young FB to play my right back since i had no player that could play there.

heres my team for this season

starting and backup goalies



picked up Guilhermo for free since i had to sell Cropper. and Gordon was my top recruit from 2 youth classes ago

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Defenders

RB Brinkhurst. the only RB. he cost me 850K my my scouts think he has PL potential. bought him from L2 Crawley



LB's Crepin and Broughan. they will rotate. got Crepin for free, and Broughan is in his 5th campaign for me



CB's Dudot is the best here. Thomas was bought for 25k over the offseason. Griffin's a free from Chelsea, and Koesveld and Dudot were picked up for free last season during the fall

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Midfielders

CM Bekkevold was free last year and is in the rotation. can also be a CD in a pinch. Koran is strickly a backup signed for 1 year mostly for his versitility and mentoring ability



Knight cost me 150k last season and he played great. Sveen looks real good and didnt cost me a thing. im a cheap bastard

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Moran can play the left or right wings. was last season fans player of the year. Svensson was a free winger last year and a solid player, will rotate him. Mccarthy was free last year from Arsenal and he needs to develop



Wade can play all along the left side and is my son. Hunt is a academy prospect. he wont be great but he could be a solid winger

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Fowards

Frampton was bought 3 years ago for 150k from a skrill team. he turning out to be a great player for me. James "Action" Jackson is my star player and fast as hell. 34 goals and 9 assists in 77 league games so far



Osbourne is a hot prospect from my own academy and will get significant time this season after 2 loan seasons. has yet to play a game for me. Belly is solely a backup targetman who will play when im in the 4-4-2 formation

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top reserves and hot prospects

Garmey is fast and promising. cost me 30K last season. McCann is a academy prospect, hes going to be good, i hope i can hold onto him!


Merrick cost me 5K from a Skrill team and has loads of untapped potential
Page cost me 10k from a welsh team last year and looks like a good winger in the making

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As you can see im thin at defense. i had to push up 2 18yo into the 1st team due to a lack of options. its been hard for me to find young defenders and to hold onto the ones i have. plus there arent many in the PL league that want to loan to me. it seems theres a derth of young regen defensive players compared to offensive guys. im hoping to find a veteran RB to sign a 1 yr contract for depth

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game 1 tonight, we travel to brighton

we lose 1-0

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Whats in your wallet cup

home vs Sheffield United a L1 club

im starting GK Gordon today, and Osbourne gets his 1st start for me.

a cross from moran goes off the head of osbourne and to Jackson for an easy score

Osbourne is playing in the AMC slot and just scored

osbourne gets another assist with a pass to Hunt (his 1st game also) for an easy tap in

we win 3-1

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Wigan comes to town. should be a tough test

ugg Dudot gets a red early. were playing with 10

Sveen made an amazing shot for the 1st goal. about 40 yards out!. then we go defensive to protect our lead. we hit Wigan on the counter 2 more times to take a 3-0 win

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woot! i convince the board to improve the youth facilities again. only cost 650K

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Loaned a rb from Brecia for depth, and i scoured central America for players and found this guy for free



versatile

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@ Bristol city

Moran picks up and injury and my son comes on. we fall behind shortly later, but then we equalize neat half

martinez gets into his 1st game and scores the equalizer late! until we give up a goal 1 min later

we end up losing 4-2

Moran is injured for 6 weeks

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Home vs Crewe.

ug what should have been a win against a newly promoted team turns into a clusterfuck. we get killed 4-0

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Whats in your wallet? Cup

@ QPR a PL club

we score first but then give up 3 straight. we go aggressive and score 2 more to tie. extra time

they score and then we score on a quick counter 4-4. threy outshoot me 32-6

penalties

we lose the shootout

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@ Charlton next. thier manager openly talks trash before the game about my teams relgation chances. we were predicted to finish 23 this season.

they beat us 2-0 despite us getting far more chances, we just couldnt convert and we fall down to 23rd

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home vs struggling Swansea

we break our losing streak but barely. Bekk see's red and we win 1-0 thanks to a goal from Jackson

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@ Birmingham

we play poorly and fall 2-0

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home vs league leaders Sheff Wed.

we beat them 2-0 without much trouble

i needed that win, a loss could have dropped me into the danger zone

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home against Peterborough

Belly getting a start scores in the 16th min

we lose 2-1

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Osbourne asked to be taken off the transfer list

@ 23 Ipswich. im 19.

Osbourne starts and rewards me by scoring his 4th of the season in the 35th min, and his 5th in stoppage 1st half

we win 2-1 behind Osbourne's brace

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Nott Forest coming to town

we lay a huge turd and drop a 0-2 load

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York comes to town

1-1 tie. dissapointed we only got 1 goal with so many saves

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@ Southampton. Southampton are performing mucg better this season than last. this wont be easy

sure enough we fold faster than superman on laundry day giving up 4 quick 1st half goals

we lose 4-1

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Home Vs Fulham.

i let my assman handle this game and sure enough he gets a 2-1 win. i hope the managment doesnt realize hes a better game manager than i am, but im a better talent evaluator.

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@ Doncaster

woohoo who needs an assman. we win 2-1 on the road. goals by my wingers Martinez and Moran

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@ Aston Villa. they arnt playing to well right now. ill run my 4-2-3-1

damn we play em tough but they get thier shots to go in. they only had 10/5 shots/on target while we went 24/13. tough luck

[Brian Swartz]

Originally Posted by bulletsponge

i let my assman handle this game and sure enough he gets a 2-1 win. i hope the managment doesnt realize hes a better game manager than i am, but im a better talent evaluator.

LOL! Well played ...

[UK Rookie]

Getting sucked into a relegation dog-fight this season,maybe?

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maybe. our defenders arent as good as last season and my fowards arnt as deep. i had to get rid of many of my key players last off season. i do think this team will gel and get better as the season progresses

ive already signed 4 young players that are coming in in january

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Huddersfield comes to town, they are below us in the table

we should have won, but they get the only goal 1-0 loss

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Barnsley

we outplay them but dont take the lead until late in the game with an Osbourne goal. he gets another on a breakaway to ice the game 2-0

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@ Bournemouth

we lose 4-2

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@ Leeds

we win 2-1. most notable both teams had PK's, but only i converted therefor i win

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home vs leicester

ugg lee knight gets a straight red in the 30th. he really doesnt want a new contract does he?

we lost 2-0

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Home vs Blackburn

ill let assman do this game

damn hes good. we score 3 in the 1st 20 and we win 3-1. Osbourne is kickin ass for us this season

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Brighton at home

we blow a 2 goal lead, but a tie against the 4th placed team is good

2-2

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4 new signings



Doherty cost 100k and my scout love him

Lehane also cost 100K and looks good

Gray looks like he could become a solid CB, and i need defenders . 40K

Niskanen looks like a stud and was picked up on a free. love that hes driven which would make him a great mentor (if i can hold onto him that long)