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

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this has been a real wild offseason...

ill start off with whom i sold, i didnt transfer list anyone, teams just want my players

CB Milligan- 1.8 mill. i bought him 2 years ago for less than 100k. hes wad my 3rd best CB so i let him go
RB Brinkhurst- 1.7 mil. bought him many years ago from a lower league team for 850K. i thought he was surplus even though he was a solid PL rb... but then this happened
RB Rial- 6.75 mil. he had a Min fee release clause and i couldnt stop him from walking to a lucrative contract with a sugar daddy club. now i only had a 19 RB that my director of football bought last season
RB/LB Bateman- 1 mil. he did his job as a filler fullback till i got better ones. one of my 1st buys when i got promoted.
CM/LW Niskanen- 2.5 mil. i wasnt planing on selling him and now i regret it. but he wanted to hear Cardiffs offer so i let him go
ST Reinikainen- 4.2 mil. Cardiff also wanted the big Fin.
LW/CM Merrick- 250k
Borjesson- 950K
LW Pilia- 2.5 mil. hes been great for me, but once i got my offer accepted for a better winger i let him go

now for the guys ive brought in (pics will come later)
RW Kapiec- 800K. a 16yo polish winger my scouts like. no main weakness and is driven
RB/LB Guldbrandt- 5.5 mil. 21 yo ive been scouting him for over 4 season but never had the right opportunity to get him
ST Bloomfield- 5 mil. southampton was overflowing with young striking talent. 3 of them looked like studs in the making and they got relegated, so i bought the onyl one they would sell me. is he isnt a future wonderkid i dont know who could be. Driven personality
CB Stonebridge- 5 mil. from Arsenal. ive been eyeing him for years too but only now did he want to come to me,. a good solid Cb with a name to match
LB Myers- 20k. an American 19yo that got a WP, he has to have some potential. massive physical abilities, 16+ in Acc, Agil, Bal, Pace, NF and Stam
LW Ortega- 8.5 mil. hes my most expensive signing to date but he has everything you want in a winger. hes an American too, i like signing them

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also my 2nd team in not doing the Dynasty with, CFR clug. that manager has been all over the world, NY, South Africa and now in Romania. i was and am planning on trying to turn them into players in Europe but now the Athletic club job just became open and they interviewed me. i dont know if i could resist that challenge but it would come with a problem. one thing i like about playing @ Cluj is i can sign non EU players easily and sell them a few years laters fairly easily also. its great because theres always good young players that are free from non EU nations that i can groom, but if im at Athletic i wont be able to do that

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ive had man other offers for my young stars, like Osbourne, McCann, McFarlaine but those guys arnt for sale unless they ask to leave. my team is currently short on Central Midfielders, i have lots that can play there, but only 3 that are the naturals there, the rest are AMC's or wingers. i cant find one that fits what im looking for ( a mentor thats cheap and wants a short contract)

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team preview

GK



i got Drugge free last year when my Iranian keeper demanded a transfer, and i got Audero free this year

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Fullbacks



Talbot was loaned out the last 2 seasons after my director of football bought him for 475K 2 years ago.
Guldbrant cost me 5.75 million
Wright cost 1.5 mil from Man U, i think he still has lots of room to grow. he was the starter last season
Gaynor been on loan most of the last 3 seasons
Myers was highly recomended and only cost 40k.

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Centerbacks



Mirco is used largly as a backup due to his poor jumping
Rivera is a potential star
McFarlaine
Stonebridge is the new guy, cost 5 mil from Arsenal

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Central Midfield



Nicholls is quickly improving, still needs mentoring
McCann is a Carlisle youth player whose made good
Campbell is injured for 5 months, still have high hopes for him
Bismarck my brazilian AMC. stud in the making
Foxcroft is a homegrown prospect, damn hes going to be good

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Wingers



Medaglia was a free player 2 seasons ago from Costa Rica
Doherty was bought 6 seasons ago, improves a lot when healthy
Purcell is a backup bought 2 seasons ago
Ortega is a new player bought for 8.5 million

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Strikers



Staunton is a homegrown player, this is his 2st season on the 1st team
Osbourne is my star striker. also homegrown
Bloomfield cost me 5 million from Southampton. he looks like a star

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my best reserves that will get the most time



Kapiec is new to my team, bought for 800k from a polish team
Russell cost less than 100k
Preece will be on loan all season, but can be recalled
Murphy is homegrown, think he has tons of room to grow

update, im loaning out Murphy and Russell for the season it seems

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Man U for my season opener. nice and painful i see

we lose 0-2. not surprising. what is surprising is Bismarck breaks his arm and will miss 5-6 weeks. looks like Foxcroft will get more starting time than originally planned

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just back on the forums.

why did you pick Carlisle?

just curious, they are my nearest professional team, used to go a few seasons ago to watch them on a regular basis

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@ Tottenham

we lose 3-4. Foxy got 2 goals and Doherty got 2 assist

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Originally Posted by PLD3009

just back on the forums.

why did you pick Carlisle?

just curious, they are my nearest professional team, used to go a few seasons ago to watch them on a regular basis

way back in when FM was called champions manager i selected Carlisle united in CM4. i wanted a L2 team and they had the right combo of what i was looking for in my first ever soccer manager game. ever since then theyve been my team that i like and always play. ever FM since then i start with them and play them

or were they league 3 team then? i think they were

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Capital one cup

@ Sheff United, a L1 club

the crappy season continues, we lose 1-2 and McCann sees red

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home vs Brighton.

a 5-2 win! damn Foxcroft is playing great in the AMC spot, hes getting the ball in midfield and running past everyone into the box to creat havoc. ill move Bismarck back to MC to play em both

ortega with 2 goals and 1 ass, Fox with 1 each

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@ Peterborough

we lose 0-1

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@ Cardiff

we win 3-1 despite Stonebridge getting a red. osbourne scores his first 2 goals of the year

i sign fullback Solly as a mentor

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West Ham

we win 3-1. Ortega with a pair

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Chelsea

we get smoked 0-4

doherty gets injured for 3-4 months

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crap, PSG are sniffing around Rivera. they made 2 offers and i declined, but he has a 10 mill min release fee and i cant get him to sign a new contract to increase that. PSG last offer was 9 million, if they make another offer they will likely get him and i cant stop it

also Osbourne gets injured and will miss a few weeks

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hosting rivals Newcastle

we lose 2-3, giving up 2 penalties

also PSG seems to have stopped pursuing Rivera... and now Rivera is pissy about not being allowed to talk to PSG. PSG bought a different mexican centerback instead (i was following him as a possible signing in the future)

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@ Liverpool

0-2 loss

Myers sees red and McFarlane gets injured for a few weeks

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Rivera threw a hissy fit and requested a transfer. prick. i put 10mil as his asking price as thats his min fee release

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@ Man City

0-3

4th straight loss

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Arsenal

we lose 1-4

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@ Reading

a 1-1 draw

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Nott Forest. i really need 3 points

2-0 win! Foxcroft continues running all over the field with the ball. i wish i could get Bismarck to play like him. Bismarck is now a wonderkid

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@ Norwich

1-1 tie

osbourne injures himself again in training. will miss about a month

@ Bournemouth

2-1 win.

Home vs Everton

1-1 tie

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@ QPR

we lose 1-3 after scoring first

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@ Sunderland

we lose again 0-1 and fall down to 15th

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@ Man United

half our players are tired so i have to start a thrown together team, needless to say thei wont be pretty

we lose 1-8. thats right i gave up 8 goal. we drop down to 16th spot and are getting dangerously close to the drop zone

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FA cup 3rd round. home vs Championship team Sheff Wed

2-0 win

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@ Brighton

jesus christ were struggling

we lose 0-6 wtf!

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i really regret losing Niskanen, merrick, brinkhurst and the big fin now. my midfield and fullbacks are stinking it up this season. im thinking about buying a 5 star centerback from Argenting but he will likely cost me over 10 mil.

campbell whos been injured all year just got back, and he injures himself again. same with Doherty. injured for month and reinjures himslef in a reserve game

im also taking over training and match preperation myself

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Peterborough. they sit 6th

we switch to a 4-4-2

we pull out a win 1-0, scoring on a set piece. thank god

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@ Watford

0-0 tie. ffs we needed this win and it was very winable

FA cup 4th round
Arsenal

we lose 1-3

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@ West Ham

we score first, then west ham get a red card

we win 3-1! a huge win for us

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we bring in several guys

wingers Andreoli, a fast wide target winger
RM Moon. a South Korean, fairly well rounded
DM Bernal- 3 mil columbian. training him to be a CM
2 Scandinavian centerbacks:
Mellberg
Tortensson
neither are ready for 1st team and both are 16 yo

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@ Chelsea

0-2 loss

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Tottenham

we lose 0-2. still in 16th

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Cardiff. they are tied with us. golden opportunity to get off our asses

we win 4-0!

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Liverpool

2-0 win! 2 straight wins moves us up to 14th place and 6 points away from the drop

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good thing i won the last 2 games, QPR and Watford both also won 2. if i lost both those games id be tied with the last relegation spot

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@ Rivals Newcastle

since both Osbourne and are struggling to score, im starting Staunton at striker

Staunton is clearly #3, but he has speed and hasnt layed eggs like the other 2 so ill give him a shot

we win 3-2, staunton scores the 1st goal and Foxy scores the winner late

and just like that, were 11th

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Man City

i knew i wouldnt beat them. we lose 0-4

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@ Arsenal

we lose 0-2