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[Simppu12]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cruzerr

Arsenal Career Mode Part 1 - The Arrival Spoiler (The following events take place between 25 of May 2015 and 28 of May 2015) The season was over. As the last game of the season was at the glorious, Arsenal managed to tie the game 1-1 against West Brom. They were out of the title race since March. Chelsea and Manchester United were battling it out until the very end, as Arsenal was fighting for scraps with City and Tottenham. The tie at the Emirates gave them the third place - forever forth, no more. As the game was over, Wenger stood up and and walked around the pitch. Fans were cheering, even though a tie against West Brom is a result that should never happen at home. He felt a sense of pride - after all the things he had accomplished, he could say that Arsenal was his home. Even if things got difficult at times, in the end, it was a job well done. He clapped his hands, took a bow and walked down the stairs. The following day, Arsene met up with Steve Bould and Stan Kroenke. "It is time. I am 65 years old. I feel like it is my time to give the seat to somebody else," says Wenger. You could see him getting teary-eyed, yet like the proud frenchman as he was, he did not want to shed a tear. "Well, if you feel so," replied Kroenke. "I will make the announcement, but we need a replacement for you. Steve, would you like to take over?" "No, I don't want to do that. I'm a mess, my heart is a wreck after all of these years and my shiny bald head has lost its glow. I would like to continue as an assistant manager, but not as the head." "Alright, well, since Arsene has spoken highly of you, I would love you to continue. But we need a new man in charge, before I want to make this announcement. Wenger, can you suggest someone?." "Ahh, yes, well," said Arsene, as he walked around the room, thinking of possible coaches that could replace him. He knew that his legacy at the club would continue for a long time, but it was time to find somebody else. Somebody, who was as mad as him to try new things and to be unique in the business. "Well, Arsene?" "I have an idea. His name is Thomas Cruzerr." Kroenke and Bould looked at eachother and had no idea who Wenger was talking about. "Who?" "Thomas Cruzerr. A youngster who used to play for Morecambe. I knew his father back in the day and I used to talk football with Thomas. He always had a unique look to the game." "Look Wenger," said Stan as he sighed and stood up. "I don't want some youngster messing up the business over here. We are running one of the biggest football teams in the world over here, and you want to bring in an inexperienced coach?" "You have to trust me on this one. We are doing the press conference in two days, yes? Bring him here and announce his position as a coach at the same time." "I don't know about this," said Stan. He sounded really hesitant. "Steve, what do you think?" "I think we should bring him in and see, what he is like. Show him around, if we don't see him as a fit, then we can always not announce him at the press conference." "Great, we shall act as so." A car pulled infront of the arena. Out came a man in a black suit with a black afro and beard. Nobody would consider this man as a manager, except for one person - Arsene Wenger. "Thomas! Glad you could make it, my friend." "It is an honor, Arsene. You seemed rather urgent with all of this." "Well, I am not getting any younger, haha. Let us go, I will introduce you to Stan." As they entered the boardroom, Stan was expecting a young man indeed, yet who stepped in, shocked him. "Ehh, young man, I mean...Thomas, right?" "Yes, that is me, pleasure to meet you." "Uhh, how old are you?" "I am twenty two years old." "Right, uhh...Arsene, may I speak to you in private for a moment?" Stan and Wenger rushed out of the room, as they left Cruzerr to sit there. "Are you mad, Wenger? You said a youngster, he is younger than most of the players we have. How are they going to respect him?" "You shall see, lets go and introduce him to the players." As they walked onto the pitch, the players were working hard. Even if the season had just ended, work was not done. Rest is only for the weak - or for the champions. Steve saw the three men coming from a distance, so he gather the players together. "Alright," said Wenger, as he prepared to give a speech. "As you all know, I am retiring. Now, I would like you to meet your new headcoach, Thomas.." Just before Arsene could finish his sentance, running in came Coquelin. He was late and he looked like he had just run a mile to practise. "I am sorry coach, for being late." Before Wenger could start talking again, Thomas interrupted him. "Why were you late, mr Coquelin?" "My car broke down, so I was stuck at the side of the road. I quickly changed into my training gear and ran here." "Well, mr Coquelin, go run another 5 laps." Everybody stood in awe after that sentance. Nobody could actually believe what Cruzerr just said. As Francis was gasping for air, it took him time to reply. "Wait..oeh..uhh, who are you again?" "I am Thomas Cruzerr, mr Coquelin. I am your new coach." "Is this a joke?" "Do I look like I am laughing? Now, as you were late, gimme 5 laps, now." "I was late like a minute, what the hell." "Mr Coquelin, do you know what it means to be late?" Everybody stood in silence, waiting for the answer. Stan had a self-satisfied smirk on his face. "It means that you do not respect me. Now, I respect you enough to show up today and take this job, but respect is a thing which must be earned, not given. If you are late, you lack respect towards me and towards your teammates." "But..." "Do you want to make it 10 laps?" "Fine, whatever." As Steve and Stan looked from a distance, Stan had only one thing to say: "I like this kid." Spoiler Yes, the team I picked was Arsenal, the team that I support and love. I am trying something different this time, trying to mix up a story line and regular posts. Please, leave me feedback and tell me how you enjoyed this read and such and if it is a good idea. Next post will be more like a regular post - featuring pre-season matchups and such. I hope you enjoyed it!

Cruzz (is it okay to call you that?), I'm extremely impressed by your writing skills. I loved every word of this post and I felt like I was reading a combination of Ibrahimovic's and Sir Alex's books. I'm really looking forward to this career and I would love it if you wrote every update like this.

I just have to ask, how old is Thomas right now?

[Keano16]

Quote: Originally Posted by Simppu12

I just have to ask, how old is Thomas right now?

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@Cruzerr: That was a really amazing introduction! I love the way you got Wenger out of the way! I think the way you stamped your authority before most of the team had even realized you were their new manager really set up your character for the career! Looking forward to the next post!

[_ChicoBass]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportsfreak96

@chico Im in the Euro League and here is my group: Attachment 90711

Ah okay. In that case, congratulations on qualifying! Looking forward to seeing how you do in Europe. Fenerbahce will most likely be the team to beat, but I remember Molde giving me tough matches in 14 with Wimbledon. I don't know much about Reid so can't say anything there. Good luck!

[sportsfreak96]

Quote: Originally Posted by _ChicoBass

Ah okay. In that case, congratulations on qualifying! Looking forward to seeing how you do in Europe. Fenerbahce will most likely be the team to beat, but I remember Molde giving me tough matches in 14 with Wimbledon. I don't know much about Reid so can't say anything there. Good luck!

Thanks and oddly enough my first euro league game is against Fenerbaçh

[Kenny77]

FIFA 15 | Season 1 | 2014/15

The Toffees

January Fixtures

Match 23

Hull 2-1 Everton

EVRTN - Jagielka 48'
HULL - Jelavic 26' PEN , Sagbo 45'

MOTM: Howard

Injury: Stones - sprained ankle, out 3 weeks

A poor start to the month after such a good December. THis defeat brought us back down to earth, and we would've lost by more if it hadn't been for Howard who was in excellent form.


Match 24

Everton 3-2 Reading

EVRTN - Eto'o 23' , Coleman 52' , Lukaku 71'
RDNG - Taylor 45' , Guthrie 67'

MOTM: McCleary

An average performance meant we barely scraped through, but it's times like those when the character of the team is shown and we managed to pull together to get through to the next round.


Match 25

Everton 2-1 West Brom

EVRTN - Mirallas 10' , Besic 49'
WBA - Morrison 89'

MOTM: Howard

Yet another average performance that we somehow managed to grab all 3 points. Howard yet again saved us, along with poor West Brom finishing. It's not been a good month performance wise so far.


Match 26

Everton 2-2 Manchester City

EVRTN - Lukaku 11' , Besic 48'
City - Aguero 45' , Jovetic 81'

MOTM: Howard

A good all round performance against the champions. We had to ride our luck again but once again our saviour came in the shape of Tim Howard.


Match 27

Wigan 0-2 Everton

EVRTN - Atsu 8' , Barkley 58'
WGN - Perch sent off 81'

MOTM: McCarthy

Finally a clean sheet!! Our first excellent performance in January came in the last game of the month, and we continue our cup run! C'mon The Toffees!!!

Transfers

Transfers In

Fabian Schar €7,500,000 from FC Basel
Cheick Tiote €9,000,000 from Newcastle Utd

Transfers Out
Leon Osman €2,600,000 to UD Almeria
Francisco Junior (Season Loan) to Exeter City
Antolin Alcaraz €1,100,000 to West Ham
Matthew Pennington (Season Loan) to Oxford Utd
Shane Duffy (pre contract) to Brighton

January Player Of The Month: Tim Howard


In a month where few performed to their best ability, Howard manged to rescue us from some tough situations. If he hadn't of been between the sticks, we would've certainly lost more than 1 match this month.

Sorry about the wait! Thanks for reading! Any feedback is appreciated!

[_ChicoBass]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cruzerr

Arsenal Career Mode Part 1 - The Arrival

You're still rocking the Afro! Hahaha YES! I like the career so far man. Arsenal was a good choice but I also like how your update style is still very similar to the player career. Looking forward to the future updates!

Would it be safe to assume Coquelin will not be with the squad for long? :0

[Falaph]

Quote: Originally Posted by _ChicoBass

Man you are killing it in the Championship! That 19 point difference on the league table shows how dominant you have been. Which difficulty are you playing in by the way? With that huge difference I would probably up the difficulty at least for a few matches to see if you're ready for the next level. If you're not and you end up losing 2 or 3 games, it doesn't matter because you have a 19 point difference! Lol you can just bring it back down and everything will go back to normal. Just a suggestion. I really like how you include the player that made the assist when listing goals. It's a great idea never thought of doing that. I would try it out myself, with your permission first of course, but I don't think it would look good on mine because of the way I list the goal scorers. Keep it up though!

I'm playing on legendary so can't really up the difficulty I guess i could mess with the sliders but I like the gameplay the way it is so I am not really sure about what I'm going to do...

Thanks! Yes of course! Go ahead

[vrabbit]

Dagenham '17-18 Season
End of the Season Update

League Match 30
Chelsea - Dagenham (0-1)
Reyna 36'

Recap: The showdown between the top two teams in the BPL went to the Daggers who have now beaten Chelsea in both matchups this season. Reyna is starting to get hot after finishing March strong. We outshot Chelsea 6-2, 5-1 on goal.

League Match 31
Aston Vila - Dagenham (2-1)
Clark 36'
Sylla 42'
Reyna 83'

Recap: If we ever have to face Andrea Consigli ever again it'll be two times too many. UNREAL that in a game we outshot the opponent 15-6, 13-2 on goal, they scored on their only 2 shots on target while Consigli gobbled up 13 saves (THIRTEEN!) to rightfully finish as the MOTM with a near perfect rating of 9.8. Disgusting. But as luck would have it, they're actually our next opponent in the F.A. Cup ...

F.A. Cup, Semi Finals (at Wembley Stadium)
Aston Villa - Dagenham

Spoiler

(0-4)

Spoiler

Reyna 12'
Reyna 16'
Elito 20'
Reyna 90'

Recap: Well go freaking figure. A game after being a complete nightmare for us Consigli had been scored on 3 times in the first 20 minutes and it wasn't even a contest from that point on as we move on to the F.A. Cup final for the first time ever with our second consecutive beatdown (after a 6-2 massacre against Man U in the previous round). It seems we take our game to another level when playing the cup right now and we hope this will continue for the final game. Reyna officially on fire.

League Match 32
Dagenham - Newcastle Utd (1-0)
Nimely 45'

Recap: A game that was a bit easier than the score indicates (we outshot Newcastle 10-2, 9-1 on goal) against a team that will see again for the last time this season in the F.A. Cup final.

League Match 33
Tottenham - Dagenham (3-1)
Chadli 27'
Sarr 39'
Lamela 56'
Chadli 70'

Recap: Gareth Bale was deadly on point all game long and we clearly don't match up well with the Spurs. Bale assisted on the first two goals and made the Spurs' dagger happened as well when his rocket shot from the right bounced off Leali and towards a wide open Chadli who put the ball at the back of the net. Chelsea, on the other hand, does not let down and is starting to run away with the league title.

MAY
League Match 34
Dagenham - Manchester City (1-0)
Wilkinson 83'

Recap: Early in the season we outplayed these guys thoroughly but lost 0-1. This time around we performed the same way but came away victorious thanks to a clutch header from our best defender. Man City only was able to get off ONE shot, which wasn't even on goal, while we took 15 shots (8 of them on target).

League Match 35
Dagenham - QPR (2-3)
Reyna 28'
Ings 33'
Hoilett 55' (P)
Wilkinson 82'
Hoilett 90' (P)

Recap: Welp, that's probably it for our league title hopes after a crushing call against us at the end of the game gave QPR the win. It was the right call, with all credit to QPR's consistent attack. Youngster Jorge Gavilan was put in to try to add some offense but he made a mistake on a handball in the air on a QPR counterattack and the visitors made us pay. Time to focus on earning a Champions' League spot.

League Match 36
West Ham - Dagenham (3-2)
Ngando 9'
Diakite 13'
Ngando 29'
Diakite 57'
Caseres 66'

Recap: The 2nd East London Derby of the season was an entertaining back-and-forth battle that saw Ramiro Caseres make a timely comeback to the scoring sheet to give us the victory. Caseres, filling in after the departure of James Collins, hadn't scored since the F.A. Cup quarter finals in March and hasn't been able to fully fill that void. Nevertheless he was clutch on this day to keep us in the hunt for a Champions spot.

F.A. Cup Final - Wembley Stadium
Dagenham - Newcastle Utd

Spoiler

(4-0)

Spoiler

Caseres 7'
Nimely 38
Reyna 60'
Zindilis 78'

Recap: And we accomplish one of our goals for this season by becoming cup CHAMPIONS! What an amazing run we've had since the Round of 16 going through a gauntlet that included Liverpool, Man U, and Aston Villa (and their pesky GK) and only giving up 2 goals in the entire process while scoring 16. Newcastle never had a chance in this game, our lads were just too determined.

League Match 37
Dagenham - Swansea City (0-0)

Recap: With just one day of rest after the F.A. Cup final we had to resort to playing our B team in this one and even though they played well we were unable to break through against a tougher than expected Swansea team.

League Match 38
Dagenham - Sunderland
Kim 90+

Recap: We came into this game already assured a 4th place finish but we needed a win and maybe more to jump over Arsenal for 3rd place. Sunderland was as tough as they were against us back in October and it looked like we wouldn't be able to gather more than a draw until Kim broke into the box from the right away just before the final whistle and launched a strike with his left foot to the left post and in, giving us the victory. All for naught, however, as Arsenal won their game 4-0 and hung on to 3rd place due go GD.

FINAL British Premier League Standings
TEAM - W/D/L - GF/GA/GD - PTS

1. Chelsea - 28/5/5 - 72/32/+40 - 89pts
2. Manchester City - 23/10/5 - 63/30/+33 - 79pts
3. Arsenal - 22/11/5 - 63/33/+30 - 77pts
4. Dagenham - 23/8/7 - 67/40/+27 - 77pts
5. Tottenham - 20/13/5 - 66/28/+38 - 73pts
6. Liverpool - 22/6/10 - 68/39/+29 - 72pts
7. Manchester Utd - 18/11/9 - 68/40/+28 - 65pts
8. Fulham - 14/10/14 - 37/40/-3 - 52pts
9. West Ham - 13/10/15 - 43/58/-15 - 49pts
10. Aston Villa - 12/12/14 - 50/56/-6 - 48pts
11. Newcastle Utd - 13/9/16 - 46/52/-6 - 48pts
12. Cardiff City - 11/12/15 - 39/49/-10 - 45pts
13. Sunderland - 11/11/16 - 37/46/-9 - 44pts
14. QPR - 10/13/15 - 48/58/-10 - 43pts
15. Norwich City - 10/12/16 - 44/50/-6 - 42pts
16. Everton - 8/14/16 - 45/63/-18 - 38pts
17. Swansea City - 7/9/22 - 39/67/-28 - 30pts
18. Nott'm Forest - 6/9/23 - 26/58/-32 - 27pts
19. Hull City - 6/9/23 - 38/73/-35 - 27pts
20. Wigan Athletic - 2/8/28 - 31/78/-47 - 14pts

British Premier League BEST

Best Goalkeeper: Michel Vorm (Tottenham)
Golden Boot: Gareth Bale, 22 goals (Tottenham)
Starting XI
GK - Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea)
RB - Seok Min Kim (Dagenham)
CB - Luke Wilkinson (Dagenham)
CB - Aymen Abdennour (Manchester City)
LB - Oluwafemi Ilesanmi (Dagenham)
CDM - Fernando Monzon (Dagenham)
RM - Ryan Williams (Fulham)
LM - Medy Elito (Dagenham)
CM - Jack Wilshere (Arsenal)
ST - Alex Nimely (Dagenham)
CF - Gareth Bale (Tottenham)
Player of the Year: Yordy Reyna (Dagenham)
Manager of the Year: Jose Mourinho (Chelsea)

Champions Around Europe
BPL: Chelsea
Championship: Stoke City
League 1: Peterborough
League 2: Plymouth Argyle
Capital One Cup: Manchester Utd (1-0 vs Manchester City)
F.A. Cup: Dagenham (4-0 vs Newcastle Utd)

Copa Europe: Real Madrid (3-1 vs Sevilla)
Champions League: FC Bayern (3-2 vs Juventus)
Euro League: Napoli (2-1 vs Milan)

Austria: RB Salzburg
Belgium: RSC Anderlecht
Denmark: FC Kobenhavn
France: PSG
Germany: FC Bayern
Italy: Juventus
Ireland: Dundalk
Netherlands: FC Twente
Norway: Molde FK
Poland: Lech Poznan
Portugal: SL Benfica
Russia: Spartak Moskva
Scotland: Celtic
Spain: FC Barcelona
Sweden: Malmo FF
Switzerland: FC Basel

On one hand it was disappointing to fall out of competition for the league title, and fall so far out that we even missed out on direct qualifying to the group stages of the Champions, but overall we were undoubtedly the surprise team of the season putting on several outstanding performances, winning the F.A. Cup and earning the opportunity to go head to head against the best clubs in Europe next season.

And now that the season is over, the 2018 World Cup begins!

Group A: England, Belgium, Poland, Venezuela.
Group B: Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Norway.
Group C: Netherlands, Uruguay, Switzerland, Korea Republic.
Group D: Argentina, Czech Republic, Ireland, New Zealand.
Group E: Italy, Denmark, Scotland, South Africa.
Group F: France, United States, Slovenia, Cote d'Ivoire.
Group G: Germany, Turkey, Australia, Egypt.
Group H: Brazil, Russia, Romania, Cameroon.

Group A
Venezuela - Belgium (1-0)
Martinez 90+'

Recap: First of all I wanted to point out that we were placed in an incredibly difficult group. Belgium and England are elite European forces and Poland has probably as much talent as I can bring into this. This opening game was key for us and we would had been happy to come away with a draw. We played it smart, we were patient with our opportunities and played solid defense, and because of that we were able to take 14 shots, 10 of them on goal, while keeping possession for 59% of the game. Not all of our shots were of the dangerous variety but we definitely put pressure on Courtois' goal. Belgium's attack, on the other hand, had to work extra hard to get 8 shots off, none of them on target but a handful of them came really close. It looked like it'd be a scoreless draw until Josef Martinez scored in a play very similar to Kim's goal in the last game of the season for Dagenham, rocketing a left footed shot to Courtois' right side that was too well placed and too hard hit to be spot, getting us to steal 3 points in this very important opener.

Venezuela - England (0-2)
Henderson 7'
Wilshere 40'

Recap: Outstanding game by England who score both of their goals thanks to crisp passing. They were also tough defensively, with an inspired Joe Hart on goal, and they clinched a spot in the Round of 16 while sending us to a must-win game against Poland.

STANDINGS

Group A
1. England - 6pts
2. Poland - 3pts
3. Venezuela - 3pts
4. Belgium - 0pts

Group B
1. Spain - 6pts
2. Colombia - 3pts
3. Mexico - 3pts
4. Norway - 0pts

Group C
1. Netherlands - 4pts
2. Uruguay - 4pts
3. Switzerland - 1pt
4. Korea Republic - 1pt

Group D
1. Argentina - 6pts
2. New Zealand - 3pts
3. Czech Republic - 3pts
4. Ireland - 0pts

Group E
1. Denmark - 6pts
2. Italy - 4pts
3. South Africa - 1pt
4. Scotland - 0pts

Group F
1. France - 6pts
2. Cote d'Ivoire - 3pts
3. Slovenia - 1pt
4. United States - 1pt

Group G
1. Turkey - 4pts
2. Germany - 3pts (1 GP)
3. Egypt - 1pt (1 GP)
4. Australia - 0pts

Group H (all have 1 GP)
1. Brazil - 3pts
2. Russia - 3pts
3. Cameroon - 0pts

I don't mean to tease, but the next game isn't until the beginning of July and I have to do this update and the roster review one before I can get there.