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[10cabee]

Quote: Originally Posted by vrabbit

cabee, that update on Exeter-Newcastle was very well done. I thought you did a great job of taking a game that was very emotional on a personal level AND on the pitch and brake it down as it developed. It was very enjoyable to read. The rest of your month was clouded by a poor showing against ManCity but overall you continue to be in great shape in the BPL. It's really a shame the board won't reward your performances so far with additional budget, I agree with you that it's total BS.

Thanks! I tried to do something special with it and could only think about that sort of layout. I'm not even embaressed to say that I was jumping around out of my chair when I scored in the last minute! XD I asked the board for £5m and they downright rejected so i asked for an additional £3.5m and then they replied saying they'll give me £1.5m... It was bad enough having only a £50k wage budget (and £0 transfer budget) at the start of the year and now they only offer another small amount!

Quote: Originally Posted by TerpHamm

@cabee: Crazy game vs. Exeter! Those are some super stacked rosters, geez.

Thanks! Exeter's possibly one of the best teams in England but unfortunately, FIFA cannot handle their matches properly when they're playing a 3-4-2-1 with 'out of position' players.



Been thinking about what my FIFA 17 career will be (i know it might be a bit early, but hey!) and I reckon I'll be choosing Grimsby. I might go back to Exeter once again though. Any opinions?

[Keano16]

Journey to the Top

March 2016

FA Cup Replay
Derby 0-2 Accrington
45' Morgan, 54' Kee

And the upsets continued today with a relatively convincing win against Championship side Derby County. Derby controlled much of the first half but just before the break Morgan struck to give us the lead. Winnard tackled Bent in our own half, gave it to Phillips and the playmaker sent Kee through who slipped the ball to his strike partner Morgan for the goal. It was a tidy finish across the keeper to top it all off. Kee doubled the margin with a wonderful effort. He received the ball just outside the D and proceeded to curl it around Carson from 20 yards. Coneely could then only see his long range shot hit the crossbar. Into the quarter finals we go!

League Two
Accrington 1-1 Plymouth
24' Reid (Pen)
86' Obita

Plymouth got a very undeserved point thanks to an outrageous penalty decision from the referee. Reid took the spot kick well but there was no way it was a foul. A very special moment gave us our equalizer. Academy product Shaun Obita scored his first ever professional goal. Gornell grabbed another assist slipping the 16 year old in after we had switched to a 4-3-3 again.

League Two
Barnet 2-1 Accrington
43' McClean, 90' Nelson
71' Kee

Well that was a kick in the teeth. McClean scored a ridiculous near post header that Mooney should have saved and then Nelson capped off an absurd one touch passing move that none of our players could get near to, in the last minute...Kee gave us a slim chance after we switched to a 4-3-3 with inside forwards but we lost and slipped to 2nd.

League Two
Notts County 0-0 Accrington

In possibly a title deciding game we had to play our B team with a FA Cup match against Arsenal in two days. Notts sat two points above us in first and while we dominated that's how the table stayed after the game. Gornell had a good chance saved while McCartan wasted a great opportunity after having a goal ruled out for offside. Etheridge made a crucial save with 7 minutes left to play ensuring Notts didn't snatch a late, undeserved winner.

FA Cup Quarter Final
Arsenal 1-0 Accrington
84' Giroud

We gave it all we had but in the end it wasn't enough. Arsenal admittedly wasted many chances but a lot of credit has to go to Mooney in goal who earned man of the match with a defiant display. Substitute Giroud would prove to be the game decider. The Frenchman drifted between Kelly-Evans and Pearson before darting in front of our captain at the last second to meet Santi Cazorla's cross six minutes from time. Sometimes you have to stand up and say Giroud did everything right and that's why he's playing for Arsenal. The Gunners are joined in the last four by Chelsea, QPR and Aston Villa.

League Two
Accrington 1-0 Carlisle United
9' Pearson

Our skipper Pearson put us ahead when he smashed home the ball from six yards after it had been delivered off a corner just 10 minutes in. The majority of the decent chances then came before halftime, a combination of Mooney and Sowunmi blocking a rebound that was heading goalward in probably Carlisle's best attempt. Sowunmi then made a crucial block late in the game, not allowing the attacker to get a shot away after the ball broke free inside our penalty area.

League Two
Northampton 0-1 Accrington
45' McCartan

A Shay McCartan goal right on the cusp of halftime gave us a second consecutive 1-0 win. It could have been more had Adelakun's shot not hit the post late on. A 9th league goal from McCartan would have to do for us and it came courtesy of Mingoia's through ball. McCartan then smashed it across Clarke, leaving the Northampton number one with no chance.

League Two
Bristol Rovers 0-2 Accrington
5' (Pen), 72' Morgan

Bristol dominated the ball (60%-40%) but we, specifically Morgan, took our chances when they came. Morgan won and converted a penalty inside the opening minutes to set us off on the right foot. He then struck again on 72 minutes. His strike partner, Gornell, slid a perfect through ball to match an impeccably timed run to beat the Bristol back four before he curled the ball in off the left post. Notts' 2-2 draw with Oxford means we regain top spot on goal difference.


SkyBet Football League Two
1. Accrington 77
2. Notts County 77
3. Portsmouth 71
4. Oxford 62
5. Morecambe 61
6. Leyton Orient 61
7. Northampton 61
10. Luton 55
11. Exeter 54
22. Newport County 39
23. Bristol Rovers 38
24. Dagenham 34

We started the month pretty well but then we hit a slump in the middle with some disappointing losses and draws. Going out of the FA Cup was hard but I'm proud of the squad and the supporters for getting to a quarter final and not being rolled over easily by a top four side in the Premiership. That result gave us the belief and confidence to close out March with three wins and clean sheets. That run at the end also meant that we regained top spot from Nots albeit on goal difference. It should be an interesting finish to the season with Portsmouth waiting in the long grass to take over should both ourselves and Notts slip up.

As always, Thanks for reading! Also I'll try to get some pics next time as it looks a bit bland.

[texasbum06]

Quote: Originally Posted by indiblue

Tex: Really nice work with Coventry. I like the new format and the fact that you're experimenting with formations. How is Armstrong up front as a lone striker? I assume you have him there in a counter-attacking setup. And have you tried him in a deeper CF or CAM role? Asking because he's on the shortlist for this summer in my Forest save.

He's done surprisingly really well. I usually prefer to have a target man if I use a loan forward, and Armstrong is certainly not that. But what I've done to adjust is that when he's up there by himself I instruct him to drift wide and I am able to get him running at the defense from the wings a lot usually with just 1 man to beat. It's been pretty effective so far. I haven't tried him as anything other than a striker at this point but maybe it's something I will make a note of since I'm always tinkering in this career mode anyway!

[10cabee]

FIFA 15 - Season 10 (2023/2024)

January Transfer Window

Difficulty: Legendary

Financial Strictness: Strict (60%)

Home Stadium: St James’ Park

League Objective: Qualify for Champions League

Europa League Objective: Win the Cup

Domestic Objective: Reach Round of 16

Budget: £2.5m / £50,000

Cabee has been denied an increase to Newcastle’s transfer budget. The reason behind this is unclear although sources say it may be because the board are questioning the Englishman’s future at the club. (31/12) (Newcastle Chronicle)

Exeter City players Serge Gnabry, 28, and Tariqe McBurnie, 24, may leave for moves to Roma and Chelsea respectively. (02/01) (Daily Mirror)

6-foot-6 striker Ivan Vrdoljak, 22, is Newcastle’s top target according to the representatives of his current club, Bayern Munich who have hinted the Croatian will not leave for less than £21m. (03/01) (Independent)

Newcastle’s top left-back Massadio Haïdara, 31, has handed in a transfer request in order to move back to his home nation of France. (05/01) (Eurosport)

Arguably, one of the most talented defensive midfielders in the world, Roman Parsensen has been linked to Napoli and Newcastle but Schalke are reluctant to sell the 23-year-old German. (07/01) (Eurosport)

**Unusually, Newcastle left-back Massadio Haïdara, 31, will move to Tottenham for £1.2m despite the Frenchman saying he was homesick. (09/01) (Sky Sports)

Newcastle have had an initial bid of £6.5m rejected by Bayern Munich for striker Ivan Vrdoljak, with the German side reminding Cabee that the 22-year-old has a price tag of at least £18m. (10/01) (Daily Express)

**Mexican club Atlas have accepted a £3.4m offer for Arturo González, 29, in a move to Hull City. (10/01) (Goal)

Fiorentina goalkeeper Oliver Baumann has played down a potential move to Southampton after they offered £3.5m for the 33-year-old. (11/01) (Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian)

**Swansea City have finalised a deal for 21-year-old Aston Villa striker Mamadou Sarr for £3.6m. (13/01) (Sky Sports)

**28-year-old wide-man Rolando Aarons, 28, will move to Fulham for £1m. (16/01) (Sky Sports)

**Hull City have signed attacking midfielder Johannes Wurtz, 31, on a free transfer once his contract runs out at the end of the season. (19/01) (Hull Daily Mail)

**Daryl van Ooijen, 19, has joined Tottenham on loan. (20/01) (BT Sports)

Stuttgart have had a £3m offer for Newcastle’s Robert Bauer, 28, rejected but Cabee is willing to sell the German for £4m. (20/01) (Talksport)

**Chilean keeper Gabriel Castellón, 30, has completed his move to Southampton after a £3.4m bid was accepted earlier in the week.(21/01) (Goal)

If Newcastle cannot acquire Ivan Vrdoljak, they may make an offer for Stuttgart’s 6-foot-5 target man Philipp Hofmann, 30, or Manchester City’s John Guidetti, 31. (23/01) (Talksport)

**Ruben Loftus-Cheek will move to Newcastle on a free transfer at the end of the season. (24/01) (Sky Sports)

Exeter City winger Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, 30, has handed in a transfer request. (25/01) (Times)

Newcastle are also looking to improve upon their midfield with young Celta Vigo star Jose Manuel Muñoz Muñoz, 17, apparently interested in a move to St James’ Park. (27/01) (Evening Standard)

**Martinho Ribeiro Pereira, 27, has agreed terms with Newcastle United over a free move to England at the end of the season. (27/01) (AS - In Spanish)

**Tottenham will be able to have Jamaal Lascelles, 30, at the end of the season for free from Newcastle. (28/01) (Sky Sports)

**Daniel Quiroga, 25, will move to Stoke City after a bid of £500k was accepted by Newcastle for the keeper. (30/01) (BT Sport)

**Hoffenheim have bought out of favour Newcastle goalkeeper Neto, 34, for £2.2m. (30/01) (BT Sport)

Deadline Day

**Defensive midfielder Robert Bauer, 28, has moved to Stuttgart after Newcastle accepted their third offer of £3.8m. (Sky Sports)

**Exeter City’s Paulo Dybala, 30, will join Villarreal on a free transfer. (Sky Sports)

**FC K’Lautern’s striker Alberto Junior Olascuaga, 26, will move to West Ham at the end of the season for a free. (BT Sport)

**Newcastle have snapped up bright young star Jose Manuel Muñoz Muñoz from Celta Vigo in exchange for Tiago Silva and a fee of £700k. (Sky Sports)

**Newcastle have also announced the purchases of John Guidetti, 31, for £2.8m who has scored 5 goals this season with Manchester City.

And the second being young English striker Paul Ling, 19, who has also scored 5 goals for Bolton for a fee of £1.5m including a player exchange of Adam Campbell, 29. (Sky Sports)

**Marius Papp, 20, has been loaned by Newcastle to Burnley for the rest of the season. (Sky Sports)

**Exeter City confirm their first signing of the transfer window in winger Nacer van La Parra, 20, for £750k from Balikesirspor. (Sky Sports)

**Newcastle have sold Adam Armstrong, 26, to Southampton for £4m. (Sky Sports)

**Replacements for Robert Bauer and Massadio Haïdara see Crystal Palace’s Ulrich Besle, 23, and Joris Voest, 29, come to St James’ Park for £3.8m and £2.5m respectively. (Sky Sports)

Newcastle Utd’s Transfers Summary:

Players In		Players Out
Jose Manuel Muñoz Muñoz Nationality: Spanish Position: CM Age: 17 Overall: 70 For: £700k + Tiago Silva From: Celta Vigo Purpose: Player for future Newcastle team		Marius Papp Position: CB Age: 20 Overall: 68 For: Season-Long Loan To: Burnley Purpose: To develop
Ulrich Besle Nationality: French Position: CDM Age: 23 Overall: 71 For: £3.8m From: Crystal Palace Purpose: Short-term replacement for Bauer if need be		Daryl van Ooijen Position: CDM Age: 19 Overall: 69 For: Short-term Loan To: Tottenham Purpose: To develop
John Guidetti Nationality: Swedish Position: ST Age: 31 Overall: 75 For: £2.8m From: Manchester City Purpose: Allows for a two-striker setup along with Ling		Jamaal Lascelles Position: CB Age: 30 Overall: 73 For: End of Contract To: Tottenham Purpose: Was dead weight
Paul Ling Nationality: English Position: ST Age: 19 Overall: 70 For: £1.5m + Campbell From: Bolton Purpose: Future player and a Campbell replacement. Has no preferred foot.		Adam Armstrong Position: CF Age: 26 Overall: 75 For: £4m To: Southampton Purpose: Deserves more first squad football
Joris Voest Nationality: Dutch Position: LB Age: 29 Overall: 74 For: £2.5m From: VfB Stuttgart Purpose: Haïdara replacement		Robert Bauer Position: CDM Age: 28 Overall: 75 For: £3.8m To: VfB Stuttgart Purpose: He wasn’t going to be useful in the future
Ruben Loftus-Cheek Nationality: English Position: CM Age: 28 Overall: ? For: End of Contract From: Chelsea Purpose: Tiago Silva replacement		Neto Position: GK Age: 34 Overall: 77 For: £2.2m To: 1899 Hoffenheim Purpose: Not needed in the squad
R. Martinho Ribeiro Pereira Nationality: Brazilian Position: CB Age: 27 Overall: ? For: End of Contract From: Schalke Purpose: Backup centre-back		Massadio Haïdara Position: LB Age: 31 Overall: 71 For: £1.2m To: Tottenham Purpose: Wanted to leave
		Rolando Aarons Position: LM Age: 28 Overall: 68 For: £1m To: Fulham Purpose: Deserves more football
		Daniel Quiroga Position: GK Age: 25 Overall: 68 For: £500k To: Stoke City Purpose: Not needed in the squad

Tiago Silva + Adam Campbell included in player swaps

Current Full Squad

GK: Kris O’Hara : 75 : Age 18
GK: Karl Darlow : 72 : Age 33
GK: Jack Alnwick : 65 : Age 30
GK: Jamie Neville : 63 : Age 23

RB: Conor Compton : 75 : Age 21

CB: Adem Mitrović : 81 (+1) : Age 27
CB: Uroš Spajić : 78 (+2) : Age 30
CB: Daniel Dibble : 74 (+1) : Age 23
CB: Jamaal Lascelles : 73 (-1) : Age 30
CB: Marius Papp : 68 (+2) : Age 20 (On Loan At Burnley)

LB: Joris Voest : 74 : Age 29
LB: Davide Santon : 67 (-1) : Age 33
LB: Sergio Varas Herrera : 66 : Age 23
LB: Paul Dummett : 66 (-1) : Age 32

CDM: Rubén Muñiz Gallego : 77 (+3) : Age 21
CDM: Ulrich Besle : 71 : Age 23
CDM: Daryl van Ooijen : 69 (+1) : Age 19

RM: Izet Hajrović : 75 : Age 32

CM: Jose Manuel Muñoz Muñoz : 70 : Age 17
CM: Gael Bigirimana : 66 (-2) : Age 30
CM: Dan Gosling : 65 (-2) : Age 34
CM: Mehdi Abeid : 64 (-1) : Age 31
CM: Mehdi Ouaamar : 63 (+2) : Age 19

LM: Jésus Sanchez Ayala : 78 : Age 22
LM: Sammy Ameobi : 70 (-1) : Age 31
LM: Cédric Thauvin : 70 (+1) : Age 22

CAM: Jan Navaratil : 75 : Age 24
CAM: Andy Ashton : 71 (+2) : Age 25
CAM: Siem de Jong : 64 (-1) : Age 35
CAM: Haris Vučkić : 64 (-1) : Age 31

ST: Yaya Sanogo : 81 (+1) : Age 31
ST: Jake Seager : 81 (+2) : Age 22
ST: John Gudetti : 75 : Age 31
ST: Paul Ling : 70 : Age 19

Current A Team



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Current B Team




Thanks for reading!

[vrabbit]

Quote: Originally Posted by moose141

Thanks to everyone who commented recently, I did see them all and I'm planning on either addressing the comments in an episode or I'll reply on here, and I'm also gonna make sure to comment on you guy's careers as well! I'm stuck in Dallas for 3 weeks and for some reason the TV will recognize my HDMI cable but it won't recognize it once it comes out of my Elgato, so I'm not sure how I'm going to record any new career videos :/ Anyways, Episode #75: OH MICHAIL ANTONIO!

it was fun to watch my GK at Newport, Emiliano Martinez, frustrate you to pieces with Arsenal

[vrabbit]

Quote: Originally Posted by vrabbit

Newport County A.F.C. '18-'19 January Update Spoiler The Roster Spoiler Goalkeepers: Emiliano Martinez (71 OVR), Eiichi Suzuki (65 OVR)* Fullbacks: Jerome Binnom-Williams (75 OVR), Nicolai Fernandes (73 OVR)*, Moses Odubajo (72 OVR), Mehmet Çelik (68 OVR), Magnus Dahle (65 OVR)*, Atsushi Nagatsuka (60 OVR)*. Centre-backs: Luan (75 OVR), Sebastian Vegas (73 OVR), Tyler Blackett (70 OVR), Taylor Moore (68 OVR). Midfielders/Wingers: Clark Gordon (76 OVR)*, Rohan Ince (76 OVR), Bondz Moore (73 OVR)*, Hwang In Beom (73 OVR), Jack Giles (71 OVR)*, Ben Potter (70 OVR)*, Youssef Feddal (70 OVR)**, Hikaru Ichigawa (68 OVR)*, Cristiano Dall'Oglio (67 OVR)*, Andrea De Girolamo (67 OVR), Taylor Nelson (65 OVR)*, Juan Pablo (65 OVR)*, Mark Miller (61 OVR)*, Satoshi Kagome (56 OVR)*, Yoshi Ishinomori (56 OVR)*. Strikers: Thierry Ambrose (77 OVR), Kjetil Ringdal Støvland (68 OVR)*, Patrick Miller (67 OVR)*, Cedric Diomandè Gondo (67 OVR)**, Aaron Collins (61 OVR). * Academy Graduates ** At the club on loan Starting XI (4-4-2 Diamond Wide) Martinez (C, 71) Odubajo (72)/Luan (75)/Vegas (73)/B-Williams (75) Ince (76) Giles (71) ------------------ B. Moore (73) Gordon (76) Ambrose (77) ------- Ringdal Støvland (68) ___________________________________ F.A. Cup - 3rd Round Newport County - Reading (4-1) Thuram 37' (B. Moore) Ambrose 61' (pen) McCleary 73' Thuram 83' Thuram 90' (pen) Keown 87' Reading fans will have nightmares about Marcus Thuram for a while. The French striker repeated his hat trick from earlier in the season at Madejski Stadium to lead The Exiles to another victory against Reading this season. The visitors made a number of mistakes in this game and paid costly in each one of them, first letting Thuram chest a ball down inside the box of a corner kick to calmly open up the scoring late in the first half, then committing a hand ball inside their own box in the 60th minute, then Warner Hahn attempting a long clear out on the ground that was intercepted by Thuram and ran back for a 1-on-1 vs Hahn (won by Thuram), then Niall Keown committing a foul inside his own box on Thuram as the last man on defense. Ambrose then, recognizing his countryman was on the verge of the hat-trick, asked Thuram to take the ensuing PK which put the game to rest. Thuram finished with a near-perfect game rating of 9.8. Marcus Thuram just owns Reading. League Match 26 Newport County - Rotherham Utd (1-1) Smallwood 37' Ambrose 81' (Dall'Oglio) The Exiles' season-long struggles against Rotherham Utd continued as Newport County was once again unable to dominate what on paper is an inferior opponent to earn just one point against a team in the relegation zone. After losing to Rotherham Utd earlier in the season and needing extra time to defeat them in the first round of the COC, Marccelino's squad just wasn't able to create many scoring opportunities (4 shots, 2 on goal) in this home game. _______________________________________________ As a result of Newport County's advancement in the F.A. Cup, their home game against Bolton originally scheduled for 1/26 was re-scheduled to 2/2. _______________________________________________ League Match 27 MK Dons - Newport County (0-2) Thuram 17' (Ince) Gordon 23' (Thuram) A snowy game limited the teams to a combined 5 shots on target but The Exiles were able to be efficient with their opportunities to get three points on the road. On what turned out to be his last game as an Exile, Marcus Thuram made a significant difference one last time scoring one goal and assisting on the other. F.A. Cup - 4th Round Colchester - Newport County (0-1) Gordon 18' Odubajo 61' Clark Gordon made all the difference with a flawlessly-executed free kick in the 18th minute to give The Exiles the victory to advance in the cup. It wasn't the most promising exhibition on offense (4 shots, 3 on target) on Newport County's first game without Thuram but we won't jump to conclusions off of one game. Clark Gordon admires his free kick goal. Top Scorers 1. Ambrose (Newport County) - 22 2. Falatah (Reading) - 13 3. Gray (Burnley) - 12 Assists 1. Gordon (Newport County) - 11 T2. Ambrose (Newport County) - 6 T2. Giles (Newport County) - 6 (4 others with 6 also) Clean Sheets 1. Federici (Leeds United) - 10 T2. Martin (Bolton) - 8 T2. Gerken (Reading) - 8 ... T4. Martinez (Newport County) - 6 Spoiler Marccelino's Dairy: overall it was another good month for us but in a tight race for direct promotion the points lost against Rotherham Utd could be haunting. I will miss Marcus, it was truly a pleasure to watch him grow in his two seasons with the club. It really wasn't our intent to part ways with him but the initial offers for him were coming a good bit above his value and his great form allowed us to negotiate a fee doubling his value which was just too good to pass up; plus, it allowed him to get a significant raise on his new deal with Bury which he deserved. With the way things played out this provides a great opportunity for Kjetil Ringdal Støvland to prove whether he's ready to step into that role so we'll give him first opportunity to show what he can do next to Ambrose. The youngster has put in a lot of work since being promoted in the summer of 2017 so with a starting spot available he definitely deserves the opportunity to show us what he has. With the transfer window now past us we were able to retain some funds to put towards our academy. Our English scout, Adam Adeyemi (3* EXP/2* JUD), has been asked to scout locally; Our Finish scout, Kimmo Räsänen(3*/2*), was sent to Spain; and our Norwegian scout, Daniel Espejord (3*/2*), was sent to Brazil. All of them will be away scouting for 6 months. Our academy remains with a short roster that we hope to grow through these scouting trips. CAM - Daniele Martella (60 OVR, 93-94 POT): Our unanimous top-prospect has recently turned 18-years old. Scouts believe his potential is higher than any of our prospects either in the academy or on the senior roster. As a result of that extra time is being spent with him to make sure he's developed at a rapid and efficient pace. He stands at 6'1" and 154lbs. He's likely to be promoted before the season ends as we try to avoid him becoming unhappy in the academy. CDM - Doke Boëtius (63 OVR, 81-87): This 17-year old from Netherlands standing at 6'3" and 169lbs is our next top prospect at the position, joining a crowded group of youngsters at CDM (Dall'Oglio, Ichigawa, Kagome). He'll need to be patient and continue to work hard in the academy for his opportunity. He could become a loan candidate as soon as next season. RB - Willem Van Hout (52 OVR, 79-85): This 16-year old from Belgium is still very raw but exhibits good potential and coaches in the academy are trying to make sure he remains focused on working on developing his game. Doesn't possess the pace the team would like at the position but Marccelino is keeping more of an open mind when it comes to that after watching Nicolai Fernandes play. * Recent addition February Schedule 2/2: vs Bolton 2/5: at Charlton Ath 2/9: vs Nott'm Forest 2/12: at Derby County 2/17: at Brentford(F.A. Cup) 2/24: at Brighton Thanks for reading!

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Newport County A.F.C.

'18-'19 February Update

The Roster

Spoiler

Goalkeepers: Emiliano Martinez (72 OVR), Eiichi Suzuki (65 OVR)*
Fullbacks: Jerome Binnom-Williams (75 OVR), Nicolai Fernandes (73 OVR)*, Moses Odubajo (72 OVR), Mehmet Çelik (68 OVR), Magnus Dahle (65 OVR)*, Atsushi Nagatsuka (61 OVR)*.
Centre-backs: Luan (75 OVR), Sebastian Vegas (73 OVR), Tyler Blackett (70 OVR), Taylor Moore (68 OVR).
Midfielders/Wingers: Clark Gordon (76 OVR)*, Rohan Ince (76 OVR), Bondz Moore (73 OVR)*, Hwang In Beom (73 OVR), Jack Giles (71 OVR)*, Ben Potter (70 OVR)*, Youssef Feddal (70 OVR)**, Andrea De Girolamo (68 OVR)*, Hikaru Ichigawa (68 OVR)*, Cristiano Dall'Oglio (67 OVR)*, Taylor Nelson (65 OVR)*, Juan Pablo (65 OVR)*, Mark Miller (61 OVR)*, Satoshi Kagome (57 OVR)*, Yoshi Ishinomori (56 OVR)*.
Strikers: Thierry Ambrose (77 OVR), Kjetil Ringdal Støvland (68 OVR)*, Patrick Miller (68 OVR)*, Cedric Diomandè Gondo (67 OVR)**, Aaron Collins (61 OVR).
* Academy Graduates
** At the club on loan

Starting XI (4-4-2 Diamond Wide)

Martinez (C, 72)

Odubajo (72)/Luan (75)/Vegas (73)/B-Williams (75)

Ince (76)

Giles (71) ------------------ B. Moore (73)

Gordon (76)

Ambrose (77) ------- Ringdal Støvland (68)
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League Match 28
Newport County - Bolton (0-0)
Giles 15' (Bruised elbow, out 5 days)

The Exiles won possession (54%) and took 10 shots (4 on goal) but had nothing to show for after this game other than a solid defense that allowed them to earn a point, although it's more like losing two points considering the opponent has been a mid-table team at best.

League Match 29
Charlton Ath - Newport County (1-3)
Mayada 20'
In Beom 23' (P. Miller)
Fernandes 73' (Feddal)
Potter 78' (Feddal)

The B-team snapped The Exiles out of its scoring funk, scoring two goals in a five-minute span in the second half to give Newport County a comfortable win at The Valley. The statistics were very similar to the previous game (53% possession, 10 shots, 6 on goal) but the result was much better.

League Match 30
Newport County - Nott'm Forest (0-3)
Assombalonga 7'
Ward 69'
Assombalonga 85'

Britt Assombalonga practically beat The Exiles all by himself, scoring a couple of goals and netting an assist in between to lead Forest to an impressive road victory at Rodney Parade. Newport County seems to be a in scoring funk ever since selling Marcus Thuram and on games in which they give up multiple goals it's a flaw that gets highlighted. Luckily for them both Burnley and QPR also lost their respective games.

League Match 31
Derby County - Newport County (2-1)
Martin 5'
Ambrose 11'
Hendrick 43'
Hendrick 69'

Oh-oh, it might be time to officially declare trouble at Newport County. For only the second time this season (the first being back-to-back losses to Cardiff City and QPR in September) The Exiles lost consecutive games after they failed to take advantage of having an extra man for the last 20 minutes of this game. Marccelino's squad had won the match-up earlier this season, but then again Thuram scored a poker in that one to make the difference in a 6-2 result.



This hard foul by Hendrick left Derby County with 10 men but Newport County was unable to take advantage of that.

F.A. Cup - Round of 16
Brentford - Newport County (1-2)
Gordon 12' (Giles)
Jota 17'
Ringdal Støvland 90+' (Giles)

Whoa Nelly! The Exiles are far from breaking out of their struggling form and on this day the result could had been much different but the team's academy products came to the rescue with a lot of heart and deep in stoppage time (on what would be the last play of the game) Jack Giles dribbled down the right wing, cut into the box, and made a risky pass backwards to the top of the box where Kjetil Ringdal Støvland, the Norwegian academy-graduate replacing Thuram, fired a bullet down and to the goalkeeper's left to give Newport County a thrilling victory at a much needed time.




League Match 32
Brighton - Newport County (0-2)
Giles 70'
Ambrose 89' (pen)

The Exiles played their best game this month at Falmer Stadium to hopefully put an end to their poor form. Brighton created a good number of opportunities (8 shots) but Newport County's defense made it difficult for them to find the goal (2 shots on target) while the visiting offense looked like the Newport County of earlier in the season firing 14 shots (11 on goal).






Top Scorers
1. Ambrose (Newport County) - 24
T2. Falatah (Reading) - 14
T2. Makienok (Brentford) - 14

Assists
1. Gordon (Newport County) - 11
2. Grimes (Burnley) - 7
T3. Ambrose (Newport County) - 6
T3. Giles (Newport County) - 6
(7 others with 6 also)

Clean Sheets
1. Federici (Leeds United) - 10
T2. Martin (Bolton) - 9
T2. Hahn (Reading) - 9
...
T3. Martinez (Newport County) - 8

Analysis: Newport County is in a funk and the press is having their way with them as their struggles coincide with the departure of their best striker, allowing the press to refer to The Exiles as being under The Marcus Thuram Curse. When broken down it's unfair to pin Newport County's poor form on Thuram's sale but in all fairness it's difficult to explain how a team that had been so good all season is suddenly finding it so difficult to score following the French striker's departure. The youngster Ringdal Støvland hasn't had much luck scoring outside of his heroic goal in the F.A. Cup but his form hasn't been bad and it wouldn't be shocking to see him break out for a few goals before season's end.

Without a doubt Giovanni Marccelino's tactics and motivational skills will be put to the test in the last three months of the season because it seems unlikely Newport County will be able to clinch direct promotion before season's end, a spot in the playoffs is hardly assured at this point, and if the club does reach the playoffs it'll need to be in much better form to be the winner. A match-up against Manchester City in the F.A. Cup quarter finals will be another great challenge for the Italian head coach who has made it no secret he wants to contend for the cup. This match-up just isn't coming at a great time for The Exiles.

Spoiler

Reports also indicate that the Wales F.A. offered its head coaching position to Giovanni Marccelino who felt he had no option but decline as FIFA does not require games in the Championship to be halted for international competition. It's been widely reported Marccelino will be open to taking an international job if and when he succeeds in leading Newport County to the BPL.

We can report that following the scouting assignments placed in England, Spain, and Brazil, Newport County has made additions to its youth squad:

CAM - Daniele Martella (60 OVR, 93-94 POT): Our unanimous top-prospect has recently turned 18-years old. Scouts believe his potential is higher than any of our prospects either in the academy or on the senior roster. As a result of that extra time is being spent with him to make sure he's developed at a rapid and efficient pace. He stands at 6'1" and 154lbs. He's likely to be promoted before the season ends as we try to avoid him becoming unhappy in the academy.

CDM - Doke Boëtius (63 OVR, 81-87): This 17-year old from Netherlands standing at 6'3" and 169lbs is our next top prospect at the position, joining a crowded group of youngsters at CDM (Dall'Oglio, Ichigawa, Kagome). He'll need to be patient and continue to work hard in the academy for his opportunity. He could become a loan candidate as soon as next season.

CB - Tom Maguire (48 OVR, 71-94)*: 17-year old from England following on the footsteps of Tafari Hunt and Bondz Laslie, but will Maguire be able to become a better prospect than his new English teammates? Time will tell.

CDM - Daniel Amaral (49 OVR), 70-94)*: 15-year old from Brazil whose signing has received some criticism since the club seems to be loaded at his position. However, Newport County is still very far from being the kind of team that can pass on talent so we'll just have to follow how Amaral develops.

RB - Willem Van Hout (53 OVR, 79-85): This 16-year old from Belgium is still very raw but exhibits good potential and coaches in the academy are trying to make sure he remains focused on working on developing his game. Doesn't possess the pace the team would like at the position but Marccelino is keeping more of an open mind when it comes to that after watching Nicolai Fernandes play.
* Recent addition

March Schedule

3/9: vs Reading
3/16: vs Manchester City (F.A. Cup)
3/19: vs Huddersfield
3/23: at Blackburn Rovers
3/30: at Sheffield Wed

The schedule doesn't care whether The Exiles are in good or bad form and it brings very difficult games for Newport County outside of them hosting the team at the bottom of the table. March has a chance to make or break Marccelino's squad.

Thanks for reading!

[vrabbit]

because of logistics I will be posting another Newport update before I post the next Kayserispor update.

[Simppu12]

Guess who just ragequit today!

Stuttgart against Borussia Mönchengladbach. The score is 2-2 and 90 minutes are up. The referee gives two minutes of additional times which is very reasonable. What's not reasonable is what happened next.

The two minutes of added time are up but Borussia are on the attack so the referee lets game go on. Soon the stoppage time timer hits three minutes, but the game is still going on. Nothing new there, I think to myself, as there are almost every time a couple of minutes of extra added to the stoppage time given by the game. The timer hits four minutes and we clear a corner kick. This is getting weird now, I utter quietly. Five minutes. Six minutes. Seven minutes of stoppage time have been played, even though no major pauses have occurred in stoppage time. Eight minutes. Nine minutes! Remember, the indicated time was only two minutes.

We cleared the ball several times out of our defensive third during those nine minutes, but the referee did nothing. Soon the timer hit the time 9:51 _and a penalty was called in Borussia's favour_. They scored from it after playing five times the stoppage time and, needless to say, I just turned my PS off.