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[JAGGER6223]

Quote: Originally Posted by vrabbit

Previous update ^^^ The Globetrotter CM CENTRAL COAST MARINERS F.C. Pre-Season Update The Roster Goalkeepers: Paul Izzo (58 OVR), Tom Heward-Belle (51 OVR), Alastair Bray (51 OVR), Adam Pearce (51 OVR). Fullbacks: Josh Rose (64 OVR), Storm Roux (64 OVR), Michael Neill (59 OVR). Centre-backs: Alex Wilkinson* (69 OVR), Jacob Poscoliero (61 OVR), Tomislav Uskok (56 OVR), Jake McGing (55 OVR), Harry Ascroft (55 OVR). Midfielders/Wingers: Cesar Gonzalez* (66 OVR), Fabio Ferreira (65 OVR), Anthony Caceres (64 OVR), Nicholas Fitzgerald (63 OVR), Nick Montgomery (63 OVR), Glen Trifiro (60 OVR), Mitch Austin (57 OVR), Anthony Kalik (57 OVR), Matt Sim (56 OVR), Liam Rose (56 OVR). Strikers: Roy O'Donovan (61 OVR), Francesco Stella (59 OVR), Daniel Heffernan (58 OVR), Josh Bingham (53 OVR), Trent Buhagiar (51 OVR). *Recent acquisition. Starting XI Asian Elite Cup Group Match 1 CCM - Al Raed (2-2) O'Donovan 8' Al Farsi 19' Kharmi 66' O'Donovan 85' O'Donovan started what seemed like a promising coaching debut but the game quickly turned into a battle and it would be O'Donovan who would salvage the day for the new head coach. CCM held the ball 53% of the time while both teams shot the ball 6 times and had 3 of those shots on target. Group Match 2 Gwangju FC - CCM (1-1) O'Donovan 37' Park Il Kwon 75' This match-up between two of the lowest-rated teams on this side of the world was mildly entertaining but CCM was once again unable to hang on to a lead. Group Match 3 CCM - Al Faisaly (0-1) Al Safri 53' CCM's run in the cup comes to an end after a struggle against another Saudi Arabian opponent. Al Faisaly had 9 shots, 3 on goal, while CCM was only able to muster 2 shots, neither one on target. Games Next Month * 10/18/15 at Brisbane Roar. * 10/23/15 vs Wellington Phoenix. * 10/31/15 at Newcastle Jets. Review: I must say I forgot how frustrating it can be to play with these teams with minimal talent. I think I aged a bit. It'll be a challenge for sure which is what I'm looking for. I wasn't necessarily set on rolling with my preferred 4-4-2 but the roster allows for it so I'm happy. Oddly enough when you start a CM with an A-League team your season starts in September so I didn't get a shot at any summer transfers. Instead I had to settle for a couple of FA signings. Wilkinson, a 31-year old Aussie, stabilizes what would otherwise be a CB pairing averaging a rating under 60. Gonzalez brings a veteran presence to the club that allows Caceres to be a super sub at any of the 4 spots in the midfield - that kind of depth for a team like CCM is something to treasure. My next step is to hire a youth scout with the half a million dollars I have left. I'm definitely looking forward to the start of the season. Wish me luck!

Great to see you sign Wilkinson, he's a CCM legend. tough luck in the friendlies but that was probably expected given the quality you have. Also with signing of Gonzalez you won't be able to sign an international player without Australian citizenship due to our international player quota of five. that's if you are using this rule. (which FIFA doesn't know about)

[vrabbit]

Quote: Originally Posted by JAGGER6223

Great to see you sign Wilkinson, he's a CCM legend. tough luck in the friendlies but that was probably expected given the quality you have. Also with signing of Gonzalez you won't be able to sign an international player without Australian citizenship due to our international player quota of five. that's if you are using this rule. (which FIFA doesn't know about)

LMAO! Ask me if I knew Wilkinson was a CCM legend. I just needed a CB and Aussie players and he was sitting there so I signed him. Talk about running into a great storyline. and yeah I'm aware of the international rule and plan on honoring it, even if other rules won't be honored in my favor (like funds rolling over to the following season). Thanks again for giving me the heads up on that one

[vrabbit]

SOON

[indiblue]

March 2016

PL: Newcastle 0-1 Bournemouth
Wilson

PL: Newcastle 0-0 Man. City

PL: Leicester 1-4 Newcastle
Vardy
Wijnaldum (2), Mitrović, Janmaat

PL: Stoke 1-1 Newcastle
Odemwingie
Wijnaldum

PL: Newcastle 2-1 Sunderland
Cabella, Armstrong
M'Vila

April 2016

PL: Norwich 1-1 Newcastle
Redmond
Aarons

PL: Southampton 2-1 Newcastle
Mané, Wanyama
Mitrović

PL: Newcastle 3-3 Swansea
Wijnaldum, Arter, Cabella
Gomis (2), Shelvey

PL: Liverpool 0-1 Newcastle
Mitrović

PL: Newcastle 1-3 Palace
Wijnaldum
Montero (2), Cabaye

May 2016

PL: Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle
Sinclair
Mitrović (2)

PL: Newcastle 2-2 Tottenham
Armstrong (2)
Chadli, Eriksen

League Table

1. Man. United ‒ 81
2. Chelsea ‒ 76
3. Newcastle ‒ 73
4. Arsenal ‒ 68
5. Tottenham ‒ 64
6. Man. City ‒ 62
7. Liverpool ‒ 61
8. Everton ‒ 56
9. Swansea ‒ 55
10. Aston Villa ‒ 53
11. Southampton ‒ 47
12. West Ham ‒ 47
13. Crystal Palace ‒ 45
14. Stoke ‒ 44
15. West Brom ‒ 39
16. Sunderland ‒ 38
17. Leicester ‒ 36
18. Norwich ‒ 35
19. Watford ‒ 34
20. Bournemouth ‒ 33

Toppers & Trophies

Georginio Wijnaldum ‒ 21 goals
Rémy Cabella ‒ 12 assists
Tim Krul ‒ 12 clean sheets
FA Cup ‒ Man. City
Capital One Cup ‒ Everton
Champions League ‒ Bayern Munich
Europa League ‒ Wolfsburg
Ligue 1 ‒ Paris Saint-Germain
Bundesliga ‒ Bayern Munich
Serie A ‒ Roma
La Liga ‒ Real Madrid

Recap/Review

Like I said earlier ‒ a FAR better result than anyone would have guessed at the start of the season. I think a club of Newcastle's size deserves a spot in Europe's finest club competition, and we finally have it. Now's the time to show everyone that this was no fluke. Competition is going to get tougher, and we need to build a squad that can keep up with the greater demands.

This summer, I will oversee a massive overhaul of the playing squad in order to provide the quality and depth expected of a Champions League side. We will aim for top quality in the first team, a strong bench capable of filling in across all positions in the starting XI, and promising youth players in the reserves. There will be a huge turnover, but I expect the team will do well.

Expected formations for 2016/17: 4-3-3 holding, 4-4-2 diamond

[texasbum06]

FIFA 16 - Season 1

The Blades

Clough Out!

After missing out on promotion to the Championship, the Blades have sacked Nigel Clough. Clough led Sheffield United to the semi-final of the Capital One Cup, and a play-off semi-final loss to Swindon Town which ultimately cost him his job.

The club released the following statement:

"Sheffield United today announce that Nigel Clough, the club's first-team manager, and his management staff, are to leave Bramall Lane with immediate effect following the decision by the board that a change in direction was necessary for the forthcoming season.

The search for the club's new first-team manager will now start and is hoped that this will result in identifying and recruiting the right candidate within a relatively short period of time.

The club would like to place on record its thanks to Nigel, as well as his backroom staff of Gary Crosby, Andy Garner, Martin Taylor, Simon Clough, Michael Forsyth and Matt Brown for their contribution to the club during their time at Bramall Lane and wish them all well for their future."

Clough took over at Sheffield United in 2013, and turned the club around from the lower reaches of League One and led them to moderately reasonable success over the next two years that included a FA Cup semi-final, a Capital One Cup semi-final, and a League One play-off semi-final appearance. In the end, the club had charged him with reaching the Championship, and after missing out the decision was made to part ways with the manager despite the progress the club had made in his tenure.

The search for a new manager has now commenced. The question is, will this new manager be the one to get them into the Championship? Or will he suffer the same fate as Clough, where just simply improving won't be enough?

[vrabbit]

Newport County A.F.C.

Exiles get their new leader

Newport County's Supporters Trust made their second significant move since taking over ownership of the club by announcing Giovanni Marccelino* as the club's new head coach earlier today. Marccelino, who has spent the last few years as an assistant director of Palermo's youth squad, replaces Terry Butcher who was sacked earlier this summer after the Supporters Trust take over of ownership.

In a statement released by the new Trust the club announced that Marccelino will be in charge of both the senior and youth squads and that they are excited to bring in a head coach they describe as a "motivator" and "outside-the-box thinker". Sources indicate the Trust hired Marccelino after the Italian demonstrated palpable excitement over taking Newport County to levels of the Football League they haven't been to before. Whether that is a task that's expected from the new coach this season remains to be seen due the club having one of the lowest-rated roster in League Two and what's likely to be a very limited transfer/wage budget.

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Spoiler

Who is Giovanni Marccelino?

I knew I wanted to do this CM but I also knew that, unlike a couple of years ago with my 2 CM's having Venezuelan HC's, I wanted this HC to not be Venezuelan. So I decided I wanted the HC to be European but couldn't figure out who to put in place. So sitting there tinkering, I turned to my wife and asked what nationality the guy should be and she said Italian. I then asked her to come up with a name and that's what she came up with. The rest is, and will be, history

[texasbum06]

So how has everyone been? Feels like it's been forever since I've really caught up with this forum. Got caught up in holidays, and fallout 4, and even re-visited NCAA 14.


Good to see some old faces have come around again while I've been away. Also sucks that I missed out on the new Star Wars talk! Got around to seeing it a couple weeks ago finally.


Anyway, I hope everything is good with everyone! Looking forward to hopefully getting back involved here and catching up with all of you have been up to.

[vrabbit]

- Tex: Why do I care that that Nigel Clough was fired? I don't get it.

Spoiler

- Indi: Congrats on a very successful 1st season at Newcastle. I'm excited for you in CL competition next season. That announcement of a massive overhaul though

- Moose: Nice win to end the home season. Looking forward to you jumping into European competition next season. I didn't see Rondon on WBA's roster, did they move him or something?

- Keano: Love the Kaiserslautern CM mainly because I actually remember when they were relevant at the end of the millennium so it'd be fun to watch you bring them back to that. I see you're off to a great start so keep your foot on the gas!

- SMH: Nice undefeated November (no shame in drawing against Zenit). I see that even though you're in 7th place you're only 3 points from 3rd place so good luck in December. Will you be looking to land some goal-scorers in the winter transfer window?