How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

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I'll end the poll now. Fifteen votes were casted and one candidate received almost half of them. The team that will represent that candidate is...

Oxford United

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Oxford United Football Club
Founded: 1893
Stadium: Kassam Stadium (12,500)
City: Oxford, England
League: Football League Two
Honours: Southern League Premier Division (1952–53, 1960–61, 1961–62), Southern League Cup (1952–53, 1953–54), Football League Second Division (1984–85), Football League Third Division (1967–68, 1983–84), League Cup (1985–86)
Budget: €600,000

The Oxford Times, June 10th 2014

Two days ago Oxford United Football Club announced the termination of Gary Waddock's contract because his team finished in a disappointing eighth place and it didn't manage to reach the League 2 playoffs. Last night the club announced their new manager which left many fans in shock. Oxford United's new manager will be the 35 years old Scottish-Bulgarian Simon Ganchev-McNeill whose managing experience consists of a three-year spell in charge of Glasgow Rangers' youth team and a five-year spell of assistant managing at Oxford. It is clear that the fans hoped for someone with a lot of experience and that Ganchev-McNeill will face a lot of pressure but the board of Oxford United have stated that they trust the young manager completely. The new man in charge had his first press conference earlier today.

Good morning. How do you feel about your new job?

I feel very good. For the past eight years I have been dreaming about coaching a professional football team and now that dream has come true. I'm really excited and I'm looking forward to our campaign this season. The fact that I know the staff and players helps a lot.


The supporters have big expectations for you. Will the pressure affect you?

Yes, of course it will. There would be something wrong if it didn't but I can live with it and they are right to be worried. I'm young and I don't have a lot of experice but I'm sure I'll prove them wrong. The supporters and the pressure will just motivate me.


What is your target for the first season?

We have agreed with the board that Oxford United should be fighting for the title at the end of the season. We also want to get a good run in the cup.


How about after this season?

After this season we want to reach the Premier League in five years. When that happens we will have a strong team that will fight for a place in the European competitions. Our aim is to challenge for the Champions League trophy in ten years.


You mentioned improving the academy. What does this mean?

It means that we want to have a lot of homegrown talents in the team. We will invest money and make the academy modern, well-working and efficient. We want to have at least a couple players from the youth academy in the squad two seasons from now.


You also mentioned a mainly British policy.

Yes. It means that we will focus on signing mainly English, Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Irish players but we are not banning the option to sign players from other countries. The amount of English players in the two highest leagues is alarming and we will do our best to increase it.


Do you think you will succeed in your ambitious plans?

Yes, I do. I'm sure that our plans will work.


The Squad

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Goalkeepers

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Jamie Ashdown, 63 Ovr, 33 Years Old, England
Ryan Clarke, 63 Ovr, 32 Years Old, England
Jack Stevens, 48 Ovr, 16 Years Old, England

Right Backs

George Baldock, 57 Ovr, 21 Years Old, England (on loan)
Matt Bevans, 53 Ovr, 20 Years Old, England

Centre Backs

Jake Wright (C), 61 Ovr, 28 Years Old, England
Johnny Mullins, 61 Ovr, 28 Years Old, England
Chey Dunkley, 56 Ovr, 22 Years Old, England
Sam Long, 52 Ovr, 19 Years Old, England

Left Backs

Joe Skarz, 62 Ovr, 24 Years Old, England
Jonathan Meades, 59 Ovr, 22 Years Old, Wales

Defensive Midfielders

Andy Whing, 59 Ovr, 29 Years Old, England

Central Midfielders

Michael Collins, 61 Ovr, 28 Years Old, England
Danny Rose, 60 Ovr, 26 Years Old, England
Josh Ruffels, 59 Ovr, 20 Years Old, England
Josh Asby, 51 Ovr, 18 Years Old, England

Attacking Midfielders

Kemar Roofe, 60 Ovr, 21 Years Old, England (on loan)
Giorgio Rasulo, 17 Years Old, England (on loan)

Right Wingers

Alex McDonald, 59 Ovr, 24 Years Old, England
Sam Humphreys, 50 Ovr, 18 Years Old, England
Aidan Hawtin, 46 Ovr, 19 Years Old, England

Left Wingers

Jeremy Balmy, 57 Ovr, 20 Years Old, France
Callum O'Dowda, 19 Years Old, England

Strikers

Will Hoskins, 64 Ovr, 28 Years Old, England
Armand Gnanduillet, 61 Ovr, 22 Years Old, Cote d'Ivoire (on loan)
Patrick Hoban, 60 Ovr, 22 Years Old, Republic of Ireland
Danny Hylton, 60 Ovr, 25 Years Old, England
James Roberts, 56 Ovr, 18 Years Old, England

This was the introduction to the League 2 career that you chose in the poll. I hope the journey will be exciting and enjoyable for all of us. I'll post the August update tomorrow.



Thank you for reading this post! I hope you have enjoyed it! Any feedback or suggestions will be appreciated!

Nice pick! Also that was a nice intro. The squad needs improving but is well able to get out of League 2. Good luck!

April 2016 - Season 2
FIFA 15 (PS4)

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CA Osasuna 1 - 0 Elche CF
OSA: Palacios 90'
Elche welcomed Osasuna to La Liga with a 3-2 defeat back in August, but this time around the Basques were able to make things even with a last minute win at El Sadar. The match had been back and forth with neither team having an advantage over the other until the very last minute when Guillermo passed the ball to Federico Palacios who dribbled into the right side of the box looking like he would cross the ball, however he faked the cross and cut in, tricking his marker and finding himself wide open for a shot.

The German-Spanish forward took his shot which beat the keeper and put Osasuna in the lead. The referee ended the match soon after which signified Osasuna's third consecutive victory in the league.

CA Osasuna 3 - 0 RCD Espanyol
OSA: Palacios 73' 84' Guillermo 90'
The first time these two teams faced each other Osasuna won with a surprising result of 3-1 against the Catalans who in that time were fighting with Real Madrid for 2nd place. This time Osasuna really made it known that they are the superior team as they properly disposed of an Espanyol without their captain Hector Moreno. Jose Antonio Rodriguez had requested to play this match and Chavez fielded him with the first team, leaving Riesgo on the bench to sit this one out. Even though the scoreline shows a dominant Osasuna, in reality the home team didn't establish their superiority until the second half. The first half was very equal, with Roberto Torres actually missing his first ever penalty shot since Chavez's arrival.

The second half was just as balanced, until the 73rd minute where Palacios joined Guillermo inside the box for a cross and the short forward got his head to it to open the score. Palacios headed the ball the only way he can, putting everything in his jump to get to the ball which forces him to land flat on his back. Nine minutes later, Palacios teamed up with Guillermo to make an incredible play. Palacios cut in from the right side and dribbled down the front edge of the box. He passed the ball to Guillermo who received it with his back towards goal and shielded it, using his strength to fight off his marker. As Guillermo engaged the physical battle, Palacios sprinted from the edge of the box into the left side and shouted for a through pass. Guillermo saw him, and with a spark of flair he stepped on the ball and gave Palacios the perfect pass he was asking for. Palacios sprinted up to the ball and took his shot first time, powering the ball past the goalkeeper who reacted well but the ball just barely went under his arm.

The goal not only showed Osasuna's great form but also the outstanding chemistry Guillermo and Palacios have developed. Guillermo finished Espanyol off at the ninetieth minute with a well placed shot after dribbling into the box. Espanyol had been comfortable in 3rd place for a while now, but this defeat has allowed the rest of the teams to shorten the gap and threaten their Champions League spot.

Real Zaragoza 1 - 0 CA Osasuna (B-Team)
ZAR: Porcar 37'
Osasuna's winning streak has been put to an end by the team deepest in the relegation zone, Real Zaragoza. The B-Team had previously been in amazing form, but they seemed to still be dragging that humiliating defeat against Tottenham. Kenan Kodro was completely neutralized in attack, with hardly any crosses coming into the box from his wingers. One of the players that stood out the most, and not in a good way, was the former Arsenal defender Ignasi Miquel. Miquel had a bad match against Tottenham, and had another one today, failing to beat Porcar to a header despite his much taller stature.

CA Osasuna 0 - 0 Getafe CF
The first team were unable to return to their winning ways and were barely able to hold their unbeaten home streak with a no goals draw. Getafe were just as dangerous as Osasuna in front of goal, but the visitors had the biggest chance to get ahead in the second half after Raul Albentosa committed a foul inside the box. Getafe's Moralez, who usually scores on Osasuna, stepped up to take the penalty shot but he hit it wide!

Asier Riesgo, who returned to the starting lineup tonight, dove the right way and it looks like he would have saved it anyway had the shot been on target. Getafe had the upper hand in the final minutes of the match but weren't able to break through Osasuna's defenders or Riesgo, who was given the MOTM award with 7 saves.

INJURY NEWS
Jose Antonio Delgado, "Nono", suffered a Sprained Ankle after coming on as a sub against Getafe, and will be out for 4 Weeks. Will miss the rest of the season.


CA Osasuna Player of The Month

CDM - Sergi Darder (Spain) (73 OVR 22yrs) (+1)
The Spanish midfield arrived from Malaga in August and has had a fairly inconsistent season so far. The lack of a defensive mind in midfield had led to Chavez scouting for naturally defensive midfielders, but Darder looked rejuvenated this month, allowing Camarasa and Cuevas to push forward while he roamed the area in front of his back line. Darder also has a playmaking touch to his game, often getting the plays and counterattacks started. His tackling may not be as good as other natural defenders, but this month his defensive work seems to have improved greatly. Scouting for defensive midfielders has been put on hold for the meantime. Perhaps if Darder finishes the season in this form he'll make the coaching staff think twice about looking for another midfielder.

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Liga BBVA League Table
1. FC Barcelona - 81 points
2. Real Madrid - 73 points
3. RCD Espanyol - 63 points
4. Sevilla FC - 60 points
5. CA Osasuna - 57 points
6. Valencia CF - 56 points
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7. Athletic Bilbao - 56 points
8. Atletico Madrid - 54 points
9. Villarreal CF - 51 points
10. Real Sociedad - 51 points
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18. Rayo Vallecano - 30 points
19. RC Deportivo - 29 points
20. Real Zaragoza - 22 points


Liga BBVA Top Scorer
1. Ronaldo (Madrid) - 21 Goals
2. Suarez (Barca) - 15 Goals
3. Bale (Madrid) - 14 Goals
Guillermo (Osasuna) - 14 Goals


CA Osasuna Top Scorer
1. Federico Palacios - 16 Goals
2. Guillermo - 15 Goals
3. Kenan Kodro - 10 Goals


Youth Academy
* = New Addition
May Boost In Parenthesis If Applicable

*Alex Silva Gavan - ? (56-68, 70 - 86): The 16 year old from Spain has yet to decide which position he will settle in and we're still not sure what type of player he is either. With a 6'0" height he should be a good fit pretty much anywhere on the field especially down the center.

*Chris Jamieson IV - GK (56-72, 72-92):
Julian Rubin was the first American to join the academy, but now this 6'7" giant also from the United States has stolen the show as people are excited to see him between the sticks. At 16 years old he's looking like a solid candidate for a call up soon depending on how he shapes up with the U17s.

Eñaut Gabbiadini - CDM (49-59, 67-79) (+14): The Spanish midfielder becomes the 2nd CDM in the academy, although at 15 years old he still has much to develop, including his height which is quite low for a CDM as he stands at 5'3".

*Frost S. Napoles - CM (55-65, 69-81): Technically Gifted has been the term used to describe the 16 year old midfielder from Spain, but we haven't seen enough of him with the U17 to say what his future holds.

Joyce Barber - RM (58-62, 71-75) (+4): By reading his name one might assume the player is from the United Kingdom, but in fact he is a Spaniard. At least, he was born in Spain. Barber is only 5'4" but he has proven to be a playmaker from the wing even at 15 years of age.
*Turned 16 grew to 5'11"

Julian Rubin - GK (56-68, 69-85) (+19): Julian becomes the first player from the United States to join the Osasuna youth academy, and if he develops well enough he could even become the first ever American player to wear Osasuna's colors. The 15 year old goalkeeper could make history, but first he must show his class in the youth levels.

Paré Bulhões Vinuesa Ramos - CDM (68-72, 81-87) (+4): The 17 year old from Spain immediately caught Chavez's eye when the youth academy resumed operations last season, and he is now in line for a potential call up to the senior team in the future. Ramos stands at 6'3" and has chosen CDM as his primary position. The player covered several others in the youth team, so he looks to be a very versatile player on the field. The youngster also hasn't chosen which, whether his last name or maiden name, will be printed on his jersey when he does receive the call up...

Roussillon Murnane - ST (57-61, 71-75) (+2): The 5'9" 17-year old from Spain has shown the characteristics of a winger as he tends to drift wide from the center.


April Headline

Osasuna Find New Top Scorer
For the first time since arriving from Athletic Bilbao last season, Guillermo has lost his place as club top scorer in all competitions. His place has been taken by the loanee Federico Palacios, who has adjusted really well to playing on the right wing and is contributing with goals again. Guillermo was the top scorer for the club and even in La Liga before breaking his elbow which kept him away from the pitch for 2 months. In his absence, Federico Palacios found regular game time which allowed him to make his goal scoring breakthrough. Guillermo's return to the lineup has not been an easy one, as he has slowly been getting back to his goal scoring ways. Instead of having the two strikers compete for the starting spot, Chavez chose to include both in the starting lineup with Guillermo taking back the ST position and placing Palacios at RW. Guillermo has slowly been finding his form, while Palacios also took time to adjust to his new role. No hard feelings have surfaced between the two strikers, and they have developed an incredible understanding with each other, with both players frequently assisting each other's goals or scoring themselves. This partnership has the potential to become one of the deadliest in Spain in the future, especially with players like Torres and Cuevas to supply them with goal scoring opportunities.


Conclusion
Loving the way the team is playing right now. Yes, we lost to Zaragoza and yea we drew with Getafe, but I'm very much liking the way the squad is working especially midfield. Palacios had the instruction to stay forward, cut inside, get in behind, and get into the box for crosses. Very specific. I have removed the instruction to get in behind because that usually meant he would receive the ball while sprinting. He has really improved his game without that instruction, as it is now easier for him to cut inside and partner up with Guillermo since he's not running around the entire time. Having an extra player inside the box has also been great since Guillermo would usually have a double mark during crosses and he doesn't really have an aerial presence standing at 5'11".


That's all for this month. With only four matches played it felt like this was a quick and easy update.
Thanks For Reading!

Palacios did really well and even overtook Guillermo! Last gasp winner against Elche then a solid game against Espanyol. I suppose it ended a little worse with the loss and draw but hey, that's football. 5th is good and the Youth Academy got some nice boosts in overall. Things are looking good.

Deportivo La Coruña
FIFA 15 - Season 1

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January 2014

RC Deportivo 3 - Athletic Bilbao 3
DEP - Dominguez 35', Medunjanin 69' (Pen), Cuenca 86'
ATH - Gomez 10', Benteke 14', Rico 25'
MOTM: Gomez

Susaeta got free down the left wing and beat a man with some skill before sending a cross into the box that found Gomez for the opening goal off the header. De Marcos had the ball played to him down the right side of the goal and quickly played it to Benteke who directed it to the far post to double the lead. Rico made it 3-0 after Juan Dominguez lost him in the box and he received the ball right in front of goal for the easy finish. Juan Dominguez got Deportivo on the board after dribbling from the right side into the box to unleash a powerful left footed shot into the top right corner. In the 68th minute Bilbao's keeper took out Diakite as the ball was coming in to concede a penalty that Medunjanin converted easily to bring it within 1. Fariña controlled the ball on the right side of the box and found Cuenca cutting into the middle who was able to take 1 touch and then direct it to the bottom left corner to complete the comeback from down 3-0.

Copa Del Rey Round of 16 Leg 1
Rayo Vallecano 5 - RC Deportivo 4
RAY - Trashorras 5', 45', 90', Baptiastao 63', Bueno 76'
DEP - Fariña 48', Medunjanin 54', 89', Cavaleiro 67'
MOTM: Trashorras

Trashorras was left unmarked right in front of goal and easily placed it past the keeper. He added another on a run up the middle and fired a low shot between two defenders into the bottom left corner. Fariña used a series of step overs to beat the last defender and go through on goal for the strong finish to the top right. Juanfran laid the ball off in the box to Medunjanin for a first time finish into the top right corner. Baptistao used a quick touch to send the defender the wrong way and hit it from just inside the box perfectly to the far post. Cavaleiro had the ball taken from him in the box, but his persistence got the ball back right back for the quick finish. Bueno pulled down a ball that was played over the top and touched it past Insua to hit it quickly into the top left corner. Medunjanin then converted a penalty after he drew it when Quini took him down inside the box and was shown a straight red. Trashorras then got the winner off a great ball over the top right between the two center halves and he headed it strong past the keeper.

Levante UD 2 - RC Deportivo 3
LEV - Victor 44', Martins 68'
DEP - Postiga 45', 90', Cavaleiro 71'
MOTM: Cavaleiro

Levante moved the ball around excellently getting the ball to Victor in the middle who turned to his left around the defender and put it past the keeper. Cavaleiro took off on a counter just before half and played the ball to Postiga on the left side of the box who hit it past the rushing keeper into the right side of the goal. Manuel Pablo in a fit of madness cleared the ball from the wing directly into his own box rather than out of bounds and Martins rose up to beat the defense to the header and placed it in the bottom left corner. Juan Dominguez got the ball at the top of the box and quickly played it to Medunjanin on the left side of the goal who was able to send a cross in that Cavaleiro headed home for the equalizer. With the match almost over, Cavaleiro took off down the right wing and played the ball across the face of the goal for Postiga to tap in to secure all 3 points.

Copa Del Rey Round of 16 Leg 2
RC Deportivo 4 (8) - Rayo Vallecano 3 (8)
DEP - Fariña 6', 75', Cuenca 21', Perez 47'
RAY - Bueno 13', Trashorras 36', Manucho 79'
MOTM: Fariña

Fariña tracked down the ball after it was deflected inside the box and collected it to turn and shoot right inside the right post. Diakite conceded a penalty after trying to win position in a race to the ball when Lux inexplicably failed to come off his line to collect it allowing Bueno to convert off the left post and in. Fariña found Cuenca down the right side of the goal and he placed it back across the goal just under the keeper's arm. Trashorras equalized after he dribbled the ball towards the right side of the goal and fired a shot perfectly to the far post. Cuenca played the ball to Juan Dominguez outside the box who was quickly able to find Perez down the right side for a first time strike past the keeper on the near post. Valeron found Postiga at the top of the box who made a quick turn and laid it off for Fariña to hit a powerful shot just over the keeper's shoulder. Lass broke free down the right wing and sent a cross into the box that once again due to Lux's lack of aggression, Manucho was able to get his head on it and put it into the net. Deportivo was able to hold on the rest of the way and they will advance based on away goals.

RC Deportivo 2 - FC Barcelona 1
DEP - Medunjanin 39', Perez 74'
FCB - Neymar 54'
MOTM: Lux

Cavaleiro dribbled in from the right wing and played the ball to Perez at the top of the box who quickly found Medunjanin on the left side of the goal for a low shot that took a bounce under the keeper and ended up in the back of the net. Barcelona found an equalizer in the second half on a corner when Pique rose up to head the ball to the left side of the goal for Neymar to hit with a fantastic side volley into the top left corner. Juan Dominguez dribbled from the right side of the box towards the middle and played it to Perez who was holding off a man on his back and didn't even bother to turn fully around before unleashing a left footed shot that went just inside the left post for the winning goal. The headlines will rightfully go to German Lux in goal who totaled an unbelievable 20 saves in the match.

Copa Del Rey Quarter Final Leg 1
Real Madrid 2 - RC Deportivo 3
REA - Benzema 27', 84'
DEP - Perez 6', Fariña 50', Medunjanin 65'
MOTM: Fariña

Fariña played the ball to Perez down the right side of the goal who was able to hold off Ramos and use his right foot to blast the ball into the top right corner. Ronaldo beat two separate defenders coming in from the left wing and played a low ball across for Benzema to tap in easily for an equalizer. Juanfran dribbled in from the right wing across the top of the box and found Fariña up the middle who used his first touch to get around Pepe, and then his second touch to avoid Ramos, and his third was to slide the ball inside the near post to regain the lead for Deportivo. Juanfran came across the top of the box from the right side once again and picked out Medunjanin on the left side of the goal who used his weaker right foot to power it past Casillas on the near post. In a poor display, Juanfran held on to the ball too long and had it taken away by Khedira who played it ahead immediately to Benzema for an easy 1 on 1 finish to the right side of the goal.

RC Deportivo 1 - Granada CF 1
DEP - Cavaleiro 23'
GRA - Rochina 12'
MOTM: Lux

Rochina opened the game early with a goal off a deflection from Lux's save that Pablo just couldn't get his foot on to clear it. Juan Dominguez attacked the right side of the goal and fired a shot to the far post that deflected off the post to Perez on the left to send in a quick cross for Cavaleiro to head home for the equalizer. After two early goals though, the scoring was done for the night.

Copa Del Rey Quarter Final leg 2
RC Deportivo 1 (4) - Real Madrid 2 (4)
DEP - Perez 71'
REA - Aguero 26', Bale 45'
MOTM: Perez

Aguero put an exclamation on his debut for Madrid when he received the ball at the top of the box and used his right foot to place it in the top right corner. Bale added a second when Khedira tacked down a loose ball and laid it off to him in the box for a first time strike just past the keeper's outstretched foot. With Deportivo needing a goal Postiga got the ball ahead on the counter and found Perez running straight up the middle who then took a touch left to place it around Casillas just inside the left post and advance Deportivo to the Semi-Final to take on Barcelona.

League Table

Abegondo Academy
Adrian Alvarez (Spain) - 17 years old, 36-40 OVR 68-80 POT, RB, Winger
Fabian Lopez (Argentina) - 16 years old, 43-55 OVR 69-89 POT, LB, Defensive Minded
Mario Diaz (Spain) - 16 years old, 37-39 OVR 72-76 POT, CM, Defensive Minded
Nelson Palacios (Argentina) - 16 years old, 43-53 OVR 67-85 POT, LW/ST/RW/CAM/LM/RM, Play style unknown
Sebastian Torres (Spain) - 15 years old, 44-48 OVR 73-81 POT, LM/LB, Defensive Minded
Victor Manuel (Argentina) - 17 years old, 50-58 OVR 70-82 POT, RW/LM/RM/RB, Winger

Deportivo La Coruña Player of the Month

Haris Medunjanin

It was a tough choice this month between Haris Medunjanin and Lucas Perez, but Medunjanin won out in the end due to his contributions all over the pitch and not just the attack. His 4 goals to go with an assist were key in several matches, and his ability to track back during each defensive possession proved to be a hassle for opponents all month long.

Manager Comments

Goals, Goals, Goals - After months of struggling to find the back of the net, we couldn't seem to be stopped this month. Unfortunately we also couldn't stop the other teams from scoring either for the most part. While the improved attacking form is great, the trade off isn't necessarily a good one if we are allowing that many goals in on the other end.

Academy Update - Two new players from Argentina have joined the academy. The first is Fabian Lopez who will feature on the left side of the defense and brings a strong defensive mentality to the position. The second is Nelson Palacios who hasn't quite settled into a position yet, but will likely feature in the attack. After wrapping up a successful trip in Argentina, we have moved our scout to Mexico now to see if we can't find some prospects to bring over into Spanish football.

Giant Killers - We are making a name for ourselves as a tough opponent against the top teams in the league. With our win over Real Madrid earlier this season, the win against Barca this month, and knocking Real Madrid out of the Copa Del Rey, we have proven that we are never an easy 3 points.

Manuel Pablo - With the club advancing to the semi-final of the Copa Del Rey, the captain wants to end his long and historical Deportivo career with a great run. Manuel Pablo was part of the Deportivo team that beat Real Madrid in the 2002 Copa Del Rey Final, but he went down with a broken Fibia early in the season and missed the entire run through the cup competition including the final. Now with a chance to recapture that missed glory, the man who is looking to retire wants to go out with his own contribution to a piece of hardware that he wasn't able to play for the first time around in his career.

January first; Incredible 2 games against Vallecano! Glad you got through them. Massive wins against Real and Barca! Decent results in your other games also. Staying steady in the table. Medunjanin is performing really well for you at the moment.

February now; That was a really good month. Knocking Barca out and getting to the final in your first season is a massive achievement! The only downside to the month was the drubbing Real gave you. Suppose it was revenge and they really had it out for you. You also managed to crack the top 6 which is great! Hang on!!!

* Keano: you're awesome your constant commenting on all of our CM's, thought I'd point that out. EXCELLENT February with Swansea though I see it'll take a bit of work to challenge for the title. I'd be happy to see you at least earn a direct return to the Champions.

Thanks! Means a lot. I suppose I just have more time than others, lol. It was a good month and I think Champions League football is well achievable. I think we may have overachieved last season in winning the title.

Introduction - Pg 986
Pre Season - Pg 995

Birmingham City

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Transfer Window Period



Capital One Cup - Gigg Lane, 12/8/14
Bury 1-2 Birmingham City
(Rose 90+1')
(Green 11', Donaldson 45')

Matt Green passed by Bury's backline with his blistering pace as he finessed it passed the keeper to give us the lead. Clayton Donaldson doubled the lead after the CB's gave him too much space. We slowed down in the second half and Bury did score in injury time with Rose heading it into the top corner. But it was nothing but a consolation goal.



Championship Matchday 1 - Vicarage Road, 16/8/14
Watford 1-1 Birmingham City
(Deeney 45')
(Thomas 90+5')

Deeney scored just before the first half of injury time when Robinson our captain, failed to clear the ball giving the ball to the English striker as he buried it. The game was going to end in a Blues loss. But great play down the wing between Cotterill and Novak saw Cotterill cross it in to Wes Thomas
who beat the jumping defender to head it into the low corner with the last play of the game.



Championship Matchday 2 - St Andrews, 23/8/14
Birmingham City 1-1 Brentford
(Donaldson 62')
(Smith 18')

Smith had a open header from a good cross giving the away side the lead early. Clayton Donaldson then scored from 4 yards after a low cross from Reilly was placed to the strikers foot as he neatly placed away.



Young Aussie Signs for the Blues
Sky Sports, August 26 2014



Birmingham have announced the signing of young Socceroo and Swindon Town midfielder Massimo Luongo. The club announced the 21 year old on their club website. "We are delighted to have Massimo at the club, he has been a target of ours for a while now, he had a solid season last season with Swindon and we had our eye on him," quoted the Bimingham Board. The fee is believed to be around the a million pound mark and links up with fellow Australian in manager Jake Gaspar. He will wear the number 24.



Championship Matchday 3 - Dean Court, 30/8/14
Bournemouth 2-3 Birmingham City
(Pitman (PEN) 48' Rantie 90+2')
(Thomas 39' 62' 90+4')

The game was end to end with Thomas opening the scoring 6 minutes until half time after Reilly out strengthed the defensive player who was dueling with him for the ball, he passed it to Thomas who weeved through defenders to smash it passed Boruc. Pitman went straight down the middle when he took the penalty. Pitman won the penalty after Hancox bought down him in the box. A strong run into the box by Reilly again was able for him square it too Thomas who tapped it in from a yard. We parked the bus as they attacked and in the 92nd minute they won a corner where everyone went up for Bournemouth (including the keeper). The ball was whipped in and headed up from the near post where Tokelo Rantie, who came off the bench, headers it through the players and our keeper where the ball is stumbled over the line by a trailing foot to make it 2-2. However, from kickoff space opens in the middle to give DM Jonathan Spector who passed it on to Thomas for his hattrick and to win the game as the whistle went from kick off.



Tokelo Rantie Joins Brimingham from Bournemouth
Sky Sports August 31 2014



After scoring against them yesterday Tokelo Rantie was at Wast Hills Training Ground having a medical for the West Midlands club. The South African international had become Bournemouth's fouth choice striker. The fee is a undisclosed fee and will wear the number 19.



Player of the Month
Wes Thomas



Scoring 4 goals this month including a last second equaliser off the bench and a match winning hattrick gives Thomas the player of the month. His speed and strength gives him the advantage to get around defenders. He has become in-form at the right time with Tokelo Rantie joining the club.


August Votes

*Vote System will be given to our top three players each month. The best player will receive 3 votes, second best 2 votes and third best 1 vote. Player with the most vote at the end of the season will win the Birmingham City Player of the Year NOTE: Players on loan can't win it as well as players who leave the club throughout the season.

3 VOTES: Wes Thomas
2 VOTES: Callum Reilly
1 VOTE: Clayton Donaldson



Managers Thoughts

An undefeated month to start my reigh which is great. We tried two formations with a 3-4-3 in the first two matches and the 4-1-2-1-2 narrow in the second two games. Our first three games we had a combined 9 shots on target which was concerning. However, with seven shot on target in our last game was promising and with our new signing in Rantie he hopefully will boost our shots on targets and the formation also giving us more players to attack, we will probably stick with the 4-1-2-1-2 formation. We had some great indiviuals this month however, if it wasn't for the team they wouldn't of had those performances. We have good depth so their is no room for bad performances and the players know this. This season looks promising Birmingham fans, be excited.



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Next update: September games including the squad and a press conference.

Nice Aussie signing and he could be the heartbeat of your midfield in a couple of years. Rantie also looks like a good signing and Thomas has been in great form, things are looking good. An unbeaten start is always a good way to start the season too! How's the table looking? I also like the idea of the vote system to pick your player of the year.

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West Ham United - Episode #54: FA Tries to Cheat Us!

In this episode, we should have matches against Chelsea in the FA Cup round of 16 and Genk in the Europa League round of 32... however, the FA decides to throw a wrench in our plans!

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West Ham United - Episode #54: FA Tries to Cheat Us!

In this episode, we should have matches against Chelsea in the FA Cup round of 16 and Genk in the Europa League round of 32... however, the FA decides to throw a wrench in our plans!

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Great job against Chelsea, but a bush league move by the FA on that reschedule against Arsenal. Pulling out a draw at the Emirates while down a man for the last 20-30 minutes is a good result though, but it would have been nice to have had your full squad available. And way to wrap it up with a dominating win over Genk at the end. Cant wait to see how these cup runs end up. I can see that Wickham is continuing with his reputation as a cup specialist!

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AD Alcorcon - '21-'22 Season
March Update

League Match 26
AD Alcorcon - FC Barcelona (1-1)
Messi 51'
Lopez 86' (Samu Castillejo)

Recap: The battle between the top two teams in the standings resulted in a draw thanks to hard work from each one of our players on the pitch, limiting Barca to just one goal and putting in a lot of work to eventually even up the game near the end. We keep Barca 6 points away, it could had been worse.

League Match 27
Villareal CF - AD Alcorcon (0-3)
Vergara 10' (Correa)
Lopez 26' (Miguel)
Correa 62'

Recap: Surely Villareal was hoping to obtain a different result against us than the last time we faced (a 4-0 trashing by us on their turf in Copa Del Rey) but it was more of the same in this one after Vergara opened up the scoring early off a corner kick from Correa. Nico Lopez and Correa sealed the deal and it sure seems Villareal is now getting a taste of what they used to do to Alcorcon when the club from southwest Madrid arrived to La Liga.

League Match 28
Real Sociedad - AD Alcorcon (1-1)
Fuchs 31'
Lopez 58' (P)

Recap: An outstanding game by Sociedad's goalkeeper, Cros, who gathered up 9 saves for an 8.5 game rating and MOTM honors. Overall actually the hosts played a very good game so this was probably a fair result.

Champions League - Round of 16, 2nd Leg
Juventus - AD Alcorcon (0-4, 0-7 agg)
Correa 22' (Miguel)
Lopez 40' (P)
Salawu 44' (Correa)
Imada 50' (Jimenez)

Recap: Do the words "STOP! He's already dead!" mean anything to you? Poor Juve, they needed a nearly perfect game in order to turn around the 3-0 defeat they suffered in Spain but instead we beat the will out of them, pretty much clinching our ticket to the next round by halftime. During the break we decided to take out our front 3 - they were no longer needed - but Imada made it even more embarrasing in the second half. In quarter finals we'll face the only other Spanish team to advance.

League Match 29
AD Alcorcon - Celta Vigo (3-0)
Correa 32' (Lopez)
Lopez 36' (Correa)
Lopez 45' (Miguel)

Recap: It seems like the days of us losing against inferior opponents are now past as we easily took care of Celta in the first half then cruised through the second half to collect 3 more points. Nico Lopez is well on his way to being the Pichichi.

Champions League - Quarter Finals, 1st Leg
Sevilla FC - AD Alcorcon (3-4)
Markovic 12'
Salawu 21' (Farago)
Farago 30' (Correa)
Markovic 38'
Markovic 44'
Knoll 71' (Salawu)
Correa 75'

Recap: Are you not entertained? (sorry for all the cheesy lines) In easily the most exciting game of this round Alcorcon came back twice from behind to earn an important road victory with 4 goals. As it's usually the case Correa came through in crunch time for our squad and although the lead is far from safe going into the 2nd leg, the 4 away goals could prove to be very valuable. Hats off to Markovic for his hat trick, especially since we don't really give up 3 goals very often.

Liga BBVA Standings
1. AD Alcorcon - 72pts
2. FC Barcelona - 65pts
3. Real Madrid - 61pts
4. Athletic Bilbao - 59pts
5. Valencia CF - 52pts
6. Atletico Madrid - 50pts
7. Villareal CF - 49pts
8. Sevilla FC - 47pts
...
18. Malaga CF - 25pts
19. Levante UD - 21pts
20. Granada CF - 17pts

Increasing our lead in the league? CHECK. Advancing in Champions League? CHECK. Accomplish both goals while remaining undefeated? CHECK. Our only failure was our inability to win every single game but right now that's not as important as our other goals in our attempts to win a treble. The board is fully behind us right now, confirming that the excellent work we have done this season is not going by unrecognized by them. Nico Lopez now has 29 goals in league play, 11 more than the very next top scorer (Real Madrid's Suarez) while also being tied for 3rd in the league in assists with 7. The leader in the category continues to be Farago with 14. For his part Angel Correa keeps sneaking up both charts, now tied for 3rd in scoring with 14 goals and for 2nd in assists with 8. Courtois has 12 clean sheets in league play in less games played than the leader, Real Madrid's Neuer, who has 14. Lopez and Farago are the club's top scorers in the Champions with 5 a piece, 3 behind Inter's Belfodil who leads all scorers. Correa leads that competition in assists with 6.

There was at least one news-worthy note out of our academy this month, so let's take a look at the youth squad:

• Ohi Anthony Reinhardsen (GK, 56-62, 87-94): 15-year old from Norway with outstanding potential and good size at 6'2", 158lbs.
• Jaime Zavaleta (RW, 61-65, 83-89): 16-year old from USA showing excellent speed. He was a lock to be a winger from the get-go so it's now a matter of developing him.
• Chola Mayat (CB, 44-48, 79-87): 17-year old from Ivory Coast described as Physically Strong. The hope for a continued line of development at this position will need to improve significantly during the remainder of this season because he's unlikely to remain in the academy until the end of next season, by which time he'll already be 18.
• Omar Vindheim (CDM, 48-50, 78-84): 16-year old from Norway described as defensive minded. Stands strong at 6'2", 167lbs.
• Shola Sadami (CDM, 41-45, 78-86): 16-year old from Ivory Coast who makes up for less than ideal size with a lot of strength.
• Alexander Antonsen (LB, 43-45, 73-79): 17-year old from Norway who will be developed as a CB due to his lack of speed and size of 6'2", 176lbs.
• Kristoffer Solheim (CDM, 43-45, 74-80): 16-year old from Norway described as Defensive Minded who currently doesn't project to be much more than a role player.
• Julio Gutierrez (LW, 56-60, 73-79): 17-year old from Spain who needs to continue to work on his game in the academy. Has requested to be promoted and the team is looking at their options.

* Denotes recent addition to the academy.

Boubacar Mensah (RW, 61 OVR), 16-year old from Ivory Coast, was promoted to the senior squad at his request. He has high potential so the team is now hoping to develop him through loans to get him playing time.

Current roster (* Denotes player graduated from the youth academy):

Spoiler

Starters (4-4-2 diamond)
GK - Thibaut Courtois (87 OVR)
RB - Mattia De Sciglio (85 OVR)
CB - Jherson Vergara (82 OVR)
CB - Rafael Soares Martins (85 OVR)
LB - Cristian Ramirez (79 OVR)
CDM - Giannelli Imbula (85 OVR)
RM - Badile Salawu (84 OVR)* An Exciting Prospect
LM - Jose Miguel (83 OVR)*
CAM - Angel Correa (88 OVR)
RS - Alessandro Farago (85 OVR)* Has Potential To Be Special
LS - Nicolas Lopez (86 OVR)

Subs
RB - Wellington Ferreira (77 OVR)
CDM - Patrick Sobiech (76 OVR)* An Exciting Prospect)
CM - Victor Jimenez (75 OVR)* Has Potential To Be Special
LM - Samu Castillejo (82 OVR)
RW - Serge Gnabry (76 OVR)
CF - Maximilian Knoll (82 OVR)* Has Potential To Be Special
ST - Hiroya Imada (75 OVR)* An Exciting Prospect)

Reserves
GK - Carlos Alberto (67 OVR)*
RB - Yerson Candelo (71 OVR)
RB - Jacob O'Neill (68 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
CB - Luke Wilkinson (75 OVR)
CB - Markus Goretzka (72 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
CB - Mansour Haron (64 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
LB - Lansana Afrani (77 OVR)* Has Potential To Be Special
LB - Euller (73 OVR)
CDM - Adam Lee (70 OVR)* Has Potential To Be Special
CM - Victor J (65 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
LM - Hallam Campbell (71 OVR)* An Exciting Prospect)
LM - Juan Nunez (71 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
CAM - Victor Velazquez (66 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
RW - Boubacar Mensah (61 OVR)*
CF - Francisco Miguel (60 OVR)*
ST - Jesus Aurelio (64 OVR)*
ST - Diego Rodriguez (59 OVR)*

International Friendlies

Argentina - Australia (4-2)
Fernandez 33' (Vietto)
Villalba 37' (Medaglia)
Gameiro 40'
Villalba 45'
Ortiz 65' (Fernandez)
Duke 81'

Paraguay - Argentina (0-2)
Dybala 18' (Correa)
Dybala 63' (Correa)

Comments: Arguably the best 2-game set for La Albiceleste this season with the 2nd team dominating the Australians and the 1st team shutting down Paraguay. Argentina considerably outshot both opponents and is all but ready for the upcoming World Cup.

Opponents in April:

4/2 - Mallorca
4/5 - Sevilla (Champions)
4/11 - Real Madrid Castilla
4/13 - Barcelona B
4/17 - Malaga
4/24 - Granada

--> And I believe if we're able to get past Sevilla we'll play at least one more game for the Champions in April. Since the 1st leg against Sevilla was on 3/30 I'll probably run out the B squad for the first game of April. They'll also get a look against Real Madrid Castilla but NOT against Barca B, who embarrassed them earlier this season to an 0-2 defeat. Barca B will now get the full wrath (hopefully) of our A team.

THANKS FOR READING!

#RoadToTheTreble

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AD Alcorcon - '21-'22 Season
March Update

Spoiler

League Match 26
AD Alcorcon - FC Barcelona (1-1)
Messi 51'
Lopez 86' (Samu Castillejo)

Recap: The battle between the top two teams in the standings resulted in a draw thanks to hard work from each one of our players on the pitch, limiting Barca to just one goal and putting in a lot of work to eventually even up the game near the end. We keep Barca 6 points away, it could had been worse.

League Match 27
Villareal CF - AD Alcorcon (0-3)
Vergara 10' (Correa)
Lopez 26' (Miguel)
Correa 62'

Recap: Surely Villareal was hoping to obtain a different result against us than the last time we faced (a 4-0 trashing by us on their turf in Copa Del Rey) but it was more of the same in this one after Vergara opened up the scoring early off a corner kick from Correa. Nico Lopez and Correa sealed the deal and it sure seems Villareal is now getting a taste of what they used to do to Alcorcon when the club from southwest Madrid arrived to La Liga.

League Match 28
Real Sociedad - AD Alcorcon (1-1)
Fuchs 31'
Lopez 58' (P)

Recap: An outstanding game by Sociedad's goalkeeper, Cros, who gathered up 9 saves for an 8.5 game rating and MOTM honors. Overall actually the hosts played a very good game so this was probably a fair result.

Champions League - Round of 16, 2nd Leg
Juventus - AD Alcorcon (0-4, 0-7 agg)
Correa 22' (Miguel)
Lopez 40' (P)
Salawu 44' (Correa)
Imada 50' (Jimenez)

Recap: Do the words "STOP! He's already dead!" mean anything to you? Poor Juve, they needed a nearly perfect game in order to turn around the 3-0 defeat they suffered in Spain but instead we beat the will out of them, pretty much clinching our ticket to the next round by halftime. During the break we decided to take out our front 3 - they were no longer needed - but Imada made it even more embarrasing in the second half. In quarter finals we'll face the only other Spanish team to advance.

League Match 29
AD Alcorcon - Celta Vigo (3-0)
Correa 32' (Lopez)
Lopez 36' (Correa)
Lopez 45' (Miguel)

Recap: It seems like the days of us losing against inferior opponents are now past as we easily took care of Celta in the first half then cruised through the second half to collect 3 more points. Nico Lopez is well on his way to being the Pichichi.

Champions League - Quarter Finals, 1st Leg
Sevilla FC - AD Alcorcon (3-4)
Markovic 12'
Salawu 21' (Farago)
Farago 30' (Correa)
Markovic 38'
Markovic 44'
Knoll 71' (Salawu)
Correa 75'

Recap: Are you not entertained? (sorry for all the cheesy lines) In easily the most exciting game of this round Alcorcon came back twice from behind to earn an important road victory with 4 goals. As it's usually the case Correa came through in crunch time for our squad and although the lead is far from safe going into the 2nd leg, the 4 away goals could prove to be very valuable. Hats off to Markovic for his hat trick, especially since we don't really give up 3 goals very often.

Liga BBVA Standings
1. AD Alcorcon - 72pts
2. FC Barcelona - 65pts
3. Real Madrid - 61pts
4. Athletic Bilbao - 59pts
5. Valencia CF - 52pts
6. Atletico Madrid - 50pts
7. Villareal CF - 49pts
8. Sevilla FC - 47pts
...
18. Malaga CF - 25pts
19. Levante UD - 21pts
20. Granada CF - 17pts

Spoiler

Increasing our lead in the league? CHECK. Advancing in Champions League? CHECK. Accomplish both goals while remaining undefeated? CHECK. Our only failure was our inability to win every single game but right now that's not as important as our other goals in our attempts to win a treble. The board is fully behind us right now, confirming that the excellent work we have done this season is not going by unrecognized by them. Nico Lopez now has 29 goals in league play, 11 more than the very next top scorer (Real Madrid's Suarez) while also being tied for 3rd in the league in assists with 7. The leader in the category continues to be Farago with 14. For his part Angel Correa keeps sneaking up both charts, now tied for 3rd in scoring with 14 goals and for 2nd in assists with 8. Courtois has 12 clean sheets in league play in less games played than the leader, Real Madrid's Neuer, who has 14. Lopez and Farago are the club's top scorers in the Champions with 5 a piece, 3 behind Inter's Belfodil who leads all scorers. Correa leads that competition in assists with 6.

There was at least one news-worthy note out of our academy this month, so let's take a look at the youth squad:

• Ohi Anthony Reinhardsen (GK, 56-62, 87-94): 15-year old from Norway with outstanding potential and good size at 6'2", 158lbs.
• Jaime Zavaleta (RW, 61-65, 83-89): 16-year old from USA showing excellent speed. He was a lock to be a winger from the get-go so it's now a matter of developing him.
• Chola Mayat (CB, 44-48, 79-87): 17-year old from Ivory Coast described as Physically Strong. The hope for a continued line of development at this position will need to improve significantly during the remainder of this season because he's unlikely to remain in the academy until the end of next season, by which time he'll already be 18.
• Omar Vindheim (CDM, 48-50, 78-84): 16-year old from Norway described as defensive minded. Stands strong at 6'2", 167lbs.
• Shola Sadami (CDM, 41-45, 78-86): 16-year old from Ivory Coast who makes up for less than ideal size with a lot of strength.
• Alexander Antonsen (LB, 43-45, 73-79): 17-year old from Norway who will be developed as a CB due to his lack of speed and size of 6'2", 176lbs.
• Kristoffer Solheim (CDM, 43-45, 74-80): 16-year old from Norway described as Defensive Minded who currently doesn't project to be much more than a role player.
• Julio Gutierrez (LW, 56-60, 73-79): 17-year old from Spain who needs to continue to work on his game in the academy. Has requested to be promoted and the team is looking at their options.

* Denotes recent addition to the academy.

Boubacar Mensah (RW, 61 OVR), 16-year old from Ivory Coast, was promoted to the senior squad at his request. He has high potential so the team is now hoping to develop him through loans to get him playing time.

Current roster (* Denotes player graduated from the youth academy):

Spoiler

Starters (4-4-2 diamond)
GK - Thibaut Courtois (87 OVR)
RB - Mattia De Sciglio (85 OVR)
CB - Jherson Vergara (82 OVR)
CB - Rafael Soares Martins (85 OVR)
LB - Cristian Ramirez (79 OVR)
CDM - Giannelli Imbula (85 OVR)
RM - Badile Salawu (84 OVR)* An Exciting Prospect
LM - Jose Miguel (83 OVR)*
CAM - Angel Correa (88 OVR)
RS - Alessandro Farago (85 OVR)* Has Potential To Be Special
LS - Nicolas Lopez (86 OVR)

Subs
RB - Wellington Ferreira (77 OVR)
CDM - Patrick Sobiech (76 OVR)* An Exciting Prospect)
CM - Victor Jimenez (75 OVR)* Has Potential To Be Special
LM - Samu Castillejo (82 OVR)
RW - Serge Gnabry (76 OVR)
CF - Maximilian Knoll (82 OVR)* Has Potential To Be Special
ST - Hiroya Imada (75 OVR)* An Exciting Prospect)

Reserves
GK - Carlos Alberto (67 OVR)*
RB - Yerson Candelo (71 OVR)
RB - Jacob O'Neill (68 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
CB - Luke Wilkinson (75 OVR)
CB - Markus Goretzka (72 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
CB - Mansour Haron (64 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
LB - Lansana Afrani (77 OVR)* Has Potential To Be Special
LB - Euller (73 OVR)
CDM - Adam Lee (70 OVR)* Has Potential To Be Special
CM - Victor J (65 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
LM - Hallam Campbell (71 OVR)* An Exciting Prospect)
LM - Juan Nunez (71 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
CAM - Victor Velazquez (66 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
RW - Boubacar Mensah (61 OVR)*
CF - Francisco Miguel (60 OVR)*
ST - Jesus Aurelio (64 OVR)*
ST - Diego Rodriguez (59 OVR)*

International Friendlies

Argentina - Australia (4-2)
Fernandez 33' (Vietto)
Villalba 37' (Medaglia)
Gameiro 40'
Villalba 45'
Ortiz 65' (Fernandez)
Duke 81'

Paraguay - Argentina (0-2)
Dybala 18' (Correa)
Dybala 63' (Correa)

Comments: Arguably the best 2-game set for La Albiceleste this season with the 2nd team dominating the Australians and the 1st team shutting down Paraguay. Argentina considerably outshot both opponents and is all but ready for the upcoming World Cup.

Opponents in April:

4/2 - Real Zaragoza
4/5 - Sevilla (Champions)
4/11 - Real Madrid Castilla
4/13 - Barcelona B
4/17 - Malaga
4/24 - Granada

--> And I believe if we're able to get past Sevilla we'll play at least one more game for the Champions in April. Since the 1st leg against Sevilla was on 3/30 I'll probably run out the B squad for the first game of April. They'll also get a look against Real Madrid Castilla but NOT against Barca B, who embarrassed them earlier this season to an 0-2 defeat. Barca B will now get the full wrath (hopefully) of our A team.

THANKS FOR READING!

#RoadToTheTreble

Great month! You absolutely dismantled Juventus in this round. Always adds a little something to a European match when it's against one of your league opponnents now that you got Sevilla. And the match was a thriller! You can always breathe a sigh of relief once the game is over on ones like that. Keep it going!

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Spoiler

AD Alcorcon - '21-'22 Season
March Update

League Match 26
AD Alcorcon - FC Barcelona (1-1)
Messi 51'
Lopez 86' (Samu Castillejo)

Recap: The battle between the top two teams in the standings resulted in a draw thanks to hard work from each one of our players on the pitch, limiting Barca to just one goal and putting in a lot of work to eventually even up the game near the end. We keep Barca 6 points away, it could had been worse.

League Match 27
Villareal CF - AD Alcorcon (0-3)
Vergara 10' (Correa)
Lopez 26' (Miguel)
Correa 62'

Recap: Surely Villareal was hoping to obtain a different result against us than the last time we faced (a 4-0 trashing by us on their turf in Copa Del Rey) but it was more of the same in this one after Vergara opened up the scoring early off a corner kick from Correa. Nico Lopez and Correa sealed the deal and it sure seems Villareal is now getting a taste of what they used to do to Alcorcon when the club from southwest Madrid arrived to La Liga.

League Match 28
Real Sociedad - AD Alcorcon (1-1)
Fuchs 31'
Lopez 58' (P)

Recap: An outstanding game by Sociedad's goalkeeper, Cros, who gathered up 9 saves for an 8.5 game rating and MOTM honors. Overall actually the hosts played a very good game so this was probably a fair result.

Champions League - Round of 16, 2nd Leg
Juventus - AD Alcorcon (0-4, 0-7 agg)
Correa 22' (Miguel)
Lopez 40' (P)
Salawu 44' (Correa)
Imada 50' (Jimenez)

Recap: Do the words "STOP! He's already dead!" mean anything to you? Poor Juve, they needed a nearly perfect game in order to turn around the 3-0 defeat they suffered in Spain but instead we beat the will out of them, pretty much clinching our ticket to the next round by halftime. During the break we decided to take out our front 3 - they were no longer needed - but Imada made it even more embarrasing in the second half. In quarter finals we'll face the only other Spanish team to advance.

League Match 29
AD Alcorcon - Celta Vigo (3-0)
Correa 32' (Lopez)
Lopez 36' (Correa)
Lopez 45' (Miguel)

Recap: It seems like the days of us losing against inferior opponents are now past as we easily took care of Celta in the first half then cruised through the second half to collect 3 more points. Nico Lopez is well on his way to being the Pichichi.

Champions League - Quarter Finals, 1st Leg
Sevilla FC - AD Alcorcon (3-4)
Markovic 12'
Salawu 21' (Farago)
Farago 30' (Correa)
Markovic 38'
Markovic 44'
Knoll 71' (Salawu)
Correa 75'

Recap: Are you not entertained? (sorry for all the cheesy lines) In easily the most exciting game of this round Alcorcon came back twice from behind to earn an important road victory with 4 goals. As it's usually the case Correa came through in crunch time for our squad and although the lead is far from safe going into the 2nd leg, the 4 away goals could prove to be very valuable. Hats off to Markovic for his hat trick, especially since we don't really give up 3 goals very often.

Liga BBVA Standings
1. AD Alcorcon - 72pts
2. FC Barcelona - 65pts
3. Real Madrid - 61pts
4. Athletic Bilbao - 59pts
5. Valencia CF - 52pts
6. Atletico Madrid - 50pts
7. Villareal CF - 49pts
8. Sevilla FC - 47pts
...
18. Malaga CF - 25pts
19. Levante UD - 21pts
20. Granada CF - 17pts

Increasing our lead in the league? CHECK. Advancing in Champions League? CHECK. Accomplish both goals while remaining undefeated? CHECK. Our only failure was our inability to win every single game but right now that's not as important as our other goals in our attempts to win a treble. The board is fully behind us right now, confirming that the excellent work we have done this season is not going by unrecognized by them. Nico Lopez now has 29 goals in league play, 11 more than the very next top scorer (Real Madrid's Suarez) while also being tied for 3rd in the league in assists with 7. The leader in the category continues to be Farago with 14. For his part Angel Correa keeps sneaking up both charts, now tied for 3rd in scoring with 14 goals and for 2nd in assists with 8. Courtois has 12 clean sheets in league play in less games played than the leader, Real Madrid's Neuer, who has 14. Lopez and Farago are the club's top scorers in the Champions with 5 a piece, 3 behind Inter's Belfodil who leads all scorers. Correa leads that competition in assists with 6.

There was at least one news-worthy note out of our academy this month, so let's take a look at the youth squad:

• Ohi Anthony Reinhardsen (GK, 56-62, 87-94): 15-year old from Norway with outstanding potential and good size at 6'2", 158lbs.
• Jaime Zavaleta (RW, 61-65, 83-89): 16-year old from USA showing excellent speed. He was a lock to be a winger from the get-go so it's now a matter of developing him.
• Chola Mayat (CB, 44-48, 79-87): 17-year old from Ivory Coast described as Physically Strong. The hope for a continued line of development at this position will need to improve significantly during the remainder of this season because he's unlikely to remain in the academy until the end of next season, by which time he'll already be 18.
• Omar Vindheim (CDM, 48-50, 78-84): 16-year old from Norway described as defensive minded. Stands strong at 6'2", 167lbs.
• Shola Sadami (CDM, 41-45, 78-86): 16-year old from Ivory Coast who makes up for less than ideal size with a lot of strength.
• Alexander Antonsen (LB, 43-45, 73-79): 17-year old from Norway who will be developed as a CB due to his lack of speed and size of 6'2", 176lbs.
• Kristoffer Solheim (CDM, 43-45, 74-80): 16-year old from Norway described as Defensive Minded who currently doesn't project to be much more than a role player.
• Julio Gutierrez (LW, 56-60, 73-79): 17-year old from Spain who needs to continue to work on his game in the academy. Has requested to be promoted and the team is looking at their options.

* Denotes recent addition to the academy.

Boubacar Mensah (RW, 61 OVR), 16-year old from Ivory Coast, was promoted to the senior squad at his request. He has high potential so the team is now hoping to develop him through loans to get him playing time.

Current roster (* Denotes player graduated from the youth academy):

Spoiler

Starters (4-4-2 diamond)
GK - Thibaut Courtois (87 OVR)
RB - Mattia De Sciglio (85 OVR)
CB - Jherson Vergara (82 OVR)
CB - Rafael Soares Martins (85 OVR)
LB - Cristian Ramirez (79 OVR)
CDM - Giannelli Imbula (85 OVR)
RM - Badile Salawu (84 OVR)* An Exciting Prospect
LM - Jose Miguel (83 OVR)*
CAM - Angel Correa (88 OVR)
RS - Alessandro Farago (85 OVR)* Has Potential To Be Special
LS - Nicolas Lopez (86 OVR)

Subs
RB - Wellington Ferreira (77 OVR)
CDM - Patrick Sobiech (76 OVR)* An Exciting Prospect)
CM - Victor Jimenez (75 OVR)* Has Potential To Be Special
LM - Samu Castillejo (82 OVR)
RW - Serge Gnabry (76 OVR)
CF - Maximilian Knoll (82 OVR)* Has Potential To Be Special
ST - Hiroya Imada (75 OVR)* An Exciting Prospect)

Reserves
GK - Carlos Alberto (67 OVR)*
RB - Yerson Candelo (71 OVR)
RB - Jacob O'Neill (68 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
CB - Luke Wilkinson (75 OVR)
CB - Markus Goretzka (72 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
CB - Mansour Haron (64 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
LB - Lansana Afrani (77 OVR)* Has Potential To Be Special
LB - Euller (73 OVR)
CDM - Adam Lee (70 OVR)* Has Potential To Be Special
CM - Victor J (65 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
LM - Hallam Campbell (71 OVR)* An Exciting Prospect)
LM - Juan Nunez (71 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
CAM - Victor Velazquez (66 OVR)* Showing Great Potential
RW - Boubacar Mensah (61 OVR)*
CF - Francisco Miguel (60 OVR)*
ST - Jesus Aurelio (64 OVR)*
ST - Diego Rodriguez (59 OVR)*

International Friendlies

Argentina - Australia (4-2)
Fernandez 33' (Vietto)
Villalba 37' (Medaglia)
Gameiro 40'
Villalba 45'
Ortiz 65' (Fernandez)
Duke 81'

Paraguay - Argentina (0-2)
Dybala 18' (Correa)
Dybala 63' (Correa)

Comments: Arguably the best 2-game set for La Albiceleste this season with the 2nd team dominating the Australians and the 1st team shutting down Paraguay. Argentina considerably outshot both opponents and is all but ready for the upcoming World Cup.

Opponents in April:

4/2 - Real Zaragoza
4/5 - Sevilla (Champions)
4/11 - Real Madrid Castilla
4/13 - Barcelona B
4/17 - Malaga
4/24 - Granada

--> And I believe if we're able to get past Sevilla we'll play at least one more game for the Champions in April. Since the 1st leg against Sevilla was on 3/30 I'll probably run out the B squad for the first game of April. They'll also get a look against Real Madrid Castilla but NOT against Barca B, who embarrassed them earlier this season to an 0-2 defeat. Barca B will now get the full wrath (hopefully) of our A team.

THANKS FOR READING!

#RoadToTheTreble

I am now going to cry myself to sleep after that Juventus "series"!!!

[texasbum06]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Well, I think I added a glitched player to my academy. Each time I try to open my academy my FIFA 15 crashes. Everything else with career mode seems to work just fine, but the academy was a huge focus for me in this career. I may have to restart it, which isn't too bad considering I wasn't through my first year yet so it could have been much worse.

[indiblue]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

MFW I think we don't deserve to win the title and then suddenly drop to third...

[poulka]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Dagenham update with only 11 matches left in the season Dagenham are going toe to toe for champion in football championship.

Man U bounced us out of the FA Cup round of 16.


We continue to fight in the Euro League After eliminating Ajax. Now we are up 6-2 over Sporting CP after the 1st leg. More coming tomorrow.

[Simppu12]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Oxford United


Transfers In




Cristian Ramirez

65 Ovr, Left Back, 20 Years Old, Ecuador

Free Agent

In the first few months of Ganchev-McNeill's command Oxford United made five transfers of which two arrived for free. One of them was the Ecuadorian left back Cristian Ramirez who arrived from the Hungarian giants Ferencvarosi for nothing. Ramirez is a pacy and attacking oriented left back who has lots of potential and who has been compared to the legendary Roberto Carlos himself. Ramirez is expected to get the starting spot in Oxford's lineup.




Rivaldo Coetzee

65 Ovr, Centre Back, 17 Years Old, South Africa

Free Agent

The second player who arrived for free was the South African defensive gem Rivaldo Coetzee. He joined Oxford from Ajax Cape Town where he made his breakthrough. Now Coetzee will be a starter in the League 2 next to another summer signing.




Ryan Tafazolli

61 Ovr, Centre Back, 22 Years Old, England

€150,000 + Johnny Mullins

The third and final defensive signing Oxford made was the English centre back Ryan Tafazolli who joined from Mansfield Town. Oxford's central defender Johnny Mullins was sent the other way. Rumours say that a member of the AFC Wimbledon board suggested Tafazolli to Ganchev-McNeill. Tafazolli, who is a Southampton academy graduate, is one of the best defenders in the league and with the low price he is a real bargain.




Lee Evans

63 Ovr, Central Midfielder, 20 Years Old, Wales

€200,000

Oxford United made their midfield stronger with the signing of the Welsh midfielder Lee Evans from Wolverhampton. The young midfielder has played for Wolves since 2013 and he has made a couple appearances for the Welsh U-21 national team. Evans will probably get a starting role in the midfield.




Carl Winchester

64 Ovr, Right Midfielder, 21 Years Old, Northern Ireland

€200,000

The final and most expensive signing Oxford made was Carl Winchester. The Northern Irish winger joined from Oldham Athletic where he has played since joining the academy in 2010. Winchester has a lot of potential in him and he could be the next big player from Northern Ireland.


August 2014



Oxford United 2 - 1 Portsmouth
Gnanduillet 62', 69'
Tubbs 8'

The first competitive game of Oxford United under Ganchev-McNeill's command didn't start too well. Portsmouth's Matt Tubbs headed the ball into the net under ten minutes into the game and Oxford weren't able to score from their several chances. At halftime Armand Gnanduillet was substituted on and the Ivorian striker made a huge impact on the game. Right after the hour mark he equalised the game with a header and only seven minutes later he got the winner with an accurate shot.



Round 1
Shrewsbury Town 0 - 1 Oxford United
Gnanduillet 109' pen

In their second game of the month Oxford United were away to Shrewsbury Town in the Capital One Cup. The home team was the clear favourite but surprisingly Oxford controlled the game. They had many chances but at the end Gnanduillet's penalty in extra time decided the game.



Tranmere Rovers 1 - 2 Oxford United
Hume 45'
Hoskins 39', 60'

Oxford United's second league game of the season saw the team beat Tranmere Rovers thanks to a brace by Will Hoskins. He scored the first of the night with a very well placed shot that went into the bottom left corner. About five minutes later Tranmere's Hume managed to equalise the game with a terrible shot but fifteen minutes into the second half Hoskins got his second from a counter attack. Oxford's left back Cristian Ramirez sprained his ankle and he will be out for a month.



Oxford United 2 - 0 York City
Hoskins 19' pen, O'Dowda 77'

Oxford continued their winning streak in the home game against York City. Will Hoskins also scored his third goal in two games early on from the penalty spot. An hour later Callum O'Dowda scored the second goal of the match after cutting in from the right flank.



Oxford United 2 - 0 Dagenham & Redbridge
Rose 81', Gnanduillet 89'

The win against Dag & Red was the third game in a row in which Oxford scored two goals. The first 80 minutes were surprisingly even and both teams had some good chances but it came down to Danny Rose's goal in the 81st minute that decided the game. Rose finished a passing move with a good shot and eight minutes later Armand Gnanduillet curled in the second goal.



Round 1
Portsmouth 0 - 3 Oxford United
Hylton 53', Devera 78' OG, Gnanduillet 90'

After the tough match between these two teams a few weeks ago this game was expected to be an even one as well. That expectation wasn't a correct one. Starting from the first minute of the game Oxford looked like the better team and they wanted the victory. It took fifty minutes for the first goal to be scored and it was a tap in by Danny Hylton. Fifteen minutes later Callum O'Dowda tried to cross the ball in with a low cross but Devera deflected it into his own net. Ten minutes later Armand Gnanduillet scored the third goal of the game from a counter attack.



Shrewsbury Town 0 - 0 Oxford United

There was pretty much nothing interesting happening in this game. A draw is a fair result.


The Squad

Spoiler

Goalkeepers

Spoiler

Jamie Ashdown, 63 Ovr, 33 Years Old, England
Ryan Clarke, 63 Ovr, 32 Years Old, England
Jack Stevens, 48 Ovr, 16 Years Old, England

Right Backs

George Baldock, 57 Ovr, 21 Years Old, England (on loan)
Matt Bevans, 53 Ovr, 20 Years Old, England

Centre Backs

Rivaldo Coetzee, 65 Ovr, 17 Years Old, South Africa
Ryan Tafazolli (C), 61 Ovr, 22 Years Old, England
Jake Wright, 61 Ovr, 28 Years Old, England
Chey Dunkley, 56 Ovr, 22 Years Old, England
Sam Long, 52 Ovr, 19 Years Old, England (out on loan)

Left Backs

Cristian Ramirez, 65 Ovr, 20 Years Old, Ecuador
Joe Skarz, 62 Ovr, 24 Years Old, England
Jonathan Meades, 59 Ovr, 22 Years Old, Wales

Defensive Midfielders

Andy Whing, 59 Ovr, 29 Years Old, England

Central Midfielders

Lee Evans, 63 Ovr, 20 Years Old, Wales
Michael Collins, 61 Ovr, 28 Years Old, England
Danny Rose, 60 Ovr, 26 Years Old, England
Josh Ruffels, 59 Ovr, 20 Years Old, England
Josh Asby, 51 Ovr, 18 Years Old, England

Attacking Midfielders

Kemar Roofe, 60 Ovr, 21 Years Old, England (on loan)
Giorgio Rasulo, 17 Years Old, England (on loan)

Right Wingers

Carl Winchester, 64 Ovr, 21 Years Old, Northern Ireland
Alex McDonald, 59 Ovr, 24 Years Old, England
Sam Humphreys, 50 Ovr, 18 Years Old, England
Aidan Hawtin, 46 Ovr, 19 Years Old, England

Left Wingers

Jeremy Balmy, 57 Ovr, 20 Years Old, France
Callum O'Dowda, 19 Years Old, England

Strikers

Will Hoskins, 64 Ovr, 28 Years Old, England
Armand Gnanduillet, 61 Ovr, 22 Years Old, Cote d'Ivoire (on loan)
Patrick Hoban, 60 Ovr, 22 Years Old, Republic of Ireland
Danny Hylton, 60 Ovr, 25 Years Old, England
James Roberts, 56 Ovr, 18 Years Old, England

Starting XI




League 2 Table

1. Oxford United, 13 pts
2. Southend United, 13 pts
3. Exeter City, 12 pts
4. Wycombe Wonderers, 11 pts
5. AFC Wimbledon, 10 pts
6. Luton Town, 10 pts
7. Plymouth Argyle, 9 pts
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9. Hartlepool, 9 pts
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I forgot to write down the bottom three. Sorry.



Thank you for reading this post! I hope you have enjoyed it! Any feedback or suggestions will be appreciated!

[texasbum06]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Oxford United

Spoiler

Transfers In

Cristian Ramirez

65 Ovr, Left Back, 20 Years Old, Ecuador

Free Agent

In the first few months of Ganchev-McNeill's command Oxford United made five transfers of which two arrived for free. One of them was the Ecuadorian left back Cristian Ramirez who arrived from the Hungarian giants Ferencvarosi for nothing. Ramirez is a pacy and attacking oriented left back who has lots of potential and who has been compared to the legendary Roberto Carlos himself. Ramirez is expected to get the starting spot in Oxford's lineup.

Rivaldo Coetzee

65 Ovr, Centre Back, 17 Years Old, South Africa

Free Agent

The second player who arrived for free was the South African defensive gem Rivaldo Coetzee. He joined Oxford from Ajax Cape Town where he made his breakthrough. Now Coetzee will be a starter in the League 2 next to another summer signing.

Ryan Tafazolli

61 Ovr, Centre Back, 22 Years Old, England

€150,000 + Johnny Mullins

The third and final defensive signing Oxford made was the English centre back Ryan Tafazolli who joined from Mansfield Town. Oxford's central defender Johnny Mullins was sent the other way. Rumours say that a member of the AFC Wimbledon board suggested Tafazolli to Ganchev-McNeill. Tafazolli, who is a Southampton academy graduate, is one of the best defenders in the league and with the low price he is a real bargain.

Lee Evans

63 Ovr, Central Midfielder, 20 Years Old, Wales

€200,000

Oxford United made their midfield stronger with the signing of the Welsh midfielder Lee Evans from Wolverhampton. The young midfielder has played for Wolves since 2013 and he has made a couple appearances for the Welsh U-21 national team. Evans will probably get a starting role in the midfield.

Carl Winchester

64 Ovr, Right Midfielder, 21 Years Old, Northern Ireland

€200,000

The final and most expensive signing Oxford made was Carl Winchester. The Northern Irish winger joined from Oldham Athletic where he has played since joining the academy in 2010. Winchester has a lot of potential in him and he could be the next big player from Northern Ireland.

August 2014

Oxford United 2 - 1 Portsmouth

Gnanduillet 62', 69'
Tubbs 8'

The first competitive game of Oxford United under Ganchev-McNeill's command didn't start too well. Portsmouth's Matt Tubbs headed the ball into the net under ten minutes into the game and Oxford weren't able to score from their several chances. At halftime Armand Gnanduillet was substituted on and the Ivorian striker made a huge impact on the game. Right after the hour mark he equalised the game with a header and only seven minutes later he got the winner with an accurate shot.

Round 1
Shrewsbury Town 0 - 1 Oxford United
Gnanduillet 109' pen

In their second game of the month Oxford United were away to Shrewsbury Town in the Capital One Cup. The home team was the clear favourite but surprisingly Oxford controlled the game. They had many chances but at the end Gnanduillet's penalty in extra time decided the game.

Tranmere Rovers 1 - 2 Oxford United
Hume 45'
Hoskins 39', 60'

Oxford United's second league game of the season saw the team beat Tranmere Rovers thanks to a brace by Will Hoskins. He scored the first of the night with a very well placed shot that went into the bottom left corner. About five minutes later Tranmere's Hume managed to equalise the game with a terrible shot but fifteen minutes into the second half Hoskins got his second from a counter attack. Oxford's left back Cristian Ramirez sprained his ankle and he will be out for a month.

Oxford United 2 - 0 York City
Hoskins 19' pen, O'Dowda 77'

Oxford continued their winning streak in the home game against York City. Will Hoskins also scored his third goal in two games early on from the penalty spot. An hour later Callum O'Dowda scored the second goal of the match after cutting in from the right flank.

Oxford United 2 - 0 Dagenham & Redbridge
Rose 81', Gnanduillet 89'

The win against Dag & Red was the third game in a row in which Oxford scored two goals. The first 80 minutes were surprisingly even and both teams had some good chances but it came down to Danny Rose's goal in the 81st minute that decided the game. Rose finished a passing move with a good shot and eight minutes later Armand Gnanduillet curled in the second goal.

Round 1
Portsmouth 0 - 3 Oxford United
Hylton 53', Devera 78' OG, Gnanduillet 90'

After the tough match between these two teams a few weeks ago this game was expected to be an even one as well. That expectation wasn't a correct one. Starting from the first minute of the game Oxford looked like the better team and they wanted the victory. It took fifty minutes for the first goal to be scored and it was a tap in by Danny Hylton. Fifteen minutes later Callum O'Dowda tried to cross the ball in with a low cross but Devera deflected it into his own net. Ten minutes later Armand Gnanduillet scored the third goal of the game from a counter attack.

Shrewsbury Town 0 - 0 Oxford United

There was pretty much nothing interesting happening in this game. A draw is a fair result.

The Squad

Spoiler

Goalkeepers

Spoiler

Spoiler

Jamie Ashdown, 63 Ovr, 33 Years Old, England

Ryan Clarke, 63 Ovr, 32 Years Old, England
Jack Stevens, 48 Ovr, 16 Years Old, England

Right Backs

George Baldock, 57 Ovr, 21 Years Old, England (on loan)
Matt Bevans, 53 Ovr, 20 Years Old, England

Centre Backs

Rivaldo Coetzee, 65 Ovr, 17 Years Old, South Africa
Ryan Tafazolli (C), 61 Ovr, 22 Years Old, England

Jake Wright, 61 Ovr, 28 Years Old, England
Chey Dunkley, 56 Ovr, 22 Years Old, England
Sam Long, 52 Ovr, 19 Years Old, England (out on loan)

Left Backs

Cristian Ramirez, 65 Ovr, 20 Years Old, Ecuador
Joe Skarz, 62 Ovr, 24 Years Old, England
Jonathan Meades, 59 Ovr, 22 Years Old, Wales

Defensive Midfielders

Andy Whing, 59 Ovr, 29 Years Old, England

Central Midfielders

Lee Evans, 63 Ovr, 20 Years Old, Wales
Michael Collins, 61 Ovr, 28 Years Old, England
Danny Rose, 60 Ovr, 26 Years Old, England
Josh Ruffels, 59 Ovr, 20 Years Old, England
Josh Asby, 51 Ovr, 18 Years Old, England

Attacking Midfielders

Kemar Roofe, 60 Ovr, 21 Years Old, England (on loan)
Giorgio Rasulo, 17 Years Old, England (on loan)

Right Wingers

Carl Winchester, 64 Ovr, 21 Years Old, Northern Ireland
Alex McDonald, 59 Ovr, 24 Years Old, England
Sam Humphreys, 50 Ovr, 18 Years Old, England
Aidan Hawtin, 46 Ovr, 19 Years Old, England

Left Wingers

Jeremy Balmy, 57 Ovr, 20 Years Old, France
Callum O'Dowda, 19 Years Old, England

Strikers

Will Hoskins, 64 Ovr, 28 Years Old, England

Armand Gnanduillet, 61 Ovr, 22 Years Old, Cote d'Ivoire (on loan)
Patrick Hoban, 60 Ovr, 22 Years Old, Republic of Ireland
Danny Hylton, 60 Ovr, 25 Years Old, England
James Roberts, 56 Ovr, 18 Years Old, England

Starting XI

League 2 Table

1. Oxford United, 13 pts

2. Southend United, 13 pts
3. Exeter City, 12 pts
4. Wycombe Wonderers, 11 pts
5. AFC Wimbledon, 10 pts
6. Luton Town, 10 pts
7. Plymouth Argyle, 9 pts
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9. Hartlepool, 9 pts
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I forgot to write down the bottom three. Sorry.

Thank you for reading this post! I hope you have enjoyed it! Any feedback or suggestions will be appreciated!

Some nice young signings you brought in, and you added a piece to every part of the squad aside form forwards. Really impressive start to the season. I thought you had a perfect month until I saw that last match, but it is still an unbeaten month. Looking forward to seeing how you do in England! I'm so used to you being in other leagues!

[texasbum06]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Okay, like I said earlier, I will likely be restarting my Deportivo career in the next few days due to a glitch in my youth academy that causes the game to crash anytime I try to open the academy screen. Time will be limited the next few days since this weekend I am moving out of my apartment and into a house my fiancé and I are renting since we are getting married in less than 2 months.

This isn't such a bad situation since there are a few things I hope I can do differently, mainly get Juan Dominguez to actually sign a damn contract extension!

Sooooo, just imagine my introductory post remains the same. I will be keeping my 5 year plan intact and that will guide my actions for my career. I will also be adding Valeron again, but this time I might be looking at one or 2 more signings in that first window. And also, I am hoping to actually be able to sell some players. For some reason in this one I sold one cheap player for about €150K, but then couldn't sell anyone else after that since they kept rejecting any contract negotiations with other teams. And that includes a player that asked to be transfer listed (How does that make sense? Request a transfer and then refuse every single one?).

[jamiec47]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Well, I think I added a glitched player to my academy. Each time I try to open my academy my FIFA 15 crashes. Everything else with career mode seems to work just fine, but the academy was a huge focus for me in this career. I may have to restart it, which isn't too bad considering I wasn't through my first year yet so it could have been much worse.

That's what happened to me with Newcastle. It took ages to fix as I had to wait for the player to leave

[texasbum06]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

That's what happened to me with Newcastle. It took ages to fix as I had to wait for the player to leave

That's who it was, I remembered someone had a similar problem. If I was further in the career I probably would have done the same, but seeing as how I haven't finished the first season yet I think it would be best to just start over rather than wait until he happens to leave the academy.

[redsox4evur]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

That's who it was, I remembered someone had a similar problem. If I was further in the career I probably would have done the same, but seeing as how I haven't finished the first season yet I think it would be best to just start over rather than wait until he happens to leave the academy.

Yea I had the issue to in a Chelsea career I was doing. It was weird everything was fine up until the first May update and then I couldn't access it. Just deleted the career and started my Juventus one (The One I Am Posting Here.)