How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

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Swansea Season 2 - January Update

Swansea 2 - Eder 31', Sigurdsson 58'
Liverpool 4 - Firmino 23', 28', Balotelli 37' (PEN), Henderson 65'

Stoke City 2 - Van Ginkel 60', Diouf 79'
Swansea 3 - Eder 27', 37', Shelvey 62'

FA Cup Round 3
Chelsea 3 - Falcao 29', 36', Oscar 49'
Swansea 0

Swansea 0
Man U 0

Bournemouth 3 - Arter 26', Wilson 57', Atu 90' (PEN)
Swansea 3 - Zivkovic 43', Tabanou 55'

Swansea 5 - Castaignos 13', 39', 90', Zivkovic 18', Gudelj 37'
Aston Villa - Wass 47'

Premier League Table
1. Arsenal 66 PTS
2. Chelsea 51 PTS
3. Man City 49 PTS
4. Liverpool 49 PTS
5. Man U 44 PTS
6. Spurs 41 PTS
7. Newcastle Utd 38 PTS
8. SWANSEA CITY 35 PTS
9. Everton 34 PTS
10. Southampton 33 PTS
11. Sunderland 30 PTS
12. West Brom 29 PTS
13. Stoke City 26 PTS
14. Derby County 26 PTS
15. West Ham 26 PTS
16. QPR 23 PTS
17. Crystal Palace 19 PTS
18. Aston Villa 17 PTS
19. Fulham 16 PTS
20. Bournemouth 14 PTS

Transfers in

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Luc Castaignos - ST - 23y - 76 OVR - £3,000,000 + Emnes

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Charlie Austin - ST - 26y - 77 OVR - £2,300,000 + Eder

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Welliton - ST - 29y - 70 OVR - £1,400,000

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Arrizabalaga - GK - 21y - 68 OVR - £700,000

Otiga - CB - 23y - Pre-contract

Transfers Out

Angel Rangel to Southampton for £875,000
Neil Taylor to Crystal Palace for £1,200,000
Nordfeldt to West Brom for £950,000
Jordi Amat to Genoa for £6,400,000

This has been an up and down month. We went out of the FA Cup in the first round because we got dranw against Chelsea again, who sre very difficult to get anything against. We also lost to Liverpool and Bournemouth and only just beat Stoke. However, Zivkovic is back from injury and we switched up the attacking options in this window to try and get this team kick started again.The win against Aston Villa proved that, with our £3m signing Castaignos achieving a hattrick in his first game. With the addiction of Charlie Austin and Welliton up front, I am hoping this second half of the season can change the game, leading us to a Europa League spot.

Many thanks for reading. Any comments or suggestions are very welcome

[SnapeKillsDumbledore]

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I just pruned through my squad and noticed that I'm going to have quite a bit of buying and selling to do this summer. I have desperate needs at CB, LB and CAM which I want to address with quality players, and I'm also going to need a strong bench if I want to achieve anything in the Europa League. Unless the board gives me a healthy budget that I can add to by selling deadwood, I may have to consider parting with Bernardeschi or Cataldi to stay competitive. I'd get about €20 million for Bernardeschi and €12 million for Cataldi, and it makes sense on the realism front for a newly-promoted team to have to sell the best players. To make the transition a little easier, I'm using a first team with just a single on-loan player: Da Costa; Douglas, Maietta, Oikonomou, Morleo; Bešić*, Zuculini; Bernardeschi, Cataldi, Mancosu; Cacia.

[Keano16]

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Portsmouth FC
FIFA 15 - Season 4

Pompey's March to the Top

Spoiler

Starting XI



GK: Cody Cropper (70)
RB: Ryan McLaughlin (70)
CB: Daniel Ayala (73)
CB: Harry Maguire (74)
LB: Blair Adams (67)
CDM: Danny Holla (74)
CM: Marlon Pack (75)
CAM: Andreas Pereira (75)
RM: Johnny Russell (72)
ST: Bradford Jamieson IV (71)
LM: Josh Murphy (71)

Substitutes

ST: Nadir Çiftçi (72)
CB: Jack Whatmough (67)
RB: Tommy Smith (70)
CM: Daniel Williams (74)
RM: *Manuel Hahn (69)
ST: Lars Veldwijk (69)
GK: *Tafari Masaki (64)

Reserves

LB: *Drey Beasant (59)
CDM: Stuart Bannigan (67)
RB: Jack Robinson (68)
LM: *Chris Mahoney (63)

* Denotes youth academy player

I didn't realize that I had sent so many players out on loan leaving me with so few players. Hopefully I won't get too injury plagued since I only have 4 reserves. I have a couple of youth academy players that may get a call up if too many get hurt. If I make it through January though I will probably bring in some emergency depth through loans.

The team is coming together nicely. Bit worried about your depth though. I hope you don't run into many problems but knowing FIFA you will. Only 5 months to survive until January.

Swansea Season 2 - November and December Update

Spoiler

November

Swansea 3 - Townsend 16' (PEN), 45' (PEN), 90' (Free kick)
Manchester City - 0

Newcastle 3 - Cissoko 16', Perez 20', Taylor 45'
Swansea 1 - Montero 42'

Swansea 0
Arsenal 6 - Ozil 15' 70'. Welbeck 27' 32', Wilshere 45', Cavani 61'

Aston Villa 2 - Wass 35', Altidore 85'
Swansea 0

November has been a terrible month. We did beat Man City early on, but all 3 goals were set pieces. This is all since Zivkovic has been out of action and it is clear we need him back. The team is falling apart, plaers arent scoring or putting in performances for some reason at the moment. If this continues, Europa League qualification will be out the window.

December

Capital One Cup Quarter Finals
Chelsea 3 - Oscar 38', Falcao 52' (PEN), Cuardrado 72'
Swansea 0 - Cesar CB Red Card

Swansea 1 - Gudelj 84'
QPR 3 - Austin 8', Fer 42', Faurlin 83'

Swansea 3 - Townsend 5', Montero 34', Sigurdsson 90'
Stoke City 3 - Raffael 2', 23', Moses 70'

Southampton 2 - Long 28', 38'
Swansea 3 - Sigurdsson 36', Emnes 70', 84'

Liverpool 0 Balotelli Red card
Swansea 3 - Montero 18', Townsend 24', 53' (PEN)

Swansea 3 - Townsend 45', Emnes 59', Albentosa 81' (OG)
Derby 6 - Bryson 24' 54', Russell 38', 65', Ince 78', 88'

Premier League Table
1. Arsenal 53 PTS
2. Liverpool 39 PTS
3. Chelsea 38 PTS
4. Man U 36 PTS
5. Man City 34 PTS
9. SWANSEA CITY 28 PTS

December has not been much better. We managed to beat Liverpool but once they got a red card, they were out of it. We are conceding way too many goals too easily and not managing to get back into the games. We are now out of the cup as well. Going into Januray I am not too optimistic because the results have been so bad as of late. It is honestly hard to see when a good run of form can come about. We have dropped from a comfortable 3rd place a few months ago to 9th. I just hope that the January transfer window can be miraculous for us and we can bring in a game changer to get this team back to winning ways.

Sorry its a bit depressing haha but many thanks for reading. Any comments and suggestions are very welcome

It all started off so well with Townsend starring in a beating on City. Then it went dramatically downhill from there. A lot of high scoring games that you just can't seem to come out on top in. You brought in some fresh options up front for decent prices and Castaignos did extremely well in his first game and I hope he continues like that for you!

Bologna 2014/15

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September

We started with a 1-1 draw at Lanciano, Daniele Cacia scoring for us. Next came a 4-2 win against Vercelli with four different goalscorers. We grabbed a 1-0 at Citadella that included two missed sitters, a 3-0 against Chiavari with a Matteo Mancosu brace, a big 3-1 win against Catania where Douglas created all our goals, and a huge 5-3 at Brescia with Federico Bernardeschi scoring four times. We ended the month in first place with 16 points.

October

A 0-0 draw to Perugia at home was followed by a 2-2 at Avellino, where we saw Mancosu continue his great form with a goal and assist. We thrashed Vicenza 5-1 at home as Cacia became our second player to bag a hat-trick, and we followed up with a tight 3-2 win at Terni as Bernardeschi starred in a great performance. We finished with a 1-1 draw against Livorno, who are fighting for promotion, and a 2-1 win at Frosinone thanks to a brace from Bernardeschi. We kept our hold on the top spot this month, but only just.

November

The 4-2 demolotion of La Spezia featured our third hat-trick of the season as Mancosu bagged all four goals, but our form dropped after that. We lost 2-0 at Bari, who took the lead in the league with the three points. We drew 2-2 at home to Carpi before going down 1-0 at Pescara. A 3-2 win against Modena gave us some respite, and a 2-1 trip to Trapani made us think we could get back into form until a 0-0 against Latina told us otherwise. In the cup, we had a thrilling encounter with Hellas Verona which ended 3-2 even though we were 2-0 down with an hour gone. Late goals from Mancosu, Cacia and Bernardeschi sealed it in thrilling fashion. We dropped to third behind Bari and Catania, though we can close the gap. It's no coincidence that all the dropped points coincide with Marios Oikonomou's toe fracture.

December

With just three games, I thought we could really catch up to Catania and Bari. We drew 2-2 at Crotone, 0-0 to Lanciano at home, and 2-2 away at Varese to let Bari go 8 points clear of us. It wasn't a good month, and we needed the winter break and January window so we could refresh and strengthen the squad.

January

I put Uros Radakovic up for loan at his request but got no offers, so he's stuck with us until the summer at least. I also had a €4.2 million bid for the Iraq left back Ali Adnan accepted, but he decided to join Bayer Leverkusen instead. I did manage to bring in Muhamed Bešić in on loan from Everton at €40,000 per week, just to have that defensive midfielder with good marking to head attacks off before they got into our box. The Oikonomou injury and our lack of a genuine CDM hurt us, and we've been conceding goals for fun all season. The results were noticeable, and we conceded just four goals in six matches all month.

We had a 2-0 win at La Spezia, with Cacia scoring his 10th goal of the season to join Bernardeschi and Mancosu in double digits. We then had a trip to Fiorentina in the cup, and I did start Bernardeschi. Badelj scored for them just before halftime, and Kaan Ayhan equalised with seconds to go when he smashed in Bernardeschi's rebounded shot. He put us 2-1 up with a smart run to meet Douglas' cutback, but Joaquin got their second when Angelo Da Costa charged too far out and missed the ball. We won 4-2 on penalties, Mario Gomez and Alberto Aquilani missing for Fiorentina and Douglas bagging the winner. We drew 0-0 at Latina and won 2-1 at home to Trapani despite losing Oikonomou to a second yellow just 31 minutes into the match (he scored before going off). And then there was our 2-1 quarterfinal cup win against Inter, with Mancosu and Bernardeschi scoring after Hernanes was sent off. Da Costa cost us another clean sheet with some real stupidity in the last few seconds.

We now face Juventus on February 4 and March 4 in the semi-final, and on deadline day we managed to sign Fehmi Mert Günok, a 25-year-old Turkish goalkeeper with Fenerbahce. He will join us in the summer when his contract expires, and we had to pay €50,000 to get him to sign for us. But he's 6'5" and 74 overall with at least 10 years of good football left, so I think he could develop into the low 80s at least, which means it would be worth making him our best paid player.

But the really huge news is that we received a bid of €8.5 million for Bernardeschi from Barcelona! The chairman said I could get up to €16.8 million for him, so I countered with €20 million. Barcelona came back with €18.4 and I agreed, but Bernardeschi turned down the move! I was expecting to have loads of cash to sign five or six really good players, but he just said no to a HUGE club that was going to pay him €40,000 to sit on the bench! I suppose it's fine because it means I can get a lot more for him if I sell him once he's grown a little more, but I forgot to sign a LB in all the commotion!

Other stuff

I'm posting straight text updates until next season when I hope we'll be in Serie A and I'll still be in charge of Bologna. We made a change from 4-3-2-1 to 4-1-2-1-2 around October, and we went with a 4-2-3-1 with three CAMs after getting Bešić to the club. Da Costa starts in goal because he has no competion. Our defence is Douglas-Maietta-Oikonomou-Mbaye. The midfield has Cataldi holding beside Bešić. Bernardeschi, Sansone and Laribi play behind Mancosu or Cacia. Cornet and Casarini generally come on in the second half. Ayhan has been incredible for me, especially in midfield.

In the summer, I need to sign a new CB because Maietta is starting to decline across the board amd Radakovic doesn't impress me. We also have to get a LB after the Bernardeschi episode derailed our transfers. Mbaye is a good backup, but we need a first team player and Morleo won't cut it against teams like Roma and Juventus. We have a new GK coming in, Douglas is a beast with 7 assists in the league already, and Oikonomou is a solid choice for our other CB position. In midfield, I already want to bring Bešić back either permanently or on loan again to partner Franco Zuculini. Ahead of them, Cataldi and Bernardeschi will take two of the CAM spots, so we need to sign someone to play on the left. I might just make a permanent move for Karim Laribi who has been pretty solid there so far. Mancosu is just fantastic with his blend of pace and power. He's scored 18 goals in all competitions and will continue to start once we make Serie A.

It looks like I will take up the option to sign Cornet for €1.5 million if he takes a rotation role and a decent wage. He's been pretty solid whenever he's played and scored 6 or 7 goals in 19 appearances. I'll probably want him coming on at CAM because he doesn't really have any physicality to play at ST. Cacia is going to be sacrificed along with Maietta in the summer because they're both getting older but are on pretty big wages. Cacia can probably get me about €3-4 million if he continues to top the assists chart and go up in overall. For now, I just want to take the game to Juventus and make the final of the TIM Cup so I can hopefully end the season with a trophy and have Europa League next season.

A lot of draws and only a couple of losses. If you can manage to start turning some of those draws into wins then you should secure the title with ease. Damn, imagine what you could have done with the Bernardeschi money! At least he is loyal though and he can now become a cornerstone in your building of the team. Good luck against Juve and I hope you can reach the final.

RB Leipzig 2018/19

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September 2018
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We continued our terrific start to the season with another couple of wins. 3 wins out of 5 isn't perfect but considering the team has changed since last season it is a work in progress. Calhanoglu has made a positive impact early on with 3 goals in 4 league appearances and is living up to the high price tag we paid for him. It was disappointing to see Leon Goretzka break his ankle which will leave him on the sidelines for around 3 month, especially considering the huge impact he had early on into his Leipzig career. We got our Champions League campaign of to a good start with a 1-0 victory. We looked comfortable in the game and the only dissapointing factor was that we only won by the one goal.


October 2018
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With 3 wins from 3 in the league we had a perfect month in the league. A hard earned victory over Bayern set the tone for the month with Callhanoglu adding another 2 goals to his tally for the season. It was perhaps Luciano Vietto who really stepped up this month with 2 importnt goals in the Champions League and a winner in the crucial clash against Bayern. Defeat to Bayern would have sent them 7 points clear early on so this win was even more vital, they look like a new team compared to last season so it should be an interesting season. The Champions League has gone well so far with 2 wins and a draw which puts us in a really good position for the remaining 3 games. I am confident that 1 more win will seal qualification to the next stage of the competition. We also progressed into the next round of the Deustcher Pokal after victory over Stuggart in round 2, even if we had to take it to extra time. We were without several key players after a tough league game against Koln a couple of days earlier but the players that came in done fantastic and made a positive impression on both me and the fans.


Bundesliga Table
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Champions League Group
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Thanks For Reading. Any Comments or Suggestions Appreciated.

Calhanoglu has been in really good form for you. Massive win over Bayern and you have yet to lose this season in the league. Great start to your European campaign too.

[LukeWhu94]

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RB Leipzig 2018/19

November 2018
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This was the first month where we struggled a bit for from in the league as we only picked up 1 win from 3 and lost the vital top of the table clash against Dortmund, an 8 goal thriller. I was disappointed with the performance as we gave it our all but just couldn't get back into the game. I was fuming that we conceded 5 goals especially as that was all we had conceded all season but I can't complain about the goals, they were all good finishes by some top quality players. The Champions League went much better though with another 2 wins which meant that we had secured not only qualification to the knock out stage but also the top spot.


December 2018
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We bounced back from the Dortmund defeat in terrific form with 3 wins and 1 draw keeping 4 clean sheets in the process, which was vital after conceding 5 against Dortmund. Calhanoglu and Draxler are running the show for us at the moment and are scoring close to 1 every 2 which is a remarkable record for a midfielder. Goretzka has slotted straight back into the team and it is as if he was never gone, carrying on with that great early season form and will be a vital player for us in the title race. We finished the Champions League group stages in the same way in which we started with a win. As we had top spot confirmed, I was able to play a lot of the youngers and they done well, with academy graduate Francois Maric netting the only goal of the game. We also went through in the cup with a narrow 1-0 victory over FSV Frankfurt who played well and were unlucky not to go through after they wasted several glorious chances but i'm not complaining.


Bundesliga Table
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Champions League Group
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Deustcher Pokal Quater Finals
Bor.M'gladbach - Bor.Dortmund
RB Leipzig - 1. FC Nuremberg
1899 Hoffenheim - FC Bayern
FC Schalke 04 - VfL Wolfsburg

Champions League Round of 16
Arsenal - Atletico Madrid
FC Porto - RB Leipzig
Bor.Dortmund - FC Barcelona
Zenit - Chelsea
Juventus - PSG
Tottenham - Inter Milan
Manchester United - Ajax
Valencia CF - FC Bayern

[TTUGuy]

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How many of the FIFA 16 new career mode features do you think will make it to lastgen consoles? The new pre-season tourneys and player training seem cool, but still don't know if it would be enough to warrant buying Nextgen.

[Keano16]

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How many of the FIFA 16 new career mode features do you think will make it to lastgen consoles? The new pre-season tourneys and player training seem cool, but still don't know if it would be enough to warrant buying Nextgen.

That reasoning is what is making me wait until I have a next gen console before I get '16.

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Mellon's Shrews: August 2014





Trio go out on loan

17 year olds Josh Ginnelly (LM), Alex Fletcher (CM) and Kaiman Anderson (ST) have all left the club on season long loan deals. They join Sandnes Ulf, S****horpe United and Yeovil Town respectively. Manager Mellon hopes that they will earn valuable first team experience over the course of the current campaign.

***

FL2: Match 1
Shrewsbury 1-0 Southend
SHR: 58' Wildig

•Aaron Wildig MOTM with 8.0 rating.
•Second string side played due to COC match against Ipswich in 3 days time.
•Wildig put in rebound from Andrew Mangan's shot to secure victory.
•Southend were dominated.

***




Vitalijs Maksimenko joins from the Seagulls

Latvian centre half Vitalijs Maksimenko has joined Shrewsbury for £80.000 from Brighton. The Championship club made it clear that they did not want the 23 year old and Mellon swooped, seeking to add depth to his back line. Versatility is what Maksimenko brings, he can play in the heart of the defence or on the left hand side of it.

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COC: Round 1
Shrewsbury 1-2 Ipswich Town
SHR: 50' Collins
IPS: 8' McGoldrick 52' Skuse

•McGoldrick barged Goldson out of his way and placed a beautiful finish into the top right.
•James Collins equalized, holding off Berra to receive an Akpa Akpro pass and slot under Gerken.
•MOTM Cole Skuse (9.2) won the game capitalizing on a breakdown in communication between the defence to shoot into the bottom corner.
•We bow out of the cup having pushed a Championship side, two divisions above us, all the way.

***

FL2: Match 2
York City 1-3 Shrewsbury
YOR: 28' Fletcher
SHR: 60' Mangan 87' (Pen) 90' Collins

•Fletcher and Mangan both tapped in low crosses to make it one a piece after 60 minutes.
•Collins came off the bench to score a brace and win the game.
•Collins won MOTM with a 7.2 rating.

***

FL2: Match 3
Shrewsbury 1-0 Plymouth Argyle
SHR: 54' Vincent

•Tough test against promotion rivals.
•Collins fed Vincent through to finish the only goal of the game.
•Tight defensive display.
•Liam Lawrence, 32,completed a massive 35/40 passes and 22/25 dribbles.

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Coventry youngster joins for the season

English left back, Ryan Haynes, 18, has gone on loan to League 2 side Shrewsbury Town. The 6'0" teenager is known for his crossing abilities and will provide backup to Demetriou at left back.

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FL2: Match 4
Newport County 0-1 Shrewsbury
SHR: 55' Wildig

•Another strong showing in defence.
•Woods picked MOTM Wildig (8.1) out with a great cross from the right and the central midfielder did the rest.
•More goals should have been gotten.

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Contract rebel goes, Gornell comes

At the price of £50.000 along with Aaron Wildig (CM), English striker Terry Gornell has joined from Cheltenham Town on a 3 year contract. Wildig had reportedly turned down a contract extension and with it running into it's last year, Mellon decided to cash in on him now rather than lose him for free in January on a pre-contract. The deal is said to have totaled to approximately £210.000, Shrewsbury's most expensive move of this window. The 24 year old is the Shrew's 3rd of the summer after the additions of Ryan Haynes from Coventry and Vitalijs Maksimenko from Brighton.


S****horpe take another youngster

League 1 side, S****horpe United have taken another young player of Mellon's onboard for the coming season. Niall Flint (CM) joins for the entire season to bolster United's numbers and squad depth.

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FL2: Match 5
Shrewsbury 3-1 Hartlepool
SHR: 15' Harrison OG 49' Gornell 82' Akpa Akpro
HAR: 47' Harewood

•MOTM debutante Gornell cut in from the right and then fired a shot towards goal. Hartlepool centre back Harrison then deflected it into his own net.
•A one-two between James and Harewood unlocked our defence and the latter shot in off the post just after halftime.
•2 minutes later Gornell had scored his first Shrewsbury goal, dispossessing two defenders and slotting under Flinders.
•Akpa Akpro confirmed the win when his attempt took a deflection to beat the flailing Flinders.

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League Table
1. Shrewsbury 15
2. Portsmouth 15
3. Cheltenham Town 11
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4. Bury 9
5. Oxford United 8
6. Wycombe 8
7. Plymouth Argyle 8
***
21. Southend United 4
22. York City 4
23. Accrington 1
24. Dagenham 1

Thanks for reading! Any feedback is appreciated.

[texasbum06]

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Portsmouth FC
FIFA 15 - Season 4

Pompey's March to the Top

August 2017

Capital One Cup
Luton Town FC 0 - 1 Portsmouth FC
POR - Jamieson IV 27'
MOTM: Holla

Jamieson pulled down a ball over the top and he went through on goal to slot the ball into the bottom left corner as the keeper charged out at him.

Portsmouth FC 3 - 0 Huddersfield Town
POR - Çiftçi 41', Hahn 45', Pack 75'
MOTM: Pack

Pereira found Çiftçi up the middle and his first shot attempt was saved, but he was able to tap the rebound into the net for his first goal after returning to Portsmouth. Russell attacked the right side of the goal and sent a low ball across the face of the goal for Hahn to direct back into the net. Williams played a ball perfectly over the top for Pack to push forward into the box and then slot it to the far post in the bottom left corner.

Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 2 Portsmouth FC
SHW - Bus 77'
POR - Jamieson IV 4', 37'
MOTM: Jamieson IV

Pack sent a corner into the box and Jamieson tracked the ball and rose up to head the ball over the keeper and into the left side of the goal. Jamieson got the ball on a break away and attacked the right side of the goal to slot it across to the bottom left corner. Cropper gave the ball away on a goal kick straight to Maguire and he played it quickly to Bus for the strike into the empty net.

Portsmouth FC 1 - 0 Wigan Athletic
POR - Russell 34' (PEN)
MOTM: Holla

Pereira was taken down from behind in the box and Russell stepped to the spot and placed the ball into the top left corner for the only goal of the match.

Capital One Cup
Millwall FC 1 - 2 Portsmouth FC
MIL - Cummings 45'
POR - Çiftçi 82', Pack 104' (PEN)
MOTM: Pack

Martinez found Cummings running into the right side of the box and he took a touch before firing a shot past the keeper into the top left corner. Çiftçi took the ball away from the defender and went through on goal and decided to go for it himself and powered it past the keeper into the top corner on the near post. Webster slid through Çiftçi's legs as he cut the ball inside and conceded a penalty that Pack was able to tuck away into the top left corner.

League Table



Youth Academy

Gary Roberts - 17 yrs old, England, GK, 57-61 OVR, 71-77 Potential, Goalkeeper
Yanic Mac-Intosh - 16 yrs old, Netherlands, LM, 59-65 OVR, 81-91 Potential, Winger
Paddy O'Neill - 15 yrs old, Ireland, ?, 42-52 OVR, 70-86 Potential, Unknown

Monthly Highlights

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Manager Comments

Capital One Cup - The new season kicked off with the Capital One Cup where we had a deep run last season. We had a surprisingly tough time against Luton Town, but still advanced on a goal from Jamieson. We then traveled North to face Millwall where we fell behind but scored late to force extra time where we won it. Our next round opponent will be Premier League side Everton. It's shame to draw a Premier League opponent at this stage when there are still so many Football League sides left, but we are confident that we can get a result especially since it is at home.

League Play - We are off to a strong league start, taking all 9 points available and only conceding 1 goal so far. Our attack is getting the job done so far, and our defense is already looking improved over last season. Anything short of a promotion will be a disappointment.

Bradford Jamieson IV - Bradford got off to a great start, but he suffered a broken toe that will keep him on the sidelines for 2 months. It's a shame since he has proven himself as our most consistent goal scorer over the past 2 seasons, but new signings Nadir Çiftçi and Lars Veldwijk should be more than capable of filling the void while he is out.

[Keano16]

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@Luke: November was a tough month in the league but good in the Champions League. December was much better with Draxler and Calhanoglu performing very well. Its tight at the top of the table so it'll be interesting to see how it turns out.

@Tex: Great month! All wins and top of the table. Shame about Jamieson picking up that long layoff. He was looking like he was getting some form. Promotion is looking like a possibility right now.

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Swansea Season 2 - February and March Update

February

Arsenal 3 - Cavani 12', Cazorla 50', 57'
Swansea 1 - Gudelj 21'

Swansea 3 - Shelvey 8', Austin 70', Montero 86'
Newcastle United 2 - Lopez 63' (OG), Sissoko 89'

Manchester City 3 - Jovetic 12', 47', Toure 69'
Swansea 2 - Austin 2', Townsend 90'

This wasnt the best mont, but I did face two top teams. Managing to score a few goals bit can't beat the teams above me. I need to get more consistency in my results.

March

Swansea 2 - Austin 4', 66'
West Brom 0

Sunderland 2 - Cardozo 62', 69'
Swansea 4 - Montero 19', Gudel 32', Castaignos 45', 59'

Swansea 1 - Austin 87'
Southampton 2 - Pelle 10', 90'

March was a good month. We finally got a clean sheet (hardly had any this season) and battered Sunderland, other than Cardozo scoring. The Southampton game was a tough one to take because just before, the board said I could get fired!. Just as its goign well, I may be out of a job and honestly, that was playing on my mind when playting Southampton. I have 8 games left of the season and am 7 poinbts off of a Europa League spot. Not sure if its possible, but I will keep trying and hopefully, a miracle can happen.

League Table
1. Arsenal 79
2. Chelsea 64
3. Liverpool 64
4. Man City 57
5. Man u 51
6. Everton 46
7. Spurs 44
8. SWANSEA CITY 44

Many thanks for reading. Any comments and suggestions are very welcome

[JC D0M1NATION]

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Swansea Season 2 Update

I am afraid that I have been sacked from Swansea. I did everything in my power to get results and we were actualy in good form, winning two games in a row and getting a draw against Everton, who are a tough side. And despite actually drawing level with Mancherster united in 5th position, the board did not feel comfortable with me at the healm. It is a sad time, as I felt the club was starting to get better, but this has been a very difficult job from the start. I am pleased to tell you however that Leicester City requested a new manager to help their promotion hopes back to the Premier League and I have taken the job. I am looking forward to my new role and am hoping to have better luck this time around.

Many thanks for reading. Any comments or suggestions are very welcome

[_ChicoBass]

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You guys know how passionate I am about Guadalajara and so, I wanted to share this. Now I know I get a lot of stick for my transfer activity, all in good fun of course, so I wanted to show you where I get it from. This is Guadalajara's starting lineup today:



10 out of the 11 players on the field are Guadalajara youth graduates. The only exception is Carlos "Titan" Salcedo, who actually began his youth career with Guadalajara before leaving to the Tigres' youth academy, then moving to the MLS where he made his professional debut with Real Salt Lake, and then returning to Guadalajara on a permanent transfer choosing to return to the club instead of heading off to Europe. Not only that, but Guadalajara's entire squad is Mexican. No exceptions. A tradition that has stood since the club was founded 109 years ago. Sounds a little bit like how I usually run my clubs in career mode eh?


BUT ANYWAYS, the real reason I wanted to post this is because the team is currently winning 2-0 against Morelia at halftime, with two goals by the captain Omar Bravo, who has just made history and became the team's all-time league top scorer with 123 league goals. I can't even explain how happy I felt to see him celebrate those two goals today. The first because I knew it would be a huge weight off his shoulders to finally score and equalize the team record, and the second because you could see his relief and happiness to surpass it. He had a really great relationship with the late Salvador Reyes who held the record, and Bravo has been dedicating his goals to him showing respect as he pushed to make history himself. The record has stood for well over 40 years, actually I think 50 years, and it's going to be a looooong time before someone else beats the record again. I grew up watching Bravo play, and this is unbelievable for me I can't believe I saw the history as it was being written.


Alright, second half is underway now. You may proceed gentlemen


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[SnapeKillsDumbledore]

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Bologna S01



February

We started the month with a trip to Juventus for the first leg of our TIM Cup semi-final. Maietta gave away a penalty in the first half that Tevez put away, but we were really solid for the rest of the match and didn't let the score go past 1-0. Unfortunately, we couldn't add any goals to our side either. We had a 2-1 win at Livorno next with Laribi scoring twice, including a late winner. This was followed by a 1-1 draw with Terni and a 2-1 win over Cittadella, both at home with Laribi scoring all three of our goals. We ended the month with a 2-0 win at Vercelli thanks to goals from Bešić and Morleo.

March

The first game was our second TIM Cup semi-final leg. We were sensational in the first half but kept out over and over by Buffon. It looked like we were going to get a late goal to take the match into extra time when Pogba just smashed in this long shot that dipped in past Da Costa. It hurts to go out so close to the final, but we did very well this season in the cup. We made up for the loss by thrashing Crotone 4-0 at home, Mancosu scoring a brace to end his 8-game drought. We had Douglas sent off in a 0-0 draw at Vicenza before beating Avellino 1-0 and Modena 2-1. We ended the month top of the table with 72 points, Catania behind us on 67 and Bari third on 65!

April

With just seven games left in the season for the top three teams, we had to win 18 of the 21 points left to guarantee the title under any circumstances. In April we started with a 2-0 win over Pescara, Bernardeschi scoring after a long dry spell. We travelled to Carpi and won 2-1 thanks to Mancosu and Sansone scoring a couple of peachy free kicks, but we had a tight 1-0 loss at home to Bari that added a bit of spice to the run-in. We beat Catania 2-1 away from home with some ease, ending the month with 81 points and three games left to play. Bari are on 77 and Catania on 70, which means we have guaranteed promotion to Serie A but need to get 5 more points to win the title.

May

The month started with a trip to Chiavari, where we went 2-0 down before halftime with Bari winning 4-0 at Pescara. We managed to come back strong and win 3-2 thanks to goals from Bešić, Mancosu and Zuculini. We then travelled to Perugia, where a 2-1 win with goals from Cornet and Bernardeschi sealed the title. Bologna have been named champions of Serie B! We will compete in the top flight next season along with Bari and Catania, while Sassuolo and Cesena will be relegated alongside either Parma or Empoli. For the final match of the season, we hosted Brescia in a 2-0 win thanks to a Cornet brace to finish with 90 points from 42 games.

Season Wrap

Matteo Mancosu top-scored for us with 24 in all competitions, and Daniele Cacia was our assists leader with a total of 12. Angelo Da Costa kept 14 clean sheets to win the Golden Glove award. Ramiro Cáseres was in top form for Catania to lead the Serie B goals and assists with 21 and 14. We have four player of the year candidates. You can vote for them at http://strawpoll.me/5198477 and check out the squad review below while I prepare the transfers and preseason report for 2015/16.

GK Angelo Da Costa grew +2 overall, but he's 31 and prone to errors. We have a promising GK coming in so I plan to sell while his stock is high. GK Ferdinando Coppola did not play this season due to Da Costa's form, and he will leave the club when his contract expires on June 30.

RB Douglas contributed 7 assists from right back while playing 13 of our 14 clean sheet matches. He will start for us next season, no doubt about it. RB Luca Ceccarelli played very sparingly and failed to oust Douglas from the first team. He will leave when his contract expires on June 30.

CB Domenico Maietta started as a doubtful squad player but finished as our first-choice defender. He's losing physical stats but will play in Serie A. CB Marios Oikonomou has been our most-improved defender with +3 growth overall. I don't see him losing his spot no matter who we bring in. CB Kaan Ayhan made 21 appearances, mostly as a substitute. I felt he was better at CDM than CB, but either way I don't plan to renew his loan. CB Uros Radakovic didn't feature at first because of selection and later due to his attitude. He will be sent out on loan to develop, hopefully.

CDM Muhamed Bešić started every game from January and made us more solid at the back. It doesn't look like we will be able to bring him back. CM Franco Zuculini developed +3 overall playing alongside Bešić, and he will need to perform at a high level if we don't want to get relegated. CM Danilo Cataldi finished with 5 goals and 8 assists in all competitions. I see great things for his future. He'll play CDM next season beside Zuculini. CM Matuzalem quickly lost his spot when it became obvious that he was not suited to my style of play. He retires at the end of the season. CM Federico Casarini didn't feature much in the first half of the campaign but proved his worth after January. He'll be important for us next season. CM Marcel Büchel didn't get as much game time as he'd have liked, but I need him around in case of injuries and suspensions. He may or may not go.

LM Archimede Morleo impressed me after a poor start, but he quickly lost his place as our starting LB. I plan to send him out on loan next season. LM Ibrahima Mbaye had a fantastic run of form since we switched to the 4-2-3-1 formation. I may sign a new LB and play him in attacking midfield.

CAM Gianluca Sansone pulled the strings as our key playmaker, linking up with the attack to start many of our moves. He goes back to Sampdoria. CAM Karim Laribi was great for us. He was the only midfielder to score 10 or more goals, but I don't think we can afford to buy him from Sassuolo.

RW Federico Bernardeschi was sensational. I can't believe we actually got him for nothing. He will definitely start as one of our four attackers. RW Riccardo Improta didn't feature much outside of a few rare substitute appearances, but he grew a bit. We can consider another loan from Genoa. RW Gennaro Troianiello began with promise but lost his place. He's not suited to anything but counter-attacking football. Returns to Palermo.

ST Matteo Mancosu was the star man. He didn't have a good start but really turned it up when he found form. Still our first-choice centre forward. ST Daniele Cacia was crucial to our strategy. He's not prolific but chipped in with a fair few goals. I'll probably sell him if I can get a couple of million. ST Maxwel Cornet impressed me enough to pay his purchase option. I see him as a valuable member of the team, but one who still has to develop. ST Rubén Bentancourt didn't play at all this season despite looking like he could do a decent job. I might keep him around as reserve or loan him out.

Rolando Bianchi is the big name coming back from loan. He could probably be sold for a decent chunk and would free up a chunk of the wage bill, so he is pretty much gone. Martí Riverola also comes back from loan and will feature as a squad player. It doesn't look like I will be getting more than a few million to spend, so it's time to go hunting for bargains and free agents!

Stay tuned for the summer 2015 transfers and preseason report, and please leave your vote for the Bologna player of the year for 2014/15!

[SnapeKillsDumbledore]

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@ChicoBass You have a lot of passion for Guadalajara, it's obvious from how you speak so beautifully about their traditions. Always nice to see a club stay true to its roots. I would love to see Chelsea be a little more respectful of the club traditions and develop young players like we used to.

@JC Domination That's horrible news. I think that's the second sacking here in the last couple of weeks. I remember Indiblue got fired from a German club for a poor run of results. Always sucks to see the board behave like a bunch of idiots. Can't wait to see what you do with Leicester.

@Texasbum A good start to your second season in the Championship. You look much stronger with Çiftçi, and Marlon Pack continues to impress us all!

@Keano Good job starting off well with Shrewsbury. I was looking at some of the prices you've paid for transfers, and if you are looking for a right back I would suggest Gianluca Pollace from Lazio. I enquired about him in 2015 and they wanted just €70,000 for him!

@TTUGuy I don't think anything other than the new player faces, the presentation for the Bundesliga, and the improved defensive AI are coming to PS3/X360. Those consoles just don't have the necessary power to run the new features.

[Keano16]

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@JC: That sucks to see you got sacked and especially seeing as you were on the up. Good luck with Leicester. Did the CPU make many changes to the squad?

@SnapKills: Congrats on the title! Unlucky against Juve but it looked like you really put it up to them. I voted for Mancosu as his part in 24 goals no doubt helped to win the league for you. Bernardeschi was a close second though. Good to see you planning for next season already! Thanks for the suggestion on the RB, but I think I'm set for there for now.