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[sportsfreak96]

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Simppu: I know your pain! Heartbreaking to watch 2pts slip away like that in a matter of minutes. What a great start to the season. You are flying through these matches and dominating the lower league. Though the dropped points against the very bottom teams is a little concerning but it looks like you are building a big enough lead in the standings that it might not matter. Would you really think of selling Timo? What would be the price you would put on him? Also, really like the formatting to your updates, perhaps I will steal a few ideas??



Texasbum: Sad to see the FA cup run come to an end. Though making it that far is great for an experience point of view. What a playoff run! Wow those two games must have been exciting. Congratulations on the promotion! Does this mean there might be a big signing coming for the new Premier League season? Or will you try building with youth academy and younger talent?



Sportsfreak96: Nice to see you back with the updates! And in first place leading the two powerhouses. How is

Serge Gnabry working out for you? I just received him on loan in my Hull season and in 2 games I am really happy with his style.

Josh4 Hull City - Season 1 - Premier League update 3

Breaking News as Josh4 accepts the position of United States National Team manager. A shocking offer from team USA to Josh as he's barely a season into his first management position.



"I know I'm still a rookie manager but I always said there are only two offers I would never turn down and one of them was team USA. We have a lot of good players and a nice mix of young and old players to work with. I'm excited to get started."

Gnabry is my unsung hero in a way. He seems to always come through for me when I'm struggling in a game. For example in that Supercup 2nd leg I was down 1-0 at halftime I brought him on and He scores a brace in about 20 minutes.


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[southernmetalhead]

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FC Amkar Perm
Krasno-chernye

November 2015

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><table class="osdyn" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="4">Nov 7, 2015 - FC Ufa vs Amkar Perm</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="61%">TEAM</td><td align="right" width="12%">1</td><td align="right" width="12%">2</td><td align="right" width="15%">SCORE</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>FC Ufa (2-3-6)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td class="active" align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Amkar Perm (3-4-4)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td class="active" align="right">0</td></tr></tbody></table>

Pourié 88'

MOTM - Narubin

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><table class="osdyn" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="4">Nov 21, 2015 - Amkar Perm vs FC Rostov</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="61%">TEAM</td><td align="right" width="12%">1</td><td align="right" width="12%">2</td><td align="right" width="15%">SCORE</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Amkar Perm (4-4-4)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td class="active" align="right">4</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>FC Rostov (3-3-6)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td class="active" align="right">1</td></tr></tbody></table>

Salugin 6'
Peev 54'
Salugin 58'
Jovičić 87'
Mogilevets 89'

MOTM - Peev

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><table class="osdyn" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="4">Nov 28, 2015 - Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast vs Amkar Perm</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="61%">TEAM</td><td align="right" width="12%">1</td><td align="right" width="12%">2</td><td align="right" width="15%">SCORE</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (1-4-8)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td class="active" align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Amkar Perm (5-4-4)</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td class="active" align="right">4</td></tr></tbody></table>

Ogude 13'
Peev (PEN) 40'
Shavaev 49'
Salugin (PEN) 72'
Erokhin 90'

MOTM - Shavaev

Amkar Player of the Month



RM Georgi Peev, 63 Ovr, 36 years old, Bulgaria

Veteran midfielder Georgi Peev led the charge for Amkar Perm in November as the Red and Blacks finally began finding the back of the net in consecutive 4-1 wins over FC Rostov and FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast. The legendary Bulgarian, who has been at Amkar since 2007, scored the game-winning goal in both matches, while also picking up a Man of the Match honor for his showing against FC Rostov. Peev's cool penalty taking was also on display in his conversion against FC Ural.



Russian Premier League Table
1. CSKA - 34 pts
2. Zenit - 28 pts
3. Krasnodar - 28 pts
4. Lokomotiv - 23 pts
5. Rubin - 22 pts
6. Dinamo - 21 pts
7. Spartak - 19 pts
8. Amkar - 19 pts
9. Kuban - 16 pts
10. Rostov - 15 pts
11. Terek - 14 pts
12. Ufa - 13 pts
13. Anzhi - 13 pts
14. Krylya - 12 pts
15. Ural - 7 pts
16. Mordovia - 3 pts

Russian Premier League Top Scorers
1. Kuzmin (Dinamo) - 9 Goals
2(t). Eremenko (CSKA) - 7 Goals
2(t). Kasaev (Lokomotiv) - 7 Goals
3(t). Danny (Zenit) - 5 Goals
3(t). Kerzhakov (Zenit) - 5 Goals

Russian Premier League Clean Sheets
1. Akinfeev (CSKA) - 7 Clean Sheets
2(t). Dikan (Krasnodar) - 4 Clean Sheets
2(t). Ryzhikov (Rubin) - 4 Clean Sheets
2(t). Rebrov (Spartak) - 4 Clean Sheets
2(t). Abaev (Lokomotiv) - 4 Clean Sheets

Manager's Thoughts
November started off with a heartbreaking loss to FC Ufa as they caught us on the counter in the 88th minute, and Marvin Pourié buried a shot past Evgeniy Pomazan. That was a really tough result for us as I felt we controlled play for the most part. Instead of sulking, we finally found our scoring touch scoring 8 goals over the next 2 matches in identical 4-1 wins versus FC Rostov and FC Ural. Georgi Peev displayed great veteran leadership from the midfield, and Alexandr Salugin netted 3 goals from his striker position. The uptick in form has us in the top half of the table and sitting only 3 points outside of a Europa League spot.

December 2015 - Fixtures
12/6 - vs Lokomotiv
12/12 - at Kuban
12/19 - at Spartak

The 2015 calendar year closes out in a big way as we play 3 vital matches against Lokomotiv Moscow, Kuban Krasnodar, and Spartak Moscow. Currently we trail both Lokomotiv and Spartak in the league, and we're trying to hold off Kuban. All 3 contests will be tough to get results, but I'll pin my hopes on getting a result at home and stealing one on the road.

[vrabbit]

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The Globetrotter CM



2018 World Cup & '18-'19 Summer Transfer Window Update



We were joined by Italy, Czech Republic, and China in our group.

Group Match 1
Venezuela - Czech Republic (0-1)
Dočkal 50'

In a game that was held hostage in the middle of the field between the boxes it was Dočkal who made the difference after a save by Dani Hernández deflected towards the Czech midfielder. The European squad put on a clinic defensively, suffocating any Venezuelan scoring attempt and holding them to just 2 shots, neither one on goal, while they managed to put 4 of their 5 shots on goal.

Group Match 2
Venezuela - Italy (3-3)
Del Valle 5' (pen)
Del Valle 34' (pen)
Vázquez 38'
Juanpi 45+' (S. Rondon)
El Shaarawy 55'
Giovinco 79'

So close. We played one of the most inspired games we've played since I took over as HC of my country but we couldn't turn a couple of 2-goal advantages into 3 points as the star attackers of the Azurri made up the difference. This was a tough defeat for many reasons as going into the final group match with just a point isn't ideal give the fact Czech Republic beat China and therefore clinched their ticket to the next round and we'll need a hell of a performance to tie Italy in points assuming they don't win or draw against the current group leader.

Group Match 3
China - Venezuela (2-1)
Del Valle 13' (Juanpi)
Zhang Xizhe 24'
Gao Lin 72'

We wrap up a highly disappointing World Cup debut with a baffling loss against the Asian nation who seemed destined for a beatdown in the first 15 minutes of the game but who weathered the storm thereafter and eventually shocked us. We were aggressive in the attack through the game but couldn't score more on 9 shots (6 on target).

Spoiler

Germany went on to win the World Cup beating Brazil 2-1 in the final.

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After that tough experience in the beginning of the summer it was time to move on to Turkey. We had a successful first season at Kayserispor but expectations from the fan base, the board, and the pundits will be higher and we want to meet them and perhaps even exceed them. The first shock of the season came in the form of the wages provided by the board. After getting $8.5 million in transfer budget and $30K in wages a season ago, this season we were only given $7 million in transfer budget and $35K in wages. I was not pleased with this and let the board know about it and they provided bit extra but it'll be important to have a good pre-season to earn some extra funds. The roster now fits the 4-4-2 diamond wide I like to run but there are still adjustments to be made.

TRANSFERS

OUT: Güray Fırat (CB, 64 OVR), sold to DSC Arminia Bielefeld for $600K. Srđan Mijailović (CDM, 71 OVR), sold to FC Augsburg for $3 million.

IN: Anthony Maisonnial (GK, 69 OVR), acquired from AS Saint-Étienne for $2.5 million. Ezequiel Ponce (ST, 71 OVR), acquired from Roma for $2.25 million. Diego Jara Rodrigues aka "Diego" (LB, 71 OVR), acquired from Joinville Esporte Clube for $2 million. Kofi Allen (RW, 70 OVR), acquired from Dorados for $1.8 million. Jonas Durmisi (CB, 65 OVR), acquired on a one-year loan from Fenerbahçe . Sinan Gümüş (RM, 72 OVR), acquired on one-year loan from Galatasaray.

Transfer Window Recap

As shown above I decided to spread the wealth around instead of making a big signing. However, many of the acquisitions will have an opportunity to be difference-makers for us. Maisonnial's arrival immediately creates a battle for the starter at GK. Ponce pushes Yakubu down the picking order at striker and should be the first option off the bench, which should get him a good amount of opportunities since Peñaranda's stamina is pretty low. Diego does more than provide a good option off the bench at LB, he'll get a chance to take over Tiger's spot in the starting lineup. Finally, Allen is an academy-product from my time at Dorados who is "showing great potential" and provides good depth for us at the wide midfield positions. The loanees will provide some of the depth will need this season. The only regret is not being able to work a deal with Kaan Ayaan after FC Schalke 04 agreed to let him go for $5 million. Wage negotiations started at $50K and went as high as $65K but Ayaan kept wanting more and we were already pushing our budget to make the deal happen. Maybe we can re-visit the conversations with the German club in the winter.

And that's all for this update. July/August are already wrapped up so that update will follow soon. Thanks for reading!

[Matty Aqua]

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Aquaman - Good to have you back! You performed well in the pre-season tournament despite losing at the end. Fortunately it didn't slow you down as you managed to beat Millwall. Good luck this season, I think you'll manage to earn promotion!

A couple of mailbag questions:
What areas of the team are you looking to strengthen?
How much emphasis will you put on cup competitions?

We almost got there, we certainly missed our opportunity against Tours FC, But after we touched back down in England, I was happy to get the win first match against tough oposition in Millwall!, and your mailbag questions will be answered aswell as Josh4's in the next episode!,... Good to be back! & good too see a few new names and the thread kicking on really well!...Thanks for taking the time too watch my video!

Aquaman Alnwick was really good for you in the tournament. Really tough to lose to Tours FC on penalties, but those can always go either way, and they did have the match on their home soil in France. You have a nice amount of budget to work with, so looking forward to what you do with that. Nice start to League One with the win over Millwall. I enjoyed your mailbag segment too, very cool.

Ben Alnwick is on of those players who plays above his rating (He is a captain in Real life!) also to be fair our defence has been solid throughout the pre-season and held up against Millwall!, yeh £2,000,000 seems like nothing compared to some other career modes but i enjoy building this squad from the ground up so i have too make smart buisness decisions to maximise my funds!!, Glad you enjoyed the mailbag section figured since everyone else was showing there faces I would join in for a surprise! gotta say it's nerve racking putting your face out there...Really appreciate you watching, and everyone else who has watched so far!

[Simppu12]

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Transfers Out


Philip Heise, Left Back, 69 Ovr, 2-year-loan to Sturm Graz

The 24-year-old left back hadn't played a single game for us this season and he was never going to break into the starting eleven with Maximilian Mittelstädt and Emiliano Insua in front of him in the pecking order.


Arianit Ferati, Attacking Midfielder, 64 Ovr, 1-year-loan to RB Salzburg

This youngster has a good potential but he also doesn't get to play for us because he isn't good enough yet. A loan will do him well.


Marvin Wanitzek, Attacking Midfielder, 62 Ovr, €500,000 to Sturm Graz

Wanitzek has a poor overall and a poor potential and, consequently, he wasn't needed at the club.


Timo Werner, Striker, 75 Ovr, €19,500,000 to VfL Wolfsburg

Our biggest deal of the winter was selling our biggest gem and star Timo Werner. The 19-year-old was simply too good for a second-division team and Wolfsburg were willing to match his price tag of at least €19M, which is three times more than his market value.


Transfers In




Tobias Kempe

74 Ovr, Right Midfielder, 26 Years Old, Germany

Bosman Signing

VfB Stuttgart are on the verge of gaining promotion to Germany's top division while SV Darmstadt 98 are at the bottom of the table in the first division. Because of this it is easy to understand why right midfielder Tobias Kempe chose to sign a contract with Stuttgart. The 26-year-old will join Die Roten in the summer after his contract with Darmstadt expires. Kempe is an all-rounded winger who belongs to a family of footballers with his brother playing for Karlsruher and his father previously playing for several clubs in Germany, including Stuttgart.




Bobby Wood

71 Ovr, Striker, 23 Years Old, United States

€2,500,000

After Timo Werner was sold to VfL Wolfsburg, Stuttgart needed to find a replacement for him in the last two days of the transfer window. The second-league leaders decided to go after American striker Bobby Wood, who terrorised defences for Union Berlin last season, scoring 17 league goals in the process. The 23-year-old then earned a transfer to top-tier team Hamburger SV in the summer but now he will return to the Bundesliga 2. after a lack of playing time. Wood is a fast and talented striker who also possesses good dribbling and finishing abilities.


January 2017



1. FC Heidenheim 1 - 1 VfB Stuttgart
Beermann 90'
Kostic 23'

This was a disappointing draw as we threw it away in stoppage time. Our attackers had a lot of chances but they failed to convert them and as we know, when that happens the opposition will find a way to get back into the game.


Bundesliga 2. Table

1. VfB Stuttgart, 42 pts
2. VfL Bochum, 34 pts
3. Hannover 96, 34 pts
4. Arminia Bielefeld, 33 pts
5. FC St. Pauli, 28 pts
6. Union Berlin, 28 pts
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16. MSV Duisburg, 19 pts
17. FSV Frankfurt, 17 pts
18. 1. FC Nürnberg, 14 pts


The Squad

Spoiler

Spoiler

Goalkeepers

Przemyslaw Tyton, 28 years old, 75 ovr
Mitchell Langerak, 27 years old, 74 ovr
Benjamin Uphoff, 22 years old, 62 ovr

Right Backs

Kevin Großkreutz, 27 years old, 75 ovr
Jean Zimmer, 21 years old, 71 ovr

Left Backs

Emiliano Insua, 26 years old, 75 ovr
Philip Heise, 24 years old, 69 ovr (on loan at Sturm Graz)
Maximilian Mittelstädt, 18 years old, 68 ovr

Centre Backs


Koray Günter, 21 years old, 71 ovr
Toni Sunjic, 26 years old, 70 ovr
Timo Baumgartl, 19 years old, 70 ovr
Duje Caleta-Car, 18 years old, 68 ovr

Central Midfielders

Alexandru Maxim, 25 years old, 76 ovr
Christian Gentner, 30 years old, 76 ovr (C)
Serey Die, 30 years old, 76 ovr
Johannes Flum, 27 years old, 73 ovr
Hany Mukhtar, 20 years old, 71 ovr
Alexander Ring, 24 years old, 70 ovr
Arianit Ferati, 18 years old, 64 ovr (on loan at RB Salzburg)

Wingers

Filip Kostic, 22 years old, 80 ovr
Lukas Rupp, 24 years old, 73 ovr
Christian Pulisic, 16 years old, 70 ovr

Strikers

Daniel Ginczek, 24 years old, 76 ovr
Lukasz Zwolinski, 22 years old, 72 ovr
Bobby Wood, 23 years old, 71 ovr
Shawn Parker, 22 years old, 70 ovr
Jan Kliment, 22 years old, 68 ovr

Starting XI




My Thoughts

Transfers - So it happened, we did sell Timo Werner. We received many offers for our attacking gem but Wolfsburg was the only team willing to match our valuation. I didn't really want to sell him but, again, in the name of making this career a little bit more realistic, I decided to sell him. Who knows, we might try to re-sign him in the summer. Additionally, we received quite a few offers for Maxim but not a single team wanted to match our demands. Interestingly, not a single offer was received for Kostic.

I made offers for around five players when looking for Werner's replacement and after some thinking and comparing I decided that Bobby Wood would be the best option. He didn't get to play a lot and HSV were in the bottom five. We should also get promoted this season so half a season in the second division shouldn't be too bad for him.

As far as signing Kempe goes, I just wanted to have another option on the wings next season. It was a tough choice between Kempe and Konstantin Rausch of Köln, but Kempe's side was lower in the table so I decided to go for him. Even if the signing doesn't work out, we will be able to sell him for huge profit as he is arriving for free.

Results - Thanks to the winter break of the Bundesliga we had to play only one game in January, and it didn't go too well. We conceded in stoppage time against a solid Heidenheim team to drop two points but luckily that wasn't important as we still have an eight-point lead.



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

[texasbum06]

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FIFA 16 - Season 3

The Blades

Summer Transfer Window

Transfers Out

CM, Paul Coutts, Scotland, 29 yrs old, 69 OVR - £675,000 to Charlton Athletic
GK, George Long, England, 23 yrs old, 68 OVR - £1,500,000 to Brighton & Hove Albion
CM, Tom Linley, England, 17 yrs old, 64 OVR - Loaned to Birmingham City
LM, Callum McFadzean, Scotland, 23 yrs old, 63 OVR - Loaned to Oldham Athletic
LW, Greg Pedroza, England, 18 yrs old, 52 OVR - Loaned to Northampton Town

Transfers In



CAM, Alex Pritchard, England, 24 yrs old, 75 OVR - £6,500,000 from Tottenham

Pritchard entered into the Tottenham academy in 2009, but has only made 2 appearances for the senior team at the club. Starting in 2013 he has been on a succession of loans to lower league sides while there simply just isn't room for him with the talent sitting on top of the London club's roster. Known for his tireless work rate and technical excellence, he seems like an idea fit to pair with the defensive minded Davis as part of the midfield duo. He will be tasked with working up and down the pitch connecting every facet of the team and be relied upon to just simply make things work. The manager got his player and it remains to be seen if the club record fee will pay off.



RM, Marc Albrighton, England, 27 yrs old, 73 OVR - £1,250,000 from Leicester City

Albrighton comes from another recently promoted side in Leicester City. A right sided midfielder with a fantastic ability to pick out teammates with his crosses, he looks to be set to take over as first choice right away. He and Odubajo will look to dominate the right side of the pitch working the overlaps in order to send balls into the box for the big guys like Abraham to try to win in the air.



LB, Joe Bryan, England, 24 yrs old, 73 OVR - £2,500,000 from Bristol City

Another left back signing brought in the go along with Dickenson who arrived on a pre-contract. Bryan is regarded more highly around the English leagues and should be the choice to earn that left back spot. He comes with an abundance of pace and an ability to cross that seems to be the trademark style of play the manager wants from his outside defenders. Fans should see him bombing forward all season long to get involved in the attack.



GK, Stephen Henderson, Ireland, 29 yrs old, 70 OVR - £700,000 from Charlton Athletic

Henderson is a true journeyman of the game having spent time with 9 different clubs either on loan or on a permanent basis. He has a large frame and can cover a wide area of his goal making him hard to beat when he positions himself well. With the sale of George Long the manager turned to Henderson to bring in an experienced keeper to take on the rigors of the Premier League rather than rely on the inexperienced academy graduate Bassala Barcham.



ST, James Collins, Ireland, 26 yrs old, 67 OVR - £450,000 from Shrewsbury Town

Abraham solidified himself in the striker position last year, but there still wasn't any other forwards who could fill in for him if he were to go down injured or needed to just simply rest. That's where James Collins comes in. Coming from the lower league side Shrewsbury, Collins is the type of forward who can get up and win the ball from defenders and truly create a target for the skilled crossers that the manager has been bringing in. This is a depth signing, but it is one that was certainly needed as insurance.

[southernmetalhead]

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U.S. Avellino 1912
Lupi (Wolves)



Hagi Appointed to Lead Avellino to Serie A

U.S. Avellino 1912 held a press conference today to introduce the Serie B side's newest manager, footballing legend Gheorghe Hagi. The 50-year-old, who is known as "The King" in his native Romania, has managed various teams since retiring in 2001, including Romania, Bursaspor, and Galatasaray on two occasions. Hagi now returns to Italy where he played from 1992-1994 with Brescia. Avellino has not played top-flight football since 1988 and have faced severe financial difficulties in recent years which culminated with a bankruptcy in 2009. The Wolves gained promotion to Serie B for the 2013-14 season, and now are looking to take that next step in the coming seasons to end a Serie A drought that has reached over 25 years.


The Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Daniel Offredi, 63 Ovr, 27 years old, Italy

GK Pierluigi Frattali, 59 Ovr, 29 years old, Italy

GK Tommaso Bianco, 52 Ovr, 20 years old, Italy

Defenders
CB Angelo Rea, 66 Ovr, 33 years old, Italy

CB Alessandro Ligi*, 66 Ovr, 25 years old, Italy
(*on loan from Bari)

CB Milan Nitrianský, 66 Ovr, 24 years old, Czech Republic

CB Marco Chiosa*, 66 Ovr, 21 years old, Italy
(*on loan from Torino)

RB Constantin Nica*, 63 Ovr, 22 years old, Romania
(*on loan from Atalanta)

RB Simone Petricciuolo, 61 Ovr, 20 years old, Italy

LB Maxime Giron, 57 Ovr, 20 years old, France

Midfielders
LM Antonio Zito, 69 Ovr, 29 years old, Italy

CM Davide Gavazzi, 67 Ovr, 29 years old, Italy

CM Eros Schiavon, 66 Ovr, 32 years old, Italy

CM William Jidayi, 65 Ovr, 30 years old, Italy

CM Mariano Arini, 65 Ovr, 28 years old, Italy

CM Angelo D'Angelo, 63 Ovr, 29 years old, Italy

CDM Eugênio Rômulo Togni, 62 Ovr, 32 years old, Brazil

LM Pietro Visconti, 59 Ovr, 26 years old, Italy

CM Guido D'Attilio, 55 Ovr, 21 years old, Italy

CDM Davide Biraschi, 55 Ovr, 20 years old, Italy

Attackers
ST Francesco Tavano, 72 Ovr, 36 years old, Italy

ST Marcello Trotta, 70 Ovr, 22 years old, Italy

ST Benjamin Mokulu, 70 Ovr, 25 years old, Belgium

ST Luigi Castaldo, 69 Ovr, 33 years old, Italy

RW Roberto Insigne*, 66 Ovr, 21 years old, Italy
(*on loan from Napoli)

RW Gennaro Tutino*, 64 Ovr, 18 years old, Italy
(*on loan from Napoli)

ST Mohamed Soumaré, 62 Ovr, 19 years old, Belgium

ST Demiro Pozzebon, 58 Ovr, 26 years old, Italy


Starting XI

Formation: 4-2-3-1

[Josh4]

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Josh4 Hull City - Season 1 - Premier League update 4

MatchDay 5: Hull City(1-2-1) v West Ham(0-2-2) at Boleyn Ground

Spoiler

11' Valencia, 84' Song
Complete domination by West Ham in this one as they picked up their fast win of the season. Townsend and Diame returned from injury for Hull City but neither were able to do much against the Hammers defense.
Result: 2-0 Loss
MOMT: Livermore(7.2 rating, 4 key passes)

MatchDay 6: Hull City(1-2-2) v Watford(1-2-2) at KC Stadium

Spoiler

64' Ighalo, 79' Aluko
Pretty even match as Hull City were able to score a late goal to draw a point. Gnaby came on as a 2nd half sub to provide his 1st assist for Hull.
Result: 1-1 Draw
MOMT: Aluko(8.2 rating, goal, 3 shots on target, 2 key passes)

Capital One Cup Rd. 3: Hull City v Norwich at Carrow Road

Spoiler

33' Dawson
Hull scored their first set piece goal of the season off a corner that Dawson was able to get a head on to beat the keeper into the top right corner. Norwich showed why they were relugated last season as they were only able to put together 3 shots and 1 on target.
Result: 0-1 Win
MOMT: Lenihan(8.4 rating, 4 tackles, 3 blocks, key pass, 2 interceptions, 0 fouls)

MatchDay 7: Hull City(1-3-2) v Chelsea(4-0-1) at KC Stadium

Spoiler

64' Ighalo, 10' Hernandez, 38' Aluko, 89' Zouma, 90' Falcao
I have no words. This might be worse than the Southampton match to start the year when I blew a 3-0 lead. Up 2 with less than 5 minutes remaining and I fell apart. No idea what happened with Dawson at the end, a heavy touch and then I couldn't pass in time and was just embarressed. I hate everything.
Result: 2-2 Draw
MOMT: Hernandez(8.4 rating, goal, assist, 2 shots on target, 2 key passes)
Injury: Aluko - Sprained ankle and is out 4 weeks.

[texasbum06]

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FIFA 16 - Season 3

The Blades

August 2017

Sheffield United 1 - 1 Newcastle United
SHU - Townsend 41'
NEW - Boufal 49'
MOTM: Dickenson

Match Summary: Townsend opened up his Premier League debut with a bang when he got his head on the end of a Dickenson cross from the left and headed it past the keeper on the right post. Boufal played a fantastic give and go with Thauvin on the right and he got the ball back in the middle for the quick finish to equalize and secure a point against the newly promoted side.

Leicester City 2 - 2 Sheffield United
LEI - James 26', Ulloa 83'
SHU - Abraham 63', 80'
MOTM: Abraham

Match Summary: Okazaki played the ball across the box to James and he tapped it over to Ulloa who gave it right back and he powered a shot from the edge of the box into the top right corner. Dickenson sent in a cross and Townsend headed it at the goal but the keeper was able to push it off the post and Abraham was there to clean up the rebound. Townsend got free down the right side of the box and took the ball to the end line before picking out Abraham on the back post with a grounded cross for the tap in. Pritchard was unable to control a goal kick in the midfield and King took it away and sent it up ahead to Mahrez who laid it off quick for Ulloa on the right side and he fired his shot back across inside the left post for the equalizer.

Sheffield United 1 - 1 Norwich City
SHU - Abraham 49'
NOR - Jerome 63'
MOTM: Barcham

Match Summary: Dickenson send in a cross from the left wing and Cameron was there to flick it on towards the back post where Abraham was able to trap it and then finish it back across into the bottom left corner. Brady sent in a corner and Jerome was able to beat his man and head it powerfully into the top left corner for the equalizer.

Chelsea FC 4 - 1 Sheffield United
CHE - Matic 16', Nathan 30', 85', Costa 79'
SHU - Pritchard 89'
MOTM: Nathan

Match Summary: Costa's shot from the left side was stopped by the keeper but Matic was there to head in the rebound for the early lead. Willian sent in a cross from the right wing and Nathan found his way between two defenders to get his head on it and direct it inside the near post. Willian started attacking the right side of the box and then laid the ball off for Costa running in at the top and he fired a strong shot into the bottom left corner. Hazard wove his way through the defense and had his shot stopped by the keeper only to see it once again headed in off the rebound this time by Nathan. Pritchard attacked the right side of the box and then wrapped his right foot around the ball to score a fantastic goal into the top left corner.



League Table



Youth Academy

U-18
N/A

U-17
Brad Douglas - CDM, England, 63 OVR, 71-75 POT
Conor Moore - CDM, England, 50 OVR, 80-86 POT
Jamie McKenzie-Lyle - CM, England, 65 OVR, 91-94 POT
Kevan Essam - CDM, England, 47 OVR, 71-87 POT

U-16
Jonathan Taylor - RM, England, 49 OVR, 72-92 POT

U-15:
N/A

[moose141]

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Good to see that everyone is doing so well, nice to see some real friendly faces to put behind the text!

I've been traveling a **** ton for work recently, hence my real inability to get to spend some time going through everyone's updates. I will take the time to do exactly that though before my next post (following this one of course )

Obviously if you subscribed on Youtube you may have seen this already as I put it up late Tuesday, and if you haven't subscribed then you really should haha I'm nearing 600 subs and that would be fun to hit as I just love sharing this career with you guys.

Episode #65: YOUTH ACADEMY STAR!

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Good to see that everyone is doing so well, nice to see some real friendly faces to put behind the text!

I've been traveling a **** ton for work recently, hence my real inability to get to spend some time going through everyone's updates. I will take the time to do exactly that though before my next post (following this one of course )

Obviously if you subscribed on Youtube you may have seen this already as I put it up late Tuesday, and if you haven't subscribed then you really should haha I'm nearing 600 subs and that would be fun to hit as I just love sharing this career with you guys.

Episode #65: YOUTH ACADEMY STAR!

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That goal you scored against Sunderland

[vrabbit]

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I gotta catch up on Moose's videos I think I'm lagging on the last 2 or 3

[JHedges2]

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LIVERPOOL STEAL 3 POINTS FROM WATFORD

WATFORD – Liverpool, who were without captain Jordan Henderson came into a wintry Sunday at Vicarage Road riding tremendous momentum as of late. Winners of 4 of their last 5, and not having lost a league game since 4 October, it was the perfect storm for newly promoted Watford to take the wind of out the Reds’ sail. A game that seemed destined for a 0-0 stalemate, turned into Liverpool stealing 3 points from the home side, securing just their second league win away from Anfield.<p>

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Once into extra time, a Liverpool interception led to a lightning fast counter attack that saw Coutinho find the freshly subbed on Benteke who fired a shot into the top right corner of the goal—giving Liverpool the 3 points they needed to continue their climb up the table from their dreaful start in August.<p>

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This Is Anfield

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BREAKING NEWS

Liverpool forward Danny Ings' loan move to Nottingham Forest has been ruled unlawful as the Championship side is currently serving a transfer embargo for violating Football League financial regulations.

More on the story as it develops.

[vrabbit]

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The Globetrotter CM




'18-'19 July/August Update

The Roster

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Goalkeepers: Abdulaziz Demircan (70 OVR), Anthony Maisonnial (69 OVR).
Fullbacks: Dion Cools (72 OVR), Andres Tello (72 OVR - Loan), Georgiy Tigiev (71 OVR), Diego (71 OVR), Volkan Çetin (63 OVR).
Centre-backs: Victor Alonso (78 OVR), Larrys Mabiala (72 OVR), Marko Simić (67 OVR), Jonas Durmisi (65 OVR), Selim Özçal (64 OVR).
Midfielders/Wingers: Deniz Türüç (79 OVR), Oğulcan Çağlayan (77 OVR), Diego Biseswar (75 OVR), Samba Sow (73 OVR), Sinan Gümüş (72 OVR), Kofi Allen (70 OVR), Argus Gianakos (69 OVR), Sandros Lampros (68 OVR), Barış Özbek (65 OVR), Ángel Mena (63 OVR).
Strikers: Adalberto Peñaranda (74 OVR), Nikola Stojiljković (74 OVR), Ezequiel Ponce (71 OVR),Yakubu (66 OVR).

Starting XI (4-1-2-1-2)

Maisonnial

Cools/Mabiala/Alonso/Diego

Sow

Çağlayan --------------- Biseswar

Türüç

Peñaranda ------- Stojiljković

We went into last season with the goal of earning a top-5 finish to qualify for European competition even though the board only expected us to finish mid-table. We accomplished the goal we set out for ourselves but we now need to play in the qualifying round of the Euro League which will be its own challenge. The board this season has raised their expectations and is now asking us to qualify for European competition at the end of next season (through our placement in the League specifically). That will be a good challenge for us, especially if we're able to make some kind of run in the Euro League.

To tune up for the season we accepted in invitation to be in the European International Cup in pre-season, which took place in Belgium. Here's how we fared there:

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EIC - Group Match 1
Kayserispor - Nott'm Forest (1-1)
Sow 4' (Peñaranda)
Osborn 71'

Solid pre-season debut for us against a good FL Championship team. We weren't rusty on offense which was important for me, taking 7 shots (5 on goal).

EIC - Group Match 2
VfL Bochum - Kayserispor (0-1)
Çağlayan 65' (Tello)
Sow 38' (Bruised shoulder, out 5 days)

We actually played a really good game, firing 11 shots (9 on goal) and holding the Bundesliga 2 team to just 4 shots (1 on goal) but we were only able score once which luckily was good enough for us to put us in good position to clinch a spot in the semi-finals.

EIC - Group Match 3
Kayserispor - Sp. Charleroi (3-1)
Özbek 10' (Çağlayan)
Peñaranda 42' (pen)
Biseswar 48'
Pollet 88'

Our form continues to get better this pre-season as we go deeper into it and this time we easily handled one of the hosts clubs. I actually was a bit ticked off about not hanging on to the clean sheet but regardless we move on to the semi-finals of the EIC in first place in our group.

EIC - Semi Final
Kayserispor - SV Darmstadt (4-4, 4-3 PK's)
Stroh-Engel 30'
Kempe35'
Stroh-Engel 55'
Rausch 61'
Cools 65' (Sow)
Türüç 72' (Tigiev)
Yakubu 83' (pen)
Stojiljković 90+ (Türüç)

I was beside myself all game long. First watching our guys getting scored on for what seemed like eternity, to the point we were down 0-4 64 minutes in. Then losing my mind as we scored two goals in a 7-minute span to give ourselves a chance, culminating with a through pass by Türüç into the box to Stojiljković who would score the equalizer at 4 to push this game to penalty kicks, where we would win by a final of 4-3. We were all very emotional after this game even if it was just a pre-season game and in hindsight it was a good test to show ourselves that no matter what brakes don't go our way we have the skill and ability to overcome an adverse situation like that one.

EIC - Final
KAA Gent - Kayserispor (1-0)
Depoitre 11'
Peñaranda 59' (Sprained ankle, out 3 weeks)

Matz Sels showed up and showed out in this one, collecting 9 saves and a 9.3 game rating for the locals as the Belgian club took the pre-season trophy. Adding injury to insult is the fact that Peñaranda will at least miss the first couple of games to start the season.

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League Match 1
Gençlerbirliği - Kayserispor (1-1)
Koçer 27'
Sow 34' (Stojiljković)

Not bad for a season-opener on the road without one of our top strikers against a top-7 team from last season. 10 shots (5 on goal) will more often than not yield better results for us so I came out of this one feeling good about our form.

Euro League - Qualifying Round, 1st Leg
Kayserispor - Aalesunds FK (1-1)
Stojiljković 68' (Türüç)
James 90'
Türüç 85' (Sprained ankle, out 3 weeks)

Leke Samson James scored a dramatic equalizer right before stoppage time of the second half to give the Norwegian club a lot of momentum going into the second leg of this match-up which they'll get to play at home. Peñaranda will probably back in the lineup by then but now we'll be missing Türüç which (no offense to the Venezuelan striker) is an even bigger loss for us. We created a good number of scoring opportunities in this game (8 shots, 6 on target) but we couldn't seal the deal and ended up giving up what could be a very decisive goal.

League Match 2
Kayserispor - Mersin (1-1)
Peñaranda 34'
Sosa 66'

We were set up for a successful home opener against one of the worst teams in the league but we continue to not be able to convert on the multiple chances we create (10 shots, 8 on goal) and as a result we netted our third draw of the season in three games played. Undoubtedly we need to ramp up our form before it costs us heavily.

Euro League - Qualifying Round, 2nd Leg
Aalesunds FK - Kayserispor

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(2-2, 3-3 agg)

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James 10'
Carlsen 49'
Çağlayan 68' (Stojiljković)
Peñaranda 78' (pen)

I must say, it wasn't looking good early on. When UEFA announced the match-ups for this qualifying round we were feeling pretty good about our draw against a team that, on paper, we were superior to. But they proved a tough out and it took a big effort from our boys without our best player to mount a comeback and clinch a spot into the group stages of this competition. Would it be far-fetched to say that our performance in the semi-final of the pre-season tourney helped us here? I would say it did.


Çağlayan rocketed this shot across to cut the lead.


The joy of victory and the agony of defeat all in one picture.

Advancing by aggregate score, we're now on to the group stage of the Euro League and have been drawn into an interesting group:



Tottenham, last season's Euro League champion, will be a tough opponent obviously and SC Braga is interesting because we acquired Stojiljković from them just a few months ago so his return to their stadium will definitely be a fun headline. We should be able to handle our Scottish opponent.

Review: Four games and four draws?



That's just me poking fun at the overreaction analysts will have. Results are without question the most important aspect of the job but performance and execution are very important as well and when it comes to those I feel that we're doing them very well and therefore we should be able to start getting better results too. I foresaw us qualifying for the group stages of the Euro League in a not so difficult manner but hats off to Aalesunds and Mr. Fredriksen for giving us a hell of a battle. Türüç's absence is definitely noticeable in our game play though and I definitely look forward to getting him back. Thanks to FIFA-mandated break for international team play we'll Türüç will only miss one more game before being able to return to our lineup.

I don't think I mentioned it at the end of last season but with the funds we earned through our top-5 finish in the league we relieved Dragen Ujevic (3-star EXP/JUD) of his duties as youth scout to make room for a new hire at the position: Aleksiu Christakos (5-star EXP/JUD) from Greece. Christakos (Algeria), German scout Stefan Gersbeck (Turkey), and Turkish scout Kenan Gülle (Saudi Arabia) have all been sent on 3-month trips. (I remember someone previously asked why I do 3 months and not more and this is usually due to the limited budgets I work with as well as my desire to have diversity in my academies). Here's our youth squad at the moment:

LM - Athanasios Niarkhos (60 OVR, 82-88): 17-year old from Greece (Technically Gifted) whose agility (79), ball control (76) and dribbling (75) stand out. Doesn't possess the speed we desire for the position but we're hopeful that will come as he continues to grow.

CB - Emre Karaer (63 OVR, 81-87): 15-year old from Turkey who is Physically Strong and displays excellent aggression (83) to the ball. We're excited about his development and in no rush to promote him until we feel he's ready.

LW - Dragen Rennich (60 OVR, 77-83): 16-year old from Croatia with good acceleration (79) and balance (75). We expect a little growth from his current frame of 5'1" and 139lbs.

LW - Javier Fernandez (56 OVR, 77-83): 17-year old from Venezuela with good pace (79 acceleration, 70 speed) that will hopefully continue to grow. Good competition for Niarkhos and Rennich in the academy.

RW - Pavel Župan (56 OVR, 75-83): 17-year old from Serbia with good acceleration (73) and agility (73). We're still working on getting a full evaluation on him.

LW - Dragutin Puhovski (50 OVR, 70-82): 16-year old from Serbia with good pace (74 speed, 71 acceleration) and balance (72). He's a bit behind in the picking order at this position in the academy at the moment but hopefully he can catch up quickly.

RB - Fabian Lopez (57 OVR, 73-79): 17-year old from Venezuela who needs a lot of development. Doesn't possess the desired pace for the position at this point in time but hopefully he'll develop that. We don't expect him to grow taller than his current 5'11" frame so a move inside won't be an option for him.

As you may have noticed, Argus Gianakos is no longer part of the academy and if you took a look at the roster you noticed he's been promoted to the senior roster. I freaked out after Türüç's injury and promoted the greek super prospect but I'm starting to regret it because in a couple of weeks both Gianakos and Lampros are going to be battling for a limited amount of minutes. I may end up putting either or both up for short loan in the winter.

Gianakos is really a super prospect though:




September's Schedule:

2nd: at Eskişehirspor
7th: at Canada (International Friendly w/Venezuela)
11th: vs Ecuador (International Friendly w/Venezuela)
15th: vs Konyaspor
20th: at Tottenham
23rd: at Bursaspor
29th: vs Galatasary

Thanks for reading