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U20. I know the big ones like Halilovic and Mastour for Barca and AC Milan but not many others, there's the kid for Arsenal Gideon as well as Julian Green. And I know most of the under 23 guys like Sterling, Kane, Draxler, Meyer, Martial, Depay, Januzaj, Zouma, etc. I am looking for the younger generation. I have googled wonderkids for FIFA and came up with those lists so that's how I know most of these names.Comment
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U20. I know the big ones like Halilovic and Mastour for Barca and AC Milan but not many others, there's the kid for Arsenal Gideon as well as Julian Green. And I know most of the under 23 guys like Sterling, Kane, Draxler, Meyer, Martial, Depay, etc. I am looking for the younger generation. I have googled wonderkids for FIFA and came up with those lists so that's how I know most of these names.
There are few things in football more exciting than seeing a young player in full flow, with the potential for glory in front of him and no fears to hold him back...
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Here is my favorite way to look up young players though. I use Sofifa, and use the sorting funtions.
default rosters: http://sofifa.com/players?hl=en-GB&t...&v=15&e=157739
most recent rosters: http://sofifa.com/players?hl=en-GB&t...&v=15&e=158089
I'm not sure if those will show up with the sorting done right, but you can set which age ranges you want, and then order it to list highest potential first.Comment
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Thanks, Tex. Now onto my Career. This is going to be very quick and not detailed because I had something all typed out and I just deleted it on accident,.
I got bored of using top teams and no challenge. So I decide to take Spurs and form them into a powerhouse over the years. I'm in my second season. Major changes include bringing in Charlie Austin, Raheem Sterling, Schneiderlin, Clyne, Januzaj and Cisse. I sold Eriksen, Mason, Kaboul, Adebayor, Soldado and a couple other pieces. In my first season I finished in 2nd place behind City with a career from Eriksen, which is what made me cash in on him, and a great scoring quartet of Kane, Eriksen, Austin and Cisse. They totaled over 40 goals together and all were in the top 10 for goals scored in the EPL. We won one of the Domestic Cups and reached the finals of the other. In EuroLeague we lost to Juve in the finals. Our goals were, in order of League, Domestic, Euro, to finish in a Champions League position, reach the semis, and win. So I completed 2/3 of my goals. And I was being chased by numerous small nations to coach their national teams but I decided against it as I wanted to focus on White Hart Lane for the time being.
Now on my second season I am in October. And we are first in the league with 23 points, 2 points ahead of Man U. Our Champions League group is PSG, Spurs, Fenerbahce, and FC Kobenhavn. We are sitting in 2nd, behind PSG with 6 points and PSG has 9. Kane is leading the EPL in goals with 8 ahead Jovetic and Al Shamrani. Austin and Sterling have 4 goals apiece. Charlie Austin is tied for EPL lead in assists with 4 and Raheem is second with 3. Kane has 3. Lloris has 2 clean sheets on the campaign. I was offered the Brazilian coaching job and accepted it.
So that's all I got for now. Sorry for the lack of detail I didn't want to write up my whole thing again.Comment
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Leicester City Season 1 (3) - January and February Update
January
Leicester City 4 - Vardy 19', Nugent 45', Byrtek 64' (OG), Kramaric 84'
Norwich City 4 - Ofoe 12', Grabban 32', 51', 61'
FA Cup Round 3
Leicester City 2 - Nugent 64' (PEN), 78'
Southampton 2 - Ward-Prowse 19', Clasie 83'
Millwall 3 - Aleksic 14', 44', Gueye 82'
Leicester City 1 - Zivkovic 69'
Southampton 4 - Pelle 26', 34', 113', Davis 39'
Leicester City 5 - Schlupp 38', Vardy 43', 115', James 90', Nugent 108'
Leicester City 1 - James 61'
Blackburn Rovers 2 - Mahone 32', Hanley 41'
FA Cup Round of 16
Leicester City 2 - Zivkovic 12', 60'
Stoke City 3 - Ezekiel 25', Diouf 88', 90'
January was a very bad month for us. We only won 1 game and that was only a cup game. Kramaric sold to Manchester United early on in the month, so we were lacking inspiration from him. We went out of the cup but achieved our aim.WE were waiting for transfers to go throuhg for this month, so we were a little distracted for the games we played. Still that is no excuse to lose like we did to the teams we should have been beating. If promotion is still to be achieved, we need to make the right signings and imporve on our defending. Scoring wise, we dont have a problem, scoring the most in the league, but we concede to many goals and that cannot carry on for the rest of the season.
Transfers In
Johannsson (ST, 73 OVR, 26y) from AZ Alkmar for £2m + Vardy
Weiser (RM, 69 OVR, 22y) from Bayern Minuch for season-long loan
Thiam (CDM, 69 OVR, 20y) from Chelsea for season-long loan
Behich (LB, 68 OVR, 26y) from Bursaspor for £1.4m
Vestergaard (CB, 74 OVR, 24y) from Werder Bremen fot £2.5m + Huth
Ryan (GK, 77 OVR, 24y) from Club Brugge for £2.5m + Mahrez
Bia (LM, 73 OVR, 27y) from Standard Liege fpr £0 + Wood
Transfers Out
Kramaric (ST, 78 OVR, 25y) to Manchester United for £15m
Lawrence (LM, 65 OVR, 23y) to Sheffied Wednesday for £450,000
Fulton (CM, 67 OVR, 22y) to Birmingham City for season-long loan
February
Leicester City 1 - Zivkovic 41'
Reading 0
Middlesbrough 0
Leicester City 1 - Johannsson 29'
Leicester City 0
Burnley 1 -
Wigan Athletic 0
Leicester City 3 - James 22', Zivkovic 40', 48'
Leicester City 2 - Vilhena 26', Drinkwater 34'
Brentford 1 - Jota 19'
Breaking News! King (CM) has suffered a medial collateral ligament and is out of action for 2 months.
Championship Table as of March 1st
1. Norwich City 63
2. Derby County 60
3. Leicester City 60
4. Burnley 60
5. Fulham 54
6. Ipswich 52
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22. Brighton 28
23. Rotheram Utd 24
24. MK Dons 17
February has been a great month for us. We only lost 1 game, which was a 1-0, a vast improvement on our previous form. We managed 3 clean sheets this month, which is amazing and won 4 games, pushing us closer to that top spot. This may be down to a change of formation, where we changed from a 4-4-2 to a 4-1-4-1, giving us a defensive midfielder to support the defenders. We also recruited Matthew Ryan (GK) from Club Brugge and Vetergaard (CB) from Werder Bremen, who have inspired our team defensively since their arrival. This addition of a new CB has also springed life into summer signing Hintergger, who has been in terrific form as of late when paying with Vestergaard. and with Ryan in goal making saves that Schmiechal unfortabany hasnt been able to make, maybe I have finally found the right defenders to move forward with. With Drinkwater as the new club captain controlling the midfield and Zivkovic scoring goals up front, we may be able to push forward and win the league.
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RB Leipzig 2019/20
January Transfers 2019/20
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I'll start with the big departure of the window which was Max Meyer leaving for Manchester City for £40,500,000. After handing in a transfer request I felt it was for the best that we cashed in on the midfielder as we didn't want to keep a player who didn't want to play for the club. We were happy with the fee Manchester City offered and we were able to strengthen the team not only for now but also for next season as well. We also loaned out of the younger players Fabian Winter and Alexandre Silva both players who feature in the clubs long term plans but right now I felt it was best they go out on loan to get more regular game time.
Now onto the arrivals. We completed the double signing of Viktor Vischer & Lucas Andersen for a combined fee of £22,000,000 from Ajax. Fischer in particular was bought in to be Meyer's replacement and Andersen to fill the void left by Draxler at the start of the season. I felt that this was a good bit of business and am sure that they will bring success to the club. Our biggest signing of the window was a player RB Leipzig fans will know all to well after the amount of goals he has scored past us, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for a club record £25,000,000 from Bor.Dortmund. We have a been lacking that world class striker and I have finally fixed the problem and now I'm sure we can be a real force in all competitions year in year out. We are pleased to announce of the signing of two players for next season as well Yacine Brahimi of FC Porto and Robin Knockeof Wolfsburg. These are 2 signings that will add real quality and depth to the squad and we look forward to seeing them in action next season.
January & February 2020 Results
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January went well with two 2 - 0 victories despite being without playmaker Max Meyer due to the speculation surrounding his future. The players who were playing got on with the job were fantastic both from an attacking and defensive standpoint. One of the most pleasing things is that we have a variety of players scoring goals and not just relying on the one player which we have had in previous years.
February was a mixed month, due to being 16 points clear at the top at the time we took our foot of the gas a little and that resulted in a draw against Wolfsburg and a loss to Bayern but I don't think it done any real damange to the title picture. We will keep going strong until the end but something would have to go incredibly wrong for us not to be crowned Bundesliga Champions this season. Aubameyang made a return to former club Bor.Dortmund scoring 2 against his former club to show them what they are missing. We got through to the Semi Finals of the Desutcher Pokal after a narrow 1 - 0 victory over Stuggart in a game that saw 2 missed penalties a red card and extra time, but we are through and that is the main thing. In the Champions League we drew Chelsea in the round of 16 and with the first leg being at home it was important that we kept a clean sheet going into the away leg. That we did, after a 2 - 0 victory puts us in the driving seat for the return leg next month.
Bundsliga Table 2019/20
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We are now 14 points clear at the top after dropping points in February but even so we should have the league wrapped up with around 4 or 5 games to go should we continue the excellent form we have shown all season. There are no real surprises with the league table this year apart from Hoffenheim being so close to the relgation zone, especially as they have been nearer the champions league places for the last 2 seasons. Eint.Frankfurt are making another push for Europe and Werder Bremen may finally get relegated after staying up for the last 3 years by winning the relegation play off match.
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Portsmouth FC
FIFA 15 - Season 4
Pompey's March to the Top
November 2017
Portsmouth FC 2 - 0 Derby County
POR - Pack 80' (PEN), Veldwijk 90'
MOTM: Pack
Russell got the ball in the box and he was taken out from behind by a sliding challenge allowing Pack to power the ball into the top right corner from the penalty spot. Adams found Pack in the middle of the box and his shot was deflected by the defender to the right where Veldwijk was unmarked and fired the ball across to the top left corner.
AFC Bournemouth 2 - 0 Portsmouth FC
BOU - Ritchie 45', Jara 90'
MOTM: Cropper
Daniels sent a cross in from the left wing and Ritchie got between two defenders to head it towards Cropper who pushed his save attempt up into the top of the net for the opening goal. Surman found Jara running free towards the right side of the goal and he placed it back across off the left post and in.
Portsmouth FC 2 - 0 Barnsley FC
POR - Russell 17', Veldwijk 76'
MOTM: Pack
Pereira sent a corner in and the keeper punched it out but it was deflected back towards goal and Russell was the first to the ball to knock it into the open net. Hahn won the ball on the left wing and played the ball through the middle for Veldwijk to run on to and slot it just to the right of the keeper as he charged out.
Millwall FC 0 - 0 Portsmouth FC
MOTM: Banguera
Portsmouth controlled the possession battle, but in the end neither team deserved to take the win. Both had a poor showing that left a lot to be desired.
Portsmouth FC 1 - 0 Birmingham City
POR - Veldwijk - 80'
MOTM: Pack
Veldwijk picked up the ball outside of the box and held off a defender as he pushed it into the middle to blast a shot that hit off the keeper and into the top right corner.
Capital One Cup Quarter Final
Portsmouth FC 3 - 2 West Ham United
POR - Russell 24', Çiftçi 67', Jamieson IV 86'
WHU - Holla 69' (OG), Sakho 79'
MOTM: Çiftçi
Çiftçi found Russell running into the right side of the box and he took a touch before firing just past the keeper and into the net for the early lead. Pereira played the ball to Çiftçi in the middle of the box and he used some quick dribbling to weave through the defense and then place the ball around the keeper. While attempting to clear a cross, Holla rose up inside his own box and connected with the ball, but his header went back towards his own goal and the keeper was unable to reach the ball in time. O'Brien whipped a cross in from the right wing and Sahko was able to get his head on the ball and place it back inside the near post. Çiftçi won the ball and held of the last defender to go through on goal and slide the ball across the box for Jamieson to tap in for the winner and a spot in the semi-final for the second straight year.
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, 60-64 OVR, 83-89 Potential, Winger
Paddy O'Neill - 15 yrs old, Ireland, RM, 47-49 OVR, 76-82 Potential, Playmaker
Monthly Highlights
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Manager Comments
League Play - Nowhere near as dominating as the previous month. A loss and a draw closed the gap between second a little more, but we are still comfortably ahead of the pack. Our attack was lacking in creativity for much of this month, and we just couldn't seem to find the back of the net as regularly as we have been accustomed to. Our forwards need to pick it up if we want to maintain our spot. Bradford Jamieson returning should provide a boost. He made two sub appearances at the end of the month and scored the winning goal against West Ham.
Capital One Cup - We are moving on to the Semi-Final for the second straight season. We took control of the match early and looked like we would win comfortably until Holla made a mistake on a clearance and put the ball into our own net. They equalized not long after, but Jamieson in his second game back was our savior and sent us through to the semi-finals. We will now play two legs against Tottenham for a chance to move on to the final. Manchester United will be playing our rivals Southampton on the other side of the bracket.
Injury News - As mentioned above, Bradford Jamieson is healthy and back into the rotation. For an instance we had an injury free squad, but Blair Adams went down at the end of the month with an ankle injury and will miss the next 4 weeks. We have been fortunate so far this season to have been relatively injury free, but that can always change in an instant.
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Mellon's Shrews: November 2014
FL2: Match 16
Northampton 2-1 Shrewsbury
NHT: 11' (Pen) 70' Richards
SHR: 33' Collins
•Richards' brace was enough for Northampton.
•His first was thanks to a penalty given away by Wesolowski. Second because of poor defending allowing him to run straight through.
•Collins scored his 7th league goal in between. Lawrence giving him the ball and the Irish striker getting around the defender with a ball roll before finishing past the keeper.
•This was Ellis' first game in the first team, replacing Knight-Percival because of good form.
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FL2: Match 17
Shrewsbury 1-1 Bury
SHR: 80' Caton
BRY: 56' Platt
•We were easily the better side throughout the game.
•Platt got a very lucky goal. A shot was deflected onto the post and he was there for the rebound.
•Mangan returned from injury off the bench and got a solid 20 minutes in.
•Woods swung in a corner to the edge of the 6 yard box to where Caton was waiting for the header.
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FA Cup: Round 1
Shrewsbury 1-1 York City
SHR: 28' Akpa Akpro
YOR: 55' Summerfield
•A 4-4-2 Narrow Diamond didn't work today with the B Team.
•Caton slipped Akpa Akpro through for the opening goal just before the half hour mark.
•We struggled from then on for clear cut chances and York got a break.
•A tackle knocked the ball into Summerfield's path and he smashed it into the net past Leutwiler.
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J. Paint Trophy: Area Quarter Final
Shrewsbury 0-1 Wycombe (aet)
WYC: 94' Craig
•Steven Craig's front post header off a corner early in extra time knocked us out of our second cup competition.
•We, Gornell especially, wasted too many chances to win the game.
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FL2: Match 18
Carlisle United 0-1 Shrewsbury
SHR: 69' Collins
•It was goal number 10 for Collins as he bamboozled the last defender before finishing into the corner.
•Gornell had a chance late on but the result was never in doubt.
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FL2: Match 19
Shrewsbury 3-0 Burton Albion
SHR: 9' (Pen) 22' Mangan 17' Caton
BA: 86' McLaughlin s/o
•Terry Gornell moved down to the B Team because of only one striker role on the first team available now. He still couldn't score to save his life. He got in the positions but didn't have the finishing touch.
•Mangan had a great game today on the right, scoring a brace and creating chances.
•Akins brought Akpa Akpro down for the penalty and Mangan sent McLaughlin the wrong way.
•A first time pass from McAllister sent Caton away and he found the net comfortably.
•Mangan then finished the game off when Gornell's sliced volley fell to him and he tucked it away.
•McLaughlin was sent off for Burton late on when he lost the ball outside his box to Vernon and then took him down.
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FA Cup: Round 1 Replay
York City 0-3 Shrewsbury
SHR: 7' (Pen) 71' (Pen) Collins 81' Demetriou
•Woods was taken down inside 10 minutes allowing Collins to dispatch a penalty.
•The next goal was also a penalty. This time, Clark was the one fouled but the end result was the same.
•Left back Demetriou then found himself in York's area and shooting into the bottom right corner for a rare goal.
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FL2: Match 20
Shrewsbury 1-0 Stevenage
SHR: 13' Gornell
•A scrappy game inevitably had a scrappy goal. Gornell and a defender were tussling, for a ball that went up into the air, and Beasant came charging out only to see Gornell heading it over him and into the empty net.
•Both sides had already hit the post inside the first 10 minutes and Griffith hit it again with around 12 minutes to go.
•If there was ever going to be a second goal, we were the ones most likely to score it after having several good chances.
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League Table
1. Portsmouth 48
2. Shrewsbury 47
3. Plymouth Argyle 40
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4. Tranmere Rovers 36
5. York City 36
6. Morecambe 30
7. Carlisle United 29
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21. AFC Wimbledon 16
22. Exeter City 15
23. Dagenham 15
24. Accrington 11
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I got my exam results today and I got everything I needed! My highlights were A* in Maths, A in Statistics, A in English Language and a B in Further Maths. I'm slightly disappointed that I didn't get an A in Science, French and English Literature, but I got what I needed an that makes me happyComment
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Bologna S02
February
We started our four away games this month with a 4-1 pummelling of Parma as Mancosu bagged a hat-trick that included a penalty. The fourth goal was a Mirante own goal caused when the goalkeeper let a rapid ball slide through his legs and into goal. Palladino bagged a late consolation goal for the home team. Zuculini suffered a knee sprain and will be out for 4 weeks.
The next game brough us back to earth. Fiorentina beat us 3-1 as Gomez grabbed two and Angeliño plonked in a late own goal to give away a very cheap loss. Mbaya scored a stonking goal for us but couldn't get everyone else to play at his level. Mancosu had a very rare day to forget, but Cataldi was poor for the third or fourth game running. We need to be stronger.
We then had two games at San Siro, winning both 1-0. Against Inter it was Maietta who gave us defensive solidity and against Milan, we relied on him again as they put 13/24 shots on target. Mancosu ends February with 5 goals to be player of the month. Roma lead Juventus by one point 59 to 58, with Inter, Lazio and Fiorentina far behind them both.
March
We had just three games this month. We beat Chievo 2-1 with Cataldi and Mancosu scoring for us. They had a late equaliser disallowed rightly for offside. We beat Bari 2-0 through the same scorers, with Mancosu coming up to 18 for the season. We lose 3-0 to Roma as De Rossi, Keita and Strootman made it good day for their midfield trio. Roma stil lead with 63.
April
It was a big month in terms of games and number of fixtures. We drew Palermo 1-1 with Mbaye rescuing a point after Dybala's penalty. We lost 1-0 to Juventus despite playing much of the game with a spare man after Pogba got sent off, Morata coming on to score the winner. Two days later, we lost 1-0 to Torino as well thanks to Fernandão's goal before halftime.
We continued our poor form with a 2-1 loss to Lazio. Radu was injured right at kick-off, but Lulić and Tounkara sealed it for them with late goals despite Angeliño putting us up before halftime. We held Udinese to a 0-0 draw just to get our touch back to normal, but Ikoko was sent off right after halftime for two clumsy tackles. We still held on, which is a huge bonus at this time.
We ended the month with a horrible 1-0 loss to Catania. Çop managed to tap in the rebound after having his penalty saved. A surprise awaits in the table as Inter have capitalised on Juventus and Roma dropping points. They are on 74 points with the other two right behind on 72. Lazio and Fiorentina round out the top 5 but have no chance of catching up to any of the big 3.
May
We drew 1-1 with Cagliari as Mancosu picked up goal no. 19 after a whole month without scoring, cancelling out Sau's diving header in the first half to save a point. At this point we were ruled out of European football by simple mathematics. We lost 2-0 to Napoli with Higuaín scoring twice to finally get back to the top of the scoring charts going into the final day of the season.
We were up against Genoa needing a win to finish seventh. Inter needed a win over Napoli to seal the title while Juventus needed them to lose, and Roma were out completely. Bernardeschi put us up early, Mancosu doubled that lead late on, and we held on against a late Zé Eduardo goal to pick up a win and shake off much of our poor form. Mancosu finishes with 20 goals.
Inter crushed Napoli 3-0 to win the title in thrilling fashion after being third for much of the season. Higuaín picked up the Golden Boot despite Mancosu also bagging 20 goals. Juventus won the TIM Cup, Real Madrid won the Champions League, and Everton won the Europa League. Other league winners are Chelsea, PSG, Bayern, Ajax, Sporting, Zenit and Real Madrid.
We picked up €6.3 million in prize money for our league success. I hope we will be given at least €10 million to play with next season. Speaking of the next campaign, it's Sassuolo, La Spezia and Brescia who will be joining us after being promoted from Serie B. Chievo, Catania and Bari are relegated for their dismal performances, all three failing to collect 35 points.
Inter 83
Juventus 81
Roma 87
Lazio 65
Fiorentina 65
Napoli 60
Bologna 59
Torino 55
Cagliari 52
Milan 51
Verona 49
Genoa 47
Sampdoria 44
Palermo 43
Udinese 43
Parma 40
Atalanta 40
Chievo 34
Catania 32
Bari 24
I hope you guys have enjoyed this season. I will be posting the squad review next. The new format will start from next season.
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I got my exam results today and I got everything I needed! My highlights were A* in Maths, A in Statistics, A in English Language and a B in Further Maths. I'm slightly disappointed that I didn't get an A in Science, French and English Literature, but I got what I needed an that makes me happy
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Bologna S02: Squad Report
GK Fehmi Mert Günok - 75 (+1)
40 appearances, 1 assists, 9 clean sheets
Fehmi was our most consistent performer and one of only two players to play 90 minutes in all 40 of our matches. There is no question of him leaving the club next season, not even for a huge fee.
GK Koen Casteels - 70
0 appearances
Very much a case of 'thanks and goodbye'. He was always going to be a backup and nothing more. Günok was never going to be displaced. We won't be looking to bring him back because of his wages.
RB Jordan Ikoko - 71 (+4)
22 appearances, 1 goal, 3 assists, 4 clean sheets
Jordan stepped up and really took the RB spot as his own. He has the same pace as Douglas but offers a little more physicality going forward, which means he loses the ball less often. Our first choice at RB.
RB Douglas - 70
23 appearances, 2 assists, 4 clean sheets
Douglas started the season as undisputed no. 1 at the RB position but lost his spot to Ikoko midway through. He has a lot of work to do if he wants to reclaim that spot.
CB Domenico Maietta 70 (-1)
20 appearances, 5 clean sheets
Maietta showed us that experience is crucial. He lost his spot to a younger player but was called back to plug the gap when we started conceding too often, and he did just that. He will be given a contract extension if he accepts a slightly reduced role.
CB Marios Oikonomou 72 (+1)
40 appearances, 1 goal, 1 assist, 9 clean sheets
Our best defender. He played every minute of our season. Strong, quick and aware, he has all the qualities to lead our defence for years to come. I would do anything to keep him happy.
CB Alessio Romagnoli 72 (+1)
18 appearances, 2 clean sheets
Never really impressed. He showed a lot of promise but never really got to the point where he capitalised on it. There is no way I'm spending €2.5 million on this kid. Loan done.
CB Maxence Chapuis 67 (+4)
8 appearances, 1 clean sheet
Plays a lot better than his stats suggest. He might very well give Maietta a run for his money as our backup CB next season. Listed as having great potential, he grew enough to suggest that's not inaccurate.
LB Angeliño 70 (+2)
37 appearances, 1 goal, 4 clean sheets
A fantastic performer at LB but won't have his option exercised. His fee is more than reasonable but at €25,000, his wage demands are a bit too steep for a player of his level. Thanks and goodbye.
CM Franco Zuculini 73 (+1)
38 appearances, 2 goals, 1 assists
Stepped up as our main defensive presence in midfield. Still gets muscled off the ball a lot, but he has the ability now to get a pass off before the lack of physicality becomes an issue.
CM Federico Casarini 68 (+1)
34 appearances, 2 goals, 4 assists
The only Bologna academy graduate in the team. Runs all day, plays for the shirt, does his best every game. He was consistent and came up with valuable contributions. A candidate for captaincy next season.
CM Danilo Cataldi 71 (+2)
31 appearances, 6 goals, 5 assists
Improved in his role as advanced playmaker. Acted a bit like a second striker to Mancosu at times. He's getting better with each passing day, but a big offer may turn my head. Certainly not irreplacable.
CM Marcel Büchel 69 (+2)
3 appearances
Didn't really feature much due to the form and fitness of our preferred midfielders. Listed for transfer.
LM Ibrahima Mbaye 72 (+4)
35 appearances, 4 goals, 2 assists
Fantastic performer. He always tracks back to help out his full back, but this is a strength and a weakness. Played in an advanced role to find his best position. We need a second edge in attack so Ibra will play at LB next season.
CAM Leonardo Suárez 64
12 appearances, 1 goal, 1 assist
Capable reserve who can start the odd game if needed. Very quick and agile but lacks the talent to create when it's most required. Definitely staying, just not anywhere near the first team.
CAM Martí Riverola 70 (+3)
10 appearances, 1 assist
Underrated playmaker who should have got way more time on the pitch. He combines athleticism with technique. Certainly going to be a key player next season, perhaps even a contender for the primary playmaker role.
RW Federico Bernardeschi 76 (+2)
25 appearances, 3 goals, 3 assists
Injury and bouts of poor form kept him from finding any sort of rhythm. But all things considered, he made a significant contribution. Certainly our most gifted player but it will be hard to resist a big offer from an elite suitor.
ST Samed Yesil 69 (+1)
19 appearances, 2 goals, 1 assist
Bought more as an investment if I am completely honest. He's a good backup but I would pounce on any offer upwards of €5 million. Quick and nimble but really weak. Requires a change in formation to be effective.
ST Matteo Mancosu 73 (+1)
39 appearances, 21 goals, 6 assists
Our king and leader. Is there even a competitor for our player of the season award? He destroyed teams and scored half-chances that had no business being scored. But there is no room for sentiment in success, and if there is any sign of decline this summer, offers of €5 million-plus will be considered.
ST Maxwel Cornet 65 (+1)
5 appearances, 1 goal, 1 assist
I feel bad not giving Max more games. He got upset towards the end of the season and rightly so. One of our more promising player. He will play a bigger role next season.
ST Rubén Bentancourt 66 (+3)
10 apperances, 6 goals, 3 assists
What a return. Certainly our best player if you look at goals/assists per game. If Mancosu does go, expect him to take up the mantle. If he doesn't, Rubén will still provide ample support. He will certainly get more games.
Requirements for next season
DEF - A dominant central defender is required who can stand on the same level as Oikonomou. We conceded too many last season due to Romagnoli's lack of experience and Maietta's lack of athleticism, so it will be important to rectify the situation as early as possible. A full preseason will benefit us.
MID - Zuculini can be used as makeweight as we seek to upgrade to a more physically imposing defender who combines aggression and fear factor with elegant technique. In short, we need Patrick Vieira or Sergio Busquets.
ATT - Mancosu has been our primary goal threat for a number of reasons. The system has been tailored to make use of his skill set, and nobody else has stepped up to the plate. Bernardeschi is very much a provider first and a scorer second, so we need a left-sided forward who can score 10 goals.
SUB/RES - Depth is going to be important. Anyone we sell must be replaced quickly and adequately. In addition to this we have to ensure our bench is full of players who can reliably be called upon to make an impact. We need game-changers in defence, midfield and attack on the bench at all times.
Tactics - Preseason will let me experiment with two formations I am curious to try out. Now that we have a squad more suited to 4-3-2-1, I want to give that a go. I also want to experiment with three in defence and a flat, four-man midfield. Mbaye is growing nicely into the perfect wing back, and Ikoko looks like he would do well in that position as well. I'd like to see what 3-4-2-1 and 3-4-1-2 play like, and hopefully we can get something going as an alternative to 4-2-3-1 so that we aren't always predictable.
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