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FIFA 16
Everton Career Mode
Really, Season 2, Cruzerr? Is this a prank?
SEASON 2
The Toffees quest on for European success
If there is anything to note from last season, it is, that these two men turned the league upside down.
So, before we get into everything that we have to look forward to this season, lets just take a trip back to the start of last season.
Picture this, a broken Everton squad, both physically and morally, finishes 11th, with Martinez getting the sack and many big players wanting to leave. In comes a new coach, who, completely revamps the whole youth system, the playstyle and the coaching staff. He begs his best players to stay, urging them to give him a chance, so they could take the next step. Everybody stays, and along with them, he brings in a young, unproven, Bundesliga goalkeeper, a West Ham reject and a man, who, eventually, gets injured for 5 months and misses most of the season.
If that is not a recipe for disaster, than I do not know, how you can classify all of that what I just wrote. It still seems so unbelievable that I can't even fathom it, while I am writing this.
So, what actually happens?
Well, the team forms the best defense in the league, play exciting football against big teams, have plenty of young players (such as Ledson, Browning, Galloway) step up into the first team to perform, have the leagues leading goalscorer and the same rookie goalkeeper finish with the most clean-sheets in the league.
What? How?
The job that Cruzerr has done with this team, has been phenomenal, and really probably is over-shadowed by the recent success story of Leicester. While yes, Everton had the talent all along, just could not get it to click, having a novice coach coming in and turning the whole thing upside down, has gotten both us (the media) and the fans talking about it.
Now the Toffees have finished forth, with guaranteed European football and money enough to improve the squad. And as we have learned from this pre-season, coach Cruzerr is not afraid to spend big to take the next step.
Young Okore joins the Toffees on a free transfer from Villa Park.
One of the bigger and most conflicting decisions that Cruzerr has done in the recent weeks, is that he has completely disregarded the pre-season games for Everton, as they will not play a single game this pre-season. While many think that is complete rubbish, the coach feels that in order to take the next step, they must keep improving on their own game. "Well, a lot will change this season for us. We had a strong season, but we need to make improvements. Without these games, we can focus on what is important for us: improving on our play and getting the new players fitted into the squad early."
And speaking of new players, he has his work caught up for himself, as he has brought in quite a few interesting players to improve the squad. Jores Okore has now joined the team after last years quite successful season with Aston Villa. WIth rumors floating of Funes Moris departure and worries of Rüdigers injury problem, the Toffees must be happy of signing a strong, defensive center back to strengthen the team.
Another new player that joins team from another Premier League side is Sadio Mane. The young, Senegalese midfielder/attacker has joined from Southampton for a fee of £13.000.000, adding in plenty of depth and experience of European football. But, going even younger, the English forward from Vitesse, Dominic Solanke, also has joined the Everton squad in a £15.000.000 transfer. And if you think that he is going to get little minutes, Oumar Niasse has left Everton to join Hoffenheim, so Solanke will be second fiddle to Lukaku.
William Carvalho might have been in Portugal last season, but he will have to endure the always rainy weather of Britain this year.
But the big transfer came later, as William Carvalho joined the Toffees in a huge, £24.500.000 deal. For a man, who has been chased by the biggest clubs in the world for quite a few seasons now, joining Everton was quite a surprise, as the story is that they outbid Manchester United to eventually get him to be a part of his team. However, Carvalho, or to call him by the name he will be wearing on his shirt, William was quite happy to join a promising "work in progress" than a poorly executed mega-team. "The heart of this team makes it seems that nobody is sure to have his spot, everybody works his hardest and it really showed with their recent success in the league. I am excited to give my best and be a part of this fantastic club."
And, if you think that Cruzerr forgot his youngsters, you are surely wrong, as three players have taken a step up from the U21 team to regular play with first team: Jack Hird, a 17 year old winger, Matthew Pym and Sam Byrne , both 16 year old full backs. While we couldn't get a word with them, Ryan Ledson had a say about a youngsters place in this team. "Coach trusts his players, even the young ones. It is quite nice to play in a team, where you know, that the coach has your back and even if you slip up, he will be there for you. Even players, who have gone out on loans, are still a part of his bigger picture. I am excited for the young guys, I won't be the only one bullied anymore!
Will Stones and Barkley be coached by Cruzerr also internationally?
To end it all, there has been plenty of rumors that Anthony Cruzerr has already accepted the England job, yet nothing certain yet. Whether that will affect Everton or the Three Lions or both, nobody knows. But, the magical coach had only one line to say, after we asked him how this season will go.
"We'll see."
Jeez, I will go grab my seatbelt early this year.
FIFA 16
Everton Career Mode
Really, Season 2, Cruzerr? Is this a prank?
SEASON 2
The Toffees quest on for European success
If there is anything to note from last season, it is, that these two men turned the league upside down.
So, before we get into everything that we have to look forward to this season, lets just take a trip back to the start of last season.
Picture this, a broken Everton squad, both physically and morally, finishes 11th, with Martinez getting the sack and many big players wanting to leave. In comes a new coach, who, completely revamps the whole youth system, the playstyle and the coaching staff. He begs his best players to stay, urging them to give him a chance, so they could take the next step. Everybody stays, and along with them, he brings in a young, unproven, Bundesliga goalkeeper, a West Ham reject and a man, who, eventually, gets injured for 5 months and misses most of the season.
If that is not a recipe for disaster, than I do not know, how you can classify all of that what I just wrote. It still seems so unbelievable that I can't even fathom it, while I am writing this.
So, what actually happens?
Well, the team forms the best defense in the league, play exciting football against big teams, have plenty of young players (such as Ledson, Browning, Galloway) step up into the first team to perform, have the leagues leading goalscorer and the same rookie goalkeeper finish with the most clean-sheets in the league.
What? How?
The job that Cruzerr has done with this team, has been phenomenal, and really probably is over-shadowed by the recent success story of Leicester. While yes, Everton had the talent all along, just could not get it to click, having a novice coach coming in and turning the whole thing upside down, has gotten both us (the media) and the fans talking about it.
Now the Toffees have finished forth, with guaranteed European football and money enough to improve the squad. And as we have learned from this pre-season, coach Cruzerr is not afraid to spend big to take the next step.
Young Okore joins the Toffees on a free transfer from Villa Park.
One of the bigger and most conflicting decisions that Cruzerr has done in the recent weeks, is that he has completely disregarded the pre-season games for Everton, as they will not play a single game this pre-season. While many think that is complete rubbish, the coach feels that in order to take the next step, they must keep improving on their own game. "Well, a lot will change this season for us. We had a strong season, but we need to make improvements. Without these games, we can focus on what is important for us: improving on our play and getting the new players fitted into the squad early."
And speaking of new players, he has his work caught up for himself, as he has brought in quite a few interesting players to improve the squad. Jores Okore has now joined the team after last years quite successful season with Aston Villa. WIth rumors floating of Funes Moris departure and worries of Rüdigers injury problem, the Toffees must be happy of signing a strong, defensive center back to strengthen the team.
Another new player that joins team from another Premier League side is Sadio Mane. The young, Senegalese midfielder/attacker has joined from Southampton for a fee of £13.000.000, adding in plenty of depth and experience of European football. But, going even younger, the English forward from Vitesse, Dominic Solanke, also has joined the Everton squad in a £15.000.000 transfer. And if you think that he is going to get little minutes, Oumar Niasse has left Everton to join Hoffenheim, so Solanke will be second fiddle to Lukaku.
William Carvalho might have been in Portugal last season, but he will have to endure the always rainy weather of Britain this year.
But the big transfer came later, as William Carvalho joined the Toffees in a huge, £24.500.000 deal. For a man, who has been chased by the biggest clubs in the world for quite a few seasons now, joining Everton was quite a surprise, as the story is that they outbid Manchester United to eventually get him to be a part of his team. However, Carvalho, or to call him by the name he will be wearing on his shirt, William was quite happy to join a promising "work in progress" than a poorly executed mega-team. "The heart of this team makes it seems that nobody is sure to have his spot, everybody works his hardest and it really showed with their recent success in the league. I am excited to give my best and be a part of this fantastic club."
And, if you think that Cruzerr forgot his youngsters, you are surely wrong, as three players have taken a step up from the U21 team to regular play with first team: Jack Hird, a 17 year old winger, Matthew Pym and Sam Byrne , both 16 year old full backs. While we couldn't get a word with them, Ryan Ledson had a say about a youngsters place in this team. "Coach trusts his players, even the young ones. It is quite nice to play in a team, where you know, that the coach has your back and even if you slip up, he will be there for you. Even players, who have gone out on loans, are still a part of his bigger picture. I am excited for the young guys, I won't be the only one bullied anymore!
Will Stones and Barkley be coached by Cruzerr also internationally?
To end it all, there has been plenty of rumors that Anthony Cruzerr has already accepted the England job, yet nothing certain yet. Whether that will affect Everton or the Three Lions or both, nobody knows. But, the magical coach had only one line to say, after we asked him how this season will go.
"We'll see."
Jeez, I will go grab my seatbelt early this year.
12' OG Bogdán
I don't know why but this year I haven't been able to steer away from them. I guess it's cause this year EA actually edited the players in the league correctly and since my passion is in Mexico's football I can't get away from my beloved Chivas. Kohl was fun but I ended up dropping them and sticking with Chivas only 
I realized that the only other league that has kept me glued on has been the Football League 2, so I am heavily considering making a return to England and I do have a team in mind already (not Wimbledon) but one of the lower rated sides. In the meantime, I plan on sticking with Guadalajara and just commenting on everybody else's posts instead of posting myself. I would post my Guadalajara career for you guys but it won't exactly be an enjoyable post. You know how on my careers I tended to get attached to some players that were on my squad for a while and I would start low rated players (that somehow delivered results) versus cashing in and purchasing higher rated players? Well imagine that but times a hundred because I'm a huge Guadalajara fan and I stand by almost every player in the squad. Not to mention, that since I only use my budget for the youth academy, whenever there is a player I want to let go of I do research of my own, find a team in Mexico where the player would be a starter at, then trade him to that team PLUS a large amount of cash for a 50 overall player with no potential who would never ever get playing time anywhere. After I do that I release that player to the free agents. And all of this, to make sure the Mexican league stays competitive. Am I crazy? Have I taken FIFA too far?? Perhaps. But I'll tell you what it actually has kept the league interesting. I HATE that EA has programmed the league to rarely make any big purchases, despite having the budget, and when they do it's a player that they don't even need (like purchasing a high rated goalkeeper when they already have a good goalkeeper but no RBs). And to make things worse they also sell their top rated players to a European team (which does happen in real life but not every transfer window like in FIFA). Thanks to the extra work I do, they get a player that they actually need in exchange for a player that will never play, AND they get a huge paycheck so that they can continue to strengthen their squad.
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