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Dagenham '16-17 Season DEC/JAN Update DEC League Match 22 Dagenham - Middlesbrough (4-0) Collins 23' Nimely 34' Sarr 37' Collins 57' Recap: Only the second time this season that we score 4 goals and the first time since our 4th game of the season at Crystal Palace. Dominating from start to finish. It was awesome. League Match 23 Ipswich Town - Dagenham (0-4) Monzon 9' Elito 38' Reyna 45' Collins 63' Recap: So 16 league games went by between the times I scored 4 goals and then I accomplished the feat in back-to-back games. Amazing. Once again it was total domination and you could tell the lads were starting to believe in themselves that their form isn't a fluke and they are capable of playing at this level. League Match 24 Dagenham - Blackburn Rvrs (5-0) Elito 17' Ilesanmi 31' Reyna 33' Valencia 67' Nimely 87' Recap: oh c'mon, stop it. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? What a breakout performance for these guys against one of the top teams in the league. I just don't have the words to describe how great they were in this game. This is probably the best form this team has had since his career started. League Match 25 Huddersfield - Dagenham (3-2) Vaughan 21' Hogg 33' Reyna 36' Nimely 44' Elito 81' Recap: Ok then, back to earth we came. The clean sheet streak ended at 3 games and suddenly we were down 0-2 after scoring 13 consecutive goals coming into this game but the lads showed great grit in bouncing back from the deficit and turning around the score to give us a 4th consecutive win. League Match 26 Dagenham - Millwall (3-0) Reyna 24' Nimely 54' Collins 89' Recap: And just like that we went right back to another solid performance from beginning to end. My strikers are starting to consistently get on the scoring sheet and I'm loving it. JAN League Match 27 Derby County - Dagenham (0-1) Elito 21' Recap: A tightly contested game against one of the top teams in the league. Happy to come away with a victory on the road in this scenario. F.A. Cup - Round 3 Derby County - Dagenham (1-5) Collins 13' Collins 23' Martin 54' Nimely 60' Reyna 70' Reyna 83' Recap: Well that escalated quickly. I guess two consecutive looks at the same opponent helped us find their weaknesses and we put our opponent to sleep. Reyna has now scored in 5 out of the last 6 games. League Match 28 Burnely - Dagenham (1-1) Reyna 9' Stanislas 16' Recap: Leave it to this team to draw against one of the worst teams in the league after being in such great form. Hard to be upset at the team after such great run but definitely disappointing. League Match 29 Dagenham - Bournemout (1-1) Thomas 8' Elito 50' Recap: Back-to-back draws, this time against the worst team in the league. Baffling. Not much else to say. F.A. Cup - Round of 32 Dagenham - Ipswich Town (3-0) Reyna 31' Collins 35' Elito 72' Recap: Some of you may remember the days when this team had the worst luck in league play. We seem to be turning that around. Solid victory at home to make it to the final 16. League Match 30 Hull City - Dagenham (2-2) Collins 9' Akpom 67' Collins 78' Recap: Closing out the first month of 2017 with a convincing win against a top-4 team in the league. Collins is simply on fire, I'll expand on that below. FL Championship Standings 1. QPR - 72pts 2. Stoke City - 60pts (31 GP) 3. Dagenham - 59pts 4. Hull City - 59pts (31 GP) 5. Crystal Palace - 59pts 6. Derby County - 57pts ... 22. Ipswich Town - 24pts 23. Doncaster - 18pts 24. Bournemouth - 12pts WOW. The Daggers have not lost a game since late October when Wolverhampton stole a 1-0 win from our place. What an amazing run we've had and we're back in pole position for direct promotion to the BPL. More importantly, we have put together a BPL-worthy roster and we're playing like we belong in the highest level of competition that England has. We just need to finish off this season strong. The resurgence of this team isn't possible without the work of my top 4 guys: Medy Elito (RM), Yordy Reyna (LM), James Collins (RS), and Alex Nimely (LS), plus in certain way the kid Fernando Monzon (CAM) has also been a key contributor since coming back from injury. Collins is taking the cake as far as scoring is concerned as his 19 goals in all competitions lead the team and put him on track to surpass the 21 goals Josh Scott scored for us two seasons ago. But even at the top of Scott's performances at that time he never really had sidekick playing at his level. Nimely is doing that with 13 goals and 10 assists in all competition. Reyna, who scored 20 goals last season, is now at 11 with 9 assists and just won back-to-back Player of the Month awards. Elito isn't far behind with 9 goals and 9 assists and the winter transfer window saw the front office receive endless transfer requests for him. Did the team captain get sent somewhere else? Let's check it out. TRANSFERS IN: Nicola Leali (GK, ?? OVR), agreed to pre-contract for 4 years at $35K in wages. Ramiro Caseres (ST, ?? OVR), agreed to pre-contract for 4 years at $6K in wages. TRANSFERS OUT: Xabi Lopez (CDM, 60 OVR) and Emilio De Mesquites (CM), loaned to Crewe Alexandra for the rest of the season. Fabian Torres (CAM, 70 OVR), sold to Real Zaragoza for $1.9 million. HELL NO. I will admit I'm guilty of hanging on to my guys too much but I just couldn't part ways with Elito when he's been so instrumental to the team's success and more importantly the team doesn't currently have a replacement for him. The other guy who was heavily sought was Collins but of course I didn't sell him either. Leali will compete with Schober for the starting GK spot next season with the loser most likely getting shipped out. Caseres will compete for a backup spot at striker. Torres has progressed tremendously since being promoted from the youth squad but his low stamina (37), which never improved, was going to keep him from being more than a bench player for us so the sale was a great move for us. As far as the academy is concerned there have been no recent additions since no scouts have been sent out and it's possible no more scouts will be sent out this season. Here is our youth squad: Memnos Zindilis (RW, 55-59 OVR, 80-86 POT): 17-year old from Greece who brings speed to the table. While we still trying to determine whether he's a better fit as a wing midfielder or as a striker in our 4-4-2 diamond wide, we're also aware that his age will force him up to the senior squad sooner than we would like. Still, we're hopeful that he'll stay in the academy until the end of the season. Raffaele Molinaro (CM, 59-63, 79-85): 16-year old from Italy described as technically gifted. If promoted right now he wouldn't be more than a role player but he could be a solid contributor next season if he stays in the academy this season. Jorge Gavilan (LB, 34-40, 72-84): 16-year old from Argentina who has settled at LB as we had hoped since we don't have a true replacement for Ilesanmi at this time. Jomar Sadami (RW, 58-62, 75-81): 16-year old from Ghana is starting to settle into his development. He projects as a wing midfielder in our scheme. Orester Senteildis (LW, 46-48, 73-79): 16-year old from Greece who isn't as advanced in his skill set as our other Greek prospect. He's still being evaluated. David Antonio (CM, 54-58, 73-79): 16-year old from England who doesn't project as much more than a role player for us down the line. Brian Donaldson (CAM, 53-57, 73-79): 16-year old from England who is attack minded and could be utilized as a striker. Best suited to stay in the academy for now. Magnus Gerndt (MID/ATT, 45-47, 72-78): 15-year old prospect from Sweden who will probably be a LM or RW. Youngest player in the academy. Francisco Anibal (LM, 58-62, 72-76): 17-year old from Portugal who has spent a good amount of time in our academy and will be promoted after this season. Enric Tinlea (CM, 51-55, 71-75): 16-year old from Romania described as a playmaker even though he projects more as a bench player for us. * Denotes recent addition to the academy. Laurenco Vilna (CM, 65 OVR, Has Potential To Be Special) was promoted to the senior squad at his request. He will probably become the replacement sub for Torres since his secondary position is CAM and he has very good attack ratings. Other than that no other news as there were no games with Venezuela during these last two months. Now it's time to finish the season and get promoted to the BPL! (maybe win the league?) Wish me luck!

Really hope you can get into the BPL!! That would be great as this is one of my favourite careers on here. James Collins has also been insane for me but have you had any injury problems with him? In the two seasons i've played with him he's been out for lengthy periods of time, and its a shame cus he averages a goal every game for me!

Still great work on both careers