Took a while for this one...

EPL Results:

09/14/19 : 1 - 1 draw vs. Stoke City
09/21/19 : 3 - 0 win @ QPR
09/28/19 : 5 - 4 win vs. Manchester City
10/05/19 : 2 - 1 win @ Manchester United
10/09/19 : 2 - 0 win vs. Norwich City
10/19/19 : 3 - 0 win @ Blackburn
10/26/19 : 1 - 1 draw @ Everton
11/02/19 : 2 - 2 draw vs. Arsenal
11/10/19 : 0 - 4 loss @ Swansea City
11/12/19 : 2 - 1 win vs. Tottenham
11/23/19 : 2 - 0 win @ Wigan
11/30/19 : 0 - 3 loss vs. Chelsea
12/07/19 : 2 - 1 win @ Liverpool
12/14/19 : 1 - 0 win vs. Aston Villa
12/21/19 : 4 - 0 win @ Bolton
12/28/19 : 0 - 0 draw vs. Sunderland

Capital One Cup Results:

09/03/19 : 2 - 0 win vs. Leeds
09/24/19 : 2 - 0 win @ Derby
09/29/19 : (Round of 16) 2 - 1 win @ Sunderland
12/04/19 :(Quarter Final) 1 - 0 win @ Bristol City

Champions Cup Results:

Group Stage:
09/18/19 : 1 - 0 win vs. Zenit St. Petersburg
10/03/19 : 4 - 2 win @ FC Kobenhavn
10/22/19 : 1 - 1 draw vs. AC Milan
11/06/19 : 3 - 0 win @ Zenit St. Petersburg
11/26/19 : 1 - 2 loss @ AC Milan
12/11/09 : 2 - 1 win vs. FC Kobenhavn

The Martinetti Dilemma:

Part of the reason my play time diminished is I was milking my time to try and get Andrea Martinetti to stay. Not long after the summer transfer window, media reports surfaced claiming that Andrea was not liking the weather of England, and that he would want out in the next window. Considering his current run of form, and his dominating presence on the pitch, I was determined to convince him to stay. I raised his wages, praised him a lot and used him at least as a sub in nearly all my games, pissing off my other strikers, most notably Bagasan Carrington.

In the end though it paid off, in more ways than one. First off, he told me that the media just took his words out of context, and assured me he was staying. Second, he has 28 goals in 26 matches, including 18 in the EPL. His current form is that which has been rarely seen in football, and with him at the helm, I will have to look to spend some of my extra money to get the team ready for the Champion's Cup.

The England Managerial Role:

After the last round of International friendlies, I was offered the job as manager of the England. Essentially England will now be the England Hammers, as most of my team will be starting. Not really sure intensely I'll play this, but I'll definitely do the major tournaments and qualifiers for at least a year. Will be pretty cool seeing all the players I've developed playing for England.

Current Roster

Here is my current starting XI and key subs at the beginning of the January window:

Starting XI:
GK - Alberto Frison (89) - Italy, 31
RB - Haris Radetinac (82) - Serbia, 24
CB - Ciaran Clark (85) - Republic of Ireland, 30
CB - Daniele Rugani (85) - Italy, 25
LB - Luke Humphreys (89) (C) - England, 23
RDM - Will Akinde (84) - England, 25
LDM - Koikili Adan Garrido (85) - Spain, 24
RAM - El Medhi Sidqy (87) - Morocco, 26
CAM - Fransisco Prats Bastidas (90) - Spain, 23
LAM - Tyronne Granero Molina (87) - Spain, 25
ST - Andrea Martinetti (91) - Italy, 25

Subs:

GK - Niclas Quiring (80) - Germany, 23
CB - Predrag Petric (80) - Serbia, 25
CB - Hordur Magnusson (81) - Iceland, 26
CB - Hugo Sorbon (79) - France, 23
CB - Jake Scott (79) - England, 23
RB - Nicolas Soumah (78) - France, 21
LB - Trevor Murru (75) - Italy, 22
CDM - Paul Cadamarteri (81) - England, 23
CDM - Jonathan Speas (79) - United States, 24
RM - Federico Vazquez (89) - Argentina, 24
CM - Christian Heimeroth (78) - Germany, 21
CM - Pavle Lazovic (83) - Serbia, 26
CM - Danny Griffiths (83) - England, 25
CM - John Thalassitis (81) - England, 24
CAM - Craig Morris (81) - Wales, 26
CAM - Jordan Webster (85) - England, 24
CAM - Korede Southern (80) - England, 23
ST - Bagasan Carrington (85) - England, 25
ST - Josh Kitson (81) - England, 23
ST - Shaun McGlashan (78) - England, 20

Transfer Possibilities?

I have $35,000,000 in spending money, plus lots of assets. I really want to make a run at the Champions Cup, as well as catch Chelsea for 1st in the EPL. Capital One and F.A. can be played my 8/11 reserves, so no worries there.

Anyways, my team is deep, but is still lacking. The defenders are decent, but they aren't the strongest, if the CDM's are caught up field, I concede far too often.

My Midfield is very deep, but none have a killer scoring threat, leaving my striker's to bear most of the weight of scoring.

My strikers are definitely good, All are 6'0" or taller and have good finishing. Would it be worth it to go after a shorter striker?

I need some advice here to anyone willing to put in some input, where should I invest my money?

Another possibility is recalling some of my loans. I don't have many, but currently loaned players are:

CB - Christopher Haas (82) - Germany, 25
CB - Milos Stevanovic (81) - Serbia, 21
CAM - Jonathan Hopper (79) - England, 19
LW - Stephan Vieira da Costa (78) - Germany, 19
ST - Adam Evans (82) - England, 22

All of them have their problems, but could fill holes, especially the CB's, Haas is 6'9" and Stevanovic is 6'6".

Let me know! I won't be moving to fast in this window...