Carlisle United. A long journey to the top of the footballing world *FM14*

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@ Liverpool.

we actually outplay them, but a horrible error by defender Mellburg gifts Liverpool a goal late and we lose 1-2

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H vs Tottenham

we fall behind early after an own goal off a set piece, 2 Achilles heals for me. late in the game it looks over for me because i cant get shots on target, bit then Kapiec a sub comes in and sparks my offense and we score 2 goals in the final 20 to pull out a huge win 2-1!

Tott didnt even get a shot on target, but outshooting my opponenets and getting more on target is the norm for me. getting killed on set pieces and defensive blunders are how i give up goal. keep it efficient when you lose

and its Christmas, finally a present and not a lump of coal

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@ Nott Forrest, final game of the year

we lose 1-2

once again, we outplay them. but another horrendous defensive laps by both centerbacks lead to an easy goal and a set piece.

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FA Cup
@ Huddersfield (championship)

we gave up only 3 shots, 2 on goal. guess how many goals we gave up? yep 2 and we lose 1-2

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H vs Bristol City

we finally get a win, hopefully turning our luck around 2-1



january transfer window time. might sell some guys just to get rid of underperformers

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H vs Brighton

we squeek by a 1-0 win

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@ Reading. hope i can continue to take advantage of the easy schedule

we smoke their ass's 5-1. saw a few former Carlisle players on their squad too

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im getting better against weaker competition

@ Derby 3-0 win
H vs Peterborough 1-1 tie
H vs Man United 1-1 tie
@ Sunderland 3-0 win



im still only in 10th place, but im closer to a euro spot than ive been in a long time. ive had about 10 player come to me being concerned about our underperformance.

i sold LB Myers to Juventes for 15.5 million. i didnt bring anyone in during the Jan transfer window

in the Euro cup
@ Wolfsburg 1-0 win. Staunton scores his 9th goal in the euro cup this yr

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H vs Everton 3-0 win
H vs Watford 2-1 win
@ Arsenal 1-7 loss. yes i gave up 7 goals.

Euro cup 1st knockout rd
H vs Wolfsburg 0-0 tie (we win 1-0 aggregate)

Euro Cup 2nd knockout round
@ Ajax 3-6 loss. ouch
H vs Ajax- they score 1st to get a 4 goal lead, but then we get shittin serious and come roarin back to score 4. 7-7 aggregate and we win on road goals!

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@ Stoke 1-1 tie
@ West Brom 2-3 loss
H vs West Ham 2-2 tie

Euro Cup
@ Anderlecht 2-1 win
H vs Anderlecht 3-2 win xtra time (5-3 aggregate)



was a shitty PL season. on the bright side we are into the semifinals of the Euro cup, were against CSKA Moscow, a team we beat and tied in 2 games earlier in the euros

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@ Chelsea 1-3 loss
H vs Man City 1-2 loss
@ Newcastle 1-2 loss
@ Tottenham 1-0 win
H vs Liverpool 3-2 win

ugg what a disappointing season. ill write up a season wrap up tomorrow



we lost against CSKA Moscow in penalties. so close to the Euro cup finals. the only part of the season that wasnt a disappointment.

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ok now that i see my team in the light of day i can see that weak links of the team. my goalies had my 2 lowest ratings on the year, 6.67 and 6.60 in league play. thats horrible. their euro play wasnt much better, the keeper that played them had the lowest rating on the team for them too. next up were my central midfield. while their ratings were 6.8 to 6.9 i think it might be a result of my formation.

Bismarck is a solid player, but without euro competiton i will likely sell him. he doesnt play well in the MC slot and Foxcroft is clearly my best AMC. he become surplus so i will hopefully sell him to make some cash. LB/CB Cristodouou has requested a transfer because my talk with him didnt go well. he played real well when he wasnt off on aussie duty, but hes expendable without all the extra games to play. Cory Otrega my AML has been on the radar of Monaco all year and i expect them to make an offer for him in the offseason. ill let him go and hopefully i can buy this Dutch ML ive been eyeing all year. ive already made offers in 2 different windows for him but was rejected both times.

My young HG fowards played well this season, not great but they are still young and improving. Bloomfield, my best player easily had a subpar year in league play, 6.99 rating and only 11 goals in 27(4) games

on the youth front, Torres my young LB came into the 1st team after i sold Myers at midseason. he played ok when he got into games
Fotheringham was around the 1st team all season and played ok, mostly off the bench
Ian Barber my young DMC/MC got promoted to the 1st team midway thru and looks like he will have a long career with me
my youth intake got me a hot LB to go with my RB from last yr. weve gotten lots of defensive guys the last few intakes after getting lots of forwards before

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holy fudge! Chelsea and Arsenal have offered 31 million for Bloomfield. thats too much to pass on, plus i could buy his ex team mate from southampton if i wanted. ill try to tack on a 10% future fee

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Man city joined the act and offer 34 million for Bloomfield.

i tried to get Southamptons Fry, he was with Bloomy when i got him from southampton. but those championship bastards want 25mill plus! just last season he wanted to leave them, ill let em hang and hope Fry flipps out and demands a transfer

also that Dutch winger isnt going to happen. his club wants almost 15 million for him. way too much for a 17 yo

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my scouts also spotted a 5 star GK in holland, hes young and good and they think he has lots of room to grow, i hope i can snatch him

Dc Christadoloulou just got sold for 6 mill

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wow this transfer window has been kinda hectic. ive sold some guys, bought some but im in a quandry right now. Arsenal came in for a 14 million offer for MC Campbell and i rejected. they came back with a 17million offer and his agent has said he wants to talk to Arsenal. i dont want to lose him but he could become pissed if i turn it down.

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players in

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players out

[Alf]

We want details ! I am interested in your players purchase/sale management

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Carlisle United season 27/28

GK

Tskvitinidze- free. a rich clubs backup keeper that i got once his contract ran out


Sartor- had a horrible season last year. will backup this season

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RB's

Guld- 5th season with us


Vanitou- 3rd season with us


LB

Jay Wright- in his 6th season with us


Torres- HG, and American whom i hope will play for the US

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Centerbacks

Mellburg- 4th season with us, 2.3 million


McFarlane- 7th season with us


Wright- 4.7 million, new signing


Soto- 4th season with us. cost 4.8 mill

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Central Midfield

Martinez- 6.5 million


Jacobs- 5.25 mill. ive eyed him for 8 year, finally got to get him


Barber- HG DM


Nicholls- 6th season whith us

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Wingers

Lagoa- free, another player let go from an uber rich club. i love thier leftovers


Kapiec- 5th season with us


Ivan- 3rd season with us


Fotheringham- HG

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Attacking Midfield/Strikers

Foxcroft- HG, my favorite player


Murphy- HG


Staunton- HG


Preece- 7th season with us


Mackay- 8.75 million from Celtic

[Alf]

Lagoa looks studly !

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Originally Posted by Alf

Lagoa looks studly !

yes he does, once i saw he was released from Monaco (i think, i know it was them or another suggar daddy french club) i knew i could sell Ortega. they were very similar side by side, but Lagoa is younger and still has potential to grow according to my scout

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i also took over the TEAM USA coaching job! for the 1st time in the game Jurgen Klinsman decided to step down from the job so i applied and got it. they are paying me much more than my day job at Carlisle and i still get to play with Ortega and Myers.

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Originally Posted by Alf

Lagoa looks studly !

im hoping hes not injury prone. my scouts never mentioned it, but since hes joined us hes picked up 3 small injuries that have limited his PT to 208 min in 6 games

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ELP season begins!

@ Stoke 3-1 win
H vs Chelsea 0-1 loss
@ Nottm Forrest 1-1 tie
@ Liverpool 1-1 tie
H vs Norwich 7-1 win
H vs Sunderland 3-2 win. we come from 2 behind
@ Man City 0-1 loss
H vs Arsenal 2-4 loss



good start to the season

Capital one cup
2nd round @ Exeter 2-1 win
3rd round H vs Burnley 3-1 win

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more good news. that striker i tried to buy in the offseason asked to be put on the transfer list and was listed. i bought him for 15 million even though i dont need him right now. he wont come until january but is easily a star striker who will get capped many times

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fuckity fuck fuck. Foxcroft came to me itching to move to a bigger club, luckily i talked him out of it and he still has 3.5 years left. BUT he wants much more $$ to renew and those greedy asshole in Man City have started stalking him. shit i really dont want to lose him

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the Striker i sold to Man City in the offseason, Bloomfield, is on the shortlist to be the world player of the year. seriously? just for moving clubs?

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PL update

H vs Watford 2-1 win
@ Cardiff 2-1 win
H vs Peterborough 1-1 tie
@ West Ham 1-3 loss
@ Everton 1-0 win
H vs West Brom 3-0 win
H vs Newcastle 0-1 loss
@ Man United 1-3 loss
H vs Tottenham 4-1 win! big unexpected win
@ Brighton 2-1 win
H vs QPR 2-2 tie. we give up 2 late goal and snatch a draw out of a easy victory. massively outshoot them
H vs Stoke 3-1 win



League Cup
@ Watford 0-0 (we lose on penalties)

FA Cup we drew Chelsea and will be playing them back to back next

January transfer window is about to open.

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sure enough, Jan 1st rolls around and Man City make a 22 mil offer for Foxcroft. fuck them!

he complained but luckily i defused the situation again. damn im going to have to get into the CL this year maybe to keep him happy. unless Man city make a real bid for him

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heres the star striker i just signed from Southampton

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end of January. i only bought Fry for the 1st team. my Direstor of youth bought another promising youngster for the reserves. hes been on a roll picking prospects lately, i just looked at my U-18 and saw a 5 star 16yo striker and remembered he bought him in the offseason. my team is currently playing well and Fotheringham and Foxcroft are leading the way. Fotheringham won the young player of the month for Jan, and hes now listed as a wonderkid and hes still only 19!

PL results
@ Chelsea 2-2 tie
H vs Nottm Forrest 4-1 win
@ Norwich 1-1 tie
H vs Liverpool 0-2 loss
H vs Man City 5-3 win! what a shootout



Cup games
FA cup 3rd round
H vs Chelsea 2-1 win
H vs Leeds 7-3 win!

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@ Sunderland 1-1 tie
@ Arsenal 0-3 loss
@ Man United 2-2 tie
@ Watford 4-1 win
@ Perterborough 1-1 tie
H vs West Ham 4-3 win
H vs Cardiff 3-0 win
@ West Brom 2-1 win



were in shot of a Champions League spot. Foxcroft is stepping up to the stage and proving hes the best player on my team. hes been shredding teams in the 2nd half of the season. so far in league play he has 28(1) app, 12 goals and 18 assist

forgot the FA cup, 5th round
@ Man U 2-2 tie
H vs Man U 1-0 win
6th round
@ Liverpool 0-1 loss

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@ Newcastle 2-3 loss
H vs Everton 3-1 win
H vs Man U 2-2 tie
@ Tottenham 1-2 loss



QPR hold a euro cup spot due to the Capital one cup, so i currently hold the last euro cup spot, i cant afford to drop to 7th unless QPR are above me

the good news is im playing QPR and Brighton the last 2 games, so im playing my direct competition for the last euro spot

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we win our last 2 games and finish 6th! unfortunatly the 2 cup winners were below us in the standings and take 2 league cup spots meaning we miss out on the Euro cup

[britrock88]

Now there's a bummer. Unlucky. Keep it up!

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its been a fairly quiet offseason, only a few player moves

i sold my brazilian Ivan. he was entering his last year on his contract and an Italian side came for him. at first i refused and he got pissed off. he then refused to sign a new contract so i had to sell him for 13 mil and 10%. i also sold veteran DC McFarlane. he was with the club a long timeand has been a stalworth in the back for 7 seasons. but he was losing PT last season and my homegrown CB Dunning was getting promoted.

players i bought were a real young LB my Head of youth bought from southampton. hes only 15 so it will be years before hes ready. i brought in a young (21) english AMCR to replace Ivan for free. my scout says he has 5 star pot, but he didnt get much PT with his original club. hopefully he can grow into his potential.

a young croatian RB ive been eyeing for a while came onto the market and i pounced for 2.3 million. now i have 3 RB's, i thought one would get sold but none has yet

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i also resigned Foxcroft to a huge contract. im desperate to make the CL this season, and im also aiming at winning some cups for good measure. i usually let my rotation guys play all the cup games, but since my youngsters are more developed this year they will play more PL games and i can rotate better

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the beginning of the season, heres an emoticon that describes it

@ Cardiff 3-2 win
H vs Liverpool 3-0 win
@ West Ham 4-1 win
@ Brighton 1-1 tie
H vs Hull 3-1 win
H vs Man United 3-2 win
@ Aston Villa 3-1 win
@ Sunderland 3-0 win Lagoa with 3 assist
H vs Tottenham 6-1 win. Lagoa with 5 assists
H vs Peterborough 4-2 win



were unbeaten so far! im using the same formation and GP i used the 2nd half last season, but this season our defense is letting in fewer goals

League cup action
2nd round
@ Bradford 3-0 win
3rd round
H vs Tottenham 2-1 win
4th round
@ Sunderland 4-0 win

Foxcroft is leading the charge with 5 goals, 5 assists in 8 games with an avg rating over 8. 11 players have at least 2 goals

[Alf]

Lagoa already on fire early on !

[NoSkillz]

After getting screwed out of Europe last year, this is great payback!

Fantastic results! Keep it up.

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PL action up to january



H vs Watford 2-1 win
H vs Nottm Forrest 2-1 win
@ QPR 5-1 win
@ Crewe 3-0 win
H vs Man City 2-0 win
@ West brom 2-1 win
@ Newcastle 2-2 tie
H vs Arsenal 2-1 win
H vs Chelsea 2-0 win
H vs Cardiff 5-1 win

thats right, still unbeaten



its now january, we had offers for MC Nicholls, hes been capped by england 17 times, but i need to make room for a crop of young midfielders coming thru, including a Korean who finally got his serbian nationality i had stashed over there,

Mellburg my young DC won the euro goldenboy award, he joins Foxcroft who won that award 2 seasons ago

former Cumbrian Bloomfield won the golden ball and world player of the year award.

cups
Capital one cup quarter final
H vs Norwich 2-1 win ET
capital one cup semi final leg 1
@ Chelsea 3-1 win

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@ Liverpool 2-0 win
@ Hull 2-1 win

FA cup 3rd round
@ ipswich 3-1 win

capital one cup semi finals 2nd leg
H vs Chelsea 2-0 win (5-1 aggregate)

were playing Championship club leeds in the C1 cup final

Arsenal have come prowling around Goldenboy Mellburg and made a 24 million offer for him. i reject and he didnt like him. i promise him we will win the EPL this season and he is pleased. Arsenal come back with a 32 million offer and i reject again. thats a lot of $$, more than i have in the bank!

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H vs Brighton 1-0 win
H vs Aston Villa 3-0 win
@ Man United 2-3 loss. i had a depleted squad with many players off in concaf qualifiers
@ Tottenham 2-0 win
@ peterborough 3-2 win
H vs Sunderland 3-2 win.



FA cup 4th round
@ Chelsea 1-2 loss

so were out of the FA cup and no longer unbeaten in the EPL. but our next game is against championship club Leeds for the League cup! were batting injuries at the moment and im starting non wingers in the AMR and AML spot a lot now

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H vs West Ham 4-0 win
@ Watford 2-2 tie
H vs QPR 4-1 win
@ Nottm Forrest 3-1 win


i cant believe how well weve played this season, i havnt had this good of a season in the EPL im maybe 5 real years, if then

League Cup final
vs Leeds 3-1 win in extra time. i win my first cup!