Story of Your Season & Career - Page 4

2011 season

blue - signed at start of season
navy - signed in mid-season
red  - promoted from reserve squads
teal - on loan

Goalkeepers
Donovan Ricketts Jamaican    34    Always reliable and can't remember him making a mistake
Josh Saunders    P. Rico     30    Useful backup but contract expiring and wanting to move for first team football

Full-backs
Sean Franklin    American    26    Solid player and his ability just improved as the season went along
Todd Dunivant    American    30    Strong player but getting on a bit so will probably replace next season

Centre-backs
Omar Gonzalez    American    23    A beast! And would sign him for any team, he is awesome and scores goals as well
A.J. DeLaGarza   American    23    His ability matches his name in being awesome, can also cover both full-back positions
Jeff Parke       American    29    Brought in to be backup and was very reliable player for me
Leonardo         Brazilian   23    Only played a few times for me but was a decent backup

Centre-midfielders
David Beckham    English     36    Many assists to his name with a lot being set pieces but unsure whether he will stay or not
Juninho          Brazilian   22    Always been a fan and my expectations grew with every goal of his being a screamer
Marcel Fletcher  Canadian    19    Got him through the lottery and he really has potential, bright future definitely
Chris Birchall   T&T         27    Only played once and will be selling in the window

Wingers
Michael Stephens American    22    Although he is a CM I retrained him to AML and he did very well for me there
Francisco Cobo   American    20    Brought as a potential backup player and he did well when needed
Paolo Cardozo    Uruguayan   19    Was always backup and shown a bit that he has good potential
Serges Deble     Ivory Coast 22    Brought in following Donovan's injury and is now a key player for me

Strikers
Landon Donovan   American    29    As expected he is awesome and I used him mostly on the wing before he got a 5 month injury mid-season
Robbie Keane     Irish       31    Full of goals and always a thread in each game
Chad Barrett     American    26    Decent backup and got some key goals
Jack McBean      American    16    Showed his potential when had to use him during striker injury plague part of season
Bobby Shou Wood  American    19    Awesome awesome player! Got better as the season went along until injury late in season

blue - signed at start of season
navy - signed in January
red  - promoted from reserve squads
teal - on loan

Goalkeepers
Donovan Ricketts 43    51 conc.  13 cln shts
Josh Saunders     3     3 conc.   1 cln sht

                apps.   goals   asts   1st 11
Full-backs
Sean Franklin    40       0      4       RB
Todd Dunivant    46       2      6       LB

Centre-backs
Omar Gonzalez    44      13      1       CB
A.J. DeLaGarza   39(3)    6      2       CB
Jeff Parke       12(4)    0      0       
Leonardo          3(1)    0      0

Centre-midfielders
David Beckham    41(1)    2     23       CM
Juninho          46      12     11       CM
Marcel Fletcher   2(14)   0      2
Chris Birchall    0(1)    0      0

Wingers
Michael Stephens 44(1)    6     13      AML
Francisco Cobo   16(8)    3      4
Paolo Cardozo     4(7)    1      2
Serges Deble     19       7      5      AMR

Strikers
Landon Donovan   23      12     11      (ST)
Robbie Keane     30(2)   28     11       ST
Chad Barrett     10(13)   6      9
Jack McBean       7(9)    6      0
Bobby Shou Wood  34(5)   19     11       ST

        3rd Round     v Minnesota S. Away  4-2
        Qtr Final     v Seattle      Away  5-3
        Semi Final    v Orlando City Home  4-0
        Final         v Columbus     Home  3-1

Not an important competition but winning it did confirm a CL place for next season early which is always good and there were some very good performances in the cup.

   1st) Los Angeles 34     +53      78
   2nd) Seattle     34     +23      63
   3rd) Salt Lake   34     +14      58
   4th) Columbus    34     +16      54
   5th) Houston     34      +8      47
        

        W. Semi Final v Portland     Away:  3-4  Home:  0-2  (3-6)

The playoffs were terrible mainly for the fact we were 0-3 up in the away leg, we just collapsed when we should have comfortably progressed from there. We did control the second leg at home but the two goals they got from set plays just killed us.

FC Porto
_{2011/12 season}

LIGA ZON SAGRES

BWIN CUP

TACA DE PORTUGAL

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

OTHER COMPETITIONS

KEY PLAYERS

PLAYER NAME       APPS    GOALS    ASSISTS    AVG. RATING
HULK               51      68        17          8.16
KLÉBER             50      45        19          7.78
JÁMES RODRÍGUEZ    49      13        42          7.75
JOAO MOUTINHO      45       5        23          7.50
YAYA SANOGO        20      15         6          7.50
NICOLAS OTAMENDI   55       0         2          7.41
FREDY GUARÍN       48      11        13          7.37

I know I said I would have this up "by the end of the night" about 2 weeks ago now, but I have had no internet, and was FM-deprived for a week of that. Also, after the acquisition of Skyrim I haven't been on FM as much. Anyhow, I have completed my 2nd season which wasn't great, and began my 3rd season.

LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB
2013/14

OK, so 2012/123 wasn't a good season; Out in the Champions League group stages after underestimating my opposition, but a good run in the Europa League saw us go to the Semi's. We were also beaten in the League Cup Quarter Final and in the FA Cup Quarter Final, and finally finished 5th in the Premier League. So not great, we were on a brilliant run in fact and outsiders for the title, but an awful injury crisis towards the end crippled us and we went out of Europe to Leverkusen and finished 5th, so we began season 3 in the Europa League.

Missing from that list of sales is a lot of loans and the sales of Peter Gulacsi (Swansea - £1.4m) and Conor Clifford (Burnley - £1.3m). As you can see, all youngsters, except Milan Baros who was bought purely because I like the guy. He played 1 game, was shit and never played again.

OK, so we were aiming for the semi finals of the Europa League, semi's of the FA Cup and a top 4 finish, like me they don't give a toss about the League Cup, it would just be nice to win something for a change.

Very poor, but I couldn't care less. A nothing trophy, purely there to make numbers. Our youngsters done well against the enemy.

OK, more important than the League Cup, but an even younger side fielded but we still should've dicked these southern bastards. Very disappointed, could've been the turning point between being sacked and staying in a job.

We absolutely rattled our group, losing our last match through a weakened side. We finished top and I expected a simple game to begin with, someone like Copenhagen or at worst Werder Bremen. No. Bayern *bleep*ing Munich. We done very well considering really, but still pissed we didn't get further.

We started very well, playing like a team challenging. A few too many draws but only 2 defeats, both against top clubs. I was most pissed off with the draw to Boro though, threw away a 3 goal lead 



I didn't mean we'd look like challengers in the league though. The might of holders City far too great. At this stage it looked like they'd already won it. My aim returned to top 4, or finishing as close to City as possible.



You could argue we done better, certainly not drawing as many any more, but losing more. A poor run midway didn't help either. It meant that with 3 games left we were 7 points off Spurs in 4th, 8 from Chelsea in 3rd, but they both had tough run-ins, we had a stroll.



In the end that was enough. Spurs beat Chelsea on the last day to keep 3rd spot, much to my displeasure, I was hoping for a draw, but nevermind, Champions League football is back at Anfield! Again. This time we have to build on this though.

In the end they still didn't give a shit about the League Cup, were just as unhappy as me with the FA Cup and a bit annoyed at being knocked out of the Europa League straight away, although thankfully they understand it WAS Bayern Munich. The league, happy with it and my status is Stable so I live for another season.

Individual mentions are certainly in order, with 3 instantly coming to mind. Reina was once again amazing and a real stand out performer with 17 clean sheets. Sebastien Coates once again displayed exactly why he's our most important defender with a rating of 7.50 and 8 goals for the season. We did have to fight off Inter Milan and Spurs in January for him though and we have to keep him. Last but certainly not least was Luis Suarez, who finished our best performer on a 7.63, 10 assists and 32 goals in 37 games, taking his account under me to 72 goals in 116 games, not bad. Would also be unfair to not note Jordan Henderson who won Young Player of the Year, hitting 22 assists all season as well as 7 goals.

We done alright again, but not good enough against the best. Next season I plan to sell the deadwood I have created and buy players who can actually help us in our trophy huny immediately. I think there's a lot of injury prone players around here, such as Vela, Enrique, Agger, Kelly, Gerrard and Adam who will need to be replaced. Also have Carra as Player, Assistant Manager too, hope to get Gerrard as a coach and the one and only Max Rushden as a coach  Already have Agger going and Shawcross, Eduardo and Matuidi coming in.

Drachbo I finished 4th, but done awful in the Champions League. I think I was 3rd and 7 points off City who were top in my 2nd but then I ended up losing Vela, Suarez, Adam, Di Maria, Kelly, Enrique and Agger to big injuries which just screwed me up.

Also, didn't say this on my post because I had previously wrote it up on my PC, but some great work here by a lot of people, lots of great write-ups!