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Post by jawzy on Aug 20, 2022 14:45:53 GMT
Were not on my list of clubs, but decided to do my first scottish save on fm22 - they need a semi rebuild to try kick on to the force they were in the 80s - and to push better in any european competition, tho outside of rangers/celtic, the other scottish sides never seem to do well in europe.
board expect us to be behind the old firm - which shouldnt be to far from the realms of reality to achieve.
Mix of 30+ year olds and a bunch of local talented youngsters - hopefully the pull of england stays away from our better starlets, but if the english sides to come in we should be able to use the money to recruit better established players.
For the forthcoming season, board would like top 5, I personally would be happy with top 6 and semi finals of either cup we enter and hopefully reach group stage of Conference League
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Post by jawzy on Aug 20, 2022 18:01:45 GMT
A mini journey for the qualifiers sees us join celtic and rangers in group stage competion within europe this season! LASK and even Trnava gave us a scare in one of the legs! Our group is going to be Feyenord, Osijek and Bodo
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Post by jawzy on Aug 20, 2022 18:46:51 GMT
Players in  The brazilian bunch some got granted work permits some didnt, all have ended up going out on loan McCallum comes in as our third choice keeper Budinauckas comes in as a future keeper Quinn and Waddell come in as defensive cover McCarthy has come in as a backup option in midfield Sammaitano is a 35 yr old winger to add something different for this season Conway is a young englishman brought in for depth Sinclair is a winger/striker Mason is a DL - hoping to get him to also play on DR Out  About 500k in through various transfer activity, some will be spread as part of loan fees |
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Post by jawzy on Aug 20, 2022 19:21:05 GMT
Runaway leaders dispatched at our ground  |
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Post by jawzy on Aug 20, 2022 20:05:09 GMT
And Also got a result at Ibrox  |
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Post by jawzy on Aug 20, 2022 21:32:28 GMT
And our european adventure is over  |
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Post by jawzy on Aug 20, 2022 23:49:09 GMT
Winter outs
Annoying chairman accepted a bid from Chelsea, he didnt negotiate and future % into the deal either
winter ins The large cash influx meant I could sign a better central defender who could have resale value
Kent for 2.7m from Peterborough defo can do a job in scotland! Mineiro got a work permit and is a 24 yr old winger Sena also got a work permit, was gonna be backup to Ramsey but will feature in first team Tzanev looks to be an interesting keeper Jacare is a tiny striker/amc with very high finishing and determination D'alessendro, to compliment my youthful midfield King is a defender from Jamaica but failed a work pemit
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Post by jawzy on Aug 21, 2022 23:30:44 GMT
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Post by jawzy on Aug 22, 2022 0:05:34 GMT
After doing so well vs Old Firm sides, im little bit disapointed we ot closer to them in points. board wanted top 5 but we finished 3rd quite comfy  We got to semis of league cup and bailed out in 4th round in scottish cup Players wise, most impressed with Ramirez and Bates in defence has been a rock, I have most been suprised by the 12k signing Sammaritano, he may not feature next season though as fear he will be too old to contribute as much.
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Post by jawzy on Aug 22, 2022 14:22:30 GMT
Due to third place finish and celtic winning cup - we qualified for EL - no quals, straight into group stage  Monaco and Arsenal will be insanely tough, but we should be able to beat Qarabag and finish 3rd thus qualifying for knockout stage of conference league? |
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Post by jawzy on Aug 22, 2022 14:59:47 GMT
ins Only ones of note that appear on the end of season 1: 900k for Santiago from Spurs - a young mid to try develop 155k for Conway from Atalanta in usa  Dvali is a georgian centre back who will be able to rotate Jagielka is a backup option Woodburn can play in a number of positions was on loan at Hearts season before - has value Drinkwater is an old headed mid who defo can do a job in Scotland Gray winger/st 31 now, but I feel he can offer something different Hardley a dutch defender - will look to sell Caballero no intention to play but our captain wanted me to bring in a good keeper, willy is free, short term deal and very cheap on wages and Lewis was happy Outs lots of loan deals, lot of deadwood moved on or players that wont feature this season - or the bunch needing wps    |
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Post by jawzy on Aug 22, 2022 15:11:10 GMT
First team squad looks like this as a result  |
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Post by jawzy on Aug 22, 2022 23:28:02 GMT
winter ins Ralston the big name in
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Gray must of impressed qarabag
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Post by jawzy on Aug 23, 2022 13:36:40 GMT
 Another season where we finish 3rd, felt better vs the othr sides this term, but we lost every game vs rangers or celtic. So they no doubt amassed a bigger gap. we had more pts, less goals conceeded and more goals scored in the cups we went out in the league cup to livingston in 2nd round, disapointed by this. but we made up for it by getting to the semis of the scottish cup but lost to Celtic 5-1  Europe was underwhelming I was sure we has enough to get 3rd here.  Squad wise happy with Doohans first season here Bates once again being the bst defender here, but impressed with Mackenzie too Ferguson once againbeing the top mid =, Minerio did very well from the wings in his debut season upfront Ramirez proving his worth dispite being 32, culd Tshimanga if called upon more keep the games to goal ratio he had up Ill only mention our Academy players if they start to play games in the first team Donald Conner, came through as best prospect in season 1  Started to play him abit towards end of the current season We have qualified for the Europa league again after celtic won the cup again We have just shy of 4m to spend in the summer The chairman wants a new stadia, I didnt request this  |
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Post by jawzy on Aug 23, 2022 17:35:50 GMT
Ins  Lennon comes in cheaply from Atlanta Ritchie is expirenced and can play in a number of positions /temenzhkov - a could backup option Galbraith a young deep lying playmaker Aarons a backup winger who has neve really found a home. Gillespie - a great goalkeeper addition McLean is my drinkwater replacement Mandroiu and Bryne are both wingers from Shamrock Bidon was granted a work permit but want him to go out on loan Erhahon looks to be a solid midfielder Outs   Lots of great fee loans highest outgoer was Woodburn, who had become unsettled |
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Post by jawzy on Aug 23, 2022 17:36:36 GMT
Squad  |
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Post by jawzy on Aug 23, 2022 22:32:55 GMT
winter outs  Tshimanga was unhappy as was Kun, both have left
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Hardie brought in to be th backup striker Iago this was his min fee clause 18 yr old seemed to good to pass up that price
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Post by jawzy on Aug 23, 2022 22:49:08 GMT
This season so far in the leage, is one of the more interesting ones  |
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Post by jawzy on Aug 25, 2022 11:56:33 GMT
Well annoyed that w ended up finishing 5th in a season where Rangers really struggled to get going GVB got sacked part way through We were 3rd most of the season with Livingston actually leading the SPL after 13 games! Our form took a nose div after we got knocked out of europe
League cup we got to the quarters but were knocked out on pens to Johnstone Scottish cup we were knocked out by Hearts on penalties.
We still finished bottom of our group but I feel the group was harder and we did get better results - not sure what made Genk crumble to a 11-1 defeat!
We ended up conceeding more goals, but early on we wre doing alot better, is having two goalkeepers of number 1 quality causing an issue? Kent and Dvali ended up working very well together defensivly Considering Ritchie is 33/34 he did very well, and we will be keeping him for the multiple oositions he can slot into Brazilian Mineiro had another good season, as did Ferguson Ramirez had another prolific season though aged 33 and with MLS clubs cirulating and him expressing a desire to mov back to MLS may see us lose him over the summer, we d have some interesting unproven strikers
One of the unproven strikers did come through last years aademy and he did play 2 games on his debut vs Rangers he did score 2 goals
Also this guy Craig Smith, not setting the world alight on loans, but interesting one the less
Our under 18 team did managed to come 2nd to Hibs and win the cup vs Hibs
We have only been given 700k to spend this summer window? Our balance is at 6m, and for the last few seasons is sat at 6m mark around this time.
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Post by jawzy on Aug 25, 2022 21:12:38 GMT
I ended up playing a full season without any before season update This season w started poorly and I was 8th at one point with a dreaded board meeting!
League cup knocked out in quarters by Rangers scottish cup knocked out in semi finals by Rangers AEK Larneca of Cyprus knocked us out of ECL before group stages which was very disapointing
transfers wise we have had many youngsters attract attention of the big EPL sides, we did let one go for 6m
Ramirez continues scoring but Neira in his first full season impressed and Conner has performed well afte being thrown into first team on a regular basis - our defence performs best average rsating wise though |
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Post by jawzy on Aug 29, 2022 0:40:08 GMT
 and  winning the league and the league cup! a double in scotland when your not Rangers or Celtic! got to the semi final in scottish cup tail end of the season before we sold Craig Smith to chelsea for 10.7m and Donad Connar for 10m the following was outs over the two windows  alot of money into the club! - we did spend bigger on wages and few players!   everyone had an amazing season! |
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Post by jawzy on Sept 6, 2022 15:23:59 GMT
 Well we struggled to get going we failed to retain league cup losing in final to rangers, we lost in scottish cup 4th round to celtic in CL, we made it to group stage  getting two points here i feel was huuuuuge transfers - focused n getting better players in on free with view to selling the youngsters who want new challenges   Lavery was the only one really firing thus we struggled this season! |
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Post by jawzy on Sept 6, 2022 15:25:27 GMT
We qualified to ECL next season
board expanding stadia to 25k
20m to spend next season!
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