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Varun

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Great signing!

I intended to offer him Fabregas + Shaarawy. Started off with Fabregas + 10mil which was rejected without a reason so I thought he wasnt for sale :(
 

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Great signing!

I intended to offer him Fabregas + Shaarawy. Started off with Fabregas + 10mil which was rejected without a reason so I thought he wasnt for sale :(
You greedy bastard, leave some talent for the rest of us.
 

The Stain

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The only 90 rated player left in the free world is Rooney @ £6m and I'm about £6m short.
Which team are you?

If i joined the league now, i'd just scout talent like RedSky and green_smiley and go about it that way. Winning things is fun but it's way more satisfying finding a talent noone has heard of, like Kessié and Mor, and watch them grow.

Other way is to build a team mixed with experience and talents and try and get promoted. When a better team becomes available that looks good on your CV should you want to apply.
 

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Which team are you?

If i joined the league now, i'd just scout talent like RedSky and green_smiley and go about it that way. Winning things is fun but it's way more satisfying finding a talent noone has heard of, like Kessié and Mor, and watch them grow.

Other way is to build a team mixed with experience and talents and try and get promoted. When a better team becomes available that looks good on your CV should you want to apply.
Leicester. I signed a few young ones in last week.
Zobnin 23 - 87
Jankauskas 18 - 75
Penaranda 20 - 82
Traore 17 - 73

2-2 with Southampton in my first game also.
 

The Stain

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Leicester. I signed a few young ones in last week.
Zobnin 23 - 87
Jankauskas 18 - 75
Penaranda 20 - 82
Traore 17 - 73

2-2 with Southampton in my first game also.
I told langster to sell Peñaranda (he has better strikers and a shitload of them too). He's actually a promising talent, scored today in the U20 WC and generally doing well with a few assists to boot. Just don't tell langster this :nervous:
 

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Just promoted my first ever homegrown player (U80) to the first team. Franck Kessié will be joining the seniors next season. Came to the club as 74, turned 88 today. Gabriel Jesus will join him later, came as 78, now 89.
Congrats. I've promoted:
  • Paul Pogba (75 => 93; -)
  • Anthony Martial (75 => 90; £310k)
  • John Stones (75 => 89; £610k)
  • Bernardo Silva (80 => 91; £3.3M)
  • Leon Goretzka (75 => 90; £700k)
Benassi is my Pogba. Came here as 75 rated for £640k, went on a little journey of discovery when 85 rated and came back 86 rated but has risen to 89 since.

Mbappe should be next one to join the first team. Has gone from 75 to 88 rated in the space of 12 months. He will be loaned out again next season though to Kidderminster if they're able to have him and if not, then Leeds.
 

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Congrats. I've promoted:
  • Paul Pogba (75 => 93; -)
  • Anthony Martial (75 => 90; £310k)
  • John Stones (75 => 89; £610k)
  • Bernardo Silva (80 => 91; £3.3M)
  • Leon Goretzka (75 => 90; £700k)
Benassi is my Pogba. Came here as 75 rated for £640k, went on a little journey of discovery when 85 rated and came back 86 rated but has risen to 89 since.

Mbappe should be next one to join the first team. Has gone from 75 to 88 rated in the space of 12 months. He will be loaned out again next season though to Kidderminster if they're able to have him and if not, then Leeds.
I like these stories.
 

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Of my current squad, the one's who'd qualify for this are Tah and Coman with Pereira and Garhardt joining next season after completing their loans. Bruma, Tielemans, Barbosa, Bazoer and Hendrix going out on loan again.

Also bought Icardi and Umtiti for 13mil combined when they were 86 rated nobodies:drool:
 

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Of my current squad, the one's who'd qualify for this are Tah and Coman with Pereira and Garhardt joining next season after completing their loans. Bruma, Tielemans, Barbosa, Bazoer and Hendrix going out on loan again.

Also bought Icardi and Umtiti for 13mil combined when they were 86 rated nobodies:drool:
Showoff :p

Niice.
 

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Remaining fixtures in the fight to finish second (Teams: Everton (77), Manchester United (76), Newcastle United (74))

MD37: (02) Everton v Newcastle United (04)
MD37: (20) Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United (03)
MD38: (11) Darlington 1883 v Everton (02)
MD38: (03) Manchester United v Sunderland (07)
MD38: (04) Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur (10)

Remaining fixtures in the fight to avoid relegation (Teams: Birmingham City (31), Milton Keynes Dons (31), Barnsley (31), AFC Bournemouth (29), Norwich City (28))

MD37: (18) AFC Bournemouth v Barnsley (17)
MD37: (15) Birmingham City v Fulham (06)
MD37: (09) Chelsea v Norwich City (19)
MD37: (07) Sunderland v Milton Keynes Dons (16)
MD38: (16) Milton Keynes Dons v AFC Bournemouth (18)
MD38: (19) Norwich City v Blackburn Rovers (20)
MD38: (05) Nottingham Forest v Barnsley (17)
MD38: (13) Wolverhampton Wanderers v Birmingham City (15)

A lot of pressure on @Dans in particular.
 

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The 2D match thing is crap. Once again it went through the whole game. Didn't have any subs or any goals. Once over I looked at report and I had in fact won it 1:0.
 

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Beat Blackburn 1:0. Guaranteed to finish third now. Not bad.

De Gea (94)

Dier (91) Ramos (95) Matip (90) Rodriguez (91)
Eriksen (92) Silva (91)
Martial (90) Griezmann (95) Bale (95)
Messi (99)

Subs: Götze (92)➕, Isco (92)⚽, Sterling (91), Pogba (93), Roberto (91), Aurier (91), Boateng (94)
Suspended: Özil (94)
Injured (thanks, @The Stain): Goretzka (90)

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on


Play Sunderland in last league game of the season. Will struggle now Ramos has got himself suspended.
 

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Southend Utd real life transfers (Summer 2017)

Done deals
  1. Rodrigo Bentancur (19/85): Boca Juniors => Juventus
  2. Dan-Axel Zagadou (18/75): PSG => Dortmund
Rumours
 

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Beat Villarreal 5:0 in the second leg so through to the final 9:2 on aggregate where I face Newcastle. Looks like they'll win it though as Bale has got himself suspended and Newcastle always beat me when we play.

De Gea (94)

Dier (91)⚽ Ramos (95) Boateng (94) Rodriguez (91)
Pogba (93) Silva (91)
Bale (95) Griezmann (95)➕ Özil (94)⚽⚽➕➕➕
Messi (99)⚽⚽➕⭐

Subs: Götze (92), Aurier (91), Sterling (91), Eriksen (92), Roberto (91), Isco (92), Matip (90),
Injured (thanks, @The Stain): Goretzka (90)
Did not travel: Martial (90)

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on


Sunderland next.
 

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Nice little plus 1 for Fortuna Wallace. 88 rated now.