Going afloat in the Premiership Monday, Oct 13 2008 

Ivory Coast and Premiership and Southampton and Transfer , , , , , , zulisme 2:22 pm

Things are going great in the premiership. Ever since I changed my formation from VM’s 4-1-2-2-1 to a 4-1-3-2 similar to a 4-4-2 formation. Seems like Saints love playing through both flanks. It did wonders with the goals but quite okay to my defense since Saints is the leakiest team in the Premiership.

Still, I managed to draw and win games. The great form started in January. As you all know, January is the Winter transfers and yes, I did buy a player. Actually I wanted to buy a defender but a striker was good enough. Martin Galvan was on my mind but I didn’t have the money to buy him, he only cost $1.2m. Hehe. Now my transfer funds is zero, zilch, kosong, nil. Anyway the player which I bought is….

EZEQUIEL LAVEZZI

The guy which Chelsea wanted to buy in reality. Well, he is doing wonders for me. Snapped him up from Napoli for $4.5 million as he requested to be transfered out. Wow, he want to go to Saints in FM but he don’t want to go to Chelsea in reality. So, he got good stats. I find his speed really helpful. He’s like the 2007/2008 Fraizer Campbell.

He’s in brilliant form recently. Scoring almost every single game!

Also, Serin Diop did well partnering him, when Bouazza was on African Cup duty. Weird though, Serin Diop is rated as a Coca-cola league 1 player by the staff. Seem to prove everyone wrong! Serin Diop and Lavezzi both grabbed the young player of the month and the player of the month respectively on January.

One of the best matches so far was Chelsea versus Saints. We lost to them twice, 5-1 and 4-2. I thought we were going to make a 3-3, going with the pattern, but it didn’t happen. We actually trashed them 5-2!

Chelsea fielded a reserve-side of players. They seem to be underestimating Saints. Anyway the match started well, with Bouazza equalising for us. It’s been 10 hours of competitive football since he scored! Then, during half time, I decided to change a little bit. Using a target-man, passing the ball on foot, I gotten better chances. Lavezzi’s goal made me jump. The stupid thing is A.Davies keeps making penalties and he did one in this game. Goal to Chelsea. Unbelievable comback by Saints. We managed to score 3 more past Petr Cech. Lavezzi got the man-of-the-match and a 10-rating. Just brilliant work by the Saints.

Aside from the glory, I got another job as Ivory Coast manager. So I gonna test my skills in the International Stage. Really excited managing a team with the likes of Didier Drogba, Eboue and Kalou. Sad to say, they don’t even have a suitable goalkeeper among their star-studded players. The team got only 1 and he’s getting older. The others are young but don’t seem to have the potential. Hope we get something good in this.

Also, I was testing out my power by going around with the coaches and ask to help to manage Ivory Coast with me. Then there was a slight glitch. Arsene Wenger just turned 4-years-old! Congratulations!

 

New Season- New Formation, new players, new me! Saturday, Aug 9 2008 

Championship and Southampton and Transfer , , zulisme 11:34 am

I couldn’t ask for a better start. I got McDermott(Pardon my spelling of his name) from Tottenham as my new assistant manager. Then there were a number of great stuff happening to Saints!

My 08/09 season transfers !:D

I sold a few and bought a few, or a number of them and well, they turned out superb (except for the last 3 loans including Distel Zola, just got them.) Well, the media thinks that I would well be relegated at the end of the 08/09 season since Southampton was the underperforming team in the Season Summary. We’ll just see about that. Now I am at 15th position which is kinda good. 2-3-2

My fellow comrades who my fans think they are great.

Look at those results. :D!!!

Anyway, one which totally stands out is Jack Cork. He impressed me when I was managing Chelsea before. Since he felt that he wanted a permanent move when I loaned him, I give a shot on buying and it was totally easy and really a good buy for a promising DM/MC. I got him for 5.5 million and he has wowed many.

He even won the Young Player of the Month Award! Looks like the future is bright for him.

Anyway, I used VM’s 4-3-3 formation which is kinda useful. I tweaked something here and there and it turned out to be great.

Would be updating in the near future after my exams perhaps. Wish me good luck!

 

Season end. Monday, Aug 4 2008 

Southampton and Transfer , , zulisme 9:05 am

I must say I am not that surprised. It happen again like the last time I managed Southampton in 8.0.0.

To be honest, I was rather pissed and impatient at the very slow loading time as I was rather pissed at the team’s performance. A lot were totally low in the morale and also they were not believing in me. So, I decided to go on holiday and go and see what happen after the championship.

My 07/08 Championship Table

Well what do we have here. Southampton just a place above relegation area. I say we were truely lucky, Stoke lost to Bristol City while I lost to Ipswich, Championship winners. Still, it was enough for me to be able to stand ground in Championship. It seem that the problem was the defence. We could score but just that we kinda sucked at defending. The main problem was my left back, Jonathan Grounds. He was my only one and he quite lasted for the whole season. Still, he was one of the worst loan or loner I have ever loaned. Nevermind that, we’ll look towards the future! 😀

Date:15 July 2008

Transfer budget: 7mill

Buy:

Morgan Schneiderlin (300k, RC Strasbourg), Jean-JoelPerrier-Doumbe (Free Transfer(CT), Celtic) , Franco Miranda (200k, C.A.I De Chubat, Loaned at St.Mirren), Serin Diop (300k, Arsenal Kiev) , Basile Camerling (Free Transfer, Nancy(Relegated) )

Sold:

Jermaine Wright, Jeffrey Imudia, Safri, Rasiak

In the later post, I’ll post up the pics and also the transfers. Now trying to get hold of Leroy Benoit or Didier Digard.

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Anyway, I wonder which one would be a better attacking formation, 4-5-1 or 4-4-2?

 

September Summary! Friday, Aug 1 2008 

Southampton and Transfer , , zulisme 1:47 pm

My September Summary :D!!

Quite pleased really except for the recent 3-2 defeat over Plymouth. They were given 2 penalties and one is totally controversial. I was leading with 2 goals, one from STELVIO!!! and the other one from Jermaine Wright. Still, I was quite sure it was a fight till the end. Nevermind that, next time we will have our revenge.

The even frightening news is that the next League Cup fixture would be playing with Chelsea, the defending Champions! Luckily, it is at St. Mary’s Stadium. Aaaaaahhh *Holy angel sound* Hope to give an utter upset to them.

The very good news is that the fans love STELVIO!!! Great buy, thanks so much VM for the player. Great tip, great buy.

Transfer Updates

After a recent match which I can’t recall, Viafara was totally pissed at me and handed a transfer request. Firstly, he was pissed at the selling of Stern John. Then at a recent game which the Saints won, I kinda said that their performance were disappointing and few felt the pinch and got angered. Anyway, I sold him to Stoke for 1.5mill. Good money to spend when the January Transfer opens or search for better scouts.

 

Beginning! Monday, Jul 28 2008 

Southampton and Transfer , , zulisme 2:18 pm

Heya football manager fanatics. I seem to be motivated by Vitality Mokosiy’s The True Football Manager blog. It is sooo damn cool.

Anyway, now I back to my second favourite squad, Southampton. Screenshots will be shown on the next post. Just few transfer updates:

Franco Di Santo(Chelsea) – Loan

Sold:

Stern John – Pending (1.2m)

Chris Makin – Wycombe (14k + ex)

So others which I can’t remember. But be sure to check back!