Barclays Premier League 2013/2014
August
Leicester City 3:1 Everton
We only played one match this month due to commitments to the Europa League. However, it was a solid start to the season with Cary Cahill being named man of the match, hence why although we only played one match, he is the club's player of the month.
September
Leicester City 3:0 Newcastle Untied
Leicester City 2-1 Norwich
Yet again, we didnt play many matches due to Europa League matches, but two solid wins meant we had hit the season running and were looking in great shape to mount an attack on the league to get up into the europa league spots. The player of the month was Kyle Naughton, who from the two matches was solid at the back and got a match average of 8.15 for this month.
October
Leicester City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
Leicester City 2-2 Arsenal
Oh my god.... yet again only two matches this month. I fear this is really going to damage my squad when we have to catch up with all these matches. I have five games in hand from the team who has played the next lowest amount of league games. A solid draw against Arsenal was pleasing because it shows we are starting to be able to compete with the big boys. I expected to beat Blackburn so that rssult was no surprise ( no offense blackburn fans!!) although they did give a good fight. The player of the month was John Pantsil. It could've gone to anyone in the defence because they are so solid, but he had the highest rating at 7.5, so it had to go to him!!
November
Leicester City 3-4 Chelsea
Leicester City 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
Leicester City 1-1 Aston Villa
Leicester City 0-1 Man United
Leicester City 2-0 Sunderland
A tough month with mixed results. I finally lost but it was to the big teams, and they were extremely cloase. The main reason i lost to Man Utd was because my finishing was so poor. Apart from the Chelsea game, my defence was solid, so thats why my player of the month has to go to another defender, and this time its Garyu Cahill again who was also awarded man of the match against Sunderland.
December
Leicester City 2-1 Swansea
Leicester City 0-2 Liverpool
Leicester City 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Leicester City 0-0 Wolves
Leicester City 0-3 Tottenham Hotspurs
Leicester City 6-2 Wigan Athletic
Leicester City 2-1 Fulham
Urghh, what a month. Unlike in Europe, where there is a winter break, in England we have a silly system that we should paly all of our games at christmas time. Although its quite an old tradition, its not good for FM! My team got bogged down and rsults were so poor. Especially the Wigan game. You may be looking at the result and thinking, "How is 6-2 a poor result?", well, at half time, we were 2-1 down, and had had only 25% of possesion. I had completly lost the will to live and gave my players a right old rollocking. This seemed to work wonders and voila, 6-2. A terrific hat-trick from Luuk de Jong and other goals earned hime player of the month.
January
Leicesster City 1-1 Everton
Leicester City 3-1 Aston Villa
Leicester City 0-1 Man City
Leicester City 1-0 Newcastle United
A decent month really, a solid defence and a great win against midland rivals Aston Villa. A very close game with City shows we arent far away from being able to compete succesfully with the big teams. Yet again my player of the month was a defender, but this time Ragnar Sigurdsson because of his goal scoring and defending.
February
Leicester City 2-0 Norwich
Leicester City 2-0 West Ham United
Leicester City 3-1 Wets Ham United
Leicester City 0-0 Blackburn Rovers
A very good month for the Foxes. Two pleasing wins over West Ham. Strange that both my premier league fixtures against them happended in the space of 3 days!!. Annoyingly, Blackburn seem to be that team that i cant really break down and them full deserved the draw, if not more. Im almost getting bored of this, but my player of the month was yet again a...... yep you guessed it, a defender. Gary Cahill is having an incredible season for Leicester and because he kept a clean sheet in every game he played, the award goes to him.
March
Leicester City 1-2 Chelsea
Leicester City 1-1 Aresnal
Leicester City 2-1 Manchester United
At the start of the month, i was dreading these fixtures. But somehow i cam eaway with four points, four more than i expected to get!! The win against United was amazing, but i felt guilty because i love them. However i realised it was only FM, however, i have found this game is taking over my life. It has become my drug addiction. The result against Arsenal was great as well! Player of the month goes to Gelson Fernandes for being an absolute tank in the middle of the park, and had an average rating of 8.
April
Leicester City 4-2 Man City 2
Leicester City 3-0 Swansea City
Leicester City 3-1 Liverpool
Leicester City 2-2 Sunderland
Leicester City 1-0 West Bromich Albion
Leicester City 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Leicester City 3-0 Wolves
What a hectic month! However 6 wins out of seven games and we are really competing with the big boys! To beat Liverpool 3-1 and City 4-2 was just incredible.I'm finally back to the same amount of games played as everyone else, so the Europa League challenge starts here, and even a possible champions league spot.....maybe. The best player in this month was Antione Griezmann who is turning out to be a quality signing, who had an average rating of 7.81 .
May
Leicester City 1-0 Wigan Athletic
Leicester City 0-1 Tottenham Hotspurs
Leicester City 2-1 Fulham
A decent finish to what was an amazing season all round. AShaky performances against Wigan and Tottenham, a team who can nver get close to beating, although the scoreline doesnt suggest it, and a strong finish against Fulham. I also agreed a deal to take the german goalkeeper ter Stegen on a free at the end of the season. The player of the month was Lamine Sane who has not been my first choice right back, but when needed, such this month, he didnt disapoint.
Season Summary
An icredible season. I didnt even dream of having a season like this. Amazing.
An incredible fourth place!! Next season i think the plan is to reach the group stages, and come in the the top four yet again in the premier league.
Key Players
Kasper Scmeichel
What a player! This man has had an awesome defence in front of him, however, he has been incredible. From 37 matches, he only let in about 34 goals, at an averafe rating of 7.02, he is rapidly becoming as good as his father.
Ragnar Sigurdsson
Sigurddson is quickly becoming a fans favourite and had an awesome season. From 33 games, he scored 3 goals, made 2 assists, was awarded the man of the match an impressive 3 times at an average rating of 7.09
Luuk de Jong
This season was Luuk's break-through season. From 36 appearances, Luuk scored an impressive 19 goals which easily made him our top goal scorer. He also created 9 assists and was awarded man of the match 5 times at an average of 7.10 . If he does better next season i will be a very happy bunny.
Kyle Naughton
Naughton had a fantastic season at left back, often bombing down the wing and pauired up very nicely with Antoine Griezmann. He created 6 assists at an average rating of 7.15
Jack Rodwell
Rodwell had an incredible season and with him in the midfield with Jake Livermore, the totally bossed the center of the park. He often scored some absolute screamers. From 37 appearances, he scored 5 goals, making 3 assists at an average rating of 7.03
Young Player of the Year- Pier Larrauri
This guy was amazing. IWhen i first picked him, i didnt even mean to do it, but it paid off! From 19 matches, he scored 6 goals and creating 1 assist. He scored vital goals, and as you will see later, he was very improtant during our raid on Europe!!
Player of the Year- Gary Cahill and Antoine Griezmann
Gary Cahill
Gary was an absolute tank for us this year. £15 million well spent i think! From 37 matches, he scored 6 goals, making 2 assists and was awarded man of the match an amazing 6 times. He had an average rating of 7.18 . Cahill has been linked with Chelsea and Tottenham all through last season. Take a bow son.
Antoine Griezmann
Antoine has been nothing short of fantastic for the Foxes. In 34 appearances, he scored 6 goals, creating a fantastic 12 assists and was awarded man of the match 3 times. I really couldnt decide who to give player of the season to, so i decided to share it between Cahill and Griezmann. Antoine had an average rating of 7.17
Great work Mr. Johnners!
