Firstly, I know their are plenty of stories on how they're getting back into Europe but i've tried to make mine different before you click away from my story,
1- I'm using the Summer update patch and will be including Youth in my such as; Sterling, Suso and Wilson for example.
2- I'll be trying to make signings which people wouldn't usually expect me or any other person to make, e.g unknown or youth and fairly average I intend to help perform on the big European stage.
3- My challenge isn't to conquer Europe, that's just a side story, my challenge is to over take and become the most sucessful in EPL history, and claim more titles than them. (Being a Utd fan myself, I feel rather dirty hahaha.)
So if you would like to stay, then.. Read on, If not then you can leave, but it's your loss, Also, This is my 2nd attempt and im using this story as writing practice for future stories on FM2012, and in the not so distant future FM2013.
Today, It was the day I took charge of one of the most sucessful clubs in European and English football, I was the talk of all shows be it the radio or Sky Sports.
But there was no time for me to listen to how people were debating on whether I could bring sucess the likes of Bob Paisley could to once again, I had to get down to buisness, The transfer window had opened just a few weeks ago and I had only a month to strengthen my to bolster my Europe and bid.
I was intrested in a number of clients, and my hard-working scouts had been out and compiled profiles on each and everyone of my targets to benefeit and improve my decisions.
Scouting Profile #1: Victor Moses
I think that this young lad had a lot of talent and a bright future ahead of him, I also felt as though my lacked tenacity, pace and flair down the wings of my , with Stewart Downing being inconsitent, Bellamy fairly injury-prone and Joe Cole beginning to come into his 30's and possibly peaking and beginning to regress as a footballer. I sent Ian Barrigan a quality scout to monitor and report back to me on Victor, He told me he believed Victor could become a Leading star for most EPL teams, that he would be a excellent addition to the and was a more quality player than Joe Cole and Borini who could have been chosen as an option on the wing.
Scouting Profile #2: Wilfried Zaha
I didn't feel the need or even want a scout to report back to me on this young lad, Having been a Palace for 9 years I witnessed the entrance of Zaha into the club and the amazing amounts of progression the had made since joining Crystal Palace, I made an offer of 5.7m pounds which was swiftly rejected from the side, I instantly made an arrangement to speak to Dougie Freedman, Palace and Simon Jordan the Crystal Palace chairmen, I took my assitant Kevin Keen to help with negotiations. After a long-drawn out process we agreed a deal of 7.5m with Zaha returning to Palace for a season-long loan after 9 hours of negotiations, however 2 hours were spent reminiscing as I had built a great friendship with both Dougie and Simon whilst I spent time with the Club as a Coach.
I was already eagerly anticipating the arrival of Zaha, With a year to wait to see him in .
Scouting Profile #3: Jack Rodwell
Jack Rodwell has always been a great holder of the and quality , and to me he was the perfect fit to fill the gap in the centre of my , However, I knew obtaining this services would be extremely hard due to the rivalry between the two clubs. Also, my scouts informed me that the may be de-motivated and angered to bring in a rival player to the club as he represents the Everton on such a major scale our may not wish to have Jack at the club. So i soon broke down even the thought of negotiations and began to look elsewhere as entertainment and keeping the loyal happy and on-board is what I look for most as a .
Scouting Profile #4: Ivan Rakitic
This croatian playmaker was a suggestion from my Argentininan scout Diego Caniggia,
He explained his opinion of the player, who I had such little knowledge about, So I sent him to Seville to scout the player, He returned with notes, and evidence and the ability, Explaining he thought he would be available for less than 10 million pounds and would be a quality name on the team-sheet. After reading through his notes and 2 hours of watching evidence of the central , I myself even felt as though he was a must in my to the ball out wide or feed Gerrard and Suarez through the centre and hoped to lure the player to my .
It was the day of my debut, My first opportunity to show and skeptics what I had to offer.
began brilliantly, Lucas Lieva and Stewart Downing created a great partnership, which lead to a from a great ball through to Downing from Lucas who played the ball across the 6-yard box for Steven Gerrard to tap home after just 10 minutes, No less than 5 minutes later Gerrard popped up again from 25 yards out, on the end of a wonderful back heel from Downing. From then on my just controlled the and held by far the majority of posession, The only way I could fault my teams performance would be the quality of the finishing, Only 6 from 14 shots hit the target and only 2 goals were , Shooting practice took place the next training session with the Boys, Downing particularly impressed taking Man of the along with Lucas and Gerrard, 59th minute substitutes Fabio Borini and Jordan Henderson also played well once brought on.
In:
Wilfried Zaha - 7.5m
Ivan Rakitic - 8m
Jose Bosingwa - Free
Nathan Redmond - 4.5m (End of Season)
Out:
Jonjo Shelvey - Loan
Andy Carroll - Loan 2.5m
John Flanagan - 2.5m
Peter Gulacsi - Loan
Martin Kelly - Loan 1.5m
Wilfried Zaha - Loan
Norwich 0 - 3 Liverpool
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Marc Tierney O.G
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Craig Bellamy
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Luis Suarez
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Craig Bellamy
Ventspils[/b 1 - 4 Liverpool
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Craig Bellamy
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Ivan Rakitic
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Raheem Sterling
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Luis Suarez
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Craig Bellamy
Liverpool 4 - 0 Chelsea
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Ivan Rakitic
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Martin Skrtel
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Jamie Carragher
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Luis Suarez
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Ivan Rakitic
Liverpool 6 - 0 Ventspils
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Fabio Borini(3)
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Steven Gerrard(2)
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Joe Cole
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Fabio Borini
Liverpool 3 - 0 Wigan
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Jose Enrique
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Joe Cole
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Daniel Agger
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Jose Enrique
My career as began very well, My first month in the EPL and I had been voted as Manager of the Month I hope there is plenty more to come, Craig Bellamy came a close fought 2nd in EPL player of the month, However in my own personal view Jamie Carragher has been my personal Player of the Month with stand out performances in the EPL and Europa . , I manage to negotiate a deal and contract with Sevilla and Rakitic and secure the playmaker for just 8 million. Nathan Redmond was a last minute deal suggested to me by Kevin Keen my assistant , He held the young english in high regard and believed he could be a quality player in the future.
Aston Villa 2 - 4
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Luis Suarez(2)
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Joe Cole
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Richard Bryan O.G
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Steven Gerrard
2 - 0 LOSC Lille Metropole
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Luis Suarez
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Steven Gerrard
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Craig Bellamy
3 - 3 Sunderland
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Ivan Rakitic(2)
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Luis Suarez
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Ivan Rakitic
Liverpool 1 - 3 (League Cup 3rd Rnd)
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Luis Suarez
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N/A
3 - 0 Liverpool
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Pepe Reina
Sc Heerenveen 2 - 3 Liverpool
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Luis Suarez
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Steven Gerrard
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Jamie Carragher
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Steven Gerrard
Not a good month by any standards, back to back loses to the hands of , a 3-all draw with the likes of Sunderland, Only bright areas are the 4-2 against Villa and two wins in the Europa groups leaving me top of my table and looking likely to progress further. Curently lying 4th within the table 5 points from 1st and 3 points from 2nd so it isn't to bad to have had the bad month now, while I still have the chance to make amends, due to the standard of performances I've decided to select no player for my personal Player of the month.
4 - 1 Tottenham
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Jamie Carragher
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Jamie Carragher
4 - 0 Reading
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Steven Gerrard
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Stewart Downing(2)
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Jamie Carragher
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Stewart Downing
3 - 0 Red Star
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Fabio Borini
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Martin Skrtel
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Sebastian Coates
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Ivan Rakitic
Fulham 2 - 2
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Steven Gerrard
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Daniel Agger
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West Ham 2 - 1
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Sebastian Coates
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N/A
October started off strongly for me and my , Downing and Gerrard particularly impressed. 11 Goals from 3 matches in first and after that my team seemed to become over confident and become complacent in the against Fulham and West Ham. But my team lie 4th in the EPL however are equal on points with a game in hand, but i'm only 3 points behind 3rd place. Qualification to the final stages of the Europa was imminent with 2 in hand and only needing a point. Stewart Downing collected the EPL Player of the Month award with some outstanding performances and gained my personal away of Player of the Month.
1- I'm using the Summer update patch and will be including Youth in my such as; Sterling, Suso and Wilson for example.
2- I'll be trying to make signings which people wouldn't usually expect me or any other person to make, e.g unknown or youth and fairly average I intend to help perform on the big European stage.
3- My challenge isn't to conquer Europe, that's just a side story, my challenge is to over take and become the most sucessful in EPL history, and claim more titles than them. (Being a Utd fan myself, I feel rather dirty hahaha.)
So if you would like to stay, then.. Read on, If not then you can leave, but it's your loss, Also, This is my 2nd attempt and im using this story as writing practice for future stories on FM2012, and in the not so distant future FM2013.
Breaking News - Joseph McHale replaces King Kenny as Chief
First day in Charge
Today, It was the day I took charge of one of the most sucessful clubs in European and English football, I was the talk of all shows be it the radio or Sky Sports.
But there was no time for me to listen to how people were debating on whether I could bring sucess the likes of Bob Paisley could to once again, I had to get down to buisness, The transfer window had opened just a few weeks ago and I had only a month to strengthen my to bolster my Europe and bid.
Transfer Talk
I was intrested in a number of clients, and my hard-working scouts had been out and compiled profiles on each and everyone of my targets to benefeit and improve my decisions.
Scouting Profile #1: Victor Moses
I think that this young lad had a lot of talent and a bright future ahead of him, I also felt as though my lacked tenacity, pace and flair down the wings of my , with Stewart Downing being inconsitent, Bellamy fairly injury-prone and Joe Cole beginning to come into his 30's and possibly peaking and beginning to regress as a footballer. I sent Ian Barrigan a quality scout to monitor and report back to me on Victor, He told me he believed Victor could become a Leading star for most EPL teams, that he would be a excellent addition to the and was a more quality player than Joe Cole and Borini who could have been chosen as an option on the wing.
Scouting Profile #2: Wilfried Zaha
I didn't feel the need or even want a scout to report back to me on this young lad, Having been a Palace for 9 years I witnessed the entrance of Zaha into the club and the amazing amounts of progression the had made since joining Crystal Palace, I made an offer of 5.7m pounds which was swiftly rejected from the side, I instantly made an arrangement to speak to Dougie Freedman, Palace and Simon Jordan the Crystal Palace chairmen, I took my assitant Kevin Keen to help with negotiations. After a long-drawn out process we agreed a deal of 7.5m with Zaha returning to Palace for a season-long loan after 9 hours of negotiations, however 2 hours were spent reminiscing as I had built a great friendship with both Dougie and Simon whilst I spent time with the Club as a Coach.
I was already eagerly anticipating the arrival of Zaha, With a year to wait to see him in .
Scouting Profile #3: Jack Rodwell
Jack Rodwell has always been a great holder of the and quality , and to me he was the perfect fit to fill the gap in the centre of my , However, I knew obtaining this services would be extremely hard due to the rivalry between the two clubs. Also, my scouts informed me that the may be de-motivated and angered to bring in a rival player to the club as he represents the Everton on such a major scale our may not wish to have Jack at the club. So i soon broke down even the thought of negotiations and began to look elsewhere as entertainment and keeping the loyal happy and on-board is what I look for most as a .
Scouting Profile #4: Ivan Rakitic
This croatian playmaker was a suggestion from my Argentininan scout Diego Caniggia,
He explained his opinion of the player, who I had such little knowledge about, So I sent him to Seville to scout the player, He returned with notes, and evidence and the ability, Explaining he thought he would be available for less than 10 million pounds and would be a quality name on the team-sheet. After reading through his notes and 2 hours of watching evidence of the central , I myself even felt as though he was a must in my to the ball out wide or feed Gerrard and Suarez through the centre and hoped to lure the player to my .
Managerial Debut 28/06/12 - Europe 3rd Qual
It was the day of my debut, My first opportunity to show and skeptics what I had to offer.
began brilliantly, Lucas Lieva and Stewart Downing created a great partnership, which lead to a from a great ball through to Downing from Lucas who played the ball across the 6-yard box for Steven Gerrard to tap home after just 10 minutes, No less than 5 minutes later Gerrard popped up again from 25 yards out, on the end of a wonderful back heel from Downing. From then on my just controlled the and held by far the majority of posession, The only way I could fault my teams performance would be the quality of the finishing, Only 6 from 14 shots hit the target and only 2 goals were , Shooting practice took place the next training session with the Boys, Downing particularly impressed taking Man of the along with Lucas and Gerrard, 59th minute substitutes Fabio Borini and Jordan Henderson also played well once brought on.
Transfer Window Roundup
In:
Wilfried Zaha - 7.5m
Ivan Rakitic - 8m
Jose Bosingwa - Free
Nathan Redmond - 4.5m (End of Season)
Out:
Jonjo Shelvey - Loan
Andy Carroll - Loan 2.5m
John Flanagan - 2.5m
Peter Gulacsi - Loan
Martin Kelly - Loan 1.5m
Wilfried Zaha - Loan
August Results
Norwich 0 - 3 Liverpool
Marc Tierney O.G Craig Bellamy Luis Suarez
Craig BellamyVentspils[/b 1 - 4 Liverpool
Craig Bellamy Ivan Rakitic Raheem Sterling Luis Suarez Craig BellamyLiverpool 4 - 0 Chelsea
Ivan Rakitic Martin Skrtel Jamie Carragher Luis Suarez Ivan RakiticLiverpool 6 - 0 Ventspils
Fabio Borini(3) Steven Gerrard(2) Joe Cole Fabio BoriniLiverpool 3 - 0 Wigan
Jose Enrique Joe Cole Daniel Agger Jose EnriqueLeague Table
My career as began very well, My first month in the EPL and I had been voted as Manager of the Month I hope there is plenty more to come, Craig Bellamy came a close fought 2nd in EPL player of the month, However in my own personal view Jamie Carragher has been my personal Player of the Month with stand out performances in the EPL and Europa . , I manage to negotiate a deal and contract with Sevilla and Rakitic and secure the playmaker for just 8 million. Nathan Redmond was a last minute deal suggested to me by Kevin Keen my assistant , He held the young english in high regard and believed he could be a quality player in the future.
September Results
Aston Villa 2 - 4
Luis Suarez(2) Joe Cole Richard Bryan O.G Steven Gerrard2 - 0 LOSC Lille Metropole
Luis Suarez Steven Gerrard Craig Bellamy3 - 3 Sunderland
Ivan Rakitic(2) Luis Suarez Ivan RakiticLiverpool 1 - 3 (League Cup 3rd Rnd)
Luis Suarez N/A3 - 0 Liverpool
Pepe ReinaSc Heerenveen 2 - 3 Liverpool
Luis Suarez Steven Gerrard Jamie Carragher Steven GerrardLeague Table
Not a good month by any standards, back to back loses to the hands of , a 3-all draw with the likes of Sunderland, Only bright areas are the 4-2 against Villa and two wins in the Europa groups leaving me top of my table and looking likely to progress further. Curently lying 4th within the table 5 points from 1st and 3 points from 2nd so it isn't to bad to have had the bad month now, while I still have the chance to make amends, due to the standard of performances I've decided to select no player for my personal Player of the month.
October Results
4 - 1 Tottenham
Stewart Downing Steven Gerrard Gokhan Gonul O.G Jamie Carragher Jamie Carragher4 - 0 Reading
Steven Gerrard Stewart Downing(2) Jamie Carragher Stewart Downing3 - 0 Red Star
Fabio Borini Martin Skrtel Sebastian Coates Ivan RakiticFulham 2 - 2
Steven Gerrard Daniel Agger N/AWest Ham 2 - 1
Sebastian Coates N/ALeague Table
October started off strongly for me and my , Downing and Gerrard particularly impressed. 11 Goals from 3 matches in first and after that my team seemed to become over confident and become complacent in the against Fulham and West Ham. But my team lie 4th in the EPL however are equal on points with a game in hand, but i'm only 3 points behind 3rd place. Qualification to the final stages of the Europa was imminent with 2 in hand and only needing a point. Stewart Downing collected the EPL Player of the Month award with some outstanding performances and gained my personal away of Player of the Month.
Martin Skrtel