From the snowy plains of Russia

2012-12-06 18:25#71210 crisrko : I got nothing with him! But come on, two reds in seven matches, and he's a captain? Third time's lucky, and third time means pulling a John Terry on him ( Take his armband )

On my Juve one, Vidal got sent off in two league matches in a row, and complained when I fined him a week's wages.

"SO FUCKING WHAT?" Liked the talk!

Class story mate. + That's the way to treat your captain;)

Oh god, its that time of the year.. Its close to June, and my players are getting cheesy eyes from clubs in England.
Tottenham sent in a 25.500.000$ offer for Anyukov, my rightback, while Liverpool is looking at Kerzhakov for a possible transfer around 30.000.000$. Can I hold on them? Dunno. Should I sell Anyukov? God I don't know.

But its not only the foreign teams doing moves. We have bid in for Lazar Markovic and some brazilian guy, Muriqui. Pacy, young, playing in the chinese league, he'll be coming for a 7.5mil price, and his stats are these-...
Looks good no? And can play a big ass load of positions too.

The two players above are already bought, and they'll show up soon, but I'm considering bringing a new player in place of Zyryanov, for the CM position. As we're pretty htin on it, thanks to erm... Denisov's temperment.
Thats all for now, folks!

Oh well, August is here, and my fabulous players have arrived. Muriqui is, unfortunately, injured. He came with a sprained knee, damn you chinese league, brutalising my players. Oh well, he's not the only one that arrived. Bruno and Nelson also joined. Here, you can see the transfer history, made 43 mil off two players, and bought 38mil worth players.
Now now... lets see the other two players.

Beautiful, no?
Now, lets go back to the league... Devic and Kerzhakov are total beasts at the moment, Kerzhakov has a curent bad form, while Devic keeps shining. Devic is the Russian Premier Divisions top scoarer, with 10 goals, and Kerzhakov is the third, having 8 goals. He's third because he played more than Bousouffa. Still, they're all doing great. Muriqui will just pump up the goal scoaring. I use Devic more as a right inside forward, and it really pays off.
Faizulin is doing good, Denisov has fixed his temper, Shirokov is a great playmaker, Huszti plays decent, eh.

Curently, we're second in the league, 17matches played. Three points behind CSKA Moscow. They have 41, we have 38, el problemo? But no worries, I will overtake them thanks to my new signings, but I'll see if I'll buy anyone else. Depends if I'll sell Kerzhakov to Liverpool, since they're sniffing around him.

Nice story with Zenit (Russian League :D), Zenit have a lot of money take advantage of that

Yea... gotta love it. How for the english teams, november is the most shit month for their games, for the ruskies, August isn't helping my top scoarers, Kerzhakov and Devic. Past match, Lokomotiv Moscow almost beat our asses. Well, half time went, 0-0, took my boy Hubocan and put him on the left side, took out Huszti and put in Arshavin. And oh boy, Arshavin did play well. We get a penalty after a tackle on Devic, GOAL Arshavin. Great pass comes from Devic, lobbed over the defence, Arshavin sprints 30yards, pushes it in the end and goooaaal. And, around min 70, he sends a beautiful pass to Kannunikov who scores. Oh August..
And this is the progress I had this season. Considering how many injuries I had at the start, and the teams Anzhi and CSKA got... I'm pretty pleased. We're second with 44 points, while CSKA is first with 45.

August is tough, but you are getting through it. Good job cris!

I smile a lot when reading your story..I can imagine you in a barn in a remote place in Russia sat at a circular table with your ruskie hat on drinking small shots of Vodka with snow outside. I will be following.

I wait alongside my team in the main training facility lobby, eyeing the Champions League groups draw. First team... Chelsea. Afterwards, we see we're in the same group with Chelsea. We shook our heads and kept looking at the draw. Next in play comes Lille. I stare blankly at the TV screen, then glance towards our captain, Denisov. He seemed worried. Last but not least, SK Sturm Graz takes the last spot in our group. We exhale deeply, and get up and move towards the facility.

Kerzhakov has been doing somewhat better lately, starting to pump in goals, alongside Kannunikov. The first match will be against Chelsea, and I plan to start it up with Muriqui in the front. He just got back from his injury, it may be a risk, but meh. I got alot of strikes. Kerzhakov, Muriqui, Kannunikov, Bukharov, and if needed, Lazovic and Devic can play as forwards. Devic is more of a right wing inside forward, and is our current top scoarer.

My main scout arrives in my office. I was drinking a small shot of Stalinskaya vodka. I nod towards him, and extend my hand towards the envelope. Pushing my hand inside, I feel a couple of plastic files. I take them out. It was Chelsea's team report. I look on it, and then I sigh deeply. "Forwards - Torres, Lukaku. Mids - Essien, Mata, Mikel, Lampard, Ramires".
Fucking great.

We played the Chelsea match and we won. We stood up confidently, and dominated the match. Huszti sends a perfect pass to Devic in the 12th minute, GOAL. One nill for the russian side. Its around minute 30, Arshavin centers the ball from the corner, it curves widely, Cech jumps and parries the shot. Ball flies to Zyryanov, he drops the volley-.. OOOOOH, GOAL GOAL GOAL!. Two nill by half-time. After a very poor performance from Muriqui, I called Kannunikov in the field ( this youngster is doing good ), and the match gets underway. They had a number of chances, but Malafeev, like always, been godlike in that net.

Match is over, and I have a little chat with Muriqui. Called him to my office, and we started the chat.
"What was that about, Muriqui? I expected more from you, considering I spent 7.5 big ones on you."
"Sorry coach, I'll try my best, its totally different... new players, new terrains.."
"Right. I don't want it to happen again. You'll be given a few chances over time, and I need you to adapt to this, if you want to even think about fighting against Kerzhakov for that spot. Kannunikov is doing far greater than you."

And he leaves the office.

We played a few more games, and we're through 27 matches, and we are on the first place, one point infront of a good, powerful, CSKA Moscow. Malafeev got 13 shutouts, and he didn't allow a goal for 630minutes. I just love him, considering his value, his stats... I say he's doing phenomenally.

Muriqui didn't do well in the three matches he played, 6.45 average marks, and I will give him a chance again against Lille, the other team in the group. We're going to play them right now. They scored 3 against Sturm, so they got one more goal marked. They side first, but hey, you know Shermishov is a tricky bastard.

For Mother Russia!

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Oh and Good luck

Oh yea, like the title says, we're four games through in the champions league cup. We have faced a firm wave of teams, defeating Chelsea 2-0, Sturm Graz 3-0 and 4-0, and drew Lille 1-1. Yes, and even better, Marko Devic is one fabulous player, and scores a ton of goals. On the other side, Paul Papp is ensuring that crosses don't float, or that our defence doesn't get pushed away when a speedster or a tank comes through. Marko was well worth the 15mil, or whatever I spent on him... Muriqui on the other hand-... not so much. He played 5 matches, and out of those he scored only once. I gave him a chance against Chelsea, awful debut. Played with Lille, meh, decent. Played with Sturm, goal and assist. Played again with Sturm, nothing, and so on. I feel like I spent 7.5mil uselessly on him, but I'll give him more time. If not lucky, he can kiss Russia goodbye at the end of the season.

Malafeev... Oh my god, my keeper is fabulous, JUST LOOK AT THIS.
Marko Devic, goal beast. Keep note he plays AMR, not in the front.
Paul Papp... romanian. Yea, nothing more to be said here.
Kerzhakov is doing good too, but I want more from my forward.

Well, fucking god. What a beautiful month we had. Or should I say season? We're through in the Champs League first knockout, as we're first in the group with 4 wins and 1 draw. We beat Chelsea both times, beat Lille away, and beat Sturm Graz home. One more match, and we're getting the draw. What can I ask more? Well, now I'm going to spend alot of money, but I'll give away a few players. Who's on his way out?

Semak has already agreed a transfer to Spain, for 875k. He's too old, wants playtime, yet I have far better quality in the team.

Bruno Alves. Well, I didn't play him too much, but he's quality and brings a good buck in. I got more than enough DC's, that are reliable and are younger than him. He's going to Villa Park for 9 mil.

Rosina... Oh god, you italian. What can I say? Rosina has been awful this season, and noone wants a deadwood that doens't play. I'm struggling to sell him.

Muriqui.. Oh boy, how much did I get you for? 7.5mil. How are you playing? Shit. Two goals in thirteen matches isn't looking good. Fix up, or be out.

Some american dude in reserves... Evgeny Starikov. I need team spaces for the registration. You're useless, peace out.

Who's coming in?
Oh boy...

Balasz Dsudszack He's coming in for 23 milions. He wanted out of Dinamo Moscowa, so he's coming to St Petersburg. FABULOUS player.

Cheick Tiote Coming for 11 milions. Pretty cheap, I hope he will perform. For his own good, of course. Good tacklers are needed in Russia.

Devic and Kerzhakov banging goals like its a game.

Amazing results crisk! Good luck in the future