FM2012 - Chelsea Football Club

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Founded in 1905, Chelsea are a London based club currently playing in the English Premier Division. They play their home games at Stamford Bridge & have fierce rivalry with Millwall, Tottenham Hotspur & West Ham United. The Blues have a history they can be proud of, winning the English top division four times, the Cup Winners Cup twice & another fourteen domestic honours including the FA Cup, Community Shield & English League Cup.

July 2011

"The Chelsea Board have announced the appointment of Chris Borg as the club's new manager looking to provide stability & way forward to being the best team in Europe. Funded by Russian owner Roman Abramovich, Borg has been offered a two-year contract at 31,000 euros p/w and has been promised the full backing of the club's board.

The last two weeks have been a nightmare in the Chelsea camp with Andres Villas-Boas being appointed as Carlo Ancelotti's replacement, only to resign after less than two weeks. It has been reported that club captain John Terry was talking to his wife during the welcoming party & things escalated from there. Whatever happened Villas-Boas' short stay should be ignored and the focus is now on the upcoming season with new manager Chris Borg looking to make his mark in English Football."



The Chelsea board have already made some summer signings, most notably Juan Mata and have already started looking at targets for 2012. Apart from this, manager Chris Borg has been assigned 25 million euros for his own personal targets. The backroom staff will be kept & Roberto Di Matteo will also retain his post as Assistant Manager.

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TACTICS

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very interesting tactics. i must say i like your first tactic the best as i believe using wingbacks is the way to go

#56483 shaneo insaneo : very interesting tactics. i must say i like your first tactic the best as i believe using wingbacks is the way to go

Thanks mate for the formation tips, yeah am looking forward for this, had to start a new story here so will update PreSeason tomorrow.

Pre-Season July/August 2011

News

Salomon Kalou signs new three year deal worth 10 million keeping him at the club until 2014. Also brought in two new backroom staff members, Coach Franco Baldini & Youth Coach Brian Eastick. Club captain John Terry & vice-captain Frank Lampard will both be staying at the club amidst various rumours and both will have a major role to play this campaign. A great preseason with seven wins & a draw, scoring an impressive 26 goals and only conceding one, giving all players a chance to show their worth. With some movement in the transfer market to fine-tune the squad, this looks like it is going to be a memorable season where we will aim to challenge on all four fronts, playing attacking football and bringing more trophies & success to our club. Stamford Bridge box-office has also today confirmed that we have sold 22,000 season tickets as the 2011/12 season is about to kick off.

Josh McEachran pulled his hamstring & will be out for 2-3 weeks.
Branislav Ivanovic out for 6-7 weeks with a double hernia.

Friendlies

Chelsea vs Chelsea Reserves 3-0
Alex
Ramires
Nicolas Anelka

Vitesse vs Chelsea 0-5
Romelu Lukaku
Salomon Kalou
Fernando Torres
Alex
Branislav Ivanovic
(Florent Malouda)

Chelsea vs Olympique Lyon 3-0
Nicolas Anelka
Fernando Torres 2

AFC Wimbledon vs Chelsea 1-5
Fernando Torres
Juan Mata
Romelu Lukaku 2
Alex

Athletic Bilbao vs Chelsea 0-4
Alex
Salomon Kalou
Romelu Lukaku 2

Busan vs Chelsea 0-0

Jeonbuk vs Chelsea 0-4
David Luiz 2
Frank Lampard
Florent Malouda

Gangwon vs Chelsea 0-2
Daniel Sturridge
Nicolas Anelka

Loaned Out

Rhys Taylor Bury
Billy Clifford Bradford
Ben Gordon Brentford
Jacob Mellis Derby County
Patrick Van Aanholt Wigan Athletic
Thibaut Courtois Atletico Madrid
Sam Walker Northampton
Yossi Benayoun Arsenal
Gael Kakuta Bolton Wanderers
Jeffrey Bruma HSV
Tomas Kalas Vitesse
Ulises Davila Vitesse
Matej Delac Ceske Budejovice
Jamal Blackman Gillingham

Transfers Out/In

Didier Drogba Bayern Munich for 10 million
Nicolas Anelka PSG for 3 million
Jose Bosingwa Villareal for 3 million
Conor Clifford Aston Villa for 1.1 million


Mbaye Niang 16 year old French Striker for 8 million from Caen joining our U18s.

Jean Marie Dongou 16 year old Cameroon Striker for 1.4 million from Barcelona joining our U18s.

Lorenzo Crisetig 18 year old Italian Midfielder from Inter for 1.5 million on a five year contract.


"With just a couple of days left from the end of the 2011 summer transfer window, it is reported that plans are underway to bring in one or two last minute signings to the bridge to fill the gap at right back and possibly strenghten their midfield. Chelsea boss Chris Borg has already shown signs of his long-term plans by investing no less than 11 million in three young future stars from France, Spain & Italy."

Chelsea sign Arturo Vidal & Mauricio Isla

"Chelsea boss Chris Borg left it till the last minute to announce the signing of the two Chileans, Wingback Mauricio Isla(left) & Midfielder Arturo Vidal(right). 23 year old Mauricio Isla signed from Italian outfit Udinese for 15 million on a five-year deal at 65,000p/w. His fellow 24 year old Chilean team mate, Arturo Vidal signed from Juventus for a reported 20 million on a five-year contract at 145,000p/w."

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"Elsewhere Manchester City have spent a combined fee of 55 million on Danny from Zenit, Darijo Srna from Shakhtar & Salvatore Bochetti from Rubin whereas fellow londoners Arsenal have signed Arouca from Santos & Cristian Ansaldi from Rubin for a combined fee of 27 million."

Champions League Group G

Chelsea[ENG]
Rangers[SCO]
Valencia[SPA]
Napoli[ITA]

League Cup

3rd Round draws us against Bolton at Stamford Bridge.

hi mate, may i know what kind of training are you using?

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Founded in 1905, Chelsea are a London based club currently playing in the English Premier Division. They play their home games at Stamford Bridge & have fierce rivalry with Millwall, Tottenham Hotspur & West Ham United. The Blues have a history they can be proud of, winning the English top division four times, the Cup Winners Cup twice & another fourteen domestic honours including the FA Cup, Community Shield & English League Cup.

July 2011

"The Chelsea Board have announced the appointment of Chris Borg as the club's new manager looking to provide stability & way forward to being the best team in Europe. Funded by Russian owner Roman Abramovich, Borg has been offered a two-year contract at 31,000 euros p/w and has been promised the full backing of the club's board.

The last two weeks have been a nightmare in the Chelsea camp with Andres Villas-Boas being appointed as Carlo Ancelotti's replacement, only to resign after less than two weeks. It has been reported that club captain John Terry was talking to his wife during the welcoming party & things escalated from there. Whatever happened Villas-Boas' short stay should be ignored and the focus is now on the upcoming season with new manager Chris Borg looking to make his mark in English Football."



The Chelsea board have already made some summer signings, most notably Juan Mata and have already started looking at targets for 2012. Apart from this, manager Chris Borg has been assigned 25 million euros for his own personal targets. The backroom staff will be kept & Roberto Di Matteo will also retain his post as Assistant Manager.

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The fitness coaches at Chelsea are poor at the start of the game, I replaced them with 2 excellent English coaches Paul Winsper and Adrian Lamb, both free agents, have a look at them. Assign one to strengh and one to fitness and you have 5 stars in each.

Franco Baldini makes a great Assistant manager, better then Matteo, I let Matteo's contract expire before promoting Baldini, also Valter Di Salvo and Massimo Neri worth a look at.

#56614 raypangea : hi mate, may i know what kind of training are you using?

To tell you the truth that is something i would like to know more about too. I kinda leave it to a medium to hard level and make amendments to the training focus with certain players that need to improve an aspect of their game. Hope you enjoying the story. August/September update up today.

Cheers Terrence hope you enjoying the story, i might come back to check out those coaches at a later date. What does Franco Baldini do differently than Di Matteo?

#56623 ChrisBorg : Cheers Terrence hope you enjoying the story, i might come back to check out those coaches at a later date. What does Franco Baldini do differently than Di Matteo?

He's better at training your players, gives better advice, will win more reserve team games which will keep there moral higher, and if he ever has to take over press conferences of first team games he's gonna do a better job.

Good story so far.

August/September 2011

News

A decent start to the Premier League season with four wins from six matches, really unlucky in the opener where Dimitar Berbatov scored the winning goal for Manchester United in the 94th minute denying us of a fought for point. Fulham turned us over, but great results elsewhere. Some tough fixtures now to come with a trip to the Emirates & to the City of Manchester Etihad Stadium. Youngster Jacob Mellis gets the npower Championship's Young Player of the Month of August award whilst on loan with Derby County. Also, spaniard Fernando Torres claims the September Premier League Player of the Month award after some great performances before getting injured. Very disappointing start to the Champions League with two defeats, could have nicked a draw on both of these matches. We really need to do something special now to qualify.

Juan Mata is out injured for 4-5 weeks with a sprained ankle.
Fernando Torres is out injured for 3-4 weeks with a fractured arm.

Premier League

Manchester United vs Chelsea 1-0
(Petr Cech)

Chelsea vs Wolves 1-0
Romelu Lukaku
(David Luiz)

Fulham vs Chelsea 3-1
Salomon Kalou

Chelsea vs Norwich City 4-0
Juan Mata 2
David Luiz
Ramires

Aston Villa vs Chelsea 2-4
Salomon Kalou
Fernando Torres 2
Romelu Lukaku

Chelsea vs Wigan Athletic 5-0
Mauricio Isla
Own Goal
Frank Lampard 2
Florent Malouda

Champions League Group G

Napoli vs Chelsea 1-0
(Mauricio Isla)

Chelsea vs Valencia 1-2
David Luiz

League Cup 3rd Round

Chelsea vs Bolton Wanderers 2-1
Fernando Torres
Own Goal

League Cup 4th round has drawn us away to Burnley!!

Interesting story, at least it's different from the Man Utd and Man City threads all over the place Love how you started with the AVB's wife thing. keep it up.

#56631 Glenn T : Interesting story, at least it's different from the Man Utd and Man City threads all over the place Love how you started with the AVB's wife thing. keep it up.

Thanks, happy with my Premier League start, but really worried about the Champions League, we need to do something special or we gonna end up in the Europa!

October/November 2011

News

Have improved at the back & only conceded three goals in seven league matches. On the other hand we have been lacking that flair upfront, with Juan Mata & Fernando Torres back from injury we have looked much sharper in attack especially in the last two Champions League matches where we beat Rangers & Napoli at Stamford Bridge. Milan Lalkovic has been loaned to Huddersfield for the season to gain match experience. Alan Shearer returns to Blackburn Rovers as manager, replacing Steve Kean & Andres Villas-Boas makes a quick return to the Premier League spotlight replacing Alan Pardew at Newcastle United. The draw has been made for the League Cup Quarter Final & Semi Final aswell.

Alex suffered a back strain in training & will be out for 4 weeks.
Ashley Cole is out for 2-3 weeks with a groin strain.

Premier League

Arsenal vs Chelsea 0-0

Chelsea vs Newcastle United 0-0
(Ashley Cole)

Bolton Wanderers vs Chelsea 0-1
Romelu Lukaku
(Mauricio Isla)

Chelsea vs Everton 1-1
Salomon Kalou

Manchester City vs Chelsea 1-1
Fernando Torres

Chelsea vs West Brom 0-1

Chelsea vs Swansea City 1-0
Fernando Torres

Champions League Group G

Rangers vs Chelsea 0-0

Chelsea vs Rangers 2-0
Fernando Torres 2

Chelsea vs Napoli 2-1
Fernando Torres
Own Goal

League Cup 4th Round

Burnley vs Chelsea 0-3
Salomon Kalou 2
Juan Mata

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