A hat trick of hoorays. please log in to view this image I was 14th at the start of January, since then W13 D4 L2. Top scorers: Benitez 20, Ramirez 15, Lallana 9, Wellington Nem 7, J.Rod 6 Assists: Ramirez 12, Lallana 9, Clyne/Morgan 8, Wellington Nem 7, JWP/Benitez 5 So next season I will try to play good before I get one match away from the sack. Edit: Cork and Lallana going to the World Cup
A 5th hooray... Rodriguez has scored 8 goals in 3 games!! 4 against Swansea, 2 against West Ham and Sunderland. He's unbelievably good!
As good as my home form is, the away form is beginning to piss me off. 5 wins, 2 draws, 7 losses. Not awfully bad but still. 17 points out of a potential 42. Not really what I'm looking for.
Finally time to move a 34 year old Defoe on, his rating have dropped quite a bit and the goals are drying up. But for £2m... 109 appearances 68 goals
First half hattrick from J-Rod! That's 25 PL goals for the season now. please log in to view this image
Well, Defoe signs new one year deal. Left it late but he takes a £18k p/w pay-cut and takes a squad rotation role.
Oh, also won the FA Cup again and came runners-up in Community Shield. That's 2 FA Cup's back to back.
Well that ends my second season. Rodriguez wins golden boot with 28 goals and is called into England world cup squad along with Lallana. please log in to view this image
4th, wow! I'm in the process of charging up the table to get 6th again, bought in Jason Steele as Boruc isn't that good, and have conceded 0 goals in the ensuing 2 games. Kelvin is retiring and won't stay on.
and that was without Morgan who I unintentionally sold after failing to notice the £8mill release clause in his new contract.
Wolves game is playing up again, so started a new save unemployed. Got to the end of the season and Sheffield Wednesday came in for me as Dave Jones replaced Nigel Adkins!! I have an £800k budget and a wage budget that is £20k p/w above what it should be. This could be an interesting one to work on for a couple of seasons. They finished 21st last season on 53pts with a media expectation of 18th. I'm gonna set about clearing out some of the real oldies and bringing in talent and potential. Madine is going to have to be my focal point tactically.
Really didn't want to sell, but had my hand forced. Mattock is valued at £1.8m, but Stoke offered £4m as a lump sum for him.
