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Thank you for reading . Yeah when I saw my potential take over wanting to put millions into the club I was like, nice! Then I saw that he'd pulled out and Dai had taken over and was like, oh dear is it going to work? Thankfully it's a game and he's been brilliant .

January Considering the injuries, suspensions(we'll get to that in a minute) and tiredness, this is an amazing month. We've had 6 players out at once put, Kovar is currently out after fracturing his arm against Atletico, it's been a proper fighting spirit. Brilliant against Bournemouth, Tietz put us ahead after 22 minutes but Cook equalised just a minute later. A van Hooijdonk brace and Tietz getting his hat-trick, we were lethal. A very tight game against Newcastle came down to Tietz heading in Browns cross just before the break. So we lost to bottom of the league, we got 2 red cards, Juliao after 4 minutes and van Hooijdonk just before the break and 3 injuries during the game. After all the pressure, Calvert-Lewis scored the winner after the 81st minute. A great win against leads considering Tietz also went off injured just minutes in and I've had to play some of my 18 year olds. Gray scored against his old club for all 3 points. Tired players, I set up to defend and try and steal a goal. Watson scored a beauty after 50 minutes for all 3 points. Iversen was solid in net. At the summit after 2 hard months. Miley is class. FA Cup Played some youngsters and it didn't work out very well, glad we got the victory in the end after making some subs. Solid. Nice draw for us to go further in the competition. Champions League Amazing win! So glad we only needed a draw. Their equaliser came from an absolute dross freekick from Greaves. I can't believe what I watched. Deadline Day We had bids and I replaced with better players. Weiper I just wasn't the biggest fan of, Riedel had a mistake in him and Murray-Campbell wasn't good enough. In: Out: The new faces. Replaces Murray-Campbell. van den Berg is homegrown and a solid rotation player, he's done well so far. Schuurs fits my squad, can fill in at DM but he's very much my type of player, when I saw him listed I went in. Had Lopez scouted for some time and I wasn't sure because he's not a fan of big matches but he's a good finisher, good in the air, consistent performer, good scoring record in Brazil and is now an interntional. For 16mil he should be a great purchase, especially for the "next level" player I'd need to spend 50mil+ which we do not have. My scouts told me about Boxall but when I saw on deadline day teams like Man Utd had interest, I paid his min. fee and let him play for Reading for the rest of the season as he's played all but 1 game for them. Future Mezzala-Attack for me. Next Month Hopefully keep this brilliant form going.

December What a month! Beating United and then the character we've shown after the Brighton loss! It was such a close game against Manchester United but considering I'd started with my youth RB and 2 of my squad rotation CBs, it was a huge win. Miley put us ahead after 25 minutes after heading in a brilliant curled cross from Juliao and van Hooijdonk played through Tietz, who still had alot to do, dribbling towards goal and putting us 2 ahead after 42 minutes. It got nervy at the end where Hojlund, who always seem to create or score against us late on played a brillian tball through to Schlager to pull one back but we held on! Brighton took the lead after just 4 minutes after Vanderson played through Buoanaotte who span and slotted home. Greaves equalised after 50 minutes heading in a corner but then it all fell apart. A huge huge mistake from Brown saw Brighton counter and Karabec put them 2 up after 53 minutes, Holbjerg scored a "long range placed shot" according to the article after, he scored an absolutely HUGE deflection, not along Kovar could do after 79 minutes but Brighton scored a good team goal through Mazilu after 95 minutes. After the Anderlecht game where we had so much of the ball, so many chances but struggled to score I changed a couple of roles and it worked against West Ham, 24 shots, 11 on target. Gyokeres put us ahead after 14 minutes and Juliao doubled after 61, much better. Easy against Villa, the team who were flying high at the start, picked up 1 point in December. Miley scoring after 9 minutes and Tietz scoring a brace. Leicester were brilliant, it was such a tough game but we created better chances in the end. Greaves put us ahead after 38 minutes, dribbling into the box and placing low, proper nice goal from a CB! Dina Ebimbe equalised just after the break with a good long shot. Tietz had the chance to put us ahead but his penalty was well saved, van Hooijdonk came on and changed the game, scoring himself and setting up Juliao to give us a 3 - 1 lead after 82 minutes. A lucky deflection saw Daka in space to hit in after 84 minutes to give Leicester a chance but we held on for another win! We were absolutely brilliant against Forest. Gray gave us the lead after 34 minutes and Greaves doubled before the break. van Hooijdonk had set Gray up earlier in the game, this time Gray set up van Hooijdonk to make it 3 after 83 minutes. Great win. We battered Southampton in the first half, we were 3 - 0 up and they'd had no shots. Gyokeres scoring a brace and Miley getting on the scoresheet. They came out the second half looking much better, Maehle hit a good strike to pull one back and Ortiz was found by a quality long ball from Bednarek down the right where hes beating the charging out Kovar to make it 2. van Hooijdonk scored to make it 4 to Rotherham and seal the victory. It's a 2 man race at the moment for top spot. And I've offered Miley more money to get rid of his 49mil min. fee which he's accepted. Miley and Gray will win us the Champions League at some point . Not sure why it says 100% win? Guess it means from the last 5? Champions League Glad we finally got our deserved goal. Vyver was brilliant until his mistake. Youth intake Hopefully the wingers can play as wingbacks but the DM sounds good! Could be interesting. Facilities Upgrade Dai Yongge has the clubs best interest in my save atleast. Next Month Keep the good times going, we're playing some fantastic football. I have alot of Saudi clubs interested in my players, I would cash in on some, I'd love to cash in on one of my players but sadly no one wants him .

November Not the best month. We were lucky against Everton, our LB who's out top scorer in the league in Archie Brown headed home the only game of the game to take home all 3 points. A good draw against Arsenal but we were the better side and hit the woodwork twice! Ramsdale was MOTM. Chelsea were the better side but it was an outside the box strike that gave them the lead. A real good hit by Endo Fernandez. We had a good chance to equalise at the end bu Gyokeres hit over. Chelsea deserved their win, we had to sub our RWB, LWB and LCB through injury throughout the game and thanks to AFCON we had no Gamal or Kossounou, we struggled. Kovar was brilliant. Our first loss and I'll be very happy if we make Champs League this season. My strikers are struggling. FA Cup Draw Champions League Cracking win, van Hooijdonk was great. Not the best at the back. Can tell when we have to rotate. International Debut Played for Colombia before he played for us . Next Month That's a mental month! We have injuries, a key CB away at AFCON, my rotating DM/RWB away at AFCON. We're gonna struggle.

October Good enough month I guess. We have had injuries, suspensions and tired players. Tietz gave us the lead against Fulham after a brilliant run from Edkal who squared it to find Tietz after 28 minutes. Fulham equalised through Toklomati after 57 minutes and that was that, it was a very even game, even with us at home. It was an absolute bore draw against Man City, a game to forget. A much better game against Wolves as my left back Brown and CM Miley got a brace each. We're top and undefeated. Just 4 draws in 10 games is a bit too many . Watson Scores Carabao Cup We're out of the Carabao Cup, we had to rotate, they played their first team and we just could not match them. Champions League Bore draw, I'll take that! Next Month That's such a tough month, we need to keep picking up points in the Champions League but can't drop points in the league, we have to play through tiredness. Guess I'll try my best.

September (I have some friendly games lined up as it's 20+ days from the Spurs match to the Fulham match and I don't have that many international players) Good month, the month of red cards. Aston Villa took with their first shot as Yuri Alberto finished Cash's through ball after 27 minutes. Brown equalised just 4 minutes after following up a save from his own header. McGinn was sent off after 62 minutes for a second yellow and it was just a matter of time before we scored, Greaves with a quality ball found Gyokeres to fire home after 68 minutes and that was that. Liverpool were absolutely awful, they were without Alisson but still, Nunez finished on 6.2. We were in control but it was a deflected shot from Weiper that saw us take all 3 points. A mistake from van de Ven saw us take the lead against Spurs as Holm stole the ball and squared it to a free Gykoreres to hit in after 18 minutes. Bentancur equalised after 21 and it was all Spurs after Gyokeres saw himself get sent off for a bad tackle on Emerson Royal after 33 minutes. We did really well to hold on. We're unbeaten! Champions League We were a bit lucky here, AEK missed some good chances. Lucky again here. Not sure we'd of beat 11 men Shakhtar but van Hooijdonk came on in the second half and assisted both second half goals. Next Month Like I said, we don't have many international players so I have some friendly matches in place to keep fitness up. Very difficult month. Real, City and then Chelsea! Just try our best.

September Brilliant start to the season. Redhot against Newcastle. Gray scored within the first minute of the new season to put us ahead but Isak pulled one back after 9. Gyokeres went from assister to scorer as he finishes Holms cross. Gyokeres got a brace later on as he scored from the penalty spot. Gamal made it 4 with a driving run from the right and a good finish after the 95th minute. Isak scored in the 96th after Mendys low cross to make it 4 - 2. Good game. We had so many chances to score against Bournemouth. Adams scored a long shot in the 22nd minute to put them ahead and Weiper with a good finish equalised a minute later. 2 CCCs, 5 half chances, 1 - 1, not good enough. I thought the Brentford game was going the same way. We were dominating and Brown finally put us ahead just before half time heading in Mileys corner. Macias was played through by Damsgaard to make it 1 - 1, we'd dominated and it was their only shot for the whole game and they equalised. Kossounou put us ahead after 67 minutes, heading in Mileys corner and Tietz finishing the scoring, Brown threw in a long throw, Tietz turned, dribbled, goal. It was some nice football from Tietz to make it 3 after 83 minutes, better finishing. Same against Leeds, 2.95 xG vs 0.28 and it was a superb strike by Gray to give us the win, Meslier finishing on an 8.0 rating he pulled of that many saves! We gotta finish our chances! Still, it's a very good start to the season. Carabao Cup Good win, with Chida scoring a debut goal. That's a very tough draw and we'll do well to get through. Champions League Draw That'll see what we're made off, some tough games. Deadline Day I sold Walter for 5mil as I didn't need him at all and was in his last year of contract. I brought in a youth player for 1.1mil. He has a long way to go but he has some potential. We gotta compete somehow . We're only about 30mil net and I kinda deserve to spend that with the success we've had. Plus we're making more money, even if it's only 10% of what Man Utd are making, it's alot more than we did. And somehow, the league holders are again bottom of the wage table. Next Month Very tough month, see what we're made of. We have a very strong first 11 and a good squad.

What on earth is this bid I bought Holm for 6mil from Spezia in Seria B in 2025/2026, he's been a key player at RWB, especially with his physical stats to our success. He's improved alot. It's very much, offer me 50mil upfront or do one .

European Super Cup Let's just try and get a few shots on target . The squad ability difference is huge. The line ups: Give it our best try. First half. Real kick off. 1st minute: Real kick off and pass around, Vini Jr out left, crosses in but Kovar collects. 25th minute: Dedic out wide, crosses in, Ekdal heads out, back in, Vini shoots, big save from Kovar! Real have a corner, Rodyrgo swings in, and Brown clears. 29th minute: Camavinga to Vini, back to Camavinga, Bellingham, Valverde goes for a long shot and blocked. 31st minute: Throw in to Bellingham, he drives in, Vini shoots, blocked and out. 35th minute: Good passing out wide by Real, Rodyrgo plays in Valverde, he drives into the box and shoots. 1 - 0 to Real. We're getting battered. 36th minute: Good passing and play from Rotherham, Gray is in and Courtois saves! Corner to Rotherham, Miley swings in and it's headed out, back to Miley, in and Brown heads wide. We managed a shot on target! Half time and Greaves has a knock. Gamal is replacing Watson and Arrey-Mbi is replacing Greaves. I forgot to take a picture of the half time stats! Second half. Rotherham kick off. 52nd mintue: Rotherham have a freekick, Gamal to Gray, he plays through to Kossounou, is he onside? HE IS. Kossounou hits past Courtois! 1 - 1!!! 61st minute: Holm back to Ekdal, to Gamal in the middle. He plays it back, it's out wide with Brown, back again, Gray long shot and it's over. Weiper is replacing Tietz and Juliao is on for Miley after 68 mins. Final change after 79 minutes. van Hooijdonk is replacing Gyokeres. 79th minute: Rodyrgo hits a brilliant freekick that Kovar has to save for a corner. They play the corner outside the box and it's a great strike and great save from Kovar. Another corner to Real, Bellingham hits in and it's headed out by Brown. Back in, Vini puts in a cross but no one is there! 84th minute: Holm has a freekick out wide of the box, he hits in and Real head out, back in, it's blocked and Juliao shoots over. 88th minute: Arrey-Mbi to Juliao, back to Kossonou and back to Kovar, to Ekdal, Holm, Ekdal again. We keep going furhter back with the ball. It's now up to Weiper, to Holm, out to Brown and it's a good block to deny. Gamal hits in the corner, but it's heaed out to Vini, we block and Gamal has, it's in but it's to no one and cleared. 90th minute: Brown throws the ball to Arrey-Mbi, he hits a ball over to van Hooidjonk and forces a save! We have a corner, Gamal hits in and Arrey-Mbi heads over. 92nd minute: Courtois hits the goal kick to Walker-Peters, he hits up and we steal, Brown has it , it's in but no one is there. Vini has it, Real are passing around the back, back to Vini, they're passing patiently, it's hit outwide into space to Vini, great tackle by Gamal, we're on the counter. Real win the throw. It's to ET. Real kick off. 102nd minute: Brown throws it to van Hooijdonk, back to Kovar, Gamal has it, back again, to Holm, back again. Great patient passing, it's to Brown out left who manages to get on not the best pass from van Hooijdonk, he plays it low to van Hooijdonk and it's past Courtois! 2 - 1!!! What a great team goal!!! 104th minute: Real kick off and are attacking, Walker-Peters has it but Brown tackles, Walker-Peters takes it back, crosses low and it hits Arrey-Mbi! Kovar manages to stop the own goal! Gray clears and Weiper heads on! Second half. Rotherham kick off and we play it back. 106th minute: Poor ball from Gamal and it's back to Walker-Peters, he goes for a long shot and way over. 119th minute: Walker-Peters throws it in to Nico, Bellinghams ball deflects and we steal and clear. Morato is driving is down the flank, he crosses and we head out. Walker-Peters has it, Nico in the box, we clear and break. van Hooijdonk plays it back, Real win the ball but Gamal wins back. Brown has it out left, back to Kovar, we're playing round the back, Holm to Wiper, Weiper runs down the right and loses it, poor pass and Kossounou has it. It's over. WE BEAT REAL MARID!!!! Oh my word, what a game. "Treble"

Community Shield It's our first attempt at trying to win this "competition". The lineups: Do our best to keep Haaland quiet. First half: City kick off. 1st minute: Haaland kicks off and it's miss hit, Gyokeres steals, we're playing to down the left, Greaves hits a ball over the top that's straight to Ederson. 12th minute: Tietz lines up the freekick, it hits the woodwork and we have a corner thanks to Ederton. It's swung in and cleared, out to Brown but he's tackled. 14th minute: Watson throws it in to Brown but it's a poor pass, it's with Foden but Brown steals. We're passing around the back, Ekdal goes foward, to Holm, Holm crosses and Gyokeres hits in! 1 - 0 to Rotherham! 20th minute: City take a short corner, it's Foden to Nunes, he crosses but Dias heads over. 22nd minute: Another corner to City, Roony drives into the box, it's with Foden and he hits wide, he could have equalised. 31st minute: Another City corner, short, crossed in and Haaland hits the bar! We clear for another corner, Nunes hits it in this time and we clear, Tietz with the ball and we win a throw in. 34th minute: Ekdal takes the freekick but passes it straight to Haaland??? . City attack but we block. What on earth was that pass Ekdal. 40th minute: We have a freekick on the edge of the box, Gray passes it to Gyokeres who's free to his left. He crosses and Brown heads in!!! Is it onside though!? VAR says YES! It's 2 - 0!!! 44th minute: Another City corner, short again, Foden in and Torres heads but Kovar takes. 45th minute: Another corner, Foden overhits but City have the ball, it's in, hit and woodwork! We were lucky!!! 47th minute: Waston corner in, it's cleared, back in and it evades everyone, Gyokeres with the ball out wide, to Brown he plays in Gyokeres who's offside! We're ahead but this is a TIGHT GAME. Feels like we've taken our chances and City haven't 2nd half and we kick off. 45th minute: We kick off and Brown is attacking but Roony tackles him. 48th minute: Brown throws in, Kovar has, with Ekdal, awful awful pass, Haaland wins the ball and Kovar makes a huge save. That's Ekdal coming off, two big mistakes. Riedel replaces Ekdal, Gamal replaces Watson. 58th minute: Gvardiol throws in, Foden has it, Rodgrio, Nunes and we force a corner. Nunes in, Haaland heads over. 62nd minute: Lewis throws in, Tietz steals, down to Browm, to Tietz, he hits in and what a save from Ederson. Berge with the corner, Dias heads out, Berge in, Brown heads and Ederson saves. 65th minute: We have a freekick in a very dangerous position, Gamal hits and the wall does its job. It's a corner. Berge hits it in, it's headed clear. WHAT A MISTAKE AND WHAT A MISS. WATCH THIS. HOW WASN'T THAT A 3RD GOAL. https://gyazo.com/50ec89a43f653cf79e5cb8b6e66b1343 Gyokeres misses an absolute sitter!!! 71st minute: Lewis attacking down the right for City, back to Debast, Rodrigo, Dias, Lewis, Nunes, Roony, crossed in and Haaland heads home. 2 - 1. Bringing Juliao, McAtee and van Hooijdonk on for Berge, Gray and Tietz. 78th minute: Brown throws in, City win the ball and counter, with Roony, he plays it back, City are happy to pass it round the midfield trying to force space. Lewis takes a long shot and it's a corner. Nunes hits in, Riedel beats Haaland, it's out and we win a freekick with Gvardiol being booked. 88th minute: Lewis throws in to Alvarez, to Rodri over to Foden. He curls a shot and that's a BIG save. Corner to City it's in and cleared. Lewis throws in low cross and Haaland scores! He's made it 2- 2! Kovar could have maybe done better! 94th minute: McAtee hits in the freekick, Kossounou is beating, it's back in, Gyokeres hits! Saves! Corner in by Gamal, it's clear and pens! Gyokeres if we lose this, it's kinda on you for that miss . Then again, my key players haven't really done much, I don't think I mentioned Gray all game. Rotherham take first. van Hooijdonk takes, in! Haaland for City, it's in! Gyokeres for Rotherham! In! Alvarez for City! Good pen, in! Juliao for Rotherham! Crackin' hit, in! Foden for City! Bottom corner, in! McAtee for Rotherham! Saves. He did look nervous before hand. Thuram for City! In. It's all down to these two pens. Gamal for Rotherham! It's in! Can Kovar save! Lewis takes the pen and.... SAVED!!!! KOVAR! Riedel steps up and... it's in! Will City score!? Kovar vs Debast.... good pen, it's in. Kossounou for Rotherham.. whacks it in!!! COME ON KOVAR. He faces Phillips. He takes and... in. Brown steps up for Rotherham... proper pen! in! COME ON AGAIN KOVAR. Gvardiol steps up... proper pen aswell, in. Holm for Rotherham! Good pen! KOVAR COME ON. He faces Rodrigo. He steps and KOVAR!!!! WE WIN THE COMMUNITY SHIELD ON PENS. A "double" .

Season 5 - 2027/2028 Solid pre-season that my assistant took control of as norm, I played the El Nacional game which saw us win a trophy I'd never heard of but a really good summer. I've made huge changes to the backroom staff and we've brought in some quality players to bolster the squad. The Squad: I need to take two screenshots now we're got proper depth . The ins and outs: Also in: Also out: Leif didn't have the best time with us, he was out injured alot and Becerra took his spot. Irving wasn't need anymore, Juliao had replaced him in Jan. Onyemachi was replaced by a HG LB and I can't turn down that sort of money for him. Stjepanovic was always a buy now, play, sell more player. Cost us 1.5mil, sold for 17mil, job done. Rohl was only here to cover for a season. So, the in players! McAtee cost no money, isn't on high wages, HG and happy to play back up. Gyokeres uptop Chida is a rapid striker, one for the future. Lack of good talent coming through I could find, Chida was the best. Miley and Gray in midfield for years to come, proper happy with this one. New LB Kossounou had just been relegated with Hull but my scouts alerted me about him and he does look very good. We'll see if he can play better here. There could be more in and outs before the window is over. I thought this was pretty cool for our new signing Matchday revenue We're growing as a club, biggest club in Yorkshire . Good to see. Super Cup Well, that's going to be a difficult game . Youth improvement Interview offered No thanks . Backroom changes. I didn't make many changes to the first team staff and I can't attract staff to increase 4* to 4.5 or 5. I do have a couple more spaces if I can find staff to improve our backroom coaching staff. I do have a fitness coach due in and a couple more scouts. U21s: We have the best set up in our divison and we have a couple more coaches due in. U18: Trying my best to improve our youth facilities, network and staff. Solskjaer is manager One more coach is due in and our HYOD isn't here yet. HYOD incoming: Hopefully we can start bringing in our own youngsters over the next few seasons. This is currently our facilities with them all being upgraded. Season Start Difficult start to the season but atleast we're at home to Newcastle, small chance we can add a trophy to the cabinet but I'm not expecting that UEFA Super Cup at all. I'm not ruling out any transfers either, I'd love another striker as good as Gyokeres. I'd need to sell first though. Holm and Watson both have interest and have insane price tags that I'd probably have to cash in for.

Champions? It seems we've just won a cup in pre-season I've never heard of . One for the trophy cabinet.

End of Season Stjepanvoic over Watson? Overachievers. First season I haven't got the signing of the season! Broke our attendance record and then moved back to a stadium that has 20k max Tietz upfront with our new striker should be deadly. If Tietz stays, he has some interest. He's now decided he wants to improve the youth facilities, good 'cause I've spent some time changing alot of staff.

Europa League Final May the best team win. It's a big ask for us to go to the Netherlands and try and win a trophy. Arsenal sacked their manager in January and their U21 manager Mehmet Ali is still intermin. The line ups: 1st half. We kick off. 2nd minute: Holm bombs it down the right, he loses the ball via a bad pass but we win it back. Holm charges into the area and forces a save out of Ramsdale. It's a corner, Bruno takes and it's headed clear. Bruno again, we're passing round but Holm is offside, that's poor. 10th minute: Waston throw in to Tietz, we're passing round, out to Holm, back to Berge who loses the ball, Arsenal are passing round the back, it's with Havertz who strikes from distance and Kovar saves for a corner, it's swung in but we clear. 40th minute: Odegaard swings in the corner but Riedel heads clear, Zinchenko strikes but Kovar saves! Another corner, we clear again. 42nd minute: Watson long throw, Tietz hits it but it's blocked over. Watson takes the corner and Arsenal clear, we hit it back in and it's another corner. Watson again, swung in and cleared back to Watson, Burno into the box, crosses and Ramsdale takes. Half time and it's very even and both teams seem nervy. 2nd half: Arsenal kick off. 54th minute: Ekdal has it, Holm through to Berge.. wait! It's in!!! 1 - 0 to Rotherham! Questions will be asked of Ramsdale there!!! HE'S BEEN MEGGED!!! (Here's a link to the meg https://gyazo.com/62872346d1833aab04af13444f8a1ffc ) 63rd minute: Holm strikes a long shot but it's way over. 74th minute: Rice has it, plays it out wide. Back in the middle, Bruno intercepts, back to Kovar! MISTAKE BY KOVAR and he's luckily got the ball back. That should have been a goal to Arsenal. 10 minutes left or so and I'm gonna bring some fresh legs on. Juliao, van Hooijdonk and Gonzalez replace Weiper, Tietz and Gray. 84th minute: Martinelli takes the corner, we head out, what a strike by Joao Neves but it's got too much curl and hits the post and we clear. Nerves setting in. 88th minute: Long ball by Greaves and it finds van Hooijdonk, he's hits it and he's onside! It's a goal!!!! 2 - 0 to Rotherham!!!! 90+5: We make 2 changes and that's it. ROTHERHAM UNITED HAVE WON THE EUROPA LEAGUE!!!! Europa Awards:

End of Prem Season We still have Europa League Final

We drew with Sevilla in the 2nd leg and we've drawn Arsenal in the final, they're favourites for sure.

CHAMPIONS!!! Now on to the Sevilla game to see if we can get into another final. Can we make it a treble?

April Good month, we're out of the FA Cup but we're 1 point away from the Premiership title and we're leading in the Europa League Semi Final. I feelwe got lucky against Bournemouth, it was 1 - 1 and we got a soft penalty which Tietz put away, we'll take those three points. We took the lead after again Hull through van Hooijdonk but they equalised after 40 minutes through Connolly. It seemed to fire the team up as we went ahead through Greaves 2 minutes later and Tietz put us 3 up 2 minutes after that. Quality finishing as the difference. We battered Sheffield United. Rohl scored an absolute beauty of a goal after 6 minutes and van Hooijdonk doubled after 12. Game over. We had the chances to atleast equalise against Chelsea but Datro Fofanas goal was the difference. We need 1 point. We have Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United left. There is a chance we get nothing. FA Cup Tight game but we just don't have a forward close to Haalands quality to score out of nothing. Juliao scored a wordly though for his first Rotherham goal. Europa League Huge mistake at the back saw us leave Florence behind But we were brilliant at home. Tietz loves Europa. Next up is Sevilla. Tietz scoring and assisting, he really does love Europa . This was after the Fiorentina game. Youth intake Poor and I need to replace some of the youth coaches with balanced personality as we're getting some unambitious youngtsers. Facilities We're back in the updated 20k NYS and I asked for some upgrades. They had no interest in upgrading the youth facilities though. Next Month We still have a chance of the Prem title, it'd be mental if we didn't win it when we only need one point from 3 games. We have a great chance to make it to the Europa League final where we'd face either RB Leipzig or Arsenal.

So a newgen in the game that's come through Stokes academy. Look at him at 16 years old! The next Rooney-esque? I've just got my budget through as we've qualified for Champions League. May see how much Stoke want. Edit: I tried, he doesn't want to leave Stoke . One to try and get, for sure.

March Not good enough in the league against teams down the bottom, missed out on 4 big points. Great in cups. We have had Gray out all month, Holm injured and now we're without Berge. van Hooijdonk put us ahead just before the break against Villa and they equalised just after the break. They hit a ball over the top that seem to just land in acres of space, Yuri Alberto picked it up and hit in and I'm like.. surely he's a country mile offside, nope, goal stands. Walter should have put us ahead but fluffed his chance, he did get the winning goal, heading in Brunos cross to give us the win. Boring game against Palace but Walter played in van Hooijdonk, 1 on 1, well wide. Big chance missed. Newcastle were clinical, 3 shots, 3 goals. Joelinton scoring a 22 yard strike which was class. We actually took the lead with Rohl having to fill in at RWB as we had injuries and internationals scoring his first Rotherham goal but after that, Newcastle were too good infront of goal. HUGE POINTS DROPPED. We were 1 - 0 up and comfortable, ball passed back to Kovar who's hit it at Calvert-Lewin for their only "shot on goal" to equalise! 93rd mintue we win a pen, Tietz had come off but van Hooijdonk was still on who's a strong penalty taker, saved. He's been so bad at pens recently . We're still top by 7 but we have a very tough end to the season and playing in other competitions is taking its toll on our squad. FA Cup They sold Sterling in the January window and brought in Elye Wahi who scored a hat-trick against me for RC Lens. He hadn't adapted to Chelseas play style at all, Tietz was the difference. Tough draw next. Europa League After Dybala scored I thought it was over but thanks to Weiper we took it all the way to pens where Kovar was the hero. We have another Italian opponent. I think we can beat Fiorentina. Top 50 Wonderkids We have two now and I have scouts out looking at some of these players. I'm pretty sure the "Egyptian Kimmich" is actually Gamal aswell. Next Month We really need to win against Bournemouth, Hull and Sheff Utd but then I also want to win those cup games. Atleast we've had a break after the Brentford game for some players to be sent on holiday or have a few days off to be fresh for our April run. We're without Watson and Berge so I may end up playing my 2 DM 3 ST tactic.

February We rode our luck but came out with our heads high. I had my defenders to thank against Nottingham Forest. Ekdal gave us an 11 minute lead after a good strike in the box and Becerra scored his first Rotherham United goal in the 52nd minute with a good strike from outside the box. Edouard pulled one back for Forest in the 74th minute but we were comfortable. Our winning streak ended against Everton. They just talked through us with Talisca giving the lead and de la Vega doubling. Berge pulled one back after the 77th minute and Tietz had a huge change at the end to equalise but missed to give Everton all 3 points. Very tight game against Wolves, we had lot more chances but they had two clear cut chances. Greaves headed in after 31 minutes after Holms freekick was headed back in by Ridel. Wolves got lucky, Neto cut inside, Ekdal got his foot in but the balls bounced straight back for Neto to hit in after 46 minutes. Wolves had a big chance as a cross found their attacker and he headed onto the bar, they only had 2 shots and 1 on target, we had 16, 6 on target and were lucky to win. Stejpanovic on a sub hitting a brilliant strike in the 88th minute to give us the win. 2 games in hand and still nicely at the summit. Carabao Cup See above post . FA Cup Such a mad game. We cancelled each other out until we took the lead, we were the better team and Maddison scored a deflection after 94 to take it to ET. I subbed on Iversen as Kovar had a knock, they went ahead, we equliased and Iversen on a sub was the penalty shoot out hero! Home draw, gives us a chance. Europa League I have no idea what to expect against Roma. Just hope we can progress. Next Month A game every 3 days, this is going to be very tough and I'm going to save my first teamer players for cup games if I can.

It's Carabao Cup Final Day A Yorkshire Derby at Wembley Championship Leeds United vs Premiership Rotherham United. It's my second attempt at lifting the trophy as in 2024/2025 we got mauled by Spurs. The line ups: That's a very strong side for a Championship squad! Will be a tough game. First half: 1st minute: Waston swings in a corner, Tietz heads it but a strong save from Meslier, Greaves pounds on the loose ball, passes it to Tietz to hit in! 2nd minute lead! 3rd minute: Leeds corner, we head out and it's a long shot that's well wide. 7th minute: Greaves down the left, back to Bruno, great ball into the box to Berge who plays it to van Hooijdonk, he passes out to Watson who forces Meslier into a great save. Watson takes the corner but Leeds collect and try to counter but we hold close them down. 26th minute: Watson long throw to Berge, Berge takes it past his man, crosses and it finds Tietz, he heads it and it's a goal! 2 - 0 to Rotherham United!!! 35th minute: Leeds freekick, it's played low to Wober, he shoots but Kovar saves! Leeds have a corner, Harrison swings it in but we win the header and get rid. 39th minute: Harrison takes a freekick but we clear, he drives into the box and a good save from Kovar. Harrison takes the corner and we head out back to him, a low cross is put in but Kovar collects. 41st minute: We're passing round the back and Greaves finds Watson, through to Gray and Meslier makes a good save. Watson with the corner, Leeds clear for another corner. Watson trys again and Meslier collects. It's half time! We're looking good! Second half: 49th minute: van Hooijdonk tries a long range freekick but it hits the wall and we have a corner. Watson swings it in but it's headed out, van Hooijdonk swings it back in but Tietz is offside. 50th minute: Leeds have the ball and are passing around well, van Hooijdonk closes down Justin but he wins it back, Leeds can't find a way through and it's Ekdal that intercepts, the ball is with Tietz and it's a lovely chip over to van Hooijdonk, Meslier comes for it but van Hooijdonk hits the post! The ball bounces back nicely to him to hit in! It's 3 - 0 to Rotherham United! 58th minute: We steal the ball, Gray out to Bruno who crosses low, van Hooijdonk doesn't get his foot on it as Porozo intercepts but Tietz does and that's 4 - 0 and his hat-trick!!! 66th minute: Holm hits in a freekick that van Hooijdonk heads, it's saved by Meslier. 68th minute: It's Rotherham on the attack, Tietz tries a long shot but it's well wide. 70th minute: Watson takes the corner but it's headed out, van Hooijdonk goes for a strike from outside the box but it's wide. 73rd minute and making all 5 subs: Holm, Bruno, Greaves, Gray and Waston off. Arrey-Mbi, Gamal, Stejpanovic, Becerra and Juliao on. 74th minute: Gamal has a freekick down the right, he passes to Juliao who shoots and forces a corner out of Meslier. Berge takes the corner but it's headed out. 90+4: Berge swings in the corner but Riedel head just over. Meslier kicks out but that's it. WE'VE WON THE CARABAO CUP AND MY FIRST WIN IN 3 FINALS. Two Carabao and Championship Play-Off finals.

January What an absolutely amazing month! Our xG against Fulham was 3.48 with 3 CCC but we did not make it easy for ourselves. Stjepanovic on a sub crossed the ball in low, Juliao on his debut looked to tackle the ball in Fulhams box which then set up Stejpanvoci in a one-two to hit in after 88 minutes to give us the win, was so bizzare to watch . We were 1 - 0 down after 8 minutes against West Ham after a Lucas Paqueta long shot was weakly saved into Kovars own net. Greaves headed in just before the break to make things ever. I made some subs and it was like a different team, we were brilliant. Greaves this time the creator, setting up Wiper in the 62nd minute. Stejpanovic set up Gray in the 82nd and then Weiper set up Stjepanovic in the 85th to make it 4. Brilliant. The Spurs game was stressful, Berge set up Weiper in the 39th minute and Walter doubled after 43. Orkun Kokcu pulled one back after 72 minutes and we were holding on, the board went up +7, from where!? The game ended in the 101st minute for a huge victory! An early goal against Brighton gave us the win, Gray with a deflected cross found van Hoiijdonk to hit in after 8 minutes. That was that. We're still flying high at the top! What on earth is going on at Everton, top 3 yellow cards are Everton players Some monthly awards. All 3 young players are Millers Carabao Cup We struggled, I changed formation to try and hit Liverpool on the break and it worked. See what happens when we're at home. FA Cup I had youth players on as we needed to rest players so a win is a win. Same again, 18 year old Samson giving us a vital goal off the bench. Away draw at Spurs, boo. Europa League 0 - 0 for ages, nothing was happening, some subs happened including Walter and we were clinical. Strange how much this one was hyped. My back 3 for this game was 2 squad players and a DM and then brought on an 18 year old DM to play CB at half time and we chilled, easy game. Let's see who we face next! Deadline Day I did bring in 1 more player, I asked my board to buy him as it'll show we mean business and they actually did. Gamal can fill in at RWB and DM and heck, I've even had him at CB. Even after a mad season with purchases, we're only 19th in wage table! Next Month Hopefully keep the good times rolling as we've been good away recently but I know we're not the best away team and we're away 4 times in Feb.

December Brilliant month. The City have should have been a win but still, brilliant! We battered Hull, 24 shots vs 3. Greaves headed in Watsons corner after 54 minutes to give us the win. Brilliant game of football against Sheffield United. Hamer gave Sheff utd the lead after 14 minutes but van Hooijdonk equalised after 19. It was a very even game and both teams were cancelling the other out, I switched to 2 DMs and 3 uptop. Krafth on a sub found Weiper to head in after 84 minutes for the win. Massive win. Talking about massive win, what a win against Chelsea! I feel like I had a double agent, before we signed Kovar, I was in for Chelsea keeper Tim Ronning and he had a stinker, he faced 5 shots, 1 of them a penalty and all 5 shots went in. Tietz hat-trick and a Berge brace. Chelsea played the same shape as we do but much worse, they must have a different manager as last seasons shape saw them be alot more dangerous. We were much better than Liverpool, Tietz hit in after 4 minutes to give us the lead and we were in control, had to make subs due to congestion and Leif Davis gave away a penalty in the 81st minute that Szoboszlai put past Kovar, I was raging as we were in control. Leif Davis made up for it though as he assisted Greaves via a corner in the 87th minute and found Wiper in the 91st to make it 3 - 1 to us. So Dave Watson was ROBBED, his 27th minute strike against City should be goal of the season, it was utter class. 30 yard screamer off the bar and in. Watson turned assister as he found van Hooijdonk to put us 2 - 0 up. Rodri pulled one back with a brilliant long range shot of his own and Neiper should have made it 3 to us, it was an absolute sitter in the 90th minute. A deflected ball found Haaland to poke in after 96 minutes! I felt robbed!!! Defence and keeping was poor against Arsenal, but so was van Hooijdonks finishing, he should of had a brace in 3 minutes of football but missed both chances. Our xG was 2.93 and Arsenals was 0.89, it was just not our day. Jesus putting Arsenal ahead after 13 minutes, Martinelli with a quality top corner finish put them 2 up after 24. Odegaard with a good strike of his own made it 3 after 47. Tietz scored from the spot but that was that. 12 undefeated over, a new run stats. Brilliant win against Manchester United. We went ahead after 8 minutes as Stjepanovic scored an absolute beauty, trying for his own goal of the month. Graves headed in Leifs corner after 41 minutes to make it 2 going into the break. Weiper made it 3 and van Hooijdonk made it 4 from the spot. United were dross but Kovar did have a good game with what shots they did have. 8 points clear . Ah yeah, Haaland scored 12 goals in 6 games including 6 against Sheff Utd so I think he's going to get the golden boot . Dave being class again. Carabao Cup Brilliant win, had to rotate. Sheff Utd games bring records We can beat Liverpool, we just have. Tough but we can do it. Europa League Job Interview No thanks . Youth intake Also the reason I've just brought in 4 18 year olds, need HG players. Players In Cheap, has potential, needs to improve those mental stats. Bags of potential, training at LWB, does lack height. Brilliant mental stats! Another that lacks height but looks classy, has room to improve and already looks like he can play around the first team. Pace to burn, worth a punt. Next Month Keep the games going! I'm not looking to do any more deals this window, depends if we get bids for a couple of wanted players.

November Frustrating. We weren't very good against Palace but ping pong in the box found Tietz at the back post to knock in for the win. We were 2 - 0 up against Brentford. Tietz put us ahead after 37 minutes and Weuper doubled after 72. Mbeumo was having a shocker for Brentford but his corner found Collins to pull one back after 74 minutes. It was his run also and low pass into the box which found Macias to equalise after 88 minutes. Was an even game but frustrating to draw after being 2 - 0 up. Top of the league battle is heating up. FA Cup A home draw would have been better but we should be able to win. Europa League 2 clear cut chances, hit the woodwork 3 times. I can't believe what I witnessed but we were so poor at the back! Atleast back to winning ways. Current top 8: Next Month How many games . Look at that run at the end of the month! Chelsea into Liverpool, City, Arsenal and United? My word.