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October Brilliant month. Clinical finishing was the difference against Bournemouth. Greaves put us ahead after 5 minutes, heading in Onyemaechis freekick. Gray doubled after 71 after he stole the ball, played a one-two with Weiper and hit in. Kapic hit in after 90 to make it 3, nice. Tommy Doyle gave Wolves the lead. I'm shouting, close him down! We didn't, he smashed it in after 5 minutes, Holm equalised after 10 but Ogbu heaed in to give Wolves the lead after 21 minutes. Holm popped up again to equalise and share the spoils. In reality, it was a very even game. Newcastle took the lead out of nothing, Isak with a brilliant solo goal which earnt him goal of the month (Grays goal vs Aston Villa was better!) gave Newcastle the lead just before the break. I gave the lads a yelling at during half time and we played much better, van Hoojidonk equalised, Krafth gave us the lead and Tietz scored out 3, all within 5 minutes of each other, much better. What an insane game against Villa! Both teams offered much attacking quality, Kovar has a brilliant game compared to Martinez in the Villa goal. Our xG was 2.76, Villas was 3.67 but we did hit the woodwork 3 times. Tietz gave us the lead after just 1 minute and great pressing from van Hooijdonk, he stole the ball and doubled our lead after 10. Piquerez pulled one back for Villa and Douglas Luiz in the 2nd half equalised. Onyemaechi gave us the lead after 57 minutes and Gray hit a 35 yard curling shot after 60 to make it 4, it was a special goal. Watkins pulled one back after 92 to make it a nervy finish and I'm regretting my sub choices. Gray found van Hooijdonks run in the 97th minute where he slotted in for his brace. We're currently in a title race. Carabao Cup I had 17 year old youngsters on for their debuts and my backup players on, my first team were too tired so I'm happy we won. Now that's an interesting draw! We haven't played Sheff Utd yet in this save! Europa League Still 100% win rate. Next Month A more relaxing month and I'm looking at young players to bring in. Currently have an Irish goalkeeper and potentially a Peruvian LB.

September Cups, brilliant. League, poor. I was saying how good Kovar had been in August but he was down to 5.7 against City. He scored an own goal, low cross he's somehow hit into his own net and a poor kick out that City have countered from and scored. He did pull off some great saves get his rating back up to 6.2 but still. We did pull one back against City as they messed up at the back, Walter slotting in after 86 minutes but it wasn't good enough. I watched Brightons LB bomb it down the pitch and cross home for Ferguson to head in after 2 minutes and I'm just shouting, CLOSE HIM DOWN. Holm hasn't been the best in the past few league games. Mitoma put Brighton 2 ahead after 45 minutes. Stjepnavoc pulled one back after 72 minutes and the momentum was with Rotherham, we won a penalty which was saved. Could of drawn but van Hooijdonks pen really was dross. We didn't make it easy for ourselves against Forest either. Walter put us ahead after 2 minutes but Cirkin with a low cross found Don to equalise after 10. Riedel scored but was ruled offside by a few cms, should have been better by him. We found the winner in the 58th minute as Onyemeachi found Greaves at the back post to slot in after 58 minutes. Still early days. It's a good job Bramall is still about as our backup LB is out for a bit. Carabao Cup Easy win. Easy draw. Europa League Tietz is making Europa look far too easy. 6 goals in 2 games. More records broken Next Month Playing the friendly games due to it being 23 days between Forest and Bournemouth and I have a few players not on international duty. Need to pick up league form.

Deadline Day Yes we spent, but we have an amazing squad and let's be honest, I did earn it . Still only 19th in wage table! That seems mad!

August Perfect. Can already see the quality difference, especially in net. We were all over West Ham, a ball over the top from Targett found Colombo who put West Ham ahead after 27 minutes. Greaves headed in a debut goal after 38 minutes and van Hooijdonk gave us the win after 58 minutes. West Ham had a couple of chances but Kovar was immense in net, I honestly didn't expect the GK replacement to show that much in one game. I felt bad aswell, I brought Gonzalez on for his debut and a few minutes later he's out for 2 - 3 weeks with concussion, poor bugger . We went away from home and controlled the game, that was a new experience against Fulham. We could of scored more, a van Hooijdonk brace and Berge scored our goals but we were class. We actually beat Everton!!! We played so well and even though Kovar only saved the one shot he had at him, he has the same rating as Tietz who scored and assisted and van Hooijdonk got himself a brace. Heck, maybe the GK really did need improving, It was going to be a position I wasn't going to bother with but Viktors value was OTT. Another away win! At Spurs! They had most of the ball, the better chances but Berge hit a good strike from the edge of the box that gave us the win after 17 minutes! Only team who have won all 4 games! Waston wins, Gray 3rd. POTM we had van Hooijdonk 2nd and Berge 3rd, we're doing things right. He still rejected my transfer budget and wage increase ask though when we have money in the bank . Europa League Okay, this is a total new format for me but I think we should be able to beat the majority of these teams. Only PSV and Sporting may be a challenge and Sporting is at home. Carabao Cup Nice draw for us . New Stadium bringing in money Shame we're only expanding to a 20k stadium. Next Month Deadline day the same day as the Carabao Cup but there won't be any more business from us. We have no budget left and I don't want to sell anyone as I don't have enough budget to replace. Difficult month in the leagye, hopefully we can pick up 4 points and we'll test the water in the Europa League.

Season 4 - 2026/2027 As norm, I let my assistant take charge of friendlys as I was busy making transfers. The squad: Alot of changes, more quality and 1 more player still to join. It looks like I sold players and made money but.. I'd already made deals in June In: Out: Burke was needed, been trying to sell him for a season. Mendes wasn't needed, I can get better. Viktor is not worth 22mil so I cashed in. I'll miss him, love that guy. Welsh wasn't good enough. Rathbone was in his last year of contract and isn't good enough. Siersleben had dropped off and I could get better. Fohrenbach was the same. Is no world is Davis worth 17.5mil, he missed some SITTERS last season, last straw was his miss against Liverpool. No idea how a Championship side has afforded that. Adams wasn't good enough, been trying to sell for a season. I wasn't a fan of McKenna. Humphreys is not a prem player. With the player inc, that's 13 new players. So who are they all Gray is class, will be here years to come hopefully. Greaves is my LCB and now club captain. I do like my Swedish players and Ekdal looks solid. Iversen is an ex-loanee who's come to play backup. Bright is a CB for the future who rejected me last year, will get some game time and he's HG. Davis is my backup LB who can take a corner. Matej replaces Viktor as #1. Also HG. I've been trying to buy Harrison since January, he'll be getting some game time and one for the future. Good striker needed, Weiper fit it. Brilliant scoring record in Paraguay, can hopefully get some goals here. My other new starting CB, looks class, especially for 23. Bruno looks quality, those physical stats! He's my new LWB. The one incoming, 3.5mil, he's versatile and it's needed. Backroom: We've had some staff poached, i've brought in some new faces, looking decent enough considering we only have 7 coaches + 1 set piece. Season Start Hopefully can get 6 points on the board. I do think it's going to be a different season, alot of transfers, alot of manager changes. Arsenal, City and Liverpool all have new managers. I don't think it'll be as tight as last season, our aim is simply to avoid a relegation battle.

Wait, what . The what? The Gary Lineker stadium in SHEFFIELD!?

End of Season We beat Liverpool and Wolves but lost to Spurs and West Ham meaning we finished 6th, amazing season though. He did it! After he missed a hat trick of chances against Liverpool I thought he may have blown it but that's brill . Need to sell before we can buy and we REALLY need better CBs, if I even keep this formation. Meaning... I need to keep getting in better players but this season I really need to bring in English, we're going to lose some HG players and I need to find replacements. Added: Overachievers And best signing two years in a row

April Solid enough month. I struggle against Everton, we were lucky it was only 3 thanks to Viktor. We actually took the lead after Holm found van Hooijdonk after 9 minutes. Tapia equalised after 15 and I'm shouting at my monitor as Nathan Patterson just dribbles through everyone. "CLOSE HIM DOWN". He squares a simple ball to Beto to give Everton the lead after 36 minutes. A mistake in the Everton backline gave van Hooijdonk an empty net to hit in after 48 minutes it was Beto again in the 61st minute who gave Everton the win. We're much better at home and it was Holm again to gave us the lead after 28 minutes through a quality ball from Waston. Watson was the assister again as Fohrenbach headed in a long throw just before the break. Isak pulled one back for Newcastle, their only shot on target after a long ball over from Tripper found Isak and he smashed it in, pretty good goal after 48 minutes. Berge scored in the 93rd minute to give us the win. City battered us, they were a class apart. Haaland gave them the lead after we missed a sitter! Davis equalised after 56 minutes. Haaland put City ahead again the 83rd minute and scored from the spot in the 88th minute. City could of had more, they were class. FA Cup revenge against City. They took the lead through Gallagher after 11 minutes and I'm thinking oh is it happening again. Watson found Holm again who equalised after 30 minutes. Fohrenhbach doubled via a Watson assist that wasn't a long throw! Just found him on the edge of the box and he smashed it in. Watson found Kapic this time who hit in another quality strike to give us the win. Some very good Rotherham goals. 4 games left, we could be in the Champs League, Europa or nothing. Watson has won both awards, he was brilliant this month. FA Cup 1 - 1 at "full time". Key players didn't play well, subs played worse but they were class in ET, the quality they could bring in vs our tired players, we tried. Youth intake We do have a MC! A Rathbone/Berge sort of player, could he make it? Potentially! Next Month Massive month to see where we finish, Spurs away is going to be difficult as they're chasing a league title vs Chelsea. We need to beat Liverpool if we want Champs League. West Ham won't be easy but neither will Wolves, we just have home advantage. Give it our best shot.

March Brilliant month . The finishing was the difference at Fulham. They had a great chance to take the lead but they hit wide. Holm put us ahead after 22 minutes, Tietz doubled after 51 and Welsh our third after 55. Finishing was the difference. My tactic worked against Arsenal . I have David Waston, 19 long throws. Rotherham in the past few years have had some alright long ball throwers so I've developed Waston to possess a long flat throw. Our first goal came from a long throw and Fohrenbach heading in after 42 minutes to give us the lead at half time and our 2nd goal came from a long throw, Tietz flicked it on and Mendes head in after 90 minutes. Rice did play through Raphinha in to pull one back after 91 but we held on . I played some friendly matches as we had two weeks without games and I don't have many internationals. We might be able to get Champs League and we finally have a team who's breaking off at the top. FA Cup That puts us on 19 goals in 5 goals and we now have the record of the most goals in an FA Cup run. Really tough games next tough, really tough. Contract Extended Dai came to ask me if I wanted an extension, well, of course I do . Next Month That is a very difficult month of games. It'll be hard to not have a red month.

February Some good wins, a bad loss and game we were better but mistakes cost us! Brilliant against Brentford, we should have scored more and they didn't manage a shot on target. Berge put us ahead as Raya gave him a goal(see above post) and Berge set up van Hooijdonk to make it 2. Bournemouth were just better than us, I even tried the tactic that beat them in the cup with 3 uptop but we just lacked quality. Quality against Brighton was something we didn't lack, another team who didn't manage a shot on target against us. Irving being set up by Bramall after 19 minutes saw us take the win. Ah! We were the better side against Man Utd but we lost! van Hooijdonk gave us the lead after just 1 minute. Antony equalised after a huge error from Watson. McKenna scored a quality goal in the 43rd minute, his first Rotherham goal but Toney equalised just before the break. Hojlund came off the bench to score as Man Utd capatalized on van Hooijdonks mistake to take home all 3 points. van Hooijdonk also missed what was basically an open goal earlier in the game, hitting the bar instead, not his best game. Still doing very well! FA Cup 2 - 0 down I made some big changes including 2 CBs and 3 strikers in my wingback system but, it worked, we won. Ederson has been out for pretty much all season, they haven't replaced and have been using backup Stefan Ortega insted, for their FA cup game, they put an 18 year old in net, it was too easy for our strikers. Best goal came from the GK kicking it out to Doyle, Tietz stole it off Doyle and hit it in, I was like, oh dear , Oh and Viktor was amazing against Haaland who hit the woodwork aswell, he finished on the same rating as a GK who conceded 5. Their GK looks pretty decent for an 18 year old tbf. Home draw . A wanted manager. I turned it down, I'm a one club save and I would not go down the road . Next Month The FA Cup game is the most important for me next month, feel we have a chance of winning it.

I feel like it's a massive overachieve due to AI teams not doing aswell as they should be. None of the top teams are showing why they're supposed to be the best clubs in the world, I'm 3 points right now behind City who are 1st, 6 points ahead of Liverpool who are current holders. Most players the top clubs are bringing in are squad players, they're not bringing in the best players to win them titles/cups. 62million valued, 140k a week Star Player David Raya doing this for example. https://gyazo.com/06b250d2e0f96a2a485a29d88569d933 My 850k striker is currently outscoring Haaland . I do have City, United, Chelsea, Spurs, Liverpool and Arsenal to play again. I still think I'll finish bottom half of the table.

January Frustating, lack of quality cost us points. We were amazing against Leeds. I thought we were looking at a loss when Gnonto put Leeds ahead but he was offside. Tietz after 18 minutes put us ahead, Berge doubled after 23 and Tietz scored our 3rd after 40. The second half belonged to van Hooijdonk as he scored a hat-trick. Brilliant. We were awful again Southampton, went in at half time 1 - 0 down, having 2 shots, 1 on target and I threw the water bottle. I went straight out full attack, my wing backs might aswell have been AMR/AML but it worked. van Hooijdonk equalised after 46 minutes and Kapic scored the winner after 71 minutes. Not good enough, we didn't create enough but we were slightly better than Villa but their only shot on goal, a headed effort from a corner saw Diego Carlos head past Viktor to give Villa the lead after 90 minutes. We went ahead from the penalty spot against Leicester and looked good, we missed too many chances, Berge was 1 on 1 and put is well over. Leicester found some fighting spirit and pulled it back through Ndidi after 74 minutes. We just lacked quality and Leicester were there for the taking. 2.67 xG, 3 CCCs and 5 half chances, we had so many chances and our finishing was lackluster against Forest. They went ahead through a Holm own goal after just 5 minutes but after 7 we were award a penalty which van Hooijdonk put away, he missed some great chances until he put away a quality through ball from Davis after 31 minutes. We're looking great still but it's helpful when you have the top goalscorer in the league who is attracting attention from other clubs. FA Cup Quality. Not quality. Drew 2 - 2 to a team that had one shot on target. Big mistake from McKenna to give Solanke a free shot and then an OG, we had chances. Club Stuff Bank loan for what, where, when, who? 'Cause it ain't in the club balance. But he did offer me youth facility upgrades. Deadline Day I loaned out Burke who will be joining Wrexham for a mil at the end of the season. Alot of clubs wanted Adams but he rejected them all, shame as he won't play and I wanted the money. McNally is here to cover since he was a free loan. 107mil on a 33 year old Salah, mad. Next Month Hoping we can progress in the FA Cup and pick 4/6 points up in the league.

Scouting in January Looking for wonderkids, the next big thing but so many of them have work rate/teamwork issues or you can tell they won't hit their potential. I really like this player, strong right foot aswell, I'd love to train him up up at CM playing Mezzala but 9 determination . I can't bring myself to do it. I feel there's a player there but I don't exactly have a Milner like player to mentor him. Berge and Watson are probably the best.

December Unbeaten month! Brilliant! So many late goals to cost US the win aswell!!! Raheem Sterling absolutely tore us a new one, all I can say. He scored in the 9th minute and the 12th before Forhenbach pulled one back in the 31st minute. Sterling popped up again in the 39th minute for his hat-trick and went into half time lookign defeated. A few changes and some belief and we were a different team second half. Tietz came on to score a brace to give us an unlikely draw! SO CLOSE to w ain against Spurs. Skipp gave them the lead after 5 minutes from a shot from outside the box. Berge equalised in the 41st minute and we went into half time even. Berge was the creator this time and set up van Hooijdonk(feel I've wrote those two combining a few times already) to give us the lead. I had to try make some subs to hold on but Emerson Royal had been a thorn on our side all game, his through ball found Bentancur who hit in after 90 minutes to draw. So close. AGAIN, SO CLOSE. Liverpool have played so many games and they rotated, we were the better side and that man Tietz gave us the lead after 69 minutes. Tietz had the biggest chance when Mendes crossed in, his header met the bar in the 92nd minute. We were playing well and looking like we were going to win until Thiago hit a 25 yarder into the top corner in the 94th minute! 94th!!! We have to finish our chances, 3 clear cut chances! Same with Wolves, probably the better side, finishing was pretty awful and we finally took the lead after Kapics shot defelcted in off Kilman after 70 minutes. I thought it was our game but Neto crossed in and Silva headed after 86 minutes for another draw. Still, I expected 0 points this month and we got 7. Very proud of our league position. Cup Draw Away but it'll give me chance to rotate as we have so many games. Youth intake A homegrown Mezzala would be amazing, let's hope we do get a good player . Next Month A month I do hope we get a few points, I know we have some away games but they're still games we can pick up points. Not sure we'll do much in the transfer window, we'd need to ship players out first.

November Crackin' month. Did exactly what we needed too against Fulham and probably should of had more goals. 23 shots, 10 on target, 2.20xG vs 6 shots, 0 on target, 0.26xG. Berge found van Hooijdonk in the 53rd minute to put us ahead and that was that. I went with my new away tactic and we managed to hold Arsenal until the second half when Watson gave away a penalty after a corner was swung in. Saka put it after away 81 minutes so I had to try something. On a counter, Tietz found that man Mendes who loves a big goal and equalised in the 81st minute, we held on for a big draw. I rotated a little bit and yeah, Everton absolutely battered us with their LB of all players, 100k a week Vitaliy Mykolenko getting a first half brace and Talisca geting a 3rd before the break. I made some changes and we tried, van Hooijdonk pulled one back after 83 minutes but we scored 3 times! Just a shame 2 were just offside, bloody VAR! Newcastle were poor for such a quality side, Berge found van Hooijdonk with a quality ball who put us ahead after 40 minutes. Botman had a huge chance to equalise after Viktor came out for a corner and was caught out but he headed over for us to take home all 3 points. We're 4th but after next month I could see us in the bottom half. It does help we have a striker who's scored as many as Haaland and Gakpo. van Hooijdonk has 8 in 14. Next Month Any point here is a bonus. A very hard month.

October What a month! Bournemouth didn't have a sniff, 0.04xG. Kapic took a shot and Tietz was in the right place to make sure it went in after 28 minutes and that was all that was needed for 3 points. Brightons wide players were the difference against us. They were better than us but we struggled. Mitoma gave them the lead after 14 minutes but van Hooijdonk equalised after 38. Buonanotte gave Brighton the lead again after 56 minutes after a good corner routine and cutting past Berge to slot in. I've noticed since we've been promoted teams are using much better corner routines. I tried a different tactic and it worked, we equalised Manchester United. Scalvini gave United the lead after heading in Fernandes' corner. van Hooijdonk equalised after stealing the ball from Varane and hitting in after 47 minutes. Davis doubled after a good counter and ball from Berge after 54 minutes. Hojlund was found by Rashford after 70 minutes to equalise and we matched United. Such a good showing. Another quality game vs City. Davis went off early injured and Mendes replaced, he was us a won early on and van Hooijdonk gave us the lead after 19 minutes. We held on for ages but De Bryune scored in the 75th and just onside, Akanji scored in the 77th. I went back to my normal tactic and attacked. Kapics corner found Mendes to head in after 90 minutes for a draw. 11 points above relegation. All I care about. Oh and the friendly was played as I only had 5 on international duty and I wanted some of the lads to get 90 minutes in I love how Tietz is 3 POTM considering how many times he's been out injured already. Next Month We need a win against Fulham and anything else is a bonus.

September Good month! Leicester battered us. Adams started due to injuries and it didn't go too well. He gave away a penalty which Johansson saved but then scored an OG from a delection. Daka doubled just after the break, we looked second best all game. Forest potentially better, they had alot more of the ball but we cancelled each other out and a draw was fair. We grinded out a probably undeserved win against Brentford. McKenna gave away a penalty after 4 minutes with Calvert-Lewis hit in. We fought back in the 2nd half, Berge hit in for his first Rotherham goal after 59 minutes and Mendes on a sub headed in after 73 minutes to give us a win. We're 2nd in the league but it's so fake . Carabao Cup We tried, West Ham were just too good for us. Next Month Try and get something at home to Bournemouth but this could be a pointless month.

August Incredible month, be more clinical my opposition . A huge deflection saw Southampton take the lead after 35 minutes. Holm just 6 minutes later equalised and we went into the break even. van Hooijdonk did what he does best and got himself a second half brace. Matteo Pessina was played through and pulled one back for Soton but we managed to hold on for a debut win the Prem. What a win against Leeds! End to end football! xG was 2.93 to Leeds, 3.07 to Rotherham. Gnonto put Leeds ahead after a low cross from Sinisterra found him free. Titez headed in to equalise after 28 minutes. We went ahead after pressure from van Hoojidonk caused Max Wober to score an own goal after 58 minutes. Leeds equalised just 4 minutes later through Kristensen, a deflected ball found him free in the box to slow home. I made some subs, 95th minute, 95th! Kapic sent a free kick up, found Bramall in space who crossed low for Welsh for all people to be free to hit in! I do believe Mendes would have hit in if Welsh wasn't there but what a goal, what a win! Tietz put us ahead after just 5 minutes against Villa but good work from a corner saw Douglas Luiz slot low past Johansson for Villa to equalise after 16 minutes. Berge hit in his first Rotherham goal after 76 minutes to give us the lead and sub Davis who's slowly coming back from injury hit in after 83 minutes to give us the win! What an amazing month! Somehow I beat ten Hag to manager of the month . Cheers from the guy I just hired? Carabao Cup Played my second team, we were awful infront of goal, I put Crooks upfront and we missed so many chances. We thankfully won after pens but we should have won in normal time. An away draw, not great. Deadline Day It saw Koumetio leave us for 5.25mil and McKenna come in for 1.9mil. I know he's not a ball player but Adams isn't having the best time in the Prem and I think McKenna is an improvement over Adams and Koumetio. We're just trying to compete We're an absolute tiny fish in a huge pond, if we manage to stay up, it's massive. Next Month Chance of points, it'll be tough.

Season 3 - 2025/2026 A pre-season I left to my staff whilst I tried to find players. The squad so far. Goalkeepers are the same, we have a new RB to compete with Kraft, a new LB to compete with Bramall, a new LCB. A new midfield, a fringe striker and a striker to push to start. We have some unhappy players in Crooks, Humphreys and Burke due to contracts but sadly there isn't interest in them but they make good cover. I'm not clued up on German football and I'm not sure who Heidenheim are but Tim Siersleben are raved about by my scouts and I ended up checking their squad and cheers for the CB, LB and ST . If their RB was better in the air I may have taken him aswell . We did miss out on a couple of targets, my original CB target chose Burnley over us. Azeez going for 8mil is crazy, he did alright but Las Palmas must have really wanted him because I didn't think he was worth that at all. Karacic wanted a silly amount of money in a new contract and had declined as a footballer at 28/29. I wanted him out. So who is who? Sander Berge for 2.4mil from relegated Burnley is a steal to me. Will be starting in CM next to Irving, feel he'll play well with Holm/Krath down the right, really happy with this one. Left sided CB who will start! 3mil is cheap for a player of his quality. Solid LB who should be head and shoulders above Bramall. Will help Siersleben settle in. Mendes has a good scoring record with Ascoli, he comes as a backup striker and I'm sure I signed him in FM22 for my Rotherham team. My scouts also suggest Maximiliano Salas who I know I signed in FM22, I'm sure it was these two who helped keep me up but Salas wanted silly wages. Okay Irving isn't a Mezzala but I think he's pretty good and will be starting at CM. New starting RB. Strong Pressing Forward/Target Man. Think Tietz will be handful. And from the end of last season for 4.9mil. My favourite of the bunch . Hopefully he'll go down as a Rotherham legend in my save. And hopefully my new Scottish players who join Welsh in getting a national cap. The spending should be over. Depends if some of the backups leave. I'm still trying to improve the back room, I have two scouts coming in and I can't find a set piece coach at all. Season Start I honestly think we can get 6 points here, I can't see why we can't get two home wins!

End of Season Awards/Records Shocked at Crooks. Do I? He'd be played at DM and maybe cover at CM, he'd cost 4.9mil, I love his work rate and determination. He lacks jumping reach for me but I don't know, I see him and feel there's a proper player to be had here. Only 20, will probably start over Stejpanovic, he's won FW Young Player of the Year and Scottish Player's Young Player of the Year. Signings of the Season 4 out of 5 and look at my fees compared to Nuamah .

End of Season We did it, it was difficult but we set record points. And record goals. Chairman injects money He wants us to upgrade and he's put his own money in, pretty happy with that! End of Season van Hooijdonk has to be signing of the season in the Championship, has to be. Shocked Azeez has sold more shirts than Rathbone, Adams etc. Am I reading this right, 138 shirts sold? What? . Nearly but Kapic is always CLM and Krath is RB. Davis and van Hooijdonk are also on the wrong side of each other. Big big big summer ahead!

The thing that's baffled me is Viktor and Adams both came to me and wanted new contracts, both starting players and there fees were what I'd expect. Viktor is the best player at the club and he's on the highest wage, Adams is on a sensible wage for a player of his calibre, I mean, 13k a week in all honesty for my main CB seems like a steal. Now I'm promoted, my squad rotation RB, not even Krafth, wants 30k a week. Crooks wants 35 - 40k a week and then is upset I went no and listed him. Humphreys who isn't consistent and got dropped wants 28k a week. I understand we have more money but the wages, player worth and demand is crazy. I can see a big summer because some players want more wages then they're worth and I can bring in better for cheaper. Some I would have kept if it wasnt' for these insane wage demands.

April Our 30 unbeaten home run came to an end against Luton. We took the lead in less than a minute, Kapics shot deflected off Lockyer into the back of the net. Iroegbunam had been on the pitch for about a minute until he gave a penalty away which Jed Wallace equalised with ater 71 minutes and then two ex-Millers, Ogbene played a low ball for Carlton Morris to hit in after 91 minutes. Wigan, who were pretty much relegated at this point were clinical infront of goal so we went home pointless. On loan Edwards gave them the lead but Davis equalised and we went into the break even. Callum Lang got a second half brace and we had so many chances but we couldn't put them away, Crooks pulled one back in the 89th minute but it was too late. Much better against Southampton, the win that gave us the title. van Hooijdonk gave us the lead after 28 minutes, Manning conceded a penalty but van Hooijdonk looked too cocky and Bazunu saved. Manning was sent off early in the second half for two yellows and it wasn't until I made some subs until we saw some quality football. Kapic, Koumetio and Obafemi all getting on the scoresheet, a very rich and deserved win. QPR are 22nd and you can see why, we battered them. Kapic scoring after just 2 minutes, Sarr after 5. Second half goals came from Humphreys, Sarr got his brace and sub van Hooijdonk came on to help him attempt to win golden boot. Same against Hull, totally outplayed them. Sarr got us off to a good start after 7 minutes and van Hooijdonk had got himself a brace before half time. That leaves us one game and we can potentially break the point record. We did set one record already. We have two strikes that could win golden boot. Two players who could win player of the year. Initial Budget + Player Revolt. Strange thing to put as we're champions but I've had Crooks, Humphreys and Karacic all demanding new contracts with insane wage demands. Humphreys isn't that bad but I wasn't planning on keeping him. I prefer Adams and Welsh over him and I'd still prefer to find a better LCB. I can see a big summer happening. Youth intake Looked like I had one promising player but he's unambitious and really doesn't look like he'll ever make it. Final Day They need to win to potentially make play offs, we need to win to get the record points.

March Nearly perfect! We got back to winning ways against Plymouth. At home, in control and Kapic running the show. We were brilliant from start to finish. Davis got a brace, van Hooijdonk score our 3rd, Welsh our 4th and Kapic our 5th. The different in a tight Sunderland game was van Hooijdonk who hit in a freekick just before the break. Both teams cancelled each other out, a moment of magic was the difference. We were the better side against Bristol City, we created more but they got the first goal, we hit the woodwork twice and they scored in the 83rd minute. Adams headed in after 88 but it wasn't enough. We can't be losing games like that. Needed to rotate against Portsmouth and it worked. Sarr getting a hat-trick and Welsh getting on the scoresheet. Bishop pulled one back in the 55th minute but we were in control. Great spirit against Coventry. Coventry hit the bar and Eccles hit in the rebound, he does like scoring against us. Kapic equalised just 3 minutes later in the 17th minute. Somehow after 78 minute we equalised and I say somehow because I have no idea how van Hooijdonk is being played onside in that position but he is, it's so bad by Coventry and he's 1 on 1 to slot home to give us the win. We're flying at the top and have chance to beat Readings point total iirc. Next Month Some tough games and I'd very much like to get revenge on Southampton .

February Brilliant start, poor end against Everton. There's a reason Watford are bottom, they're so poor. Adams somehow denied a goal for us being offside after a header from a corner but made up for it after hitting one in from outside the box. van Hooijdonk got himself a brace before half time and Davis made it 4 after 77 minutes. 'Boro never really threatened but it was 0 - 0 at the break. Davis, Sarr and Azeez got us second half goals for an easy victory. Stjepnaovic gave away a penalty which Riis hit in to give Preston the lead. Welsh scored a nice goal a minute after to equalise. Azeez gave us the lead in the 54th minute and Crooks finished off the scoring in the 93rd. Palace went down to 10 men after 45 minutes, we went down to 10 through injury but we battered them, Stjepanovic scoring a volley after 69 minuts, Zanden wish a nice finish after 77 and Kapic scoring after 83. Mateta did pull one back after a counter in the 84th minute but the points were ours. We took the lead early against Stoke with Davis scoring after 5 minutes. Stoke eqauslied from the penalty spot after Burke gave away another penalty after 65 minutes but Davis popped up again to give us the win after 89 minutes. We were the better side against Everton, so many chances, Crooks hit the post but they got one chance. Barnes found Gueye on the edge of the box, he passed to Ramadani who hit in after 53 minutes, game over. We're flying high at the top still! Carabao Cup I didn't expect anything else, we got battered for 90 minutes. FA Cup Frustrating as Rathbone should have equalised but hit the bar. That's our cup runs down, time to win the league! Next Month Alot of winnable games and time for players to rest.