Mission Imposible...Burnley

Great news with the ground as well! you will soon become a legend at Burnley at this rate!
 
SamPeters said:
Great news with the ground as well! you will soon become a legend at Burnley at this rate!
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That's my aim. If I can take them to win the Champions' League, I will definitely end up as their No.1 Legend
 
2015/2016

I've been away for some time due to my final exams so I'm looking forward to continuing this save.

I can say that we overachieved last year and we are hoping to do the same this year. We have a new owner and a new stadium is under construction. Plus, there are many new players and I hope they will gel quickly.


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We had an excellent preseason with some great performances.
Sligo Rovers (A) 0-3
ST. Pat's Athletic (A) 0-11
FC Barcelona (A) 2-2
Bremen (A) 1-4
Olympique Lyonnais (A) 0-3
Colchester (A) 0-4
Grosseto (A) 0-7
FC Red Bull Salzburg (H) 3-1

I'm hoping to carry this amazing form into the new season.

AUGUST 2015 Fixtures
Leicester (H) BPL
Manchester City (A) BPL
Chelsea (H) BPL

Tough month ahead as we are facing 2 of the favorites for the title but hopefully, we can stun them both. The game against Leicester should be a must-win for us.

PS. I'll post my transfers at the end of the window
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One of my most favourite manager stories going right now. Really interested in seeing this free-scoring Burnley team go to the top. Good luck mate!
 
stein96 said:
One of my most favourite manager stories going right now. Really interested in seeing this free-scoring Burnley team go to the top. Good luck mate!
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Thanks bro. I hope I can continue my current form
 
2015 SUMMER TRANSFERS

I was given 31m pounds at the start of the window plus an extra 15m at the start of the new season and I did my best to make the most of it.
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Nathaniel Clyne
5.25m pounds from Southampton

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Martin Odegaard
1.3m pounds from Stromsgodset

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Nicola Leali
Free transfer from Juventus

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Eder Alvarez Balanta
6.25m pounds from River Plate

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Ron Vlaar
4.5m pounds from Aston Villa

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Jose Angel Pozo
625k pounds from Manchester City

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Ruben Neves
7m pounds plus 10m over 48 months from FC Porto

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James Wilson
Season-long loan from Manchester United

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Robert
5m pounds plus 7.5m over 48 months from Fluminense

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Lorenzo Crisetig
Season-long loan from Inter

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Nathaniel Chalobah
Season-long loan from Chelsea

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Ruben Barbosa
2.5m plus 5m over 48 months plus 2.5m after 50 league games from Heerenveen



I sold Kierran Trippier because West Ham were willing to give me 12.5m (WOW!!!) and I signed Clyne for a measly 5.25m. I wanted Clichy as my new LWB but he was demanding an incredible 145k/w after I agreed a fee of just 2.4m with City. I couldn't get any more CMs but I hope Chalobah can continue from where he stopped for me last year.

I made Vlaar my new captain with Ruben Neves his assistant an possible future captain and got some neew staff on board. I hope this will be a great season for me.
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Euro Cup draw

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I got a pretty tough draw with 2 possibly difficult matches including a trip to Russia. Hopefully my squad will cope with the extra games and we can make it through to the knockout stages
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AUGUST 2015 FIXTURES

It was an unlucky month for us as we played well but lost 2 out of our 3 games this month.

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Burnley 5-0 Leicester
What more could I have asked for. We carried on our amazing preseason form and absolutely blitzed Leicester while also controlling the game.

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Manchester City 4-2 Burnley
We were really unlucky to lose and also Eder Alvarez Balanta helped them. He made 3 costly mistakes which lead to goals and ended with a match rating of 5.4. We just couldn't get the goals.

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Burnley 1-3 Chelsea
Another defeat against Chelsea. We started well and controlled the game until another mistake from Balanta allowed Chelsea to equalize. Again, my strikers were poor even though the chances were there.

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After some pretty poor performances against the 'BIG' teams, I've decided to tweak my 'counter' tactic a lil bit to cover the cracks I saw in the 2 games and I'm hoping for better performances in the future.

SEPTEMBER 2015 FIXTURES
Liverpool (A) BPL
Spartak Moscow (A) EURO cup grp
QPR (A) BPL
Watford (H) Capital One cup
Tottenham (H) BPL

Another tough game awaits (against Liverpool) and I hope we can do better than we did last month. Watford is a must-win for me and we should get at least 5 points this month in the league

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SEPTEMBER 2015

I was hoping to end my poor form from last month and I did. I achieved all my targets for this month with some excellent performances.

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Liverpool 2-2 Burnley
I was scared there would be another repeat of last months poor performances and my fears were almost confirmed as we were 2-0 down at HT with Balanta again the culprit. We were lucky to secure a point with James Wilson scoring a late equalizer.

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Spartak Moscow 1-5 Burnley
I an say that they were poor but we were also excellent and the scoreline shows that.

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QPR 2-4 Burnley
It was a close game until the very end but James Wilson was the difference as he ran riot on QPR's defense and bagged a hat-trick.

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Burnley 6-0 Watford
My best performance of the season yet as we outclassed Watford. Savitskiy was just too good for the opposition as he bagged a hat-trick and an assist.

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Burnley 1-1 Tottenham
It was an average performance from the whole team. Danny Ings has been in poor form and my team just couldn't find the net. Our goal was from a Savitskiy free-kick which hit the post and then rebounded off Vorm who was excellent throughout the game.

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LEAGUE TABLE so far...
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I'm currently under-achieving in the league and I hope to do better next month.

OCTOBER 2015 FIXTURES
Rio Ave (H) EURO cup grp
West Ham (A) BPL
Swansea (H) BPL
Basel (H) Euro cup grp
Hull (A) BPL
Wolves (A) Capital One cup 4th round



Looks like it's going to be a long month and I really hope my squad can cope with the fixture list. I'm looking forward to getting at least 5 points in the league this month and winning both my fixtures in EURO cup whilst also progressing in the Capital One cup.
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Great to see how well you are doing. I hope you will continue the save
 
OCTOBER 2015

It was a good month for us as we continued our good form with some eye-catching performances.

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Burnley 2-2 Rio Ave
We under-rated the opposition and the opposition took advantage of it with a 1-0 lead at HT but a 2nd half fightback allowed us to take the lead but we were undone by an own-goal from Chalobah. I fined Danny Ings after the game and dropped him to my U21s to see if he could catch some form.

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West Ham 1-2 Burnley
It was another poor performance from us and we were really lucky to come away with a win.

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Burnley 3-2 Swansea
James Wilson was starting to show some form and he bagged a hat-trick to secure 3 points for us.

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Burnley 3-0 Basel
I decided to "control" the game instead of the usual "attack" and it payed off. James Wilson again continued his fine form.

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Hull 1-0 Burnley
We were really unlucky in the game and conceded a late controversial goal as it looked as if Abel Hernandez was offside.

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Wolves 1-2e Burnley
We were poor from start to finish and we got lucky to win the game

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League Table
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November 2015 Fixtures
Southampton (H) BPL
Basel (A) EURO cup grp
West Brom (A) BPL
Manchester United (H) BPL
Spartak Moscow (H) EURO cup grp
Blackburn (H) BPL

Looking at next month's fixtures, I think I can win all the games except against West Brom because I always draw them; dunno why. The game against United will be tough but I believe we can win.
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agieluma said:
It was a good month for us as we continued our good form with some eye-catching performances.

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Burnley 2-2 Rio Ave
We under-rated the opposition and the opposition took advantage of it with a 1-0 lead at HT but a 2nd half fightback allowed us to take the lead but we were undone by an own-goal from Chalobah. I fined Danny Ings after the game and dropped him to my U21s to see if he could catch some form.

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West Ham 1-2 Burnley
It was another poor performance from us and we were really lucky to come away with a win.

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Burnley 3-2 Swansea
James Wilson was starting to show some form and he bagged a hat-trick to secure 3 points for us.

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Burnley 3-0 Basel
I decided to "control" the game instead of the usual "attack" and it payed off. James Wilson again continued his fine form.

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Hull 1-0 Burnley
We were really unlucky in the game and conceded a late controversial goal as it looked as if Abel Hernandez was offside.

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Wolves 1-2e Burnley
We were poor from start to finish and we got lucky to win the game

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League Table
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November 2015 Fixtures
Southampton (H) BPL
Basel (A) EURO cup grp
West Brom (A) BPL
Manchester United (H) BPL
Spartak Moscow (H) EURO cup grp
Blackburn (H) BPL

Looking at next month's fixtures, I think I can win all the games except against West Brom because I always draw them; dunno why. The game against United will be tough but I believe we can win.
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I think you are being too ambitious to think you can win against United and Basel.., but good luck
 
NOVEMBER 2015

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Burnley 4-0 Southampton
It was an exceptional performance from the team in what might have been a tricky fixture. Danny Ings scored his first goals in months.

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Basel 1-3 Burnley
It could have been a clean sheet for us if not for some sloppy defending from a set-piece as we continued our impressive form to win comfortably and secure a place in the knockout rounds.

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West Brom 2-2 Burnley
I knew it was always going to be a tricky fixture against them and I predicted a draw. My summer signings were now beginning to adapt with Robert getting on the score-sheet

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Burnley 3-2 Manchester United
I knew how to play them all along by exploiting the flanks but I was left stunned when they got an early lead. My team managed to comeback to secure the 3 points

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Burnley 1-0 Spartak Moscow
It was a poor game by my standards but we managed to get the win.

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Burnley 3-1 Blackburn
We dominated the game and created lots of chances with my two wing-backs getting on the score-sheet.

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I won the manager of the month award due to our form and we are climbing up on the table
League Table
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December 2015 Fixtures
Fulham (A) BPL
Everton (A) BPL
Rio Ave (A) EURO cup grp
Manchester City (H) Capital One cup quarter final
Newcastle (H) BPL
Nottm Forrest (A) BPL
Stoke (A) BPL
Leicester (A) BPL


Looks like we'll be traveling a lot this month and we'll do well to get 12 points in the league. I want to win the Capital One cup so I'll be doing my best to beat City at home
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DECEMBER 2015

I can say that this has been my best month since I took over at Burnley and the results really showed. I also got a lot of job offers at Man City, Liverpool, Schalke, Napoli, Fiorentina, and many others which I rejected because I wanted to take this team to the top before I think about leaving.

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Fulham 0-3 Burnley
It was a drab performance until I decided to bring-on Ashley Barnes who immediately added some much needed spark with two well-taken goals.

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Everton 1-1 Burnley
It was a tight contest but we didn't do ourselves justice

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Rio Ave 1-3 Burnley
I refused to underestimate the opposition and played a safe, controlled game and won comfortably.

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Burnley 5-3 Manchester City
WOW!!!!! I can't say what happened in the game but City were not on form before the game even though they got an early lead. We hurt them mostly on the counter-attack.

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Burnley 3-1 Newcastle
It was a relatively easy game for us as we dominated throughout. One of my targets for the winter transfer, Facundo Fereyra, hurt my defense again and again until he scored.

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Nottm Forrest 1-3 Burnley
Another easy game for us as we started to chase the league leaders. Robert ran riot with his dribbling and also scored two well-taken goals.

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Stoke 0-2 Burnley
We were now on a roll with our 3rd consecutive win and our 8th game without a defeat as we performed really well against giants.

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Leicester 0-2 Burnley
Another excellent performance as we kept pushing for the Champions' League places to end the year at 3rd place.

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We were amazing in December and I won the manager of the month award and Odegaard winning the young player of the month award.
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Pavel Savitskiy won the European Golden Boy award
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I couldn't have asked for more. We were on a roll. Hopefully, we can maintain that.

League Table
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January Fixtures
Cardiff (H) FA cup 3rd round
Arsenal (H) BPL
Chelsea (A) BPL
Manchester City (H) BPL
QPR (H) BPL
West Ham (H) Capital One semifinal 1st leg
West Ham (A) Capital One cup semifinal 2nd leg
West Ham (H) BPL

Tough montha ahead for us including a game against our 'boogie' team, Chelsea. I've lost all games against Chelsea and I really don't know what to do again. I should do well to get to Capital One cup final to win my first trophy here. I'm targeting 7 points in the league and hopefully, get through the FA cup matches for this month.
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2016 Winter Transfers

I don't think I'll be making any additions this window because I don't have much money and my new owners are not helping. I will look to sell some players to generate funds.

I need a back-up winger who can play on both sides comfortably, a creative CM and also another striker
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