oneteaminglasgow Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Bully Wee Villa said: They finished fifth in 1936. That'll show me for not bothering at all to check. It's the highest since the save started... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 I'm only sad enough to know as was taunting a Birmingham City acquaintance listing shit teams that have equalled or bettered their best ever finish. Accrington, Bradford, Grimsby and Wimbledon have all managed it, too, if anyone is interested. I appreciate I'm not doing much to dispel that "Villa fans all live in the past" stereotype... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 European Championships 2040 Well, the European championship are here, and I played some complete dross in Bhutan and Nicaragua to boost confidence, and also bothered with one friendly against someone competent - which we also won pretty convincingly. Anyway, our group is Italy, Serbia and Norway who are ranked 8th, 23rd and 53rd in the world respectively (We're joint 1st). Should be getting through that. Spoiler The hardest game we'll face (hopefully) and we've come through it ok, and got the win. Absolute shitfest of a match, but I'm not bothered. Spoiler We thrashed them - 25 shots for us, 3 for them and 62% possession - but we didn't make it count. Really disappointing result. Still, Norway seem to love a red card, and they're the only team we've still to play. Spoiler Job done. I told you, Norway absolutely love a red card. We should have scored a few more, but got the job done this time. Still, the fact that we aren't being nearly clinical with our chances is a concern. We've yet to concede though. Job done. Wasn't particularly pretty, but we're through.... Should be winning that. The other groups finished like this... Spoiler Spoiler Easy stuff, again. Wales made it easy by going down to 10, and also not really bothering to try to score. We eased off and got fairly complacent in the 2nd half, but the match was over at half time. Rest of the second round went... Spoiler Well, thank f**k for that. A bit like the Serbia game, we hammered them but couldn't get a goal until the very end of the game, and then managed to do it again in extra time. Needlessly nervy, but we got there in the end. Into the semi's we go. 4th in the world - this'll be a big test. Spoiler Ah, f**k. Oh well, we'd proper shitfested our way through this far a la Greece 2004, so I'm not sure we can have any complaints overall. Germany played much better than we did. That seems pretty harsh, I mean, we weren't very good but still made the semi's... Oh well, f**k it. The other semi finished... And the final was... Spoiler Aw pish. First time this has happened in the save. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpaddyx Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) Scotland appear to be a least semi decent, although I would have had a heart attack during that Serbia game. (Considering I'll be 62 in 2040, that seems a fair shout). Edited July 18, 2020 by mrpaddyx 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 Transfer Window 2040/41 Apart from Unai, quite happy to see them go, and for the money I was getting for some of them, I couldn't say no. Allowed me to go on a lovely spending spree... Almost 100 million spent, hopefully will prove worth it... First up, Dean Grogan - the best player from my title winning Livingston squad. Excellent technical player, and should do a good job on right wing. I didn't have a huge amount of depth there last season, especially when my first choice fucked off to China. Spoiler Next up, Orlando Castro - a Colombian centre midfielder. We've got him from Barca, but he's spent the last few seasons on loan in the Premiership. An improvement of what we had last season, probably won't be good enough to get us towards winning the title, but £7million is a great deal at this level. Spoiler Jerome Zimmer-Collignon joins from Man City, and will be playing alongside Castro in centre midfield, Another one who looks pretty decent, and also young enough to get better. Spoiler Saul Gutierrez joins from PAOK, and frankly I don't know why he's been playing there. He looks brilliant. Will be playing at attacking midfield for me, and will provide back up to Campbell up front. Spoiler Lastly, Kevin Chala joins from Porto. With Barden going to Leicester I needed a new right back, and he fits the bill. Pretty good at everything I need in a full back, so pleased with this signing. Definitely an upgrade. Spoiler All that means that my first choice 11 this season will look something like this... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 August 2040/41 Fantastic start to the season. Unlucky not to beat Wolves as well, but I'll take it. We were proper shite against Wimbledon, but we got through so f**k it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 September 2040/41 Some boy scored 5 goals against us for Man United. Absolutely pumped. A good win against bottom side Birmingham saved what would have been a shocker of a month. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Did we beat England at the Euros? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 4 hours ago, AsimButtHitsASix said: Did we beat England at the Euros? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 October 2040/41 Apart from going out of the League Cup, a pretty decent month. Not far off beating Man City, they equalised in the last minute. Going pretty well so far, all things considered. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 November 2040/41 Another pretty solid month. We were, again, minutes away from beating Chelsea but threw it away, and almost lost late on as well. Would have been toys right out the pram if we had. We seem to be an absolute nightmare to play against, and very hard to beat (other than that Man United game) but we don't win nearly often enough to sustain any kind of proper challenge near the top. I'd be delighted if we can get into some form of European competition for next season. Pretty tight at our end of the table. Looks like the city of Birmingham is having an absolutely torrid time, collectively. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 December 2040/41 Good start thumping Derby (they scored in the first and last minute, and we dominated completely in between), then I had to bring in a reserve centre back to cover suspension against Burnley, and he made a total c**t of it. Cost us all 3 goals. Outwith the Brighton match, where we played shambolically, the rest of the month went pretty much as expected. It's all going pretty well so far. f**k knows how Everton are so good - they've finished in the top 4 once in the whole save, and are usually midtable dross. Some effort. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Arsenal getting relegated would be superb. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 33 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Arsenal getting relegated would be superb. They've sorted themselves out a little bit, unfortunately. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 January Transfer Window 2040/41 Couple of guys moaning about playing time wanted loans, so puntef them out. de Lange was shite, so sold him. Hacker was my reserve goalkeeper, so f**k knows why Liverpool bought him. Vicente was the guy who had a shocker against Burnley, and I needed to make some money for an incoming signing, so off he went... I beat Tottenham, Everton and Benfica to sign this guy - probably by offering to pay him far more than I should, but these things happen. He can play on the left wing, or up front (will be on the wing for me), and looks very decent. Full Uruguayan international, very good scoring record (52 in 93 games) and doesn't have any weaknesses really. I'm delighted with this signing, which probably means he'll do his ACL on his debut. Spoiler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 On 17/07/2020 at 16:53, Bully Wee Villa said: I'm only sad enough to know as was taunting a Birmingham City acquaintance listing shit teams that have equalled or bettered their best ever finish. Accrington, Bradford, Grimsby and Wimbledon have all managed it, too, if anyone is interested. I appreciate I'm not doing much to dispel that "Villa fans all live in the past" stereotype... Is Birmingham City's highest top flight finish 8th? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 January 2040/41 We're infuriatingly inconsistent. . Looking to try and keep up with Spurs and get the Europa League - anything better than that is probably beyond us just now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 13 minutes ago, jagfox BLM said: Is Birmingham City's highest top flight finish 8th? Sixth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Sixth. That's mental. Birmingham have certainly under-performed. Villa have a pretty good record but going back to the early 80s for their last title and European Success. You'd think the city would have had more success in the intervening period. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Three League Cups between us since Sky invented football in 1992, not great tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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