Akropolis, Swedish First Div. Elite
Board, fans: win the championship
Media: 4th
Odds: 2-1
In: 9 for 556K
Out: 12 for 1,9M + 11 useless reserves/youths shown the door
As we head back to the second tier, I decide to give more chance to my young talents, and release everyone who has his contract expired/has a decent offer.
We kick off the season with a humiliating 3-0 away loss, and we finish the season with a humiliating 3-0 loss, so it's a nice frame :p
In between we start badly (1-2-2 after 5 rounds, board confidence dropping to satisfied), and I have a bit of fear whether the expectations are to high. We pick up form though in late spring.
Then comes summer, which is glorious: we win all our games in June and July, do a 21-match unbeaten run, and marching for the title in style. We achieve promotion with 4 games to go, win the league with 3 to go. \o/
Barring the last two home games we played all our games in Hammarby's Söderstadion because of our ground expansion. Due to a bug
we had fantastic turnouts (7000-9000
ppl/match), so we cashed in quite a lot.
My young players have really repaid the faith, I wonder how we'll do next year. We have a Premier League season under our belts, and the team have certainly improved when I compare the current squad with the one from two years before.
Pos: 1st \o/ P: 30 W: 20 D:7 L: 3 58-27 67 pts
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Swedish Cup
Excellent run, ended in the quarterfinals against Hammarby (who won the league and lost in the final of the cup). 0-0 away, more than 30 shots fired, great match :thup:
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- Fans' POY: Big Fat Greek Striker (and club legend) - we really missed his leadership last year. He's "seriously thinking about becoming an ass.man, and I'd really love to keep him at the club. He's the new record holder fior Akropolis in goals scored and appearances.
- Best avg.: new Finnish Giant DC. 7.44 (32 matches), 9 goals, 11 MoM. Next July he's off to Liverpool (
) for 4,4M+50%+friendly
- Top scorer: Finnish Assassin, 18 goals (runner-up in the league)
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The good: excellent run, sometimes spectacular football
The bad: Defence is sometimes just so-so, but it considerably improved after I signed IFK Göteborg's 3rd choice GK halfway through. He's of Allsvenskan-quality, a thing we badly missed when we got relegated.
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Finances: secure, and I already have two big-money future transfers: my DC to the scousers, and my DMC to Start in Norway for more than 7M combined. No financial worries for 3-4 years.
Training, youth facilities upgraded, stadium expanded into an 1373-capacity all-seater.
Next year probably dance of death against relegation again.
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