I promised a Football Manager update and here it is; I’m keeping to my word and providing you with all the information about what’s going on at the moment with my Oxford United team in Football Manager 2008. It's not particularly pretty, it's better than reality however and right nw that's all that really matters.
We’re now into November and Oxford United has recently progressed into the second round of the FA Cup with a 3-2 win over Tooting and Mitcham. In a bizarre series of events; all three Oxford goals came from penalties, two of which were scored and one of which was scored from the rebound; Jeannin bagged all three and grabbed his first goals of the season in absolutely spectacular fashion. Jeannin had a cracking game and was rated 10/10 for his performance; a fine bit of form for the Oxford man that no longer really is (in reality the Frenchman now plays for Mansfield Town).
Oxford United currently sit 7th in the Blue Square Premier with 32 points from 20 games played; Yemi Odubade the side’s top scorer with 8 goals, and Justin Richards following behind in a close second with six. It’s not been a great season for the Yellows so far; the side still stands a chance of reaching the play-offs however, and that’s a lot more than can be said of the real Oxford United at current.
To make things interesting I’m also manager of Manchester United; it fleshes the seasons out a little and gives me something to aim for with two teams of completely different levels. At the start of the season I controversially sold Rio Ferdinand in order to bring in a new striker; the board had given me a transfer budget of £10 million, and with the real Man Utd having just splashed out £30.75 million on Dimitar Berbatov; I felt the need to do some spending of my own and also sought the signature of Mr Berbatov. I didn’t quite manage Berbatov, what I did do however was sign Klaas-Jan Huntelaar from Ajax for £15.25 million. So far he’s made 7 appearances and scored 2 goals, the last of which in our 5-0 demolition of Fulham at Craven Cottage. He seems to be settling in nicely in our squad, it was well worth selling Rio in my humble opinion (even if our back four is suffering quite considerably as a result). Andre Bikey is arriving for us in January; Rooney wasn’t happy when I sold Ferdinand, I told him I’d replace him however, and remaining true to my word; Andre Bikey is on his way to Old Trafford to try and fill Rio’s boots. Needless to say there wasn’t much money left over after I signed Huntelaar.... ah well.... who needs defence when you’ve got three amazing strikers in your squad?!
Manchester United currently sit 6th in the Premier League table... perhaps we did need Rio Ferdinand after all then; my bad. We’re 13 games into the season and already United are out of the League Cup after losing to Manchester City as well, we didn’t really want that useless cup anyway though and are instead focussing our efforts on the UEFA Champions League. We’ve been drawn in Group E along with Olympiakos, Lazio, and Olympique Lyonnais; things didn’t start too well in the Champions League actually as we got off to a 5-3 defeat against Lazio, from there we’ve grown, built, and developed however, and after a 0-0 bore draw with Olympiakos; we then went on to beat Olympique Lyonnais both home and away. 3-1 at home, 2-1 away; we now sit top of the group, panic over.
Oxford travel to Grays next, Man Utd face Bolton at home; Oxford are currently undefeated in five, Man Utd on the other hand don’t have quite such a great record but on the plus side won the last game 5-0. The future could be bright for both clubs; I’ll post another update tomorrow and let you know how things are moving along for my two teams. I’m confident of achieving trophies this season, not too sure which ones yet; perhaps the FA Trophy or even the FA Cup; maybe even both, only time shall tell however and you people will of course be amongst the very first to find out.
I shall end this post with a song.... altogether now:
We love you Oxford, we do.
We love you Oxford, we do.
We love you Oxford, WE DO.
OHHH Oxford we love you!
UNITED! UNITED! UNITED!
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