riley2007

Key Players: Micah Richards/Richard Dunne/Stephen Ireland/Rolando Bianchi/Sun Jihai

Future Stars: Kasper Schmeichel/Joe Hart/Nedum Onuoha/Matthew Mills/Daniel Sturridge/Ishmael Miller/Michael Johnson

Transfers In: Fabien Barthez - Unattached (Free)/Lauri Dalle Valla - JIPPO (Free)/Andres Guardado- Atlas (£1.7m)/Sherman Cardenas - (£110k)/Giovanni Torre - portsmouth (220k) /Francisco Bergamo - Wohlen (£10k)/Pablo Melgar - Guatamalan team (£75k)/Jose Manuel Mendez -Guatamalan team (£35k) Nicklas Bendtner -Arsenal (Season Loan)/Ryan Babel - Liverpool (Season Loan)/Fernando Gago - Real Madrid (Season Loan)

Transfers Out: Ishmael Miller (Livingston Season Long Loan) / Giovanni Torre (Rochdale Season Long Loan) / Kasper Schmeichel (Colchester Season Long Loan) / Matthew Mills (Livingston Season Long Loan)

Future Transfers In: January 2007 Andreas Laudrup - Lyngby (Free)

Pre-Season Friendlies

Hinckley 0 - Man City 4

Rheine 1 - Man City 3

Ahlen 1 - Man City 1

Klein 2 - Man City 6

Man City 4 - Parma 2

Oldham 3 - Man City Reserves 1

Overview
As you can see I have taken on the job of Manchester City my aims for Season 1 are a top 10 finish and a good run in the domestic cups.
If this is achieved then pushing for a european place in season 2 and winning a trophy would be the aim.

As you can see from my future stars and transfers I am placing my trust in youth only Fabien Barthez has been brought in to provide experience and maybe tutor the other keepers hopefully he will stay as a coach.

My pre-season went well and I am delighted with the way my team has performed especially the youngsters Daniel Sturridge/Michael Johnson and Nedum Onuoha as well as the more experienced players Michael Ball/Rolando Bianchi/Richard Dunne/Micah Richards and Sun Jihai

I am not getting too excited as the opposition weren't the strongest but Parma was a fantastic game which showed I can compete with decent teams the only blip was when I sent my youngsters to play Oldham with Micah Richards the oldest player in my team they consequently lost but showed great potential and performed well despite the result

Barclays Premiership

Derby County 1 Manchester City 1
Todd (88) Bianchi (45)

Team-Isaksson (G) Onuoha (DR) Ball (DL) Richards (DC) Dunne (DC) Sun Jihai (MR) Guardado (ML) Ireland (MC) Johnson (MC) Bianchi (FC) Samaras (FC)

SUBS Bendtner/ Bathez/ Melgar/ Dabo/ Babel

*Note Gago is currently injured or he would be in

I will post important results and any relevant information when possible
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