Managed to string a run together to finish second in the BSP with Fleetwood (Oxford a distant first) and through to the play-offs.

Battled out 0-0 draw in the first leg at Accrington before sneaking a 1-0 lead in the second to book a trip to Wembley.

Went 1-0 in the second half before Grimsby had two sent off - one a straight red for a professional foul and the second a second yellow for protesting about it. That said, they managed to peg me back with a really scrappy goal from a corner with 10 mins to go. A long range screamer from Simon Heslop with three minutes left won it for me.

Off the field, the gate takings from the Wembley trip along wiped out the season-long trading deficit of £200k or so (not helped by early exits from both cups), so hopefully the money situation should be more secure for the time being.

Not sure what to do now. I've got offers from Tottenham and Portsmouth on the table (delayed decision till end of the season) but quite fancy a crack in L2 with this side.

I think that side of the game needs improving. I'm not sure a massive club like Spurs would offer the managerial job to a BSP manager, no matter how well he had done. Unless they've been relegated a time of two.

Managed to finish my season with 101 points in the Premier League. All of third in the league



Started the new season after a couple more good signings and have won 10 from 11. Still not top, City have won all 11.

Started a game up as Wigan. Extremely frustrating start to the season. Results so far:

Liverpool (A) Lost 3-0 But played pretty well. Fernando Torres Hat Trick Doing for me.
Chelsea (H) lost 4-1 and was comprehensively outplayed
West Ham (A) lost 3-0 and again played well. The amount of clear cut chances i miss is off the scale.
Sunderland (H) lost 0-2 went a goal down to a dubious penalty. Great response by the lads as i missed chance after chance before getting hit on the break late on
Wolves (A) Won 1-0 finally got off the mark with a well deserved victory at Molineux

Any tips on any loan players i can get in? Have been shopping in the bargain basement so far and have found one or 2 players but my right side in particular is weak. Look to try and finish around 15th season and build again for next

Oh and im through to the 3rd round of the League Cup

I ended up finishing 3rd after a disasterous end to the season, losing 4 of my last 5, but I qualified for the Campions League for the first time. Beat Villareal 4-2 on Agg. in the Europa League semi final and played Tottenham in the final and won 3-1, so I was happy with that.

My FA cup semi final was the worst game for me ever. Lost 6-0 to Man City and didn't have a shot on goal, no red cards or injuries, just comprehensively outplayed...

I have off season now but I dont think I need to sign anyone with Jay Spearing and Martin Kelly oth playing very well from the academy, along with Damien Plessis. Only 1 friendly for Brazil against England, my 9th game in charge and I've won 7 drawn 1 lost 0 so far so I'll hope to keep that up.

Looking at my profile (saved as a pre-set), I'm set to "international footballer" in my past experience. That's probably got something to do with it.

Try Welbeck on loan.

I have made a mini breakthrough. Chelsea beaten and consigned to 3rd just after January, a massive 8 points adrift. City a point behind me now.

After a slight blip of a defeat and a draw City spent £107m in the January window. I was close to signing a defender (Christico) for £16m, until City waded in and ended up signing him for £38.5m. There really should be an option to criticise a club rather than their manager.

QPR first season over....started well, top of the league after 10 games. Dropped down over the course of the season to be stuck around 9th/10th. Fans and the board were getting a bit unhappy - player moral was down. Then from nowhere, won the last 7 games - averaging 3 goals a game (previously averaging 1 a game), epic run of form - missed out on the play offs by 1 point. GUTTED.

Confidence is high for the new season tho.

I am in Bolton's third season now, Diarra has been an inspired signing although I am struggling to come above 8th at the end of any season. Started well this season but never get much money so start of the season well until I get a couple of injuries. The board are quite happy with 9th though so I am not having to many problems.

Started a new season with Tottenham, just to have a little mess about until the latest patch is out. Thought it would be an interesting challenge to try and break the top 4, with competition for that spot as high as ever. Not made the best of starts, having won 2, drawn 1 and lost 1. I've had a bit of an injury crises in defence also and just starting to get some players back. Only 4 games gone, so loads of time for improvement, i am confident of getting 4th position as i believe i have a very good squad of players.

I sold Jenas (£10million), which give me some more money on top of the £15million (roughly - to get continental football).

However, i always seem to go over the top when signing players, although i signed some players with the view to the future. I brought in Diarra (£4.2million - Transfer list), Jovetic (£14million), Verratti (£100,000), Eden Hazzard (£11million), Buonanotte (£7.5million) and then i also brought in Isla on loan to give me cover in defence because of the early seasion crisis (My defenders seemed to be dropping like flys). I have used quite a lot of clauses to bring all these players in but the likes of Buonanotte, Hazzard, Verratti and even Jovetic are all with an eye on the future, although they could quite easily come in and do a very good job now.

Just after i posted this, Isla came back from international duty with an injury and will now be out for around 3-4months. Great.

Looked at him but Utd want £1.5mil to take him for the season. I'm prepared to go to 500k but I ain't losing a 3rd of my budget on 1 loan player.

Is Yannis Tafer available to loan? I got him as a permanent signing in League 2, so he should be really for a Premier League club. He's as quick as Wellbeck and will score more even at that level. He can turn out to be better than most European strikers too because of his variable potential.

I'll take a look next time I'm on. Half turned it round now. Sat on 7 points through 9 games which isn't what I'd hoped for but I have played all the top 4 in those games. One of the 7 points was a very credible 0-0 draw with the Arsenal so i reckon I'll be able to climb away from the bottom 3 in time

6 games to go in my season. Top with a four point lead. Bricking it majorly, I watch most games end through my fingers.

Go on holiday then you don't have to watch!

Just won the league cup in my first season for United.
Top of the league at the beginning of March.
In the last 16 of the Champions League.
In the 5th round of the FA cup.
Everything is going great, my usual team is :

Van der Sar

Rafinha
Chiellini
Ferdinand
Evra

Carrick

Valencia
Hamsik
David Silva

Rooney
Aguero

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Foster
Vidic
Rafael
Jovetic
Anderson
Welbeck
Dzeko

Signed : Rafinha, Chiellini, Jovetic, Hamsik, Silva, Dzeko, Aguero

Sold : Evans, Neville, O'Shea, Brown, Fletcher, Park, Owen, Berbatov

Currently played 12 games with Tottenham and sitting in 5th position but well in touch with the 4 above me, United are about 5 points clear of me at the top, however i am only 2 points behind 2nd placed Chelsea so Champions League is not beyond me at this stage. Also, into the quarter final of the league cup against Arsenal. All my signings have been very good so far, very pleased with how things are going. I've also competed very well with the 'big 4' when ever i've played them.

I'm keeping my eye on the Mexico job with Javier Aguirre's job status at very insecure.

Rughead, what do you think of Rafinha? I've always found him to be really annoying to play with, simply because he is never 100% fit. Every game he tires really quickly and he never recovers well enough for the next game. He has decent physical attributes but he always seems to tire.

He's been excellent for me, always fit and has an average rating of 7.20 in 44 games. He also gets forward to support Valencia a lot and is threat down the right.

Just took the Brazil job following the 2010 World Cup, also won the league with United. I'm not sure what formation to play with as Brazil. I'm considering 5-4-1 with really attacking wing backs, or maybe 4-3-2-1, or even 4-3-3. Any ideas ?

Correction: I took the Brazil job during the World Cup and play South Korea in the round of 16.

Well that didn't last long. After failing to make the World Cup final, losing to Spain 2-1 in the Semis I have been sacked by Brazil after 3 games in charge. Ah well ...