Hungry Like The Wolves- New Season, New beginnings

It feels like, it has been a while since I produced one of these series where I tackle Football Manager and hopefully lead a club to glory. As you may recall (and if you don't then shame on you) the last time I did a Football Manager series, I was the manager of Burnley where I achieved the impossible and I won the Premier League with Twitter expert Andre Gray leading the charge. I abandoned that career because frankly I outgrew Burnley and with management offers on the table from big European teams, I could simply not stay in Burnley much longer. England did come calling, which I ultimately regret because we would have beaten Croatia if I was in charge but hey ho, such is life. 

(The decision to leave Burnley was not in anyway related to the fact that I bought Football Manager 2018. That is fake news like Donald Trump so famously says)

Now I am back in the ever-suffering world that is Football Manager, which undoubtedly cripples your social life until you look as pale as Dracula. So if you see outside at any point, please alert the authorities. Anyway back to the series, so I decided to take control of Wolves mainly because, at this current time, Wolves have got much potential going forward. Wealthy owners, a great manager (even better one coming in..winky face) and a squad ready to achieve.

So, hopefully, I can replicate what Nuno Espirito Santos did and win the League but in the words of Brian Clough "I want to win the League but I want to win it better".

This series will be called Hungry Like The Wolves in memory of that famous song by Duran Duran. It was originally supposed to be called The Wolfpac, as an homage to the group in WCW (I have lost you all at this point) in late 1990's but no some Wolves hooligan on Instagram decided otherwise and it has completely derailed my thoughts and plans for the series.

Transfers/Formation

Due to Football Manager being strict on positioning on this game and with me wanting to get the best out of the players early doors, I have gone with a 4-2-1-3 formation. Both Full Backs will be set to attacking so we can penetrate in behind (not in that way). I will be looking to players such as Ruben Neves to orchestrate that midfield, the way he did in real life along with Benik Afobe up front who I know bags for fun on this game.

Transfers in:

Leonardo Da Silva-Lopes (£3.6m) from Peterborough United

Scott McTominay (Loan) from Manchester United

Ronaldo Viera (Loan) from Leeds United

Ryan Fredericks (£4.2m) from Fulham

Transfers out: 

Joe Mason (£1.6m) to Preston North End
Bright Enobakhare (Loan) to Scunthorpe United

Game 1- Middlesbrough (H)- EFL Championship

I am one of those people, just like everyone probably who leaves the pre-season friendlies to the assistant manager. So whilst my assistant was taking care of the team, I was in Hawaii taking a well-deserved vacation. During pre-season, we went undefeated with Benik Afobe banging on average two goals a game. Ivan Cavaliero is suspended for this game and Diogo Jota picked up an injury so he will be unavailable for the first game as we look to kick our campaign off in style.

The lineup for the game is: Ruddy, Doherty, Coady, Miranda, Douglas, Saiss, Neves, Da Silva-Lopes, Mir, Graham, Afobe



Within the space of two minutes, we blew a 2-0 lead. Obviously defensively we need to be much better but I am happy with the overall attacking intent by my side. Benik Afobe starting off the season in fantastic fashion by bagging a brace, one of the goals was an absolute worldie. Da Silva-Lopes ran the show in midfield as I see this as two points dropped rather than a point gained.

Game 2- AFC Wimbledon- EFL Cup

To anyone who has read my previous series, which is everyone right? You know that I did not have the best of luck in cup competitions but this time around it will be different. I am going to hand full debuts to the likes of Scott McTominay and Ryan Fredericks and a few others as they look to impress in the cup.

The lineup for the game is: Norris, Fredericks, Batth, Boly, Douglas, Viera, N'Diaye, McTominay, Mir, Graham, Bonatini

"but this time around it will be different". We lost on penalties and the cup dream is over, love it when that happens when you hope for the best and misery comes of it. We didn't take our chances, simple as that. The next game we have to make a statement.

Game 3- Derby County (A) -EFL Championship

It's fair to say, it's not been the best of starts for my Wolves side but there have been positives in our play, we just need to be more clinical and what better way to prove that than by playing top of the table Derby. Several changes have been made from the side that lost in midweek and we have reverted back to the side which drew with Middlesbrough. The only change is that Cavaliero comes in for Rafa Mir.

Lineup: Ruddy, Doherty, Miranda, Coady, Douglas, Saiss, Neves, Da Silva-Lopes, Cavaliero, Graham Afobe

A smash and grab win but I will take it. We haven't had the luck in the past two games but today we certainly rode our luck. John Ruddy the penalty hero and the hero up the other end was Romain Saiss who headed from a corner. Delighted that we kept a clean sheet which will give us confidence in the future. COME ON BOYS

Game 4- Hull City (A)- EFL Championship

After we managed our first win of the season, I am looking to build on that with another away win, this time at Hull who by game time would have probably tried to change their name for the 345th time. I go with the exact same lineup as the last game, as I look to build the chemistry between the players which will hopefully produce better results in the near future.

Breaking News: Diego Jota has fully recovered from his injury as Wolves Manager Nathan Best drops Jordan Graham for tonight's game.

Lineup: Ruddy, Doherty, Miranda, Coady, Douglas, Saiss, Neves, Da Silva-Lopes, Cavaliero, Diego Jota, Afobe



We are cooking now lads. It was great to see Diogo Jota get his first goal for the club and not only that we came from behind to win, so already we are showing that Brendan Rogers special of hard work, character, and intensity. Afobe once again getting on the scoresheet as well as Cavaliero doing wonders on that right-hand side. We are up to fourth after three games played. Solid start from the lads.

Game 5- Cardiff City (H)-EFL Championship

The last game of today's piece sees us back on home soil against second-place Cardiff where a win could see us in those promotion places and maybe even top of the table. I have made one change from the lineup on Tuesday's game and that is Wily Boly comes in for Miranda at centre back.

Lineup: Ruddy, Doherty, Boly, Coady, Douglas, Saiss, Neves, Da Silva-Lopes, Cavaliero, Diogo Jota, Afobe

Another game, another win. The boys are starting to gel and it's great to see. Romain Saiss with a beautiful volley from the edge of the box gives us the win as that wraps up today's piece, as we are up to second in the League with leaders Brentford away next. It will be spicy, to say the least.


Thank you for taking the time to read this.

BurnleyFM17 Career Mode/Season2- WE GO AGAIN

Hello everybody and welcome back to the first installment of the second season in the Premier League with Burnley. So you are probably wondering what I actually do in my life, well nothing but the other day I went outside so I went on a little adventure. Chilled out with the one friend (yes I only have one)  went to Chicken Palace which is basically a Dixy with more class. Anyway I then decided that the one thing that makes me happy, is talking to you lot, so we are back with the Burnley FM17 career mode. Brace yourselves

Last season was fantastic for the Clarets, as the boys and I won the the Premier League title COME ON!!. We now know that the big challenge is ahead, as we look to retain our Premier League crown and have a crack at the Champions League.

The transfer window presents an opportunity for us to add to our squad and with that in mind I have made these signings.

Bamford (£15M)
Lualua (£1.4M)
Bogdan (FREE)
Clark (£5M)
Januzaj (£2.9M)

Game 1 - Stoke(Community Shield)
The annual curtain raiser to the start of the season and the might Clarets are in it, so technically we did get to Wembley in the end (I am counting it). This game today we face FA Cup winners Stoke in a battle to win the Community Shield. We have retained the spine of the team which won us the league plus we made additions as well. 

We have won a shield we can go forth with in battle! Great win for the boys in the annual curtain raiser for the season, Andre Gray picking up where he left off. Should I let him back on Twitter?

Game 2- Arsenal (H)
Our title defense kicks off with a home game against the runners up from last year Arsenal. Yep this game loves me so much that after all the effort I put in, we still get screwed over. Anyway we are keeping the same tactics from last year but we need to bed the new additions in. COME ON LADS!

To quote a wise man "Yabba-dabba-doo". What a result to start the season with, we were just clinical as always as Arsenal couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat. Bamford and Gray picking up where they left off and getting their first goals of the season. Nice to see Hendrick get his first goal for the club as well. UP THE CLARETS!

Game 3- West Brom (A)
Up next is an away trip to the Hawthorns, as the mighty Clarets look to make it two wins out of two in the league. We all know what a Tony Pulis side is typically capable of, frustrating and annoying every team in the country but we have hope lads. The lineup for today is: Heaton, Lowton, Keane, Clark, Buttner, Gudmondsson, Hendrick, Defour, Januzaj, Bamford, Gray.

Two wins out of two, we are winning the league again boys, this year is our year! We were all over West Brom today and Gudmondssons goal boy what a hit son, what a hit. Bamford has two in two now as well. COME ON LADS!

Game 4- West Ham (H)
3 out of 3 in the league? Yeah why not, not like West Ham are gonna offer us any sort of threat of all lets be real here. The gaffer is making some changes as Arfield and Mee come into the side as we attempt to make it 3 out of 3 in the league.

Sat here now with a Louis Van Gaal special Red Wine and a mince pie! Andre Gray bagging a hat trick as we have just destroyed the mighty hammers and we have a 100% record in the league so far.

Game 5- Southampton (A)
The last game for today and we travel to St.Mary's as we could end August on top of the league with 12 points in the bag. Tactics Timothy is making a couple of changes as Tarkowski gets his first start of the season and Defour is back in for Carroll.

A draw, I will take it. Southampton had more of the ball in the game but happy with the teams resilience in hanging on. We end August top of the league already get in!

In the Champions League we got given a fairly easy group in Porto, Basel and FC Copenhagen.

That's it for today, remember to check out my work for TheHigherTempoPress and I will hopefully be releasing some more articles on other subjects soon.

Stay Classy!

Burnley FM17 Career mode Part 8- We can be Heroes

Hello everybody and welcome back to my FM17 career mode with Burnley, where we could be on the edge of glory and I'm hanging on the moment of truth (wait sorry I just released my inner Gaga). Back to normality and we could be making history as we could be on the verge of winning the Premier League. Our boys in claret have been magnificent all season and although we are out of the cup we can really end the season in style as I bring you the finale of this hectic, crazy and potentially history making season.

Game 1- Man City (A)

The run of tough games continues as we face another title contender Manchester City. The first game we played against them we beat them 3-1 and I am quite confident that with our recent 17 game streak, we can get another 3 points here.

To quote Michael Cole "The Streak...is over" Erm so yeah City got their revenge and they deserved it to be fair. I thought that we could have troubled them more but unfortunately my big mouth before hand sealed our fate. Our lead is now cut down to a point and there is now 3 points between the top 5. Yep this is going to be fun

Game 2- Chelsea (A)

This game loves me doesn't it? So after they give me City they decide to give me Chelsea. I want a response from the lads after the defeat against City. Sam Vokes makes his first start since his injury lay-off and also the fact that Bamford can not play against Chelsea.

Sam Vokes always had faith in you son, shame you will probably get dropped for Bamford next game, sorry kid . Another huge win which puts us 4 points clear again as our fixture list is looking slightly better after the conspiracy of those 3 tough games in a row. Believe boys!!!!

Game 3 - West Brom (A)
Our schedule gets slightly easier with an away trip to the Hawthorns after playing those 3 teams before hand (again thanks FM). Bamford is injured so I play a 4-5-1 formation with Gray as the lone man.. UP THE CLARETS!!

It's going to be one of those days isn't it? Fair to say the 4-4-2 is coming back, Besty had a tactical blunder as the 4-5-1 didn't work. There are 6 games left and there are 3 points between the top 5, love these tense moments.

Game 4- Crystal Palace (H)
Back in front of the Turf and we come against 17th place Crystal Palace and we are back to the 4-4-2. Barnes starts up front with Gray as Bamford has not quite recovered, Boyd and Tarkowski come in. COME ON BOYS!!

YES GET IN! Tarkowski with the winner and his first of the season and that puts us back on top of the Premier League. On average we have got 2 points per game which is magnificent for the boys in Claret.

Game 5- Middlesbrough
This time last season we faced Middlesbrough on the way to lifting the Championship, now we face them on the road to the Premier League title. What a difference a year makes. The boy Bamford is back and that is the only change as we head into the last lot of fixtures.

Another big win for us. Where would we be without Gray and Bamford, for me those two been have been a cut above the rest this season. We are starting to put some points between us and 3rd as we now have the final 4 games of the season coming up.

Game 6- Bournemouth
Up next on the road to the title we have Bournemouth who we know can cause any team a problem on their day. We name an unchanged lineup as we look to pick up another 3 points towards immortality. BIG NEWS. Chelsea have beaten  Arsenal in the game they play before us, so we win here and we go 5 clear with 3 games to go.

One hand on the trophy. 5 points clear 3 games to go, this is unbelievable, if we go o to win the league this will be one of the best things I have done on fm. We do have some bad news form this game, Gray is out for 3 weeks so Barnes and Bamford will be the front two.

Game 7- Hull (A)
We can secure Champions League football for the clarets but for right now that is a formality, we know we have the title in our grasp, so all we need to do is get the job done. The players have hit their stride and we will look for all 3 points at Hull. COME ON LADS!

We threw away a 2 goal lead in the first half, unacceptable from the boys on that front and Hull had a goal ruled out for offside. This is going down to the wire and up next we have 3rd place Manchester United at home....great.

Game 8- Manchester United
Nervous is the word, yeah lets go with nervous. This is make or break, we win then the League is ours. Luckily for us both Arsenal and United dropped points so we can bring the title to the turf in this game. We lose well, we will cross that bridge when we come to it.

I hate this game, I really do but it's games like this that make me go insane. It looks like it's going down to the final game. It's between me and United now for the league and potentially Spurs but barring a collapse from me and United.

The final game - Sunderland (A)
It's took us two seasons to get here (not to Sunderland) and this is it simply put we must win, I can not afford to draw, if I do then United will win it. The side is unchanged and guys here we go......COME ON YOU CLARETS!!!

We drew...........but so did United. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND!!!! CHAMPIONES CHAMPIONES OLE OLE OLE. Drinks on Besty, Coca-Cola though I have no ID. WHAT A SEASON.

The season is over but our journey is only beginning as we have Champions League football next season so stay tuned. Thank you so much everyone for reading blog and check out TheHigherTempoPress for my journey with Peterborough United as well.

Thanks and UP THE CLARETS!!!!

Burnley FM17 Career mode part 7- Messi is a poor mans Gudmondsson

Hello everybody and welcome back to my FM17 career mode with Burnley. I hope you all had a fantastic new year, I did I sat there with a Cornetto watching Holes and had the time of my life. Whilst you all reflect on last night and nurse your hangovers there is one thing that will keep you entertained, me. New Year same old Besty as I am giving you the next chapter of my journey with the Clarets. 

When we last left you in 2016, we somehow managed to keep Keano at the football club and our Road to Wembley has begun brilliantly with pit stops at Chesterfield and Wigan along the way. There is also this small matter of us at the top of the league but that's not important.

News of my blog have spread and I have been asked to write for a website called TheHIgherTempoPress. They have a great following and are willing to take me on but there is a catch I can't be with Burnley, so it requires me to make a new save but I am considering it and just do the Burnley one on here instead. Anyway shall we dive into today's fixtures......

UP THE CLARETS!!!

Game 1- Everton (A)

We start with a trip to Merseyside to face an Everton side who have been largely disappointing this season and sit in 14th place. Everton still possess a very strong squad and will look to utilize such players as Lukaku, Barkley and Deolofeu. We are at full strength today and Steven Defour is on the bench as I gradually get him back to full fitness.

Bamford and Gray- The new SAS? That is a big win for us and our season, coming to a place like Everton and picking up all 3 points, brilliant win for the boys. We have now gone 3 points clear of 4th and that goal difference is looking favourable as well. UP THE CLARETS.

Game 2- Swansea (A)

Up next we face Swansea who in real life are in the dogs and it looks like they are on this game as well (and people say FM isn't real life) and to make things even more realistic Bob Bradley has been sacked on my game as well, I think I might be next..... Anyway today sees the return of Steven Defour to my squad as I now face a dilemma in that centre of midfield area. 

Just what the doctor ordered, I will tell you the truth right, I went and made myself a sandwich and it ended up being 3-0 (the sandwich was good). Managed to see Gudmondssons goal and boy it was a goal of the season contender, cutting in from the right like Messi in his prime and smashes it into the top left. Gudmondsson is better than Messi.

Game 3- Watford (H)

Our first home game of 2017, this is big lads and we face a Watford team who to be fair are doing pretty well and for some reason are receiving more plaudits than my team (suppose they expect us to win the league with Michael Kightly). We are still top but our main target can be achieved if we win today, yes Burnley can achieve survival if we win here and with 12 games to go as well.

ANDRE ANDRE ANDRE ANDRE ANDRE. What a big home win that is which sends us back to the top of the Premier League and guarantees the Clarets survival in the Premier League which I am immensely proud of and lets face it we could win the league. Andre Gray is now on 20 for the season as the Burnley train is coming.

Game 4- Huddersfield (A)
The Road to Wembley is in full focus as we make another pit stop at the John Smiths stadium and face Huddersfield. I want to make sure we continue this fine form and with games being reasonably kind to us we name an unchanged side as we look to take the Clarets to Wembley.

We were knocked out by two own goals and a red card and the Burnley bus to Wembley has got a puncture and will not be carrying on with our journey in the FA Cup. We only have the league now to focus on, so we are going to for it. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER (High School Musical)

Game 5- Leicester City (H)

Up next we face reigning Champions Leicester City and our home form has been magnificent (cue you internet marks who correct me) and we are looking to kick on in the league and give our fans some success. Defour is out of the squad because of him getting suspended so Tom Carroll comes in.

Oh Fuchs, we couldn't hang on as Ahmed Musa pounces late on and gives the foxes a point. Annoyed with that since we took the lead in the 82nd minute with that man Gray on the scoresheet yet again.

Game 6- Arsenal (A)

Bricking it, I am absolutely bricking it. we face fellow title contenders Arsenal who are 2nd at the minute but if they win they go top, I will be happy with a point but if we get all 3 then mate we are laughing. I just had a look as well and in the premier league we are unbeaten in 16 games, can we make it 17?

YES GET IN!!! OH MY GOD. 4 points clear with 9 games to go, this is possibly the greatest thing I have ever done on FM. Bamford and Gray deserve England call ups.

That's it for today. I would like to inform you that I will be starting a separate blog for TheHigherTempoPress and it will be taking Peterborough United hopefully to the Prem. This blog is still staying on and I will also be writing for the other guys as well. The success of this blog has led to this opportunity so I want to thank everyone for reading it and have fun reading in the future.

Burnley FM17 Career mode Part 6- Transfer Window and the FA Cup

Hello everybody and welcome back to my FM17 career mode with Burnley as we now enter that period of the season that frankly I hate....THE JANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW. Yep I know what is going to happen, since I have been working wonders with my team and my players have been fantastic, the "Big Boys" are going to come in and think this is a sweet shop and pick and mix the players they want from my club. Well the shop is well and truly closed you greedy little buggers and no one and I mean NO ONE will be sold.
(Apart from Dean Marney, he felt that he wanted a new challenge, so he went to Sunderland)
So in today's piece we look to continue our fine form and hopefully start our Cup Journey.....

The one player I want to keep hold off mainly is Michael Keane and if all else fails I will lock him in the Jimmy Mac stand.

Game 1- Liverpool (H)
The first game of the new year and we play Liverpool at home. I didn't realise that the Stoke game from last time out and this one were two days apart so yeah my players are pretty knackered but they die for the team. Last time out we drew against Klopp with Andre Gray netting a 90th minute equaliser.

Andre just loves Liverpool doesn't he, what a WIN!!. Gray bagging himself a hat-trick and that partnership with Bamford....we are cooking on fire ladies and gentlemen!!!

Game 2- Chesterfield (A) The FA Cup
The first game of our FA Cup journey and we face Ched Evans FC and the rest of the Chesterfield crew. I want us to really make a statement so I will playing a very strong squad and hopefully we can get the job done and move on.

That will do, that's exactly what I wanted. BIG WIN for the boys as the Road to Wembley begins.

Game 3-  West Ham (H)
We face the Hammers at home, as we look to continue our fine form in the league. Last time we faced West Ham we picked up our first away win of the season with Andre Gray bagging late to get us a win, hopefully we can get a win over the Hammers at home.

Love that, comfortable 2-0 win and we got there in the end. It doesn't matter when the goals come as long as they do come, so a solid win all round. UP THE CLARETS!!!

Game 4- Tottenham (H)
You gotta love the daily grind of the league and we face one of our top 4 rivals (yeah we are going for top 4) in the Spurs. Tottenham we all know have players who can really hurt us and punish us if we are not careful. LETS HAVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

We could have been top. A late minute penalty, well i suppose Spurs deserved that but so disappointed, Andre gray bagging yet again as we go to Saint Mary's next. Bamford putting in a shift yet again, we nearly have 50 points.

Game 5- Southampton (A)
Up next is another tricky game as we take on another top 4 rival in Southampton in 5th place. I think this is our game in hand as well, so no pressure there. Defour is back in the side as Tom Carroll drops down to the bench. UP THE CLARETS

Clean sheet away from home puts up top of the league on 50 points but there is now 3 points separating the top 6 and guess what we are in the top 6 BABY!!!!. Top on Goal difference.

Game 6- Wigan (A) The FA CUP
The road to Wembley stops off at Wigan as we face a side who boasts the man who is on fire....Will Grigg. Yep it's time, Besty vs Will Grigg. I am going to make a couple of changes as I am going to look for other players to impress and key players to have a rest.

This year is our year!!!! We put out the fire that was Will Grigg and our extinguisher came in the form of James Tarkowski. We could have put more past them but happy with the result.

As it was the January transfer window, Liverpool put in a £30mil bid for Keane which the board accepted but I protested it because Michael Keane is too valuable to me and he is staying at the turf!!!!

GET IN THERE and before I forget, us at Burnley Football Club wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR.

UP THE CLARETS

Burnley FM17 career mode Part 5- There we were, now here we are

Hello everybody and welcome back to the one thing in my life that gives me pleasure, my FM17 career mode with the boys from the Turf. We have a little new year special today, no reason I just wanted to treat you all, I know I am too good to you all. Since it's coming towards the new year, I have had time to reflect on the achievements I had had on FM16 and FM17. So I have won the Championship, won manager of the year, beat the Venkys twice (ok not really an achievement), so yeah we have come a long way my friends but this season is only the start of something big. Without further ado here are the games for today..........COME ON LETS HAVE IT!!!

Before we start I just wanted to let you all know I have signed a new contract because lets face it I am better than Dyche (sorry Sean)

Game 1- AFC Bournemouth (A)

As you all know we have faced the Cherries before and we were defeated in the EFL Cup on penalties but I am looking to put that behind us. It's the same lineup but going to go on the counter and pick the Cherries off the tree.

1-1 at half time, 5-1 at full time. What a win! Bamford yet again having a field day with the opposition defence and it was also nice to see Barnes hitting form as well. Those half time team talks of mine are inspirational.

Game 2- Manchester United (A)

Besty vs Jose, Tom Carroll vs Paul Pogba, 1st place United vs 2nd place Burnley. Huge game for us (weird how i am talking about us as if we are gonna win the league). Since it's a big away game I have decided to do a bit of Jose101 and park the bus and hopefully grind out a result.

That bus just became a tank!! What a result, we were resilient, we frustrated them and we hit the bar so we could have won the game but nah I am very happy with that result. Hull City next. Also we got fined by the FA because 6 of my players picked up a yellow.....Pussies

Game 3- Hull City (H)

After the defensive masterclass at Old Trafford, we welcome Hull City to Turf Moor in a game I would like to win. Hull came up with us last season (in real life, on FM16 they finished mid table LOL) so we must beat our "Relegation" rivals. UP THE CLARETS

We have reached 40 points, the target is met with 20 games to go, unbelievable achievement from the lads as we look to go as high as possible. LETS HAVE IT!!!

Game 4- Sunderland (H)

Up next we face the man who is fluent in Spanish, old Moyseh and his team the Mackems. Today we have been brilliant and this is the annual boxing day fixture so I wanna give the Burnley faithful some festive cheer.

We should have won, it was the first game back for Gray who didn't perform well but I am going to stick by him but first we can't beat Pardew and now we can't beat Moyes.

Game 5- Stoke City (A)

The last game before the new year and we have the first of the reverse fixtures as we face Stoke away from home. I think we beat Stoke last time out (I can not be bothered to check because I am eating some chicken, lovely jubbly)  but I want to make sure we close out 2016 with a bang.

At the end of 2016 we are in the top 3 of the premier league, this is remarkable. I expected us to be around 15th or something but top 3 at the minute, can we keep it going? Probably not.

Our team has come a long way since FM16 and all we are doing is aiming high......AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH!!!!

We will be back again tomorrow!!!

Burnley FM17 career mode Part 4 - Why Alan Pardew?

Good evening my loyal subjects, your King has come bearing a late Christmas present, so I give you the gift of Besty (DRINK IT IN MAN) .Over the past couple of days I have been feeling quite down and I have been considering whether or not to carry it on but after some careful consideration and advice from others I have decided to stay on as your King of quality content and give you the time of your lives (non-sexual, gotta keep this PG rated). 

Now, when I last talked to you guys it's fair to say our Burnley side was doing pretty alright, well I say alright, we are top of the league and loving life on top (another sexual reference sorry). We are still undefeated in the league and out of a possible 33 points up for grabs we have managed to get 27 which is unbelievable. On to the next round of fixtures and thanks once again for bearing with us!

Oh and apparently Bournemouth have been the success story this season although we are top....

Game 1- Chelsea (A)
I love this game, we had arguably two of the toughest fixtures last time out and now they give us the hat-trick. That's the trick you see they give you the code so once you install it, there is no point snapping the disc, sneaky sneaky. Anyways if we lose here today I won't be too disheartened as we are clearly over-performing in the league. The lineup is as always as Bamford and Gray are looking mint together. Actually scrap that Bamford cannot play against his parent club, FM101 there Besty, have a word.

Blue is the colour, football is the game, we lost to Chelsea, will things ever be same?. Chelsea end our unbeaten run and now this is the big test, we have not suffered defeat in the league till today and Diego Costa just tore us a new one. Well played.....

Game 2- West Brom (H)
Back in front of the Jimmy Mac stand today as we play host to a mid table West Brom side. I am interesting to see what the mentality is here as we are back to full strength, apart from Defour...I miss him. In this game we can play a bit more fluently as last time it was all about setting up shop.

Great result for the boys, my only concern is that I have noticed Gray's goals have dried up a bit. Super Scotty Arfield making a case for the case for first team by scoring after coming off the bench, onwards and upwards!!

Game 3- Crystal Palace (A)
We face Mr.Snake Hips himself, Alan "Samba" Pardew. Now I am a slick mover myself after guiding us to the league title last year and top 3 this season but Alan is on another level. In all seriousness I can't lose to Pardew because that will be the be all and end all. Gray and Vokes are injured so Barnes and Bamford up top.

Well Pardew has danced himself to victory there, disappointed that we lost but we are still in the top 4 after teams around us dropped points. But Pardew, I can't beat Pardew.

Game 4- Middlesbrough (H)
The final game today and we face a Middlesbrough team who are there to be beat. I want an improved performance from last time out, so I can wash away the guilt of losing to Pardew. We are unchanged. UP THE CLARETS!!!!

Middlesbrough hadn't bothered turning up, I mean I felt uncomfortable watching that (I loved it really). Bamford proving to be the bees knees and I am considering signing him on a permanent once the season is done. 

Thanks for reading everyone I really appreciate it and yeah cheers for baring with us and I am going to make sure that this blog stays stronger than Kim Kardashians marriage.