Eclipsing Abramovich: Eclipsing Abramovich

By Luke - The Football Manager Addicts and Luke's Stories of An FM Addict

Hello guys and welcome to my latest EA blog!

In today's edition of Eclipisng Abramovich I will be running through the side who came third in EAD2; who won the League Cup; reached the EA Cup's 4th round and narrowly lost in the Play-Off final!

That team is FC Hotpur...

You Partied To Hard...

I'm disappointed in you FC Hotspur. Not because you beat my beloved West Ham on the opening day - but because you throw away a brilliant campaign!

Having not lost a game until the new year FC Hotspur looked like dead certs to go up but the players (and probably the manager) partied to hard. The boys in red lost ten straight games in the league and were well and truly down in the dumps - it was relegation form...

They picked up their biggest defeat in that ten game losing streak! It was 3-2 loss away at Kenedy FC...

However 'The Hotties' broke the curse and picked up their biggest win of the season on 14th June - a 2-0 win over King Henry FC!

From then on they were up and down more times than a YOYO but just about made this years play-off's...

Squeaky Bum Time...

'The Hotties' first play off tie saw them take on Real Alfie FC! They scrapped through by two clear goals - courtesy of a 3-2 and 2-1 win. In the semi-final FC Hotspur pushed 2nd placed World XI aside, again, with two well worked wins!

Only in the final was there true drama! The first leg was dominated by Heskey City FC, who ran out narrow 2-1 winners.

Because of their first leg plight FC Hotspur went out all guns blazing. They managed to take the lead in the 118th minute, courtesy of a Ronaldo goal! But 'The He's Key's' broke and scored with just seconds to score - it would be decided by penalties...

FC Hottspur were undone in the shot out. Di Maria and John Stones missed while Lionel Messi, Emile Heskey and Neymar scored for the away side!

If only they'd turned up in 2014...

Ouch, Ouch, Ouch...

Silver Linings...

FC Hotspur made up for their dismal league form in 2014 by battling their way to The League Cup, twice beating higher leagued opposition!

Montorse were brushed aside in the first round 4-0, which is no surprise. They then beat Caravan Club FC 3-2 away but had to take their hosts to extra time!

FC Banterlona, whom did very well in the 1st Division, were FC Hotspur's next victims! Despite FC Banterlona taking an early lead, courtesy of Neymar, 'The Hotties' came through to win the game with two goals late on!

Brazil '14 FC and World XI were similarly brushed aside and it put FC Hotspur into the final!

And what a game it was for 'The Hotties'! Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale all found the net in a dominant display that saw them lift the trophy!

Yes, they could do it in Glassgow on rainy day!

The Players!

Guess what?

Lionel Messi scopped five awards for FC Hotspur - FIVE! The Argentine supremo scored 18 goals, got 10 MOTM awards, dribbled 7.2 times a game, was 80% accurate with his shooting and had a 7.84 average rating! He lead the charts in the five disciplines above but what about the rest of them?

Toni Kroos bagged himself the most assists, with 18. Sergio Ramos had the best passing, with 86% accuracy. Everyone's favourite banta player - Balanta was an animal in a tackle, winning 6 a match. And to finish Artura Vidal was the dirtiest - he picked up two red cards!

Ya.

The German's did good!

Neuer was 'Keeper of the year...

The Regen's

If you're hoping for a blockbuster show from the regens of FC Hotspur you are going to be very disappointed because they are dreadful, and that's being polite...

FC Hotspur's U-21 captain is Jordan Reid. He is a winger with 8 pace (I averaged the two stats) and a captain with 4 leadership - do I need to say any more?