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 todays edition of Eclipisng Abramovich I will be running through the side who came 5th in Eclipsing Abramovich Division Two; got the the third round of The League Cup and the fifth round of The EA Cup!

That side was Ginger Athletic...

A Season of Two Halves...

Ginger Athletic will be left thinking - 'It could of been so better' and it should of! They had a squad geared to winning now, and not later, but that risk went slack!

In their prime - They should of done better!

With a squad full of talent they started the season brilliantly; topping the table after ten games! However after a string of injuries the 'Ginger Brazilians' dropped out of the reckoning and into the comforts of mid-table...

Let's all do an Arsenal?

The funniest thing about Ginger Athletic's fall from grace is whom there manager is! Arsene Wenger lead his side brilliantly in the opening week's winning the first three games 2-0 but they fell of in January dropping silly points against lesser teams! Drawing 1-1 and losing 4-0 to The Genius' FC. However the slide was halted in June - they limped home with two back to back wins!

Same old Arsene?

No Trophies For Arsene...

Both cup's brought despair for 'The Ginger Brazilians'! They were knocked out by Brazil '14 FC in the 3rd round in The League Cup and were beaten again by a higher league opposition, Lionel Richtea FC, in The EA Cup!

Although they did get a record win against non-league Huntly in the EA Cup's third round! They battered the plucky contenders 7-0 away to see themselves into round 4...

The Players!

Having seen the squad I bet your itching to know who was the best player? (Well I hope so!)

Well Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Leighton Baines dominated awards season! Ronaldo scored 18 goals and picked up 12 MOTM awards. Messi bagged the most dribbles (6.2) and best average rating (9.1). English full back Leighton Baines got 9 assits and 12 yellow cards in a good season!

However a shout-out is required for super sub David Silva! He made 19 appearances; all of them were from the bench!

Baines made a splash - 36 starts for him!

Silva - Well he kept the bench warm...

Ginger Athletic - HOYD Needed!

Now for the really bad news: your Youth Intake was terrible!

Tom Wingate was your best player - and I have little hope for him! A youth striker with 5 first touch is bad enough but when you realise he's scared of his own shadow and panics when he sees the goal you know your f****d!