BORUSSIA MONCHENGLADBACH

SEASON 22 – MID SEASON REVIEW (Division 3 – League position 19th )

The current 50 player squad has a “best starting 11” of “88”, so I will either need to improve this to “89”, or enhance my formations/tactics. Our youth team has increased from “78” to “79” so that is a small step forward for the future. I2 players have received rises, mainly youth, and one a drop

“CHAIRMANS STATEMENT” This season your Chairman expects you to finish in the top half of the table. (1st – 10th)

TOP100 “mistertrex”, 14th position

KK “ improvement to our 13th position in season 21 (9 points from play offs – 9 points above relegation 

No transfers for me at the moment as it’s a bit quiet. I have received some below par offers for a couple of my better players, but nothing near an offer I could negotiate. Similarly, any offers from me have been rejected or ignored. 

I did put the feelers out to Besiktas for Marshall Munetsi(87) 27yo who is now a regular for Reims in exchange for Lucas Tousart(87) 26yo and Munir El Haddidi(87) 28yo who are both on the decline. The offer was excepted. I also decided that Djordje Mihailovic(85) 25yo is unlikely to receive any more rises and so I sold him. I thought I would take a chance on Ilia Gruev(84) 23yo as he looks a good player at Leeds IRL. Although he is playing Championship football at the moment, I can see this changing next season, and he proved himself in Germany

Our opening match was a tough one at home to the mighty Tottenham(89) and we managed to lose this one 0-2 although the stats were pretty much in our favour. 

Following this we played away at Dnipro(88) where we managed to play the wrong formation/tactics and lost 0-3, although the stats were close. A disastrous start losing our opening two matches without even scoring but looking at the stats, we could have obtained 2 points

I started to get a couple of bids for Lino again so I thought I would test the waters and see how serious they are. There were a few bids and some negotiations but I settled on two youths that were offered by Glen Mullan. Out goes Lino(89) 24yo and incoming are Adam Hlozek(87) 21yo of Leverkusen and Jakub Kaminski(86) 21yo of Wolfsburg. Hopefully these will improve our squad for the future but they have already improved the youth team from 79 to 81 for this season

I noticed that our youth keeper had reached 22yo and so I put a successful bid for Lucas Bergstrom(75) 21yo who is on the books of Chelsea IRL. Additionally, our first team keeper Matthew Ryan(87) 31yo has not had a rise since 2015 so I have taken a chance that Antonio Sivera(85) 27yo who is first team keeper IRL at Alavés, will rise above (87). Now that we have two new keepers, it enabled me to sell Cezary Miszta (78) 22yo keeper. I Also sold Jamie Shackleton(82) 24yo as I don’t really see him rising quick enough.

That’s 13 players now that have joined us and 14 that have moved on since I took over at the start of last season, so it’s beginning to look a bit more like my squad

Youth cup, we were the only undefeated team in “Group A”, and qualified for knockout stages. Our six matches were as follows;

(A)  Manchester City Won  3-0

  (H)  Sassuolo  Drew 2-2

(A) Augsburg Won 3-0 

(H) Barcelona Drew 1-1

(A) Internazionale Won 2-0

(H) Espanyol Drew 0-0

Although our youths have had a great season so far the seniors are definitely underperforming. We find ourselves in the relegation zone sitting in 19th spot and a a long way off where we need to be.

TRANSFERS IN (6)

MARSHALL MUNETSI 87 27yo D,DM,M,AM(C)

ILIA GRUEV 84 23yo DM,M(C)

ADAM HLOZEK 87 21yo AM,F(LC)

JAKUB KAMINSKI 86 21yo M,AM(RL)

LUCAS BERGSTROM 75 21yo GK

ANTONIO SIVERA 85 27yo GK

TRANSFERS OUT (7)

LUCAS TOUSART 87 26yo DM,M(C)

MUNIR EL HADDADI 87 28yo AM(RL)F(RLC)

DJORDJE MIHAILOVIC 85 25yo M,AM(C)

MANOLO PORTANOVA 82 23yo M,AM(C)

SAMUEL LINO 89 24yo D,DM,M(L)AM(RL)

JAMIE SHACKLETON 82 24yo D(R)DM,M(RC)

CEZARY MISZTA 78 22yo GK