Hi everyone, welcome back to another update of my Bury story. This post will be long so go and grab a coffee if you want!
Anyway… Firstly, I’ll start off with cup results, and this time is the Euro Cup. You may remember when we beat Fenerbached 6-0 on AGG in the first round, beating my target of doing better in this years campaign than the previous one, well now we had to face Man City. A game we would be favourites for, a match which we have won many times. But… But.. it didn’t go all to plan:
The first game was terrible. Tactically, I got it all wrong. I gave to much space to Arturo Vidal, who got all three assists for their goal — all in the first half. Araujo continued his excellent form in Europe but it ended their for him as we were out of the competition. Nevertheless, we still completed our target of doing better than what we did in the previous season :D
Now that is out of the way… Onto the league results!
March
March saw us almost have a 100% record, but the 2 points given away to Blackburn could prove costly in our title run in. Especially with United being the next game, it could end our title bid at Old Trafford. But… My players gave an outstanding performance and after the game I was like «why didn’t you do that the game before!» :D
League table — March
So the dropped points against Blackburn didn’t cost us too much. We would have had a bigger lead if we won the game, but oh well. So the title was in our hands, did we go on to win it?
April Results
So, pretty easy fixtures their, and the title their for the taking. But we became stuck against Norwich which saw us lose two points when we should really be taking all three especially at this time of the season!
League table — Before last three games of the season
The two points dropped against Norwich proved costly, and with our last three games of the season against Chelsea, Tottenham and Sunderland, the bookmakers were on Arsenal’s side.
Chelsea & Tottenham matches:
Araujo Araujo Araujo! I love you! hehe, he single handedly won us the Chelsea game with a superb solo, starting from the left wing. (I’d upload it if my computer wasn’t slow) And then the Spurs match we should have won by much more. So 6 out of 6! And with our next game against Sunderland the title was ours to lose.
League table at this point
The big game — Sunderland
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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! What a way to wrap up the title. Nothing can get more convincing than a 10-0 win! Araujo scoring 2 goals again! It’s been a great season, something which I didn’t expect. Remember my minimum 5th position? lol, it seems a joke now.
Final League Table
We won the league, and just, by 1 point! We equaled our 93 goals which we set in our second season in the PL. However the difference this season is that we have conceded 40 goals less.
Club Awards
Player Averages
Footballer of the year, Sergio Araujo was our best player, equalling Adebayor’s 41 goals which was set two seasons ago. Adebayor also bagged in 31 goals which was very unexpected. He is also a favoured personel at the club and since his contract is almost up, it may result in morale damage at the club :( Third position in footballer of the year Ronaldo is also our third best player. His contract is also running out at the end of next season and I may sell him this season. However from the above screenshot you can see how important he is for me and I may open contract negotiations even if he want around 80-100k a week, which won’t be bad for just one player. Club captain Gino Kusters is our best defender closely followed by Ze Carlos, Richards, Pedersen. Pedro may be sold, Carrera will definatly be sold, along with Guttierrez, Eduardo, Hector Alvarez.
How we won the league…
How did we win the league? We had the perfect spine and match winners. Lets go through these players again:
Luis Guilherme saved us around 7-12 points definatley last season and I have no regrets paying the 12m which bought him to the club.
Ze Carlos was outstanding in the central defence area and we looked weak whenever we were without him:
Fahri Aytac and Ronaldo were a dominant force in midfield, and both brilliant at defending and attacking which is a rare quality of 2 in 1 these days:
Antonio Quimbamba was an influential figure for us on the right wing:
And our monster up front was Sergio Araujo:
Finances:
Nice position for us in finances.
Man City Wage list screenshot request.
Wow, despite such a massive wage list Man City haven’t qualified for Champions League once yet in my save…
Lastly I will leave you with an Arsenal Job Offer. The legendary Arsene Wenger has retired! If this offer was from anybody else, then it was straight ‘no’ answer. But since it is from my supported club and the only club I would leave bury for, I would like some advice on what to do. The 138m budget is very tempting, so I will not continue my save untill you advise me on what to do. Howver I do feel this job offer has come too soon for me…
Anyway thanks for reading! I hope I didn’t tire you!
Omer
13 мая, 2011 at 18:20
Well done Sayam! you truly deserved to win the league. What I love the most is that if Sunderland lost 1-0 instead of 10-0 they would’ve stayed up. :)))
On Arsenal I personally would stay and try and win the Champions League and then consider leaving.
Great work
Omer
Sayam Khan
13 мая, 2011 at 18:34
Thanks very much for the kind comments Omer. And I’ll take into consideration what you said regarding the job offer. Thanks
Darren Smith
13 мая, 2011 at 18:48
Well done Sayam, amazing to see you lift the Premier League title. You deserved it and have built an incredible team…in fact I’d say those players should walk into any team around the world. Great to see Araujo improve through the season and your finances are good too.
I personally want to see you at Bury. I still think there’s work to be done and like you say, it just feels too soon to leave. But I’ll respect any decision as its your game and you should do whatever you’ll enjoy the most. :)
Sayam Khan
13 мая, 2011 at 18:50
Thank You Darren, We did deserve to lift the trophy. And I’ll take into consideration what you said regarding the job offer.
Sibo
13 мая, 2011 at 19:02
Well done Sayam!
That was a great season and yo have a great squad, I reckon you will be able to win the Champion’s League with Bury next year, as it won’t need much strengthening, it seems.
That also gives away my position on Arsenal, too soon, plus it would be great to see Bury lift the most prestigious club trophy around!
Anyway, up to you, but if it were me, I would say no. :D
Sayam Khan
15 мая, 2011 at 12:12
Hi Sibo, quiet suprised that you think my squad is good enough to win the Champions League, but I guess you maybe correct! And I’ll take into consideration what you said regarding the job offer.
Laxeyman
13 мая, 2011 at 20:07
Brilliant season Sayam, and what a victory to wrap it up! I thought I had misread the scoreline at first ;) You deserve the title, and the only surprise is that you didn’t win it more easily, as 95 points is a massive total.
About the Arsenal offer, I would like to see you stay and conquer Europe with Bury, but of course it’s up to you.
Sayam Khan
15 мая, 2011 at 12:13
Thanks Laxeyman, the 10-0 win was very convincing. And my save does have very strong United and Arsenal teams so I guess i will be very close next year as well. And I’ll take into consideration what you said regarding the job offer.
vaibhavc
13 мая, 2011 at 20:08
Hey Sayam
What a great season, no one expected you to win the title. We all thought you would achieve your fifth place goal. What a way to win it as well, 10-0! Araujo has had a fantastic season, lets hope he continues it next season as well. As for the job offer, I think you should stay and win the Champions League. I respect any decision you make. And also try and get a national team job.
Sayam Khan
15 мая, 2011 at 12:33
Thanks Vaibhav. I just hope Araujo doesn’t do an ‘Adebayor’ in his second season. And i’ll consider and national team job, although i’m not too interested.
Johnny Karp
13 мая, 2011 at 20:44
Congratulations Sayam, that’s a well-deserved title! Now bring in that Champions League, you know that the fans want it! :)
Sayam Khan
15 мая, 2011 at 12:34
Thanks Johnny, The CL may take a few seasons…
JamesBush
13 мая, 2011 at 22:00
Sayam, great season.
I suggest staying, no point going to Arsenal, if you were that desperate, you could have gone there to start!
Well Done:D
Sayam Khan
15 мая, 2011 at 12:36
Thanks James. I’ll take into consideration what you said regarding the job offer.
CsAtlantis
14 мая, 2011 at 02:19
You should continue with Bury Sayam, you’ve already won the league after all, why would you go to the second place team? There’s also the benefit of managing Bury in the Champions League next season…………….that will definitely give your finances an even bigger boost
Sayam Khan
15 мая, 2011 at 12:36
I’ll take into consideration what you said regarding the job offer Cs, thanks.
Lye
14 мая, 2011 at 02:35
Hi Sayam,
Congratulations on the title win. Your players really look amazing. You have an undone job to finish in Bury. Though the Arsenal transfer budget is great but you have led Bury to the title. So things look promising. I don’t see why you should join Arsenal. Anyway it’s totally up to you, we will support you all the way.
Sayam Khan
15 мая, 2011 at 12:51
Hi Lye,
I’ll take into consideration what you said regarding the job offer Lye, thanks, nobody wants me to leave so it seems like I will continue as Bury manager!
Alex
14 мая, 2011 at 02:44
Hey Sayam,
Incredible season, you just won the league but you deserved to win it from that last game alone :). You got Sunderland relegated haha :P.
You should definitely stay with Bury, managing Arsenal is not a challenge, especially with that money.
ravenie
14 мая, 2011 at 09:00
Fantastic Sayam. Although your victory saved Bristol City from Relegation seeing as their goal difference was 5 off Sunderlands lol.
Big pat on the back for you :)
Kevin
14 мая, 2011 at 09:10
Hello sayam
What a fantastic way toend the season with a 10-0 thrashing of Sunderland to win the title. Your story created an exciting read all the way to the finish and undoubtedly you have a young strong and talented team to challenge for the Champions Leaague. Please stay at Bury!!!
Dave Triggs
14 мая, 2011 at 11:20
Hi Sayam.
As a Bury fan, I have nothing but admiration for You!
That 10-0 result just sums it all up!
Obviously, I’d love for you to stay and see The mighty Shakers conquer Europe!
So I’m begging You, please stay!!
chris
14 мая, 2011 at 19:59
well done!10-0 summed up great season, cant believe how much arsenal offered you!stay with bury tho..
also how is the arsenal chairman now brad friedel?!haha