Hi everyone!
First off my name is Ana, I am 23 and I live in England!
I have played FM since sixth form when an ex-boyfriend got me into it and have been playing ever since. I also played girls football at school until under 16 level.
I am female, but it doesn’t really change much as I love this game and writing stories and I love football too.
Just to let you know I am a Barcelona fan! And have been all my life, I also prefer la liga over the premiership but I enjoying watching both.
Any questions feel free to ask me, but anything rude or immature will be ignored.
Ana. x
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For my blog story I opted to choose a team in the first division of Spain (Sort of like the Championship in England) and decided on the very small club of Real Union. I was hoping that this would be quite interesting for the readers to follow a lower league story in another country.
The club history isnt so great, as they have never played in the top flight of Spanish football. However they have won the Spanish cup 4 times in 1913, 1918, 1924 and 1927 they also won the Spanish second divison in 2009.
So lets begin by analysing the first team squad!
Goalkeepers
As a newly promoted side both keepers are fairly weak. However Jauregi is slightly better than his rival Xabier Otermin so Jauregi will be by number 1!
Defenders
Unfortunatly our weakest area of the team, many players are old and slow or just not good enough at this level.
The standout is on loan defender Pedro Alcala.
He has great height at 6′ 5» inches and is defensivly very good.
Right back Inaki Descarga, has great work rate and will be a solid player in this division.
At left back we will have to use a 16 year old youth prospect Gorka Velasco who may have a bright future. He has come through the acadamy, and is already looking like a first team player.
Zahaitz Gurrutxaga will be the second centre back, but is the weakest player of the four.
The rest are really poor so will be sold or released to save some money.
Midfield
Iosu Iglesias — A solid midfielder who can also play at the back, good team work and work rate makes him a solid player for my team.
Jagoba Beobide — Another solid defense midfield player, who again is a solid player at this level. He is only 22 so could be a good player in the future.
Angel Montoro — Our second loan player, and by far the best midfielder we have. On loan from Valencia he will be a key man for this squad.
Felix Quero — Unpredictable winger with good pace and dribbling skills. Single minded with only 8 for team work, but should add some needed speed into our team.
Eneko Romo — The final ‘decent’ midfield player we have, good all round player but will be a back up to Montoro.
Juan Angel Seguro — Decent left winger but lacks any real quality to be a danger this season.
Forwards
5 of them and by far our strongest area of the team. The first is our best forward at the club.
Gorka Brit — has had many clubs but his pace and quality means he is easily the best player at the club. Valued at £625k he is the most valuable asset the club has. Any chance of a good season will depend on his goals.
Paul Abasolo — Not a good finisher he does bring pace and offers something different to the forward line.
Juan Dominguez — Confident goalscorer can play in midfield or out wide, so offers plenty of options good pace makes him one of the better player at Real Union.
Inaki Goikoetzea — A more physical forward who is stonger than all the other forwards at the club. However he small size 5′ 11» means he wont make a good target striker.
And finally the record scorer in Union history! Sergio Francisco, brings an excellent goal record and a man who can forge a great partnership with Gorka Brit. Up their with the better players at the club.
So thats the squad, I will be looking to bring in a few more players hopefully to strengthen the defence and midfield. Next post will include any transfers and our season expectations! :)
Any comments and feedback are always welcomed.
Danny
18 апреля, 2010 at 17:28
Ha ha! Read this on LW!
In for one helluva story guys ;)
sam warren
18 апреля, 2010 at 17:55
Hi ana,
nice choice in picking a quite unknown foreign team to manage which will keep readers interested as it is something different. Good luck for the season ahead
warren
Johnny Karp
18 апреля, 2010 at 18:14
Welcome to the team Ana, I’m very happy that you joined us. Best of luck with the story, you’ll have our full support both on and off the pitch.
Frozy
18 апреля, 2010 at 19:07
Good luck to you and your team! Why hadn’t you choose a team from lower spanish league than Segunda?
Kevin Mayo
18 апреля, 2010 at 21:00
Hello Ana
Greetings from Toronto and it’s finally great to see you on board. I’m sure you will be a big hit here.
ravenie
18 апреля, 2010 at 21:29
I look forward to following your story.
Ana Garcia
18 апреля, 2010 at 21:57
@ Danny — Thank you! Am posting it here aswell, because off all the nice things I have heard about this site!
@ sam warren — Hello! Thanks! Yeah its a nice club have played this save for a while so dont want to reveal too much! Hope you keep reading!
@ Johnny — Thanks for all the help getting me started!
@ Frozy — Well pretty boring story really! But my Dad used to work 5 minutes from the stadium so he used to know a few players and staff etc. So picked them for that reason :)!
@ Kevin — Thanks, good to be finally posting!
@ ravenie — Thanks also! Hopefully you will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy playing it!
Kevin Mayo
18 апреля, 2010 at 23:46
Ana,
I like the reason you chose Real Union. Sort of a connection to the club. Great idea.
Lye
19 апреля, 2010 at 03:27
Hi Ana, its nice to see you posting here and i believe you will bring us something different from your Real Union story. Really great to see a female FM player joining Johnny’s team. Good luck on your career with Real Union and will be looking forward to follow your stories.
Laxeyman
19 апреля, 2010 at 09:37
Hi ana, good to see you posting here, I look forward to following your story here.
Ana Garcia
19 апреля, 2010 at 15:10
@ Kevin — Thanks!
@ Lye — Hi! Thank you, am really happy to be here posting so hopefully lots more people can follow my journey!
@ Laxeyman — Hello! Thanks also! :)
Barry
19 апреля, 2010 at 20:10
looking forward toreading this :)
Ana Garcia
19 апреля, 2010 at 21:45
@ Barry — Thanks for the comment, hope you enjoy it! :)