Hammers Celebrate Success Season Review

When Riverman took over West Ham wholesale changes were promised and quickly started with several new additions but it was the late season additions that really turned the tide. The playoffs were the target for the club

3 wins from the first 4 agsinst Red Rhinoceros and Chadji30 got the Irons off to a good start with Tosun smashing in the goals

A mid season dip followed and hideous forms in friendlies combined with a poor league run, with defeats culminating in a real low with a 7-2 thumping at the hands of DiodeX saw drastic changes needed.
Split games with Harryn9000 followed before further splits with eventual champion Jeffantony1988 where West Ham turned in arguably their performance of the season reversing a 2-0 half time deficit with 5 goals in 12 2nd half minutes including a hatrick for Tosun in his last game for the club

This is where the impetus changed and despite 17 goals the departure of Tosun and arrivals of Calvert-Lewin and Penaranda gave the side a fresh new look and Emotionalworm was despatched twice to seal a play-off place before consecutive losses to Jlizzle4shizzle ended the season

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Liverpool’s Season 23 Match Blog

Week one of the season started out with a double header against SoggyCabbages, a manager who has a reputation for playing defensively. With it being my first games in the league I wanted to get off to a flyer and 6 points. Form wise I had beaten him 3-0 in an event a week or so ago so was confident I’d be able to break him down

The first game looked pretty even on the stats, a 54/46 split in possession and just 12 shots in total, but I managed to convert my chances better. After 20 mins of feeling each other out Liverpool opened the scoring as Merino played Ross Barkley through and he finished nicely into the bottom corner, to score on his competitive debut for the club. Kraft made a couple of decent saves after that and we had to wait until the 57th minute when Barkley was brought down in the area, and stepped up to the spot to make it 2-0. Things opened up a bit then as Soggy tried to get back in to it, and Pavon quickly made it 3-0 as he turned the defender and finished low into the corner. Barkley had a chance to get his hat trick but blazed it over the bar, and the last action of the game was Merino making it four as he nicked the ball off the defenders foot and coolly finished past the keeper

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Forest fightback to win thriller

Nottingham Forest win an absolute thriller as they take all 6 points vs TheMalien's Lille team.

Nottingham Forest took the lead in Game One when Fernando Torres slips through Peter Crouch and he side foots the ball past the keeper.
Forest then went 2-0 up as John Stones wins the ball in defence, passes the ballto Roberts who threads a through ball to Torres who curls a shot into the bottom corner. The match finished 2-0.

Lille started Game Two on top and took the lead after beating Vermaelen for pace to score. Kalou gets his second of the game when some nice footwork sets up a beautiful stike that hits the bar and goes in, 2-0.

At HT manager Jobi Juan changes formation from 4-1-2-1-2 to 4-3-2-1.

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Forest hit five as Torres bags hat trick

Fernando Torres and Peter Crouch continued their fine form as a partnership as they scored 5 goals between them after beating niwintz Lyon team 5-1 and 2-0.

Fernando Torres is now Forests number one striker after top goal scorer Martinez moved to Arsenal TheAshCohen09 in preseason, but it’s his partnership with Peter Crouch which is starting to turn heads. Crouch scored both goals in the 2-0 return fixture vs Lyon. Patrick Roberts has also been on the scoresheet more than once this season.

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Soggy Samba: A Cabbage in Brazil

Another empty bottle hits the floor. A despondent SoggyCabbages sits in his Sao Paulo penthouse inconsolable after his play-off semi-final loss to Berty44. The season fast approaching and his laptop open on Football Manager. “Need to find the next wonderkids and stars for my Football team.”

And rebuilding is exactly what he did. Follow a busy summer transfer window for SoggyCabbages a revamped squad goes into the season with high hopes.

The first transfer was a swap deal with Jlizzle4shizzle, with relatively new arrival Kasey Palmer from last season swiftly departing in return for Gotjko Cimirot. On the same day a 12,000,000 deal for @TheAshCohen90’s Lewis Holtby was announced. A skilful CAM who will be starting further back in CM with the idea of creating attacking opportunies, utilising his 80 short passing. A mere 5 days later Jlizzle4shizzle returned for some more Cabbage. This time wanting to give Kasey Palmer back along with Isiah Brown and 600k in return for first-team starters Andrea Danzi and Konstantinos Galanopoulos. An interesting deal with the aim to improve SoggyCabbages attacking spirit in the centre of midfield. Without any time to unpack Palmer got back on the plane to Brazil only to find out that he’s going to be starting on the bench from now on.

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Hammers ready to go

Having taken over at West Ham, Riverman has had a busy first couple of days in the transfer market. His first signing was pacy wide man/striker Menendez. Cerny has also come in to provide competition in forward areas.

Defensively centre backs Roco and Bormuth have arrived whilst young centre back Duverne and left back Dubarbier have departed. There is a change in goal as well with Mvogo departing allowing Cragno to come in as number 1

Riverman had the following to say
"I've worked with Cragno before and made him a target early on, we've upgraded at centre back though lost a good youngster and added some pace upfront which was desperately needed"

When asked if the side were ready for the season and if all deals were done he said "as things stand I think we are set, never say never but I think this will be the squad that starts the season tomorrow"

It may well be the squad that starts the season but you can guarantee it won't be the squad that ends the seasons as more arrivals and departures are highly likely