I should be pissed that two of my best players were stolen from me by Liverpool and Chelsea, but the combined £26M I got more than made up for it. Using cash I'd stored up from other transfers, winning the premiership, and the £13M tv revenue, I was able to bring in:
Jose Antonio Reyes (Pissed off with Arsenal)
Tomas Rosicky
Julio Baptista (Didn't expect to actually get him)
William Gallas (part of Defoe transfer)
Asier Del Horno (part of Defoe transfer)
Shunsuke Nakamura
Gonzalo
Mirko Vucinic
Needless to say, Sunderland don't suck quite as much anymore
I just sat through a surprising World Cup too, seeing England fail to make it out of the group stages after a 3-2 loss to Saudi Arabia. Spain, Sweden, Germany, and Argentina (losing to Cameroon) went out in the second round. Brazil lost the Semi final to France, and barely beat Turkey in the 3rd place match. Italy much like in real life beat France in the final.
I take it if I apply for one of the vacant national teams, I can still manage Sunderland too? I've never actually been in the position to do it before now.