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It's Europa League time! I can honestly say I had never heard of Sporting Lokeren. I know you're going to find this hard to believe but we don't get a lot of Belgium football on television in North America. We're going to rest a lot of starters and give some reserves a chance. Nothing less than a win will be satisfactory. If we don't finish in the top two in this group, I will prove that I am the worst FIFA 13 player of the world.

Sunderland vs Liverpool, League Game Four [video=youtube;xjPECsqdEqA]

Our Liverpool scout has returned with his monthly scouting report. I told him to keep scouting Homes, Campbell and Noone. I'm thinking we'll probably sign Noone. I wasn't interested in Dawson. His name reminded me of the television show Dawson's Creek and I hated that show. We have a lot of Liverpool games coming up in a short period of time. It's going to be interesting to see if we can improve defensively.

Bulgaria vs England, World Cup Qualifier [video=youtube;s4ufFk7mPYI]

We've got to beat Bulgaria. If we don't then I deserve to be fired.

Ooh, he looks like he is in such pain. That means Rooney is out for the game against Bulgaria I wonder if he'll miss the game against Liverpool in 22 days. Might be a benefit for us there.

England vs Sweden, World Cup Qualifier [video=youtube;ElQVhG3aOus]

I don't think Sweden is going to be a pushover, especially considering what happened in real life in November when Sweden beat England 4-2.

My England career will begin with two qualifiers Sept. 1 -- Sweden Sept. 5 -- Bulgaria Then it's back to Liverpool for five games in 17 days which is really going to test the depth of our squad. We have two league games, two Europa league games and a League Cup match.

The squad was already selected for me when I took the job. I'm sure I'll make some changes to the starting 11. I'm disappointed I can't see the other World Cup groups. Is there a way to do this that I am missing? This seems like an incredibly difficult group with Switzerland, Turkey and Sweden although I should definitely advance.

Hmm, I would like to know how much $$$$ is involved but I'll take it.

At the start of this dynasty, I mentioned that I wasn't calling this a Liverpool dynasty because I plan on accepting an international job (and also I feared getting fired from my club team). I would have liked to wait until some countries come calling but the problem with that is World Cup qualifications begin in early September. I don't want to wait until October to accept an international job and then find out I'm already in the hole because the team lost its first two games. So what I did was I used the points you get in the game to accept the option to accept your home country's job. Is that cheating? Maybe. But you know my rationale.

Liverpool vs Manchester City, Game Three [video=youtube;kbtnzANnkF0]

Hopefully, Assaidi and Suarez can continue their good form and our defense doesn't fall apart.

Lucas is out for our next game against Manchester City.