Right, 4th season at Betis finished, came 2nd so my pattern still carries on, i've come 5th, 4th, 3rd and now 2nd.
Lost out on head to head with Madrid but it wasn't really that close, they lost their last league game when they'd already won the league, i'm still annoyed though because I missed a great chance to win it. Barca had a shocking season, Guardiola left for the Spanish job and they appointed Conte, they were languishing down in the Europa League spots until Ancelloti took over and salvaged CL for them, came 3rd on 76 points. Madrid also had a pretty poor season, 81 points, so I feel like i've missed out. Their end of season form was great though, 8 wins and 3 draws up until that last game.
After not playing the game for a week I had a dreadful spell, in 10 matches I won 2 games, one in the Spanish Cup and a CL second leg (I lost the tie anyway). That run included 6 consecutive drawn league games followed by a loss. Didn't help that my defence capitulated. As of the 23rd of January I had conceded 3 league goals, helped by 12 consecutive clean sheets. By the end of the season i'd let in 24.
Lost in the last 16 of the CL on penalties, I was unlucky to get Man Utd after winning the group and even unluckier with injuries, especially in the 1st leg. Retained the Spanish Cup though.
£40mil in the bank now, doubt i'll spend too much though. Record signing still £11mil, biggest signing over the last 2 summers has been £5.75mil. My self imposed wage cap has eeked up to 43k a week, still pretty good though. Don't need major additions anyway, the squad is improving by itself because it's full of young players. Just need to pick up a LB to replace Drenthe, maybe a CB too, and i'll be happy. Expecting the title next season.