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Squad
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No Name Position(s) Nat Born Age Caps Gls Wages Expires Value
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27 Aleksidze, Rati AM L GEO 3.8.78 23 10 - £16K 1.7.03 £2.8M
3 Babayaro, Celestine D L NGA 29.8.78 23 24 2 £50K 1.6.05 £3.9M
31 Bosnich, Mark GK AUS 13.1.72 29 21 1 £100K 1.6.04 £2.4M
37 Cole, Carlton S C ENG 19.8.83 18 - - £1.3K 2.6.03 £90K
23 Cudicini, Carlo GK ITA 6.9.73 28 - - £60K 4.6.02 £1.4M
21 Cummings, Warren SW/D LC SCO 15.10.80 21 - - £4K 30.6.04 £750K
24 Dalla Bona, Sam AM C ITA 6.2.81 20 - - £14K 1.7.02 £1.5M
1 De Goey, Ed GK HOL 20.10.66 35 31 - £48K 1.6.02 £1.9M
6 Desailly, Marcel D/DM C FRA 7.9.68 33 90 3 £160K 30.6.04 £2.4M
36 Di Cesare, Valerio D LC ITA 23.5.83 18 - - £1.3K 15.6.02 £28K
16 Di Matteo, Roberto DM C ITA 29.5.70 31 29 1 £90K 30.6.03 £1M
41 Evans, Rhys GK ENG 27.1.82 19 - - £4K 1.6.02 £250K
2 Ferrer, Albert D RC ESP 6.6.70 31 36 - £28K 30.6.03 £2M
32 Forssell, Mikael S C FIN 15.3.81 20 18 7 £24K 30.6.05 £4.9M
13 Gallas, William D RLC FRA 17.8.77 24 - - £60K 7.6.02 £2.7M
30 Grønkjær, Jesper AM/F RL DEN 8.12.77 23 15 - £80K 28.6.02 £7.25M
22 Gudjohnsen, Eidur S C ISL 15.9.78 23 6 1 £40K 19.6.05 £6.75M
9 Hasselbaink, Jimmy Floyd S C HOL 27.3.72 29 12 4 £160K 30.6.05 £9M
4 Heitinga, John SW/D C HOL 15.11.83 17 - - £22K 2.6.06 £900K
10 Jokanovic, Slavisa DM C YUG 16.8.68 33 54 9 £40K 1.9.02 £550K
33 Keenan, Jo D/DM L ENG 14.10.82 19 - - £4K 30.6.02 £300K
5 Kerr, Mark M C SCO 2.3.82 19 - - £45K 22.6.07 £1.4M
38 Kitamirike, Joel D RLC ENG 5.4.84 17 - - £1.3K 16.6.04 £70K
35 Kneissl, Sebastien S C GER 13.1.83 18 - - £4K 1.7.03 £650K
15 Knight, Leon S C ENG 16.9.82 19 - - £10K 30.6.05 £2.4M
8 Lampard, Frank M C ENG 21.6.78 23 2 - £160K 1.6.06 £5.75M
14 Le Saux, Graeme D L ENG 17.10.68 33 36 1 £65K 30.6.04 £1.3M
19 Melchiot, Mario D/DM RC HOL 4.11.76 24 8 - £75K 9.6.06 £4.4M
20 Morris, Jody M C ENG 22.12.78 22 - - £20K 1.7.03 £3M
40 Parkin, Sam S C ENG 14.3.81 20 - - £4K 30.6.03 £1.2M
17 Petit, Emmanuel D/DM C FRA 22.9.70 31 48 4 £100K 20.6.04 £6.25M
39 Pidgeley, Lenny GK ENG 24.5.85 16 - - £1.3K 8.6.03 £140K
29 Slatter, Daniel DM L WAL 15.11.80 20 - - £8K 30.6.02 £220K
12 Stanic, Mario AM/F RC HRV 10.4.72 29 40 7 £70K 1.7.05 £5.75M
26 Terry, John D C ENG 7.12.80 20 - - £20K 30.6.03 £1.2M
34 Thornton, Paul D R ENG 7.1.83 18 - - £1.3K 30.6.02 £30K
25 Zola, Gianfranco F RC ITA 5.7.66 35 35 7 £110K 30.6.04 £900K
- van der Vaart, Rafael M LC HOL 11.2.83 18 - - £230K 17.6.07 £3M

Ok, im starting a new game, with Chelsea and I am lacking that killer edge.

This is my transfers for the summer.


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2001/2 Transfers
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Date Player In From Fee
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3.9.01 John Heitinga Ajax £2.3M
30.9.01 Mark Kerr Falkirk £975K
20.10.01 Rafael van der Vaart Ajax £9M

Date Player Out To Fee
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18.7.01 Winston Bogarde Real Sociedad £3.7M
19.7.01 Gabriele Ambrosetti Udinese £3.2M
22.7.01 Robert Wolleaston Preston £1.3M
1.8.01 Boudewijn Zenden Galatasaray £10.25M

I am getting Yakaubu also from Ajax, only hes work permit which Will come soon.

Above was my squad, so any suggestions on another player I could buy?

Ohhh, also a note, this is before Pre-Roman."
If you couldn't tell :rolleyes:

Maybe these players could add something to your team;

DM/L Wilfried Bouma
AM/R Aghahowa, Malbranque.
AM/L Joe Cole, Ronaldinho.

Looking at your list, and i dont want to be disrespective in any way towards your team, but, i thought maybe the AM/R & L sides could use some more depth. If Gronkjaer or Stanic got injured, who would you have as cover?

I thought DM/L was another position that could use some strengthening. You could use Petit there, but he is probably getting on a bit. But, Wilfried Bouma is a highly talented player in CM, and should be worth considering as a replacement.

Other players you could consider;

Pablo Aimar & Juan Roman Riquelme, although the central midfield positions look fairly well covered (if you intend on using your reserves??) with Kerr, Lampard & van der Vaart.

Im by no means an expert, but you wanted some suggestions! :D

I think these players are all gettable, its just a matter of how much you are willing to outlay.

But the player i am really suggesting is Bouma, very versatile down the left side, in defense, midfield and up front if my memory serves me correct.

Anyway, see how you go with that.

On the ML

I have

Van Der Vaart
Stanic,
Aleksidze, Rati who is an awesome player.
I play those 3 on the left, normally VDV and Stanic in the Centre.
Aleksidze is on the left.
Also Gronkjear is a another left sided midfielder also, so I have 4 of those.

Plus Lampard is a right footer. Basically I have 4 for each side that I can use incase of injuries.

Also Petit can come up the centre, I use him as a DMC with Yakaubu


I play Kerr at AMC
And Zola and Hasselbaink up front.
Gudjohnsen is ****, so Is Hasselbaink, I want a striker who scores week in, week out, Zola does the job.

Also, for my DML, I have Terry I can pove up there, Le Saux and Babayaro if I get despreate.

Also Gallas can play there also.

I feel depth is no worries, I have atleast 4 players I can play for each position. That can cut it in the EPL.

What I need is a striker.

Ahh yeah, sorry, wasnt familuar with some of the names on that list.

Striker, well i suppose..... ummmm..... Justin Georcelin would be a good long term investment, scores lots of goals when he hits 22/23.

Player worth scouting; Jandro. I think he is in the Valencia 'B' side. Not 100% sure on that though. But yeah, top goal scorer.

For memory Sylvain Wiltord and Fredrick Kanoute become available after a short while if you're interested. :D

Wiltord is ****, I bought him on the Bosman and sold him for 8millon pounds to Juventus.

The f00ls!

why not give forssell a chance? i've noticed that he can be quite prolific in CM. and if he fails, try get jermaine defoe or, as already mentioned, frederic kanoute.

Per Nillson will provide a young, solid option option for the DMC role. If you with to play a defensive midfielder, that is. He's at AIK.

My side has changed heaps since then.

I have Aimar, Gattuso, Tiatto, Anelka, Konstantinou, Tsigalko, Choitis.

Firepower wise I am unstoppable just need some stability at the back.

Tiatto and Gattuso make up my 2 DMCs... rock solid... and I mean ROCK solid :hump:

Yea , I also have Yakaubu in the mix, and It's awesome, still I conceed goals but.

I score so many in the end though it doesn't matter.

But yea, Gattuso and Tiatto are AWESOME!

This is Gattuso in my game.
What a rock. All he needs is some flair.

What formation do you use?

My own formation called the Langd0n.

After my last name ;)
I have about 40 variations of it.

sorry, i mean, is it like a 4-4-2 or............ ??