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Chelmsford City Succession Game
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As I mentioned previously, I lost 3 players, for a total of £31m. My summer transfers were a disaster, so I was determined I would strike good this time.
Our center back Ceyhun recommended an international team mate to me. I am using him as his center back partner, although he can fill in at right back if needed. His name is Toprak. Gladbach were using him as a rotation player, which he was unhappy with and requested a transfer after my initial bid.
I also needed to replace Simon. Halford was recommended to me on this thread as a replacement. He had moved to Panathanikos in the summer transfer window, but didn't settle in the area.
Ashley Cole and Alaba have been sharing LB duties so far this season. I feel I have a new starter for this role. Nieto is his name. He is a young Argentine, who it was a nightmare getting a work permit for, but it came through on the last day of the transfer window. Napoli played a 3-5-2 formation so very rarely played the lad. He made only 4 starts for them, and left to get first team football.
Our center back Ceyhun recommended an international team mate to me. I am using him as his center back partner, although he can fill in at right back if needed. His name is Toprak. Gladbach were using him as a rotation player, which he was unhappy with and requested a transfer after my initial bid.
I also needed to replace Simon. Halford was recommended to me on this thread as a replacement. He had moved to Panathanikos in the summer transfer window, but didn't settle in the area.
Ashley Cole and Alaba have been sharing LB duties so far this season. I feel I have a new starter for this role. Nieto is his name. He is a young Argentine, who it was a nightmare getting a work permit for, but it came through on the last day of the transfer window. Napoli played a 3-5-2 formation so very rarely played the lad. He made only 4 starts for them, and left to get first team football.
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Toprak signing is a stroke of genius and Halford should be great too. I'm worried about Nieto's pace, but I doubt Cole is any faster at this point. Kevin Long looks like someone I wouldn't mind signing outright and Ruiz should offer some great flair on the left flank. Good transfers.
Munoz, Miranda, and Simon aren't big losses IMO. Simon has all the talent in the world, but never quite lived up to it, while the central defenders just aren't as good as we need them to be. Simon was probably the biggest disappointment of my season last year, usually my tactics see fullbacks with close to the highest average ratings in the squad and I even allowed Simon a LOT of attacking freedom, but he was pretty average.
Can you post the tactics and starting XI? I'm curious what you're throwing out there.
Munoz, Miranda, and Simon aren't big losses IMO. Simon has all the talent in the world, but never quite lived up to it, while the central defenders just aren't as good as we need them to be. Simon was probably the biggest disappointment of my season last year, usually my tactics see fullbacks with close to the highest average ratings in the squad and I even allowed Simon a LOT of attacking freedom, but he was pretty average.
Can you post the tactics and starting XI? I'm curious what you're throwing out there.
I played 2 formations throughout the season. I regret going with the first one, as I feel I lost points going this way:
Towards the end, I chose to revert to a ShiftyPowers style:
In regards to team selection, it was very hard keeping the same 11 back to back. Drysdale is very injury prone. Same with Simon.
Obviously Vinet was out for most of the season.
Towards the end, I chose to revert to a ShiftyPowers style:
In regards to team selection, it was very hard keeping the same 11 back to back. Drysdale is very injury prone. Same with Simon.
Obviously Vinet was out for most of the season.
So I have finished the season. I'm very disappointed with myself and I definitely feel I should have been better. Underachieved big time. Although I got 11th, I didn't get as many points as Shifty.
I waited far too long to get the defense sorted. I think I have left a decent back 4 behind for the next manager. It will definitely be a good foundation.
The team's morale is shocking. A lot of the younger players are unhappy and want to move to bigger clubs. They are always hounded out of it by the big clubs.
I made one last signing before I go as a gift to the next manager:
I will upload the game shortly.
I waited far too long to get the defense sorted. I think I have left a decent back 4 behind for the next manager. It will definitely be a good foundation.
The team's morale is shocking. A lot of the younger players are unhappy and want to move to bigger clubs. They are always hounded out of it by the big clubs.
I made one last signing before I go as a gift to the next manager:
I will upload the game shortly.
I have uploaded the game now. I'm interested to see what someone else can do with the team. I know I didn't maximize the potential. A better manager than me can push on for Europe.
http://hotfile.com/dl/71881207/3c5a6df/Succession_Game.fm.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/71881207/3c5a6df/Succession_Game.fm.html
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Seán Denny;2938964 said:I played 2 formations throughout the season. I regret going with the first one, as I feel I lost points going this way:
Towards the end, I chose to revert to a ShiftyPowers style:
Hey man, that one is on you. I said very explicitly that we had a ton of talent and were capable of playing attacking football. I made the same mistake the past season.
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That's true. Your January signings were fantastic. It now looks like we finally have a defense worthy of a spot in Europe. I know morale might be low, but if we can hang onto Vinet, Menezes, one of the strikers, and Benhamou, plus obviously the the defense and keeper, I think we'll be fine. Anyone else is expendable IMO.
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Looking back at this, Sean I still can't believe you spent so much money on old players. Adebayor is earning £110k per week! And you signed all of them except one on 2 year deals! If we weren't filthy rich those moves could have ruined the club. And Gibson... I'm still furious about that one.
But I guess that's the magic of the succession game. Now that we're in the Prem and the stakes are so high everyone is going to have their own way of doing things.
Zlatan, seriously, do not play defensive football. We can beat almost every team in the Premiership by attacking. Away against the big clubs, okay defend, but we have a team capable of scoring a lot of goals.
But I guess that's the magic of the succession game. Now that we're in the Prem and the stakes are so high everyone is going to have their own way of doing things.
Zlatan, seriously, do not play defensive football. We can beat almost every team in the Premiership by attacking. Away against the big clubs, okay defend, but we have a team capable of scoring a lot of goals.
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Alright guys, summer transfer window is over and I must say I'm pretty pleased.
The best news is that all of our star players have stayed. And relatively easy too. Although there was a lot of speculation and praising going back and forth between interested clubs and player, there didn't come in a single offer for players like Vinet, Drysdale, Menezes and Benhamou. Only Romero, Halford and Toprak got in an offer, which I rejected. Romero and Halford didn't seem to mind, Toprak is now a little unhappy 'cause I didn't let him talk to Roma. But his morale and performance so far don't seem to be bad because of it. So no problem there.
Then our own transfers:
As you can see I more or less went for quality over quantity. I started out desperately needing a quality defender. I decided to try and spend most of my budget on this. I'm therefore most proud of our capture of Liam Williamson. He was a regular at Man Utd, English international and his stats are amazing plus he's only 23 too. I was actually a little surprised he wanted to come. I know 21,5m is the most we've ever payed for a player, but I think it's well worth it.
Another signing I'm pretty content with is Insua. He's 28, comes from Monaco and I think with him we got the left back position reasonably well covered. Nieto is a promising left back, if a bit slow. With Insua, I think we've got a more secure defense. Nieto will be a back up to both the DL and AML position.
I also decided I needed a backup winger. I found him in Nani, who was transfer listed at Barcelona. He'll be able to stand in for both Menezes and Drysdale, if they get injured or anything.
Finally I signed Andre from Shaktar on a free. Don't expect too much from him, he's decent but he'll just be a backup striker.
Alot of the oldies retired/left on a free (Adebayor, Barry and Kirkland retired from the game, which is why they don't show up on the screenie) and I sold Hennessey 'cause he was unhappy and we had far too many goalkeepers.
That as far as transfers go. I've told the board I'm going for European qualification. I know that's ambitious, but I feel that's something we can, if not should, be able to achieve with the current squad we got. We've started the season pretty well, we notched up two wins versus Southampton (away, 2-1) and Wolves (home, 2-0) before getting a rather lucky 0-0 draw away to Chelsea resulting in an early 4th position. A squad largely made up from reserves also managed to defeat Rotherham in the league cup, where we'll face Everton away in the next round.
Concerning tactics, I'm opting for a 4-2-3-1, although I'll change positions a little depending on the opposition we're facing. As it stands now I play with 2 DM's, Benhamou as a DM in support and Gulselam as a defensive DM (in sort of the Mascherano-role) and 3 AM's with Vinet as Trequartista and Drysdale and Menezes as wingers. One lonely striker up front (either Belfodil or Ozdemir). That leaves us with a pretty seperated first eleven with 5 defensive minded players and 4 attacking minded players. To link the two together I envision an important role for Benhamou, who kind of has to be the one switching the play from defense to attack. I think he has the stats to be able to fulfill such a role. But this is all subject to change of course as the season progresses.
The best news is that all of our star players have stayed. And relatively easy too. Although there was a lot of speculation and praising going back and forth between interested clubs and player, there didn't come in a single offer for players like Vinet, Drysdale, Menezes and Benhamou. Only Romero, Halford and Toprak got in an offer, which I rejected. Romero and Halford didn't seem to mind, Toprak is now a little unhappy 'cause I didn't let him talk to Roma. But his morale and performance so far don't seem to be bad because of it. So no problem there.
Then our own transfers:
As you can see I more or less went for quality over quantity. I started out desperately needing a quality defender. I decided to try and spend most of my budget on this. I'm therefore most proud of our capture of Liam Williamson. He was a regular at Man Utd, English international and his stats are amazing plus he's only 23 too. I was actually a little surprised he wanted to come. I know 21,5m is the most we've ever payed for a player, but I think it's well worth it.
Another signing I'm pretty content with is Insua. He's 28, comes from Monaco and I think with him we got the left back position reasonably well covered. Nieto is a promising left back, if a bit slow. With Insua, I think we've got a more secure defense. Nieto will be a back up to both the DL and AML position.
I also decided I needed a backup winger. I found him in Nani, who was transfer listed at Barcelona. He'll be able to stand in for both Menezes and Drysdale, if they get injured or anything.
Finally I signed Andre from Shaktar on a free. Don't expect too much from him, he's decent but he'll just be a backup striker.
Alot of the oldies retired/left on a free (Adebayor, Barry and Kirkland retired from the game, which is why they don't show up on the screenie) and I sold Hennessey 'cause he was unhappy and we had far too many goalkeepers.
That as far as transfers go. I've told the board I'm going for European qualification. I know that's ambitious, but I feel that's something we can, if not should, be able to achieve with the current squad we got. We've started the season pretty well, we notched up two wins versus Southampton (away, 2-1) and Wolves (home, 2-0) before getting a rather lucky 0-0 draw away to Chelsea resulting in an early 4th position. A squad largely made up from reserves also managed to defeat Rotherham in the league cup, where we'll face Everton away in the next round.
Concerning tactics, I'm opting for a 4-2-3-1, although I'll change positions a little depending on the opposition we're facing. As it stands now I play with 2 DM's, Benhamou as a DM in support and Gulselam as a defensive DM (in sort of the Mascherano-role) and 3 AM's with Vinet as Trequartista and Drysdale and Menezes as wingers. One lonely striker up front (either Belfodil or Ozdemir). That leaves us with a pretty seperated first eleven with 5 defensive minded players and 4 attacking minded players. To link the two together I envision an important role for Benhamou, who kind of has to be the one switching the play from defense to attack. I think he has the stats to be able to fulfill such a role. But this is all subject to change of course as the season progresses.
ShiftyPowers
Make America Great Again
Attributes for the players you brought in?
Looks like you guys are getting more out of Drysdale than I ever expected, so I'm glad I didn't sell him; he was a big disappointment for me, never quite looked like a natural winger. I always envisioned Menezes on the left flank as an Inside Forward cutting in on his right foot, but clearly he's great on the right flank as well.
Looks like you guys are getting more out of Drysdale than I ever expected, so I'm glad I didn't sell him; he was a big disappointment for me, never quite looked like a natural winger. I always envisioned Menezes on the left flank as an Inside Forward cutting in on his right foot, but clearly he's great on the right flank as well.