Pricey85 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Okay i am in a bit of a pickle. I just finished my third season as Man City and i am considering selling a player but am having serious misgivings, allow me to explain. The player in questiong is Richard Dunne, reasons against this sale are as follows. He is a fan favourite, he is my captain, i quite like him and would like to hire him as my next ass man for nostalgias sake. Reasons for the sale are: He is now 30 and his value is beginning to decline so if i am going to sell now is the time, he only has a couple more seasons left in him at this level, i want to hand the captaincy to Micah Richards and i have heard it's a bad idea to switch captains unless you sell the old one. So what do you all think, am i best off keeping him? Or, am i best off cashing in and bedamn the nostalgia! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
megafan2005 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 i change captains every 2 seasons to freshen things up so i dont notice a difference if im honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan,,, Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Cash in! I'm sure he hates England anyway! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pricey85 Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 Ah, good to know! My main worry was that my players would get upset if i stripped him of the captaincy, think i will keep him on as a squad player/mentor. Cheers for the assistance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
therubberducky Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 In similar situations to this, i tend to sell for a few reasons. 1) The age 2) The fee allows me to buy a few younger foreginers in 3) I like to freshen up every few years Go for it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3TA1G0D Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 That is tricky! Do you know he definitely will become an assistant? I think that he could still become your assistant at a later date even if you sell him, and I think its probably the right move if you are no longer going to play him in your first team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pricey85 Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 Originally posted by M3TA1G0D:That is tricky! Do you know he definitely will become an assistant? I think that he could still become your assistant at a later date even if you sell him, and I think its probably the right move if you are no longer going to play him in your first team Yeah both myself and the club are in his favoured section and he is seriously thinking about being an ass man in the future. Right i have made my decision, spurred on by the replies here and by the fact that he is thinking of a new challenge in the future (I'll be damned if i'm going to pay his wages just to have him galavant off to Spain in a year or so!). Even though it makes me feel dirty, i'm gonna cash in and buy some youth players. Cheers for the help guys, i'm off for a chower to wash off the betrayal. I think i take this game too seriously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pricey85 Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 *shower i mean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_hall Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Originally posted by Pricey85:Okay i am in a bit of a pickle. I just finished my third season as Man City and i am considering selling a player but am having serious misgivings, allow me to explain. The player in questiong is Richard Dunne, reasons against this sale are as follows. He is a fan favourite, he is my captain, i quite like him and would like to hire him as my next ass man for nostalgias sake. Reasons for the sale are: He is now 30 and his value is beginning to decline so if i am going to sell now is the time, he only has a couple more seasons left in him at this level, i want to hand the captaincy to Micah Richards and i have heard it's a bad idea to switch captains unless you sell the old one. So what do you all think, am i best off keeping him? Or, am i best off cashing in and bedamn the nostalgia! If a team has bid for him then I suggest sell, but if not, don't bother. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddy101 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 By heck t_hall your keen tonight! Only joking, nice to see sensible new members who like to get involved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeSo Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 i think u need to be loyal and keep him within ur squad in fact 2 more years isnot much in football world....keep him for one more year as ur captain then through this year move his squad status to whats like "back for first team" and dont play him much this way u can prepare Micah Richards to be ur next captian and on second year make Richards official captain for u and this player u can offer him assistant manager role or wait till his contract is off after 2 years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan,,, Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Or put Richards as vice-captain and don't play Dunne. Or start Dunne as captain and change the captaincy after the match starts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy011087 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 sell him! he b****red off to barca on a free in my game after being top scorer with 15 prem goals! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryknow Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Im in the same situtation but I kept my captain, Barry Ferguson (Rangers) he doesnt get games anymore but Im keeping him to be one of my coaches. I havnt even taken his captain armband away from him...should I? Its always my vice captain that becomes the captain for the games. Im in a new season atm so I might take it away when I get asked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumbledSausage Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 When I have a settled side, I tend to consider selling players when they reach 30/31, either that or if they're really good, hang on to them but don't start them. My advice would be to do what you think is best for the team - if you can afford to replace Dunne with a better (and younger) defender, then do it. Besides, what's the likelyhood that Dunne would make a decent assistant manager anyway? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
backpackant Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Even if players are annoyed at first, it's pretty cosmetic as it only lasts until the next game. After that it goes away. As long as you make a good choice, you'll be fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalwayUnitedFC Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Originally posted by jimmy011087:sell him! he b****red off to barca on a free in my game after being top scorer with 15 prem goals! Richard Dunne,a Centre back,was your top scorer. Where do you play him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelicanstuff Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 people using corner cheat, innit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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