Orko111 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 I ended up in 6th place in the Championship, got to the play-off final on penalties and had a great game at Wembley. Oh, dear! I´m in the Premership! I do not stand a snowballs chance in hell! Expectation is attempt to avoid relegation. Budget is a about 6 mill. Team is the youngest in the league and probaly the worst team overall. Team report says one 4 star midfielder, one 3 and a half star striker and a 3 star fullback. The rest is 2 and a half stars. I think center backs is where most of the money should be spent. I also need more experienced players. Tactics will probably be rather defensive and direct. What do you think? What has worked for you? How on earth do I avoid relegation? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjquick Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 You have two options. 1) free transfers and budget experienced signings or 2) Free transfers and budget youth signings. Either way you need to pick up some freebies and invest wisely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squobbles Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Check the relegated clubs, some times you can get a bargain. Also, I find that searching the player search for players with attributes that are essential for that position is a good idea. For instance, it would be a lot cheaper to find a player with the bare essentials to play a CB, rather than one with a few extra, potentially unneeded attributes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANNY1000000 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 If you have the youngest team you need experienced players. Look closer at the 2 star positions and try to get some quality in there. You really need a tough striker to be a target and someone that will give you a spark in midfield Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolvesNicky Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 I survived with Wolves in the first season, but now I can't win at all. I even lost to Barnet 2-1 in the cup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 One thing's for sure, I'll be interested to know how you get on. And if you succeed, I'll want to know how you did it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FM Addick Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 With £6m, in FM09, I would make that into £10m-£12m by spreading all payments over 24 months (ideally £12m, but not all teams accept the spread). I wonder if you can make it into £20m with the 48 month option in FM10? Anyway, my strategy in this position, as a Palace fan, is to bring in a number of free transfers in pre-season, and spend the money on just 3 players - a quality spine is crucial. Just do enough to stay in touch by January (about 5 points away from safety is OK). Then, in December, get rid of all your players who arent getting regular games, and bring in some players for low prices who have 6 months to go on their contracts. Overall, this should give you enough leeway to have a squad of staying up, and at the very least, a squad more than capable of coming back up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orko111 Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 Got a good Amc/left winger that ManU dumped on a free. Got a good quick striker (my best current striker is a strong target man), got 33 yo premiership veteran CB and a good Czech CB/DMC on very high wages, that got injured for 6 months immediately!! Also signed a couple of very promising 17 year olds, couldn´t help myself! Started terribly but morale was pretty good and form picked upp after a couple of months. January came and I sold 3 fringe players for a total of 9 million, all to Scottish prem.league sides (player value really shoots up in the prem, eh?). I wanted to use that money on a quality CB but things did not workout before the transfer window closed so I got 9 mill burning a hole in my pocket! Then things got rather sticky again and currently I am 19th, 8 points from safety with 10 games to go. Looking doomed for the drop. At least Bristol City is doing worse than me.... Btw. I am Palace in 2016. I got 3 really good players coming on frees in the summer on really high wages. They should have a lot of fun in the Championship, but if we don´t bounce right up we´re bankrupt :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaynm Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 You have to invest well, building from the back is usually a good start. If you can limit the amount of goals you concede and have somebody upfront capable of nicking 10 goals a season you can stay up. Loans are always a good idea as well, if you can bring in one or two talented youngsters/experienced players from top clubs that gives you a good chance of getting better quality into your side. The first two seasons are always the hardest, but if you scout well you'll be fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 How did you manage to play half a season so quickly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orko111 Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 How did you manage to play half a season so quickly? Neh, the season was well underway when I started the thread, but I was really intrested in getting opinions so I gave you my situation at the start of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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