Adelaidean Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Interesting move, staying at the site of your World Cup exploits. Best of luck in Moscow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachFlu Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Great World Cup! Unlucky to lose on penalties, but in a way, if you have to lose a Final, that's not a bad way to do it, because as a manager you can go "It's a lottery! It wasn't my fault!" Looks like it gave you a nice rep boost as well; Udinese and CSKA are very decent clubs. Been a few years, but I remember Russia to be a pretty fun place to manage. Fairly strict foreigner rule, I think, but no place is perfect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Unlucky with Uruguay but good luck in the Russian league with CSKA Moscow. Although, I did develop a fierce rivalry with them while managing Zenit back in FM10 so I don't really fancy CSKA that much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeXe Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Great World Cup with Uruguay, you certainly did set the tournament alight! CSKA will be interesting, what's the budget like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantastic Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 Great World Cup with Uruguay, you certainly did set the tournament alight!CSKA will be interesting, what's the budget like? That's a pretty ridiculous budget if you ask me. The club is loaded with expensive players such as Akinfeev, Corluka, Necid, Dzagoev. Some may justify their wages, but all are getting old, there's been no real transition period for the club, so I guess my job is to bring them into the next decade relatively smoothly. I'd like to focus on Russian players, problem is all the best ones are playing for my rivals. This is going to be challenging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Looks like a great new job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Awesome World Cup, but did I read wrong or you said Uruguay were the reigning world champions prior to this? Russian football is a total pain in the ass as you can only field 6 foreigners at once, and there's little russian talent available. Go for it, you need a bit of a torture after the heights of a successful World Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxeyN17 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Just read through all of this, absolute quality. I love the way you write, keep it up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantastic Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 My first match is a cup victory? Pfft that's a bit of a joke. I didn't realise CSKA were the reigning champions, seems odd their manager would relinquish his position. Anyway, a typical goals galore game and a good chance to see what my players are capable of. I thought it went okay, I'm in the process of upgrading the defence at a serious cost though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeadHunta x Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Unlucky in WC and good luck with the Russians Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantastic Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 £28,000,000 That's a lot of money. So much money the fans have said it's a waste. I take a view on this; the boy is 20. He is good enough to be the starting centre back at this club for the next twelve years of his career no problem. I don't call it a waste, I call it an investment. You want the best, you pay for the best. To be fair it is a little stupid giving me a transfer budget, I'm only going to spend it. But when your two first choice centre backs are pushing 30 then something needs to be done. This is me being proactive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Wait a minute, that's more than your budget according to the previous screenie. Sold some guys? Used the wage budget? That guy looks class tho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coentrao Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Probably used 48-month payments. Awesome read, good luck in Russia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantastic Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 Wait a minute, that's more than your budget according to the previous screenie. Sold some guys? Used the wage budget?That guy looks class tho. Yeah, I do all my transfers over 48 months. It's more realistic anyway as these days most transfers are paid out over the course of a player's contract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantastic Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 I'm about to go to work so I figure this would be a good time to put this up: should I sign this player for £38,000,000 spread over four years? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Definitely I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I personally follow a policy of never using monthly payments, hence didn't even consider the chance. I suppose it's realistic but it lets you spend far far too much money IMO, no CSKA board in their right mind would let you make those two transfers in the same season. You're going to bankrupt the club unless you get some serious success - a possibility tho with that kind of super talents. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
egesagin Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Yeah it's semi-realistic. Like noikee said they would never let you do that, let's hope that you'll be able to make the necessary money. As for the player, 38m? Seriously? That's too much for him I think. He should be a bit better to be considered for that much. He ain't Rooney Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Willenté Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I have always been of the tendency to want to create the players worth millions rather than spend them. I personally think the money'd be put to better use buying in a couple of Brazillian up and comers rather than spend £38 mil on a 21 year old. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeXe Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Depends what you want. Would one £38m player make more difference to your club than four £9.5m players? If so, then go for it. No problems splashing the cash if you're getting what you need. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adelaidean Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Not worth 38 million pounds to me. He's pretty good, but I think you could probably get a cheaper and roughly as good striker direct from Brazil or Argentina, but hey, if you think he'll make that much of a difference to your team, go for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coentrao Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 38 million is too much IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Willenté Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 What ever happened to this thread? I have been waiting patiently for some updates.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeXe Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Yeah I was wondering that the other day... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Willenté Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Any sign of any more updates? Have you settled in Russia? Did Toquinho get signed for £38million? Has Gajdek proved to be worth the £28million? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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