Staf9 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Gee its been quiet here last day or so hardly had a minute to play most of this week. still the best page tho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rywilson Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Gee its been quiet here last day or so I've left my Liverpool game, won the every cup there was to win, barring Europa, so I've started a longer unemployed save with no coaching badges or rep. Hoping to work my way up to Liverpool Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn28 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Defending is a joke in the game let in way to many goals but scoring alot as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn28 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I've left my Liverpool game, won the every cup there was to win, barring Europa, so I've started a longer unemployed save with no coaching badges or rep. Hoping to work my way up to LiverpoolMight do the same later on in my save Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn28 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Yarmolenko is my best signing already 15 goals in 16 games didn't start him at 1st then was complaining about leaving i gave him a start & hasn't looked back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastley Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Second season just finished. Won English premier League Club World Championship European Champions Cup European Super Cup Capital One Cup English Community Shield. Lost FA cup in sixth round to Man United. Man United pushed me all the way to the last say in EPL, but a 7-0 win against last place Blackburn secured the title. Season Goals Sturridge 58 Coutinho 36 Pogba 20 Lambert 23 Origi 28 Henderson 15 Tielemans 11 Sterling 10 Coutinho best rated 7.95 followed by Henderson 7.93 and Silva 7.77. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joekim87 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Hey guys! Really enjoying my save at the moment, so I thought I'd update! Basically First season: I came into the last day of the Premier League 1pt below Man Utd who was first. Was in the FA Cup final against Newcastle and Champions League Final against Bayern. So much hope... Man Utd win the Prem even though I won my last game as well... Newcastle win a major upset and Bayern just beat me 2-1... Shattered... Things got worse before it got better but I won the FA Cup in my 2nd season and the Premier League in the 3rd. Fourth has started really well as well! Some pictures before I talk some more. Here's my club screen. Gerrard is still around. Not playing many games, not really tutoring... Just hanging around lol... Sterling is my most expensive player and just amazing all round. And yes, I am a Koala. The Home screen. Nothing much doing... Competitions screen. Couple of games into the season and looking rosy. I rarely lose games in the Champions League group stages for some reason... Already won the Community Shield! So far so good in the Premier League. Sterling also has 4 goals! Schedule list. Friendlies I always try to play 10 plus games against easy teams for a morale boost and fitness. I try to be very strict with my financials and becoming the richest club in the world is always a top priority of mine. I have so much transfer budget left but they won't let me slide that into the wage budget so it looks like I'm spending too much money on wages... Transfers. I've had some good ones. 2nd Season: Some massive sales! Some quality buys! 3rd Season: More massive sales and even greater buys! 4th Season: A little less exciting but squad is close to what I want now anyway. Got Oscar for so cheap and he is on fire. So basically my squad looks like this: And my tactics like this Summary: I got to bring in Isco and Oscar quite cheap (18m pounds and 29m pounds) because they wanted more game time and weren't happy. Very happy with them buys as they fit nicely into my team. Tielemans is never injured and is slowly turning into a beast. I have a soft spot for Suso and Rossiter so they rotate often and play very well in most games. Aboubakar has become a world class striker and scores many many goals. I got Volland for very cheap and is basically my second in command to either Aboubakar or Sterling. In terms of regens I have a potential world class right back rotating with Flanagan and world class centreback and winger also coming through. Exciting times! I hope you've enjoyed my post guys! Please give suggestions and feedback where you see fit! Joe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoobyBlah Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Started my annual Liverpool save. Haven't actually made a huge splash in the transfer market. I felt the squad was already fairly solid. Out went Johnson and Borini for 15M each. In: Joshua Kimmich 2M (on loan at Norwich) Andre Hanson 60k (decent backup, better than Jones) Gaston Gil Romero 6.5M (on loan still at Estudiantes. Will take over for Lucas next year) Kris Ajer 1.7M (Has some nice attributes for a young guy) Hirving Lorenzo 10M (loaned back to Pachuca, has potential to be a beast) Lorenzo Insigne 13.25M (My only first team signing, will rotate AML with Suso) Still got about 15M left over, if any good youngsters pop up I might go for them, otherwise save it till January. Also upgrading Youth Recruitment Network and Youth Facilities. Playing 4-2-3-1 but really unsure about it, since I'd prefer to play Sturridge as a poacher, but meh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn28 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Loading up looks like 15.2 is out hope it doesnt affect my tactics Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastley Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 NEARLY sold Henderson, bid of $56m. I accepted it, contract was done, then I cancelled it.. Could not do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joekim87 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Random post: I've been using Sterling at AMR as a raumdeuter. My one centre forward is a false nine so Sterling is always the furthest forward when we are defending. If there is an overlap on his side, he'll drop deep to mark the fullback but most of the time stays up as far forward as possible. When we are defending deep, many many times, when a defender wins the ball, they send a long diagonal to Sterling who is in space and he is an amazing outlet ball. He then usually runs straight to the by-line and crosses/cuts back or makes a run into the box. He's a great out ball and many a goal has been attributed to Sterling's positioning and playing style. I think having a false nine means that usually one of the centre backs push up further to man mark the centre forward, so there's usually space in the centre for Sterling to run into. Also Sterling isn't isolated because the false nine drops deep to get the ball then give it out to him. In that raumdeuter role I think having a quick player with good work rate and teamwork stats is perfect because they'll most likely stay up (due to the position's instructions) but due to the teamwork and work rate attributes, comes down when he is needed to defend. Joe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joekim87 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Another random side note: I wanted John Stones (young, English, talented centre back) and I spent a whole year unsettling him. I made bids every couple of weeks and Stones was so VERY unhappy at his manager for refusing bids. I was offering up bids like 20m and 25m pounds... They wanted like 40m... After about a year they accept a bid of 10m from Arsenal... ********!!! Any other really good English centrehalfs in the game btw? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastley Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Another random side note:I wanted John Stones (young, English, talented centre back) and I spent a whole year unsettling him. I made bids every couple of weeks and Stones was so VERY unhappy at his manager for refusing bids. I was offering up bids like 20m and 25m pounds... They wanted like 40m... After about a year they accept a bid of 10m from Arsenal... ********!!! Any other really good English centrehalfs in the game btw? Exact same thing happened to me but in shorter time frame. They wanted over $40m, only 2-3 months later sell him for $10m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean0987654321 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Dan.Burn has.been.killing it for me in my ManU save Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joekim87 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I have a policy: if they are 22 or younger and have potential I will buy. If they are 23 or over and aren't a leading, star or worldclass player, I won't buy them. Also, I would never pay more than 30 million for a player. Just my limitations on my transfer policy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joekim87 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Exact same thing happened to me but in shorter time frame.They wanted over $40m, only 2-3 months later sell him for $10m. I hope I can buy him off Arsenal! I think I'm one of his favorite personnel. I always covert some of the Evertonian playerd buy they never sell... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn28 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Noticed some here say Everton want 40mill for Stones you will find its because your fierce Rivals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joekim87 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Noticed some here say Everton want 40mill for Stones you will find its because your fierce Rivals Yeah of course but surely they'd take 20m from us than 10m from Arsenal?? Damn bastardos haha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn28 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Looks like my tactics still work after the new patch & love the new white skin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bittah Dreamer Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Random post:I've been using Sterling at AMR as a raumdeuter. My one centre forward is a false nine so Sterling is always the furthest forward when we are defending. If there is an overlap on his side, he'll drop deep to mark the fullback but most of the time stays up as far forward as possible. When we are defending deep, many many times, when a defender wins the ball, they send a long diagonal to Sterling who is in space and he is an amazing outlet ball. He then usually runs straight to the by-line and crosses/cuts back or makes a run into the box. He's a great out ball and many a goal has been attributed to Sterling's positioning and playing style. I think having a false nine means that usually one of the centre backs push up further to man mark the centre forward, so there's usually space in the centre for Sterling to run into. Also Sterling isn't isolated because the false nine drops deep to get the ball then give it out to him. In that raumdeuter role I think having a quick player with good work rate and teamwork stats is perfect because they'll most likely stay up (due to the position's instructions) but due to the teamwork and work rate attributes, comes down when he is needed to defend. Joe That's interesting. I had been playing around with the raumdeuter in a 4-1-2-2-1 (or 4-3-3 to some), playong el Shaaraway in that role out wide left. If the fullback pushed forward at all it left him in massive space. However he offered absolutely nothing defensively and left that flank exposed. So I tamed him down to an inside forward on supprt to try and get him to contribute more, with a resulting sacrifice in terms of attack threat. What time of passing game do you play to exploit the space? I Play a short passing game with a high tempo and exploit the flanks and pass into space. They don't release him when in space as much as I would like, but don't want to go direct as I think it would leave me front two or three very isolated if I by pass the midfield to get the ball to them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn28 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Loading up for abit wow not much happening here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joekim87 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 That's interesting. I had been playing around with the raumdeuter in a 4-1-2-2-1 (or 4-3-3 to some), playong el Shaaraway in that role out wide left. If the fullback pushed forward at all it left him in massive space. However he offered absolutely nothing defensively and left that flank exposed. So I tamed him down to an inside forward on supprt to try and get him to contribute more, with a resulting sacrifice in terms of attack threat. What time of passing game do you play to exploit the space? I Play a short passing game with a high tempo and exploit the flanks and pass into space. They don't release him when in space as much as I would like, but don't want to go direct as I think it would leave me front two or three very isolated if I by pass the midfield to get the ball to them. My left fullback is a wingback but my right fullback (behind Sterling) is a fullback on support. He rarely goes up and even if he does, he plays it pretty safe as it's usually Flanagan. When my worldclass regen plays, he does go up a little more but he's quick so he gets back more often than not I think... I play 'flexible' and on 'control'. I play short passes, pass into space but don't do anything with the tempo. I have the opposition wingers marked tightly all the time. I think this makes sure that I'm not overly exposed when they come down the sides. I used to play with 'stay on feet' because I heard it was better for teams that want to counter, but it just meant that my players would just jockey until their player would dribble into the box... Without it now, my team is the best tackling outfit in the league and concede at most one goal a game. I used to concede a fair few more regularly and draw plenty of games but this season I'm not really drawing games. I'm out at the moment but I'm assuming Shaaraway doesn't have as good teamwork and work rate as Sterling? I rotate with Suso there and it seemed okay as well. This season I have Isco at cm playing a deep lying playmaker. Been amazing. He has gotten a couple of assists already and his freekicks are just amazing. Oscar at amc, advanced playmaker, and he's nearly scoring in 90% of games. Everyone around him is playing better too, especially Coutinho who got shafted out to aml as an inside forward. In 10 games he's gotten 3 or 4 man of the matches. I got Volland for 10m plus Manquillo and he's already jumped to over 30m pounds in value. Great player. I might even sell Aboubakar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn28 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Loading up looks like another nightmare season ill miss champions league again though im in Europa league since i win the league cup in april already have Horn coming on free transfer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bittah Dreamer Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 My left fullback is a wingback but my right fullback (behind Sterling) is a fullback on support. He rarely goes up and even if he does, he plays it pretty safe as it's usually Flanagan. When my worldclass regen plays, he does go up a little more but he's quick so he gets back more often than not I think...I play 'flexible' and on 'control'. I play short passes, pass into space but don't do anything with the tempo. I have the opposition wingers marked tightly all the time. I think this makes sure that I'm not overly exposed when they come down the sides. I used to play with 'stay on feet' because I heard it was better for teams that want to counter, but it just meant that my players would just jockey until their player would dribble into the box... Without it now, my team is the best tackling outfit in the league and concede at most one goal a game. I used to concede a fair few more regularly and draw plenty of games but this season I'm not really drawing games. I'm out at the moment but I'm assuming Shaaraway doesn't have as good teamwork and work rate as Sterling? I rotate with Suso there and it seemed okay as well. This season I have Isco at cm playing a deep lying playmaker. Been amazing. He has gotten a couple of assists already and his freekicks are just amazing. Oscar at amc, advanced playmaker, and he's nearly scoring in 90% of games. Everyone around him is playing better too, especially Coutinho who got shafted out to aml as an inside forward. In 10 games he's gotten 3 or 4 man of the matches. I got Volland for 10m plus Manquillo and he's already jumped to over 30m pounds in value. Great player. I might even sell Aboubakar. Just checked the stats and El Shawaary is 16 and 15 for work rate and teamwork respectively, while Sterling is 17 and 15 so there's nothing in it. He never tracks back though once. I haven't tried marking the winger tighter specifically (leave it to Tassotti to set), but it's not really the wingers who are the problem, it's the full back doubling up. Perhaps I should try it with man-marking the fullback specifically but sinn know if that will negate the benefits of the raumdeuter by dragging him out of position. I Want him to drop a little deeper when defending, but still be ready to break up the wing the second we get the ball. How hard was it to get Isco so cheap? Could you have gotten him any sooner do you think? I noticed he's unhappy at Madrid now as well but when I made an enquiry they quoted me €69 million! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bittah Dreamer Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 How were everybody's finances, and how much did it affect your second seasons budget? I sold a lot of players at the start of the game, and shifted a lot of wages. Think I brought in over £100m in the first two windows, a lot of in instalments over 48 months, and bought in only £70m or so (mix of upfront payments and instalments). Between the shifted wages and instalments coming in (taking in more than spending) I should have improved the financial health of the club greatly. And yet in still leaking money every month! I'm down to -£12m by the start of March. I know the loan repayments kicked in but still I thought I shouldn't be doing this bad. Has it been the same for everybody? I'm expecting circa £80m from sponsorship and league prize money in the summer, and have champions league cash to look forward to in the coming months as well (about to play the second league of my second round tie with PSG, one nil down from the first game but playong at home) which should hopefully improve things, but really hope to be able to pick up a world class player this summer (preferably Isco) so will need a large wad of cash. Am I right in saying TV money isn't given as a lump sum but is paid in instalments throughout the season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifail Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I dont think about the finance as Im sure as long as you get positive in transfer (You sell players and get the highest possible value for the player.Then you buy players way less than you have gained from the sale of a player) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CL78 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Hi Guys, Its been a while since i was last on here, gotta say im loving my save at the minute! currently 2nd behind Chelski by 2 points and just reached the Capital One cup final.....against Chelski! Just passed the January window with just one addition and no departures at all, i signed Wanyama but they would not let him go for anything less than his release clause.....So 28mil it was!! but wow what a beast he is turning out to be!! playing him as a DM he stops literally everything!! Hope your all enjoying as much as me!! will keep y'all informed about my 1st season!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bittah Dreamer Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I scored a late goal against PSG to push it to extra time where I promptly scored two more. This is it I thought, quarters here I come. PSG pulled one back but I wasn't too worried as they had created nothing all game. Then Dragovic gets himself sent off on the way to giving away a penalty. I had zero hope as Ibra stepped up, but the Valdes saved it! The dream was still alive. I re-organise my defence as best I can and watch the minutes tick by. At 121.05, the final whistle highlight loaded up - or so I thought. A long ball from deep finds a PSG man in the far corner who swings in a cross, and low and behold Lavezzi pops up to score a last second aggregate equaliser, and give them the win on away goals. Went a man down in both games and deserved to win both comfortably. At least I'm second in the league in March, two points behind Chelsea with a game in hand. And I've already guaranteed some European action by bagging the Capital One Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bittah Dreamer Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I drew Chelsea in the semis of the CoC and in the FA cup. The FA Cupgame went to a reply, and with a league game at Stamford bridge as well I ended up playing them 5 times in month or so. I drew two cup games (including a 4-4 thriller), won the other three and went through in both cups! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn28 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Looks like ive lost Sterling as Man City met his 52mill clause Edit: & hes gone least i can get in a replacement with the money Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
baros2011 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 why are people not signing valdes? seems like a no brainer to me, Im just halfway through first season and on the verge of signing him. also is wanyama definitely worth the big cash yeah? Anyone any experience of shaqiri or konoplyanka? And final question, do people tend to replace johnson rather than renew him, and if so, replace him with who? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifail Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I sell johnson at start and use henderson as replacement or can whatever you fancy (both right footed and can semi play so just need a lil bit retraining) Wanyama is a good buy but others like gastongil romero, ruben neves, dieg poyet are alternatives for a enforcer in midfield I never buy kono or shaqiri you got markovic and llana already for wingers (suso still youngon top of academy wilson , kent , canos ALL are good if you develop them) as for valdes you can get timo horn 3.8 mill and low wages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastley Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I have no strikers. Playing 2 upfront and I have 3 strikers for those 2 positions, young guys are out on loan with no recall option. All 3 strikers are out for long term injuries. I signed a new striker, but I am miles from Jan window. Markovic and Tielemans are my strikers, lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiilwS Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I am in my 3rd season with Liverpool, won the league 1st season and won every competition second season. I use a no striker formation, still working on trying to tighten up defence but get a good amount of clean sheets Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn28 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Season 2 review League:7th Fa cup:6th round League cup:winners Comm Shield:R/U Europa League 1st knockout rd Not happy with my league form need to start getting top 4 to keep my stars lost Can & Sakho who both wanted to leave funny because Arsenal have no champions league yet he moved there (Can) & Man City met Sterlings release clause which i had no choice never wanted any of the 3 to leave but least i won the league cup havent signed much in season 3 just 4 players including Horn on free transfer ill post my squad & transfer later on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifail Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I have no strikers.Playing 2 upfront and I have 3 strikers for those 2 positions, young guys are out on loan with no recall option. All 3 strikers are out for long term injuries. I signed a new striker, but I am miles from Jan window. Markovic and Tielemans are my strikers, lol. how are you playing balotelli ( unless you sold him after first season i na a strikerless formation) OOPS wrong person quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastley Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 how are you playing balotelli ( unless you sold him after first season i na a strikerless formation) Sold Balotelli second season for $60m, played him as what ever first season, he did nothing regardless of what I did, Borini had more impact off the bench. Sturridge, Origi and Jovic are my 3 strikers. All injured, just got Jovic back but also got Martial during Jan Window. Now got 4 strikers. Jovic and Martial only non injured. Also just trying to get Kingsley Coman, will be hell expensive but he looks class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastley Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Sturridge wants out, he wants to win trophies. Already won 3 this season, 6 last season, WTF.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
birkelse Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Origi doing the job, Lucas Romero and Balanta great players My team isnt good enough yet to win Champions League, but give them 3 4 years, then maybe Lot of players out on loan. When we got to the summer, a big clear out on the way:) Most of the players want improved contracts all the times Here are the team 10 dec 2016 http://imgur.com/uOFbblq http://imgur.com/ToAdzDO http://imgur.com/tikDJrP http://imgur.com/WHG5BIK http://imgur.com/3fzySYw http://imgur.com/J5fWXz9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastley Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Origi doing the job, Lucas Romero and Balanta great playersMy team isnt good enough yet to win Champions League, but give them 3 4 years, then maybe Lot of players out on loan. When we got to the summer, a big clear out on the way:) Most of the players want improved contracts all the times You can win ECC in first year with no changes. So the team is good enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britton5 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Having a bit of a clear out but struggling to sell players for anything close to their valuation. Just started my first season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
birkelse Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I could not win Champions League first season , second season eirher. Hope to win furter down the line Impressed if somrene win first season , with no changes Well done Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bittah Dreamer Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 why are people not signing valdes? seems like a no brainer to me, Im just halfway through first season and on the verge of signing him.also is wanyama definitely worth the big cash yeah? Anyone any experience of shaqiri or konoplyanka? And final question, do people tend to replace johnson rather than renew him, and if so, replace him with who? I signed him. Mingolet wasnt doing too bad, but the chance to sign upgrade to Valdes while making a profit seemed like a no brainer. He has been solid, and is great in the sweeper keeper role for me. I sold Johnson for 17.5m and then used that to buy De Scgilo for circa 25m. Again, seemed like a no-brainer. I got value for a player who was only going to go down hill, and brought in somebody with great room for development and who could become a very valuable asset for me in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifail Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Origi doing the job, Lucas Romero and Balanta great playersMy team isnt good enough yet to win Champions League, but give them 3 4 years, then maybe Lot of players out on loan. When we got to the summer, a big clear out on the way:) Most of the players want improved contracts all the times Here are the team 10 dec 2016 http://imgur.com/uOFbblq http://imgur.com/ToAdzDO http://imgur.com/tikDJrP http://imgur.com/WHG5BIK http://imgur.com/3fzySYw http://imgur.com/J5fWXz9 what is the composure rating of lovren at 2016? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastley Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 what is the composure rating of lovren at 2016? 2017 in my save, it is 7. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderZtormDK Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 So, a few patches under FM2015's belt, and it's time to start playing.. Going to play a 4-3-3/4-3-2-1 sort of setup. Transfers in: Timo Horn - £3.9M Eder Balanta - £6.5M Lucas Romero - £8.5M Youri Tielemans - £12.5M (loaned back for first season) Pione Sisto - £2.6M (who really should be Danish nationality - guessing this will be fixed in the february data patch) Martin Ødegaard - £1.6M (joins 1.1.2015) Transfers out: Fabio Borini - £11.75M (to Benfica) Lucas Leiva - £10.75M (to Roma) Tried offloading Johnson, Skrtel and Enrique as well, but nobody wanted them :/ My best 11, before the start of the season, looks something like this: GK: Mignolet / Horn / Jones DR: Johnson / Flanno / Manquillo / McLaughlin DL: Moreno / Enrique DC: Lovren / Skrtel / Sakho / Balanta / Toure MCd: Gerrard / Romero / Can MC: Coutinho / Hendo / Lallana / Allen / Suso AMR: Sterling / Markovic AML: Sturridge / Sisto FC: Balotelli / Lambert Yes, I've forced poor Sturridge out on the wing for now. As per usual, I've played lots of friendlies vs horrible non-teams, but unlike the previous few versions, I've been firing full-power from the start. Massive wins like 7-0 and 13-0 all around and the Sterling-Sturridge-Balotelli trio has an insane 26 goals and 16 assists between them (in 6 games). I've still got a few friendlies to go before I start the real season, but I'm certainly hoping I can keep this form - I start with Hull (A), Leicester (H) and Man City (A) in the first three games - can I get 7 or even 9 points there, I'm thrilled. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambolic Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Mario Balotelli has scored 3 hat tricks for me in 3 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastley Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Sturridge and Origi can't get a game now there back from injury. Tielemans and Martial are dominating up front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bittah Dreamer Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Just about to finish my first season. Four points ahead of Chelsea with three games to go, and a superior goal difference. They looked invincible just before Xmas but their form has gone to pot. The Board gave me next years budget in April after Champions League was confirmed. Delighted that SI finally enabled early budgets, as in previous versions I often had to wait until July to know what I'd get to play with. Have just lined up a bid for Gotze! Can't believe I got him. His wages are enormous (£210k!!) but I've never got to manage him on previous versions and better suits the RPM/central midfield role o have earmarked for him than Isco who I could also sign. I also have a deal for Javi Martinez agreed subject to confirmation. Not sure if I want to go ahead with that one or not. He would suit the half back role fairly well (acceleration and vision are his only weak points) and even make a great centre back if needed. I do have Gaston Gil Romero and Samper (on loan but with an agreed fee) already though and he could seriously stiffle their development (as well as Can). Thinking of doing what some might consider unthinkable and letting Gerrard leave at the end of the season. At the minute he wants 90k per week and a key player role. He's no longer a starter for me though and would only be keeping him for sentimental reasons and tutoring. Letting him go would free up space in the wages for Gotze though. About to move Lovern on to Monaco for 20 plus. He's no longer a starter and complaining about the lack of football so that's a great deal for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn28 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Lost Sturridge for 3 months time for Origi to stand up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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