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Haven't had an update in a while so this will be a bit of a long one.
Now Currently in Season 4 with Aston Villa.
2nd Season back in the premier league we ended up 5th in the league and qualified for the Euro Cup. Board was pleased with that. Ended up getting 80 million pounds in the transfer market and a 1.6 million week wage budget. Set goals of qualifying for European soccer.
The biggest problem with my squad was lack of depth. it really hurt us when the fixtures came fast and furious and we ended up losing games maybe we shouldn't have when injuries hit. So I set out to improve our depth everywhere.
I brought in the following players
Chris Mepham from Brentford for 12.25 Million pounds
Josh Tymon from Stoke for 19 million pounds
Lovro Majer from Dinamo for 6.75 million pounds
Marcos Llorente from Malage for 6 million pounds
Fiete Arp from Hamburger for 17 million pounds
The problem though was trying to keep some of my players.
As Monaco came calling for my free striker signing and 30 goal man Roberto Inglese. I turned down there offer initially but Roberto spoke to me in private about his long desire to play for Monaco so I accepted an offer for 39 million pounds for him. Not a bad bit of business for a free transfer!
Flushed with more money I signed Thiago Almada from Velez for 11.75 million pounds. I tried for a few other players and was rejected. I went out into the loan market and was able to get Phil Foden back and lad Vinicius Junior from Madrid and I felt I had strengthed my squad quite a bit especially with the development of youngsters like Adrien Bongiovanni,Pelayo Morilla and Victer Nelssson.
The 3rd season in the Premier league started strong for us as we won our first 7 games in a row and we were doing quite well in Europe. Arp was developing quite nicely and between him and Almada were easily replacing the goals left by the departure of Inglese.
Injuries started to hit us at Christmas time saw us go a bit of a losing streak which saw us fall back to 5th in the premier league. I still had plenty of cash in the transfer kitty and was able to get Louis Beyer from M'gladbach for only 6 million pounds because of a release fee for teams playing in Continental competitions!. My scouts found a great young striker in Gaston Veron in Argentinos Jr and I signed him for for 8.75 million pounds and they also highly recommended a player by the name of Alex Blesa from Levante and I got him at a bargin price of 575K!. I also signed Marcelo Torres on a free from Boca for some extra depth.
Our European adventure ended with an unfortunate draw against Juventus in the knockout phase. But our form and health picked up in the premier league and saw us surge to 2nd spot by leagues end and secure a spot in the champions league!
The board were so happy and pleased they announced plans to build a new stadium! a 56k state of the art facilty!
Flush with success the board handed me 87 million pounds and a 1.75 million pound a week wage bill!
Things were looking up or so I thought.....
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21 minutes ago, warlock said:
@rbird2012 Looks like you're doing really well in the PL. As for Brexit, there are several different scenarios - the wages one seems to be quite common this year, but I think you can also get limitations on number of foreigners, and a hard one where every foreign player needs a work permit. Luck of the draw, I guess.
It has been a weird season so far. Arsenal is hasn't lost a game so far they are 14-0 and Aubameyang has 21 goals. Man City is in 9th and they sacked their manager. Man UTD is in 12th. The top 4 is Arsenal,Liverpool,Wolves then Us.
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Oh yes in my game and I am wondering if this happens in all games the work permit rules have changed because of Brexit. It seems all that matters now is the wage the players are making which will make it far easier to sign South American talent
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Aston Villa Season 2 update
The season has been fantastic so far with wins away at Liverpool and Tottenham. Tie away to Chelsea and a tie at home to Man Utd. We did lose to Arsenal away 4 to 1 but we followed that up with wins against Derby,Brighton,Burnley and Leciester. We are currently tied for 4th in the league!
Not all is good news. We were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Everton. Man Utd,Juventus and Inter are all pushing hard for Tonalli but won't meet my price, so far it hasn't bothered him but I would be loath to lose him. One of the big problems I am having is with the Youth I am using they get tired very quickly and I lack depth and it showed in my last game away to Fulham we had a 2-0 lead with 20 minutes left only to see them come back and win it in injury time.I have some money for the next transfer window so I will be looking at some more depth for my squad to hopefully maintain our form and push for a European spot
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1 hour ago, warlock said:
You liked the squad but shipped out six players!?
Not saying you're wrong, and it's obviously working for you, but I'd hate to see what you'd do with a squad you didn't like!
@DefinitelyTaylor Thanks, and I'm certainly hoping for improved away form.
I like Grealish,Mcginn,Chester,Adomah and Nyland. Abraham on loan was very good too. I just felt with some more quality depth around that group they could be superb and they have shown it so far!
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Hello all,
I took control of Aston Villa because of the great squad they seem to have.
I started out by selling Elmohandy to Angers for 3.3 million pounds
Then I sold Richards to Bournemouth for 5 million pounds
Kodjia was sold to Angers in the french league for 4.8 million pounds
Bjarnson was sold as well for 2.5 million pounds to Shakhtar
My first buy was Antonio Marin for 2.1 million pounds
The I got Sandro Tonali from Brescia for 5.5 million pounds + Futures
I brought in as a free transfer Benoit Tremoulinas and Jan Kirchoff
I sent Tuanzebe back to Man United and asked for Dalot on loan and got him
I also sent El Ghazi back home from loan and got Foden from Man City on loan
I also signed Hannes Delcroix from Anderlecht for 2 million pounds and Davide Merola from Inter for 925k
We played a 4-2-3-1 Setup with Tammy Abraham up front.
Started the season flying with 5 straight wins. Tammy getting 9 goals in his first 5 games. Defense was solid with Chester/Kirchoff/Zagadou rotating.
At the start of the 2nd transfer window we were 1 point behind Norwich for first.
Levante came sniffing around for Tremoulinas who was playing fantastic. I rejected a bid but Benoit wanted to go so I eventually accepted a 5,9 million pound bid for him
Couldn't find a replacement for him but Neil Taylor played fine for him for the rest of the year eventhough he was going on a transfer at the end of the season to Sassulo.
We continued our fine form and were relatively injury free and finished a clear 13 points on top the league to become champions and get promotion.
The board was extremely happy and wanted to secure a mid table finish in the premiership which I agreed to. I was given a 48 million dollar transfer fund.
My scouts found a striker they rated highly Roberto Inglese from Napoli who I was able to sign on a free transfer.
I also signed Nicolas Cozza a 20 year old defender from Montpellier on a free transfer.
I was able to get Foden to come back as a loan player but Abraham decided against coming back and went to Franfurt instead.
Kirchoff while good in the championship was just going to be an ok player in the premiership I decided to strengthen the backend and signed John Souttar for a 13.5 million pounds from Hearts. I also signed Jayden Bogle from Derby for 9 million pounds.
My Scouts found Adrien Bongiovanni from AS Monaco and highly recommended him and I was able to get him for 8.25 million pounds and he can play all three Attacking mid positions.
After failiing to get Dalot back on a loan and several other high end english kids like Woodburn and Mount refused to sign and went elsewhere both to the Bundesliga which seems to be a destination of alot of the younger talented palyers from the good english sides in my 2nd season for some reason. I was able to get the services of Renato Sanches on loan from Bayern
Several of my kids have gone on to become Wonderkids. Zagadou and Tonalli both started the premier season as Wonderkids along with Foden. Bongiovanni after the 5th game became a Wonderkid as well. After 5 games we have 3 wins and 2 draws including a 4 to 1 away win against Liverpool.
Roberto Inglese has 8 goals in 5 games and got his first callup to Italy were he scored 5 goals against Gibraltor! His first cap!
More later.....
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Not saying you're wrong, and it's obviously working for you, but I'd hate to see what you'd do with a squad you didn't like!
FM19: The English Football League thread
in Good Player & Team Guide
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Season 4....
I was thinking I really didn't need to add more depth to the lineup and I would allow some youngsters to get some playing time in depth roles and play in cup games. I set my scouts out to look for players under 20 that were 80+ rated and i would look to sign them to continue my youth policy.
My backend at this time consisted of
GK
Nyland 31
Ivan Villar 24
RB
Louis Beyer 21
Jayden Bogle 21
Brindelli(youngster 4 star potential turning 21
CB
John Souttar 24
Chris Mepham 23
Dan-Axel Zagadou 22
LB
Josh Tymon 22
Nicolas Cozza 22
DM/MC
Sandro Tonali 21
John McGinn 27
Conor Hourhane 27
Alex Blesa 19
MC/AM
Antonio Marin 20
Thiago Almada 19
Jack Grealish 22
Lovro Majer 23
Adrien Bongiovanni 21
Pelayo Morilla 19
Strker
Fiete Arp 20
Gaston Veron 19
Plus assorted young regens that came through our ranks and a few my scouts had found. The one area I thought I would focus in on was GK. I targeted Alban Lafont from Fiorentina and was able to sign him for a club record fee of 30 million pounds. I also signed a young Agentinian by the name of Rocco Rios Novo but I loaned him back to Lanus after I signed him fro 6 million pounds.
But of course things never seem to go the way you want it.
I wanted to try and either sign Phil Foden or loan him back. Man City decieded they needed him so that was off. Madrid was interested in selling me Vinicus Junior for 38 million pounds but he decieded that Inter Milan was where he would rather be.
The first Giant that came calling was Juventus. I guess after playing them in the Euro Cup they began to watch Tonali. After offering 38 million pounds for him, which I turned down, Tonali came to me privately begging to accept a bid. I accepted a 48 million pound bid a record purchase. But I didn't want to see him go and now I needed to fill that hole in the mid field and went out to find a player to do so.
While I began to look for a replacement, Dortmund launched a massive 75 million pound bid for Arp. Again I refused! Arp went public with his outrage of not being allowed to move. Dortmund came back asking what I wanted. I told them I wanted 110 million pounds thinking they would back off. Much to my chagrin then offered exactly 110 million pounds. I had to swallow my pride and accept.
Just when I was thinking it couldn't get worse, Liverpool came in with a 80 million pound bid for Antonio Marin. Marin had developed into our best and most consistent player. Luckily for me he didn't want to move as he developed a love for Aston Villa the 3 years he was here. I was able to turn down Liverpools raid.
But I still lost 2 important cogs in my team but at least I had almost 190 million pounds to figure out what to do next!