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3 seasons in with West Brom and (in the Premier League) he's scored 21 in 38, 15 in 37 (did play a bit more on the wing this season though) and 14 in 34.
He's a solid forward but he has a habit of going missing in games.
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Think I've wrapped up my off-season business nice and early.
Out:
Darnell Furlong (£725K)
Ben Woodburn (£2.3M)
Jonas Svensson (£9.75M)
Fedor Chalov (£17.25M)
Allan Saint-Maximin (£56M) (Chelsea activated release clause)
Grady Diangana (£7.75M)
Jake Livermore (£190K)In:
Tyler Roberts (£16M)
Jamal Lewis (£9M)
Thiago Almada (£10M)
Martin Palumbo (£12.25M)
Marcus Edwards (free)
Daniel Rose (free)
Hugo Felix (free)
Angel Gomes (£33M)
Samuel Kinduelu Mbangula (£5M)
Olexandr Tymchyk (£7.25M)
+ a few other free newgensReplaced Chalov with Roberts as Roberts is West Brom home grown. Out of all my players that interest was shown in Saint-Maximin was the only one to be bid on (although there still is a week or two to go before the window shuts). Lewis will compete with Nedyalkov for the number 1 left back spot. Almada will be backup/replacement to Yusuf Yazici. Palumbo was available at a cut price deal due to Udinese being relegated and is rated better than Ryan Gauld so I grabbed him. Bought Angel Gomes for the left wing as Soteldo is inconsistent and a bit injury prone. Tymchyk bought as a backup right back.
Hopefully I can secure automatic European qualification this season with these reinforcements.
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2022/2023 season:
We fell out of 7th place on the last day after a draw against bottom side Nottingham Forest.
However, then we did this.
First taste of success with West Brom. Hopefully much more to come. Would like to improve my position by say two spots again as I have been doing but the vultures have started to circle my important players. Plus I've also realised I only have 2 West Brom homegrown players left in the first team after clearing everyone out so some players might miss out on the Europa League squad. Board has set my budget at just under £50M and £1.4M p/w wages.
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End of February 2023 and the fixture congestion of January really got to us with the team slipping back to 10th (with a game in hand). Injuries to both Allan Saint-Maximin and Yeferson Soteldo have seen youngsters Naci Unuvar and Harvey Elliott play on the wing.
In January I signed Eray Comert from FC Basel for £9.25M as more defensive backup as Hoogma demanded to go out on loan. I also got promising winger Samuel Bamba from Borussia Dortmund for £4M and Czech striker Matyas Kozak from Slavia Praha for a small fee after agreeing an end of contract deal with him.
Jonas Svensson left to Rosenborg on loan after being displaced in the team by Benjamin Henrichs and Layvin Kurzawa left for £11M to Tianjin after Anton Nedyalkov took his place.
Further to that Marcus Edwards will be joining on a free transfer at the end of his contract at Vitoria Guimaraes, another young newgen winger will join from Monterrey for £500K compensation and Jamal Lewis will also join at the end of the season for £9M as a younger alternative at left back to Nedyalkov.
I'm hoping we can turn our bad patch of form around soon (no wins in last 5 matches, dropping points to teams we shouldn't) and at least finish 8th in the league.
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Summer 2022 transfer window I brought in Ben Woodburn (free), Elisha Owusu (£12.5M), Ben White (£23M), Harvey Elliott (loan), Ronaldo Camara (free), Benjamin Henrichs (£4.8M) (Jonas Svensson was an expensive flop), Chris Basham (free) and Naci Unuvar (£20M). heading out were Semi Ajayi (£8.5M), Sam Johnstone (£4.4M) and Cedric Kipre (£20M).
At the end of October 2022 I surprisingly sit in 5th after 13 games with just two losses to my name (against Everton and Leicester) and 5 wins (including beating Arsenal 3-0). Also managed to steal a draw against Manchester City.
Currently lining up like this:
Kurzawa, Gauld, Yaazici, Owusu, Saint-Maximin, White and Ahmedhodzic are all performing reallt well with the rest of the team being decent enough. Karlan Grant has 7 goals in 13 but Callum Wilson is available to buy for a touch under £20M which is somewhat tempting.
Don't expect to finish in the European places once the full season is over however it is looking to be a better season than expected.
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January 2022 I added Venezuelan winger Yeferson Soteldo for £6.25M and Norwegian defender Jonas Svensson for £13.75M. Unfortunately neither really lit the world on fire but they got the job done.
I managed to better last season's effort by 2 places moving up into 10th.
Ryan Gould was the standout player of the season with an average rating of 7.09.
The board have given me around £50M to spend for the new season but I'm really struggling to figure out where to invest as decent players are still reluctant to come to the club as our reputation still isn't high enough.
Hopes for this season are to do what I did again and move up to 8th but I think that might be a bit of a stretch, but who knows!
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The way the ladder looks at the start of December - sitting in the exact same spot I finished last year.
Only 4 wins to our name (Blackburn, Palace, Sheffield United and Burnley) but only 4 losses too (Liverpool, Man United, Fulham, Tottenham). Plus I managed to hold both Chelsea and Manchester City to draws in consecutive matches which was a big win for me.
Ryan Gauld, Karlan Grant and Anel Ahmedhodzic have been my best players so far. Matheus Pereira has been horrid so I've shifted Saint-Maximin to the right wing, put Grant out wide on the left and have Chalov leading up the front. Chalov has 6 goals in 9 games plus a Player of the Month award so he's doing quite well.
Hoping the board give me some money in January so I can strengthen by right back position as Darnell Furlong has been pretty atrocious. If not I might see how an Ethan Laird or someone works out on loan. Matias Arezo was also just granted a work permit whilst on loan at Nimes so that means he can potentially come back in January and contribute to an attacking unit that doesn't have any depth past Grant and Chalov.
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1 hour ago, 3rik said:
How is Connor Gallagher performing for you? A personal favorite irl but not as much in the games unfortunately.
He's solid without being spectacular. Good enough to keep on loan so I could invest money elsewhere in the team first.
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Anyone playing with the Baggies? With a very mediocre first team they're definitely a challenge.
In season 1 with no transfer money/no first transfer window I brought in Jack Wilshire on a free and Daniel James on loan in January, with Karlan Grant leading the team to a surprising 12th place in the Premier League. Grant scored 21 goals in 38 games and actually won the Golden Boot.
For season 2 I was given approximately £40M to spend and went about trying to upgrade every position:
Connor Gallagher - retained on loan from Chelsea
Anel Ahmedhodzic - £3M (£3.3M)
Ryan Gauld - £2.7M (£3.2M)
Yusuf Yazici - £4.7M (£5.25M)
Justin Hoogma - Free
Anton Nedyalkov - Free
Peque - Free
Tim Ronning - £5M
Layvin Kurzawa - £3.8M
Allan Saint-Maximin - £30M
Matias Arezo - £2M
Fedor Chalov - £6.5M (7.5M)Arezo was denied a work permit so immediately went out on loan.
Conor Townsend, Charlie Austin, Kamil Grosicki, Kenneth Zohore, Kyle Bartley and Matt Phillips were all allowed to leave for small amounts of money.
Am sticking with the positive Tiki-Taka that got me to 12th last season, hopefully can improve this season.
How are you going as West Brom?
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It differs from club to club, nation to nation. In England you get a preview in December and then the intake comes in March.
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22 hours ago, sedge11 said:
CB is the next one, Pau Torres is the one I want.
Be careful as he is quite injury prone.
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11 hours ago, Gee_Simpson said:
I'm guessing you are both using the AMR as either a IF or IW considering you both use Greenwood there? So he cuts inside onto his left?
IF-S. He's doing alright, could be better. God 15 goals and 11 assists in 44(6) in all competitions in season 2.
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11 hours ago, Gee_Simpson said:
I'm guessing you are both using the AMR as either a IF or IW considering you both use Greenwood there? So he cuts inside onto his left?
IF-S. He's doing alright, could be better. God 15 goals and 11 assists in 44(6) in all competitions in season 2.
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3 minutes ago, duvels said:
Looks nice! Don't have issues with the board by not signing that many English players? I think you only signed Bettinelli, Godfrey and Loftus-Cheek?
It is currently listed as a preferred vision not required so they're satisfied so far.
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So I'm about to head into my third season having won the FA Cup and Champions League in the first, the Premier League, Champions League, European Super Cup and Carabao Cup in the second season.
First season I signed Andrea Papetti (£1.8M), Dayot Upamecano (£41M) and Gabriel Menino (£14M). I sold Sergio Romero (£5.5M), Marcos Rojo (£8.25M), Jesse Lingard (£16.5M), Nemanja Matic (£9.5M and Fred (£31.5M).
Start of the second season I brought in Ryan Gravenberch (£22M), Ben Godfrey (£54M), Memphis Depay (free) and Marcus Bettinelli (free) with Juan Mata (free), Timothy Fosu-Mensah (free), Luke Shaw (£35.5M), Joel Pereira (£2M), Eric Bailly (£22.5M), Phil Jones (£6.75M), with Dean Henderson going to Dortmund on loan.
January 2022 and I lost Pogba to Barcelona for £90M and Dalot to Roma (£6M). I managed to bring in Frenkie de Jong for a massive £155M in total as well as young winger Robert Navarro for £11.75M.
Donny van de Beek had contract negotiations break down several times which saw a deal with Spurs inked for the off-season for £43M with Scott McTominay also joining Inter for the same reason for £35M. Victor Lindelof would also secure a move to Real Madrid for £52M. On the flip side I was able to upgrade at centre back by asking the board to sign Matthijs de Ligt for £99M before replacing McTominay with Franck Kessie for £52M and van de Beek with Ruben Loftus-Cheek from Napoli for £24M.
My current team is as follows (in a 4-2-3-1):-
GK: David de Gea / Marcus Bettinelli (Henderson on loan at Dortmund for second season)
DR: Aaron Wan-Bissaka / Gabriel Menino / Ethan Laird
DC: Dayot Upamecano / Ben Godfrey
DC: Matthijs de Ligt / Hary McGuire (c)
DL: Alex Telles / Brandon Williams / Ethan Laird
MC: Franck Kessie / James Garner
MC: Frenkie de Jong / Ryan Gravenberch
AMR: Mason Greenwood / Daniel James / Amad Diallo
AMC: Bruno Fernandes / Ruben Loftus-Cheek
AML: Marcus Rashford / Daniel James / Memphis Depay
STC: Anthony Martial / Memphis DepayOther players not listed are out on loan (Tuanzebe, Pereira, Pellistri, Papetti, etc.)
Martial has been immense leading the frontline with Bruno being an absolute boss as well. Alex Telles has probably been my most consistent player always performing to a high standard.
Now to try to back up my wins again.
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1 hour ago, MatthewS17 said:
How is Telles doing for everyone?
He's had a few bad games for me, some great games, mostly average ones, but suddenly he's got 6 Potm in a row with scores of 9.0 and above.
I'm in February 2022 and he's doing really well. Well enough for me to sell Shaw and not bother about a replacement.
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Barca came in for Pogba in January 2022 throwing £90M at me for him which I was happy to accept. I was going to go down the Camavinga route until I saw that Frenkie de Jong was in my scouting reports listed as interested in coming to the club. It took the most I think I've ever paid for a player at £125M upfront with £30M in instalments but I've now got an upgrade to Pogba in the central midfield role. Also have Tonali coming in on a free from Brescia hopefully to try and take Scott McTominay's spot in the team (who has been surprisingly solid for me so far).
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4 hours ago, sedge11 said:
Am in January now and a 4 way fight for the title. We are also in the carabao cup final against Leeds.
We have been so much better in defense, and now have the most clean sheets in the league, however I want a cb.
2 days left of the window I'm looking at Pau Torres or Badiashile, I can pick up either fairly cheap.
What are people's opinions on Torres and Badiashile?
Failing that I will wait till the summer and probably buy Upamecano or Demiral.
I had Pau Torres in the beta, did very, very well for me.
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1 hour ago, duvels said:
Yes I know, but that would leave the left wing vulnerable as I think his defensive awareness isn't as good. He's on the list of players I wouldn't mind leaving actually...
I'm in the second season and Barcelona have started to sniff around for him. Looks like you might be able to get £90M for him. Just waiting on them to pull the trigger.
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10 hours ago, simonbyrneno.4 said:
Kalvin Philips from Leeds please, and thanks
9 hours ago, wige said:Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott @liverpool please
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2 minutes ago, Gee_Simpson said:
It makes no difference, preferences are for the AI.
Huh I swear he performs better on the left for me. Must be my imagination
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20 hours ago, duvels said:
Thanks for the help @mikenevo @BigV @MatthewS17 I did turn up with something I'm pleased with now, although I changed some more stuff than you guys suggested.
So mentality went to positive, I switched the player roles of the wingers (IW-S on the left, IF-A on the right while it was IF-S and IW-A), removed the overlap on the left and put AWB on WB-S.
More importantly though: out of possession I'm not pressing as high anymore. The line of engagement and the defensive line are on the standard position, with the pressing intensity reduced with 1 click as well. I reduced the tempo with one click too and put in pass into space.
My reasoning behind all this is I had the impression we were winning the ball back quite high and we did have a lot of possession. However, this left no space for the striker to run into, so he was up to 2, 3 or even 4 defenders in the box all the time. With pressing a bit lower, a mid block, when we do get the ball back, we have more space ahead of us to exploit. I notice this in the number of shots of my striker gone up and also my AP who has more assists now compared to before the changes. We did give up some possession, but not too much. Only against the big teams who play a possession style tactic we are about 50-50 now.
Oh, an extra bonus: all this has reduced the overall intensity of the tactic, which helps over the season with keeping players a bit fresher.
A little thing but move Pogba to the left central midfield spot as that's his preference. He does actually seem to do better there.
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23 minutes ago, Chapman7 said:
What role are you playing him in?
Advanced forward.
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10 hours ago, mikenevo said:
I'm not convinced by Anthony Martial yet, up front or on the wing.
He's brilliant up front after given some time to settle. He led my attack to a FA Cup, Champions League and 2nd in the Premier League (only on goal difference). Heading is really on the weaker part of his game.
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Gianluigi Donnarumma
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I did in a beta save and have seen him go to Spurs for free in another game but I've also seen him stay... I think it is largely dependant on how AC Milan are doing at the time.