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Anyways back to the game...

I ended up restarting my save with Milan...

Finished my first season last night and was able to win the league quite comfortably in the end from juve who pipped time for 2nd on the last day...

Managed to get to the final in the Italian cup before succumbing to juve 1-0...

The Europa league campaign wasn't as successful as I drew Leipzig in the 1st knockout round and got comfortably dispatched...

Currently about to start pre season and made a few signings mainly barella and pellegri for next year...

And just signed Aouar from Lyon...

However I'm in a pickle and need right wing reinforcements and have a deal in place to sign 3 players ( can afford 2) but can't decide between Chiesa, Matthews Cunha or cengiz under from Roma...Anyone had any experience with any of them?

I play 2 inside forwards on either wing

 

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What skin you using Buddha?

 

Never mind seen in the skinning section 👍

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46 minutes ago, themario said:

Here it is:

Milan 4141DM Final.fmf

cheers!

also how did u manage to move borini on? i cant get him off the wage bill not even for free! ha

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1 hour ago, themario said:

Thanks ! 

I'm using tweaked @knap 442 tactic, so all credit goes to him. I tweaked it to 4141 wide. In my opinion, it best describes the style of today's Milan (beside 442).

If you want I can upload it for you.

Yellow cards are in fact pain in the ass. But with good team managment you can easily cope with it.

yeah sure be good to have a look and compare were i may be going wrong and to even try a few tweaks for myself... thanks

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11 minutes ago, themario said:

I just finished my first session with Milan.

It was easy enough to win the Seria A. With the Europa League it was sometimes hard, but also managed to win it. The Italian Cup Final won after a fairly easy match with Roma.

Transfers in July 2018: Sandro Tonali (10.5M EUR) and Antonio Marin (3.6M EUR). Ricardo Montolivio (1,2M EUR), Juan Mauri (loan) Fabio Borini (10,5M EUR) and top Manuel Locatelli left.

In January, the offer came from Bayern for Suso. After negotiations, they agreed to pay EUR 90M upfront and tranfer deleyed till June 1st 2019.

In his place, I brought my favorite, Federico Chiesa, 67M EUR and Lincoln for 1.9M EUR, immediately.

From large transfers, I hope that I will be able to sign Savic (he is just amazing)  and maybe one more top player.
I have a lot of young players who will slowly be introduced to the first team: Bellanova, Capanni, Marin, Gabbia, Bellodi, Plizzari, Haidara, Torrasi.

Forza Milan.



nice work!

how are you setting up?

im using a 4 2 3 1 wide on gegenpress and im struggling for consistency especially away from home...

im getting like 8 yellow cards a game and a red card every other match...

 

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well done on the top 4 finish bud...

how were wage and transfer budgets at the start of season 2?

had any interest in borini?

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46 minutes ago, GunmaN1905 said:

League playstyle + tihs ME makes it extremely difficult to play against any lower table team.

I've literally tried everything and there's no chance I break down any catenaccio easily.
Roles, formations, instructions, nothing works.

All you can hope for are set-piece and long shot goals.

yeah im finding most goals are coming from corners...its always the same goal...

every time my striker is 1 on 1 its going wide.

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So ive started the season 7 games in and 1 europa league played...

drew 1-1 with inter first game in a game i should have won...ended up down to 10 men for last 15 mins due to a late injury to my right back.

2nd game away to udinese snatched a last minute winner to win 2-1 

i then went onto beat roma 1-0 before getting a hiding from fiorentina 3-0...

a home 0-0 draw followed with frosinone before i went away to empoli and won and and away to fc vidi in the europa league for a 0-5 victory...back to the league i had genoa at home and got a 4-2 win...

my strikers just dont seem to be delivering no matter how many chances im creating for them hopefully its just a purple patch as as things stand my centre back romagnoli is top scorer...

of my new signings pavon in particular has been very impressive...lozano too.

milenkovic has also impressed filling in at right back for the injured calabria... ive not used much of de jong yet but in the flashes ive introduced him hes performed...its just kessie box to box has been a beast..

belotti has been a big disappointment hoping that changes and it will need to with a home game at ajax in the europa next and then an away tie at juve, who along with inter and napoli have started very strongly...

7 games in im 5th behind those 3 and surprisingly cagliari

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4 hours ago, Harryseaess said:

18 minutes ago, Harryseaess said:

I had some bids for Rodriguez in Janaury but only for around £15m.

Suso started the season well, then all the players decided they hated me and he stopped performing. Coming to the end of the season now and he's finally picking up form again. I've had £50m bids for him for Chelsea but keep turning them down, want to keep him for another season at least and see how he does.

fair one...

i had intended to keep him and see how he did, but when i managed to get chelsea to cough up 66 million with 40 upfront i caved...

needed the cash to free up youth signings as i found on fm18 with milan that finances are tight and restricted going forward and i had to build a team from player sales mostly.

how has van de beek been? (he was a fav of mine from last years) opted for de jong this year...and also castillejo performed?

u managed to break into the top 4?

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1 hour ago, Harryseaess said:

Why would you sell Rodriguez? Pretty sure you won't get a better LB than him.

tbf ive never found him to be the most consistent and he just doesnt suit how i like to set up...

i dont actively seek to sell him but when the big clubs come for him and at 40 something million im quite happy for him to go...

impressed with your bonaventura business feels like ive almost give him away when you compare to the 67 mil you took...ha

how does suso perform?

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not kicked off the season as yet but just about too...

plan to spend big on youth and reap the rewards later, hindering me short term in the next 2 windows.

have managed to sell and get rid of alot of dead wood its no wonder AC are were they are these days with the wages theyre paying to certain players...got rid of:  

Abate, zapata, montolivo, antonio donnarumma, bertolacci,mauri,bonaventura and chelsea came in and twisted my hand so sold them suso...

And managed to sign:

milenkovic(fiorentina), de jong, lozano, pavon, xadas, kean, isak, and belotti.

have also managed to tie up a few future transfers in:

arp, vagnoman, marin, lincoln, tonali, de ligt (didnt want to pay 100k a week i had to offer to beat off interest from arsenal right away) plan to free up 500k a werk end of season by losing higuain, bakayoko and reina.

i plan to break even transfer wise by january or next summer by selling off rodriguez (managed to get 40ish mil in a trial save) and calhanoglu...

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Going to start my annual Milan save today