[[FM20] Sheffield Wednesday]

7 hours ago, Tummyowl said:

Tummy*

Hey, give me a few minutes and I'll post some screen shots.

Apologies! It was late. Edited now 

Cheers mate.

[[FM20] Sheffield Wednesday]

12 hours ago, Tummyowl said:

Right. Big update.

Finished my first season, winning the League and (some how) the FA Cup.

The league was really good fun, the top three were all promoted. Sheffield Wednesday - 105, Fulham 100, and Brentford 99.

League season analysis; we did not score nearly as many goals as Fulham or Brentford. Defence was incredible, highest clean sheets and lowest goals conceded by a long way.

Quick breakdown of players/squad...

Westwood spent the season out on loan, which was good for wages, he played well but retired. Gasparini had an excellent season, Dawson was reliable and Wildsmith is at least fit going in to the new season.

Urhoghide improved and played well, Iorfa was excellent (however wants a new contract and I had the chance to sign bogle). Lees was good when fit, however Borner and Pirola were excellent. Rice progressed well. Vibora and Palmer did well at left back, as the season progressed it was Vibora playing slightly more often. Palmer I might hand on to, as he can play both left and right back well.

Pelupessy did well as a defensive midfielder and pretty much meant I could sell an unhappy Hutchinson at Christmas. Lee and Bannan were good, but had injuries for long periods. Longstaff and Brescianini were excellent as a centre pairing. Carroll did ok, but played little and developed a little.

Up top... Fletcher had an almost identical season to the previous season, 40 appearances, 11 goals. Did ok, remained fit which was helpful. Wickham was good but picked up injuries.

Now the wingers! Maldini was immense (16 goals and 10 assists), which was really good because Forestieri was shocking (28 app, 1 goal). Harris did well when needed, da Cruz did well (and scored a brace against Arsenal from the bench). Murphy was ok. Chong joined in January (after becoming majorly unhappy at Manchester United, cost under 10 million, and almost all of it over three years), and was excellent. 15 apps, 8 goals, 5 assists.

Young players I signed did very well. Which was good, because if they did not and Wednesday failed with promotion... well the financial implosion would have been amazing.

FA Cup... was hugely fortunate to only play one Premier League side until the final, and cruised past them (Newcastle). Played Arsenal in the final, winning 2-1.

Have signed all my staff up for new contracts and organised new staff for the season.

Have all my signings agreed (only one coming in after the window opens 1/7/2020) a young Italian centre back. I did spend a lot more than I intended, but I found that I could do ok with paying over three seasons; I just have to stay in the league. My wages had been reduced so much I could move money around to help too. I know I should be able to raise good money from selling players too, the problem is a lot of senior players wanted new contracts (on high wages) and I was not (am not) willing to do that. Those players will be shipped out.

I will have an almost entirely new squad by Christmas in the Premier League.

Have five senior players leaving, and will try and sell anyone else.

Signins;

Bettella, Bogle, Longstaff (season long loan with a low price to buy), Luis, Garner, Williams, Gnonto, Stengs = ~£160 million~

I expect to raise ~£60 million~ in player sales, and will save on wages too.

I still have ~£5 million~ to spend + ~£250,000~ wages to use too. Not in a rush to spend anything more.

First choice team is looking like; Gasparini; Bogle, Pirola, Borner/Bettela, Williams/Vibora; Luis; Longstaff, Brescianini; Stengs, Maldini/Chong; Gnonto.

I lack a massive amount of expeirence however, I'm confident I can pick up someone to help out ideally a midfielder and a forward. Fletcher and Westwood both retired.

Hey Tummy,

I’ve just started a network game with my pals to entertain ourselves during the lockup and I’ve selected Wednesday. Do you have any hints for tactics? What did you use in your season?

Cheers.