Your First 11 [spoilers]

[Bruce Drundrige]

AC Milan, September-ish 2019, reigning Serie A Champs. 4-3-1-2.

GK. Ochoa

DR. Prochezka (regen)

DL. Clichy

DC. Hansen (regen I think)

DC. Subotic

MC®. Bernardo

MC. Lancini (regen)

MC(l) Adu/Nasri

AMC Patricio Rodriguez / Pjanic

SC. Pato

SC. Aguero / Paloschi

Probably one of the best teams I've ever had on CM/FM. Although Bernardo, Lancini and Pjanic all cost 37m each, and Aguero 52m...so that's no surprise!

[Troneas]

Real Madrid FC 2015

GK Hugo Lloris

DR Sergio Ramos / Miguel Torres

DC Nicolas Otamendi

DC Mamadou Sakho

DL Gareth Bale / Miguel Torres

DM Sandro

DM Miguel Veloso

AMR Cristiano Ronaldo / Alexis Sánchez

AMC Kaká / Marco Verratti

AML Yoan Gourcuff / Stevan Jovetic

FC Pato / Alexis Sánchez

[juve_curr]

Juventus 2015/16.

GK - Gigi Buffon (Captain)

RB - Cesar Azpilicueta

LB - Domenico Criscito

CB - Gerard Pique

CB - Giorgio Chiellini

CM - Claudio Marchisio (Vice captain)

CM - Pascal Frings (Regen)

AMR - Lionel Messi

AML - Diego

AMC - Yoann Gourcuff

FC - Hulk

[Falahk]

Roma early 2013/14

GK: Doni

DR: Motta

DL: Taiwo

CB: Mexes

CB: Rivas

CM: De Rossi

CM: Aquilani

AMC: Willian

AMC: Verratti

AMC: Rossi

ST: Vucinic

many other notable players to... but im to lazy to type them all down (I play with very heavy rotation and large squad), no regens yet with a firm place in the starting XI, 3 concecutive CL wins, 2 leagues in a row, 2 domestic cups in a row....etc, for more info on the squad and transfers done check the AS Roma thread in the "good players & team guids" section of the forum

[nzgangster]

Real madrid 2012

Iker Caasillas

Lahm Pepe Subotic Ramos

Hamsik Lass Gourcuff

Kaka/Canales

Ronaldo Higuan

[aplusbaby]

Mancity 2009-10

GK: Given

RB: Sagna

CB: Miranda

CB: Toure

LB: M'Bengue

DM: De Jong

DM: Capoue

LM: Di Maria

AM: Tevez

RM: Bellamy

ST: Adebayor/Dzeko

[Eles Gergo]

Haha mine will be standing out of the rest (not because they are better, but because no one plays with this team)

Dinamo Buc. 2012-2013 season (3 league wins in a row, 1 cup, 1 supercup)

Gk: Silviu Lung (romania)

Dr: Francesco Molinero (spain)

Dl: Cristi Pulhac (romania)

Dc: Onaningue (congo)

Dc: Moras (greece)

Mr: Sakelaropoulos (greece)

Ml: Anoh Attoukara (ivory coast)

Mc: Blaise Bakari (ivory coast)

Mc: Bogdan Iosub (romanian regen)

St: Marius Niculae (romania)

St: Lukas Cizek (czeh republic regen)

and a couple of very good players as well.

[Sheep UK]

Newcastle UTD Season: 2013/14

Finished 2nd in the Prem last season, undefeated so far this season.

GK: Sergio Romero

RB: Marco Motta

LB: José Ángel

CB: Ryan Shawcross

CB: Lorenzo Ariaudo

DM: Yann M'Vila

CM: Marek Hamsik / Abou Diaby

CM: Nigel Reo-Coker

AM: Marco Verratti / Franck Ribéry

ST: Welliton / Joop Emanuelson (newgen)

ST: Ricardo Iribarren (newgen) / José Rivas (newgen)

Thebest thing about this save is that last season I bought a Mexican newgen called Mario Reyna and the following season his brother called Ulises Reyna came through my youth system. They both have each other on there favourite personnel, both born in the same place. Mario is the older of the two and is right footed, and Ulises is 2 years younger and Left footed. Both look good prospects.

[BabyfaceAssassin]

Blackpool, Season 2016-17

Ireland

David White

Sweeper Keeper

England................Ukraine................England..................Brazil

Leroy Knight....Sergiy Kryvtsov...Rob Westley......Laécio

Full Back................Ball Playing................Limited............Full Back

Scotland

Stuart Mathie

Anchor Man

...Brazil....Brazil

Oliviera.....Moislés

...Ball-winning Midfielder....Deep Playmaker

Argentina.....................................................................England

....Nicolás Albornaz.......................................................James Croft

Inside Forward..................................................................Winger

France

Yannis Tafer

Poacher

Pretty much an entire regen team now, much easier to build a squad up for the future when have a small budget, in the first year of the Prem

Love the layout Deisler26 =]

[dburns647]

Liverpool team - Season 1 using an edited database without many star players

Pepe Reina

(Sweeper Keeper)

Glen Johnson..........Jamie Carragher............Daniel Agger..............Emiliano Insua

(Wing Back)............(Limited Defender).......(Ball Playing Defender)............(Full Back)

Moussa Sissoko.................Alberto Aquilani

(Ball Winning Midfielder)........(Deep Lying Playmaker)

Yoann Gourcuff..........Miralem Pjanic.............Eden Hazard

(Advanced Playmaker)........(Trequarista)............(Inside Forward)

Maxi Rodriquez

(Complete Forward)

[MJGB]

August 2010 - Man Utd

Akinfeev

Brown Ferdinand Vidic Evra

Milner Gourcuff Hargreaves

Neymar

Berbatov Rooney ©

[emiloprisa]

Haha mine will be standing out of the rest (not because they are better, but because no one plays with this team)

Dinamo Buc. 2012-2013 season (3 league wins in a row, 1 cup, 1 supercup)

Gk: Silviu Lung (romania)

Dr: Francesco Molinero (spain)

Dl: Cristi Pulhac (romania)

Dc: Onaningue (congo)

Dc: Moras (greece)

Mr: Sakelaropoulos (greece)

Ml: Anoh Attoukara (ivory coast)

Mc: Blaise Bakari (ivory coast)

Mc: Bogdan Iosub (romanian regen)

St: Marius Niculae (romania)

St: Lukas Cizek (czeh republic regen)

and a couple of very good players as well.

I played them...dar nu sunt caine rosu

From Romania I play CFR Cluj most times:

GK: Silviu Lung Jr.

DL: Dodo

DR: Stefan Barboianu

DC: Radu Barbu/M. Jorgensen

DC: Nicolas Otamendi

MC: Badelj (Absolute top class)

MC: Bernardo

AMC: James Rodriguez (TOP quality)

AMC: Sergiu Bus

AMC: Alan Patrick

ST: Vaclav Kadlec (21 and scoring over 40 goals/season)

[AntFurze]

2012/13 Season: EPL Stats

GK: Joe Hart (10M - Man City - 2010): 5 games, 3 CS, 3 GC

DL: Criscito (Free Transfer - Juventus - 2012):

DR: Montejo* (5M - Mallorca - 2009)

DC: Vermaelen

DC: Aurier* (5M - RC Lens - 2009)

MC: Fabregas

MC: Nordtveit

AMR: Wilshere

AML: Kroos (10.5M - FC Bayern - 2010)

TM: Dzeko (11.75M - Wolfsburg - 2010): 5 Games, 11 Goals, 1 Assists

TQ: Barazite: 5 Games, 2 Goals, 7 Assists

Montejo and Aurier are regens, both are 19 years old, but established themselves in the 2011/2012 season when Shawcross, Otamendi, and Sagna went down with injuries. I ended up selling all three.

After the first season, I was surprisingly offered Dzeko by Wolfsburg for the measly sum I indicated above. Shocking, as I usually have to bid more than 23M after the first season

I talked up Criscito in December 2011, when I noticed his contract was expiring at the end of the season. I even went as far to have a bid and contracted accepted, delaying until January 1 rolled around. Cancelled the agreed transfer with Juventus and offered him a contract under the Bosman ruling.

Barazite has been quite the surprise, he is should be 4-5 on my pecking order at the forward position, and even further down for midfielder positions, based on attributes alone. He has been the perfect complement to Dzeko, after Bendtner and Van Persie had injuries in the 2011/12 season. He only scored 7 goals in 31 EPL games, but provided 17 assists. In 14 CL games, he scored 7 goals and 5 assists.

how many times you finished top over the last 4 seasons? not a bad side mate well played

[AntFurze]

2010-2011 season with Barcelona

GK: Victor Valdes

RB: Dani Alves

LB: Maxwell

CB: Gerard Pique

CB: Simon Kjaer (signed for £18m form Palermo July 2009)

DM: Sergi Busquets

CM: Andres Iniesta

CM: Xavi

RW: Lionel Messi

LW: Mesut Ozil (signed for £20m from Werder Bremen July 2010)

ST: David Villa (signed for £50m from Valencia August 2010)

Won La Liga in first season aswell as the Copa del rey and currently

lookin good to do same this season and maybe add the European Cup.

yeah good team most of themare barcelona anyway but the players you have added are good quality players, you plan on staying with barcelona?

[AntFurze]

2013/2014 - Newcastle United

GK - Joe Hart

RB - Facundo Roncaglia

CB - Steven Taylor

CB - Roderick Miranda

LB - Jose Enrique

DM - Keith Torres (Regen)

RM - Jonas

CM - Radja Nainggolan

LM - Jamie O'Hara

AM - Damien Le Tallec

ST - Levan Mchedlidze

Hopefully this team will get me into Europe next season. I finished 9th and got to the semi finals of the League Cup in the previous season.

how long did it take to get them to the prem?

[AntFurze]

Sparta Rotterdam, season 2019-20

Vincenzo Fiorillo

Sweeper Keeper

Lucien Van Wonderen....Kálman Húdak...Sebastian Stahl......Mario

..................Full Back (D)................Central Defender (S)...Central Defender (D)........Full Back (D)

Anthony Vanden Borre

Anchor Man (D)

Lorenzo Maino.....Nuno Eduardo

...Ball-winning Midfielder (D)....Deep-Lying Playmaker (S)

....Fabio Gomes.......................................................................Ryan Young

Attacking Playmaker (S).......................................................................Winger (A)

Alexander Lundgren

Trequarista (A)

All bar Fiorillo and Vanden Borre are regens.

how olds Vanden Borre nowadays then? i take it your caning your league mate

[AntFurze]

2009/2010 - Rotherham United

(Currently in December 2009)

GK - Andy Warrington

RB - Dale Tonge

CB - Ian Sharps

CB - Nick Fenton

LB - Adam Eckersley ( Bought for £30K)

RM- Scott Davies ( On loan from Reading)

CM - Tom Cairney ( On loan from Hull)

CM - Jason Taylor

LM - Stephen Brogan

ST - Adam Le Fondre

ST - Nile Ranger ( On loan from Newcastle)

Currently 5th in League 2, 6 points off the top spot.

cool mate let us know how it goes

[Deisler26]

how olds Vanden Borre nowadays then? i take it your caning your league mate

31, and I just avoided relegation last season.

However, I did win my first game this season 9-0.

http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=193501

[andu1]

F.C. Barcelona, 2015-2016

Gk - Igor Akinfeev

RB - Aristides Battaglia(Paraguay regen)

LB - Emiliano Insua

CB - Mamadou Sakho

CB - Gerard Pique

CM - Marek Hamsik

CM - Blaise Matuidi

AM - Neymar

AM - Lionel Messi

Am - Giuseppe Rossi

ST - Wayne Rooney

[AntFurze]

Season 2010/2011 (second) with Werder Bremen. I am currently in December 2010.

GK - Tim Wiese

RB - Grygoriy Yarmash or Gonzalo Castro

CB - Per Mertesacker

CB - Naldo

LB - Gonzalo Castro or Vegard Forren

DM - Ruben De La Red or Torsten Frings

CM - Tim Borowski or Ruben De La Red

AMC - Mesut Özil

AMC - Marko Marin

ST - Hugo Almeida or Ronaldo:D

ST - Claudio Pizarro

Maybe I change it to this (though I lead Bundesliga): GK, RB, CB, CB, LB, DM, CM, AMR, AMC, AML, ST. Maybe I buy Piotr Trochowski (AML) from HSV:cool:.

Yes I know, it is strange formation, but it has worked pretty well. First season I was second in Bundesliga. Now I lead Bundesliga after 17 rounds (I am unbeaten) and in UCL I face Manchester City in first qualification round (I won my easy group).

quality side, how many points of top spot was you in the first season?

[AntFurze]

31, and I just avoided relegation last season.

However, I did win my first game this season 9-0.

http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=193501

nice one mate well played

[AntFurze]

Galatasaray, 2020-21 (and thanks to Deisler for that wonderful structure)

Sinan Bolat

Sweeper Keeper

Ahmet Arikan....Onur Cenik...Yasin Yaman......Johnny Dicks

..................Full Back (Automatic)................Central Defender (Defend)...Central Defender (Defend)........Full Back (Automatic)

Alex Morrell

Defensive Midfielder (Support)

Danny Vallejo.....Emre Çolak

...Ball-winning Midfielder (S)....Advanced Playmaker (S)

....Recep Özkaya.......................................................................Waldemar Zielinski

Winger(S).......................................................................Winger (A)

Thanasis Iordanidis

Poacher

Only Emre Çolak, Sinan Bolat and Onur Cenik are not regens.

out of all them seasons whats the lowest position you have finished in your league?

[AntFurze]

2012-13 Man City

GK - Akinfeev

DR - Corchia

DL - Ansaldi

DRC - Otamendi

DLC - Chieillini

MC (B2B) - Hamsik

MC (BW-D) - Barry

AMR (Winger-A) - Sanchez

AML (IF-A) - Jovetic or Ribery

ST (TM-A) - Lukaku

ST (Treq) - Tevez

Into January now, and still only lost 3 games since the start of the save

yes mate im liking this team, not bad my 4 season i dont went whole season with like 2 defeats and won the league with about 8 games left to play, nice to hear someones nearly as good as me lol naa well played

[AntFurze]

Southampton, season 2017/2018, after promoting from League One to Championship

In brackets, the team they were until I bought them

GK: Jan Kjell Larsen (OB)

DR: Little (Free. Previous club: Notts Co)

DL: Mills (Already was at Southampton when I came)

DC: Nyatanga (Nottingham Forest)

DC: Chambers (Free. Previous club: Leyton Orient)

DM: Valeri (Leeds)

MC: Nash (Regen) (On loan from Arsenal)

MC: Thornhill (On loan from West Brom)

MC: Jenas (Fulham)

ST: Chatzis (Regen) (On loan from Hearts)

ST: Cerbone (Regen) (On loan from Hull)

you still in the championship?

[AntFurze]

Newcastle 2012/13 Season.

We play a 4-1-2-0-3 attacking system, with the two wide strikers cutting in off the wings and the full backs operating as wingers.

GK - Guillermo Ochoa (5M in 2009/10)

DR - Jordan Spence (2.2M in 2009/10)

DL - Fabio (12M in 2010/11)

DC - Steven Taylor

DC - Nicolas Otamendi (5.25M in 2009/10)

DM - Tom Huddlestone (7.75M in 2010/11)

MC - Ruben De La Red (Free in 2011/12)

MC - Moussa Sissoko (8.5M in 2012/13)

ST - Alexandr Kaduskin (17.5M in 2012/13 an awesome regen)

ST - Hulk (20M in 2011/12)

ST - Daniel Sturridge (4.5M in 2011/12)

Would be my starting choice.

This is by far the strangest game I have ever had, I found instant success with Newcastle using this system and have not looked back, winning the Premiership last year by 9 points and topping the league this year by 10 points with 8 matches to play and a game in hand.

Previous saves have not seen me find success so soon or seen some of the big 4 fade so fast.

quality stuff mate, obivously a very good manager well played

[BCFC_Mike]

Try and combine your quotes together Ant... (Multi-quote)

[mike_marvel]

My Kilmarnock team in 2018/19

GK: Lee Robinson (With Kilmarnock from the start)

DL: Nathan Baker (signed from Fulham for £5mil, 2018-19)

DR: Christer Rudi (Norwegian Regen, signed from Freiderikstad II for £1mil in 2014-15)

DC: Chris Boyle (Captain, Regen who had came through the youth ranks)

DC: Liam Ridgewell (Signed from Ajax for £1.3mil in 2018-19)

ML: Ander (Signed from Bordeaux for £4.9mil in 2018-19)

MR: Sebastian Larsson (Signed from Werder Bremen for £7.5mil in 2018-19)

MC: Kamil Zayatte (Signed from Hull for £2.5mil in 2018-19)

MC: Scott Arfield (Signed from Wigan for £2.6mil in 2015-16)

ST: Eusebio (Spanish Regen, signed from Hull for £5mil in 2016-17)

ST: Arvydas Novikovas (Signed from Portsmouth on loan)

S1: Cameron Bell (With Kilmarnock from start)

S2: Zied Ben Amor (French Regen, signed from Lille for £2mil in 2015-16)

S3: Robert Snodgrass (Signed from Leeds on a free in 2018-19)

S4: Ricardo Hidalgo (Spanish Regen, signed from Wolves for £1.7mil in 2014-15)

S5: Ben Pringle (Signed from Derby for £24k in 2011-12 before I took over)

S6: Justin Dodds (Irish Regen, signed from Bohemians for £70k in 2015-16)

Won three leagues, three scottish cups, two league cups and got to the semi-finals of the Euro Cup

[x42bn6]

U.S. Triestina Calcio, 2048-2049

Csaba Klement (HUN, GK)

Tasuku Maenosono (JPN, D R) - Filippo Piccirillo (ITA, D C) - Enrique Verdejo (ESP, D C) - Alessandro Battaglia (ITA, D L)

Peter Sutherland (SCO, M C)

Dominik Schmidt (GER, AM R) - Billy Hill (ENG, AM C) - Billy Stuart (SCO, AM L)

Matteo Leoncini (ITA, ST) - Wim Akkermans (NED, ST)

Fábio (BRA/ITA)

Paul Ferguson (SCO)

Sven Preuß (GER)

Abderraouf Tlili (TUN/ITA)

Paolo Cesarano (ITA)

Steve Cunningham (SCO)

Daniele Dominici (ITA)

Csaba Klement (GK)

Signed as a 16-year-old from MTK for a compensation fee, Klement got an early start into the first-team as my scouts were raving about him, and with a solid back four he had little to do except in the big games. Eventually he got into things and is now arguably the best goalkeeper in the world. He's the current captain of Triestina.

Tasuku Maenosono (D R, AM R)

Signed for £10m (bargain!) from Fiorentina, I originally intended for Maenosono to only be a backup for both right-back and right-wing - but Maenosono forced his way to become first-choice right-winger after Preuß had a crisis in confidence and his form bottomed out. I mostly deploy him at right-back now as Schmidt has done well himself. His pace isn't great so it does catch him out every now and again but his technical and mental abilities are beyond dispute and he playmakes from the back - and takes mean set-pieces.

Filippo Piccirillo (D RC, DM)

A rare pacy centre-back from the Triestina academy, Piccirillo got off to a great start in the Primavera before going on loan and doing well on loan at Bari and then Empoli (four times). At that point I decided it was about time he played for me instead and he settled in nicely as third-choice before becoming first-choice this season, as well as vice-captain. A reliable performer - although not very tall and occasionally dominated in the air, his pace and positioning more than make up for it. Occasional right-back and defensive midfielder with his good distribution and composure on the ball too although I don't really put him there unless necessary because of his lack of technique and crossing ability.

Enrique Verdejo (D RC, DM)

Joined the Triestina academy as an outstanding youngster, miles ahead of his peers. By 18 he had already gone out on loan as he was too good for the Primavera. At 20 Sunderland made a very tempting £32m bid for my going-to-be-first-choice but unsettled centre-back and I took it, recalling Verdejo from his loan and putting him as fourth-choice centre-back. Now with my former first-choice centre-back and aging grandad centre-back in slow decay, he's arguably Piccirillo's best partner at the back. Occasionally I deploy Cunningham instead to add more aerial ability. Verdejo is a classy centre-back with excellent distribution. Like Piccirillo he's more pacy than tall. Verdejo has impressed at right-back too, and he's deployed there on occasion.

Alessandro Battaglia (D/WB L, AM L)

Battaglia joined Triestina from Genoa for £1.2m as a youngster, with me fighting off loads of competition for his signature. He first arrived with a terrible attitude but I managed to tutor some sense into him and he blossomed. He never actually impressed on loan (Piacenza, Verona, Pisa and Inter) but when he came into my first-team fold he blossomed. He's equally good at left-back or left-wing - he's a great and reliable winger (getting off to an outstanding start this season), but a creative and sensible left-back who can put in great passes or pinpoint crosses from deep. Great team player and extremely skilled on and off the ball. Has been roaming the left flank in both positions for a long time now.

Peter Sutherland (DM, AM C)

Mr. Reliable. I signed Sutherland from Peterborough for £1m and he was good enough to initially make the odd appearance immediately as a youngster. In his second season I loaned him out to Burnley in January, and Sheffield United the season after, before shunting him into the defensive midfield role he now dominates and occupies. He's the first real orthodox defensive midfielder I've played - no real frills to him. He's just an all-round great defensive midfielder who can play box-to-box if necessary, or attacking midfield possibly. He's always been bald though.

Dominik Schmidt (AM RLC, F C)

I think Thomas Müller really represents Schmidt in a lot of ways - German, best deployed as a striker, kind of stuck in a rut - then I signed him from Bayern Munich on a free and he eventually exploded into a goalscoring right-winger who forced Maenosono to right-back and Preuß to the bench. He's a hardworking right-back with bundles of flair about him. He's quick and capable of hitting them from distance. He's a little hapless as a striker though - he scored twice there, scoring more on the flanks. I sometimes deploy him on the left on his weaker foot, where he cuts in.

Billy Stuart (AM LC, F C)

Signed from Shotts BA for £1m as a youngster and spending time on loan at Trabzonspor, Sheffield United, Bolton and Fiorentina, Billy Stuart is the ubiquitous attacking left-winger who can't really be stopped on his day. When at his peak he was outrageously good on the left, banging in silly goals from distance or putting great crosses in. During a striking crisis I tossed him in at attacking midfield where despite his lack of shooting ability he proceeded to tear teams apart with his brilliant passing and long shots. His lack of pace today is no big deal as he's tricky enough to find his way beyond the back four somehow. Links up really well with Battaglia.

Billy Hill (AM/F C)

Billy Hill was signed from Reading for £725k and spent multiple periods on loan with West Brom, Siena, Coventry and Leicester prior to becoming a first-teamer. I put Billy Hill here because my front three all interchange, but the attacking midfielder has a special withdrawn role, playing between the lines. Despite his attributes, he plays a selfish role where he doesn't have to really pass to anyone - just score yourself. He definitely takes advantage of the players around him by getting into great positions, but he's best off doing it all by himself.

Wim Akkermans (AM RLC, F C)

Akkermans was signed from FC Twente for £500k, and went back on loan there and to Dortmund too. Just before going to Dortmund an injury crisis up front meant that Akkermans was put into the frying pan - and he responded with a typical targetman performance, with 9 goals and 11 assists as a youngster. Since then he's become every defender's nightmare - he's utterly dominant in the air and his strength means he has no problems holding off others. He's also got outstanding technique for a big guy - like Emile Heskey with Xavi's technique in a lot of ways. This means that he has no problems holding up the ball and passing the ball on through tight spaces while others run off him. Last season was a huge breakthrough as he jumped into the first team and scored 35 goals, and got 15 assists. This season he's letting others run the show - only 9 goals, but 12 assists and I'm not even halfway through the season. He's wasteful in front of goal though (lack of concentration/agility probably) but on-form he's unstoppable. Has a bad habit of only doing really well in the first half of the season though. Can also be deployed on the wings if I want him to start holding the ball up wide, where he can make use of his Beckham-esque crossing too.

Matteo Leoncini (AM RLC, F C)

Signed from Catania at £500k as a youngster, Leoncini spent time on loan at IFK Göteborg, Siena, Albinoleffe, Basel and Castelnuovo (scoring 19 times there, which convinced me he was ready), before moving to my first-team. He did well last season (28 goals, 20 assists), usually setting up Akkermans. This season, however, the roles have reversed - his pace and anticipation means he's just torn defences apart, latching onto balls from Akkermans. He's got 16 goals and 3 assists in 19 games and I still have more rubbish teams to play. Likely to become World Player of the Year this year I'd imagine - his form has been excellent and he leads the Serie A scorers table. He's not bad on the wings either but I prefer him up front.

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Fábio (D L, DM, AM RLC, F C)

Signed as a left-footed defensive midfielder/winger from Fluminense for free, you wouldn't think he's a regen - but he is. He's nearly identical to the Manchester United Fábio today - his full name is also "Fábio da Silva", he's left-footed, loves attacking, great finishing, Brazilian, formerly played for Fluminense... It's crazy really. Most importantly he turned out to be such a ridiculous left-back, cutting in and ripping shots in from 30 yards. In attacking midfield he destroyed the opposition with his lethal shooting - he would literally take pot shots from 30-35 yards and they would more often than not go in. His free-kicks are lethal too. Think of him as a loose cannon that is ultra-accurate and ultra-reliable. With his lack of pace today I mostly deploy him as an attacking midfielder where he continues to scare opposition goalkeepers to death.

Paul Ferguson (D LC, DM)

Signed from Rangers for free before spending time on loan at Hapoel Tel-Aviv and FC Sochaux, I'd always been split on Ferguson - was he ever really good enough? Halfway through a loan at Crystal Palace where he was doing well, I was forced to recall him during an injury crisis where he slotted in nicely at centre-back. He's not that strong though which causes problems (although he's good in the air). He seems oddly injury-prone himself though, meaning he's never really been able to hold down a spot at centre-back, losing it all the time. A solid left-back as well. Dodgy passer so not a great defensive midfielder - I usually use him there to solidify the midfield to close games out.

Abderraouf Tlili (D RC, WB R, DM, M RC)

Tlili was signed on a Bosman from Verona, as a backup and utility man. Performed admirably at right-back even holding down a first-team spot last season for a prolonged period of time - but unfortunately he lost that momentum and is back on the bench. Useful player though and occasional backup for centre-back too. He can sure hit them from distance too.

Paolo Cesarano (D R, AM RC)

A former player of mine, he left as (I thought) a mediocre midfielder who loved shooting but was extremely slow. After a journeyman career he ended up rotting on Juventus's bench and I decided to snap him up on a Bosman as he had developed really interestingly - really slow but outstanding technical and mental attributes. Even at 31 he's capable of scoring really good goals or making excellent passes. When counter-attacking he's brilliant at picking the ball up and threading it through acres of space - he doesn't have to chase the game, he just dictates. He's done really well in his backup and limited role and I'm hoping to get him to tutor some of my youngsters.

Steve Cunningham (D C)

Signed on a Bosman from Hull, Cunningham was supposed to be my aerially-dominant centre-back but he hasn't really developed much. He's been decent and is a better option than Verdejo against big strikers but I just get the feeling he's not going to be that great. Sunderland are sniffing around him. He's not got too many weaknesses but his lack of technique has cost me a couple of times with his misplaced passes and mishit clearances - but he's a no-nonsense centre-back who should at least get slightly better.

Daniele Dominici (AM RL, F C)

Dominici was signed from Sampdoria for £750k and spent time on loan at OFI, back to Sampdoria and Leicester. At Leicester he convinced me he was ready by bagging an excellent 26 goals and 6 assists, finishing as Leicester's top scorer. He's a bit more direct than Leoncini and Hill, relying on his finishing more than pace or movement. He's been injured this season but has 2 goals and 2 assists in 6 appearances so far. Hopefully he can get into double figures this season and give me food for though as I have 2 strikers waiting on loan, whom are both wonderkids.

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No, I don't have a backup goalkeeper on the bench - I risk it.

[viperk1]

Reading 2012-13 (EPL Champions - on FM 2007)

GK: Aydemir Hasan (regen, Turkish)

DR: Emmanuel Eboué (Ivorian)

DL: Tobias Leinar (regen, Swedish)

DC: Jack Hobbs (English)

DC: Michael Mancienne (Seychelles - don't even ask )

DM: Lucas Leiva (Brazilian)

MC: Chris Fuller (regen, English)

MC: Diego (Brazilian)

AMR: Fernando Belluschi (Argentine)

AML: Giuseppe Rossi (Italian)

ST: Sultan Cem (Turkish)

Subs: Stefano Rossi (regen, Italian, left winger)

Javier Mascherano (Argentine)

James Adams (regen, English, right-back)

Vlajko Ristic (regen, Serbian, right winger/attacking midfielder)

Michalis Petrou (regen, Cypriot, GK)

What a side that was

[Carlos the Blue]

My Blackpool team in 2014/15

GK: Joe Hart (Signed from City after 1st season £2.2mil)

DL: Luke Garbutt (Signed from Everton 600k)

DR: Seamus Coleman (Another from Everton bargin at £150k)

DC: Vincent Kompany (Signed from City in 2012 for £2.1mil)

DC: Martin Caceres (Singed from Barcelona in 2011 for £1mil)

DM: Jack Rodwell (Signed from City in 2013 for £14mil)

MC: Lee Cattermole (Signed from Sunderland £4.5mil 2011

MC: Barry Bannan (Signed from Aston Villa Free 2010) (Now has 26 Caps and worth £21mil)

AM: Mesut Ozil (Signed from Werber in 2013 for 7.5mil)

AM: Diego Buonanotte (Signed from Rangers 2010 for 3.7mil)

ST: Felipe Caicedo (Signed from City in 2011 £1.7mil)

Won the Premier league and Champions League in 2013/2014 with this team using an adjusted version of Mr Houghs 4-1-2-3 (I changed mine to 4-1-2-2-1)

Also won the premier league with a slightly different team in 2012/2013

I was very lucky with my signings throughout my career that has helped my team build up.

Signed Gaston Fernandez on a free in the championship season. He scored 33 goals in 39 appearances for me. He stayed for 4 seaons but was inaffective in the premier league only scored 20 goals in 72 appearances. Sold him to Villa for £15 million in 2013

Another player i signed on a free was Fellype Gabriel in the first season sold him two seasons later for £5 mil to villarreal

My two biggest though are Jermaine Jenas and Jimmy Briand who i signed 2011 and 2010 both on free transfers. Sold Jenas one season later to atletico madrid for £20 million? and briand to Lyon for £12 Million

Just moved on the following players

Gabriel Agbonlahor £28mil to Man Utd

Anthony Annan £15mil to Genoa

Hedwiges Maduro £10 mil to Inter

This next season is looking tough though.

Won the Charity shield against Everton on Penalties, then was beaten by them in the first game of the season 4-1. have not yet won a game in the first 5 drawn 3 lost 2

[Deanodoodle]

My Newcastle team in 2017:

GK: Alex Smithies - signed for 4 million, now worth 12

RB: Martin Janssen - regen, signed for 22 million, quality

CB: Steven Taylor - in team anyway, worth 5 million, captain

CB: Sokratis Papastathopolous - signed for 15 million, now worth 9

LB: Fabio - signed for 3 million, now worth 9

DM: Steven Defour - signed on a free, now worth 8 million

CM: Jano Ananidze - my personal fave player, signed for 300 thousand, now worth 14 million, absolute quality

CM: Mehmet Coksun Ahdemir - regen, signed for 8 million, now worth 16

AM: Sergio Canales - what. a. player. signed for 8 million, now worth 20.5

I always rotate my strikers, can never decide, from:

ST: Pato - normally first choice, signed for 45 million, now worth 37, having a bad patch, therefore left out a lot

ST: Nikola Kalinic - astonishing striker, scores so damn many. top scorer, 45 in 32. signed for 6 million, now worth 10

ST: Mario Balotelli - just signed for 36 million, scored 8 in 5

ST: Jonathan Cristaldo - my first signing, scored 120 in 220, signed for 3 million, now worth 8.5, vice captain.

I love my team <3

Just won premiership last season, and got to champions league final, losing to real madrid

Winning premiership with 8 games left, and 17 points ahead of everyone

Into the quarters against bayern in the champs league.

[luke01]

Aurier is not a regen mate

[scoot4nat]

Ajax 2028/29

GK: Regen

DL: Regen

DR: Regen

DC: Regen

DC: Regen

MC: Regen

MC: Regen

AML: Ryan Giggs

AMR: Regen

ST: Regen

ST: Regen

Woah Woah Woah!

Did this one slip through the net here....?

Run that past me again.... Ryan who???

[mac_attack21]

Spartak Moscow 2010-2011

GK: Soslan Djanaev

DL: Martin Stranzl

DC: Roman Shirokov

DC: Malik Fathi

DR: Renat Sabitov

LM: Simon Poulsen

CM: Jonathan de Guzman

CM: Alexandr Pavlenko

RM: Ivan Saenko

CAM: Welliton

ST: Javier Chevanton

Bench

Djibril Cisse ST

Edu Ramos CM (18 yr old soon to be superstar)

Roman Shiskin DR, DM, CM

Nicolas N'Koulou DR, DM, CM

Sergey Parshivlyuk D/WB/M R

Vlad Ryzhkov CAM

Pavel Yakovlev AM RL, ST

Cassio GK

[TacticalGenius]

Enfield Town, Ryman Premier 2010-11, 4-2-4:

GK: Jason Holmes

DR: George Bowyer (free)

DL: Sam Hurrell (free)

DC: Jamie Reive (free)

DC: Rob Gillman (free)

MC: James Zabek (free)

MC: Lee Smith (free)

AMR: Robert Scott (free)

AML: Ben Greenhalgh (£6000)

ST: Charlie Sheringham (£5000)

ST: Chris Colvin-Owen (free)

All English except Colvin-Owen (Welsh)

[arsenalboy]

Barnet, The Championship 2013-14:

Simple but effective 4-4-2 diamond

Gk: Ivanov - Brought him in as 3rd choice backup, but has been amazing

Rb: Cook- Quality Welsh regen

Cb: Sylvain Distin - The hardman at the back. Solid but bit slow now and will need replacing soon

Cb: Hughes - Again solid, good mental stats and got some pace to compliment Distin

Lb: Sheehan - By far the weakest area of my team, desperately need a replacement

Rw(attack): Bannan - New signing, devastating when cutting inside

Ball winning midfielder (defend): Grossi - Italian regen who will probably move to Cb when Distin goes

Attacking Playmaker: Skvortsov - Russian regen #1, brilliant passer and dribbler, shooting needs work

Lw (attack): Brady - Stays out wide, beats the fullback and whips in good crosses for...

...Target man: Andy Caroll - One man battering ram, untouchable in the air

Poacher: Kozhanov - Russian regen #2, the skill to Caroll's strength, plays similar to Van Persie

[george-4]

Livingston 2010-2011/S.F.L. Second Division

4-4-2 Formation

GK-Chris Winterton

DR-Alex Keddie

DC-Daniel Ayala,Chris Mavinga

DL-Jason Talbot

MR-Bobby Barr

ML-Roy Van De Mije

MC-Claus Jorgensen,Alex Neil

ST-Robbie Winters,Ryan Whitehurst

[bearsy2]

My Real team

GK - Casillas

LB - Lahm

RB - Ramos

CB - Pepe

CB - Chiellini

DM - Mascherano

RM - Ronaldo

LM - Ribery

AMC - Kaka

FC - Villa

FC - Rooney

Unsuprisingly I have dominated since the off. Signed Lahm and Chiellini in first season, then Villa followed at Christmas. Ribery and Rooney the season after. 150+ games undefeated in league and lost only 3 games in 620+ since the off. Been trying to get Messi but to no avail.

[bore]

Year 2014 Formation 4-2-3-1 Team arsenal

GK- Lloris

RB- Sagna

CB- Zapata

CB- Chiellini

LB- Clichy

MC- De Rossi

MC- Fabregas

AMC- Kroos

AMC- Hamsik

AMC- Ibba (regen)

ST- Dzeko

[Honey Monster]

Sunderland

GK: Davies (2mil)

RB: Brooks (6 mil)

LB: De paula (5 mil)

CB: Beeston (Youth team)

CB: Shawcross (9mil)

LW: Wiltshire (20mil)

CM: Wilson (5 mil)

CM: Canales (2 mil)

RW: Hutton (10mil)

CF: Garton (12mil)

CF: Delfouneso (21 mil)

9 are english, planning to make it into 11 in the next few years.

[ryansilkmen]

gk van der sar

dr wes brown

dl evra

dc ferdinand

dc vidic

amr joe cole

aml ozil

mc fletcher

mc carrick

st rooney

st dzeko

subs

gk kuzczak

dr o'shea

dc evans

amr park ji sung

aml hazard

st berbatov

st owen

[Cloud S]

All regens because i'm in 2031

GK: Bryan - ENG - 20 yo - Youth system

LB: David - SPN - 24 yo - £3mill

CB: Claudinei - BRA - 23 yo - £15.5mill

CB: Sykes - ENG - 27 yo - Youth system

RB: Hall - ENG - 29 yo - £18mill

LM: Goncalo - POR - 25 yo - £40mill

CM: Gardner - IRE - 20 yo - £10mill

RM: Avdeev - RUS - 28 yo - £12mill

AM: Di Giacomo - ITA - 23 yo - £8mill

AM: De Paolis - ITA - 26 yo - £9mill

ST: Graham - ENG - 20 yo - Youth system.

[LSS]

Atletico Madrid 2011

GK - David De Gea / Sergio Asenjo

LB - Emiliano Insua

CB - Gabriel Milito

CB - Nicolas Burdisso

RB - Cesar Azpilicueta

MC - Felipe Melo

MC - Eden Hazard

AML - Nani / Luis Suarez

AMR - Quaresma / Simao

FC - Aguero / Luis Suarez

FC - Edin Dzeko / Diego Forlan

Ridiculous... I know. Way too easy to buy good players.

[Andrew!]

Newcastle United 2013/14

GK: Diego Cavalieri - £4m

DR: Gianni Zuiverloon - £5

DC: Jonny Evans - £10m

DC: Steven Taylor - £6m

DL: José Enrique - £3m

ML: Zoran Tosic - £5m

MC: Robert Koren - £2m

MC: Angelo Palombo - £3m

MR: Henri Salveit - £5m

ST: Mauro Zárate - £17m

ST: Jefferson Fárfan - £7m

Sub 1: Steve Harper (i can't bear to sell him!) - £350k

Sub 2: Danny Simpson - £2m

Sub 3: Fabrico Colloccinni - £3m

Sub 4: Danny Guthrie - £5m

Sub 5: Jonas - £3m

Sub 6: Jonjo Shelvey - £5m

Sub 7: Obafemi Martins - £10m

[illzof40]

Team Man Utd - Season 2020-2021

Gk Rene Adler

DR Luca Riga

DL Mamadou Sakho

CB Rob Cooper

CB Nicolas Otamendi

ML Cristiano Ronaldo

MR Alexis Sanchez

MC Daniele De Rossi

MC David Alba

ST Pato

ST Mario Balotelli

Subs

1 Igor Akinfeev

2 Simon Kjaer

3 Ashley Young

4 Wayne Rooney

5 Sergio Augero

6 Miralem Pjanic

7 Eden Hazard

i have few more players in my sqaud, what think of my squad?

[sexy69]

Liverpool 2011/2012:

GK: Reina

RB: Johnson

CB: Jordan Spence

CB: Gamberini

LB: Warnock

AMR: Gerrard

CM: Silva

CM: Palombo

AML: Young

ST: Torres

ST: Adriano

Main Subs:

Samuel

Shawcross

Barry

Aquilani

Defoe

Maxi

[AcidBurn]

Valencia Season 3

GK - Renan

LB - Jeremy Mathieu

RB - Maicon

CB - Papastathopoulos

CB - Angel Dealbert

CM - David Silva

CM - Sandro

CM - Mesut Ozil

AM - Juan Mata

ST - David Villa

ST - Maroune Chamakh

[fmfan08]

My own created team in Serie A

GK Hugo Lloris

DL Leighton Baines

DC Jack Rodwell

DC Henrique / Wes Brown

DR Rafinha

MC Moussa Sissoko / Antonio Nocerino

MC Miguel Veloso

AMC David Silva / Antonio Cassano

AMC Riccardo Montolivo / Ibrahim Afellay

AMC Luis Suarez / Neymar

FC Vagner Love / Pablo Mouche

Won quadruple with this team last season (minus Silva)

[Bumblefoot]

Liverpool 2012/2013

GK: Reina

RB: Jerome Boateng

CB: Hangeland

CB: Skrtel

LB: Assou-Ekotto

DM: Mascherano/Busquets

CM: Ozil

CM: Aquilani

AML: Kalou

AMR: Granero

CF: Torres

Subs:

Hart

Johnson

Aurelio

Carragher

Mathias Jorgensen

Plessis

Diame

Gerrard

Pacheco

Bendtner

Laurito

Xisco

[The Knowles]

Bristol City 2022-23 4-4-2

GK - Asmir Begovic

DR - Omer Toprak

DL - Gareth Bale

DC - Pelayo (regen)

DC - Grant Ball (regen)

MR - Vladimir Weiss

ML - Leon Davies (regen)

MC - Fabian Delph

MC - Alexandre Coeff

ST - Yaya Sanogo

ST - Gonzalo Higuain (even at the age of 34 he still managed 34 goals and 31 assists in 59 games last season)

I won the Premier League and Champions League double last season after finishing 2nd in the Prem for the previous four years.