AS Monaco - Academy Project

[jckstevens]

Rather in line with AS Monaco's real life emphasis, I am going to attempt an ultra realistic save with Monaco via squeezing  every last drop from their academy. Despite the well documented riches they have amassed through player sales, I intend to resist as much as I can allow and try to look further to home. Diop, Badiashille, N'gakoutou and Sylla are a few of the players I look forward to growing. Every 3 months will be the update period, so for now a quick recap on pre-season/tactical ideas/prospects.

 

 

Pre-season was a mixed bag. With no money spent (Gnoukouri on a free) and no outgoing, apart from a few loans, we persisted with the current crop and mixed in a few young players like Colina (Croatian LB) and Muyumba (French DM). The main set up is a fairly rudimentary 4-2-3-1. However  experimentation with the right flank, given Utd and L'pool's interest in Sidibe, saw Henrichs/Toure playing as an inverted wingback looking to underlap either Grandisir/M'boula. This combed with Tielemans/Golovin as the right sided CM could see some interesting movements. Early signs of the IWB's positioning are show below (2). The RB slotting in at RCM while the actual RCM underlaps the RW is the idea.

 

Tactically the save is still developing and with PSG next in the Trophee des Champs we shall see how were shaping up. Anyways, that is it for this brief introduction. This thread is as much for myself as it is for anyone to read so hopefully the brevity of it, due to time constraints, does not irritate. Monaco; the academy project sums it up adequately and hopefully the next instalment will be lengthier. Thanks.