GafferSimon Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Is it me or is there a shortage of good left backs in FM20 ? No stand out Wonderkids and even the decent left backs are over priced If its not Robertson, Sandro, Alaba, and Grimaldo - Who is there to sign for a top 4 team in the Champions League (this example Tottenham) ? Quite quickly I am looking at Shaw but surely he cant be the answer ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperbox Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) isn't this just a real life problem? There just aren't many quality right and left back coming through the ranks because (IMO) if a kid has any potential to be a good footballer he doesn't want to just be a full back, but much rather somewhere higher up the pitch assisting/scoring goals. Edited November 11, 2019 by paperbox Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAss88 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 José Gaya, Luca Pellegrini, Gian Luca Itter, Rayan Aït Nouri 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glosoli Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Don't forget poor man's Roberto Carlos, Birger Meling. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sysiphus Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) If you're a club as big as Tottenham I think a straight forward one would be Alex Telles from Porto. Jamal Lewis looks good as well. Edited November 11, 2019 by Sysiphus 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smaldini Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 No idea if they have fixed PA or not but some U21s to look out for are: Brandon Williams & Reece Devine (Man United) Ruben Vinagre (Wolves) Aaron Hickey (Hearts) Francisco Ortega (Velez) Vitaliy Mykolenko (Dynamo Kyiv) Josha Vagnoman (Hamburg) Owen Wijndal (AZ Alkmaar) Alex Centelles (Valencia) Marc Cucurella & Juan Miranda (Barca) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunmaN1905 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Imo, the shortage is obvious on both flanks. On my Inter save, I'm at the start of the third season and there's literally not a single fullback on either side who's under 23-24 and who either has the potential or is already a star player. Except for those who're already at top clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonlondoner Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I tend to find lower CA/PA is needed at full back. A 150 CA will be more than adequate even for top teams. So don't just look for the high CA ones. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonko Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Junior Firpo, Ben Chilwell 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAss88 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Retrain a winger if you want an attacking fullback! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
homebasedgg Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 I’m playing a Spurs and have made the decision to use Sessognon as left back. Changed his training and sold Rose to allow him the game time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GafferSimon Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 50 minutes ago, homebasedgg said: I’m playing a Spurs and have made the decision to use Sessognon as left back. Changed his training and sold Rose to allow him the game time. How is he doing ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
homebasedgg Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 20 minutes ago, GafferSimon said: How is he doing ? Only played 4 games so far so hard to tell. Got 1 assist so far. Just trying to give him as much game time as possible 1st season. Times on his side. But OG post is right. Main reason is decided to retrain him was because of lack of decent affordable left backs around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordieboy52 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 9 hours ago, BadAss88 said: Retrain a winger if you want an attacking fullback! The best thing I did in FM19 was retrain Antonio Marin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GafferSimon Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 18 hours ago, GafferSimon said: but surely he cant be the answer ! I signed Vignato (£2.6m - Chievo), Dembele (£14.5m - Celtic), Tonali (£20m - Brescia), Aarons (£27.5m - Norwich), Silva (£37.5m - Porto), Upmanecano (£40m - RB Leipzig), Luis (£60m - SLB), and Bailey (£80m - Bayer 04) before the beginning of the season - All ticking the box for the club culture to sign players under 22. I've also agreed to sign in January to sign Sancho (£105m - Dortmund). Most on some upfront money and the rest over 3 years. Having sold Eriksen (£65m PSG), Alderweireld (£35m - Man U), Wanyama (£22m - Aston Villa) and Rose (£16m - Napoli) best the start of the season. Also agreeing to sell Sissoko (£22m - Man U) and Lamela (£18m - Burnley) in January. Mostly all upfront money. I cant seem to get anyone interested in Aurier (this game is so real life !!). Kane is now unhappy about the shortage of left backs at the club despite Davies (averaging 7.14 and 1 assist after 8 games), Sessegnon (training as left back and playing all games there except league) and also Vertonghen who can play there. The majority of the rest of the squad agree with Kane. To try and solve the issue with my main man and the rest of the squad I've blown my remaining transfer budget on Grimaldo (£54m - SLB) to get him in for January as well. I had to persuade the board the fee was worth it as it was more than they were initially happy to agree to. Hopefully this sorts my left back issue, Kane's minor issue and the rest of the squads issues ! Next task is to find a long term goalkeeper other than Donnarumma !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfornirvana Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 I bought Lucas Digne in start of the season 2 in my Chelsea career and he is doing pretty good so far. 22 apps in the league 2 goals and 8 assist with an average rating of 7.71. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleDenimSuccess Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Robin Gosens from Atalanta is rather good. German and not too expensive. Will be a well recognised player in real life very soon I feel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luka_zg Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 7 hours ago, nfornirvana said: I bought Lucas Digne in start of the season 2 in my Chelsea career and he is doing pretty good so far. 22 apps in the league 2 goals and 8 assist with an average rating of 7.71. Bought him too for my United side. Haven't started the 2nd season yet but he played great for Everton in the 1st season and I expect him to be an upgrade on Luke Shaw who was pretty average for me and Brandon Williams is not developing as good as I expected him to. For 23 mil I think I couldn't have done better than Digne. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarinoMolin Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 I signed Ben Chilwell for Spurs and he has been great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GafferSimon Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 3 hours ago, MarinoMolin said: I signed Ben Chilwell for Spurs and he has been great How much was he out of interest ? Also, how long did you have to wait as I tried signing him before Grimaldo and Leicester just would not sell him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarinoMolin Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, GafferSimon said: How much was he out of interest ? Also, how long did you have to wait as I tried signing him before Grimaldo and Leicester just would not sell him £28m on the 29th of July, first window, just unsettled him I think, and as soon as I had him I offered Danny Rose out for £24m and Leicester picked him up, so I basically swapped left backs with Leicester for £4m. Edited November 14, 2019 by MarinoMolin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luka_zg Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Played some games and have to say that Digne is an absolute class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekman Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 On 11/11/2019 at 20:39, Sysiphus said: If you're a club as big as Tottenham I think a straight forward one would be Alex Telles from Porto. Jamal Lewis looks good as well. Alex Telles has a release clause of £36m. Thats really cheap for someone of his abilities. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
evertonmarc Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Got this guy from Monaco end of first season for £7m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloPhil Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Playing as Spurs I signed Sergio Reguilon on a free when his contract expired at the end of the first season, and am rotating him and Sessegnon at left-back. Sold both Rose and Davies. Sessegnon has an average rating over 8 in December season 2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxi7 Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Ramon (Flamengo) One to keep an eye on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansongs Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 On 11/11/2019 at 19:09, paperbox said: isn't this just a real life problem? There just aren't many quality right and left back coming through the ranks because (IMO) if a kid has any potential to be a good footballer he doesn't want to just be a full back, but much rather somewhere higher up the pitch assisting/scoring goals. It's absolutely a real-life problem and many clubs focus their youth development on producing left-backs in particular. Norwich's Stuart Webber has talked about how he wants his academy teams to play 4-4-2 to get two left sided players playing every game - and two strikers. They're the rarest and hardest positions to buy in quality and/or value. Many top level fullbacks were central midfielders in scholarship/u18s days, or wingers later on before converting. You may find it's easier to buy players with the right attributes and converting them than finding natural fullbacks that are good enough (unless you have £80m in the budget for Chillwell). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordieboy52 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 I did this... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherkey Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 7 hours ago, Geordieboy52 said: I did this... It's a good try, but he will be extremely suspect, defensively. Positioning, tackling, marking and concentration all quite low for a defender. Depends on how much potential there is left to develop those. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee_Simpson Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Yeah he doesn't look good enough defensively to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordieboy52 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 He plays as a complete wingback - utilising many aspects that are relatively strong for me. He played 53 games across the season, all at left back (it was an experiment) with only one mistake leading to a goal. He made 84% of his tackles and was part of a championship winning team being selected to the TOTY for his performances. Seems to have worked to me 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
y33tball Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 17/11/2019 at 01:47, swansongs said: It's absolutely a real-life problem and many clubs focus their youth development on producing left-backs in particular. Norwich's Stuart Webber has talked about how he wants his academy teams to play 4-4-2 to get two left sided players playing every game - and two strikers. They're the rarest and hardest positions to buy in quality and/or value. Many top level fullbacks were central midfielders in scholarship/u18s days, or wingers later on before converting. You may find it's easier to buy players with the right attributes and converting them than finding natural fullbacks that are good enough (unless you have £80m in the budget for Chillwell). i tend to do this a lot, find cm/dm with good dribbling/crossing/tackling/marking and just train them as wing-backs 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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