AndyClarke Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 Don't fine Balotelli whatever he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyscartwright_avfc Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Have now finished my 6th season in my career. After leaving Villa at the end of last season I was waiting for a decent job to come along. It got to start of November and still no job was forthcoming. Funny thing is I applied for a job in Blue Square South and got turned down!! Then Portsmouth (bottom of Championship) & Forest (bottom of Prem) both sacked their managers. Applied for both, got offered both but Forest were better of financially as well as being in Prem. This is how I did: Prem: 16th. In the end a win in the penultimate game at home to Stoke clinched safety. CL: Not in charge. Out in 4th Round. FA: Lost the final to Man Utd. First few games were really tough. Had 5 games before January window opened. Won one of those. Lost 3. In January did a beat of wheeling and dealing to bolster the squad. During Jan went unbeaten for 7 games but went downhill from there. Failing to score almost all the time. The FA Cup was my only respite getting kind draws against lower league teams. Then with 3 games to go I beat Man City at home and then Stoke at home to secure safety. Happy Days! Transfers in January were: IN - E.Cambiasso (Free), M.Borrielo (Free), N.Reo-Coker (Free), D.Bentley (£500k), N.De Jong (£800k), E.Lichaj (£800k), L.Ridgewell (£1.4m), A.Smithies (£6m), Regen on loan. OUT - Got rid of a lot of deadwood. Main players being...Eduardo, Chris Wood, K.Richardson, G.Barnes, L.Camp, R.Majewski. Totalling about £8.5m. Borrielo was dreadful not scoring once. Cambiasso was past it. Bentley didn't perform too well. Lichaj crap. Smithies was rubbish too....But NRC, De Jong, Ridgewell and the regen performed really well. Zavon Hines, already at the club, was to thank scoring the only goals and Elliot Grandin, also at the club, was incredibly good on the left flank. Now to rebuild immensely for next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 about to start 3rd season, signed babacar for £25m and a couple of 17 year old regens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 championship team > Stevanovic on a free end of 2011 season, might need a fairly large db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hoaxn Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Nice hint. First transfer window, scouted South America and found the absolute gems of Paolo Henrique and Jefferson Farfan. About 10mil for both if I remember, quite low wages. Incredible players. My only two signings so far, but they were all I needed. Henrique (AMC, playmaker role, will be your new Ashley Young) Farfan (currently have him as right winger, great little player, especially if he cuts inside as he's a natural AMC) Note: For some reason, Farfan is listed on wikipedia as being a Schalke player since 2008, but I definitely got him from South America :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted January 7, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2011 Yeah, Farfán's been playing in Europe for quite a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 yeah and isnt that paulo henrique this "ganso" kid who phil vickery blogs about every week, by the sounds of it could be the next whoever he wants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 Yes, Paulo Henrique is one of the top talents in the game and if you've never heard of him you'll probably not know much about which players to bring in!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Was playing my portsmouth game yesterday, defiently on the verge of promotion to Premier League managed to get Macheda on loan and i've partnered him up with Wiemann upfront and they are firing in goals all the time.. I'm not sure whether I will carry on with this game once i get promoted, I'm hoping i can take a foreign job if it becomes available. I started a new game today as Lyon, good game so far bought dzeko (he isn't cheap) and maxwell (from barcelona i think) and so far i'm doing good.. got a whole bunch of youth players tied up on contracts and on loan with some getting some time in reserves and first team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTFC_Wrafey Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Thought id jump on the band wagon here I had started a Villa career with my sights on continental qualification. Spent my money on a couple of over priced players with ridiculous wages (one of them being Emre), got a really bad run of results and was bottom of the prem (sound like anyone?).... So i studied it further, why was i doing so badly ? Namely my training regimes were awful, and secondly, if you look at the coaching staff at game start, theres hardly any staff! So i signed a few decent coaches and a new assistant manager and im now 3 points off the top in November and Hammering the European cup Players Signed: Romelu Lukaku Roberto Carlos Javi Ros - On loan, looks a decent propsect Carlos Kameni Not signed any yet, Lukaku bangs in the odd goal in the important matches, Roberto Carlos gives a bit of experience and cover for LEft back, keeps Warnock on his Toes and Javi Ros is a good lil playmaker if played alongside a ball winning CM Some pics coming soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Top of my head, played 8, lost 4, won 4 drew 0 with Burnley so far in Prem. Want to get to 40 points before I transfer back to my favoured formation. Still love this game. At a point right now though where it gets less attention, I leave it loaded and play a game every 8 hours or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 It is actually worrying as to how many staff are at Villa if FM is anything to go by.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Flipping heck! Man City offered me the job with 70m to spend, accepted it, they are 18th in prem, win win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 It is actually worrying as to how many staff are at Villa if FM is anything to go by.. Some of the youth staff are in the DB but not extracted because the role they hold at the club is not in FM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyscartwright_avfc Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 What role is that then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Bonus! the Man City team suit my 4-3-2-1 formation and Tevez is awesome in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 My problem is, I have zero idea who the class players are lol. (no need to tell me!) I never really manage clubs with tonnes of money, so this is new. Want to win something within 2 years but am scouting for young players to build something with. Preference for young English. Phil Jones, Jack Rodwell two I am after, have signed Ash too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphouneso Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 started a game with Standard de Liege, half way through my second season now. bought a few youth prospects, aswell as Fofana & Galeano who both went straight into the first team. won the league first season, on top and clear by 3 points in my second. got to the group stages of the Champion's League in a group with Manure, Roma & Dinamo Moscow. only problem i have at the moment is all my players are 'making noises about moving to a bigger club'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Actually.. just one little bit of help. Can anybody suggest a good young left back, available for any price around the year 2011/12 Under 25 pref. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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