rhyscartwright_avfc Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Well it was about £5 million. Shhhhh.... In the end it didn't matter. Just finished my dealings for the summer. IN: Charlie Adam (£1.5m), Rio Mavuba (£3.9m), Seb Giovinco (Loan fee £300k), Beckford (Ln fee £65k), Ryan Shawcross (£5m), José Angel (£6.5m), Guillermo Ochoa (£7.25m) OUT: Luke Young, Steve Sidwell, Brad Guzan, Barry Bannan, Lots other youngsters (All on frees), Habib Beye (£550k), Alou Diarra (£350k loan), Emile Heskey (£550k), Pienaar (£1m), Petrov (Loan fee £100k), Richard Dunne (Loan fee £120k). So by getting rid of all those players I got all their high wages off the banksheet which enabled me to transfer wages into transfer funds and buy some players. In the end I just about managed to pay for Ochoa by about 100k. Now am broke. Club is £10 million in debt. Will be ok if I can stay in CL though. Biggest disappointment was Pienaar. Bought from Everton for £15m last summer. Had good first couple months. Been shit ever since. On fairly high wages so just cut my losses and got rid. Brought in Giovinco on loan to replace him. Also managed to cut Friedel's wages significantly. Let his contract run right down. Week before ran out offered a new one year deal. Will be back up and let go next summer. Have also promoted Lichaj as backup right-back. Only bought Beckford as 3rd choice in case Gabby or Fonz get injured. Otherwise won't play. Had a decent record at Everton, played 5 last season & scored 4. Good looking squad now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Villa have just appointed their 7th manager in 5 seasons... Ryan Giggs! I applied but his record as manager was incredible, never lost a game, hadn't managed either but hey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Still with my "unemployed" start. recap: Took over Derby after a year holiday from the start, saved them from relegation but saw the QPR job was going and applied, Derby sacked me for doing so. I took QPR to 8th in my first season, then got rid of all the high earners and brought in younger british players, it worked I finished 2nd and got in to the prem. First season in prem and am battling between 15th and 18th, hard season. Doyle came in from Wolves and has been a hit, Man City now want him... Best result was beating Arsenal 2-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Biggest disappointment was Pienaar. Bought from Everton for £15m last summer. Had good first couple months. Been shit ever since. On fairly high wages so just cut my losses and got rid. Ridiculous! If a manager did that IRL he'd be lynched! Brought for £15m and sold 1 season later for £1m. Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Biggest disappointment was Pienaar. Bought from Everton for £15m last summer. Had good first couple months. Been shit ever since. On fairly high wages so just cut my losses and got rid. Ridiculous! If a manager did that IRL he'd be lynched! Brought for £15m and sold 1 season later for £1m. Crazy. What really annoys me about all FM's though is the way that computer controlled clubs can get Pienaar for £5.75m but you have to shell out £15m to sign him. Same with most players, the computer always gets players at face value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted December 3, 2010 Author Share Posted December 3, 2010 You can sign Pienaar early on for £5.75million as long as he doesn't sign a new contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyscartwright_avfc Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 I am really pissed off now. As I finished 4th I obviously go into play-offs for CL. But because Villa are shit we were unseeded. I draw Atletico Madrid. The team I faced in the Europa League last season and lost twice to. Lost both legs 2-1. Now into Europa League. Gutted. Just played my first Europa League game, away to Marseille. Got hammered 5-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyavfc Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 I seem to be terrible at this game! I was against wigan at home, had 16 shots on target and just couldn't score, hit the post so many times too, Wigan had 3 shots on target all match and Rodallega scored twice. Also nearly every team i play, their keeper gets man of the match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Villa first 5 games. West Ham 2-1 Villa Villa 0-0 Newcastle Villa 2-0 Blackpool Bolton 1-2 Villa Villa 2-1 Tottenham. Gabby out for 5 months, Heskey 3 months though, sold Carew. Got Santa Cruz in on loan and signed van Wolfswinkel who has scored in his last two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Steele Spector Cahill Wilson Enrique Powell Carrick Gardner Albrighton Doyle Snodgrass Subs Cordoba (GK) Blake Surman Jones Walters Slater Wickham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 I hope the sacking bug gets fixed, Villa managers so far; Houllier, Moyes, Hughes, Giggs, Shearer, Ferdinand. Its 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 4, 2010 Moderator Share Posted December 4, 2010 Really close to giving up on this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 I'm loving it, even with annoying things that happen. Just got into league cup semi finals with QPR. Might have to arrange a pitch invasion and violence to celebrate my success! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Aint played it since i got it on released date, far to buggy to enjoy it + with the crash dumps just annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Man City have helped me into my first final with QPR :-D have rejected the Spurs and Liverpool jobs as I am enjoying my stay so far Uploaded with ImageShack.us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Typical! Uploaded with ImageShack.us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dudevillaisnice Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 ^ LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJRM050389 Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Andy what you likely to do with Hogg in the January update? I agree with his PA, and like you I've never rated him as making at VP but he hasn't done too bad, and to be honest I thought he was quite impressive against Blues. He's currently ahead of Herd, Osbourne, Johnson and Carruthers (Salifou too) in the VP pecking order yet behind all of them in FM, is it a case of taking him towards the 90 mark and knocking Osbourne down a peg or two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 my PSG game which has been going on for about a week now - so far.. i got rid off 5-6 players as they were above 30 (free'd up alot of wages), on the verge of signing makoun (for £13m), signed makambu and tabanou - have plenty of youth that will make it to first team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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