Ah cheers @sam3110 I'm actually scouting him at the moment so might take a gamble on him. De Laet is also out of contarct so might have a look at him too.
I'm mid table in the Championship at the moment, BWP got injured for 8 weeks , Kermo got injured as well and Fab Brandy , i was down to playing a 15 year old called Hampson up front , alongside Tobi Sho Silva , Morrison just keeps scoring , make sure you extend his contract if you get promoted from League 1 , otherwise he'll want out, i got offered the Fulham job (13th in Prem) but turned it down , have got a miniscule wages/transfer budget , so have to wheel and deal a bit , to free up funds, am hoping the board might be a bit more generous!! Cedric Evina , is awesome at Left Mid , better than Jackson .... sorry Johnny!
The wages do jump a fair bit in the Championship , and its hard to get the best players in the division, or even from League 1 like Rhodes , or Pedroza a 21 year old Mexican striker playing in League 1 for C.Palace, who bangs them in for fun.
I'm mid table in the Championship at the moment, BWP got injured for 8 weeks , Kermo got injured as well and Fab Brandy , i was down to playing a 15 year old called Hampson up front , alongside Tobi Sho Silva , Morrison just keeps scoring , make sure you extend his contract if you get promoted from League 1 , otherwise he'll want out, i got offered the Fulham job (13th in Prem) but turned it down , have got a miniscule wages/transfer budget , so have to wheel and deal a bit , to free up funds, am hoping the board might be a bit more generous!! Cedric Evina , is awesome at Left Mid , better than Jackson .... sorry Johnny!
The wages do jump a fair bit in the Championship , and its hard to get the best players in the division, or even from League 1 like Rhodes , or Pedroza a 21 year old Mexican striker playing in League 1 for C.Palace, who bangs them in for fun.
True about Evina. Played him left wing for a while and he banged them in.
What's Tobi Sho Silva like? I was very close to releasing him but gave him a contract extension when I saw he was worth 250k!
He's ok as a back up , cheap wages and worth holding onto as a 4th /5th choice , when BWP and Kermo got injured he did a job , bearing in mind i let Hayes and Benson go, Hayes is banging them in , in League 1 for Chesterfield.
Hayes had a great first pre-season for me and then didn' t score all seaosn so loaned him out to Shrewsbury then sold him to Barnsley in the summer. BWP got 35 goals for me Kermo got a few, Waggy got 10+ and I wouldn't have got promoted without Obika and Eccleston's goals towards the end of the season. I let Benson go straight away. Not sure what to expect in the Championship!
Same team as my last update post. Rotating Kermorgant and Piazon in that attack mid role. Both arent cutting it really. I have a 40 year old Rivaldo on trial and Kerlon (remember him?) also on trial. Rivaldo has no pace or stamina but alod of his finishing, passing and creativity are 17etc. I have no wage budget though. Currently in January. Futtering between 7th and 12th in the championship. Really struggling to get loans. Wondering whether to sell off some clauses? Im 3 mill in the red, so i dont know whether they will even make a difference to my transfer budget / wage budget. Struggling to get rid of Paul Hayes. Harriott and Poyet keep refusing to go out on loan aswell.
Wright phillips has 13 goals in 18 though and Schlupp just had the winner in goal of the month. Alan smith is out for 3 months though which isnt helping. I dont have a real quality goal scorer when BWP takes a knock which happens every other week or so. Chelsea still wont loan me anybody. Jackson seems to have suddenly gone from 3 and a half stars to 2 stars, so now he is on the bench and my deep lying playmaker rotates between Stephens and McDonald. I have no players valued at over £1mill. Closest being Joe Lewis at £950k. Nobody else is above £500k though. Really i should be battling relegation with this team, but yet with a good run in i could battle for the play off's!
If anybody has any advice on selling the clauses i would be grateful.
Kuqi is leading the line and now picking up some form, currently sitting just behind the play off spots, in the Micky mouse northern final one game away from Wembley.
If your looking for money, take a big overview of the club, ask the board for feeder clubs, ask them for extra money. Then you need to start getting rid of the big earners whose contracts or bonus payments are extremely high.
Finally look at playing youngsters to get them devolving and then sell them on. If your in the red the only way is down (unless changes are made)
Shrewsbury hopefully next time I write will of had there second promotion in 2 seasons and be st johns paint trophy winners!
Couldn't get Lichaj. De Laet or Cunnigham in so looks like I'm stuck with Wiggins and Evina. wiggins is first choice at the moment but his stamina is awful. Won the first two game in the Championship both 2-1.
New look team for this year is:
Hamer
Solly Davies Morrison Wiggins
Ashbee
Tonge Alonso
Wagstaff Eccleston
BWP
others: Sulivan, Andros Townsend, Green, Kermo, Jackson, Sean Davis, Stephens, Hollands, Harry Maguire, Joey O Brien
The thing that stuffs you up is a 300k a month repayment loan (which runs out in September 2013)
Thats part of my thinking. Im coping well enough in the league, just in the red. Every now and again they pump in a few hundred thousand while im in the red. Im thinking shall i wait until the 300k p/m loan expires, then sell the clauses. Or shall i sell them now and hope they dont get eaten up by the current bank balance. I could wheel and deal in the summer again. Once that loan has gone its only a tiny loan of like 20k p/m or something i have to pay out
Cash in the clauses now , take the money and invest it in players that are better than what you've got , try to do deals on 48 month repayments , with clauses on promotion , don't pay out too high on salaries or have them for too long , buy up the best in the division , without stitching yourself up.Hamer is fine for League 1 but not good enough for the Championship & you will need an upgrade, try and get another striker , as good as BWP if not better , as it is harder to get good strikers in the Championship.
Cash in the clauses now , take the money and invest it in players that are better than what you've got , try to do deals on 48 month repayments , with clauses on promotion , don't pay out too high on salaries or have them for too long , buy up the best in the division , without stitching yourself up.Hamer is fine for League 1 but not good enough for the Championship & you will need an upgrade, try and get another striker , as good as BWP if not better , as it is harder to get good strikers in the Championship.
I've been offered Mellor for 50k. Worth a punt in the championship?
I've been offered Mellor for 50k. Worth a punt in the championship?
Good question , compare his ratings compared to BWP , he's not pulling up trees in any of the games i've played and i play FM2012 , way too much, how many goals - games has he got so far , and in which division?
50k sounds a bargain , make sure his wages are cheap?
Get Vetere to scout his ratings , normally shows whether he's better than what you've got , i always use Vetere , make sure you offer Vetere a long as poss deal , otherwise he'll walk away as his contract runs down , and will refuse a new contract.
Get Vetere to scout his ratings , normally shows whether he's better than what you've got , i always use Vetere , make sure you offer Vetere a long as poss deal , otherwise he'll walk away as his contract runs down , and will refuse a new contract.
I only know this because i have been sacked twice by Charlton , after finishing 18th in the Championship! and am on my 3rd try, after been top after 10 games , i'm now into 35 games gone and have gone into a nose dive for the last 7 games , i was knocking on the door of the playoffs but it has all gone horribly wrong, staying up was always the aim this season , and then seeing if i can get some good free transfers in the Summer / or the board opening their wallets, to get some better players in.
BWP hit 35 goals last season and already has 2 in 2 this year. I'm f***** if he gets injured though which he hasn't so far...
I only have Eccleston, Kermo and poss Waggy as back-up so need another forward. Vetere seems to rate him so if I can afford his wages I'll bring him in. Big IF though! Desperately trying to bring Obika in on a free but he's having none of it.
not really read it all through but no one here has mentioned josh wright far as I can tell (21 year old, got him at trial day), he has 15 assists for me in 17 games! Also get Etuhu from trials if you fancy the risk as he gets injured a lot but is brilliant whilst playing (7.41 avg rating and 6 assists 4 goals from 12 games, 23 years old).
any other suggestions? other than pugh, mellor and nelson as I've already got or been rejected for them, much appreciated
If you can get him buy Marc Pugh. 5 assists in 7 games so far. Couldn't get him on my 1st attempt but i started the game again and got him for 130k. Outstanding left mid.
heard so much hype bout pugh that I ended up buying him for 800k, board did not like it, then he got 7 goals and 10 assist in 15 and they shut up, same thing with supporterts, funny how they turn sides so quickly in FM.
also is there a way to make the transfer fee undisclosed to stop me being hated so much with every transfer I make before they start playing well?
Well in for the new season I have a budget of £660k so will have a look, need some better centre backs first though as COrt has gone back and Taylor is unhappy
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The wages do jump a fair bit in the Championship , and its hard to get the best players in the division, or even from League 1 like Rhodes , or Pedroza a 21 year old Mexican striker playing in League 1 for C.Palace, who bangs them in for fun.
What's Tobi Sho Silva like? I was very close to releasing him but gave him a contract extension when I saw he was worth 250k!
Wright phillips has 13 goals in 18 though and Schlupp just had the winner in goal of the month. Alan smith is out for 3 months though which isnt helping. I dont have a real quality goal scorer when BWP takes a knock which happens every other week or so. Chelsea still wont loan me anybody. Jackson seems to have suddenly gone from 3 and a half stars to 2 stars, so now he is on the bench and my deep lying playmaker rotates between Stephens and McDonald. I have no players valued at over £1mill. Closest being Joe Lewis at £950k. Nobody else is above £500k though. Really i should be battling relegation with this team, but yet with a good run in i could battle for the play off's!
If anybody has any advice on selling the clauses i would be grateful.
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Kuqi is leading the line and now picking up some form, currently sitting just behind the play off spots, in the Micky mouse northern final one game away from Wembley.
If your looking for money, take a big overview of the club, ask the board for feeder clubs, ask them for extra money. Then you need to start getting rid of the big earners whose contracts or bonus payments are extremely high.
Finally look at playing youngsters to get them devolving and then sell them on. If your in the red the only way is down (unless changes are made)
Shrewsbury hopefully next time I write will of had there second promotion in 2 seasons and be st johns paint trophy winners!
New look team for this year is:
Hamer
Solly Davies Morrison Wiggins
Ashbee
Tonge Alonso
Wagstaff Eccleston
BWP
others: Sulivan, Andros Townsend, Green, Kermo, Jackson, Sean Davis, Stephens, Hollands, Harry Maguire, Joey O Brien
Good question , compare his ratings compared to BWP , he's not pulling up trees in any of the games i've played and i play FM2012 , way too much, how many goals - games has he got so far , and in which division?
50k sounds a bargain , make sure his wages are cheap?
I only have Eccleston, Kermo and poss Waggy as back-up so need another forward. Vetere seems to rate him so if I can afford his wages I'll bring him in. Big IF though! Desperately trying to bring Obika in on a free but he's having none of it.
any other suggestions? other than pugh, mellor and nelson as I've already got or been rejected for them, much appreciated
Good loan signing in January was Suso from Liverpool played him as an advanced playmaker in CM and he got goals and assists, only 18 as well
Also signed Ethuhu at the start of the season scored some winners and did well but played Jackson most of the time
also is there a way to make the transfer fee undisclosed to stop me being hated so much with every transfer I make before they start playing well?