I finally got the game the other day and decided I'd start with Aston Villa because I enjoy to play as them on FIFA 09 and figured why not have a go here. While I'm getting a feel for FM09 I decided I'd give Lee's Liverpool taccie a go and Tugs Training instead of making my own and started looking at my squad and finances.
I started off with £6 million to spend so I shopped around to strengthen the defence but every player I offered for was either not being sold or not interested which became very frustrating. I went onto the midfield and offloaded Petrov and Reo-Coker for a combined total of £12.1 million (nobody was interested in paying over the odds for my players unfortunately). With that money I brought in Miguel Veloso (£11.75m).
I shipped out Marlon Harewood faster than McDonalds do burgers and brought in Cardozo (£6.75m), I've seen enough people raving about him so I want to see for myself. The other striker I acquired was Vaclav Kadlec (future prospect) on a free.
GK - Friedel/Guzan
DR - L. Young/Gardner
DL - Shorey
DC - Laursen/Cuellar
DC - Davies/Knight
DMC - Veloso/Sidwell
MC - Barry/Sidwell
AMR - Milner/Routledge
AML - A. Young/Routledge
FC - Cardozo/Carew
FC - Agbonlahor/Carew
Results so far:
A: Rosenberg, W 3-0, Intertoto Cup 3rd Rnd Leg 1
H: Rosenberg, W 1-0, Intertoto Cup 3rd Rnd Leg 2
H: Kalmar FF, W 5-0, UEFA Cup 2nd Qual. Rnd Leg 1
H: Arsenal, W 3-1, Premiership
A: West Ham, W 3-1, Permiership
A: Kalmar FF, W 3-1, UEFA Cup 2nd Qual. Rnd Leg 2
The squad is doing OK but as you can see I have no depth and as soon as the injuries roll in I'm pretty fooked to say the least. I'm coming to the end of the window so I doubt I'll have time to sell any one on and bring in a replacement, so can anyone suggest signings for January that aren't overly expensive? Sporting have already had my pants down over Veloso.
I'd prefer to replace my full backs because L. Young is gash and Shorey isn't far off. I can live with Davies and Laursen at the back for now because they are playing quite well together. I'm happy with the attack for now also so wouldn't worry about suggestions for that.
Any help will be appreciated,
Thank you.
I started off with £6 million to spend so I shopped around to strengthen the defence but every player I offered for was either not being sold or not interested which became very frustrating. I went onto the midfield and offloaded Petrov and Reo-Coker for a combined total of £12.1 million (nobody was interested in paying over the odds for my players unfortunately). With that money I brought in Miguel Veloso (£11.75m).
I shipped out Marlon Harewood faster than McDonalds do burgers and brought in Cardozo (£6.75m), I've seen enough people raving about him so I want to see for myself. The other striker I acquired was Vaclav Kadlec (future prospect) on a free.
GK - Friedel/Guzan
DR - L. Young/Gardner
DL - Shorey
DC - Laursen/Cuellar
DC - Davies/Knight
DMC - Veloso/Sidwell
MC - Barry/Sidwell
AMR - Milner/Routledge
AML - A. Young/Routledge
FC - Cardozo/Carew
FC - Agbonlahor/Carew
Results so far:
A: Rosenberg, W 3-0, Intertoto Cup 3rd Rnd Leg 1
H: Rosenberg, W 1-0, Intertoto Cup 3rd Rnd Leg 2
H: Kalmar FF, W 5-0, UEFA Cup 2nd Qual. Rnd Leg 1
H: Arsenal, W 3-1, Premiership
A: West Ham, W 3-1, Permiership
A: Kalmar FF, W 3-1, UEFA Cup 2nd Qual. Rnd Leg 2
The squad is doing OK but as you can see I have no depth and as soon as the injuries roll in I'm pretty fooked to say the least. I'm coming to the end of the window so I doubt I'll have time to sell any one on and bring in a replacement, so can anyone suggest signings for January that aren't overly expensive? Sporting have already had my pants down over Veloso.
I'd prefer to replace my full backs because L. Young is gash and Shorey isn't far off. I can live with Davies and Laursen at the back for now because they are playing quite well together. I'm happy with the attack for now also so wouldn't worry about suggestions for that.
Any help will be appreciated,
Thank you.