How much time you got then?!
Well over three months since my last post. I now have a 6 month old son and things are starting to settle down a bit in real life so I thought it was about time to start blogging again. Where to start? Well I'm still playing and modding in Lemerre and we are up to season 7.
My teams doing well at the minute. Villalva has been long sold for 6.1m, which was done as soon as he hit his potential in season 4. It seems like this was the right decision as although he's traded clubs a few times since then its never been for more than that. He basically funded my first big stadium build and I'm currently on stage two of that and running at 149k match revenue.
Since he's went I had to decide how to improve my team. Basically I didn't have the money to splash out with as I don't have any youths to flog for stupid money. My solution was to go for the GW 'OAPs' i.e anyone over 27. Its basically worked and this season I have a team ranked 2 in the GW and I won the champions Cup(the GW's Champions League) in season 6 whilst in the Classic FA. It was only my second major trophy though, the first one being one of the qualifying league run through and I feel there's a few more trophies in the team if i can get the right run together.
In an attempt to help it get up and running and maybe even play some games v some actual human managers, I've swapped to the new Dugout FA this season. Its early days and I haven't got off to a great start but I'll update about that more when the season is in full swing.
As this is a new start to the blog i may as well introduce my current team at the start of season 7:
GK: Alex Smithies. Superb 25 y/o GKer picked up in wage auction for bargain price and bargain wage. Is World Famous and should keep me going for years to come.
RB: Raul. A best of a RB. I love attacking fullbacks and he hits the spot. Only 26 and can go higher than his current high profile status.
LB: Paulo De Cegile. Solid and can play right up the wing, just how I like it. Is 29 now so will be looking to replace in next couple of seasons.
CB: Ivan Marcano. 28 y/o left footer who can also cover left back. Is OK but is prone to a poor performance.
CB: Serdar Tasci. 29 y/o who like his partner in crime is decent but suffers the same issue as his defensive partner.
DM: Cicero. Now 31, Cicero used to be my midfield playmaker. He has been a brilliant player for me and has now dropped into the DM position which he isn't ideally suited for but still puts in a 7 average performance. Does nicely in a position that usually gives poor ratings.
MCL: Luka Modric. Sheer class, can be deployed as an attacking player right across the pitch. Would make a superb playmaker but just can't get a game in that role for me. Still gets a great average and at 29 is in his peak. One of my four household names.
MCR: Elder. What can I say about this 22 y/o? He averaged 8.16 in major games last season with 35 assists in 60 games. A superb youngster and surely a Household name of the future.
AML: Jermey Menez. Another 29 y/o and my second household name. Can play across the midfield and also as a forward. Links in well with Obertan on the other side and the two regularly swap causing confusion in the opposition ranks
AMR: Gabriel Obertan. At 27 just coming into his peak years. my third household name he grabs plenty of goals for me.
FC: Jonathan Cristaldo. At 26 my final household name. Since I signed him three seasons ago he's took some tweaking to get him into goalscoring form but did well in season 6 before injury wrecked it with a 20 game spell out. Hoping for more this season.
Notable others:
DL - Fabio Fredes. A young DL who I'm hoping will replace Cegile. He is also good at set pieces but needs to become more consistent before he gets into the side full time. Hoping there's some potential left in him too. Picked up in this seasons wage auctions for 8k wages.
DCL - Jose Segovia. Young 22 y/o central defender. Is strong with great jumping. Was hoping he would replace Marcano but he has been really disappointing with poor performances. Maybe he'll come good but it may be he is just one of those DC's who won't perform. Plus he is natural at DL not DC despite his attributes.
AMLC - Gaizka Jalle. 21 y/o brought in for cover. Paid about half a million too much for him after accidentally bidding too much in a transfer auction. Seems to perform well when called on.
DM - Guillaume Loriot. At 28 I feel I've wasted this lad. He was playing in the DM role for many seasons and averaged about 6.8. However he has very good attributes and is actually still improving now. He plays well in the box to box role and should really be in there instead of Modric as he's a far more defensive player. However he now serves as a great stand in player.
A decent team but it is aging(which I suppose it always will be considering the age I go for). As you can tell I think my defence is my weak spot but a good DC is hard to come by!
I'm going to leave it at that for now before it gets too long. More updates to come I promise!
