To say our first season was a success would be somewhat of an understatement. We finished 8 positions higher predicted, winning Ligue 2 on the final day. I was looking for a 5th or 6th place finish. (more…)
To say our first season was a success would be somewhat of an understatement. We finished 8 positions higher predicted, winning Ligue 2 on the final day. I was looking for a 5th or 6th place finish. (more…)
Once I’d chosen my team and setup my backroom staff etc, I got things under way and blasted through games in no time. We were predicted for a 9th place finish, so I was anticipating it to be a difficult season. I wasn’t expecting things to go as they did. (more…)
For my next save, I wanted something that was more of a challenge and/or not in the top division of a country. I didn’t want to focus too much on the tactics, but more on the development of the club. (more…)
Ok, I’m pretty sure I said in the last post that I wouldn’t be doing any more writing on this save, but things happen. (more…)
As I said in the season three post, I’m doing very little major transfer business at this point. I’ve got most of the team in order and I’m just looking to improve or replace players. (more…)
With me now moving into the fourth season, the team has changed considerably and the tactic has been fine tuned to really get the best out of the players. I said in the first post that I was looking to use Liverpool 13/14 as inspiration for my tactic. (more…)
Transfers
Moving into the third season, I tend to do much less transfer business. I’m now at the stage where I’m looking at my squad and thinking about how to make a difference. I’ve filled pretty much every position with a player that fits the plan. (more…)
I had thought I’d put a progress update in with a look at stats and tactics, but I figured that would get quite long. I’ve decided to give you a bit more of a look at my progress this year and then do the stats/tactics in another post. I think they will marry together a bit better. (more…)
The role I picked for what would be my “Suarez” role, although without as many goals, was Wide Midfielder, Attack. I’m sure people read the first post and thought I was stupid and that he should have been in an advanced (more…)
I always inevitably go through a big change in the second summer at Liverpool. I have a pretty good idea about who is going to leave and what sort of players I want. I had a couple of targets for each role I wanted to fill. (more…)