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Sheriff Skacel
The rundown;
- Joined Palermo towards the end of the 49/50 season, we finished 15th
- 50/51; finished 4th
- 51/52; 3rd
- 52/53; 3rd
- 53/54; 4th
- 54/55; 4th + won the UEFA Cup
I haven't been able to crack the title or Champions League yet, every CL campaign I've flopped and either finished 3rd or 4th. Napoli and Juve have also been dominating the league for the most part, I've found a lot of success in signing and selling players, my best three deals;
Ralph Meurs - Dutch CB - signed for 9m, sold for 60m (after 1 season)
Matthias Tetron - French CM - signed for 5m, sold for 33.5m (after 1 season)
Leonardo Casella - Argentine winger - signed for 1.9m, sold for 45m (after 2 seasons)
I've tried to keep my own spending under-budget though, I've only spent over 10m twice (25m and 22m in clause riddled deals) and with both of those players I expect to pull in decent profits regardless.
The transfer policy is get them young, play them, sell them at a profit. I'll tell you right now though, I've struggled to find a GK I like (been through three in six seasons) and an MC I like (hence why I splurged 25m on one trying to break my dislike of what I've been getting)
Sheriff Skacel
They are my top five valued players and for the most part the core of my team, all of them have clubs interested in them and all are available for the right price.
I play a 433 and I have quite a decent headache selection for my front 3, its hard rotating them but I don't want to cut them loose too early as I feel they all have a sell-on value they are yet to reach. Its a balancing act, sell too soon and you miss out on millions, sell too late and they get fat and annoy me and I begin to hate them and I go out and buy more players and lose all squad balance.
Sheriff Skacel
Finances are in great shape, a mix of selling players and purposefully trying to keep the wages down. For the most part I've succeeded in keeping wages lowish (7th highest wage bill in Serie A) but players are now beginning to force the issue, recently both Wind and Mauro have been given bumper deals to keep them happy and shut them up.
I keep pumping the funds into upgrading the training facilities and youth recruitment, the ultimate aim is a new stadium but the board are just having none of it. A good CL run or a title win could change that though, getting a new stadium is a little aim that keeps me interested in the save. That and trying to win the league, once I achieve either of those things I could be off to pastures new.
Sheriff Skacel
1 in Central America
4 in Central Europe
1 in East Asia
3 in Eastern Europe
1 looking for Hot Prospects
2 in Italy
1 in Northern Africa
1 in North America
1 in Oceania
2 in Scandinavia
2 in South America
1 in South Europe
1 in Southern Africa
2 in UK
1 in Western Africa
And if that don't add up to 24 then I don't care, yet to unearth any real gems from Africa, Central America or Asia but that's mainly because I haven't retained any players specifically from those regions. On FM14 I retained a lot of Central America and Caribbean players and I managed to find gem after gem after gem. This time I just went with a basic Medium DB and I've plodded along merrily ever since.
I always feel like I could be getting more from the scouts but in fairness to them they have alerted me to the Dutch CB who went for 60m and the CM who went for 33.5m. Casella came through as an agent offer as he was floundering in the Barca B team, I wasn't looking for a winger but I knew I needed him as his stats were money and the sell on value was most definitely there.
Sheriff Skacel
And we finally get some traction in the CL, nearly threw it all away vs Dinamo in the second last game. Was 1-1 at HT and Dinamo were absolutely running rampant so I chucked on Sheridan, Mauro and Boukhari (the 25m CM) and they turned it all around for us.
Weakest top placed teams are Porto and Atletico, so hopefully I can nab one of them, truth be told I'm not expecting too deep of a CL run, I'm more focused on trying to win the league. Will be keeping my team selections more favourable towards Serie A
Sheriff Skacel
If nothing else it will keep things interesting and fresh if they do leave, may start to do some provisional scouting now just incase I do let them leave.
Sheriff Skacel
Ideally I'd like a winger as two of my three 100k amigos are wingers. Force the issue, force them out, no more pasta.
Sheriff Skacel
Rough, especially as the second leg falls between games vs Napoli and Lazio.
Sheriff Skacel
May the needless unsettling of transfer targets begin.
Sheriff Skacel
Very inspiring.
Eric Portapotty
Sheriff Skacel
We gone got a man, 6m upfront, 8m over 42 months. Comes in as an AML and I'll train him to play AMR.
Values of Neto and Sneijder (18 month left, 100k wage demands) are slowly trying to slip. I'm open to selling them both this month, summer deals look more likely.
Also shipped out an Italian AMRL, ST who I had as a backups backup for 7.5m, 1 sub appearance this season, good business.
Sheriff Skacel
Halfway stage of Serie A.
Not too far off top but we won't catch Napoli or Juve unless they get embroiled in some sort of doping scandal. My main worry should be staying in the top four like, AC are breathing down my neck.
I'm happy enough, we have good depth but since I'm already starting to look to the future I think I will begin playing a few of my youngsters more and more ahead of a few players I'd like to move on this summer. This could hurt our title chances but you gotta BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS.
bmg033
Sheriff Skacel
Arsenal were sniffing around my 21 year old DMC Yvan Francois. They kept bidding like 5m and I just knocked them back time and time again. Last day of the window came, Arsenal bid 4m, Barcelona bid 5m, renegotiated both, Arsenal walked away, Barca came back with 14m, accepted.
I wasn't too hot on letting him go as he could play a few positions and was now qualified as club homegrown, however realistically his mental stats will always stop him from being a certified long-term starter for me and I don't know if I'll be able to pull in more than 14m for him down the road as I plan on upgrading my midfield this summer and his playtime was gonna get cut.
No replacement signed, we have enough depth to pull through till seasons end.
Sheriff Skacel
Sheriff Skacel
Due to miss both CL games vs PSG and five league games. Hot damn
#EnterParra
Sheriff Skacel
Just couldn't make the most of all those chances, Parra had 10 shots in total, only 3 on target.
Didn't realise he was 27 either, still thought he was only about 24. This is what happens when you just mindlessly play FM, you just keep plodding along merrily and you lose track of these things.
In Iceland I brought in a really versatile 32 year old, when he came in he was an absolute star, after a few years he was getting worse and worse but I kept him round as he could play about six positions. He was probably pulling about a 6.8 every season but his wages were really cheap by this point. I clicked on his profile one season because I hadn't done it in a while, he was now 43. I'd just kept offering him one year deal after one year deal because he could do a backup job. Can't afford to have Parra around here by the time he's 43.
Sheriff Skacel
And to think, some of you doubted Parra after his performance vs PSG.
I hope we can pull this one off, its down to us now as we've put together some great results in recent weeks, for once we aren't dropping points against the teams around us.
Sheriff Skacel
Look at that for a turnaround, confidence is just sky high right about now and we're rampaging through the fixtures. One loss could throw it all to shit for us though, we all know how fragile morale is in FM.
Sheriff Skacel
They fear Parra (and the prospect of Mauro being back)
And quite who NEC think they are I'm not too sure.
Sheriff Skacel
The youth batch have come in and there's one or two players with decent potential, I have a few decent foreign youngsters out on loan and I could just bring them straight into the team and save on spending on replacement players.
Napoli CL game at home next, Mauro to start.
Sheriff Skacel
9 goals in 2 games vs Napoli and their £130m a year wage bill. For whatever reason we've bridged the gap this year, we're looking like a formidable force.
In the league we're level with Juve on 75 points, Naps do have a game in hand on 74 points however. Seven games to go
Sheriff Skacel
Sent out a weakened team and they did what was needed, avoided a four goal defeat.
Liverpool in the semis, I got done by Genoa at home thanks to us having two players sent off so I've fallen behind in the title race. My original plan this season was back burner CL run to ensure we make top four, it could become a case of back burning the league to ensure a CL win. Now 2 off Napoli who still have a game in hand
Sheriff Skacel
Hope our minute of madness doesn't cost us, we had a disallowed goal to go 3-0 up and at that point I was already planning on putting Mauro in goal just to rub it in a bit. If only, AC Milan at home before the 2nd leg.
Reckon I'll start with a strong team vs AC and look to bring off Mauro and Boukhari if we're comfortable after 55 mins.
Sheriff Skacel
Totally our own stupid fault, just didn't capitalise on any of the chances we were creating. Disappointed but its a million times better than what I expected for this season, would have been happy with just getting out of our group considering my abysmal CL performances in recent seasons.
In Serie A we fell 1-0 to Juve, falling further behind Napoli. Need them to seriously cock up now
Sheriff Skacel
And so the season comes to an end, pre-season if you'd offer me 2nd place and a CL semi final I'd have bitten your hand off, for that reason we can't be too despondent.
In regards to the squad I have my eyes on potentially quite a few players leaving depending on their wage demands and just how much interest I can whip up. I'll see who I can shift come mid/late June, in an ideal world I ship out six or seven players, but I don't want to be getting ripped off in my deals.
Sheriff Skacel
Sheriff Skacel
Painful for AC, the team to replace them? Inter obviously
Sheriff Skacel
Thanks but no thanks, I'm a little frustrated with my transfer business to date but not enough to make me want to jump in bed with the Old Lady. Plenty time left to pull off the moves I need