AS Roma enough disapointment

*1st Transfer Window Closed*
The Season starts and I insert myself as AS Roma manager to replace the failing Rudi Garcia...will I end the 14year drought since the last league title?
I start analyzing my team and knew I have 4 players to build the team around:
Florenzi

Pjanic

De Rossi

Dzeko

Speaking of tactics, I'll be using (Scholes Can't Tackle created by The_Reconist) but tweaked a bit to a better fit for my team:

Starting with a negative wage budget...I've decided to try and save funds by selling some players and spending next season instead of now.
So I'm gonna use my current squad, and replacing fringe players with youth to be able to use them as backups and aid my registration in comps (as HG players)
I decided to offload the fringe players with high wages and replace un-needed loan players. My signings were just forward thinking with young players and were light on my wallet, as I'm planning to go crazy next season and get myself some superstars hopefully:
*managed to replace 2 loanees on transfer deadline!*

I was drawn in the "Group of Death" in the UEFA Champions League...Monaco, Leverkusen, and Chelsea...hope I do well...*tells himself that Europa League isn't bad*


My next update with scores will be at Mid-season hopefully.

Good luck mate.

Good luck with this mate

Thank you for the support guys
*End of Winter Transfer Window*

Date: 1st February 2015
Brief: So far the season was way above my own expectations in the league and CL, exception is the Italian Cup.
Some players let me down hugely, some overachieved, and some brought me sad news. And here is the analysis of what's happening so far.

Club Performance

League: Sharing the top of the Serie A with Juventus, hope they face some bad luck to allow me some breathing space.


Italian Cup: Got knocked out on penalties in the 1st round.....

Champions League: Surprisingly one loss after I've already secured my succession to the 1st knock-out phase. Very proud of beating Chelsea home and away, my team didn't let me down! Been drawn to face (Zenit) for the next game, I have hope of a good result.


Player News and Transfers

Under-Performers

Juan Iturbe: I had faith in him, he never delivered.
Miralem Pjanic: Fairly inconsistent, fades in and out, but still there to save the day when needed…hope he picks up in the 2nd half of the season.

Overachievers

Wojciech Szczesny: Surprised me by being consistent in form, rarely makes mistakes, and I'm seriously thinking of making his transfer permanent by season end.
Lucas Digne: His bursts forward, his back retreat towards defense, and his pinpoint crosses made him be the man with most assists so far. A keeper for next season?
Iago Falque: The unexpected departure of Gervinho in the last transfer window left a void which stupidly I thought Iturbe could fill…Thank God Falque out-performed himself and provided decent cover as my Left Winger for at least this season.
Radja Nainggolan: Thought he'd be the backup in my midfield trio, he proved me wrong! He's the lead singer putting Pjanic in shame.

Sad News
Emanuel Mammana: Suffered ACL injury and loan had to be terminated
Seydou Keita: Despite getting playing time as a sub and replacing an ever suspended De Rossi he wanted a permanent 1st team slot which I couldn't provide, He was sold…
Kevin Strootman: After the long wait for his return from injury and him only seeing 15mins of play time, his ACL injured reoccurred during training taking off for 9 months…his season has ended.

Alessandro Florenzi: My favorite Roma player in real-life…was on international duty in November and suffered a Broken Leg (lower) which ended his season early.


Analysis BEFORE buying new players

- The team definitely need replacements for Florenzi and Strootman.
- My gamble by having Ponce and Bonazzoli as understudies to Dzeko has failed miserably due to their young age, I need a new striker with a tad more experience to provide Dzeko a backup.
- Time to research next season targets and keep a close eye on them.
- Surprisingly demand for Seydou Doumbia is high and I managed to get an eye-watering 37m Euro for him! That money will come in handy in summer transfers!

Transfers IN

Gino Peruzzi: Managed to get a good deal on him and will be Florenzi's replacement, as I don't believe Torosidis is good enough. But as my luck shows...he got injured last day before transfer window for 3-4 weeks...so Torosidis gets his shot lol

Lucas Romero: Young and with huge potential he's Strootman's replacement, I managed to sign a pre-contract with him. Offered to buy him now and at 1.4m Euro who could say no??

Alberto Paloschi: A FM favorite of mine I signed him to backup Dzeko. Hope he's the right man, so far he is.

Nicola Leali: Signed a pre-contract, he's De Sanctis replacement as my backup GKat season end.

Iago Falque + Gerson: Predetermined transfers I personally believe both are not worth that price tag, though both doing well so far.

Future Targets

I'll need to decide on whether to keep Szczesny and Digne (and try and get a good deal) or find other replacements. Emerson (DL on loan) and Torosidis aren't up to par so I'll need new backup fullbacks. I got a gut feeling Totti will retire by season end, so striker hunt begins. Falque might be performing well but he isn't good enough, a higher quality player is a must. Central Midfield needs more depth too.

Perin, Sirigu, Begovic, Romero, Valdes, Horn, and Bravo are all candidates if Szczesny is out of reach.

Digne is a tougher player to replace, I'll start my research soon.

Emerson and Torosidis on the other hand are easy to replace, I'm already in contract talks to sign Nicola Murru and Luca Bittante by season end.

Totti is a Roma legend but his time might come to an end soon. I'm eying to bring back Mattia Destro or try my luck with Domenico Berardi. Let's just wait and see how it unfolds.

For my AML position I'm hoping to seal a deal for Eder soon, if it didn't work out I'll start my research.

In the middle of the park I'll keep a close eye on Roberto Soriano, Federico Viviani and Lorenzo Pellegrini(due to their HG and club status), and hopefully Strootman's return provides more depth.

I'll post my next update once the season ends hopefully.