Hillingdon Heath Season 2 Preview


Transfers
Season 2 sets new sights for Hillingdon Heath's, and Manager Tom Millson's, ambitions. Now challenging for the treble as opposed to just the League they dominated last season, Tom Millson has looked to strengthen his successful squad. The quick sale of out-of-favour central midfielder Laurent Yanz earned the club a tidy $474k. Retiring reserve left midfielder Chris Perks was also let go on a free.

Initial observations of the transfer market showed some good potential signings. After extensive discussions with the board, Tom Millson was allowed an extra investment of $6.4M in exchange for 85 tokens successfully farmed from the previous season. Hilingdon's first signing was Italian right midfielder Nicola Provenzano for $1.34M. Millson had entered a bidding war he was desperate to win and after countless rounds was the victor.

In the excitement of this bidding war, Millson also unwittingly bid numerous times on a second right midfielder. This also was a success and Ukrainian Volodymyr Malyk was purchased for $1.39M. With two excellent right midfielders in the squad, this has unfortunately paved the way for loyal servants Stephen Lokman and Andrzej Pawlowski to depart; Stephen Lokman has been sold for $102K while Pawlowski is transfer listed. Also transfer listed are reserve players Ben Sankoh and Dwight Smith.

Millson's third signing has seen the midfield bolstered even more. Gifted 19 year old Zoltán Kása of Hungary joined the squad for a club record $2.87M. As left midfielder, Kása will be a worthy companion to Marcel Sontsa Kenfack who will still feature prominently for Hillingdon this season.

Millson is now on the lookout for a central defensive midfielder, a right back and potentially a left back. A new goalkeeper is also a priority, as is a striker. With a cup match in less than 3 hours time, Millson has promised to wait until the results of this match before he purchases any new players. He is expecting a victory and if this is the case, the club will likely take in a youth player on the third day of the season before placing further bids.

Champions League
Hillingdon are placed in Group F alongside Italians Velletri f.c (15.6Q), Team Oman (13.4) and Dutch Ronny FC (14.6). While Hillingdon have by far the highest average quality (19.7) and should be expected to progress without any problems, they will still not take anything for granted.

In the overall tournament, Hillingdon have the second highest average quality. The top team (and so favourites) are Selmantorino FC from Turkey, with an average quality of 21.3. They also had a great Cup run last season that saw them emerge runners-up and win the League.

Cup
The Cup is far too large to scout out for the time being, but Hillingdon are up against seemingly abandoned level 3 team Dimz FC of Spain. At 13:00 today, Hillingdon will travel to the Spanish capital Madrid to face them, before inviting them back to west London for the reverse fixture tomorrow.

Hillingdon are favourites to win both legs due to their higher quality and having a manager present at the game. How the team fairs with the rest of the tournament will remain to be seen. Right now, their priority is to come away from Spain with 3 points in the bag.