Färnebofjärdens (Swedish team)

[Färnebofjärdens]

New season and new possibilities. Have decided to take a somewhat more relaxed attitude and give the players I sign a good chance to prove themselves.


Sunday morning transfer market was only 3* players though but decided to give three of them a chance in my team - they are much better then my 1-2* subs anyway.



A couple of hours later a highly valuable player was available, and I bought him. After that the competition on the market was just crazy, but I also picked up a retiring free agent. I only have Sten Rehn, 1* central midfielder from before so it is a much needed addition to the squad. I doubt he will last more than one week in the team - but hopefully he proves me wrong:



I still have 15M available to spend on the market, and I am looking for three 5* players, preferably 18 year old fast-trainers, one DL, one MC and one MC or DMC. I'll check the market on Tuesday moring after the league draw - I am afraid the league draw will be harder if I sign more 5* players now.

As for the formation I want to imitate IFK Göteborg form the Roger Gustafsson era - GK-DL-DC-DC-DR-DMC-DMC-MC-AML-AMR-ST with some tweaks on the arrows. Let us see what can be done with that only if I find the right player on the market.

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Decided to sell Glenn Olsson. So sad. My first season golden talents are going away one by one, Magnus Mild season 2 and now this one. Realized it is pointless to have 5 backup defenders when I only play with 4. So now I am down to 9 backup-players and that in turn allows me to have 13 better players in the squad. Of those 13 I will give 5 the honor to be kept for a new season.

Also purchased Luigi Tittarelli for one token. 18 year old, 33q and 5.1M. I saw one player with 5.9 value - but he had other bidders. Also spent 3 tokens on auctions lost. I only have a 1* left defender, so badly need one.

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Tough situation now. I have 6 players above 3* quality. I have been rammed by injuries - 5 of them on those players. Only the under-performing scout form season 2 Bas Kok has avoided injury, but he avoids scoring goals anyway.

I lost first leg of the cup and two times in Champions League against a player with the same approach as me (keep low quality players and buy new better ones every season) only he plays it better or now how to avoid injuries.

I would say the approach works very well, but others play the same way so it does not guarantee silverware.

But Nordeuas has taken the "unexpected" elements of the game to far and destroy some of the fun. I mean the endless injuries on your new signings and star players. Injuries can be part of the game, but really, this many? Three of my new signings got injuried the first game too, so it is not random, it is hard coded.

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Won the treble this year - the approach works:



So, once again time to say goodbye to players that we don't think will make a difference next year:

Ignacio Chao, 18 games, 4 goals, DML DL 32q, 33 years old
Arild Genc, 18 games, 2 goals, DC, 33q, 30 years old
Darren Gillespie, 25 games, 2 goals, DC DR, 34q, 33 years old
Esteban Diaz, 16 games, 3 goals, DR DMR, 32q, 30 years old
Ben Bello, 38 games, 2 goals, DMC, 38q, 18 years old. Went from 33 to 38q just by playing.
Luigi Tittarelli, 30 games, 10 goals, MC, 18 years old, 38q

Ovidiu Tarcea and a couple of others were sold a few days ago. Everyone sold at the first try on 27th day evening. Only one, Ben Bello, had more then one bidder though. It will be interesting to see in the next seasons if it is still possible to sell players at the end of the season.

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The tactics in the last part of the season that was successful is 451V style, Defensive, Mixed passing, Mixed passing style, No force counter, Low pressing, Normal tackling, Zonal marking and no offside trap.
I changed to passing down flanks when I had the oppononent with no dl and dr, that way we beat Galatasaray SK in the Champ League semifinals, his team quality was better then mine (26 vs 33,5) though my starting 11 was higher quality.

I also changed to long balls when I had an opponent with crowded midfield. Thats it - keep it simple.

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Cup games: 4-0, 1-1, 3-0, 4-0, 1-2, 3-0, 6-1, 4-0, 5-0, 3-0, 3-0, 3-2, 7-1

CL games: 7-1, 5-0, 0-2, 1-3, 5-0, 2-0, 4-2, 0-1, 2-2, 3-2, 2-1, 3-2, 3-0

Toughest opponent of the season is EC Bira, whose Brazilian team beat me twice and also faced in the final of CL. Kootball FC also beat me in CL 1-0, and in the Cup FC 08 Homburg won the first leg 2-1 when Laudrup did not play.

[Färnebofjärdens]

I will give this team less time now to check out the new kid on the block. Shows good promise, pros and cons of course, but maybe finally the company that drives T11 will find some competition.

*Update: T11 has changed the way injuries work - I am very happy for that

* I am back baby!

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During the time I've been away, Bas Kok has started to play very well and score a lot of goals. Finally! Took this scout 7 weeks to become good. Also, the team won the league, the Cup and have to play the CL final tonight. This year I am not going to make any tactical changes before the game. My good MC is suspended though, that is some cause for worries. The opponent also beat me twice in the group stage - well, I get another chance to win the triple crown and am grateful for that.