Season 40

[Ljepoje]

A little update from my end.

Yesterday's cup match saw a good 2-1 away victory in a very close contest against Manchatterunitet (who are marginally weaker than me by Q1.5). Sung-Hwan Ha scored in the 3rd minute from a James Kay corner, though they equalised in the 57th minute. Sutcu scored the winner in the 76th minute.

We also signed another quality scout (as mentioned previously), a Q54 22yo MR with Dribbler SA who is only 6 SP away from 7*. Now to try and get another ML (top priority), another GK and another ST if possible and I should be fine for the season.

Also doing a minor bit of power training, so at least looking to get my whole squad (bar those three mentioned above) up to the next star, so hoping to have a team full of 5* at least before letting natural progression take over.

I bought one yesterday as well. My first thought was that he would be a mediocre MC with the dribbler ability, but I was proven wrong. He managed to score in the CUP and was rated as a 8, then today he played for 45min in the league but got a rate 7... So, yes. MC with dribbler ability aren't that "bad" as people say they are.

[Bluebird Hewitt]

I bought one yesterday as well. My first thought was that he would be a mediocre MC with the dribbler ability, but I was proven wrong. He managed to score in the CUP and was rated as a 8, then today he played for 45min in the league but got a rate 7... So, yes. MC with dribbler ability aren't that "bad" as people say they are.

I've never had a player with Dribbler SA before, so will see whether it is have decent or not, especially as I tend to focus down the wings a lot. Hoping it makes him 'Messiesque' in that he will have a better chance of beating his man if man marked at least.

To against what other people have had, my scout players available have been has been pretty good so far. Two positions that strengthened my team, both 22 years old, both Q54, both 6-7 SP away from 7* and both with, I hope, useful SA's (Corner for the DR/DC and Dribbler for the MR).

Going back to your Dribbler being 'mediocre', I still think people underestimate the usefulness of the Corner Taker SA, as I have scored a fair few goals from corners because of this.

[Ljepoje]

I've never had a player with Dribbler SA before, so will see whether it is have decent or not, especially as I tend to focus down the wings a lot. Hoping it makes him 'Messiesque' in that he will have a better chance of beating his man if man marked at least.

To against what other people have had, my scout players available have been has been pretty good so far. Two positions that strengthened my team, both 22 years old, both Q54, both 6-7 SP away from 7* and both with, I hope, useful SA's (Corner for the DR/DC and Dribbler for the MR).

Yeah. I had 1 dribbler back in season 2 or 3, but he was a 27yr old (I think), and he wasn't that bad either (7-7-7-6-7). But then again, I played against weaker opposition so I can't say if it depended on that or not. But now when I bought this one, I was quite surprised about his performance. Also, as he was the "best" scout avaible on the scoutlist, I didn't have any choice but to buy him

But I recommend to have a MC playmaker as well. I noticed that the performance of my other players "increases" (especially the MC playing alongside him) and my AML+AMR gets the ball more often and takes more shoots on taget as well.

Going back to your Dribbler being 'mediocre', I still think people underestimate the usefulness of the Corner Taker SA, as I have scored a fair few goals from corners because of this[/COLOR].

Yes, perhaps. I have a couple of Corner spec. in my squad and my no.1 choice is my ST (Mandžukić). He was my best assist last season and yesterday he managed to score a couple of times and assist as well. Then he was declared as the MoM in both games. So yeah, the corner taker SA isn't that bad ... The only SA I find "useless" is the Free-kick spec. Don't know why, but they seem to miss 2 of 3 times. That's why I put my best ST (Jovetić) with the "one-on-one" ability to take them and he scores 2 of 3 times, so I can't complain

But also, it could depend from case to case. It could be "randomness" as well since every manager experiencing different from player to player.