![]() ![]() ![]() With Robert Wechner leading the line, we don’t need a traditional #9. He’s a wonderful player, and perfect for the system we play. Whether I would’ve pursued with the move if that bid was accepted, I don’t know, but I do know that I wanted him badly. Spending £48m in the January window on Cross might seem a lot, but then consider that we had a £100m bid rejected in August. ![]() ![]() This was really disappointing for a number of reasons. But this lack of minutes was because Cross signed in January, and then only days after moving, he tore his hamstring. The only other player with under 1000 minutes for the season was new signing Joe Cross (with 790 minutes). That didn’t happen, so he ended up whinging about the lack of game-time and I played him even less because of it. If Remy Arama got injured, this guy could step right in. Seeing the fee Juventus wanted, I knew he’d be a better backup to have around than Milan Zapletal, who I then loaned out. Unhappy with his current situation but I’d like to keep him around as he provides vital backup. One such player who didn’t get much game-time (607 minutes over the season) was new signing Emmanuel Reyes.Įmmanuel Reyes: a bargain at £9m. Having a fairly small squad, with a number of those players able to cover many different positions, means pretty much everyone got loads of game-time. Still managed to get heaps of game-time, and his presence means we can still select an attacking-first RB in games we’re expected to dominate. Patrik Olsson: much like Popovic, the fact he can play other positions meant signing two world class FBs made sense. Well worth the cash.Īleksander Popovic: a wonderfully talented two-footed full-back capable of playing either side (and also acts as a backup CB in emergencies). Well, Finn Nys & Angel Ferretti are both old and both cost a huge amount.įinn Nys: another example of bringing an ex-Dortmund player back, having sold him to Man City for a touch under £50m a few years ago.Īngel Ferretti: one of PSG’s best and most important players capable of playing in any right-back role in any system. And this was only because we bent one of the rules I’ve kept this whole save don’t buy old players for big fees. The idea now was to use their fees to find better full-backs than our current starters (Popovic & Olsson). At no point were any of these guys considered regular starters. With an abundance of full-backs, Emerson, Alfonso and Tammo Pieper all moved on for very reasonable fees. With a number of talented attackers coming through and some money to spend on a few ‘galacticos’, Neto & Mario Caseres were each sold comfortably and for big money. When I say a ‘spending splurge’, I mean that we actually spent the money we made from transfers this year. He’s had more support this year after we eventually went on a spending splurge last Summer. He’s reached the stage where his technical & physical attributes are remaining fairly constant (there has been some depreciation), but his mental attributes are exploding. With 17 PoM awards and an average rating of 8.24, he often won matches on his own. This meant he could feature regularly, and amassed a club-record 68 goals as well as 29 assists in his 48 games. Despite tearing his calf muscle at the end of last season and missing out on pre-season, he had no other injuries at all which is unusual for him. It’s probably a bore to hear about his triumphs every year, but this was his best season to date. The quality of our squad is just leaps and bounds further ahead of every other team in the league that we always had a player capable of turning the match in our favour. There’s been one or two games where we could’ve easily drawn and it would’ve been a fair result, with the last match of the season against Hoffenheim being a particular worry.īut aside from that, putting out strong teams every week meant we’ve just blown everyone else away fairly easily. I don’t consider myself ridiculously good, and I’d like to think we haven’t been overly lucky. But more importantly, it was accompanied by a 0 in the ‘draws’ column. This year, we again had a 0 in our ‘losses’ column. To me, anyone who achieved an unbeaten season was either ridiculously lucky or ridiculously good at the game. Before I’d achieved an unbeaten season with Dortmund, I genuinely thought it was impossible.Įach year, we’d lose a game in an away game against some dodgy mid-table side and I’d whinge before not playing Football Manager for weeks. ![]()
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