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[MrB]

If your excellent defender is 20 I would definitely sell him at his next pop as he'll take ages to train to outstanding once he's 21.

Or just get a YP like mine, current bidding £734k with 7 hours left

 

[sufcintheprem]

Good week for the Commoners in our league game at the weekend and midweek friendly. Not only did I score, but I scored away from home!! Just need to do something about the 9 goals I shipped in two games. Maybe I should stick all my money in a keeper.

 

[Birri]

Solid Wingers are great if you are training PM if they have inadequate PM as they are dirt cheap andpop to Solid in a couple of seasons. Then with 5 weeks winger training you have 3/4 players who is worth 200K+ for 2 1/2 seasons training on top of your PM trainees

 

[Bob Cratchitt]

How bad is your keeper??

I would suggest improving defenders and IMs

IMs are important as they restrict the chances the oppo have and increase your chances.

Maybe you could think about 4-5-1 as they would bolster your defence keep your midfield strong. From your stats your front line does not seem to bad for your level. Also if you are still suffering in the short term play your wingers towards middle.

Once you have bolstered your defence and IMs to a decent level then do not worry about the towards middle.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Kent Shrimper @ May 03 2005,22:21)]Also sold my formidable IM for 1.2M which was nice.

Feck. People pay some stupid prices for midfielders, they really do. I picked up a formidable for £460K and a magnificient for only £1.39m.

£1.2m for a formid?! Jeez, you jammy sod. I'll be lucky to make much more for any of my brilliant strikers...

Matt

 

[Kent Shrimper]

he was 19 and had solid passing and pass stamina though.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Kent Shrimper @ May 04 2005,15:13)]he was 19 and had solid passing and pass stamina though.  

That's still well over the odds and you knows it, you jammy bugger....

 

[MrB]

Talking of inflated prices, my YP has now hit £867k. Got the deadline wrong earlier though, still another 4 hours to run. Would be nice to get to the £1m mark at this stage of the season!

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (MrB @ May 04 2005,16:28)]Talking of inflated prices, my YP has now hit £867k.  Got the deadline wrong earlier though, still another 4 hours to run.  Would be nice to get to the £1m mark at this stage of the season!

Good grief. The world has gone mad...

He's not even a "last-week" pull - in other words, he doesn't benefit from the extra half-season as a 17 year-old, does he?

So, that Kortik bloke is paying almost £900K for a guy who will be 18 in a few weeks time. Madness.

Matt

 

[MrB]

And as my friendly isn't till 3am tomorrow morning, he won't even play a match this week!

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (MrB @ May 04 2005,16:53)]And as my friendly isn't till 3am tomorrow morning, he won't even play a match this week!

The Kortrijk bloke bidding is obviously a bit unhinged. Presumably, Tomkins' value is inflated because he's also a potential clown.

But he's only a potential clown if you have no other players with solid leadership (given the secret HT high-solid / low-solid leadership thang).

The number of players in Kortrijk's side with solid leadership?

15

So, he's buying a potential clown (and thus paying over the odds for one), even though there's no guaranteeing that he will in fact be a clown. What a weirdo!

Matt

 

[MrB]

Be a dear and keep upping the bid, I'm sure he'll pay more!

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (MrB @ May 04 2005,17:19)]Be a dear and keep upping the bid, I'm sure he'll pay more!

Alas, that's well beyond my budgetary constraints at the moment... sorry!

That's probably because I've been a buying, rather than a selling club recently. In the last 2 seasons I've spent £2,656,840 on transfers in, and recouped only £1,979,504 - a transfer deficit of £677,336. That I'm currently £250K in the black is, therefore, something I'm reasonably pleased about.

Alas, it means that I can't up the ante on young Tomkins...

Matt

 

[MrB]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ May 04 2005,17:34)]In the last 2 seasons I've spent £2,656,840 on transfers in, and recouped only £1,979,504 - a transfer deficit of £677,336.

That little? Blimey, check out my stats (though this is 2.5 seasons).

Total Purchases: 5 701 098 £
Total Sales: 6 820 770 £
Difference: 1 119 672 £
Number of transfers: 137
Average (bought): 78 097 £
Average (sold): 106 575 £
Average (bought + sold): 8 173 £

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (MrB @ May 04 2005,17:40)]That little?

Yeah... it's one big down-side to being a striker trainer, I reckon. You've only got a max of six training berths, so there's much less opportunity for rapid turnover, unless you decide to go for high-volume, low-margin purchases & sales.

As for me, I wanted to get my strikers up to at least brilliant and possibly higher... hence a far smaller volume in terms of my turnover.

Maybe it's not the right strategy, but I don't care. It's nice having a settled team!

 

[Hong Kong Blue]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ May 04 2005,16:58)]The Kortrijk bloke bidding is obviously a bit unhinged.  

Indeed - how do you report dodgy transfers to the GMs?

 

[Hong Kong Blue]

Quote[/b] (MrB @ May 04 2005,17:40)]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ May 04 2005,17:34)]In the last 2 seasons I've spent £2,656,840 on transfers in, and recouped only £1,979,504 - a transfer deficit of £677,336.

That little?  Blimey, check out my stats (though this is 2.5 seasons).

Total Purchases:   5 701 098 £
Total Sales:   6 820 770 £
Difference:   1 119 672 £
Number of transfers:   137
Average (bought):   78 097 £
Average (sold):   106 575 £
Average (bought + sold):   8 173 £

My figures are:

Total Purchases: 2 466 524 £
Total Sales: 3 367 669 £
Difference: 901 145 £
Number of transfers: 66
Average (bought): 88 090 £
Average (sold): 88 623 £
Average (bought + sold): 13 654 £

That's over 4 season though!

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Well, Mr. B has goaded me into selling one of my players... it's high time I freed up some cash and a training berth. Here he is:

Craig Gray [playerid=34813859]
22 years, inadequate form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is temperamental and dishonest.
Has poor experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Speciality: Unpredictable

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): 10 230
Wage: 1 947 £/week
Owner: Southend United Football Club
Warnings: 0
Injuries: Healthy

Stamina: solid Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: solid
Winger: wretched Defending: wretched
Scoring: brilliant Set Pieces: passable

Career Goals: 37
Career Hattricks: 2
League goals this season: 7
Cup goals this season: 0

He's on sale for £1.675m.

Matt

 

[Grayson]

I'll give you 17 grand for him!

No? didnt think so

 

[Kent Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Hong Kong Blue @ May 04 2005,18:02)]

Quote[/b] (MrB @ May 04 2005,17:40)]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ May 04 2005,17:34)]In the last 2 seasons I've spent £2,656,840 on transfers in, and recouped only £1,979,504 - a transfer deficit of £677,336.

That little?  Blimey, check out my stats (though this is 2.5 seasons).

Total Purchases:   5 701 098 £
Total Sales:   6 820 770 £
Difference:   1 119 672 £
Number of transfers:   137
Average (bought):   78 097 £
Average (sold):   106 575 £
Average (bought + sold):   8 173 £

My figures are:

Total Purchases:   2 466 524 £
Total Sales:   3 367 669 £
Difference:   901 145 £
Number of transfers:   66
  Average (bought):   88 090 £
Average (sold):   88 623 £
Average (bought + sold):   13 654 £

That's over 4 season though!

I thought i would have a look at mine also, which is over 6 seasons

Total Purchases:   3 067 089 £
Total Sales:   2 917 327 £
Difference:   -149 762 £
Number of transfers:   62
  Average (bought):   133 352 £
Average (sold):   74 803 £
Average (bought + sold):   -2 416 £