Hi. I've decided to start posting my Atalanta save as a story for you all since I'm really enjoying the save and hope you will enjoy following it too!
Unfortunately I hadn't decided to make this a story during the first season so the first season will be simply 2 big half a season updates as they're the only times I've got screenshots for. As such I'll do a 'Meet the Squad' at the end of the second season summer transfer window, which I've just finished.
Okay so onto the first update I guess!
To begin with here's my transfers for summer and January:
Alberto Cerri and Daniele Rugani were signed by paying compensation to their clubs early in the window but neither is really good enough quite yet for a starting spot, hopefully they'll be ready by next season but they both look like great prospects and were cheap as chips too! When I sold Carlos Carmona it quickly became apparent that I needed a new Central midfielder so I went after the young Argentine Gaston Gil Romero, he's already good and goes straight into the starting line up. Simone Del Nero was signed as back up to my better left sided players and will probably only play a few games all season. Lorenzo Tassi is similar to Cerri and Rugani in that he isn't ready to start every game yet but hopefully will be within a season or 2 as he looks a top prospect as well!
In January I was given an extra ?8.07m to spend by the board which means you'll probably be asking how I spent ?12.8m, well I signed Daley Blind using Monthly installments is the honest answer. Speaking of Daley Blind, he quickly became first choice left back for me as he was, well, by far my best player in that position... Rodrigo Gomez was signed due to a lack of quality down our right wing and became an instant starter too, the young Argentine's dribbling skill is simply amazing, already 19 at only 20 years of age!
So here's my Serie A results until the end of January:
We started with a very, very tough run of games against arguably 4 of the top 5 teams in Italy in our first 4 games. All I was thinking to myself was "Please don't lose all 4 and get sacked before this even begins" but amazingly we only lost 1 of the games and probably should have won against Napoli and Inter but I'll definitely take 5 points from those 4 games I thought to myself but then we just kept getting better and better! Until December, we were seemingly unstoppable and I thought we might actually be able to challenge Juve for the title but then well, everything went wrong for 2 months in December and January. German Denis just seemed to lose his scoring touch once December came and we went on a terrible run throughout the winter.
With this where were we in the table?
6th is about where I wanted us to get this season so to be there is very encouraging however after the start we made to the season I have to say I'm a bit disappointed and I think we can get Champions League this season if we just manage to get back on track.
Obviously the league wasn't the only competition we were involved in as there was the Italian cup that I was hoping for a really good run in, so could we have a good cup run?
Unfortunately I hadn't decided to make this a story during the first season so the first season will be simply 2 big half a season updates as they're the only times I've got screenshots for. As such I'll do a 'Meet the Squad' at the end of the second season summer transfer window, which I've just finished.
Okay so onto the first update I guess!
To begin with here's my transfers for summer and January:
Alberto Cerri and Daniele Rugani were signed by paying compensation to their clubs early in the window but neither is really good enough quite yet for a starting spot, hopefully they'll be ready by next season but they both look like great prospects and were cheap as chips too! When I sold Carlos Carmona it quickly became apparent that I needed a new Central midfielder so I went after the young Argentine Gaston Gil Romero, he's already good and goes straight into the starting line up. Simone Del Nero was signed as back up to my better left sided players and will probably only play a few games all season. Lorenzo Tassi is similar to Cerri and Rugani in that he isn't ready to start every game yet but hopefully will be within a season or 2 as he looks a top prospect as well!
In January I was given an extra ?8.07m to spend by the board which means you'll probably be asking how I spent ?12.8m, well I signed Daley Blind using Monthly installments is the honest answer. Speaking of Daley Blind, he quickly became first choice left back for me as he was, well, by far my best player in that position... Rodrigo Gomez was signed due to a lack of quality down our right wing and became an instant starter too, the young Argentine's dribbling skill is simply amazing, already 19 at only 20 years of age!
So here's my Serie A results until the end of January:
We started with a very, very tough run of games against arguably 4 of the top 5 teams in Italy in our first 4 games. All I was thinking to myself was "Please don't lose all 4 and get sacked before this even begins" but amazingly we only lost 1 of the games and probably should have won against Napoli and Inter but I'll definitely take 5 points from those 4 games I thought to myself but then we just kept getting better and better! Until December, we were seemingly unstoppable and I thought we might actually be able to challenge Juve for the title but then well, everything went wrong for 2 months in December and January. German Denis just seemed to lose his scoring touch once December came and we went on a terrible run throughout the winter.
With this where were we in the table?
6th is about where I wanted us to get this season so to be there is very encouraging however after the start we made to the season I have to say I'm a bit disappointed and I think we can get Champions League this season if we just manage to get back on track.
Obviously the league wasn't the only competition we were involved in as there was the Italian cup that I was hoping for a really good run in, so could we have a good cup run?
No. Apart from Baselli playing amazing every game, the cup was pretty disappointing really. So that's that competition over for a season.
Well there's the first update. I'll post the second half of the season at half time in Arsenal vs Marseille
Well there's the first update. I'll post the second half of the season at half time in Arsenal vs Marseille
Will follow - Atalanta is one of my favourites in Italy