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Dexther Bolle, an hispanoamerican guy (spanish with US second nationality), having chosen Crewe as the club of his heart, traveled to meet the team's board after reading news that the previous manager change of heart, to be concrete a transplant after a stroke, asking to be given the position of new management. After some discussion about the man who had worn a t-shirt with the logo of the bank that had conceded the still not completelly paid loan, his request was accepted and Dexther was introduced to the club and the press as the new Crewe Alexandra manager.
He looked at the lads of first and reserve teams, and the reports, over. He thought to himself "I expected a bit better at this level, of course I expected to see players like these, but not so many. Certainly I see why this team is tipped for releation". He looked at the available positions, preparing for the first friendlies and to begin planning the transfer policy. It was clear what were the weaker links of the squad: lack of wingers, left full back replacement, some quality striker and a goalkeeper.
But before any of those could come, the only tactic with some guarantees of working with the squad seemed to be an attacking 4-3-3, which he used in a likely scottish team, the Bidulphlph, with a result of a dominant 5-0, but not a convincing game. The defense was never tested, the midfield was pitted against a vastly inferior side and so was the strikers, who really didn't show much.
First was scouting the parent club for loans, and he's Liverpool, yay!. Two players from the scouted were of use: San José and Francisco Durán, a defender and midfielder, respectively, to play for Crewe the rest of the season, so Dean Cowan from Dundee, a right side defender midfielder, meant to give the option to play 4-4-2 or 4-5-1 formations having a wing occupied. Then veteran Iván Rosado would give punch to the forward, while SAFFC would provide John Wilkinson to have a left wing and Bennet to have a replacement (or new starting) for the left full back.
Some other players have been targetted, but Taner, a turkish left wing/attacking midfielder, who was the most interesting for the team, is not being sold by prices I'm willing to pay and the team says there's no funds (there should be, I have more transfer budget than his first payment and I think the full worth of the transfer, please don't say I mistyped the amount I was to pay).
The worst problem comes from the goalkeeper, Collis who's the goalie that I must play is the worse of the two, but the other is injured and even he's not that good; but every team asks for his goalie a lot more than I wish to pay, the most blatant being Bittnes, valued at 4000€ for whith they're asking more than 200,000€!. So I think I'll rebid for one of the other better choices and accept their demands. And the preseason has ended, with a 4-4-2 that doesn't work bad but still isn't too good, having a 0-3 defeat to a championship side, though not as bad as the result says, and managed a 2-1 win against Liverpool reserves, but then pool's reserves are or League 1's strength.
Oh well, a day for first season match, against Huddersfield, where I'm doubting between keeping the 4-4-2 and see how it goes or make a 4-5-1 as the players would allow to.
In the other side, I began to sell players that I don't intend to use or are too bad, two though were just loaned out, but that's better than nothing.
Screenshots will come in further posts.
He looked at the lads of first and reserve teams, and the reports, over. He thought to himself "I expected a bit better at this level, of course I expected to see players like these, but not so many. Certainly I see why this team is tipped for releation". He looked at the available positions, preparing for the first friendlies and to begin planning the transfer policy. It was clear what were the weaker links of the squad: lack of wingers, left full back replacement, some quality striker and a goalkeeper.
But before any of those could come, the only tactic with some guarantees of working with the squad seemed to be an attacking 4-3-3, which he used in a likely scottish team, the Bidulphlph, with a result of a dominant 5-0, but not a convincing game. The defense was never tested, the midfield was pitted against a vastly inferior side and so was the strikers, who really didn't show much.
First was scouting the parent club for loans, and he's Liverpool, yay!. Two players from the scouted were of use: San José and Francisco Durán, a defender and midfielder, respectively, to play for Crewe the rest of the season, so Dean Cowan from Dundee, a right side defender midfielder, meant to give the option to play 4-4-2 or 4-5-1 formations having a wing occupied. Then veteran Iván Rosado would give punch to the forward, while SAFFC would provide John Wilkinson to have a left wing and Bennet to have a replacement (or new starting) for the left full back.
Some other players have been targetted, but Taner, a turkish left wing/attacking midfielder, who was the most interesting for the team, is not being sold by prices I'm willing to pay and the team says there's no funds (there should be, I have more transfer budget than his first payment and I think the full worth of the transfer, please don't say I mistyped the amount I was to pay).
The worst problem comes from the goalkeeper, Collis who's the goalie that I must play is the worse of the two, but the other is injured and even he's not that good; but every team asks for his goalie a lot more than I wish to pay, the most blatant being Bittnes, valued at 4000€ for whith they're asking more than 200,000€!. So I think I'll rebid for one of the other better choices and accept their demands. And the preseason has ended, with a 4-4-2 that doesn't work bad but still isn't too good, having a 0-3 defeat to a championship side, though not as bad as the result says, and managed a 2-1 win against Liverpool reserves, but then pool's reserves are or League 1's strength.
Oh well, a day for first season match, against Huddersfield, where I'm doubting between keeping the 4-4-2 and see how it goes or make a 4-5-1 as the players would allow to.
In the other side, I began to sell players that I don't intend to use or are too bad, two though were just loaned out, but that's better than nothing.
Screenshots will come in further posts.