PART 3 - Making a SWOT
So...I figured some things out on how to do my SWOT-analysis:
For my Strength's and weaknesses, I made some points when thinking about my players. For my strenght's I also, made a selection of the following attributes: Acceleration, Dribbling, Heading, Marking, Passing, Tackling and Pace and I looked at who was above 12 for this attribute.
Strength's:
- Centre of the team
o Defense: Pandza, De Witte, Van Hoevelen, De Petter (VMC)
o Midfield: Henkens, Destorme, Cordaro, Enevoldsen
o Attack: Junker, Pedersen
- Young players (Vanlerberghe, Mertens)
- Players who can play in more than one line: Seth De Witte, Joachim Van Damme, Steven De Petter, Maxime Biset
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Good dribblers: Alessandro Cordaro, Thomas Enevoldsen, Mads Junker, Boubacar Dialiba Diabang, Abdul Yakinu Iddi, Nicklas Pedersen
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Good first meters: Xavier Chen, Boubacar Dialiba Diabang, Abdul Yakinu Iddi, Alessandro Cordaro, Antonio Ghomsy, Nicklas Pedersen, Wannes Van Tricht, Jaime Ruiz, Thomas Enevoldsen
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Good heading: Boris Pandza, Joachim Van Damme, Maxime Biset, Seth De Witte, David Destorme, Steven De Petter, Jaime Ruiz, Mads Junker, Kenny Van Hoevelen
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Good marking: Boris Pandza, Anthony Van Loo, Sheldon Bateau, Joachim Van Damme, Maxime Biset, Seth De Witte, Steven De Petter, Xavier Chen, Kenny Van Hoevelen, Antonio Ghomsy
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Good passing: Joachim Van Damme, Robin Henkens, Thomas Enevoldsen, Mads Junker, Nicklas Pedersen, Wannes Van Tricht, Seth De Witte, Alessandro Cordaro
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Good tackling: Joachim Van Damme, Sheldon Bateau, Boris Pandza, Anthony Van Loo, Maxime Biset, Seth De Witte, Antonio Ghomsy, Chen Xavier, Robin Henkens, Kenny Van Hoevelen
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Good pace: Abdul Yakinu Iddi, Chen Xavier, Sheldon Bateau, Boubacar Dialiba Diabang, Wannes Van Tricht, Alessandro Cordaro, Antonio Ghomsy, Steven De Petter, Jaime Ruiz, Nicklas Pedersen, Thomas Enevoldsen, Boris Pandza, Joachim Van Damme, Robin Henkens, David Destorme, Anthony Van Loo
Weaknesses:
- I only have one "decent" (3+ star) full back and that's Xavier Chen, so I guess I need to buy two who can be a direct asset for the team, so a 3,5-4star). One VL (with 3,5-4 stars) and one VL (with 4 stars)
- I only have one good flank player and that's Thomas Enevoldsen, so in my opinion I need to buy 3 players, if I decide to play wide. One AMR with at least 3,5-4 stars, One AML with at least 3,5 stars.
- My third weakness, was like I said, my poor scouting network and I already placed an advert for scouts
Now the most tricky part was looking at the Opportunities and the Threads for my team, but then I remembered there was a tool in football manager where you can do a team comparison, so I took this as a guide.
My opportunities would be:
Defense:
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It seems that we are top and almost top of the league in Tackling and Marking
Midfield:
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My midfielders are rather average in the league except for teamwork
Attack:
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It comes a bit as a surprise, but it seems that my attack is for half top of the league: Finishing, Long Shots (although it’s not really that good), Anticipation, Movement
Threads:
Defense:
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For defense, it seems that the biggest threads are the average acceleration and heading of my team.
Midfield:
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For midfield it seems, like I already said, we’re average in the league except for Passing and Technique
Attack:
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In attack, it seems that we are one of the baddest of the league in Pace
Conclusion of my SWOT:
- I have to look out for pacey strikers and targetmen, so I guess I will have to get the space between defenders and keeper as low as possible (at least for my central defenders). My full-backs seem to be rather quick, so the space behind them can be a bit further up in comparison with my central defenders. It could be an idea to make them tackle quite hard, because it seems my defense is good in tackling. I could also make my defenders mark their man, but without pressing too much I think?
- I guess in midfield, it would be hard to get rid of all the problem zones because we're average which is not that bad. I still think though that, because of the passing, we have to give them short passes. I do not want to lose them too many balls on the midfield. I also have to look out for their poor technique, so they may not be too long on the ball making forward runs.
- In attack it seems we have a lot of ways to score, but it is a big NO to try and score with through balls because my attack seems just too slow.
- To do:
- Buy VL, VR, AML, AMR
- Hire Scouts
After doing this SWOT analysis, and I hope I did a good job with this, it would be time to go on to Part 5 and that are transfers: What, Why and When?