How long does it take a team to "gel"?

[shirleymush]

I am playing as Southampton in the PL (third season). We're 13th with a young side, and a lot of the players were signed in the summer. Can I expect results to improve as the season wears on?

I play 4-2-3-1 and have the likes of Christaldo, Naki, Weiss, San Jose, Addison, James Rodriguez. We usually beat the lower/mid-table sides but invariably get absolutely tuned by United, Chelsea etc.

Should we be doing better with the players at my disposal or would a mid-table finish be a reasonable achievement with such a young team? Should I change to a more defensive tactic? Or bring in some more experienced players as stopgap?

 

[Joss]

http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=16744

You can use that..

Otherwise, with a young squad in your first season in PL, mid table is probably pretty good, even with very good players, Chelsea and Arsenal etc. will batter you for a while, they're going to have better players, and managers, but what really matters is how you play against mid table teams, similar to your team

 

[Brian]

13th is good in your first prem season and your players should gel around now so you will be fine for midtable