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Hi everyone!!
As per mentioned above, this is my liverpool guide, inclusive of the players.
Players XI (ranked in accordance to my starting line-up preference)
GK
Jose Manuel Reina
Diego Cavalieri
DR
Glen Johnson
Stephen Darby
DL
Emlilano Insua
Fabio Aurelio
DC
Jamie Carragher
Martin Skrtel
Sotiris Kyrgiakos
Daniel Agger
DMC
Javier Mascherano
Lucas
Damien Plessis
Jay Spearing
AMR
Dirk Kuyt
Yossi Benayoun
AML
Albert Riera
Ryan Babel
AMC
Alberto Aquilani
Steven Gerrard
Rafael van der Vaart
ST
Fernando Torres
Dirk Kuyt
Ryan Babel
David N'gog
Problems with & feasible solutions for Liverpool:
1. £2m transfer budget & £1.01m wage budget
2. Injuries
3. Creative playmaker
:'( This is a real stumbling block to begin with. I was shocked when I saw the budgets. But nonetheless, this actually is the fun part of managing the team. You are left with loans or buying unknown players at minimum prices. The latter is not possible at all since a decent player will put you back by at least £2.5m. So in my opinion, loaning a player will be the best solution. Question is who to loan? For that we have to take a look at the available squad players. Skrtel is nearing recovery, and Carragher
and Kyrgiakos both have high stamina (they hardly tire), so the DC problem is temporary resolved. Glen Johnson is the only available DR at the moment, but if you take a closer look at the Reserves team, you will find that Stephen Darby is an emerging gem. Insua will fill the "boots" of Aurelio just fine, so no worries there. For DMC, Mascherano and Lucas are the best, but they cannot last every game. And the solution once again comes from the Reserves team. Damien Plessis and Jay Spearing can fill the roles adequately for games against lower level teams. Now comes the midfield. Liverpool has a pool of talent but as per real life, lacks a creative player who can create chances and make that beautiful through pass or that long shot that leaves GK rooted. Alonso was that player but he has since left to pursue financial dreams with R.Madrid. Riera is a left winger, and make no mistakes about it, he really does his job well. Benayoun is a fantastic dribbler, but he lacks the vision to make the final pass to the ST, thus wasting great chances. Babel is just too selfish of a player, nothing more can be said. Kuyt, yes, is an accomplished right winger, but he is definitely more comfortable with a ST role. That leaves us with good old Gerrard. He is the heart of the midfield, the person who drives the team forward. But he has a tendency to blast the ball from 30yards out. Not that it isn't good, but more often that not the shots meets the moon than the back of the net. Anyway, I was team-surfing when i came across van der Vaart. Those who played previous versions of FM would know that he is a real deal. Yes he is, and he has been transfer-listed by R.Madrid. But the initial £8.5m price tag is more than 4x the available transfer budget. So let's take a loan(not from RBS like what Hicks and ex-good friend Gillett did) from the cash-rich Madrid. Initial price of £1.3m with 50% wages are fine, and I even threw in the option of future fee of £6.5m! A fantastic deal!! Madrid is sure to reject the offer, asking for £7.5m as future fee. But we are all a little stingy like Hicks aren't we? So i kept up the same offer between intervals of 2 weeks till the end of the transfer window, and Madrid finally agreed. So the next problem is how do we finance the future fee? Sell redundant players. Degen and Dossena are simply not good enough for the squad, and you can sell them off to raise cash for further purchases if needed. Throw in Voronin too if you need more money. By the way, Man City bought Dossena from me for a whopping £9m!!
Recommended players (if you just can't resist buying)
DR - Kyle Naughton
DL - Joe Mattock, Vegard Forren, Sebastien Pocognoli
MC / DMC - Lee Cattermole, Tom Huddlestone, Aron Gunnarsson, Henrique
MC / AMC / AMRL - Bernardo, Ibrahim Afellay, Pablo Piatti, Tranquillo Barnetta
ST - Andre-Pierre Gignac, Dean Ashton
Formation (Defense - Defensive Mid - Midfield - Attacking Mid - Forward)
1. 4-2-0-3-1 (screenie)
I like to break away from the conventional 4-4-2 formation. I prefer a formation with narrow width, with attacks focused in the middle, hence formation 1. It has no wingers, yes no wingers, and all the 3 are AMC (van der Vaart - Gerrard - Aquilani).
When you are wining by a considerable goal margin and wish to substitute players, here goes:
Blast the goals!!
You can choose to substitute any of the AMC depending on their condition with a ST and place him with poacher or deep lying forward instructions. Mix and match to your own liking. I like to use Kuyt on the right of Torres. Kuyt really surprises me time and again..
Training:
Simon's Training
This training schedule is created by me and so far it is working fairly well, so you might wanna try it out. 8-|
FileFront is giving me problems uploading screenies but in any case, I'm leading the league; Pld 31, Won 23, Drn 8 Lst 0, For 63, Ag 14, Diff 49, Pts 77.
Pls feel free to leave any comments.. Cheers
As per mentioned above, this is my liverpool guide, inclusive of the players.
Players XI (ranked in accordance to my starting line-up preference)
GK
Jose Manuel Reina
Diego Cavalieri
DR
Glen Johnson
Stephen Darby
DL
Emlilano Insua
Fabio Aurelio
DC
Jamie Carragher
Martin Skrtel
Sotiris Kyrgiakos
Daniel Agger
DMC
Javier Mascherano
Lucas
Damien Plessis
Jay Spearing
AMR
Dirk Kuyt
Yossi Benayoun
AML
Albert Riera
Ryan Babel
AMC
Alberto Aquilani
Steven Gerrard
Rafael van der Vaart
ST
Fernando Torres
Dirk Kuyt
Ryan Babel
David N'gog
Problems with & feasible solutions for Liverpool:
1. £2m transfer budget & £1.01m wage budget
2. Injuries
3. Creative playmaker
:'( This is a real stumbling block to begin with. I was shocked when I saw the budgets. But nonetheless, this actually is the fun part of managing the team. You are left with loans or buying unknown players at minimum prices. The latter is not possible at all since a decent player will put you back by at least £2.5m. So in my opinion, loaning a player will be the best solution. Question is who to loan? For that we have to take a look at the available squad players. Skrtel is nearing recovery, and Carragher
and Kyrgiakos both have high stamina (they hardly tire), so the DC problem is temporary resolved. Glen Johnson is the only available DR at the moment, but if you take a closer look at the Reserves team, you will find that Stephen Darby is an emerging gem. Insua will fill the "boots" of Aurelio just fine, so no worries there. For DMC, Mascherano and Lucas are the best, but they cannot last every game. And the solution once again comes from the Reserves team. Damien Plessis and Jay Spearing can fill the roles adequately for games against lower level teams. Now comes the midfield. Liverpool has a pool of talent but as per real life, lacks a creative player who can create chances and make that beautiful through pass or that long shot that leaves GK rooted. Alonso was that player but he has since left to pursue financial dreams with R.Madrid. Riera is a left winger, and make no mistakes about it, he really does his job well. Benayoun is a fantastic dribbler, but he lacks the vision to make the final pass to the ST, thus wasting great chances. Babel is just too selfish of a player, nothing more can be said. Kuyt, yes, is an accomplished right winger, but he is definitely more comfortable with a ST role. That leaves us with good old Gerrard. He is the heart of the midfield, the person who drives the team forward. But he has a tendency to blast the ball from 30yards out. Not that it isn't good, but more often that not the shots meets the moon than the back of the net. Anyway, I was team-surfing when i came across van der Vaart. Those who played previous versions of FM would know that he is a real deal. Yes he is, and he has been transfer-listed by R.Madrid. But the initial £8.5m price tag is more than 4x the available transfer budget. So let's take a loan(not from RBS like what Hicks and ex-good friend Gillett did) from the cash-rich Madrid. Initial price of £1.3m with 50% wages are fine, and I even threw in the option of future fee of £6.5m! A fantastic deal!! Madrid is sure to reject the offer, asking for £7.5m as future fee. But we are all a little stingy like Hicks aren't we? So i kept up the same offer between intervals of 2 weeks till the end of the transfer window, and Madrid finally agreed. So the next problem is how do we finance the future fee? Sell redundant players. Degen and Dossena are simply not good enough for the squad, and you can sell them off to raise cash for further purchases if needed. Throw in Voronin too if you need more money. By the way, Man City bought Dossena from me for a whopping £9m!!
Recommended players (if you just can't resist buying)
DR - Kyle Naughton
DL - Joe Mattock, Vegard Forren, Sebastien Pocognoli
MC / DMC - Lee Cattermole, Tom Huddlestone, Aron Gunnarsson, Henrique
MC / AMC / AMRL - Bernardo, Ibrahim Afellay, Pablo Piatti, Tranquillo Barnetta
ST - Andre-Pierre Gignac, Dean Ashton
Formation (Defense - Defensive Mid - Midfield - Attacking Mid - Forward)
1. 4-2-0-3-1 (screenie)
I like to break away from the conventional 4-4-2 formation. I prefer a formation with narrow width, with attacks focused in the middle, hence formation 1. It has no wingers, yes no wingers, and all the 3 are AMC (van der Vaart - Gerrard - Aquilani).
When you are wining by a considerable goal margin and wish to substitute players, here goes:
Blast the goals!!
You can choose to substitute any of the AMC depending on their condition with a ST and place him with poacher or deep lying forward instructions. Mix and match to your own liking. I like to use Kuyt on the right of Torres. Kuyt really surprises me time and again..
Training:
Simon's Training
This training schedule is created by me and so far it is working fairly well, so you might wanna try it out. 8-|
FileFront is giving me problems uploading screenies but in any case, I'm leading the league; Pld 31, Won 23, Drn 8 Lst 0, For 63, Ag 14, Diff 49, Pts 77.
Pls feel free to leave any comments.. Cheers