I'm playing with Forest too. In my first season I snuck up via the playoffs. I loaned McEacheran, although he didn't make an immediate impact so I used him sparingly. I also loaned Alex Chamberlain, and brought Daniel Devine (Preston) to partner a surprisingly constistant Luke Chambers in defence. I also loaned Ben Gordon at left back. Ishmail Miller, Matt Derbyshire and Robbie Findlay are really good at this level, but Miller is the only one who goes on to do ok in the prem. Perhaps the most bizarre bit of business I've been able to do is loan out McGoldrick for the last 3 seasons covering all his wages and earning over £1m in fees. I sold Morgan for £700k to Newcastle and he bombed. Lascelles is good - definitely not worth selling for £750k. Loans is the best bet to getting up. Once you're up, suddenly you get £16 million to spend and there are plenty more options. If he'll come to you, Mahamdou Diarra is a quality buy and did me well on a free for the first season in the Prem also.
