The title makes this seem really unimpressive and boring...
Anyways, as you can see I've chosen to play as PSG! Why you may ask, that's too easy surely? Ah but there is a twist! By the start of my 4th season (quite a while away
) I must have a maximum of 5 players who are not French in my first team squad. I also chose PSG because I like their kit more than Lyon or Marseille....
My plan is to do Bimonthly updates but we'll see how that goes as I'll probably forget to do it after a while as I tend to get quite into my games and just forget about the world around me and my responsibilities, it;s a bad habit heh..
So yea onto the story I guess, this update is to the end of August so will obviously include all my summer business and that kinda stuff.
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Never got why it looks like there's a pram there in the logo, I'm guessing it isn't a pram but who knows!?
In terms of tactics I'm a big believer in the 4-2-3-1 on this game as it has brought me nothing but success everytime I used it, it won me 4 Champions Leagues in a row with St Etienne on last year's edition so can't be too bad
. I have 2 different types of 4-2-3-1 for this save but I'll mostly just be using one of them because well, we're expected to win almost every game we play.. Here are my tactics!
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The one on the left is my main tactic and the one on the right is for big away games in Europe/against Lyon and Marseille (probably won't need it against anyone else). Normally I wouldn't use a Complete Forward but it's Ibrahimovic's best role so I thought meh why not, if he wants that then I'll do it for the season or 2 that I'm actually going to keep him before I get rid of him.
Unsuprisingly in the summer I signed only French players! I made 5 signings which were as follows:
Etienne Capoue (£13m): Signed from Toulouse for £13m (his release clause) for the first team which is where he will go instantly, the plan is for him and Beckham to rotate for the Deep-Lying Playmaker role in the team but he can also play as a Ball-Winning Midfielder so he gets top points from me for versatility
Samuel Umtiti (£26m): In my opinion, the best defender since the 13.3 update (which I'm using) when you manage him properly, he's not better than Thiago Silva though currently so he'll either have to settle for a place on the bench or play as left back. Being a left back is highly likely because well, I don't like Maxwell. Some may say I overpaid but I love this guy so worth every penny for me, Lyon wouldn't go any cheaper no matter what I tried too.
Kurt Zouma (£16m): The beast himself!! Last year's best defender by a country mile, he almost single handedly made my defence the best in Europe with St Etienne on FM12, I haven't actually owned him yet on this game so I'm hoping for big things. Like Umtiti he'll probably have to settle for a place on the bench at the moment though because Sakho's just better currently..
Yassine Benzia (£7.5m): With Lucas and Ongenda, I consider this lad to be the future of my attacking plans. A real prospect and good enough to be back up for Ibra at the moment. I'm currently training him to be a Trequarista but I might actually change that to a Poacher as I normally prefer Poacher's in my formation.
Lenny Nangis (£6m): The only one of the signings who won't get much game time this season, he's going to take the AML position eventually but he is nowhere near ready for it yet, his technical skills need some serious training but I have great hopes for him after seeing how good he became for my friend on his Arsenal save.
Outgoing were Thiago Motta, Zoumana Camara and Alex on permanent deals. Motta and Alex aren't French and have very high wages and neither is even that good to be honest.. Camara had to go too as the introduction of Umtiti and Zouma to the squad meant he was just dead weight really. On loan went Kevin Gameiro (who I actually tried to get rid of permanently, and failed) and a lot of youngsters. Except Gameiro all of the loan departures have gone out to help with their development, Gameiro only went out on loan because noone would take him permanently and Arsenal came in with an offer which included the possibility of buying him later in the season, so I jumped at it.
I was considering going after Corchia instead of Capoue but really the right back position is sorted as we have club captain Jallet and van der Wiel who play there whereas I only really ahve Beckham who can play as a Deep-lying Playmaker (and is good at it) so I decided Capoue would be a better signing for now
My Ideal team would be:
Ibra
Pastore - Lavezzi/Verratti (When I've trained Verratti to play as a AMC) - Lucas
Matuidi - Capoue
Maxwell/Umtiti - Thiago Silva - Sakho - Jallet/van der Wiel
Sirigu
However we all know how injuries are on this game and Lucas almost immediately got injured for between 6 weeks and 2 months in my 2nd friendly...
Results
San Jose 1 - 1 PSG
Ibrahimovic
Not the best of starts, we dominated the game but we just couldn't score for some reason..
Cruz Azul 3 - 3 PSG
Benzia, Menez, Lucas
This was just worrying but oh well, only a friendly I guess and atleast we scored 3 goals
Reading 4 - 1 PSG
Pastore
Lol... I don't understand how this happened as we destroyed them and they scored with 4 out of the 6 shots they had but that is football for you I guess
Wolfsburg 0 - 1 PSG
Ibrahimovic
Much better, we were solid at the back and restricted them to 2 shots all game, a fine achievement against a top division club even if Wolfsburg aren't exactly Champions League favourites
Estrela Amadora 0 - 2 PSG
Menez, Lavezzi
Does anyone remember Roberto Carlos' "Impossible goal" for Real? Yea Lavezzi did exactly the same in the 92nd minute here. That's pretty much all there is to say, just a routine victory to be honest.
Crystal Palace 1 - 0 PSG
They had 1 shot all game. ONE SHOT ALL GAME. We had 67% possession and over 15 shots on target, screw this game.
PSG 1 - 0 FC Lorient
Benzia
We cannot score for some reason.. We've dominated our last 4 games and should have had 4 goals in each, yet we have 4 in total. Benzia came off the bench and saved me from an embarrassing draw in my first competitive game but it should have been so much more comfortable.
AC Ajaccio 2 - 0 PSG
We were absymal, enough said.
PSG 3 - 0 Bordeaux
Thiago Silva, Ibrahimovic, Benzia
That's better! A complete destruction of Bordeaux by us and Ibra was sensational as was Verratti on his debut. A good way to end the month
Player of the month (August only as July had no competitive fixtures)
Thiago Silva (avg rating 7.70)
Got a goal in the final match of the month and on average rating was our best player although I personally was very impressed with how Benzia has played having coming in just a few weeks prior and not even being a starter in a single game!
And to finish I bring you great news from the boardroom, they're absolutely delighted with all the high-profile signings I've been making:
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Actually this is the final thing, haha fooled you! The Champions league group stage draw, I got drawn with:
Arsenal
Ajax
Gladbach
I would've liked an easier group but that's what I get for being seeded in the 3rd group.. We should still win this group with Arsenal being the only real threat although away games at Ajax and Gladbach will both be tough, considering there was teams like Cluj, Partizan and Slovan Liberec in the 4th seeds I think we were really unlucky to get Gladbach who seem the strongest of the 4th seeds except maybe Malaga.
Until Next time! (Probably later tonight)
Anyways, as you can see I've chosen to play as PSG! Why you may ask, that's too easy surely? Ah but there is a twist! By the start of my 4th season (quite a while away
) I must have a maximum of 5 players who are not French in my first team squad. I also chose PSG because I like their kit more than Lyon or Marseille....My plan is to do Bimonthly updates but we'll see how that goes as I'll probably forget to do it after a while as I tend to get quite into my games and just forget about the world around me and my responsibilities, it;s a bad habit heh..
So yea onto the story I guess, this update is to the end of August so will obviously include all my summer business and that kinda stuff.
View attachment 325610
Never got why it looks like there's a pram there in the logo, I'm guessing it isn't a pram but who knows!?
In terms of tactics I'm a big believer in the 4-2-3-1 on this game as it has brought me nothing but success everytime I used it, it won me 4 Champions Leagues in a row with St Etienne on last year's edition so can't be too bad
. I have 2 different types of 4-2-3-1 for this save but I'll mostly just be using one of them because well, we're expected to win almost every game we play.. Here are my tactics!View attachment 325612View attachment 325613
The one on the left is my main tactic and the one on the right is for big away games in Europe/against Lyon and Marseille (probably won't need it against anyone else). Normally I wouldn't use a Complete Forward but it's Ibrahimovic's best role so I thought meh why not, if he wants that then I'll do it for the season or 2 that I'm actually going to keep him before I get rid of him.
Unsuprisingly in the summer I signed only French players! I made 5 signings which were as follows:
Etienne Capoue (£13m): Signed from Toulouse for £13m (his release clause) for the first team which is where he will go instantly, the plan is for him and Beckham to rotate for the Deep-Lying Playmaker role in the team but he can also play as a Ball-Winning Midfielder so he gets top points from me for versatility
Samuel Umtiti (£26m): In my opinion, the best defender since the 13.3 update (which I'm using) when you manage him properly, he's not better than Thiago Silva though currently so he'll either have to settle for a place on the bench or play as left back. Being a left back is highly likely because well, I don't like Maxwell. Some may say I overpaid but I love this guy so worth every penny for me, Lyon wouldn't go any cheaper no matter what I tried too.
Kurt Zouma (£16m): The beast himself!! Last year's best defender by a country mile, he almost single handedly made my defence the best in Europe with St Etienne on FM12, I haven't actually owned him yet on this game so I'm hoping for big things. Like Umtiti he'll probably have to settle for a place on the bench at the moment though because Sakho's just better currently..
Yassine Benzia (£7.5m): With Lucas and Ongenda, I consider this lad to be the future of my attacking plans. A real prospect and good enough to be back up for Ibra at the moment. I'm currently training him to be a Trequarista but I might actually change that to a Poacher as I normally prefer Poacher's in my formation.
Lenny Nangis (£6m): The only one of the signings who won't get much game time this season, he's going to take the AML position eventually but he is nowhere near ready for it yet, his technical skills need some serious training but I have great hopes for him after seeing how good he became for my friend on his Arsenal save.
Outgoing were Thiago Motta, Zoumana Camara and Alex on permanent deals. Motta and Alex aren't French and have very high wages and neither is even that good to be honest.. Camara had to go too as the introduction of Umtiti and Zouma to the squad meant he was just dead weight really. On loan went Kevin Gameiro (who I actually tried to get rid of permanently, and failed) and a lot of youngsters. Except Gameiro all of the loan departures have gone out to help with their development, Gameiro only went out on loan because noone would take him permanently and Arsenal came in with an offer which included the possibility of buying him later in the season, so I jumped at it.
I was considering going after Corchia instead of Capoue but really the right back position is sorted as we have club captain Jallet and van der Wiel who play there whereas I only really ahve Beckham who can play as a Deep-lying Playmaker (and is good at it) so I decided Capoue would be a better signing for now
My Ideal team would be:
Ibra
Pastore - Lavezzi/Verratti (When I've trained Verratti to play as a AMC) - Lucas
Matuidi - Capoue
Maxwell/Umtiti - Thiago Silva - Sakho - Jallet/van der Wiel
Sirigu
However we all know how injuries are on this game and Lucas almost immediately got injured for between 6 weeks and 2 months in my 2nd friendly...
Results
San Jose 1 - 1 PSG
Ibrahimovic
Not the best of starts, we dominated the game but we just couldn't score for some reason..
Cruz Azul 3 - 3 PSG
Benzia, Menez, Lucas
This was just worrying but oh well, only a friendly I guess and atleast we scored 3 goals
Reading 4 - 1 PSG
Pastore
Lol... I don't understand how this happened as we destroyed them and they scored with 4 out of the 6 shots they had but that is football for you I guess
Wolfsburg 0 - 1 PSG
Ibrahimovic
Much better, we were solid at the back and restricted them to 2 shots all game, a fine achievement against a top division club even if Wolfsburg aren't exactly Champions League favourites
Estrela Amadora 0 - 2 PSG
Menez, Lavezzi
Does anyone remember Roberto Carlos' "Impossible goal" for Real? Yea Lavezzi did exactly the same in the 92nd minute here. That's pretty much all there is to say, just a routine victory to be honest.
Crystal Palace 1 - 0 PSG
They had 1 shot all game. ONE SHOT ALL GAME. We had 67% possession and over 15 shots on target, screw this game.
PSG 1 - 0 FC Lorient
Benzia
We cannot score for some reason.. We've dominated our last 4 games and should have had 4 goals in each, yet we have 4 in total. Benzia came off the bench and saved me from an embarrassing draw in my first competitive game but it should have been so much more comfortable.
AC Ajaccio 2 - 0 PSG
We were absymal, enough said.
PSG 3 - 0 Bordeaux
Thiago Silva, Ibrahimovic, Benzia
That's better! A complete destruction of Bordeaux by us and Ibra was sensational as was Verratti on his debut. A good way to end the month
Player of the month (August only as July had no competitive fixtures)
Thiago Silva (avg rating 7.70)
Got a goal in the final match of the month and on average rating was our best player although I personally was very impressed with how Benzia has played having coming in just a few weeks prior and not even being a starter in a single game!
And to finish I bring you great news from the boardroom, they're absolutely delighted with all the high-profile signings I've been making:
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Actually this is the final thing, haha fooled you! The Champions league group stage draw, I got drawn with:
Arsenal
Ajax
Gladbach
I would've liked an easier group but that's what I get for being seeded in the 3rd group.. We should still win this group with Arsenal being the only real threat although away games at Ajax and Gladbach will both be tough, considering there was teams like Cluj, Partizan and Slovan Liberec in the 4th seeds I think we were really unlucky to get Gladbach who seem the strongest of the 4th seeds except maybe Malaga.
Until Next time! (Probably later tonight)
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. I'd have said 2 or 3 would have made it more of a challenge. Good luck and hope the pram keeps your team safe