ninjaskill
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Things haven't been going well for the Palma based club RCD Mallorca lately less than a decade after finishing 5th in La Liga and providing a couple players to the Spain Euro 2008 team they were finally relegated into the Spanish third division after years of fighting relegation. The club also went through numerous owners in a short time and is now owned by American Robert Sarver who also owns the Phoenix Suns and likely explains why ex-NBA player Steve Nash is a club director. The challenge is to try and get Mallorca back up to the top division and try to add to the 1998 Spanish Super Cup and 2003 Copa del Rey as top level trophies that the club has won.
The first goal though has to be to get the club out of the third division of Spanish football as quickly as possible. Which is also what the board expects of me along with advancing to the third round of the Copa del Rey.
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To help me achieve this goal I have -2,500 a week to spend although cancelling a loan gets me spending basically the full wage budget so I won't be able to splurge on any new signings.
Key Players
Lago Junior
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The Ivorian is simply far to good for this division and has a La Liga and second division side interested but will be going nowhere. He will play on the right wing but can also fill in on the left and up front and is our best player in all three positions. One of few players not new to the club he should shine at this level and I expect a great season from him.
Alejandro Faurlin
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The ex-QPR midfielder is an experienced player and should be able to dictate play from the middle of the park at this level. His technical ability will be much better than the vast majority of midfielders at this level.
Salva Ruiz
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Ruiz is our standout defenders the Valencia youth academy graduate and European Under 19 champion will be our starting left back. He has two La Liga appearances for Granada before an illness forced him to take a year out of the game. A good defender he can also hopefully chip in going forward.
Damia Sabater
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An academy graduate Sabater has great quality and is the second best player to come out the academy in recent years, the best is some bloke called Asensio who moved to some Madrid team. A very talented AMC he will be fighting to play there as it is a position where I have a lot of good players.
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A promoted GK from my B team provides a back up GK but we lack depth at CB and up front as I don't want to play Lago Junior up front. Everywhere else looks good and I think the squad is more than good enough to challenge for promotion.
Transfers
With no money I could only get free loans and signed two players for nothing and no one left the club.
Caio
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My scouts slightly overrated the Brazilian who joins from our senior affiliate Atletico Madrid for nothing. His ability to cover all three attacking midfield positions makes him useful depth but he won't be starting so I may cancel his loan in January.
Borja Mayoral
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I don't think I'll be cancelling this loan in January for some reason. Borja Mayoral comes in to claim the striker spot, I was shocked that Madrid let him go on loan for nothing and no wages and even more shocked when he agreed to join. He has the talent to rip defences in this division to shreds.
Tactics
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I'll be using this 4-2-3-1 as I look to take advantage of our extra skill and hopefully have the team go out and dominate the ball and create lots of chances while not being to open at the back.
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Finally, as I forgot to tick the reputation to match the club boxes I have no coaching badges and no playing experience so the squad has no faith in me. On top of that following the relegation the squad has been gutted and so the players also don't really know each other.
Things haven't been going well for the Palma based club RCD Mallorca lately less than a decade after finishing 5th in La Liga and providing a couple players to the Spain Euro 2008 team they were finally relegated into the Spanish third division after years of fighting relegation. The club also went through numerous owners in a short time and is now owned by American Robert Sarver who also owns the Phoenix Suns and likely explains why ex-NBA player Steve Nash is a club director. The challenge is to try and get Mallorca back up to the top division and try to add to the 1998 Spanish Super Cup and 2003 Copa del Rey as top level trophies that the club has won.
The first goal though has to be to get the club out of the third division of Spanish football as quickly as possible. Which is also what the board expects of me along with advancing to the third round of the Copa del Rey.
View attachment 40122
To help me achieve this goal I have -2,500 a week to spend although cancelling a loan gets me spending basically the full wage budget so I won't be able to splurge on any new signings.
Key Players
Lago Junior
View attachment 40120
The Ivorian is simply far to good for this division and has a La Liga and second division side interested but will be going nowhere. He will play on the right wing but can also fill in on the left and up front and is our best player in all three positions. One of few players not new to the club he should shine at this level and I expect a great season from him.
Alejandro Faurlin
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The ex-QPR midfielder is an experienced player and should be able to dictate play from the middle of the park at this level. His technical ability will be much better than the vast majority of midfielders at this level.
Salva Ruiz
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Ruiz is our standout defenders the Valencia youth academy graduate and European Under 19 champion will be our starting left back. He has two La Liga appearances for Granada before an illness forced him to take a year out of the game. A good defender he can also hopefully chip in going forward.
Damia Sabater
View attachment 40117
An academy graduate Sabater has great quality and is the second best player to come out the academy in recent years, the best is some bloke called Asensio who moved to some Madrid team. A very talented AMC he will be fighting to play there as it is a position where I have a lot of good players.
View attachment 40115View attachment 40116
A promoted GK from my B team provides a back up GK but we lack depth at CB and up front as I don't want to play Lago Junior up front. Everywhere else looks good and I think the squad is more than good enough to challenge for promotion.
Transfers
With no money I could only get free loans and signed two players for nothing and no one left the club.
Caio
View attachment 40121
My scouts slightly overrated the Brazilian who joins from our senior affiliate Atletico Madrid for nothing. His ability to cover all three attacking midfield positions makes him useful depth but he won't be starting so I may cancel his loan in January.
Borja Mayoral
View attachment 40114
I don't think I'll be cancelling this loan in January for some reason. Borja Mayoral comes in to claim the striker spot, I was shocked that Madrid let him go on loan for nothing and no wages and even more shocked when he agreed to join. He has the talent to rip defences in this division to shreds.
Tactics
View attachment 40113View attachment 40107
I'll be using this 4-2-3-1 as I look to take advantage of our extra skill and hopefully have the team go out and dominate the ball and create lots of chances while not being to open at the back.
View attachment 40106
Finally, as I forgot to tick the reputation to match the club boxes I have no coaching badges and no playing experience so the squad has no faith in me. On top of that following the relegation the squad has been gutted and so the players also don't really know each other.