Been playing this with Atletico Madrid. Had great results in first season, finished 2nd in La Liga and won Copa Del Rey.
My second season has not gone very well. Maybe I made too many squad changes? I had a great pre-season but a lousy start to the season. I'm now in January 2014 in 6th place and got knocked out of Champions League group stage where I had a real tough group with Chelsea and PSG, but the humiliation came losing away to Young Boys. Falcao was injured for 3 months and isn't happy about the team's performances and requested a transfer. Nobody wanted to come close to paying his release clause so I placated him by saying I'd sign somebody to increase our reputation.
My problem seems to be conceding late goals and not finishing chances. For a while I was struggling to create CCCs, but now I'm getting 3-4 per game but not scoring them. Maybe Falcao fighting fit will help, but I'm thinking my midfield might need more creativity. Kaka is up for transfer and I know he'd be a boost for shirt sales and maybe reputation but I know he'd have expensive wages and not sure he'd be worth it.
For what it's worth my current squad is:
GK: Asenjo, Joel
LB: Filipe, Insua
CB: Miranda, Diaz
CB: Godin, Pullido
RB: Manquillo (youngster with 4 star potential), Juanfran
DM: Camacho, Mario Suarez
MCL: Koke
MCR: Gabi, Oliver (youngster with 4 star potential who appears to be developing nicely)
AML: Gaitan
AMR: Wellington Nem, Kiko Femenia
ST: Falcao, Diego Costa, Carlos Fierro
Gaitan was great when I brought him in January 2013, but he's played really poorly this season. I'm not sure if he's just complacent because I sold Christian Rodriguez or just due to decline. Show's he's at 3 stars now instead of 3.5 (I know that's not everything, but not a great sign). I've got about 10 million budget, any suggestions on where to reinforce or tweaks to make to the tactic to perform better? Has the AI just learned to adapt to it already?