Sorry about the stupid thread name but i thought i would share my Hull City game with you all.
Thought it might be a fun challenge so i gave it ago.
Was given 2m to finish mid table which was ambitious in itself as Hull are predicted 21st.
I had a look into the squad and had to change the whole thing.
bringing in all my players in July i was very busy trying to build a squad which would keep me in the championship and allow me to build on that for next season.
i signed a good few players on loan
Steven Wright (sunderland)
Daryl Murphy (sunderland)
Dene Shiels (hibs)
Matty Fryatt (leicester)
Lewis Buxton (stoke)
with a bit of money there for me i was also able to bring in a few faces from the spl
Russell Duncan 180k Inverness
David Lilley 150k Kilmarnock
Ian Black 350k Inverness
Cristian Kalvenes 250k Dundee Utd
Patrick Cregg 550k Falkirk
i also brought in
Mark Kennedy 500k Crystal Palace
Jimmy Walker 210k West Ham
Idigo Idiakez 200k Southampton
i spent 2.4m in total but made 775k in selling players i didnt want or need.
The season went amazing finishing 5th and after two penalty wins over Qpr and then West Brom i made it to the EPL at the first attempt.
Ok so about two minutes after i won promotion i was like.....****.
my squad was nowhere near good enough.
got 12m to 'attempt to avoid religation' and with 1000-1 odds to win the epl and prediction of 20th it was going to be a struggle.
12m is all well and good but the board were not up for paying anyone more than 15k a week so bringing in players was even harder.
once again i sold a few players i knew were nowhere near good enough for this level.
i will admit that i may have signed the wrong players but if i go down i will have a parashute payment to fall back on with a stronger squad i did have the first time around i should come right back up.
I have attached my season so far in the EPL. Not going very well but wish me luck and any advice on players or tactics etc is welcomed.
Thought it might be a fun challenge so i gave it ago.
Was given 2m to finish mid table which was ambitious in itself as Hull are predicted 21st.
I had a look into the squad and had to change the whole thing.
bringing in all my players in July i was very busy trying to build a squad which would keep me in the championship and allow me to build on that for next season.
i signed a good few players on loan
Steven Wright (sunderland)
Daryl Murphy (sunderland)
Dene Shiels (hibs)
Matty Fryatt (leicester)
Lewis Buxton (stoke)
with a bit of money there for me i was also able to bring in a few faces from the spl
Russell Duncan 180k Inverness
David Lilley 150k Kilmarnock
Ian Black 350k Inverness
Cristian Kalvenes 250k Dundee Utd
Patrick Cregg 550k Falkirk
i also brought in
Mark Kennedy 500k Crystal Palace
Jimmy Walker 210k West Ham
Idigo Idiakez 200k Southampton
i spent 2.4m in total but made 775k in selling players i didnt want or need.
The season went amazing finishing 5th and after two penalty wins over Qpr and then West Brom i made it to the EPL at the first attempt.
Ok so about two minutes after i won promotion i was like.....****.
my squad was nowhere near good enough.
got 12m to 'attempt to avoid religation' and with 1000-1 odds to win the epl and prediction of 20th it was going to be a struggle.
12m is all well and good but the board were not up for paying anyone more than 15k a week so bringing in players was even harder.
once again i sold a few players i knew were nowhere near good enough for this level.
i will admit that i may have signed the wrong players but if i go down i will have a parashute payment to fall back on with a stronger squad i did have the first time around i should come right back up.
I have attached my season so far in the EPL. Not going very well but wish me luck and any advice on players or tactics etc is welcomed.