i use this tactic and what a successful one it has turned out to be!!!
background: i felt like playing a real managerial career, from the League 1 up (or downwards)
i chose leeds as my first station and tried several tactics out, in fact a similar one to this! i won the league, so i got promoted to Championship.
i strenghtened the squad with free transfer players, loans and a few expensive players like Joe Mattock.
By end of december, my Leeds team stood in 2nd place!
Then Blackburn Rovers approached me, at that time in 16th place with 16 points
Record: Won 3, Drawn 7, Lost 7... goal difference 16:25
from the very beginning, i used this tactic. my first game in charge was at home to west brom, which we lost. my team were now ranked at 18, which means relegation.
then, luckily, the 1st of january came.
they offered me a transfer budget of 26.5 M € (which i wisely split up and signed many players for monthly installments 24 and a relatively small immediate fee).
also, i sold some dead wood for a 28 M (Roque was already sold one season ago)
the players i brought in were:
Mamadou Sakho, Diego Buonanotte, Keirrison, Materazzi (altough he was just back up, for 90 k
), Salomon Kalou, Rafael Carioca, Sergio Asenjo as well as Rafael (from ManU on Loan) for a total value of 74 M €.
i felt confident that i wont get relegated, because of the players i bought. I did know however that after so many new players, it would take time for them to gel and to get used to the new tactic for this team.
and my confidence turned out to be right!!!
i had an incredible run of 14 games without defeat (the last one due to a 92 minute counter attack goal from chelsea) and my team finished at 7th on the very last day of the league!
MY record was:
12 Wins, 7 Draws, 2 Losses.... 43 Points and a goal difference of 45:27
i have also scored 20 Goals from corners, another advantage of this tactic!
I want to thank you for your tactic, it has helped me a lot! THANK YOU!
here some screenshots
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