beater97

Ive decided to start a game with Derby.

Just a couple of questions: What players should I keep and who should I get rid of?

retired_stoupaki

I would get rid of Macken, Malcom, Camara, Moore, Fagan, Holmes,Griffin,Edworthy, M Johnson, Leacock.

I would keep the rest and see how they are doing at the Jan Window. I let a few go in Jan who didnt cut it.

To improve the defence, sign Ignashevich on a Free, and get Onyewu from Standard, I payed 1 mill up front and then 700k after 40 leage apperences.

retired_porcelina

im playing as derby county and fully enjoying it

in my 1st season we finished 12th only was given 2m to spend

p38 w11 d12 l15 f48 a50 pts45

first to come into my squad was
ignashevich sergey from cska moscow free
justin hoyte from arsenal loan
harry kewell from liverpool loan
denilson from fc dallas free
hossam ghaly from spurs 1.6m

i made 1.2m from getting rid of
john macken, marc edworthy, andrew griffin, andy todd and darren moore.

the good players in the first season for me was
ignashevich, ghaly, jones, barnes, pearson, malcolm, denilson and kewell all getting over 7.00

players worth keeping nyatanga (never used him in 1st season now my 1st choice lb 2nd season)
matt richards dubbed the new paul ince
miles addinson

im playing a 4-1-4-1 gk,dr,dl,dc,dc,dmc,rm,lm,mc,mc,sc

in my second season i was given around 11m

i bought the following players in

tommy bechmann bouchum free back up
youssef sekour girondins free 5/5 dmc
joris delle fc metz free back up gk
justin hoyte arsenal loan better this season
jonathan woodgate middlesbrough 10.75m there goes my budget lol
almenning jarstein odd free just came going to be my 1st choice gk
cameron jerome birmingham loan back up sc

got 2.8m back the biggest one been dean leacock 1.2m to wba

so far im in feb riding high in 4th spot and the 5th round of the fa cup

forgot to add the board increased my ground after my 1srt season from 33,000 by 12,000 to 45,000 took until dec to finish

retired_porcelina

well my last post i posted it on the 3/11/07 when yankee ram asked if there was a derby post!
so i will give an update

we finished season 2008/09 in 5th place joint 4th but missed out on goal diffrence

p38 w2 d9 l9 f64 a39 pts69

played man u in the fa cup final but lost 0-1

also bought in anthony le tallec on a free

so its the start of season 2009/2010

given a whopping 23m to spend

transfer ins
anis ben hatira hsv free
miso brecko hsv free
fabio free
rafinha deportivo 9.5m

players out
the biggest sale so far was tommy bechmann to murcia 1.5m he just never got going for me

so far this season
p6 w4 d1 l1 f14 a9 pts13 pos 5th

retired_porcelina

p38 w20 d9 l9 f64 a39 pts69 oops

retired_roshawnda82

BlackofSic can you put up a link to your tactic please? I'm currently trying to get a 5 man defence tactic working to no avail! Cheers. And well done on guiding the Rams to 4th spot! Ole' Big Head would be proud!

retired_stoupaki

September 2008 Update

Players In:
Ludovic Magnin (Stuttgart) Free
Wilfred Bouma (Villa) Free
Lucas Trecarichi (Sevilla) $1.6
Tomas Kuszczak (Man U) Loan
Omar Bravo (Chivas) $15.75M
Stephen Ireland (Man City) Loan

Players Out:
Anthony Robertson (Shrewsbury) 40K up front then 40K after 10/app
Robert Ujcik (Notts Co.) Loan
Lewin Nytanga(Aberdeen) Loan
Jason Beardsley (Hibernian) 190K
Miles Addison (Watford) 85K
Mo Camara (Chester) 1K
Steve Howard (Cardiff) 100K
Ben Hincliffe (Hereford) 30K

Expectations:
League--> Mid-table Finish
League Cup--> 3rd Round
FA Cup--> 4th Round

I signed a new contract through 2010 as well. Pre-season odds of us staying up were once again 1000-1. I have 72.5K remaining of my wage budget and $36.33M of my transfer budget. I am using a 442 Diamond formation:
----------Kuszczak--------------
Potenza--Ignasevich--McEvley--Bouma--
----------Gooch-----------------
Ghaly---------------------Trecarichi
-----------Ireland-----------------
-----Miller--------Earnshaw--------

Bench:
Bywater
Magnin
Bravo
Pearson
Bicvali
Barnes
Oakley
Zeefuik
Davis

Right now I am standing 3rd in the Premership with 11 points, am in the 4th round of the League Cup after beaing Wrexham 2-0, will face West Ham in the next round. Looking forward to seeing how it goes through January. Had two targets turned down to the pesky WP and still have yet to get a WP feeder club.

retired_Pinkie83

How did some of you manage to sign Kewell? Could never get him in the demo at all.

retired_stoupaki

I got him on loan my first season seeing I needed help down the left side, he was released at the start of my second season and signed with Wigan who was in the CCC.

retired_babielchicka211

Im in my second season - took a break from football manager to watch a crap load of x files and bones episodes. anyways, at the moment my 1st team line up is: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...nformation.jpg

and I use these team instrucs: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...structions.jpg

Also, when I first played the game without the patch, my chairmen sold jones for 12.5 mil, so first thing I did when I started my new patched game was sign jones onto a new contract with a minimum release fee of £50mil, put min fee clause in all my big players contracts now, no less than 30mil. buy em young too so in a few years i should have a squad to rival any teams.