[retired_body]

correction KightLy

And has anyone had success with Lee Collins (DLC).. Or Little (DRC) for that matter.. Neither seem to be developing in to Prem standard for me..

[waterwolf]

I havnt tried Lee Collins yet as he's out on loan at this moment, but he doesnt look like he's going to improve much so its probably worth selling him. Ive played Mark Little now and again and he's actually done really well, especially with his pace in the team. His stats arent good, but he plays pretty decent. Not sure about Premiership for him tho.

Also, that Barkroth looks ace :thup: I havnt seen him before.
I havnt found many decent full backs, but could look at these:
Marvin Angulo - DR/MR/AMR £250k
Cristian Alvarez - DC/DR free at end of season
Gonzalo Pineda - D LC/DM £2m+

Also a few more cheapish youngsters to look at
Oded Gavish - DC £50k or so
Maor Bozaglo - AMC £45k
Jozy Altidore - ST £700k
Eduardo (from Bahia) - D LC/WBL/DM/AM LC £650k

Im still in January so i havnt scouted too much, but always keep an eye out on those freebies you can get.

[waterwolf]

Another update from me. League = piece of cake! League cup = piece of cake! Im through to the semis of the cup after beating Newcastle 3-2 at home in the last round. I played a crazy 3-3-3-1 formation and it payed off! But now ive got Chelsea, and IF i win that, im playing either Arsenal or Man Utd. Sooooo forget that then!

Im planning for the Premiership already as im pretty sure i'll win the league. My defence is starting to get shakey, and none of my strikers are doing any good either.

Players sold in this transfer window include:
Jody Craddock - Hibs £100k
Neil Collins - Swansea £1m (had a dig at me on the way out)
Darren Ward - Southampton £500k (also had a dig at me!)
Matt Jarvis - MK Dons £750k

Nice bit of money for players who never played for me.
Michael Gray will be released at the end of the season, and im thinking whether to let Gary Breen go too or keep him as backup for a season? I shouldve cancelled Graham Stack's loan at the start to save wages but i kept forgetting

I really need a decent DC, and will probably loan another one when im in the Prem. Need a good DL too but i dont think they exist on this game.
But on a good note, Danny Simpson whos on loan to me has just come out and thanked me and the supporters for the friendly atmosphere :thup: Myself and Wolves are now listed among his favourties so hopefully I can sign him permanently next year.

Time to get scouting again.

[retired_bethg64]

What I've found is that for players you really really really don't want to lose, if you set their asking price at 25million +. Then when clubs are interested they come with an enquiry rather than a bid, if you ask for 25million 9 times out of 10 they will back away, at least for the time being, i.e not follow up on the bid, if you place the asking price at around 10 million they may come in with a bid that is auto accepted by the Chairman.

[waterwolf]

Yeah I do that too. The players dont get upset either that you've rejected a bid, so its a win-win situation :thup:

[retired_body]

Second season update Premiership:

GK: Murray

DR Leyreilton $6m ex Goias - scouted once, had great stats, bought him, tackling is 7...
DC Humberto Mendoza $1.8m ex Columbia great signing
DC Rafaelle Schiavi (ex Leece free)
DL Pocognoli $3m ex AZ

DMC Bruno Formigioni $425k Min Release Clause

MC Mark Davies
MC Walter Bassegio

AML Keogh
AMR Renato Augusto ($17m wonderkid)

FC Eastwood

Pre-season was good, playing counter-attacking direct football. But come the Prem season, have lost two and drawn one.. Eastwood is clearly not up to Prem standard, and it's showing with him the centrepiece of the attack.. Relegation here we come..

[retired_stephanie]

I retained the standard team for the first season, and looked out for these lads:

Sam Vokes (Bournemouth) SC
Preston Edwards (Millwall) GK
David Worrall (WBA) MC
(and Mika Ääritalo...)

After an injury to Hennessey, I had to play Preston Edwards, and he did a superb job all over.

I trailed also Jack Compton and David Worrall from WBA, trying to do a new Steve Bull deal; Worrall came, for Compton I will have to try at the end of the season.

Overall one of the best Wolves sides I had in my hands straight out of the box, but I'm sure I'll have no chance in the premiership; probably going down and coming up the year after with a more mature squad.

[retired_ricky_b270982]

Nearly bottled it in the CCC, finishing 3rd after being 2nd most of the season and even top. Overcame Charlton and Barnsley both 3-2 in rollercoaster games and I have this sinking feeling that I did it a season too soon.

Sold all of my reserves using the glitch I mentioned earlier.

Stephen Elliott: £2.5m
Matt Jarvis: £1m
Kevin Foley: £750k
Jamie Adams: £750k (£550k profit)
Lee Collins: £250k
Seyfo Soley: £250k (£250k profit)
Joseph Ndo: £200k (£190k profit)
Lewis Gobern: £100k
Elliott Bennett: £40k

So all in all, I've recieved £18m+ from sales and spend around £4m (including hiring and firing of staff) Combine that with the £29.5m SKY money and I've got a sniff of survival provided I am canny.

I also brought in some pretty tasty coaches too: Mark Dempsey, Robert Duverne, Jon Dalzell, and David Lowe.

[waterwolf]

The January window has just closed now and im really frustrated. My defence is getting worse and worse and im only just getting by. Darren Barr has turned out to be a poor signing, not improving as i hoped. Gary Breen's lack of pace is starting to stretch him, and i want Michael Gray dead now...but i still cant find a replacement so he's in the team for now. Thinking of playing Daniel Jones instead now he's back.

Olofinjana keeps getting little injuries. Started off as the best player in the league, but now he's just had two 5 ratings in a row and a few 6's. He's gone to the reserves. My keeper Zdravkov is startin to make mistakes too so he's in the reserves. Hennessey gets his chance now. My team still cant score goals consistently, but it doesnt help Keogh has been injured for 3 months. He's just come back now.

I tried loaning Schmeichel and Krul but they rejected me. Also tried loaning Anthony Gardner who was unhappy, and Michalik who had only played 5 games this season. Those were rejected by their clubs.

So the transfer window ended and i only bought Martin Latka to try and strengthen the defence. Mark Salmon was sold for £50k and Stephen Ward for £1m using the glitch.

[retired_mnw_cna]

I've not long restarted my Wolves game with the beta patch. I've already posted details in the Championship thread, but for your greater edification here goes:

Full squad Pt 1
Full squad Pt 2

Transfers in & out
Staff changes

I'm using the Fiora2 tactic from the T&Tforum, and it's fffb. Won 7 of 8 in the league; into the 4th round of the LC having beaten West ham in the last round.

The only deal the fans haven't liked is for Soley, who seems ok to me tbh but I'm only using him sparingly. Of the new signings, Cavalli, Iliev and Mirallas deserve particular praise.