Feddemaster

I quit when I knew we were gonna relegate in our first prem. season. I got an offer from Aston Villa
and at that moment I didn't want to be in the Championship so I took it.

Now i'm sorry for it.
My budget was 4,5 million of which 3,5 was obtained from a sell.

Richard Collett

have won the champions league with Gravesend seversl times.

ChangNoi

So basically buy as many youngesters as possible and sell them on for a profit is the name of the game?

Feddemaster

Well, I don't sell everyone. I had a midfielder named Philip Guy who scored almost the half of all free kicks he took.

But I had a defender who always hated one of the other players so when I got a bid I raised it a bit and sold it.

ChangNoi

4th Season Update

Reality Bites at Crawley Town.

A terrible season lots of draws and many heavy defeats. So Crawley finish 12th, I made a major mistake by letting several players go as they were not 1st team players. This left me with a very small squad and we the normally injuries hit the team. Points were very hard to come by but 12th was OK.

I was very shocked by how difficult it was to get EPL teams to loan me players. Normally I would pick up 4 EPL players and use them as the back bone of my team. But this time I was only able to get 2 players who were better than my current squad.

I was also very surprised by how much money the Championship teams have several teams were able to buy players for over £1 Million and many good lower league players were bought for around £400K. Made my £100K seem useless.

But the season did have a silver lining I was able to pick up a certain Michael Ballck on a free transfer

LIVIforLife

not exatly a non league team but i am trying to take hibs to glory.

1st season uefa cup 1/4 final
spl winners
scottish cup winner
scottish league cup winners

ChangNoi

Can you let us know how you get on in Europe?

I remember winning everything in my first season as Celtic manager, got the CL final and had 1/2 the team called up to international games. I was completely gutted. I lost 2-1 to AC Milan took me another 3 season to get back to the final which I won.

LIVIforLife

hibs are probally one of the best teams to go asd they have loads of young quality player like steven whittaker, scott brown, steven fletcher 31 goals in first season. i also brougt chris mcguire(spelling) from aberdeen for 75k and his value has shot up to 700k.

PJ Bluenose 4 Ever

Sorry I have forgot to update you I was going to do either a Droylsden, Histon, Salisbury City or Farsley Celtic but I couldn't do this due to lack of funds and wage I didn't really want to put Sugar Daddy on loads of times to get decent wage I instead took a bit of a hitn from ChangNoi and started a Crawley I really wnat a challenge anyways I am doing ok just about to start my friendlies and this time I will update you just a question about Crawley to ChangNoi who shall I keep/sell and who to get and another one to anyone how come they start with -10 points

ChangNoi

To be honest the Crawley team is OK but they start with -10 points due to financial problems.

There is one player Tony Scully who is on crazy wages at the club and it is tempting to get rid of him but keep him as he is a very good winger. Of course there are a few very poor players but in the first season I like to keep everyone.

Basically it all about the 4 players you can get in on loan.

WestHamRob mentioned he was able Torre from Pompey and Ephraim from West Ham on loan in his first season. If you can get these two players you will easily have the best two strikers in the league. Midfield is where the game will be one in this league. Blackburn who is at Crawley is a first team starter and I still have him as a very useful back up player in the Championship.

I always get Compton from Pompey as my attacking central midfield player. You can get him on loan no problem and I have been able to sign him for free after the first season.

Defence is also not that bad but I like to get good defender in on loan. I normally get Roberts from Pompey(again) who I sign on a free at the end of the season.

One tip I will give you is when the season is running and you want to buy you loan players. Don't do what I did and just offer them a contract as you will have to pay a compensation fee to their club if they are under 24. Just offer the club zero and most of the time they will take it.

If you are lucky to get any more spend it on youth players 18 and under as you move up the league you will be able to sell these players for good money.

Anything else you want to know just ask