So the Scanland Clan has started it's new game and here's the first update for The Saints.
I had a couple of teams in mind for this new game and decided finally on Southampton. No particular reason really, not a fan but no negative feelings either on them.
So as i looked at the squad i thought no real gaps in the squad, only one being was that i needed to find a better right full-back. So had a pretty good base from where to build on.
The hunt for the full-back was the main goal and to get some better staff in. Finding young fresh talent is as always in my new teams a priority. Maybe i overdid it this time if you look at how much money i spent on them.
Had no luck on finding a full-back at first. For example tried to get Pa Mamodou Kah but he turned out to be too expenssive (had approx €6M for transfers) and also tried to get Trabelsi but he was too expenssive also. So i decided to go after David Mendes Da Silva as he can be trained to play on the rightside and he can also play as a DM pretty well and also as a DC. So he gives alot of options. Paid €2M for him. A pretty good catch.
Meanwhile i was hunting young talents and my fishing nets caught some pretty talented lads. Brought in both good prospects from Derby, Lee Holmes and Tom Huddlestone for a combined fee of €1.3M , Cherno Samba for €650k, Supat Rungratsmee for €400k, Oskitz Estefania for €925k and Lasse Qvist for €210k and Hamed Yahiaoui for €400k. I think that the last two were unnecessary purchases. Then i bought Orri Freyr Oskarsson in front of Craigs Aston Villa and Oj's Spurs for a hefty fee of €75k
and hes been pure class so far.
So the squad was ready and the plan was not to get more players, as i had used up my transfer budget also. But then all of the sudden Real Madrid of all teams got interested in A.Svensson and they made a bid of €6.75M for him. I accepted without no hesitation. Only problem was to find a replacement as the transfer window was closing in a week or so. So after some quick scouting i came upon Dickson Etuhu from Preston (Moncs's team) and he had a min fee of €1.9M wich was perfect. Moncs tried to fight off my pursuit of him but there was nothing he could do really. I did have some anxious moments as he took some time to decide on where to go as Moncs had offered him a new contract at the same time but finally he came onto his sences and signed for my Saints.
I play a self-created 4-1-3-2 where the midfielders are spread with short arrows up.my current first team is as follows:
------------------Niemi------------------------
Da Silva-----Kenton----Lundekvam(c)---Higginbotham
------------------Prutton-----------------------
Delap-------------Pahars--------------Fernandes
-----------Oskarrson----Beattie
The season has started pretty well. Dont remember my positon with certainty, was approx 7th at the moment. Here are the fixtures played so far:
H Arsenal 2-1
a wonderful start
A Liverpool 1-2 stupid match where Beattie missed a penalty when it was 1-1 and a couple of minutes later Heskey scoring the winner
H Chelsea 0-0
A Bolton 3-1
H Wolves 1-1 should have won it but no finishing
A Portsmouth 0-0
H Uefa Neman Grodno (who??) 7-0
H Middlebrough 2-0
A Man Utd 0-2
A Uefa Neman Grodno 2-0
H Aston Villa (Craig) 3-1
MUAHAHAHA
A Tottenaham (Oj) 2-1
MUAHAHAHAHAHA
The Heroes so far has been Beattie-Oskarsson with Beattie scoring 8 goals so far and 1 assists in 12 starts and Oskarsson who has scored 6 with 7 assists on 6 full starts and 4 subs.
The expectations are to qualify for Europe and so far im a little behind but pretty sure it will happen. A minimum objective is to finish mid-table.
Roll on thursday!
The Saints Gaffer
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