retired_robert panesa

I want to start a new season any suggestions of who to start as and what signings to make?

circlewalker

Newcastle.

You'll need a left back and a central defender.

retired_robert panesa

thanks . suggest a best eleven and subs with signings made.

circlewalker

Lets see if I can remember:

GK: Shay Given
DL: Celestine Babayaro*
DR: Stephen Carr**
DC: Steven Taylor
DC: Titus Bramble***
ML: Damien Duff
MR: Nolberto Solano
MC: Belo Emre
MC: Scott Parker
ST: Michael Owen
ST: Obefami Martins

S1: Shola Ameobi
S2: Steve Harper
S3: Peter Ramage
S4: Charles N'Zogbia
S5: James Milner

*Replace with Leighton Baines
**Replace with Philip Ifil
***Replace with Curtis Davies

retired_jenlivesay

Yeovil are decent to start with. They only have a £22k transfer budget and are plonk in the middle of League One.

retired_niquila

I take it Ackter with Newcastle you just play a 442. What settings do you use for Newcastle.

The reason I ask is that I have just started a new game with Newcastle and after 6 games have still to win a game. I signed C. Davies as my main player from my budget and supplemented my squad with my old favourites including Torre, Dos Santos, Kerlon, Fabio and Rafael. I'm sure it is just teething difficulties but I usually play 442 with short passing, offside trap and normal emphasis.

My starting 11 is almost identical although I have started with Milner rather than Solano. Just today was thinking that I should probably play direct pasiing for my strikers to run into space.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

circlewalker

Oh it's very hard winning with Newcastle in the short term.

I used to play a succesful 451 until Sparky Vaughan had a go at me for not scoring many goals. I then changed to a 433 and scored even less.

In the end I changed to a regular 442, kept things simple and the goals started coming in. It's just a matter of experience and finding what works with certain players.

Usually I play attacking, direct with individual instructions based on player attributes.

retired_niquila

Newcastle is proving to be a challenge especially with Owen, Duff, Emre and Parker out for varying lengths of time with long term injuries. Owen out for 7 months - ouch.

The problem is I am just not scoring. My defensive record is great and my central 3 of Given, Taylor and Davies are just about watertight. In 20 premiership games I have only conceded 12 goals. My overall average is o.6p/g.

My scoring stats are appalling though and in 20 premiership games I have only scored 14 goals. ahhhh. I am currently sitting 12th in the league but I am only 7 points of 5th place. I have a few 1-0 wins but a lot of 0-0 draws and too many 0-1 losses. I have only lost more than 1 goal 3 times all away to Wigan, Tottenham and Man Utd.

I have had some great results though including a 0-0 at home with Chelsea and a 1-0 win at Anfield. I have qualified for the last 32 in the UEFA cup and in the semi-finals of the league cup. I have just won 2-1 away from home at Highbury.

So apart from more goals and a bit more consistency in the premiership i would be having a good season. Well no because the fans are calling for my head but the Board is standing by me. Is this the beginning of the end?

Any tips as to what I can do? I suppose winning the league cup would help immensly but will it be enough to get to the final (expected opposition Liverpool). I have some great Bosmans coming in including Ben Afra, Tuncay, Reo Coker and others and believe if I can see out this first season and get rid of the deadwood I will be alright.

Does anyone know how loyal the Board are likely to remain?

retired_julieg

Pavel Nedved. He is outstanding in later matches. Also, Sherringham. He might be forty odd years of age, but he is CLASS.