retired_sdott

Just finished january transfer window. Wasnt very eventful for me, made one signing D'Agostino from Udinese to bolster the midfield which is short and fairly weak. Im doing pretty well considering, liying 7th, made the knock out stages of the uefa cup (got Litex in 1st round) and my group had the likes of Bayern Munich and Anderlecht. Developed this successful 4-5-1 tactic. with one CM with a free role and DM just sitting deep short passing, defensive minded. In the quarter-final of the Italian Cup aswell, got Lazio, drew 1-1 away from home first leg.

Heres where i am in the table, pretty conjested

Serie A

And this is my current squad

Sampdoria squad 2007/08

retired_scot2

i,ve just completed my 1st season,finished 7th.was,nt in charge for first ten games so could have finished a bit higher.i,m still in death - 7 million had no money to match the co omnership player bids so lost my best striker caracciolo.also did,nt take up the option to sign cassano ( just don,t like him )montella was also sent packing.
i,m going to take faith in my younger players for the up coming campaign.foti is descent and ferrari scored 2 goals in my last 3 games so he,ll be getting more of a run in the senoir squad.got some guy elyanoussi (spelling?) and he great playing in the hole.not sure was he there at the start of the game or did last manager sign him?
sold ziegler for some cash,me being an arsenal fan and him being an ex spurs player may have some thing to do with that brought in thiago motta on a free.fans don,t like him already

well i,m off to see can i push for europe

retired_sdott

Good effort. Ye that elyanoussi guy was brought by another manager, Norweigen aint he? Motta's a decent player, give them time lol unlucky bout the financial situation, im sure it will improve. Keep the faith with the youngsters. Keep on updating.

retired_sdott

Just finished my first season in charge, came 6th which i was happy about. Cassano and Caracciolo were vital to my success as they were my scoring machines, i did however leak goals and had a very bad goals coneded rate. Here are some screenshots of the squad and table...

Serie A table end of season 1

Samp squad end of season 1

retired_scot2

caracciolo was awesome for me too,but lost him in the end i did,nt take up the option to sign cassano but in the summer real offered him to me for 1.4 million.had no money so i negotiated a 1.4 million over 24 months and they went for it(why are they so desperate to get rid of him??)did,nt matter anyway cause he won,t agree personal terms for love nor money.

-3 million now that i,ve got some cash from co ownerships.so finances have gone from insecure to okay.motta seems to be a great ball winner from the friendly i,ve played and capdevila is brillant at getting around his marker.foti and elyounoussi are my main strikers with ferrari as back up.
made danelli my captain and its been met with a good response from most the squad. :thup:

will play a few games of season 2 now

nice goal return from delvecchio,does,nt score at all for me

retired_sdott

Nice, sounds like things are going well (apart from finances) :thup:

The transfer windows just closed for the start of my second season. Was way busier this year, brought in some good players in my eyes Luisao being one of them. I sold Palumbo however though but was kind of forced too cause Roma offered £17m for him, couldnt turn them down, needed the money. Made Luisao my captain, which didnt go down well with the players as they all wanted Volpi to stay as captain. Crap decision from me therefore lol. First two games won 5-3 and 2-1 so good start, hope i can keep it up!

Here are my transfers...

Transfers for start of second season