N Fawcett

I think this is the best place to ask these questions.

I am just starting my second season with arsenal. I did OK in the league 4th was only 2pts in it Chelsea won, 2nd place Man U -1pt, Tottetham beat us on gd -1pt. However I won the champions league beating chelski 4 - 3 o n agg in semis and Real Madrid 3 - 2 came from behind.

I have sold some players for various reasons (Arsenal fans will be ashamed of me)

And I have tried to domesticise the team a touch. Here is my starting 11 for the forth coming season.
Pre season so far is great i have demolished people...

Lehman

M. Richards - S. Taylor - Gallas - Clichy

- Fabregas - Gilberto - Pirlo -

R V P - Riqulme (he is a surprise in this pos)

- Owen -


What my question is to you guys is how can you get Fabregas to play well in this situation what instructions should I give.

Also I have some general questions...

I have barely touched my training schedule and dont like downloading other peoples tactics, shedule's or anything like that I like to come up with my own so I have left it default apart from a few retraining positions.

What is a decent workload mid season?

Do I need new coaches as some don't have great stats?

Will sacking coaches have an effect on team and morale. Also Pat Rice is great but is anybody available better?

If so any suggestions?

How does a free role work exactly. I know what it will do but in what way does it mean he will ignore all instructions and do his thing?

Same for creative freedom should I use this for good MC players like fab / pirlo?

Targetmen I have owen set to receive ball to run onto. This seems a good way to get my team to pass to him quickly however I dont necessarily want him to hold up play I just want him to run with it.

CO-Owned player WTF how do I buy them?

If I place a bid and it gets accepted and then I pull out to place a lower bid how long could I do this before they would just not have anything to do with me regardless of bid?

Squad roles in 08 are they realsitic i.e. if I buy Michael Johnson from Man C os a backup will he start wanting first team action soon?

How bad would it be if I changed captaincy from gallas to somebody else.Will I need to get him a tissue.

I think thats it for now but if anybody could clear even 1 thing up for me i'd be chuffed. Cheers guys.

N Fawcett

What is a decent workload mid season?

Do I need new coaches as some don't have great stats at Arsenal?

Will sacking coaches have an effect on team and morale. Also Pat Rice is great but is anybody available better?

If so any suggestions?

How does a free role work exactly. I know what it will do but in what way does it mean he will ignore all instructions and do his thing?

Same for creative freedom should I use this for good MC players like fab / pirlo?

Targetmen I have owen set to receive ball to run onto. This seems a good way to get my team to pass to him quickly however I dont necessarily want him to hold up play I just want him to run with it.

CO-Owned player WTF how do I buy them?

If I place a bid and it gets accepted and then I pull out to place a lower bid how long could I do this before they would just not have anything to do with me regardless of bid?

Squad roles in 08 are they realsitic i.e. if I buy Michael Johnson from Man C os a backup will he start wanting first team action soon?

How bad would it be if I changed captaincy from gallas to somebody else.Will I need to get him a tissue.

Roger Hunt

Overall I have my training set to High until the last couple of months of the season.

Get some 7* coaches it will help in the long run. Check out the 'Staff' thread - it's stickied on the teams and players forum - for the coach stats you need to look for.

I've got rid of a number of coaches and had no effect on morale. You need to replace them though - players can get upset if they get no training.

Coach stats are very variable from game to game, you just need to use the database search functions to find people who look good.

Owen - don't tick the 'Hold Up Ball' in player instructions. Also set his individual sliders for 'Forward Runs' and 'Run with ball' to 'Often' and his sliders for 'through ball' and 'cross ball' to 'Rarely'.