retired_blitz6

I'm arsenal and want to develop some of the players there for next season (season 3)

I intend to use Diaby as first choice midfielder.
Also song, and was wondering if flamini was worth keeping hold of.

And ideas of how these 3 players will turn out for me?

Also another question, I have Marcel Desailly as a coach and was wondering should I get shot of Pat Rice and Promote Marcell to be my Assistant Manager. What repurcussions would this have.

retired_jaclynnew1212

TBH mate, the way this game goes there not much point in keeping hold of Diaby, Song & Flamini. Flamini will stay pretty much the way he is at the start. Song improves but never becomes great. Diaby is always good but stays that way. He doesnt develop into a world class CM like I think he will irl. Still, he's just as good as the likes of Javi Martinez & Raul Garcia who people seem to rave about. He'll be good with Fabregas in the centre but wont be the best to drive your team forward on his own.

Song & Flamini can be sold. Denilson becomes class and will be great as a DM or CM. Keep hold of Diarra he becomes a very good DM.

As for Pat Rice, irl I wouldnt trade him for any other assistant in the world. And irl, the Arsenal board will probably not allow you to get rid of him. AND the youngsters would be devasted if you did get rid of him. But in the game he doesnt seem to be that good sadly. And nothing really happens if you get rid of him. I mostly sack him at the start itself and get someone else in. So yeah, do it if Marcel's stats are good enough for an assistant.

retired_blitz6

Hey up there Hulk. Thanks for quick reply.

At the moment I am playing 3 across central midfield.

Diaby - Pirlo - Bert/Flamini/Riquelme.

The first two are on fire. Diaby is playing fantastic has most man of match awards in team.

Looking across the team, I started to worry that I'm losing familiar Arse players. At the start of my save I got shot of loads... Diarra, Adebayor, Rosicky, Hleb and Toure. The board made me sell Denilson and Fabregas at various points through my save.

So I wanted to maybe keep a few familiar faces so my team isn't completely new. Thats why i'm playing Diaby and are pleased with him but fancied Song with Vela up-front rotating with Owen (still banging them in).

Yes believe me I would go mental if Pat Rice got the boot too. But he dosn't seem much cop on the game. And Desailly looks real good.

Cheers Mate. Also I have set up some trainging schedules eg. Attacking and Defending and they are on a heavy workload mid season. The players are improving in the correct areas but attackers are losing defensive att and vice versa. The only way i could improve this is to add more def to schedule but the workload would be immense. Cany you see any probs with this.

retired_jaclynnew1212

Usually I keep my workloads heavy too. I keep them just one shy of that little white line on the right. Most older players will be happy with it but the youngsters are not although they dont really say anything. The only problem with losing the defensive stats is that the concentration might go down which, although not key for the attacking players, is pretty important else they just tend to relax a bit. You wont notice it in the game I suppose but it'll effect the performance a bit. So be sure to give them a little defense training as well. Too much isnt required.

As for losing familiar Arsenal players, I'd say try to get the younger ones back. Guys like Denilson, Fabregas (if he's gone to Spain, he'll have a release clause) in particular. You could also start training Merida a LOT because he becomes very good later on. He could then be used in your midfield. Make Pirlo tutor him, it should work I think. You could also train Nordtveit to be an out-and-out DM and he becomes very good too. If you want to keep Song, then train him heavily in one area (either DM or CM). He should become good as well. The problem with Song is that whenever I see him name in team, I always get a mental image of his hair and that makes me drop him!!! :eek:

You could also look to get Fabrice Muamba back from B'ham. He becomes a quality DM (atleast in my game). He's an ex-Gooner too. Lupoli from Fiorentina becomes a brilliant little striker. Again, an ex-Gooner. Wont recommend those whining little s***s Bentley, Pennant & Aliadiere.

retired_blitz6

Good suggestions. I was really excited about Lupoli but he joined the Bentley, Penant and Aliadiere list for me. Whats Upson like?

I might try song in cup games and train him hard in CM pos. It's Sagnas hair that scares the S*** out of me, looks like he's getting mugged by a tarantula. I have the same hair as song so I cant complain... I dont really I have the same hair as Zidane actually, but thats where the comparisons end.