"Shifty and wash's career thread"

Well, Parker is injured with a broken leg for 4 months so yeah, I got Bystron, and I did put my money on both Gerrard and Alonso. The Deal didn't go throuugh 'cause of finances. But I still have a great amount of money left.

Vazza said:

Essien's an AM RC in the game. I guess you could try to retrain him to be a DM as his tackling is good (not sure if it's possible and how long it'd take though) but it just seems like too much effort to me.

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he is a DM in my game. i guess is because i installed the FMSorted Updates

Kulixs said:

Raffaele De Martino is now my captain at West Ham

I trained him to get there.

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Don't mention West Ham - I yearn for my Hammers game. I am trying to branch out, taken on Wolfsburg with top leagues from England, Italy, Spain, France, Holland and Germany on. It's OK, but it's not West Ham

Barreto from NEC for around 5 million dollars.

Try Petit from Benfica he got plenty of 20s alright

You got Bystron ? Accidentally looked in the defensive player thread

Ahmed Yahiaoui

He turns into a stunning player

ngyc said:

lorik cana (PSG)
mavuba (bordeaux)

if not mistake, they both are very good defensive midfield (when they get older, 23-25). or essien perhaps

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Essien is listed as AMRC, but his hidden stats tell that he is also DM with attributes of 18-20, cant remember which. To prove this he was really ace when I played him in a defensive role at Lyon, and he could fill the rightwing aswell so he is a really good option.

Marc-Andre Kruska from Dortmund. I don't know if he is a random though.

Ok, I started a new game so i sold of Geremi, loaned out Tiago, and I got Maschareno, Robben is injured, so I need a winger?

Any Ideas?

And I sold Gallas, got Del Horno, and got Fillipe Morais from Reserves.

Milovan Mirosevic becomes a cultured winger after a season or two and should be relatively cheap (~£3m), only thing is though he might not get a work permit or there's Mauro Esposito but he costs a lot more at £6.75m.

Allright, I got Darren Fletcher from Man Utd., Michael Essien from Lyon, and Jiri Jarosik from CSKA.

Joe Cole...you dont need to buy someone for those few months until Robben gets fit

He's fit again.

Thanks everyone for the help.

Damien Duff said:

Ok, I started a new game so i sold of Geremi, loaned out Tiago, and I got Maschareno, Robben is injured, so I need a winger?

Any Ideas?

And I sold Gallas, got Del Horno, and got Fillipe Morais from Reserves.

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Wow dude, my team is so much better in march of my new chelsea game that I play in the little time that I have. I've brought in Rio, Gerrard, Ballack, and Joaquin. I've sold Duff (for 12 million euros plus Rio!!!!! If he accepted the Barcelona contract it would have been straight up for Eto'o), Cole, Gudjohnson, Babayaro, and Cudicini. Oh, and I'm bringing in Podolski at the end of the year (my first purchase, but I wanted him in Cologne for a year).

Wow, how much did u pay for Gerrard? I might go for Joaquin.

I got Arjen Robben and Duffer in winger as defualt, so i need a backup.

Nobody is bidding for Babayaro, or Smertin.

Yeah, injuries aren't my friend. I paid 57 million euros for Gerrard. Until I got up there, Liverpool didn't accept anything or even negotiate.

Pedretti is a great backup. Does not ask for too much time since he is still young. If you have Makelele then I am guessing you have the cash, but Pedretti wont cost more than 6 mill. Kompany is another good backup.

yeah im with Ahmed on this one, Pedretti is a great player and like he says is young, personally i believe hes good enough to go first team.

Kompany is great but someone usually signs him within the first few months of the game.

TROD.

Pedretti's not a true DM though, his marking and tackling isn't the best. He's better as an MC.