Suggestions for my side.

[Rob]

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 Squad
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No  Name                       Position(s)  Nat  Born      Age  Caps Gls  Wages     Expires   Value
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27  Aleksidze, Rati            AM L         GEO  3.8.78    23   10   -    £16K      1.7.03    £2.8M     
3   Babayaro, Celestine        D L          NGA  29.8.78   23   24   2    £50K      1.6.05    £3.9M     
31  Bosnich, Mark              GK           AUS  13.1.72   29   21   1    £100K     1.6.04    £2.4M     
37  Cole, Carlton              S C          ENG  19.8.83   18   -    -    £1.3K     2.6.03    £90K      
23  Cudicini, Carlo            GK           ITA  6.9.73    28   -    -    £60K      4.6.02    £1.4M     
21  Cummings, Warren           SW/D LC      SCO  15.10.80  21   -    -    £4K       30.6.04   £750K     
24  Dalla Bona, Sam            AM C         ITA  6.2.81    20   -    -    £14K      1.7.02    £1.5M     
1   De Goey, Ed                GK           HOL  20.10.66  35   31   -    £48K      1.6.02    £1.9M     
6   Desailly, Marcel           D/DM C       FRA  7.9.68    33   90   3    £160K     30.6.04   £2.4M     
36  Di Cesare, Valerio         D LC         ITA  23.5.83   18   -    -    £1.3K     15.6.02   £28K      
16  Di Matteo, Roberto         DM C         ITA  29.5.70   31   29   1    £90K      30.6.03   £1M       
41  Evans, Rhys                GK           ENG  27.1.82   19   -    -    £4K       1.6.02    £250K     
2   Ferrer, Albert             D RC         ESP  6.6.70    31   36   -    £28K      30.6.03   £2M       
32  Forssell, Mikael           S C          FIN  15.3.81   20   18   7    £24K      30.6.05   £4.9M     
13  Gallas, William            D RLC        FRA  17.8.77   24   -    -    £60K      7.6.02    £2.7M     
30  Grønkjær, Jesper           AM/F RL      DEN  8.12.77   23   15   -    £80K      28.6.02   £7.25M    
22  Gudjohnsen, Eidur          S C          ISL  15.9.78   23   6    1    £40K      19.6.05   £6.75M    
9   Hasselbaink, Jimmy Floyd   S C          HOL  27.3.72   29   12   4    £160K     30.6.05   £9M       
4   Heitinga, John             SW/D C       HOL  15.11.83  17   -    -    £22K      2.6.06    £900K     
10  Jokanovic, Slavisa         DM C         YUG  16.8.68   33   54   9    £40K      1.9.02    £550K     
33  Keenan, Jo                 D/DM L       ENG  14.10.82  19   -    -    £4K       30.6.02   £300K     
5   Kerr, Mark                 M C          SCO  2.3.82    19   -    -    £45K      22.6.07   £1.4M     
38  Kitamirike, Joel           D RLC        ENG  5.4.84    17   -    -    £1.3K     16.6.04   £70K      
35  Kneissl, Sebastien         S C          GER  13.1.83   18   -    -    £4K       1.7.03    £650K     
15  Knight, Leon               S C          ENG  16.9.82   19   -    -    £10K      30.6.05   £2.4M     
8   Lampard, Frank             M C          ENG  21.6.78   23   2    -    £160K     1.6.06    £5.75M    
14  Le Saux, Graeme            D L          ENG  17.10.68  33   36   1    £65K      30.6.04   £1.3M     
19  Melchiot, Mario            D/DM RC      HOL  4.11.76   24   8    -    £75K      9.6.06    £4.4M     
20  Morris, Jody               M C          ENG  22.12.78  22   -    -    £20K      1.7.03    £3M       
40  Parkin, Sam                S C          ENG  14.3.81   20   -    -    £4K       30.6.03   £1.2M     
17  Petit, Emmanuel            D/DM C       FRA  22.9.70   31   48   4    £100K     20.6.04   £6.25M    
39  Pidgeley, Lenny            GK           ENG  24.5.85   16   -    -    £1.3K     8.6.03    £140K     
29  Slatter, Daniel            DM L         WAL  15.11.80  20   -    -    £8K       30.6.02   £220K     
12  Stanic, Mario              AM/F RC      HRV  10.4.72   29   40   7    £70K      1.7.05    £5.75M    
26  Terry, John                D C          ENG  7.12.80   20   -    -    £20K      30.6.03   £1.2M     
34  Thornton, Paul             D R          ENG  7.1.83    18   -    -    £1.3K     30.6.02   £30K      
25  Zola, Gianfranco           F RC         ITA  5.7.66    35   35   7    £110K     30.6.04   £900K     
-   van der Vaart, Rafael      M LC         HOL  11.2.83   18   -    -    £230K     17.6.07   £3M

Ok, im starting a new game, with Chelsea and I am lacking that killer edge.

This is my transfers for the summer.

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 2001/2 Transfers
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Date      Player In                  From                       Fee
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3.9.01    John Heitinga              Ajax                       £2.3M     
30.9.01   Mark Kerr                  Falkirk                    £975K     
20.10.01  Rafael van der Vaart       Ajax                       £9M       

Date      Player Out                 To                         Fee
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18.7.01   Winston Bogarde            Real Sociedad              £3.7M     
19.7.01   Gabriele Ambrosetti        Udinese                    £3.2M     
22.7.01   Robert Wolleaston          Preston                    £1.3M     
1.8.01    Boudewijn Zenden           Galatasaray                £10.25M

I am getting Yakaubu also from Ajax, only hes work permit which Will come soon.

Above was my squad, so any suggestions on another player I could buy?

 

[Rob]

Ohhh, also a note, this is before Pre-Roman."
If you couldn't tell

 

[John_Arne_Riise]

Maybe these players could add something to your team;

DM/L Wilfried Bouma
AM/R Aghahowa, Malbranque.
AM/L Joe Cole, Ronaldinho.

Looking at your list, and i dont want to be disrespective in any way towards your team, but, i thought maybe the AM/R & L sides could use some more depth. If Gronkjaer or Stanic got injured, who would you have as cover?

I thought DM/L was another position that could use some strengthening. You could use Petit there, but he is probably getting on a bit. But, Wilfried Bouma is a highly talented player in CM, and should be worth considering as a replacement.

Other players you could consider;

Pablo Aimar & Juan Roman Riquelme, although the central midfield positions look fairly well covered (if you intend on using your reserves??) with Kerr, Lampard & van der Vaart.

Im by no means an expert, but you wanted some suggestions!

I think these players are all gettable, its just a matter of how much you are willing to outlay.

But the player i am really suggesting is Bouma, very versatile down the left side, in defense, midfield and up front if my memory serves me correct.

Anyway, see how you go with that.

 

[Rob]

On the ML

I have

Van Der Vaart
Stanic,
Aleksidze, Rati who is an awesome player.
I play those 3 on the left, normally VDV and Stanic in the Centre.
Aleksidze is on the left.
Also Gronkjear is a another left sided midfielder also, so I have 4 of those.

Plus Lampard is a right footer. Basically I have 4 for each side that I can use incase of injuries.

Also Petit can come up the centre, I use him as a DMC with Yakaubu


I play Kerr at AMC
And Zola and Hasselbaink up front.
Gudjohnsen is ****, so Is Hasselbaink, I want a striker who scores week in, week out, Zola does the job.

 

[Rob]

Also, for my DML, I have Terry I can pove up there, Le Saux and Babayaro if I get despreate.

Also Gallas can play there also.

I feel depth is no worries, I have atleast 4 players I can play for each position. That can cut it in the EPL.

What I need is a striker.

 

[John_Arne_Riise]

Ahh yeah, sorry, wasnt familuar with some of the names on that list.

Striker, well i suppose..... ummmm..... Justin Georcelin would be a good long term investment, scores lots of goals when he hits 22/23.

Player worth scouting; Jandro. I think he is in the Valencia 'B' side. Not 100% sure on that though. But yeah, top goal scorer.

For memory Sylvain Wiltord and Fredrick Kanoute become available after a short while if you're interested.

 

[Rob]

Wiltord is ****, I bought him on the Bosman and sold him for 8millon pounds to Juventus.

The f00ls!

 

[Breach]

why not give forssell a chance? i've noticed that he can be quite prolific in CM. and if he fails, try get jermaine defoe or, as already mentioned, frederic kanoute.

 

[Shindig]

Per Nillson will provide a young, solid option option for the DMC role. If you with to play a defensive midfielder, that is. He's at AIK.

 

[Rob]

My side has changed heaps since then.

I have Aimar, Gattuso, Tiatto, Anelka, Konstantinou, Tsigalko, Choitis.

Firepower wise I am unstoppable just need some stability at the back.

 

[rony31]

Tiatto and Gattuso make up my 2 DMCs... rock solid... and I mean ROCK solid

 

[Rob]

Yea , I also have Yakaubu in the mix, and It's awesome, still I conceed goals but.

I score so many in the end though it doesn't matter.

But yea, Gattuso and Tiatto are AWESOME!

 

[Rob]

This is Gattuso in my game.
What a rock. All he needs is some flair.

 

[John_Arne_Riise]

What formation do you use?

 

[Rob]

My own formation called the Langd0n.

After my last name
I have about 40 variations of it.

 

[John_Arne_Riise]

sorry, i mean, is it like a 4-4-2 or............ ??