Started a Career Mode with York City as it's a wonderful city that I enjoy visiting and it deserves a much better football team than it currently has.
There isn't much money at hand so I've made the following transfers:
(IN) Iliya Milanov - CB/59/20 - Free
(IN) Nathaniel Chalobah - CB/60/17 - Season loan from Watford
(IN) Michael Hoganson - LB/51/18 - Season loan from Derby County
(OUT) Doig - CB/53/31 - £15,000 to Cork City
Mainly looked to bolster my defense, as I feel having a good back line is more crucial to turning the side into a possible promotion candidate and with the players being young they'll develop to be even better as the season goes on. I'm a big fan of Roberto Martinez' and Michael Laudrup and their philosophy of playing out from the back and playing attractive football and shall look to craft a team of players able to keep the ball for periods of time whilst looking to disect the other team, but my first priority as I have said is to build a strong defense before I develop the rest of my team.
I have renewed the vast majority of contracts, but one of the brightest players at the club Michael Potts refused to sign a new contract and stated he will be moving at the end of his contract. I have decided to sell him now and at least gain some funds to spend on the squad (or maybe scouting) rather than let him leave on a free in the summer.
I have only played 3 competitive games so far, the first I lost 1-0 to Morcambe in the league, despite being in control of the game until the last 30 minutes when the tables turned. I then crashed out of the Capital One Cup to Nottingham Forest via a 1-0 defeat, it was a similar story to the Morcambe game which once again left me feeling disappointed. In the final game I played I finally achieved victory smashing Southend 3-1 at home, thanks to two nifty goals in the final 10 minutes when they began to press hard for a late winner.
I will update come the end of the transfer window, or when anything of note arises - thank you.