Suuuuupertalk
International
- 17 August 2010
- Luton Town
Ah fuck it, after ranting about how I'm done with the series I think I predictably did a u-turn and carried on with my ML. No more moaning, I'll just accept the scripting and be done with it. I don't like it, but given the total lack of other football options I'll have to put up with it. Anyways, no more melodramatics!
Well, my first season finished. My terrible run of form finally came to an end towards the end of the season, and I found myself netting a few wins and draws here and there. In fact my decent form towards the end saw me climb back up to a final position of fifth in the table - a surprising and creditable first season given I'm on Superstar, no assists, ML defaults. I'm well happy with that finish in the end. Highlights included a 2-0 win with both goals coming in the 90th mintue, Wroughllen netting the both, the second a beautiful breakaway goal ending with El Hany squaring the ball past the keeper for sub Wroughllen to walk in to the net. Other notable wins included a 5-1 demolition away from home, the final goal coming from inside my own half by El Hany as their keeper went up for a corner (odd, seeing as they were already 4-1 down in the last minute!) and me directing a long ranger that rolled into the empty net.
My record was W14 D13 L7 F50 A38, Pts 55. I ended up ten points adrift of the promotion places.
Everton Costa was the star find of the season though. A £200,000 signing, he went on to net 19 goals and finish clear as top scorer. Elsewhere, Nouheu emerged from the youth team as an absolute rock at the back.
So, pre-season was underway and I thought about how I could possibly improve the squad with next to no funds. I brutally transfer listed around half the first team squad, and managed to sell on a number of players for decent money, much to my surprise. Amongst first team regulars went Paccini for £400,000, Castolo for £500,000, and youth player Wroughllen, who didn't make much of an impact overall, went for nearly £800,000.
With the player sales and decent prize money for my league position in the bank, I sought after any free transfers for players who had run down their contracts. What I didn't expect was what was to happen next.
I noticed that there were a number of highly rated players without clubs. These, as I soon realised, are players that play for Benfica in real life and so were without a club seeing as I went with the ML defaults. There were four players who had yet to be snapped up by other clubs, which is bizarre given their ratings, and transfer activity set to normal, so I don't know why they were still unemployed.
I then decided to take a massive gamble and spent way over my budget by offering contracts to these four free agents, who are far in excess of my own player's ability.
My initial two offers were for CB Garay, a dominant defender rated at 75. Next, I made an offer for LM Gaitan, rated at a massive 89, with stats crazily through the roof. I never thought I'd get anywhere near signing them, but to my amazement they both accepted my offers. No transfer fees, but a whopping £1M a year in transfer wages left me thinking I've potentially just bankrupted my financially struggling club.
This took me seriously over budget, but almost as if the high profile signings were bringing out more fans from the woodwork, suddenly I started getting new sponsorship offers. I ended up with over £2.5M in sponsorship compared to the £700,000 I had the season before. This covered both singings.
After some of the player sales went through, I then realised that I had even more cash to spend. I suppose barely spending anything during season one went to my advantage here. Next, I made an offer for 83-rated RB Maxi Pereira, and actually managed to negotiate his wages down to an affordable level. After that, came 77-rated youngster Nolito. The former Barcelona striker has a huge future in the game, and I couldn't believe I'd just signed him on a free and on a budget too. Incredible.
It didn't stop there. The extra income from the previous season left me with extra cash to improve my coaches. In came a technique trainer for £500,000 a year, and a £500,000 a year athletic trainer that should hopefully improve form and fatigue.
Incredible. From a down and out side, low on cash, low on players of ability, I've somehow added the likes of El Hany, Everton Costa, and now four world class players in Maxi Pereira, Garay, Gaitan and Nolito. Ten points adrift in the first year, with these additions I would expect a promotion push.
So, on to the first game of season two - a tough away match at Academica, newly relegated from the Primeira Liga and having previously handed me a 5-0 drubbing in season 1 to unceremoniously knock me out of the cup. A good gauge to see how I've improved.
The match was a tight affair, both teams giving as good as they got. My new signings all felt like absolute revelations. Maxi absolutely hammered down the right as an attacking full back time after time, largely thanks to his box-to-box and offensive fullback cards. Garay and Nouhei were absolute impassable rocks at the back, and while Nolito was quiet, Gaitan had a blinder, which you'd expect being rated at 89. His crossing from the left is world class, and he almost scored from an outrageous rabona.
With time running out, El Hany scored a beautiful individual goal, with a lucky deflection taking it past the keeper in the 90th minute. Some PES fortune at last.
So, my team going into the second season is as follows:
GK: Borcarques (77)
RB: Maxi (83)
LB: Gilnica (74)
CB: Nouhei (85)
CB: Garay (75) Captain
DCM: Voeimann (68)
RM: Adnane (74)
LM: Gaitan (89)
AMC: El Hany (69)
SS: Nolito (77)
ST: Everton Costa (71)
Well, my first season finished. My terrible run of form finally came to an end towards the end of the season, and I found myself netting a few wins and draws here and there. In fact my decent form towards the end saw me climb back up to a final position of fifth in the table - a surprising and creditable first season given I'm on Superstar, no assists, ML defaults. I'm well happy with that finish in the end. Highlights included a 2-0 win with both goals coming in the 90th mintue, Wroughllen netting the both, the second a beautiful breakaway goal ending with El Hany squaring the ball past the keeper for sub Wroughllen to walk in to the net. Other notable wins included a 5-1 demolition away from home, the final goal coming from inside my own half by El Hany as their keeper went up for a corner (odd, seeing as they were already 4-1 down in the last minute!) and me directing a long ranger that rolled into the empty net.
My record was W14 D13 L7 F50 A38, Pts 55. I ended up ten points adrift of the promotion places.
Everton Costa was the star find of the season though. A £200,000 signing, he went on to net 19 goals and finish clear as top scorer. Elsewhere, Nouheu emerged from the youth team as an absolute rock at the back.
So, pre-season was underway and I thought about how I could possibly improve the squad with next to no funds. I brutally transfer listed around half the first team squad, and managed to sell on a number of players for decent money, much to my surprise. Amongst first team regulars went Paccini for £400,000, Castolo for £500,000, and youth player Wroughllen, who didn't make much of an impact overall, went for nearly £800,000.
With the player sales and decent prize money for my league position in the bank, I sought after any free transfers for players who had run down their contracts. What I didn't expect was what was to happen next.
I noticed that there were a number of highly rated players without clubs. These, as I soon realised, are players that play for Benfica in real life and so were without a club seeing as I went with the ML defaults. There were four players who had yet to be snapped up by other clubs, which is bizarre given their ratings, and transfer activity set to normal, so I don't know why they were still unemployed.
I then decided to take a massive gamble and spent way over my budget by offering contracts to these four free agents, who are far in excess of my own player's ability.
My initial two offers were for CB Garay, a dominant defender rated at 75. Next, I made an offer for LM Gaitan, rated at a massive 89, with stats crazily through the roof. I never thought I'd get anywhere near signing them, but to my amazement they both accepted my offers. No transfer fees, but a whopping £1M a year in transfer wages left me thinking I've potentially just bankrupted my financially struggling club.
This took me seriously over budget, but almost as if the high profile signings were bringing out more fans from the woodwork, suddenly I started getting new sponsorship offers. I ended up with over £2.5M in sponsorship compared to the £700,000 I had the season before. This covered both singings.
After some of the player sales went through, I then realised that I had even more cash to spend. I suppose barely spending anything during season one went to my advantage here. Next, I made an offer for 83-rated RB Maxi Pereira, and actually managed to negotiate his wages down to an affordable level. After that, came 77-rated youngster Nolito. The former Barcelona striker has a huge future in the game, and I couldn't believe I'd just signed him on a free and on a budget too. Incredible.
It didn't stop there. The extra income from the previous season left me with extra cash to improve my coaches. In came a technique trainer for £500,000 a year, and a £500,000 a year athletic trainer that should hopefully improve form and fatigue.
Incredible. From a down and out side, low on cash, low on players of ability, I've somehow added the likes of El Hany, Everton Costa, and now four world class players in Maxi Pereira, Garay, Gaitan and Nolito. Ten points adrift in the first year, with these additions I would expect a promotion push.
So, on to the first game of season two - a tough away match at Academica, newly relegated from the Primeira Liga and having previously handed me a 5-0 drubbing in season 1 to unceremoniously knock me out of the cup. A good gauge to see how I've improved.
The match was a tight affair, both teams giving as good as they got. My new signings all felt like absolute revelations. Maxi absolutely hammered down the right as an attacking full back time after time, largely thanks to his box-to-box and offensive fullback cards. Garay and Nouhei were absolute impassable rocks at the back, and while Nolito was quiet, Gaitan had a blinder, which you'd expect being rated at 89. His crossing from the left is world class, and he almost scored from an outrageous rabona.
With time running out, El Hany scored a beautiful individual goal, with a lucky deflection taking it past the keeper in the 90th minute. Some PES fortune at last.
So, my team going into the second season is as follows:
GK: Borcarques (77)
RB: Maxi (83)
LB: Gilnica (74)
CB: Nouhei (85)
CB: Garay (75) Captain
DCM: Voeimann (68)
RM: Adnane (74)
LM: Gaitan (89)
AMC: El Hany (69)
SS: Nolito (77)
ST: Everton Costa (71)
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