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Building A Nation - Polonia Warszawa - S1-E2 Transfer Special! | Football Manager 2019
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4-4-2 Diaries - End Of Year Assessment
INTRODUCTION Like all FM’ers I go through an evaluation process for my entire squad at the end of the year. While I am constantly evaluating my squad throughout the season, that work is largely informal with a few just a few notes jotted down here or there in a spreadsheet or notebook a
Football Manager 2019 | Lyon Live #33: New Youth Intake! #FM19
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Hi, veteran cm/fm player here, owned and played every game from 1996 until around 2012, but not played now for many...
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Floreat Salopia: Season 3, Part 1
It’s a brand new season in my FM19 career with Shrewsbury. We welcome in 10 new signings, but we also bid farewell to a club favourite.
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The Underutilised Utility Man
Versatility; Adaptability; Flexibility – not always the first words or attributes we look for when scouting in Football Manager, however over the years we have seen a number of successful teams benefit hugely from having an effective Utility Man in their squad who can play in multiple positions and cover a number of roles when called upon. Any names come to mind? More and more games to play each season combined with squad registrations and injuries mean that the Utility Man has become an extremely important addition to the squad, and in the modern game we see an increased need for players to be far more versatile and adaptable than in previous years where player positions were more structured and defined. This is not only the case in real life, but also in Football Manager where it is vital to have players that can suit multiple positions especially when budgets are tight and FM can at times take pleasure in inflicting various levels of injury crises at crucial points in a season. In this article we will look at the role of the Utility Man and look back on the more successful advocates of the position in recent years; we will analyse how to approach scouting for a utility man as well as on implementing them successfully in the game – we will then use this to look at who are the most effective utility men in the modern era and identify the best Utility Players & prospects in FM20 at both elite and lower league level. Old School “There was a period in the late-’80s when Ruud Gullit rivalled Diego Maradona as the world’s best player, and in virtually any position – centre half, winger, centre-midfield or up front. But for injuries, Ruud would’ve achieved even more than he did.” — Ronald Koeman, Holland Manager. Younger readers might recall Ruud Gullit as a Sky Sports pundit, or that guy with the dreadlocks who used to manage Chelsea and Newcastle for a while. As a Newcastle fan I still remember the notion of “sexy football” that Ruud brought to the North East for a brief period, While this couldn’t quite be maintained as a Manager, Ruud Gullit was an absolute gem of a football player and although different from the traditional Utility Man in that he was often the first name on the teamsheet at the majority of his ex-clubs (Milan, PSV, Sampdoria and Chelsea among his ex employers), he was outstanding in almost every area of the pitch short of being a goalkeeper and this earns him first honorable mention in our Utility Man story. Slightly older readers will remember that Ruud Gullit was known to play almost anyhere through the middle of the pitch, often switching from Centre Half to Centre Forward during the same 90 minute period while regularly playing as a Sweeper, Defensive Midfielder, Attacking Midfielder and Powerhouse Striker from one week to the next. He featured mostly as a Striker or Attacking Midfielder during his best years having started out as a Central Defender, and again reverted back towards being a Sweeper / Centre Half towards the end of his career when he joined Chelsea and kickstarted the club towards becoming the team it is today. After becoming the most expensive player in the world when he joined Milan from PSV for close to €7 million in 1987 (replacing the late Ray Wilkins who had left for PSG), he picked up back to back European Cups and won the Ballon D’Or for his efforts – widely accepted as the best player in the world at the time; not bad for a Utility Man. And now for the important question…how good was he in FM? Back when it was Championship Manager – well, see for yourself….. This is not the first time we have observed Strikers moonlighting as Centre Halves in the past, both in real life and again reflected in CM/FM. Before Chris Sutton was partnered with Alan Shearer which led to Blackburn famously winning the Premier League in 1995, he was signed by Norwich as a Centre Half which thankfully didn’t take long to correct from the perspective of Blackburn fans. He was swiftly converted to Centre Forward at Norwich and scored 25 goals in the 94/95 season which lead to him being signed by Blackburn – the rest as we know is history, he went on to form the prolific SAS partership with Alan Shearer and later found success at both Chelsea and Celtic. Another ex-Norwich Defender/Striker also emerged in the 1990’s by the name of Irishman Gary Doherty, who although not blessed with pace or skill was powerful and strong in the air making him equally effective at either Centre Back or Centre Forward. His career never flourished, but he was a perfect example of a reliable Utility Player that could come on and cover multiple positions when needed. It’s hard to talk about hybrid defenders/strikers without mentioning one of CM9798’s finest. When one first loaded up this legendary game, you would normally see Manchester United re-signing Dion Dublin from Coventry for at least 5 or 6 million pounds and it rarely took long before he was featuring in the England squad both at Centre Half and at Centre Forward. Though known and remembered by most as a Striker during his time at Man United, Coventry and Aston Villa, Dion Dublin was frequently deployed successfully as a Central Defender, so much so that according to Dublin himself: “I remember when I was marking Wayne Rooney, playing centre-back for Villa, and he told me I was the best centre-back he’d played against.” Whether this is true or not we will never know, however there is no doubt that the likes of Ron Atkinson, Alex Ferguson and Gordon Strachan all rated Dublin highly both for his versatility as well as his strength and goal-scoring ability – there are still those that feel Dublin should have been included in England’s 1998 World Cup squad after finishing joint top scorer in the Premier League alongside Michael Owen and the aforementioned Chris Sutton. If you are one of those, I highly recommend reading “The World According to Championship Manager 97/98” by Dave Black (@CM9798 on Twitter) which brings absolute justice for Dion Dublin on the international stage. Sticking with CM9798 – this version of the greatest set of games ever played brought to life arguably the most versatile and adaptable Utility Man of all… Seriously – this guy was the ultimate all rounder and could literally play anywhere outfield on the park…why would you not sign him? Utility Man Royalty Brace yourselves for (in this writer’s opinion) the best Utility Man of all time both in terms of versatility, skill, technique, leadership and all round footballing pedigree. Luis Enrique was everything you would want from a footballer – he could defend, tackle, pass, dribble, score, assist – it’s little wonder that Barcelona moved quickly to sign him after his contract wasn’t renewed at Real Madrid in 1996, making him part of an exclusive list of players to play for both Spanish giants that also includes Ronaldo, Figo, Hagi and Eto’o to name a few. He went on to become part of title winning sides alongside the likes of Figo, Guardiola, Rivaldo, and Kluivert and eventually captained the Catalan giants from 2001 to 2004 – during his time he went from scoring 18 goals a season to being utilised at full-back, right wing, left wing and in central midfield and so much was his influence and footballing ability that he was named by Pele in his list of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers. Modern Day It’s fair to say that Sir Alex Ferguson was a clear advocate of the Utility Player and left a legacy in place at Man United whereby players have frequently been deployed in multiple areas outside of their natural position. The likes of Phil Neville, John O’Shea, Quinton Fortune, Alan Smith and even Wayne Rooney all found themselves playing in multiple positions under SAF, while even recently we have seen players such as Daley Blind, Ashley Young and Phil Jones all deployed at multiple positions throughout the season. Other clubs appear to have followed suit where we have seen the likes of Fabian Delph (Man City), James Milner (Liverpool), Victor Moses (Chelsea), Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man CIty), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal) and Matt Ritchie (Newcastle) all evolving into more versatile Utility Players initially to cover injuries but subsequently continuing to operate in multiple positions depending on needs must for their managers. It’s fair to say that this benefits the club in that they are able to maximise their squad usage and ensure they have cover for all positions, however would you say that the “positionless” names above have all had successful international careers? One might argue that being a Utility Man is detrimental to one’s international ambitions as these players don’t often get to prove themselves in specific positions when under the spotlight from International Managers. Would you agree? Football Manager What good is all of this in FM? As mentioned above – if you are managing on a tight budget, have to operate under certain constraints / squad restrictions or are going through the common FM affliction that is the annual injury crisis, then having a decent Utility Man in your squad offers a number of useful avenues. Not only do you ensure sufficient cover for multiple positions, it also enables you to maximise how you use your bench for games, facilitates squad rotation during a long season, enables you to bring versatility, adaptability and experience to the squad which is important for squad balance, development and mentoring – and finally it usually means you can be smart and efficient from a transfer market perspective as often these kinds of players can command a slightly lower transfer fee than a player specific to one position. Scouting a Utility Man in FM Using the Player Search function, it’s pretty easy to identify the more versatile utility type players by searching for those who are competent in multiple areas of the pitch. There are many variations of this and by tweaking these between the various playing positions, you can quickly get a gauge on the best Utility Players in the game regardless of what level you are managing at. Below are my Top 5 Utility Players at the start of Football Manager 2020. 1. Saul Niguez World-class player who can play at Centre Half or Right Wing, what more could you want? 2. Daniel Wass Even more versatile in FM19, this lad can basically play anywhere across the defence or midfield line, solid as a rock. 3. Christian Kabasele Ever been losing on 89 mins and thrown a Centre Back up top in a desperate attempt to score? Now you can as this man can do both.. 4. Kristoffer Ajer A natural at Centre Back, Defensive Midfielder and Central Midfield – he basically is worth three players in any squad. Echoes of Paul McGrath, Lothar Mattheus, Javier Mascherano and Fernandinho all rolled in to one 💪💪💪💪. 5. David Alaba Another player who was even more versatile in earlier versions of FM, David Alaba is the ultimate utility man in that he can do a job almost anywhere on the pitch. His outrageous attributes combined with his ability to play either in central or wide roles mean we can’t not include him in this list. Top 5 Youth Prospects 🔥 Top 5 Lower League 💰 Konrad Laimer (RBL) Joe Rankin Costello (Blackburn) Dwight McNeil (Burnley) Marcus McGuane (Barcelona B) Pedro Porro (Man City) Henry Lawrence (Chelsea U18) Dejan Kulusevski (Juventus) Wolke Janssens (Sint Truidense) Jacob Bruun Larsen (Hoffenheim) Dujan Sterling (Chelsea U18) Effectiveness? It it worthwhile splashing out on one of the…
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Football Manager 2019 | Lyon Live #32: UCL Underdogs #FM19
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2.2. VAR YOU HAVING A LAUGH?!
Contents : Deja-VAR, goal droughts, injury crisis, the FM roller coaster, competing with the big boys, a decent cup run and some January Transfer Window desperation along with our first newgen signing! 🎵 Suggested tune: “Under Pressure – Queen Cover (Spanish Guitar)” 🎵 The @AussieFM Podcast recently published an episode about Breaking in to the EPL and how to survive in the higher leagues after getting promoted etc. At the time I thought “Nah not a big deal, I’ve never struggled to stay up”, mainly because I have always traditionally managed in England and the prize pool and subsequent transfer budget for getting promoted is so high that I have never found it too challenging to survive and compete at the higher level upon promotion. Brace yourself for the statement of the year: Spain is not England. Not only is the money not there, the gap between the top teams in Spain is definitely more substantial than what it is in England, and I feel we will learn this the hard way as the season progresses. When we last left off, we had just narrowly lost our opening game of the 2019/2020 La Liga season against Deportivo by a scoreline of 2-1, with a largely new and youthful squad that I quickly learned would need some time to gel and perform as a unit compared to where we finished off last season. Not only did we taste defeat in our first game of the league, we also had our first sample of some Spanish VAR tapas with an absolute disgrace of a penalty awarded to the opposition (see my last post to witness this atrocity with your own two eyes). After venting on Twitter, I was happy to crack on and hopefully start to see the team begin to click and improve in our upcoming games against Espanyol and Real Sociedad respectively…..enter VAR again, not once but TWICE more which saw us concede three VAR penalties overall in our first 3 league games of La Liga Santander, in which we lost our first two matches and managed a draw in the third to give us our first point in the top division of Spanish football. Thankfully we had a cup win in between or we may have experienced a monitor smashing akin to one of @CurtyFM‘s infamous FM outbursts. A 4-1 hammering against Athletic Bilbao followed by a 0-0 draw at home to Real Betis meant that we managed to pick up 2 points in 5 games, scoring just 3 goals and leaving us languishing in the relegation zone far earlier than we would have hoped for; Welcome to La Liga Los Chicharreros, those AussieFMPod lads may have had a point… Not only have the goals dried up for the team – our planned star signing goal machine loan striker Brenner has also found life in La Liga to be a barren wasteland in which he has done his utmost to prove he can miss the unmissable and squander sitter after sitter regardless of how much I encourage, praise, warn and cursed the little Brazian b*llocks – in my stubbornness to keep playing him in the hope that he would finally break his dry spell and recreate the form he showed while playing for @fryman7‘s Norwich during FM18, he repaid my persistence by going on a 10 hour goal drought and at this point I feel he couldn’t hit water if he was standing on a boat (although to be fair to the lad, he’s trying 🤦🏽♂️). Thankfully we capped off the end of September with our first win of the season away to Celta Vigo to give me some hope that we can compete at this level. A change in fortune That win against Celta Vigo seemed to inspire some form of confidence in to our young squad which incidentally is one of the lowest in the league at 23 years versus the La Liga average of 27. We opened October with an impressive 4-1 win over Levante and ended up winning 5 games out of 5 picking up 3 league wins and 2 victories in the Copa Del Rey to fire us into the 5th round – already two rounds better than last season! This fine run of form propelled us up to the top half of the table and life on the island was going well for all involved ☀️. ALL ABOARD THE FM ROLLER COASTER 🎢 Do you ever feel like the game suddenly decides “Right, you’ve been doing too well so it’s time to f*ck shit up” ? This is precisely what happened in November and December, where the game decided to go completely X-rated on us and f*ck us not once, not twice but three times over just in time for Christmas: 1. Failed to win any of our games between 03/11 and 08/12, picking up 3 points in 6 games 2. During the same period of 6 games, we scored (WAIT FOR IT) – one goal in total thanks to Gedion Zelalem‘s absolute belter of a first goal for the club – this was in a 3-1 second leg cup defeat to Cordoba in which we were thankfully 3-0 up from the first leg. 3. Having earlier stated my satisfaction at having four decent Central Defenders in the squad, FM decided to Rocky Balboa three of them all at once with both Mauro Dos Santos and new signing Ruben Semedo (karma perhaps) picking up long term injuries and Alberto nursing a broken collarbone simultaneously. This meant that we were left with just on natural CB in the form of our star 18 year old German defender Yann-Auriel Bisseck (who I’m happy to say has been developing nicely since being linked with Liverpool last summer) – never mind the fact that we have to play Real Madrid in the last game before Christmas!! Not only that, but the media were also starting to rustle up the MaddFM feathers with rumours that our beloved Chairman Senior Miguel Concepcion would be soon ready to give us the chop and send us on the next Ryanair flight out of Tenerife if things didn’t improve: Needless to say I pretty much spent the festive period like this: Light at the end of the tunnel? Praise be to the FM gods that we were simultaneously enjoying a decent cup run; wins against Sporting Gijon, Cordoba and Marbella meant that we suddenly find ourselves in the Copa Del Rey Quarter Finals alongside the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Sevilla. Senior Concepcion doesn’t seem to be making eye contact in the halls but is overheard praising the team’s performance and relishing the thought of reaching a Cup Final for the first time in the club’s history. Speaking of miracles – a new year sees a new Brenner, who finally scores his first and second goal for Los Chicharreros in the Copa Del Rey 5th round victory over Marbella after going over 15 games without scoring in the famous blue and white Tenerife shirt! He somehow manages to follow this up with his first league goal in a 2-1 defeat to Sevilla, and has 6 goals in 5 games at the time of writing! This form can’t come quick enough as we approach the business end of the season. 🎤 Join us live below for the Copa Del Rey Quarter Final draw – Tenerife Manager @MaddFM will be looking to avoid a tough two-legged draw against the top 4 teams in Spain, and will surely prefer a clash with Real Sociedad or Celta Vigo who they have already taken points from this season: ⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬ No Such Luck!!! It’s CD Tenerife versus Atletico Madrid in the Copa Del Rey Quarter finals, with the first leg due to be played at Estadio Heliodoro Rodriquez Lopez on 15th January 2020 followed by the return leg at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium exactly 1 week later. JANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW Despite Brenner’s recent resurgence of goals, we have consistently struggled up front and neither Dejan Joveljic or Jose Naranjo have performed when called upon – therefore we made a second attempt to sign Tammy Abraham on loan from Chelsea and this time he agreed to take the flight south and assist in our quest for La Liga survival. Hopefully he can score the goals we desperately need to push us back up the league and also spur on Brenner, Joveljic and Naranjo to buck up their ideas with the increased competition for the lone Striker role. In other transfer news, Manager @MaddFM has also agreed to sign 17 year old Coventry attacking midfielder Steve Bremner, who will join Los Chicharreros when his contract expires at the end of the season. Bremner comes highly regarded by new Tenerife Chief Scout Keke Duran who has watched him for several weeks now, rating him as a 4 star potential prospect that can play on either the left or right side of midfield. That’s all for now!! Exciting times ahead – in my next post we will have both legs of our Copa Del Rey Quarter Final against Atletico Madrid as well as Tammy Abraham’s debut and hopefully a new youth intake coming soon! Life in La Liga Santander hasn’t been kind to Los Chicharreros, and despite promising performances including extremely narrow defeats to Real Madrid and Sevilla, we currently sit not too comfortably in 13th place, 7 points clear of the relegation zone and just 2 points behind Alaves who occupy 10th position. A lot done, more to do!! Thanks for reading as always – if you haven’t already, feel free to jump back to the start of our Roy De Los Rovers adventure to look at our inspiration for this save as well as goals and objectives etc. You will also find my latest general FM interest blog posts above which I wrote as a guest author for WeStreamFM.com – can’t get enough FM blogs at the moment!! Please feel free to follow and comment below, you can also follow and retweet on Twitter here. Cheers, MaddFM.
Football Manager 2019 | Lyon Live #31: Next Generation #FM19
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