2012 First Phase
Season Expectations
"You have told the board that you believe you can avoid relegation.
As a result, your transfer budget for this season has been set at $45K and your wage budget at $14.25K p/w.
The club is currently spending $6,992 per week on wages."
There was a negligible increase in weekly wages if I told the board that I would achieve a midtable finish, so I went the safe route and said that we'd aim to avoid relegation. This seems like a realistic goal to fight for, given that it's our first season in a bigger division and there will be a lot of changes to the roster before we start aiming higher.
I don't know what to do with all this money! My wage budget is now more than double form last season and we actually have transfer money set aside. Actually, what I'll likely do is dump all of my transfer money into the wage budget since I'm not keen to pay transfer fees until I feel more established.
Starting Eleven
[imgw]http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/274/2012fpstartingeleven.jpg[/imgw]
The transformation that began with the coaching staff can now be seen within the starting eleven. New starters include:
DMC - Charles Hurtado
MC - Cesinha
ST - Brayan Fernandez
Hurtado will do his best to replace Paulinho, who we couldn't get back on loan. Hurtado is more athletic but is lacking overall technique, so if he trains well he can be more effective than Paulinho.
Cesinha is a dynamic Brazilian that I was extremely happy to sign. His impact should be felt greatly throughout the center of the pitch, and he has the versatility to play AMC and ST as well.
Fernandez was brought in on loan because my leading front man, Ubel Herrera is still suffering from an injury he sustained last season. When Herrera comes back in ~10 weeks, he and Fernandez should do well in a rotation.
Transfers
[imgw]http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5153/2011transfersend.jpg[/imgw]
First, here is the ending transfer table from 2011. The thing to note are the outgoing transfers I essentially had to make; either because I couldn't afford to resign the players (at the time) or because I had to keep myself from going into the red.
[imgw]http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1218/2012transfersstart.jpg[/imgw]
And now, here is the transfer table to begin 2012. The outgoing transfers are dead weight this time! And for the first time, we have hit the transfer market with a handful of players coming in on free transfers.
Season Expectations
"You have told the board that you believe you can avoid relegation.
As a result, your transfer budget for this season has been set at $45K and your wage budget at $14.25K p/w.
The club is currently spending $6,992 per week on wages."
There was a negligible increase in weekly wages if I told the board that I would achieve a midtable finish, so I went the safe route and said that we'd aim to avoid relegation. This seems like a realistic goal to fight for, given that it's our first season in a bigger division and there will be a lot of changes to the roster before we start aiming higher.
I don't know what to do with all this money! My wage budget is now more than double form last season and we actually have transfer money set aside. Actually, what I'll likely do is dump all of my transfer money into the wage budget since I'm not keen to pay transfer fees until I feel more established.
Starting Eleven
[imgw]http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/274/2012fpstartingeleven.jpg[/imgw]
The transformation that began with the coaching staff can now be seen within the starting eleven. New starters include:
DMC - Charles Hurtado
MC - Cesinha
ST - Brayan Fernandez
Hurtado will do his best to replace Paulinho, who we couldn't get back on loan. Hurtado is more athletic but is lacking overall technique, so if he trains well he can be more effective than Paulinho.
Cesinha is a dynamic Brazilian that I was extremely happy to sign. His impact should be felt greatly throughout the center of the pitch, and he has the versatility to play AMC and ST as well.
Fernandez was brought in on loan because my leading front man, Ubel Herrera is still suffering from an injury he sustained last season. When Herrera comes back in ~10 weeks, he and Fernandez should do well in a rotation.
Transfers
[imgw]http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5153/2011transfersend.jpg[/imgw]
First, here is the ending transfer table from 2011. The thing to note are the outgoing transfers I essentially had to make; either because I couldn't afford to resign the players (at the time) or because I had to keep myself from going into the red.
[imgw]http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1218/2012transfersstart.jpg[/imgw]
And now, here is the transfer table to begin 2012. The outgoing transfers are dead weight this time! And for the first time, we have hit the transfer market with a handful of players coming in on free transfers.
