Swansea: Over-achievers

They say the last quarter of the season goes past without actually having time to breath.

Here's What Happened

The Fixture List
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The Final League Table
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Our Star Player
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The Awards

The Footballer of the Year
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Manager of the Year
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Players' Player of the Year
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Players' Young Player of the Year
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Player Analysis for the Year
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well done in your past season and finishing 6th will u be looking to add to your squad ?

you should get some facepacks to make it look more interesting to

#58133 shaneo insaneo : well done in your past season and finishing 6th will u be looking to add to your squad ?

you should get some facepacks to make it look more interesting to

I've been meaning to get the facepacks, but I always procrastinate.
Thanks a lot. I have to add to the squad and I would like yours and other readers' help for it.
Caulker, McEachran and Sigurdsson are all leaving after their loans have ended, and Agustien refuses to sign a new contract. The club has given me £28.41 Million to spend and £125K extra for wages. Should I go for a couple of big-name midfielders, or defenders? Or should I get cheap, potentially good players all-around?

Wow - you have done exceptionally well. European comp next season will be a fantastic challenge for you.

Personally, I never go for the "big name" players, sure they may give you merchandising revenue, but then you are tied into big transfer fees, big wages, and big egos. And then you have the big problem if your star player gets a big injury......

So, I am advocating a squad first mentality, get some 18-20 CA/PA scouts and see what they recommend.

#58150 Kiwi : Wow - you have done exceptionally well. European comp next season will be a fantastic challenge for you.

Personally, I never go for the "big name" players, sure they may give you merchandising revenue, but then you are tied into big transfer fees, big wages, and big egos. And then you have the big problem if your star player gets a big injury......

So, I am advocating a squad first mentality, get some 18-20 CA/PA scouts and see what they recommend.

I've taken your advice and not signed anybody for big money. Some of the signings are made taking this season into consideration, while some are for the future. I will post screenshots of all of them in a couple of minutes. Also, thank you for the suggestions you gave via chat - they certainly came in handy.

You are welcome Akash, the only other midfielder I'd now try for would be Man U project, Mats Dæhli and that would be based on the bargain price of probably around 110K - as he should be transfer listed?

Also with Euro competition in mind, who are your keepers? Michel Vorm should be far and away the best you have at present, but I'd definitely look at getting shot of some of the others and looking at what you can buy. I've had luck with scouting the re-gens, particularly the Dutch and Portuguese.

In my Osusana save, I am spoilt, the best technical I have are Portuguese and a Chinese national, but my Irish stopper is keeping them both off the park.

#58181 Kiwi : You are welcome Akash, the only other midfielder I'd now try for would be Man U project, Mats Dæhli and that would be based on the bargain price of probably around 110K - as he should be transfer listed?

Also with Euro competition in mind, who are your keepers? Michel Vorm should be far and away the best you have at present, but I'd definitely look at getting shot of some of the others and looking at what you can buy. I've had luck with scouting the re-gens, particularly the Dutch and Portuguese.

In my Osusana save, I am spoilt, the best technical I have are Portuguese and a Chinese national, but my Irish stopper is keeping them both off the park.

You really like to rub salt in my wounds, don't you?
Actually, Chelsea wonderkid Thibaut Courtois was unhappy with his squad position and was looking to leave. (Ability: ****1/2 star, Potential: *****). Declared interest, offered £6 Million and was a certain signing; until Malaga offered £10.5 Million and I couldn't match that.
Right now, I am scouting for some regens and found one from Russia, waiting for his work permit to get approved.

Here's my squad so far:

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Do you really think the signing of Mats Dæhli is important?
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What are my problem areas, readers? I want you to help.

I'm a fan of Mats Dæhli. It'll depend on your coaches but he'll train up wonderfully well. It'll also give you a mid of cover from a squad perspective where he can cover the roles across the midfield.

I was able to pick him up in my second season for $110K, wages 1.3K, so I saw that as a bargain.

Re your keeper problem, I was able to pick up Alphonse Areola (French 19 yo, Paris Saint Germain) after both Smithies and Buckland didn't want to discuss). Be prepared to pay though, 8M and about 25K wages. Ouch!

I have taken care of the Goalkeeping problem for a short-term.
Introducing Sebastian Peratta
This guy is great as a second-choice keeper, and I'm hoping he is good enough to not complain about lack of matches.
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Season Begins in Europe, and at Home.

Third Qualifying Round
Dimano Brest 0-3 Swansea
Scorers: Joe Allen, Yaya Sanogo and Rasmus Falk.
Major Points: Sanogo, Machado, Gardener make their debut.

Swansea[/color]4-0 Dimano Brest
Scorers: Bashkim Kadrii x4
Major Points: Lucas Ocampos makes his debut and gets injured - 2 weeks. Vraaken makes his debut as well.

Premier League
Liverpool 0-0 Swansea
Scorers: None
Major Points: None.

Fourth Qualifying Round - Euro Cup
Helsingborgs IF 0-6 Swansea
Scores: Bashkim Kadrii, Leon Britton, Rasmus Falk, Yaya Sanogo x3
Major Points: None.

Premier League
Swansea 2-2 Fulham
Scorers: Rasmus Falk x2, Mousa Dembele, Pavel Pogrebnyak
Major Points: Peratta makes his debut. We had a comfortable lead, but Fulham scored in the 89th and 93rd min.

Fourth Qualifying Round - Euro Cup
Swansea3-0 Helsingborgs IF
Scorers: Scott Sinclair x2, Ashley Williams.
Major Points: Valentin Eysseric made his debut.

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Premier League
Manchester United 1-1 Swansea
Scorers: Yaya Sanogo; Rasmus Elk.
Major Points: Bashkim Kadrii injured - 1 week.

Swansea 2-4 Tottenham
Scorers: Craig Dawson,Rasmus Falk; Luka Modric, Rafael van der Vaart, Yarmolenko and Demba Ba.
Major Points: Outplayed, outclassed.

Euro Cup - Group Stages
Swansea 3-1 Vorskla
Scorers: Rasmus Falk x2, Ashley Richards; Igor Shevchenko.
Major Points: Lucas Ocampos - 3/4 weeks.

Daily Press:

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Swansea go into their match against West Ham United, in 19th place, only fairing better than their opponents. Newly promoted Hammers go into this match as favourites.

Premier League
West Ham United 1-3 Swansea
Scorers: Boselli; Danny Graham, Rasmus Falk x2.
Major Points: 20-year old Rory Donnelly, from our reserve team, came on as a second-half substitute for his debut. I need a left-back in January. Neil Taylor is exhausted.

Can you get loanees to cover your right and left defense?

Else try:

Ritchie De Laet: Man U DLC, BEL Int'l

Jordan Spence: Former England Int'l

Matthew Connolly: DLC

Should be able to pick them all up for 3-3.5M, providing they will come.

I've got the save back!

Late September and October Update

League Cup 3rd Round

26 September 2012
Swansea 1-0 Blackpool
Luke Moore 39'
- Played my reserves and youth team in this match, because this was played a mere 3 days after our match against West Ham. I'm glad they came through with a victory as the board was expecting our team to reach the fourth round of the cup, which we have done now. We will be playing West Brom in the Fourth Round

Premier League

29 September 2012
Swansea 3-0 Stoke
Bashkim Kadrii 22', 56'
Scott Sinclair 86'
- This was a brilliant display, bringing us into the top half of the league table. Kadrii has hit a good patch of form and everyone at the club is happy about it.

Luka Modric took the Player of the Month, while Rasmus Falk and Bashkim Kadrii took first and second in the Young Player category.

Euro Cup Group A

4 October 2012
Dinamo 1-4 Swansea
Bashkim Kadrii 24', 42', 48'
Luis Ovalle 38'
Angel Rangel 15' - 4 weeks (broken ribs)
Rasums Falk 45+1' - 4 days (dead leg)
- We could've done without the injuries, but what a performance! Going to Croatia and picking up a victory so comfortably made the fans jubilant. The toughest test is next, against Zenit.

Premier League

7 October 2012
Blackpool 0-2 Swansea
Bashkim Kadrii 77'
Danny Graham 90'
- We might've left it late, but I will take it. If Blackpool would've won, they would've gone above us in the standings, so it felt good to get the win. Kadrii is slowly but surely becoming a crowd favourite.

20 October 2012
Swansea 0-1 Sunderland
- I tried out a new tactic in this match, but we still dominated. The biggest mistake was playing Kadrii at a midfielder rather than his more influential striking role. We will need to bounce back with Zenit next.

Euro Cup Group A

25 October 2012
Zenit 2-1 Swansea
Bashkim Kadrii 9'
- We were off to a flyer, but Zenit quickly equalized. Everyone thought we were headed for a draw, before Alexander Bukharov got the winner in the 92nd minute. We'll get you back when you come to the Liberty, Zenit!

Premier League

28 October 2012
Swansea 2-0 Bolton
Craig Dawson 15'
Ashley Williams 40'
- When our strikers failed to score, Dawson and Williams got us goals from two corners. A really solid defensive performance, allowing Bolton only one shot attempt.

League Cup 4th Round

31 October 2012
Swansea 2-1 West Brom
Team - Peratta; Vranken, Miranda, Duffy, Alfei; Eysseric, Lucas, Richards, Donnelly; Ocampos, Graham.
As you can see, a lot of the reserves and youth players were given their chance and we got off to a brilliant start with defender, Roderick Miranda in the 38th minute. Mateb pulled it back very early in the second half, in the 46th minute. The score remained that way at the end of 90 minutes, and in the very first minute of extra time, Valentin Eysseric from the left-wing - taking home the man of the match.

Player of the Month
1st - Javier Hernandez (Manchester United),
2nd - Grant Holt (Norwich City),
3rd - Wayne Rooney (Manchester United).

Young Player of the Month
1st - Jordan Mutch (Birmingham City),
2nd - David De Gea (Manchester United),
3rd - Matt Phillips (Blackpool)

Manager of the Month
- Roberto Mancini (Manchester City).




P.S.: I really don't have the time to update a story and study for my tests, but found this save after a long time, and would love for you to be part of my effort to do well with Swansea.

Give a try to my boy Wallyson, you saw he does the trick for me
Good read!