Diamonds in the Rough (spoilers)

[Qwikshot]

I would think that most players nowadays would like to do their own scouting, but I didn't know if anyone would like to talk about their top grabs, or players they've noticed explode into the ranks.

I have played Caen, Wolves, and debated on a German team. I keep my leagues small (England, France and Germany - all leagues). I have selected Brazil, England, France, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Finland, United States for my player pools(that I recall). I did read that if you don't select the player pools from the leagues you play in, you won't get all the players of the league (how odd?)

Some players:

Spoiler

Striker Bogdon Stancu plays from Romania, I could see him going to a League 1/Championship team, he's young and on my Wolves game he's got 9 goals in the first 15 games - I play a 4-4-2 with the DL and DR pushing the ball up the sides with the wingers heavy on going up the sides as well and feeding my strikers. Bogdon is a steal and can probably be had for 250 to 550k.

Keeper Piotr Czapanski (sp) plays in Poland, you can sign him to a youth league contract, I don't think he'll play in the low leagues (League Two down), but he's got the skills to develop into something special and if you want you can stash him on your youth team for one season (since he's 17). I think he'll go to a league 1 team, but I doubt they'd have the cash. I got him for Caen but I had to sell off some good players to get him (12 million).

Defender Breno for Sao Paolo is 17 and a top notch defender. He's not cheap, and I've only nabbed him when dabbling with a high income team (read Chelsea, ManU or the like). That being said, if you do grab him, you'll be happy. I think he's a wonderkid.

Jozy Altidore can be had for about 700k and is a decent prospect for those in need of a striker. Eddie Johnson can be had for about 5 million, but I see him as rather inconsistent.

The thing I like mainly about France is the complete avoidance of work permits. Yes you can only have 3 non-EU players, but that is so much easier of a work-around than a will he get it/not/appeal thing.

I enjoy reading Frogman's dynasty, I see the others have petered out. I was going to do a Caen one (with Khan being a play on the name and me being Captain James T. Kirk), but alas that may be more ambitious than I can write.

Glad this area is going to get some activity again.

[FrogMan]

thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoy the reading

I gotta say that one thing I really enjoy now is the scouting, especially the fact my board started by restraining where I could scout, or how many scouts I can have. Gone are the days when my little Luton side could send a scout to Brazil, another to Spain, another to Italy, another to ... When we were in League One, I was only allowed to scout the immediate area (UK and around) and i can now scout the continent. I like looking at the list of players my scouts find and limit myself to their evaluations of players to decide who to sign or go after. Certainly means a much better immersion factor...

FM

[DaddyTorgo]

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