Concord Assassins (Hattrick)

[BishopMVP]

I finally succumbed to the dark side and received a team in Hattrick. The Concord Assassins (72162) are 2nd in their division and have won 2 games in a row. Unfortuantely, 2nd place is 12 GP (20-10) 20 pts, 14 behind the leader and with 3 teams within 3 points. I hope I can hang on to 2nd and get that cash prize in two weeks. I quickly up youth to 20,000 a week (currently wretched,) then hired 1 GK Coach, 4 AST Coaches, 1 Psychologist, 1 Spokesperson, 3 Physiotherapists and 1 Doctor. I change training from 90-96%, with Short Passes as emphasis. On my second try, I get a decent coach. He'll have to do for now.

Michael Huey
40 years, disastrous form
A inadequate coach who goes all out
A controversial person who is tranquil and honest.
Has weak experience and passable leadership abilities.


I start with these players (a * indicates they have been transfer listed):

Name
Stamina Playmaking Passing Winger Defending Scoring Set Pieces Goal Age Form
Andy Owen* 5 5 2 4 6 3 5 28 4
Asier Sequiero* 4 3 3 4 6 3 3 27 6
Ben Preston* 5 1 3 5 4 3 1 24 3
Carlos Bowers 4 7 4 4 4 4 6 27 4
David Santos 4 5 4 3 5 5 3 26 5
Jean-Felix Saint-Hilaire 4 2 5 4 7 3 7 23 5
Joseph Wang 3 3 3 7 3 4 3 25 5
Lee Greco* 5 4 4 6 4 5 7 29 7
Michael France 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 6 28 5
Miguel Mansfield 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 20 6
Neville Wilson* 4 3 6 2 5 2 5 28 5
Phillip Mcleod* 4 3 2 4 4 4 1 27 3
Richard Cash 3 1 5 6 6 4 6 26 4
Samuel Edmond 3 6 3 1 5 5 1 22 6
Stephen Diamond 4 5 4 3 5 4 1 20 4
Stuart Fitch* 5 4 4 3 2 2 6 29 2
William Frost 2 2 4 6 5 4 2 20 6

My starters are France - Cash, Saint-Hilaire, Sequeiro - Wang, Diamond, Bowers, Edmond, Frost - Greco, Santos. I have a passable goalie, an advantage, and some decent middies and defenders, but no scorers at all. Deciding that I need some help, I quickly scour the markets and put out bids for a number of players. Most of these will be passed quickly, but I do snare 3 players relatively quickly.

Lars Malmskog ($2,000 Purchase)
18 years, passable form
A controversial person who is calm and honest.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.
Assessed value: 17 000 US$
Wage: 696 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Stamina: weak Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: poor
Winger: passable Defending: wretched
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: poor
Victor Sãndulescu($16,000)
23 years, passable form
A nasty fellow who is tranquil and upright.
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities.
Assessed value: 86 000 US$
Wage: 960 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Stamina: solid Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: passable
Winger: poor Defending: weak
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: poor
Pompiliu Demian($11,000)
21 years, inadequate form
A pleasant guy who is calm and honest.
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities.
Assessed value: 71 000 US$
Wage: 792 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Stamina: excellent Goaltending: wretched
Playmaking: weak Passing: inadequate
Winger: poor Defending: weak
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: poor
Joakim Söderstad($72,500)
20 years, wretched form
A pleasant guy who is calm and honest.
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities.
Assessed value: 81 000 US$
Wage: 1 656 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Stamina: wretched Goaltending: passable
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: weak

I figure that Sandulescu and Demian can start at Inner Mid and Forward respectively, with Malmskog as my Sub-Wing. Soderstad I'm not sure if I should have done it, but I think that if I can get his form up, then I can transfer-list France and make some money.

[BishopMVP]

I suck at formatting, so here is my second try at presenting the roster. Only important players included. Playing a 3-5-2

GK
Michael France
167 000 US$, 28 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and solid leadership abilities

Stamina: disastrous Keeper: passable
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: passable

Joakim Söderstad
81 000 US$, 20 years, wretched form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities

Stamina: wretched Keeper: passable
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: weak

Central Defense
Jean-Felix Saint-Hilaire
58 000 US$, 23 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina: weak Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: wretched Passing: inadequate
Winger: weak Defending: solid
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: solid

WingBack
Richard Cash
49 000 US$, 26 years, weak form
Has poor experience and wretched leadership abilities

Stamina: poor Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: inadequate
Winger: passable Defending: passable
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: passable

William Frost
36 000 US$, 20 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

Stamina: wretched Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: weak
Winger: passable Defending: inadequate
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: wretched

[b]Sub-Defense[/b]
Asier Sequeiro
29 000 US$, 27 years, passable form
Has poor experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: weak Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: poor Passing: poor
Winger: weak Defending: passable
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor

[b]Inner-Midfield[/b]
Victor Sãndulescu
86 000 US$, 23 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: solid Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: passable
Winger: poor Defending: weak
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: poor

Carlos Bowers
54 000 US$, 27 years, weak form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities

Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: weak
Winger: weak Defending: weak
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: passable

Samuel Edmond
47 000 US$, 22 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities [Technical]

Stamina: poor Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: passable Passing: poor
Winger: disastrous Defending: inadequate
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: disastrous

[b]Sub-Inner Mid[/b]
Stephen Diamond
32 000 US$, 20 years, weak form
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities [Quick]

Stamina: weak Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: weak
Winger: poor Defending: inadequate
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: disastrous

[b]Outside Mid/Wingers[/b]
Lee Greco
54 000 US$, 29 years, solid form
Has inadequate experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: inadequate Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: weak Passing: weak
Winger: passable Defending: weak
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: solid

Joseph Wang
23 000 US$, 25 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and passable leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina: poor Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: poor Passing: poor
Winger: solid Defending: poor
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: poor

[b]Sub-Wing[/b]
Lars Malmskog
17 000 US$, 18 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: poor
Winger: passable Defending: wretched
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: poor

[b]Forwards[/b]
Pompiliu Demian
71 000 US$, 21 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: excellent Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: weak Passing: inadequate
Winger: poor Defending: weak
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: poor

David Santos
62 000 US$, 26 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina: weak Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: weak
Winger: poor Defending: inadequate
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: poor

[b]Sub-Forward[/b]
Ben Preston
7 000 US$, 24 years, poor form
Has wretched experience and wretched leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina: inadequate Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: poor
Winger: inadequate Defending: weak
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: disastrous

[b]Other Decent Players [/b](well, decent compared to my team)
Andy Owen
33 000 US$, 28 years, weak form
Has weak experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: wretched
Winger: weak Defending: passable
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate

Neville Wilson
23 000 US$, 28 years, inadequate form
Has weak experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: weak Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: poor Passing: passable
Winger: wretched Defending: inadequate
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: inadequate

Transfer Listed are:
Michael France $110,000 (167k) 50/50 whether someone bids
Andy Owen $30,000 (33k) if he doesn't sell, put back on for 1k
Asier Sequiero $30,000 (29k) same as Owen
Stuart Fitch $1,000 (2k) if no sale, release
Phillip McLeod $1,000 (5k) no sale, release
Neville Wilson $10,000 (23k) no sale, 1k
Lee Greco $40,000 (54k) no sale, 20k
Ben Preston $10,000 (7k) no sale, 1k

[BishopMVP]

First game today, against the Cow Tippers. This was before I acquired Malmskog, Sandelescu, Demian and Soderstad, so they did not play. We did not miss them at all. In an pleasant and unexpected development, the Concord Assassins dominated the scoreboard today 7-1.

25th Carlos Bowers 1-0
36th Asier Sequiero 2-0
41st Lee Greco 3-0
**th Lee Greco 4-0
42nd David Santos 5-0
47th Samuel Edmond 6-0
66th Lee Greco 7-0 (Hat Trick!)
77th Abraham Tejera 7-1

The most dominating Assassins player was without a doubt Jean-Felix Saint-Hilaire. Stephen Diamond on the other hand, had a terrible day.

Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: passable
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: inadequate
Right Side Attack: inadequate
Central Attack: inadequate
Left Side Attack: inadequate

GK Michael France **
WB Richard Cash **
CD J-F Saint-Hilaire **~
WB Asier Sequeiro **~
IM Stephen Diamond *~
IM Carlos Bowers *~
IM Samuel Edmond *~
Wing Joseph Wang *~
Wing William Frost *~
F David Santos *~
F Lee Greco **

After this game, with one to go, the Assassins are still tied points-wise for 2nd, but have +7 more and 4 goals more than the other team. Guaranteed at least a 3rd place finish.

[BishopMVP]

Additions:
Connor Critchlow (Cost $10,000)
39 000 US$, 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: passable
Winger: inadequate Defending: wretched
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate

Subtractions:
Richard Cash will be gone by tomorrow night. He has a bidder at 30,000, the only one of my players yet to get one.

Training:
Since all 7 of my middies and forwards receive training at passing I want to get 12-14 young players here and develop them. Right now I have the following seven:
Connor Critchlow 17
Lars Malmskog 18
Pompiliu Demian 21
Samuel Edmond 22
Stephen Diamond 20
Victor Sandulescu 23
William Frost 20

I plan on picking up 5 or 6 more cheap young guys, transferring or releasing most of my older guys and then, if I can stay out of debt, expand my stadium to about 12-15,000 near the beginning of next season.

Any FOFC'ers want to schedule a friendly? It would probably be best at your place because my stadium is still small. I have open dates stretching from next week to eternity.

[BishopMVP]

Here is my lineup for tonight's friendly. It is not really a B-Side, since a few of these players will be on my A-Team next week, but I want to make sure I get a match in for them this week. Sticking with the 3-5-2

GK-Joakim Soderstad
WB-Lars Malmskog
CD-Jean-Felix Saint-Halaire
WB-Kevin Bakker
Wing-Connor Critchlow
IM-Victor Sandulescu
IM-Pompiliu Demian
IM-Anders Borgin
Wing-Matthew Odell
F-Kenny Haggner
F-Adriano Sanvicente

A few new additions in there:

Kevin Bakker (Cost 21,000)
19 years, inadequate form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is calm and honest.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Assessed value: 45 000 US$
Wage: 852 US$/week including 20% Bonus

Stamina: passable Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: poor
Winger: passable Defending: inadequate
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: wretched

Will be starting at wingback unless I pick up a passable/solid by Monday.

Anders Borgin ($5,000)

19 years, passable form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is temperamental and upright.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Speciality: Technical

Assessed value: 36 000 US$
Wage: 816 US$/week including 20% Bonus

Stamina: poor Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: weak
Winger: inadequate Defending: poor
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor

If I can get that passing and stamina up to inad/passable I can probably turn him over for 20-30,000.

Matthew Odell ($3,000)
17 years, passable form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is calm and upright.
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Assessed value: 28 000 US$
Wage: 620 US$/week

Stamina: inadequate Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: wretched
Winger: passable Defending: weak
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: weak

Again, with some passing training, shoulod fetch 20-30,000 on the market.

Kenny Haggner ($17,000)
19 years, passable form, healthy

A nasty fellow who is temperamental and honest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Speciality: Technical

Assessed value: 39 000 US$
Wage: 840 US$/week including 20% Bonus

Stamina: poor Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: inadequate
Winger: wretched Defending: weak
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: passable

Will likely be starting at Forward next to Pompiliu Demian in League.

Adriano Sanvicente ($17,000)
19 years, passable form, healthy

A sympathetic guy who is calm and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Assessed value: 41 000 US$
Wage: 840 US$/week including 20% Bonus

Stamina: weak Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: poor
Winger: disastrous Defending: inadequate
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: poor

Will be backing up Demian/Haggner at forward for now.

[BishopMVP]

Went to Charles Weatherford Swanson Stadium to play Owasso in a friendly. Only 226 people showed up. They chose a 4-4-2 and I went with the 3-5-2, starting Söderstad - Malmskog, Saint-Hilaire, Bakker - Critchlow, Sãndulescu, Demian, Borgin, Odell - Sanvicente, Häggner.

2nd - Anders Borgin 1-0 Concord
33rd- Kenny Haggner 2-0
35th- Erwin McDonald 2-1
40th - Craig Madrigal 2-2
67th- Adriano Sanvicente 3-2
81st- Adriano Sanvicente 4-2
84th - Connor Critchlow 5-2
85th- Victor Sandulescu 6-2

YELLOW CARDS (Concord)
**- Jean-Felix Saint-Hilaire

Concord Assassins held the ball for 57% in the 1st half and 66% in the 2nd. The most dominating Assassins player was without a doubt Kenny Häggner. Lars Malmskog was a disappointment, however.

Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: wretched
Central Defence: weak
Left Side Defence: inadequate
Right Side Attack: passable
Central Attack: solid
Left Side Attack: passable

GK Joakim Soderstad * (has been listed, currently at 79k)
WB Lars Malmskog ~ (wretched at D, just wanted to get him on the pitch)
CD Jean-Felix Saint-Halaire **~ (another nice performance, worrying a little about the 2 yellow cards in 2 games)
WB Kevin Bakker **
Wing Connor Critchlow *~
IM Victor Sandulescu ** (First 2-Star Inner Mid yet)
IM Pompiliu Demian *~
IM Anders Borgin *~
Wing Matthew Odell *~
F Kenny Haggner **~ (Definitely starting at forward Monday)
F Adriano Sanvicente **

Good debut for most, think I should definitely win Monday, giving me 2nd. Also, just looked and because every team has a new owner this week, Lee Greco is leading the league with 3 goals (no one else more than 1.) I think I'll start him at F, make sure I get that 10k for the leading scorer, then transfer him out.

In transfer news, Joseph Wang (15k) and Richard Cash (32k) are both going to be gone in about two hours, hopefully for higher prices, with Joakim Soderstad (79k) joining them at 4:30 tomorrow.

I have a question about Michael France. He is 28 now, and passable. I'll definitely keep him for Monday's game, but is it worth waiting until the beginning of next season before listing him, risking a drop in goal skills to inadequate?

[MikeVic]

Damnit. Were you the same guy bidding against the Goldfish for a USA goalie just about now? :)

Hehe. Good luck with another goalie! I have a bid on another guy... hope I don't win it ;) lol.

[Havok]

I was bidding against you yesterday also Bishop. I cant remember the guys name but My team name is the Maniacal Misfitz.

I just got my team yesterday and they suck pretty bad. Lemme no if ya wanna do a friendly.

[BishopMVP]

Havok- I bid on a lot of people. I've noticed that I've bid over 4 or 5 FOFC'ers already out there.

Additions (also known as "Team Chemistry? We don't need no stinking team chemistry!"):
Andreas Högbo (Cost $55,000 and from Sweden too!)
21 years, poor form, healthy

A controversial person who is calm and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Stamina: wretched Goaltending: passable
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: weak

Josip Luburic (Cost $12,000)
19 years, passable form, healthy

A nasty fellow who is temperamental and honest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Speciality: Unpredictable

Stamina: poor Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: poor
Winger: inadequate Defending: inadequate
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: wretched

Nils Eriksson ($8,000)
19 years, inadequate form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is balanced and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities.

Stamina: weak Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: passable Passing: weak
Winger: poor Defending: poor
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: inadequate

Patrik Yngvesson ($77,200)
19 years, passable form, healthy

A controversial person who is tranquil and infamous.
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities.

Stamina: wretched Goaltending: passable
Playmaking: wretched Passing: disastrous
Winger: wretched Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: wretched

Billy Hammonds ($10,000)
19 years, weak form, injured (4 weeks)

A controversial person who is temperamental and honest.
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities.

Stamina: weak Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: inadequate
Winger: wretched Defending: disastrous
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: poor

Yngvesson will be starting keeper for the foreseeable future, otherwise known as until I pick up a cheap solid keeper. Passable/Passable combo is better than France's, so the other 3 Passable keepers have all been listed (Hogbo and Soderstad at 79k, France at 89.) Luburic can play forward or wingback for my B Team, but Nils Eriksson is the real steal, as he slips into a starting CM spot for only 8,000. He really should be a B-Squad player until his passing and stamina improve, but that's where I'm training this offseason, so by next season he should be very solid in the middle. Hammonds would be starting at striker if he were healthy, and I felt that it was worth the wait for those skills at the price.

Subtractions:
Carlos Bowers (42k), Richard Cash (37k) and Joseph Wang (15k) all sold, netting me over 85,000 after the greedy agents.

Training Updates:
Adriano Sanvicente: No change
Anders Borgin: +1,000
Andy Owen: +4,000
Asier Sequiero: NC
Ben Preston: +1,000, Form up to weak
Billy Hammond: +6,000 Form up to weak
Connor Critchlow: +2,000
David Santos: +3,000
Jean-Felix Saint-Hilaire: +3,000
Joakim Soderstad: +39,000 up to poor form
Josip Luburic: NC
Kenny Haggner: +2,000
Kevin Bakker: +2,000
Lars Malmskog: NC
Lee Greco: -1,000 down to passable form
Matthew Odell: -4,000 down to inad. form
Michael France: +8,000
Mihai Grigore: NC
Neville Wilson: +1,000 form up to passable
Nils Eriksson: -6,000 form to inad.
Patrick Yngvesson: +6,000
Pompiliu Demian: +8,000 form up to passable
Samuel Edmond: +1,000
Stephen Diamond: +3,000 form up to inad.
Victor Sandulescu: -2,000 form down to inad.
William Frost: +1,000

No significant changes, although Soderstad's value shot up.

In other news, I scheduled a friendly at my place against Mississauga United, the number one team in Canada IV.61. He has won his last three games by an aggregate 30-0 and averages 6.5 GPG in league play. I'll probably go in undefeated since taking over while he's won 6 in a row.

[BishopMVP]

Also, I have a question about formations and training. In the rules it says if you play more than 3 at CD/IM/F none will receive training but can you run a 2-5-3 in Friendly's, giving me 8 players who can be trained? That would stay in the 3-IM/3-F rule, do any of you know if this will work?

[BishopMVP]

First home game against T.Y Y.P.S.J. Sellout of 7000. They chose a 3-5-2 and I went with the 3-5-2 as well, starting Yngvesson - Bakker, Saint-Hilaire, Frost - Mathiasson, Sãndulescu, Demian, Eriksson, Malmskog - Häggner, Greco.

24th Lee Greco 1-0
**th Nils Eriksson 2-0
**th Pompiliu Demian 3-0
74th Pompiliu Demian 4-0
89th Lee Greco 5-0
90th Lee Greco 6-0 (2 GP, 2 Hattricks)

YELLOW CARDS (Concord)
** - Pompiliu Demian

Concord Assassins held the ball for 63% in the 1st half and 68% in the 2nd. Assassins´s best player was Patrik Yngvesson. However, Nils Eriksson made a disastrous appearance.

Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: passable
Central Defence: passable
Left Side Defence: weak
Right Side Attack: passable
Central Attack: passable
Left Side Attack: passable

GK Patrik Yngvesson **~ (Definitely sticking around)
WB Kevin Bakker **
CD Jean-Felix Saint-Halaire **~ (3 2.5 star games in a row)
WB William Frost **
Wing Lars Malmskog *~
IM Victor Sandulescu ** (transferred away at 42,000)
IM Pompiliu Demian ** (.5 star upgrade)
IM Nils Eriksson *~
Wing Leif Mathiasson **(picked him up for 11k)
F Kenny Haggner **~ (0 Goals, but 2.5 stars)
F Lee Greco ** (2 games, 2 hattricks. leading scorer in league /w 6 goals)

Transfer News - Gone are Joakim Soderstad (120k), 3 inad goalies for 62k combined, Andreas Hogbo for 81k, Andy Owen and Asier Sequeiro for 6k apiece, Neville Wilson for 1k and Victor Sandulescu for 42k. New here are a few guys who I'll profile if they stick for next season. Team Spirit is now murderous and I considered stopping daytrading, but I figured I'm not gonna get that many chances to relive the Cold War, so bring it on.

ECONOMY - Thought you might get a kick out of my first week
Revenue
Crowd 520
Sponsors 0
Financial 0
Temporary 234 880
Total revenue 235 400

Expenses

Youth squad 20 000
Temporary 513 200
Total expenses 533 200
Last week´s income/loss -297 800

I am plus 82,000 so far this week, but I think I should stem that money flow. Finishing 2nd in league will help, plus top scorer.

[BishopMVP]

Took a little break, and finished 1st in my division and made the semi-finals of the FOFC Cup with a much-improved squad. Will start in IV.57 next season, and every team from 1-6 averaged between a 57-66 NSI, so it will be tough. I also realized that passing was terrible for training and eventually switched to Goalkeepers and it is working great. Of the 33 players currently on the team, here are the 19 I will be keeping for next season. Technically I'll be carrying 21 including coach and clown.

Coach

Jean Duarte
43 years, weak form, healthy
A solid coach who is defensive minded
A sympathetic guy who is calm and dishonest.
Has excellent experience and weak leadership abilities.

At some point in the future I might try firing him and getting a solid/attacking coach, but until then he is great. Only took 4 tries total.

Goalies

Heiner Schaaf
386 000 US$, 18 years, weak form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities

Stamina: wretched Keeper: excellent
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: disastrous

Popped to excellent a couple weeks ago, will be on the team until at least formidable.

Björn Frostenström
200 000 US$, 20 years, wretched form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: poor Keeper: solid
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: wretched
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: poor

Will be sold as soon as he gets to excellent.

Nestor Grusov
98 000 US$, 20 years, poor form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: poor Keeper: inadequate
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: wretched

I think he'll pop to passable in 1 week, and if one of the two starters ever goes down, we'll find out.

Defenders

Stefan Pettersson
11 000 US$, 34 years, inadequate form
Has outstanding experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Quick]

Stamina: passable Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: poor Passing: poor
Winger: weak Defending: solid
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: solid

Starting CD, puts up *** in passable+ form.

Eliran Cohen
88 000 US$, 27 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: disastrous Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: passable Passing: weak
Winger: passable Defending: solid
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: solid

Acquired today, will start at wingback. Needs stamina training badly.

Dumitru Cãlinescu
76 000 US$, 28 years, weak form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: poor Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: poor Passing: weak
Winger: passable Defending: solid
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: wretched

Also acquired today, but only put up ** at Defensive wingback. Again, stamina is an issue.

Robert Kardel
18 000 US$, 33 years, passable form
Has inadequate experience and weak leadership abilities [Technical]

Stamina: solid Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: disastrous
Winger: weak Defending: passable
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor

Doesn't look as good as others, but puts up **~ at either D-Spot.

Wingers

Petre Dordea
139 000 US$, 27 years, weak form
Has weak experience and weak leadership abilities

Stamina: solid Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: wretched
Winger: passable Defending: inadequate
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: disastrous

Again, acquired today and put up ** at winger normal. I think he'll be better played offensively.

Ben Burnham
45 000 US$, 26 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and passable leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina: poor Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: passable Passing: weak
Winger: passable Defending: weak
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: wretched

Acquired for only 2,000, Burnham puts up **~ as an offensive winger.

Borislav Russev
55 000 US$, 32 years, solid form
Has passable experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: excellent Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: solid
Winger: weak Defending: weak
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: weak

Double threat as offensive winger or offensive IM.

Lee Greco
39 000 US$, 30 years, solid form
Has passable experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: solid Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: weak Passing: weak
Winger: passable Defending: weak
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: solid

Only original player remaining is good offensive winger and solid SP is an added boost.

Midfielders

Jonas Rodström
136 000 US$, 26 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities [Quick]

Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: poor
Winger: weak Defending: inadequate
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: poor

Best middie on the team, puts up *** in passable+ form.

Nils Eriksson
68 000 US$, 20 years, excellent form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities

Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: passable Passing: weak
Winger: poor Defending: poor
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: inadequate

Picked up for 8,000 and puts up **~ in passable+ form. Been in excellent form for about a month now.

Paolo Edgardo Quattrocchi
62 000 US$, 29 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and disastrous leadership abilities

Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: weak
Winger: weak Defending: weak
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate

Shares 3rd Inner Mid role with Eriksson and Russev.

Skip Huff
83 000 US$, 22 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: inadequate
Winger: poor Defending: weak
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: weak

Solid offensive midfielder puts up high **~ at passable/solid form.

Forwards

Kenny Häggner
66 000 US$, 20 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Technical]

Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: inadequate
Winger: wretched Defending: weak
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: passable

Puts up **~ in passable+ form. Looking for a *** forward at some point soon since attack ratings of solids will not cut it in IV.57.

Kristian Hansson
68 000 US$, 18 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: solid
Winger: weak Defending: weak
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: wretched

Probably would be a great player for a forward trainer, but is the 4th forward on my team instead.

Gal Lapid
32 000 US$, 21 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities [Quick]

Stamina: weak Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: weak Passing: inadequate
Winger: wretched Defending: wretched
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: wretched

Should be as good as Haggner, but has not produced like him in limited time.

Steven Risse
145 000 US$, 23 years, weak form
Has wretched experience and disastrous leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: weak
Winger: wretched Defending: weak
Scoring: solid Set Pieces: disastrous

Best forward, could even be played defensively. So far **/**~ in weak form in 2 games. Also got thrown out of FOFC Cup Semifinal with 10 minutes remaining, partially leading to attack ratings of inad/inad/weak.

[BishopMVP]

Division IV.57 Overview

Concord Assassins
Auto-Promoted 39 pts 68-8 +60
Avg 45.6 High 59
Key Players:18yo Excellent GK, *** CD, *** IM, 2 **~ Forwards
Transfer Activity:148 transfers in last 4 months. Can't stay above -200k threshold. Occasionally daytrains and daytrades.
To be fair, I played my A-Team in league play 4 times and it would be near the mid-50's.

Blooming
Auto-Promoted 42 pts 83-11 +72
Avg 49.0 High 61
Key Players: *** Offensive IM, **~ Forward, **~ GK
Transfer Activity: No buys since 2/6, but sells occasionally

WVU United
#6 18 pts 27-27 +0
Avg 58.5 High 66
Key Players:2 *** IM's, *** GK, 2 *** Defensive WB's, 2 *** Forwards
Transfer activity:Buys about 1 player a month, sells 3-4 for less money

USA Returns
#5 19 pts 27-25 +2
Avg 59.7 High 71
Key Players:***~, 2 *** IM's, *** Forward
Transfer Activity:Occasional

Dallas Dragons
#4 20 pts 33-30 +3
Avg 62.1 High 68
Key Players:***~, *** IM's, *** WB (defensive) & CD, *** Offensive Winger, *** Forward
Transfer Activity:Approximately 1 buy a month

Rhino
#3 24 pts 34-17 +17
Avg 71.5 High 82
5-0-3 to end the year
Key Players:*****, ****~ Defensive WB's, ***~ CD, ***~, 2 *** IM's, ***~ GK
Transfer Activity:None
Appears to have quit, but left a stud team.

Tenacious D
#2 29 pts 36-17 +19
Avg 64.8 High 71
1st 2 years ago
Key Players:****~, *** Wingbacks, ***~ CD, ***~, 2 *** IM's, ***~, *** Offensive Wingers, *** Forward
Transfer Activity:No buys since 3/31

UVACavs
#1 34 pts 43-20 +23
Avg 63.7 High 71
Key Players:***~ GK, ****, ***~ CD's, 2 *** Defensive WB's, *** Inner Mid
Transfer Activity:Bought 2 players in the last 3 months (7/7 and 5/29)
Uses an asymmetric 3-5-2. Everyone else plays symmetric 3-5-2. Plays both wingers towards middle to achieve excellent midfield.

[BishopMVP]

Going through the parts of my team individually.

Goalies

Heiner Schaaf
417 000 US$, 18 years, weak form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities

Keeper: excellent +2 weeks training.

Björn Frostenström
187 000 US$, 20 years, disastrous form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

Keeper: solid

The best part of my squad. Frostenstrom was picked up 2 weeks ago, and his form is atrocious. With 2 weeks stamina training upcoming, it will probably not improve much. He will definitely be trained to at least excellent. Excellent's sell for ~500, formidables for ~1,500 and it will probably take 6 weeks to go from one to the other. I would like to sell him at formidable, but I have an itchy trigger finger. I also think my team needs 2-3 players to contend in the division, and selling him could enable me to buy one of them plus a good trainee. I'll probably end up compromising and listing him at 700,000 for 2 weeks after he turns excellent. Schaaf is a complete beast. He went from a popped solid to popping excellent in 4 weeks. Even if the next one takes 6 weeks, he will be at outstanding by the end of next season and depending on who is the 2nd trainee I will have a decision to make on whether to keep going/switch training and keep him or sell him.

[BishopMVP]

Defenders

Stefan Pettersson ($74,000)
12 000 US$, 34 years, inadequate form
Has outstanding experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Quick]

Defending: solid
Winger: weak
Stamina: passable
Set Pieces: solid

Eliran Cohen ($113,000)
91 000 US$, 27 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities

Defending: solid
Winger: passable
Stamina: disastrous
Set Pieces: solid

Dumitru Cãlinescu ($114,000)
70 000 US$, 28 years, poor form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Defending: solid
Winger: passable
Stamina: poor

Robert Kardel ($4,000)
14 000 US$, 33 years, passable form
Has inadequate experience and weak leadership abilities [Technical]

Defending: passable
Winger: weak
Stamina: solid

This is somewhat of an unknown heading into the season, since I have not seen Cohen or Calinescu play in decent form yet. The 2 weeks of stamina training should benefit them greatly, and if they are not as good as expected I can sell one or both of them off for profits and play Kardel at a spot or even go radical and play the 2-5-3, since Petterson's experience allows me to. This is the oldest part of the team, and will probably require a replacement/upgrade in about 2 seasons but until then, combined with Schaaf in goal should hopefully give me DK-esque defensive ratings.

[BishopMVP]

Inner Midfield

Kaj Sander ($214,000)
86 000 US$, 22 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and wretched leadership abilities

Stamina: poor
Playmaking: excellent
Passing: poor
Defending: poor

Jonas Rodström ($127,000)
136 000 US$, 26 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities [Quick]

Stamina: excellent
Playmaking: solid
Passing: poor
Defending: inadequate

Skip Huff ($110,000)
83 000 US$, 22 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina: passable
Playmaking: solid
Passing: inadequate
Defending: weak

Paolo Edgardo Quattrocchi ($43,000)
62 000 US$, 29 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and disastrous leadership abilities

Stamina: passable
Playmaking: solid
Passing: weak
Defending: weak

Nils Eriksson ($8,000)
68 000 US$, 20 years, excellent form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities

Stamina: passable
Playmaking: passable
Passing: weak
Defending: poor

No good secondaries here, with 1 inad passing and 1 inad defending, but these guys are here to win the midfield battle. Sander was acquired 2 days ago and will be evaluated versus the rest after the stamina regimen is complete. If he puts up **~ or more, he will stay. If he can't, he will be re-sold for a profit. This area will probably need some improvements since anything less than a passable midfield will probably mean a loss for me and if I'm going to contend for the title, I will need excellent+.

[BishopMVP]

Wingers

Eigil Andersen ($50,000)
53 000 US$, 21 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities

Winger: solid
Passing: inadequate
Playmaking: poor
Stamina: excellent
Defending: poor

Petre Dordea ($81,000)
135 000 US$, 27 years, poor form
Has weak experience and weak leadership abilities

Winger: passable
Playmaking: solid
Defending: inadequate
Stamina: solid
Passing: wretched

Ben Burnham ($2,000)
45 000 US$, 26 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and passable leadership abilities [Head]

Winger: passable
Playmaking: passable
Passing: weak
Stamina: poor
Defending: weak


Borislav Russev ($11,000)
55 000 US$, 32 years, solid form
Has passable experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Winger: weak
Passing: solid
Playmaking: inadequate
Stamina: excellent
Defending: weak

Lee Greco (Only original player remaining)
39 000 US$, 30 years, solid form
Has passable experience and poor leadership abilities

Winger: passable
Playmaking: weak
Passing: weak
Stamina: solid
Defending: weak
Set Pieces: solid

Eigil and Petre were acquired within the last week and I'll be seeing them in action for the first time this Wednesday. With Petre playing towards middle and Eigil offensive, I should be able to up the midfield rating a notch and have one great wing attack. We'll see if this works out as planned. Also, with these two, there are more backups than necessary now. Russev was also a nice option as an offensive IM, but with the new league I don't think I can afford to have an inad playmaker in there. Greco is the only remaining original player, and probably won't sell for much if he goes. Burnham depending on how much stamina improves will probably be the best backup. He already puts up **~ offensive, and even though he is an extremely low passable (I did 1 week of PM training last year before I decided on GK training and he popped from inadequate) he contributes some to the midfield. One or two of the three will likely go.

[BishopMVP]

Forwards

Kenny Häggner ($17,000)
66 000 US$, 20 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Technical]

Scoring: passable
Passing: inadequate
Stamina: passable
Set Pieces: passable

Kristian Hansson ($26,000)
68 000 US$, 18 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

Scoring: inadequate
Passing: solid
Stamina: weak

Gal Lapid ($24,000)
32 000 US$, 21 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities [Quick]

Scoring: passable
Passing: inadequate
Stamina: weak

Steven Risse ($136,000)
176 000 US$, 23 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and disastrous leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

Scoring: solid
Passing: weak
Playmaking: solid
Stamina: inadequate

Risse is the best, a constant **~ performer. I think I will try getting a *** partner for him soon, but until then the Technical/Quick combination of Haggner and Lapid should work decently as a 2nd forward. Hansson will probably go on the market soon if any forward trainers are interested. In a year you could have a solid/solid and those go for about $300,000 from what I've heard.

[BishopMVP]

Friendly set-up vs. Skou United, who just promoted into the Danmark Superligaen (In other words, oh shit!)

GK Heiner Schaaf (Weak)
WB(D) Dumitru Calinescu (Poor)
CD Stefan Petterson (Inad)
WB(D) Eliran Cohen (Inad)
W(O) Eigil Anderson (Inad)
IM Paolo Edgardo Quattrochi (Inad)
IM(D) Petre Dordea (Poor)
IM Kaj Sander (Inad)
W(O) Bjorn Frostenstrom (Disastrous)
F(D) Jonas Rodstrom (Inad)
F(D) Steven Risse (Inad)

As you can see, I am not playing my best team, but rather trying out the recent acquisitions and then filling the team with everyone in Inadequate form or worse to try and keep them from taking a sever form hit with the stamina training. If this team I am playing puts his A-Team out there, he'll probably go double-digits on me and obviously from the forwards and disastrous form backup GK at Wing I won't be getting much attack here. In retrospect, I probably should have power-challenged D5 & D6 instead of the Danish and German top divisions, but hopefully I will get solid money with Cup Rules on.