I had begun a Barça one, where I used that catalogue item that lets you manage your country that you choose your manager to be from; I had chosen Brazil and the damn game crashed so I'll be starting over.
In that one I had bought Pogba and Courtouis but in this new one I think I'll just be building up the youth system and imposing a transfer ban of 5-10 years. I'll be able to sell but not buy anyone, just used the few youth players they've added from Barça B and the YA that I'll build.
For season 1 I'll be recalling Halilovic from his loan since I'm thin at the forward positions, I don't count on Sandro or Munir.
Team Starting XI and backups:
GK: Ter Stegen, even with his whiffs I prefer him over Bravo, in the game only ha.
GK 2: Bravo, will be starting the Champions games + Copa del Rey.
GK 3: Masip, will be loaned out or sold.
RB: Dani Alves
RB 2: Sergi Roberto, his real life play has made him a serious threat to start in FIFA 16.
RB 3: Aleix Vidal, didn't like this signing IRL. Hate it now that Sergi Roberto has played well at RB. Might see some time at RW.
RB 4: Adriano, plays LB but will be used in case the top 2 are MIA. Also might be sold.
RB 5: Douglas, will be loaning or selling him. Hated that signing, hated.
CB's: Pique and Mascherano, their job to lose.
CB 3: Vermaelen, real life play has got him into that serious CB 2 convo.
CB 4: Bartra, has been bad at times. Like real bad, video game life pushing for that #2 & #3 spot.
CB 5: Bagnack, most likely leaving on a 2 year loan deal.
CB 6: Mathieu, dead to me. He's going to be sold.
LB: Jordi Alba, will start almost all the games.
LB 2: Grimaldo, will be leaving in a loan deal or will stay as the back up if no good loan partner is found.
LB 3: Adriano, he stays and he'll find a spot to play a couple games or he gets sold.
CDM: Sergio Busquets, finally got a rating bump. Guy is solid.
CDM 2: Mascherano, will be alternating from CB to CDM.
CDM 3: Sergi Samper, will be leaving on loan or as a semi back up for Busi.
CM's: Iniesta & Rakitic, will be tough to bump these guys out of the starting XI.
CM 3: Arda Turan, I will see if I can hold him out till January without him threatening to leave. *Realism* But when he does join the team he will be a CM and not a RM.
CM 4: Rafinha, will play more up top than in the mid, but when needed will drop down.
CM 5: Sergi Roberto, RB is his new home. This is just an emergency spot.
CM 6: Camara, will be leaving on a 2 year loan. Not much future at the Camp Nou.
CM 7: Gerard, will be leaving on loan and may never come back. Not a fan.
RW: Messi, will be tough for anyone else to see time at RW. Even for a second.
ST: Suarez, will be playing most games till a decent YA forward is found.
LW: Neymar, like the top 2 will see most of the action.
RW 2: Rafinha, will be getting most of his playing time at RW with some time as a CM.
RW 3: Turan, will play more as a CM. Will get some games at RW when needed.
RW 4: Munir, leaving on a 2 year loan.
ST: Dongou, will leave on loan if a good opportunity arises. If not he might stay to play some Copa matches and some La Liga games when he can be rotated in. If he leave Messi goes to ST and Halilovic or Turan go to RW.
LW 2: Halilovic, he will alternate from LW and RW. Will see the most amount of time from any back up at the forward position.
LW 3: Aleix Vidal, will get a shot at LW once in a blue moon.
LW 4: Sandro, like Munir will be leaving on a 2 year loan.
Loaned out players:
CDM Song will leave in year 2.
RW Tello will leave in year 2.
RB Montoya will be leaving in year 3.
The Starting XI for the preseason tourney opener is:
GK ter Stegen
RB Sergi Roberto
CB Bartra
CB Vermaelen
LB Grimaldo
CDM Sergi Samper
CM Rakitic
CM Camara
RW Rafinha
ST Dongou
LW Halilovic
Bench
GK ter Stegen (will play the 2nd half)
CB Pique
LB Alba
LB Adriano
CDM Busquets
CM Iniesta
ST Suarez
Leaving most of the internationals on the bench, hopefully I get a USA pre-season tourney!
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