Friday, 17 July 2009

Southamton story: My second team in FM09!

Hello, and welcome to the beginning of my Southampton story. A great club once, but now are teetering on the brink of relegation to the 3rd tier of English Football, known as League 1. I aim to stop them from being relegated, and hopefully get them back to where they belong; the Premier League.

Southampton is in great financial trouble, £23m in debt to be precise. No transfer money has been given to me, regardless of my expectations, and the wage budget was not flexible, so I picked “Mid-table finish” for my expectation.

Thankfully, we have a massive squad, which means that I can easily get rid of a lot of players without feeling the strain. The number is too large to fit into 1 screenshot, so I have to take 2, just to get my first team squad in.

As you can see, I have a lot of players (29 without the ones on loan), and quite a few big salaries to play around with. By play around, I mean sell by the way! At the moment, I do not know who I will get rid of and who I won’t, but I will know pretty soon!

Southampton is predicted to come 19th unfortunately, which shows me how much work I have to do. A lot of wheeling and dealing will have to be made, and I have never experienced a situation like this before, but I will have to give it my all and hope I made the right decisions.

That is it for the introduction; first post will be about transfers and friendly matches. Take care!

Posted by Mike Aram - Newcastle United manager at 16:44

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous17 July 2009 at 17:16

    ALAS!

    You're not gonna get into trouble for this - are you?

    Get rid of Euell - he's utter rubiish!
    And, whatever you do, KEEP HOLD OF SCHNEIDERLIN - He's utter quality!

    Check out Carrasso and Diomandé!
    Bye!
    (New post on mine!)

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  2. Mike Aram - Newcastle United manager17 July 2009 at 19:03

    Don't worry, we are getting a new website in September so I am free to post on here for the time being. After that though, I will still post. No fear right!

    Yeah Euell has been sold, 10k a week wages! Schneiderlin has secured a 5 year contract on LOWER wages than he had before! I also got loads of other players on lower contracts, which left me room to fiddle around with the budget. But more on that soon.

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  3. Rooney18 July 2009 at 17:40

    Good luck mate, will be following with interest =)

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