Player positions that should be strengthened…
Hull story continues!
The season 2010/2011 is over and I want to share my minds with you about the weakest player positions in formation. It will be some kind of squad analysis that allows to make correct decisions on a transfer market. It’s very important because I’m going to set next season expectations – get to the Euro League!
The most of you know that formation of my tactics looks in the following way:
So I’m going to think over each of these 11 player positions and try to understand which of them should be strengthened.
Goalkeeper
Ochoa was the most successful transfer of the previous season! A lot of saves, MoM awards, fantastic performance! So I have no need to buy Akinfeev instead of him as some of you advice me in comments. Fabian Carini is reserve goalkeeper and it seem like he fills ok about that.
Conclusion
No changes on this position.
Central Defenders
Andriy Rusol is absolutely good central defender and my another successful transfer of the previous year
. Though Olexandr Chyzhov is even more confident centre back but he has problems with injuries. When he misses matches I move versatile Pashaev from DMC on his position. This Ukrainian three is pretty good looking back to the previous season. Moreover, Chyzhov and Pashaev are quite young, and their attributes can be increased during trainings.
Matt Mills and Antony Gardner are substitution central defenders who perform not so confidently.
There is also talented youngster in Reserve team capped at U19 English national team – Phil Moses:
But he has problems with Jumping and Strength attributes as you see.
Conclusion
I will buy one new DC exceptionally in that case if he is better than all my Ukrainian defenders. So it can be some highly experienced centre back like Rio Ferdinand but more accessible one.
Left Defender
Kamil Zayatte was a leading left back till the end of the last season. But newcomer Henri Bedimo showed himself very confident in tackling ball (many successful sliding tackles) and managed to displace Zayatte a bit. Edgar Villamarin from Peru is number 3 here. I have also Michal Jonas who is average but good replacement for both DL and DR positions.
Conclusion
No changes needed.
Right Defender
This position is completely closed by Jonathan Spector – stable player of national USA team
. He defends very well and supports attacks in quite creative way scoring goals and making passes sometimes. His closes competitors are already mentioned Pashaev and Jonas. Versatile Zayatte is also good player for this position.
Conclusion
No changes needed.
Central Defensive Midfielder
There is high competition on DMC position. I can give a comparison in percents:
50% – Maxym Pashaev
35% – Damien Plessis
10% – Eugene Shakhov
5% - Paul Codrea
Conclusion
No changes needed.
Central Midfielder
Here the main guy is Diego Buonanotte because of his great vision, pass making ability, technics and speed. Interesting thing that he is not so good on AML position because of weak ball strikes and low number of goals as a result. His partner in centre of midfield is Nuri Sahin. Turkish youngster showed quite disappointing performance in the 3rd season having such statistics:
Moreover, he is unhappy now because he “feels that it’s time to move on”
.
His closest competitor for position is 20-years old Eugene Shakhov – really prospective and creative Ukrainian guy but unstable one. There are also some substitution players - David Obua and Paul Codrea – who don’t perform confidently often.
Conclusion
I think I need creative and experienced MC who will become a real threat together with Bounanotte.
Attacking Left Winger
Now we’ve come up to the most problematic positions of Hull: AML, AMR and FC.
AML is taken by Abdou Rasack Traore. He is nice young flank player with high dribbling and speed skills. But he doesn’t score almost all one-on-one moments which happen rather often for both AML and AMR. Look at the attributes:
May be Traore can be trained in better player, but I think his level is not enough at the moment.
When substitution is need then Victor Moses comes out:
Well, you see that these attributes are even more below level of top Premier League clubs.
Conclusion
New quick AML who can score goals and make accurate passes is needed very much. Now we miss a lot of goal moments due to poor finishing from the left flank. Marquihnos will be one of candidates!
Attacking Right Winger
Situation on this flank is somewhat better. Here Hull has flamboyant Irish youngster who is wanted by Chelsea now – Blaise O’Brien. His stats are pretty good, 7 goals here and 5 assists (not so much assists):
Iain Hume and Victor Moses perform as replacement AMRs and doesn’t excite fans with their performance on a pitch.
Conclusion
If I have enough money I will think about strengthening this position as well.
Forward
When I look to the statistics of the previous season I understand that this is the most problematic place in my tactical scheme.
Falcao (fans and me had high hopes about him) started well scoring 5 goals in 9 matches. But after 4 months injury – only 1 goal in 12 games
. I’m still thinking about him
.
Substitution player David Clarkson is very poor finisher and should be sold somewhere
. Another our forward Iain Hume scored 4 goals in 20 matches having half of them played as AMR.
Conclusion
I will think whether it’s better to sell Falcao. And, of course, some new forwards will be bought then.
By the way, in season summary Falcao is the second worst signing of the season:
Bolton, Wigan, Wolves and Stoke in my FM 2009 game
This is the last portion of my series of posts about the Premier League clubs that compete with Hull. Today you will be able to read about results, transfers, record of Bolton, Wigan, Wolves and Stoke.
Bolton
Manager is Tony Mowbray.
Results
Season 1
8th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup fourth round
Lost in League Cup third round
Season 2
14th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup sixth round
Lost in League Cup semi final.
Current squad
Captain: Kevin Nolan
Transfers
Season 1
Season 2
Player statistics
Wigan
No manager at the current moment!
Results
Season 1
13th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup fifth round
Lost in League Cup quarter final
Season 2
9th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup third round
Lost in League Cup quarter final.
Current squad
Captain: Emile Heskey
Transfers
Season 1
Season 2
Player statistics
Wolves
Manager is Alan Curbishley.
Results
Season 1
2nd place in Championship (promotion)
-
Lost in FA Cup semi final
Lost in League Cup third round
Season 2
11th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup six round
Lost in League Cup third round.
Current squad
Captain: Karl Henry
Transfers
Season 1
Season 2
Player statistics
Stoke
Manager is Tony Pulis.
Results
Season 1
20th place in PL (relegation)
-
Lost in FA Cup fourth round
Lost in League Cup third round
Season 2
2nd place in Championship (promotion)
-
Lost in FA Cup fourth round
Lost in League Cup third round.
Current squad
Captain: Glenn Whelan
Transfers
Season 1
Season 2
Player statistics
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Hull finishes the 3rd season. At last! :)
It was a long-long season for me because I had been playing it since the beginning of February till this date. Actually, this is due to my job that takes a lot of time. But anyway I will play FM09 and manage my Hull in this slow but certain way
. And now it’s time to talk about the results of my club in the 3rd season!
Results
I’m glad that I managed to achieve the expectations claimed before the season. 53 points in 38 matches – good result for my team. Lets see how we gained those points:
Following the played matches one can notice that The Tigres were very confident in home games. See? 8 home matches: 6 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss!
Lets take into comparison away statistics of this period. 9 away matches: 2 wins, 3 draws, 4 losses. It’s hard to play away for me. It’s still pretty undetermined – I have 2 away tactics that either work or don’t work in different games. In other cases I use my favourite tactics but there were no stable results with it in away matches.
One of good away games is against Everton. Beautiful dribbling by Blaise O’Brien and tough heading after corner from Andriy Rusol bring us victory. I felt myself happy after 3:1 win against Newcastle as well. We even excelled them by match statistics
:
But there were games when Hull player could do nothing against opponent. Among them 0:2 with Arsenal and home 0:3 with Man City. By the way, Manchester City is the most horrible our opponent! ![]()
Players
Here is the list of players that got average rating higher than 7.0:
Here we can see advantage of defenders: Chyzhov, Pashaev, Zayatte, Spector and Rusol
. All these guys were really cool during the season. Especially I’m glad with Maxym Pashaev whose versatility allowed to him to perform equally excellent on DC, DMC and DR positions!
Though I have some doubts concerning #1 in this rating – Olexandr Chyzhov. He is the best our DC – yes. But he is very prone to injuries:
So I start thinking: would it be better if I sell Chyzhov? How do you think, my dear readers?
The best players in other parts of a pitch are our fantastic goalie Fransisco Ochoa, flamboyant Irish winger Blaise O’Brien and, of course, “Hull’s Maradona” Diego Buonanotte.
From the other hand, I’m pretty much disappointed by Falcao performance (the striker that was signed before the season)
But may be he got problems due to that damned 4 months injury… I don’t know
. I think he will receive another chance in the next season.
West Ham, Fulham, WBA, Sunderland in my FM 2009 game
I want to continue discovering statistics of Premier League clubs that compete with my Hull. And today West Ham, Fulham, Sunderland and WBA will be described.
West Ham
Manager is Glenn Hoddle.
Results
Season 1
18th place in PL (relegation)
-
Lost in FA Cup fourth round
Lost in League Cup quarter final
Season 2
3rd place in Championship (promotion)
-
Lost in FA Cup fourth round
Lost in League Cup first round.
Current squad
Captain: Hayden Mullins
Transfers
Season 1
No players bought in the 1st season.
Season 2
Player statistics
Fulham
Manager is Roy Hodgson.
Results
Season 1
16th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup third round
Lost in League Cup fourth round
Season 2
17th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup fourth round
Lost in League Cup third round.
Current squad
Captain: Jimmy Bullard
Transfers
Season 1
No players bought in the 1st season.
Season 2
Player statistics
West Bromwich Albion
Manager is Alan Curbishley.
Results
Season 1
15th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup semi final
Lost in League Cup third round
Season 2
11th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup six round
Lost in League Cup third round.
Current squad
Captain: Paul Robinson
Transfers
Season 1
Season 2
Player statistics
Sunderland
Manager is Roy Keane.
Results
Season 1
14th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup fifth round
Lost in League Cup third round
Season 2
12th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup third round
Lost in League Cup fourth round.
Current squad
Captain: Dean Whitehead
Transfers
Season 1
Season 2
Player statistics
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Football Manager 2010 features we expect
I think we can start thinking about Football Manager 2010 because SIGames guys are not going to release new patches for FM 2009. So we will see all new features of the game only in Football Manager 2010. The current game is really good but, of course, there are many directions for game developers to improve it. I would recommend to implement the following FM 2010 features :
- More pretty and clean 3D match view.
- New cameras in 3D view. It would be good to have fully customizable camera.
- Stadiums and their upgrades in 3D view.
- I have idea of board meetings. It’s when you as a manager talk with board members about upcoming season or season that has just been finished.
- Trophy room. It would be pleasant to see all the trophies that you have won. Clicking on any of these trophies can bring to Final match for it (if it’s not league).
- Improve manager profile. It’s still quite useless.
- Possibility to view how values of player attributes change during his WHOLE CAREER.
- I think it’s time to add some new features to FM tactics screens.
- Get license for national team of Germany
And what features would you like to see in Football Manager 2010?
Blackburn, Newcastle, Middlesbrough in my FM 2009 game
Hello everybody! Today I would like to continue discovering statistics of other Premier League clubs for you. And now it’s time for Blackburn, Middlesbrough, Newcastle.
Blackburn
Manager is still Paul Ince.
Results
Season 1
5th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup sixth round
Lost in League Cup semi final
Season 2
10th place in PL
Lost in UEFA Cup first knockout round
Lost in FA Cup sixth round
Lost in League Cup quarter final.
Current squad
Captain: Ryan Nelsen
Transfers
Season 1
Season 2
Very good players were bought as for me! ![]()
Player statistics
Roque Santa Cruz is a real star!
Newcastle
Manager is still Joe Kinnear.
Results
Season 1
4th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup sixth round
Lost in League Cup semi final
Season 2
8th place in PL
Lost in Champions League group stage and in UEFA cup first knockout round
Lost in FA Cup fourth round
Lost in League Cup third round.
Current squad
Captain: Michael Owen
Transfers
Season 1
Season 2
Player statistics
Middlesbrough
Manager is still Gareth Southgate.
Results
Season 1
17th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup third round
Lost in League Cup third round
Season 2
15th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup fourth round
Lost in League Cup fourth round.
Current squad
Captain: Emanuel Pogatetz
Transfers
Season 1
Season 2
Player statistics
The first two highest average ratings are very low.
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The most of you liked the post about top clubs of Premier League in my FM 2009 game. So I decided to continue series of such posts
Tottenham
Manager is still Harry Redknapp.
Results
Season 1
12th place in PL
UEFA Cup winners!
Lost in FA Cup fourth round
Lost in League Cup quarter final
Season 2
4th place in PL
Lost in UEFA Cup second knockout round
Lost in FA Cup fifth round
Lost in League Cup third round.
Current squad
Captain: Ledley King
Transfers
Season 1
Season 2
Player statistics
You see? Arshavin and Milevskiy – Russian and Ukrainian players – rule!!! Therefore Russia have 2 teams in UEFA cup and Ukraine has 3!!!
Aston Villa
Manager is still Martin O’Neill.
Results
Season 1
9th place in PL
Lost in UEFA Cup first knockout round
Lost in FA Cup sixth round
Lost in League Cup third round
Season 2
6th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup sixth round
Lost in League Cup third round.
Current squad
Captain: Gareth Barry
Transfers
Season 1
Season 2
Player statistics
Manchester City
Manager is still Mark Hughes. Even after 13th position in Premier League in the 2nd season!
Results
Season 1
7th place in PL
UEFA Cup group
Lost in FA Cup fifth round
Lost in League Cup fourth round
Season 2
13th place in PL
UEFA Cup group
Lost in FA Cup semi final
Lost in League Cup fourth round
Current squad
Captain: Richard Dunne
Transfers
Season 1
$190 millions spent – and no success!!!! As in the real life, actually! ![]()
Season 2
$123M spent more – 13th place in Premier League. They should sack the manager! ![]()
Player statistics
Everton
Manager is still David Moyes.
Results
Season 1
11th place in PL
Lost in UEFA Cup quarter final
Lost in FA Cup fourth round
Lost in League Cup third round
Season 2
7th place in PL
-
Lost in FA Cup third round
Lost in League Cup third round
Current squad
Captain: Phil Neville
Transfers
Season 1
Season 2
Player statistics
As we see these four clubs made a lot of transfers in comparison with Arsenal, Chelsea, Man Utd and Liverpool! think this means that the clubs try to increase squad strength to reach the level of the grand-clubs.
FM09 “Coaches and Stars” formula in 9.3.0 patch
Some of you asked me about new calculation formula of stars for coaches. Here are some arithmetical rules below.
At first lets predefine what ddm will mean: ddm = determination + discipline + motivating
Strength and Aerobic
Calculated as:
Fitness * 9 + ddm * 2
Values –> Stars
:
>= 270 -> 7
>= 240 -> 6
>= 210 -> 5
Goalkeepers
Calculates as:
Goalkeepers * 2 + ddm
Values –> Stars
:
>=90 -> 7
>=80 -> 6
>=70 -> 5
Tactics
Calculates as:
Tactics * 2 + ddm
Values –> Stars
:
>=90 -> 7
>=80 -> 6
>=70 -> 5
Ball control
Calculates as:
Technics * 6 + Mentality * 3 + ddm * 2
Values –> Stars
:
>=270 -> 7
>=240 -> 6
>=210 -> 5
Defence Coaching
Calculates as:
Defence Coaching * 8 + (Tactics + ddm) * 3
Values –> Stars
:
>=360 -> 7
>=320 -> 6
>=280 -> 5
Attack Coaching
Calculates as:
Attack Coaching * 6 + Tactics * 3 + ddm * 2
Values –> Stars
:
>=270 -> 7
>=240 -> 6
>=210 -> 5
Shooting
Calculates as:
Technics * 6 + Attack Coaching * 3 + ddm * 2
Values –> Stars
:
>=270 -> 7
>=240 -> 6
>=210 -> 5
Set Pieces
Calculates as:
(Attack Coaching + Mentality + Technics) * 3 + ddm * 2
Values –> Stars
:
>=270 -> 7
>=240 -> 6
>=210 -> 5
Hope this information will be useful for you, my dear readers! ![]()
Football Manager 2009 Patch 9.3.0
Few days before the world saw the new and, as they say, the last patch for Football Manager 2009
. I have already installed it, of course:
The 9.3.0 patch contains all of before going updates from the previous two patches, so one can continue playing a current game without any problem. Though if one wants use of the update of database in the 9.3.0 patch he needs to start a new game. The entire changelist for this patch is described here. But I have just singled out the most important and interesting features:
- Changed stars of coaches (now only world-class coaches have 6-7 stars!). New formula for calculation of stars. ![]()
- Many bugs fixed (a lot of match engine fixes included!).
- Database is updated to the latest change in the real football world.
- Game performance became faster in 1.5-2 times.
- 3D view of match looks better.
- New small but useful link in before/during/after match team talks that allows to clear all selections of talk variants.
Play Football Manager 2009 with new 9.3.0 patch!
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