19 Feb 2009 ~ 20 Feb 2009 - Players In & Out

Players In:
(FC) Masashi Oguro from Free Transfer -
Kapllani really doesn't fit on my team, He plays bad and struggling everytime. I decided to sign Oguro because I need a good backup.


Players Out:
(MC) Danilo Vergne to "Liverpool F.C" - 55K


(DC) Andreas Tobiasson to "Aussie Bloods" - 55K


(ML) Rogerinho to "Fallow Dragons" - 80K

Summary of 1st Afternoon Football Association season

The new 2nd season of Afternoon Football Association will be opened again this week, start from today, Feb 16th. Sakuranbo has been qualified and placed to the Afternoon Premiership League, with a total 20 teams. Since "Taz" has dropped his team out of the GW with 3 others, 4 new faces have come and I hope the league will get more fun and challenging than the last season.


According to the 1st season, Sakuranbo finished in 2nd place with overall 103 points (1 point behind the 1st team "Taz") The new record has also been set in this league for Sakuranbo team: Most Games Won In A Row: 7 Most Games Without Losing: 19 Most Games Scored In A Row: 37

10 Feb 2009 ~ 15 Feb 2009 - Players In & Out

Players In:
(MC/DMC) Mathieu Coutadeur from Free Transfer - 104K
A young, talent Central Midfielder. A bit lack in Marking and Heading but I hope he could play wells in MC.

(DL/DR/MR/MC) Luis Bolanos from Free Transfer - 104K
Can play in several positions like DL-DR-MC and MR, but I feel he can plays better in DL, the weakest place in team right now.

(MR) Wilfried Sanou from Seeds Allstar - 51.7K
Fast Pace and Acceleration MR, great Dribbling and Technique too. Can be a good back up for Marco Marchionni

(DL) Aleksandar Lazevski from Free Transfer - 22.8K
A young and talent DL. Still trying to find someone who can replace Lloyd Samuel...

Players Out:
(MC/DMC) Sergio Canales to "Morland FC" - 100K


(FC) Jeda to "Real Leeds FC" - 95K

(MR) Robson Machado Toledo to Free Transfer
Contract Expired

(DMC) Maynor Suazo to Free Transfer
Free Released

(DL) Alain Cantareil to Free Transfer
Contract Expired
(DC) Pedro Tavima to Free Transfer
Contract Expired
(DR) Mickael Tacalfred to Free Transfer
Contract Expired
(DMC) Aritz Lopez Garay to Free Transfer
Contract Expired
(MR) Thoni to Free Transfer
Free Released
(MC/MR) Kari Arnason to Free Transfer
Free Released

(MC) Abdelhali Chaiat to Free Transfer
Contract Expired

Wonderkids 4 Stars and Below in any GWs

Here is the list of some of Wonderkids those have 4 Stars and below.

Wonderkids 4 Stars and Below

Douglas Costa

Lateef Elford-Alliyu

Victor Moses

Angel Di Maria

Rodney Sneijder

Haris Vuckic

Gael Nlundulu

Rafael Carioca

Remy Riou

Nikola Kalinic

Diego Biseswar

Bartosz Salamon

Diego Tardelli

Francis Coquelin

Michael Potts

Pedro Ken

Daniel Aquino

Anton Sosnin

Cesar Villaluz

Niklas Barkroth

Miralem Sulejmani

Giuliano Victor

Alejandro Saavedra

Bernard Lawal

Alan Dyson

Marco Antonio Silva

Milen Dimitrov

Jesus Manuel Santana

Victor Moses

John Bostock

Stefano Okaka

Choco

Fernando Forestieri

Levan Kenia

Dennis Aogo

Rabiu Ibrahim

Krystian Pearce

Elton Cale

Victor Manon

Kenan Kodro

Juan Carlos Carrizo

Wonderkids 5 Stars in any GWs

Been travelling around some GWs (Using my friend's accounts too) and find out some of the value, bargain players list here. You can take a look and add to your shortlist anytime. Useful though ;) Don't get this wrong, some players might have 4 Stars (Potential Skill), might be 3 depends on the GW but they are definitely the most valuable young players. I'm not talking about Bojan, Messi or Dos Santos cause you already know who they are :D

The wonderkids list is coming first, I'll post about bargain and talent players next.

Wonderkids (5 Stars)

Keirrison

Kyriakos Papadopoulos

Miralem Pjanic

Mario Balotelli

Marquinhos

Davide Santon

John Fleck

Alberto Paloschi

Martin Galvan

Mamadou Sakho

Axel Witsel

Sidnei (Sidnei Rechel da Silva Junior)

Cesar Villaluz

Rafael Forster

06 Feb 2009 ~ 08 Feb 2009 - Players In & Out

Players In:
(DMC/MC) Seydou Keita from Free Transfer - 475K - Well Known
The 1st quality player on my team. Since I only have Garay that can play good in DMC, Keita is a must have. And after over 40 matches, he is really impressed me with over 7.10 Avg Ratings. He is currently playing for Barcelona in real life.

(MC/AMC) Elias from Free Transfer - 52.2K - Talent Player
Have heard about him a lot when I was in "Shearer". His attributes are average but he often plays very well in most matches. Currently being used as a main MC on my team alongside Kharja / Kari Arnason.

(DC) Tulio from Free Transfer - 33.2K - BARGAIN
He's a famous Brazilian/Japanese DC. Currently playing for Urawa Reds and Japanese National team. He works hard and have good Heading power. I just got him because someone released him out to Transfer Market. Don't have plan to use him often but he could be a good backup for Diaz and Bourillon. Currently put him in Loan list.

(ML) Lee Chun-Soo from Free Transfer - 95K - BARGAIN
Fast, good Passing, Technique. He definitely have regular place in ML. Rogerinho plays well too but now it's time to drag him to Sub :D

(FC) Edmond Kapllani from "Foster FC" - 5K - BARGAIN
Another good backup for Jelen. Got him in Auction with only 5K!!!


Players Out:
(GK) Hernan Gil to "Luke Rhosgadfan Bulls" - 38K

(DR) Jlloyd Samuel to "Luke Rhosgadfan Bulls" - 420K

(MC) Angel Rojas to "Luke Rhosgadfan Bulls" - 45K

31 Jan 2009 ~ 03 Feb 2009 - Players In & Out

Players In:
(MR) Marco Marchionni from Free Transfer - 80K - BARGAIN
A good Winger with good Pace as Kharja (Both 15) but better Dribbling, Crossing and Passing (All 17). Impressed me enough after 27 Games and 7.11 Avg. Rating.

(FC) Jeda from Free Transfer - 28.5K - BARGAIN
A good backup for Jelen, often scored when come in from bench.

(DC/DMC) Gregory Bourillon from Free Transfer - 66.5K - BARGAIN
Been waiting for this High Work Rate DC for a while. He's been playing good so far in other previous GW as I know and that is definitely a good point to own him.

Players Out:
(DMC) Thomas Augustinussen to "Pipuli United" - 65K


(DL) Gleidson to "Fallow Dragons" - 45K

(DR) Cristian Poblete to Free Transfer - Free Released

(DC) Piotr Duda to Free Transfer - Free Released


(ML) Matthew Etherington to "FC Galatico's" - 60K

(FC) Josiel to "Barkie Island" - 85K

Current stats in League

3 new records of Sakuranbo team in Afternoon Qual 1 league.

7 Won in a Row
19 Games without Losing
28 Games scored in a Row

22 Jan 2009 ~ 23 Jan 2009 - Players In

(MR / MC) Houssine Kharja from Free Transfer - 50K - BARGAIN
Toledo and Thoni are both kinda low in attributes so I decided to grab Kharja to make a chage on the MR.
Acceleration 15, Pac 16, Crossing 15, Technique 15, Passing 14.
He can also play good in MC.
Good enough to impress me :)


(MC / DMC) Sergio Canales from Free Transfer - 13.3K - WONDERKID
Sergio Canales is 18 years old wonderkid, can play in both DMC and MC but he gets improved in MC better than DMC.
Passing 14, Creative 16, Technique 16, Work Rate 15, Pace 15. His only weak is his Decision 8 but I think he'll be better in the next 1~2 years.


(DMC) Maynor Suazo from Free Transfer - 11.4K - BARGAIN
A strong 30 year old DMC. Good backup for Garay and Thomas Augustinussen. His work rate and Strength are both great. With only 11.4K, he is a good bargain player.


(DR) Ariel Franco from Free Transfer - 9.5K - BARGAIN
A good DR bargain player. Useful backup for my Mahmoud Fathallah. Good Acceleration and Pace (Both 16).


(MC / MR / ML) Jacob Lensky from Free Transfer - 28.5K - WONDERKID
Young and talent wonderkid Midfielder. He can play good on both MC and MR/ML. With Technique 18, Work Rate 17, Dribbling 17, Crossing 17. He proves to be a dangerous thread to any opponent team :)

20 Jan 2009 - Summary

Sakuranbo gained 1 more place to No.6 yesterday after 6 Wins 1 Draw and 2 Losts on 20 Jan 2009.

Record so far: (91 Friendly matches)
53 Wins - 27 Draws - 11 Losts
Score: 130 Goals (1.42 Goals/Match)
Conceded: 46 Goals (0.50 Goals/Match)

20 Jan 2009 - Players In & Out

Players In:
(GK) John Ruddy from Free Transfer - 38K - WONDERKID
High rating and young GK (23 years old)
Aerial Ability: 15 | Jumping: 19 | Handling: 15 | Reflexes: 15 | One on One: 15 | Commanding Area: 15 | Communication: 15 | Rushing Out: 14 | Eccentricity: 1 | Tendency To Punch: 7
Completely great attributes for a GK!!!
I will try to use him as my No.1 keeper from now on, although of his low Avg. stats.

Players Out:
(GK) David Andrade to ORANGE STAR - 20K

19th Jan 2009 - Summary

Sakuranbo gained 4 places on Ranking board yesterday to No.7 after a 5 Wins and 1 Lost on 18th Jan.
Yesterday, Sakuranbo lost 2 matches in a total 9 matches. Other than that, 6 Wins and 1 Draw.
Also today, the new FA season has been started. With a total 26 teams in 1 group, a tough season I guess!!!