1st season - The beginning

11.01.2009

Sakuranbo FC is ready to kick off in Toms. After 2 hours time searching for the good players (Missed all the good those I was planning to get), the final list is as follow:

Goalkeeper (GK): Hernan Gil, David Andrade
Right Defender (DR): Mahmoud Fathallah, Mickael Tacalfred, Cristian Poblete
Left Defeder (DL): Jlloyd Samuel, Gleidson, Amiran Sanaia
Center Defender (DC): Andreas Tobiasson, Carlos Diaz, Piotr Duda, Pedro Tavima
Defensive Midfielder (DMC): Thomas Augustinussen, Aritz Lopez Garay
Right Winger (MR): Robson Machado Toledo
Left Winger (ML): Matthew Etherington, Rogerinho
Center Midfielder (MC): Kari Arnason, Angel Rojas, Abdelhali Chaiat, Mejdi Traoui, Fatih Egedik
Foward/Striker (FC): Ireneusz Jelen, Josiel, Alex Asamoah

I often choose 4-5-1 Attacking as my favourite formation. It's not about cheating or something but I feel it can fit with my team. I often choose DMC as the heart of my formation so this is definitely a good formation to choose.

(GK) For the Goalkeeper, I miss my old keeper in Shearer GW, Donis Escober. He was really good and saved my team from losing many times. But I was late to get him again in this GW so Gil is my 1st choice. He is good at Jumping (18) and Aerial (16). Handling (15) is fine too, plus Eccentricity and Punching are both below 11 ^.^b

(DR) For Right Defender, my 1st choice is Fathallah, he basically plays at WBR but good at DR. Positioning (16) fast Pace and Acceleration (Both 16), good at Tackling (14) and average at Crossing (13). Mickael Tacalfred is for back up and has good Pace + Acceleration too (Both 15).

(DL) I have 2 choices for my Left Defender: Jlloyd Samuel and Gleidson. Samuel is the one who currently plays for Bolton in real life so I make him my 1st choice in DL. His Tackling is 15, Pace 16 and Acceleration 14. Gleidson is less famous but his attribute isn't bad, even better than Samuel , Taclking 17, Pace 14 and Acceleration 16.

(DC) The heart of the Defence, Andreas Tobiasson is the no.1 choice. Tackling 15 and Marking 14. He's good at Heading/Jumping (16/16) so he mostly perfect in Aerial. Decision, Strength and Determination (Over 15) are also his key attribute. The only problem that I'm worry about is he's a bit slow in Pace (13), so he can't deal with the fast striker. My next choice is Carlos Diaz, his attribute is nearly as good as Tobiasson and he's faster than him a bit. Piotr Duda and Pedro Tavima are the subs.

(DMC) This position is the most hardest choice for me in team. DMC must good at both Attacking and Defending, so Decison, Anticipation and Tackling are the MUST. Besides of that, Marking, Determination, Heading and Work Rate are also should be counted. The rest are Pace, Acceleration, Jumping. The faster he is, the better he can chase the ball.
I didn't have many choices since I'm a bit late to this GW so Thomas Augustinussen is the only one who nearly got everything that I wanted. Anticipation 18, Tackling 15, Marking 15, Heading 16, Passing 14, Work Rate 19. He's like a sweeping machine because his Work Rate is very high. The only problem is he's slow at Pace + Acceleration (10/11).
Aritz Lopez Garay is faster than Thomas, but his Passing, WR and Strengh are lower than him so I made him a sub DMC.

(MR) A good winger is the one who is fast and cross good ball to the Striker so they could score more goals. It means Pace, Dribbling and Crossing is the MUST. Passing, Technique, Off The Ball and Acceleration are also be contained. My winger Robson Machado Toledo is really fast. His Pace and Acceleration are 17, combine with his Dribbling 15 and Technique 13 could cost the opponent hard to catch. Toledo can also play great in ML so he's my 1st choice.

(ML) Rogerinho is my 1st choice since he's good at Dribbling and Technique. He is nearly as fast as Toledo (16) and good at Free Kick. Matthew Etherington (Who plays for Stoke City in real life now) is also good choice for the left winger, better Dribbling but a bit slower Pace than Rogerinho.

(MC) I don't have many choices for MC. But Kari Arnason is the only who has great attribute. MC normally must be good at Passing, Creative and Decision. The rest of that are Heading, Work Rate, Technique and Pace. Arnason's Pace is 14 but his Strength and Work Rate are very good (16/18). My 2nd choice are between Abdelhali Chaiat and Angel Rojas. Rojas is good at Passing and Chaiat is good at Decision + Work Rate.

(FW) I'm lucky to have Ireneusz Jelen on my team. He is really a fast striker (17), good at Finishing (15) and Off The Ball (15). My 2nd choice is Josiel and Alex Asamoah. Asamoah is nearly as fast as Jelen but still young.