FM 09 General chat

[mmmikey]

Kieran doesn't Spain have annoying restrictions in terms of transfers / reserve squad or is that something I dreamed up from a long time ago?

[Just Kieran]

No no you're right.

You don't really have any control over the B Squad. They tend to sign whoever they want so it's pointless having players in that squad.

And you have a maximum of 25 players in the first team squad, only 3 of which can be non-EU players.

I don't mind that though cos it means you have to manage the squad quite carefully. Argentinians and Brazilians only take two years to get citizenship so it's not that bad.

[mmmikey]

Originally Posted by Just Kieran

No no you're right.

You don't really have any control over the B Squad. They tend to sign whoever they want so it's pointless having players in that squad.

And you have a maximum of 25 players in the first team squad, only 3 of which can be non-EU players.

I don't mind that though cos it means you have to manage the squad quite carefully. Argentinians and Brazilians only take two years to get citizenship so it's not that bad.

Ah I see. Sounds fairly restrictive as I quite like maintaining a good reserve squad..

I was half thinking of taking on Espanyol in FM10 - Naka's new club, Barcelonas second club, brand new 40,000 seater stadium - think with a good long term plan they could be a force.

Surely La Ligua will be a nightmare though this year what with Real Madrid and Barca having some of the best players in the World. Sevilla nae bad either.

[Just Kieran]

Originally Posted by mmmikey

Ah I see. Sounds fairly restrictive as I quite like maintaining a good reserve squad..

I was half thinking of taking on Espanyol in FM10 - Naka's new club, Barcelonas second club, brand new 40,000 seater stadium - think with a good long term plan they could be a force.

Surely La Ligua will be a nightmare though this year what with Real Madrid and Barca having some of the best players in the World. Sevilla nae bad either.

Good players at Espanyol. Naka, De la Pena, Verdu all good midfielders.

La Liga will be hard anyway, with the restrictions and the bigger teams. You start with Barca, Real, Athletico, Sevilla, Valencia and Villarreal all ahead of you (depending who you go).

Then some of the teams have one or two star players to build around, or get takeovers and they might jump ahead, its hard.

But I like having to manage the numbers in the squad.

[orthodox_celt]

Now I can proceed to FM 2010

[Connor.1888]

Proof that AC Milan really have went off their heads...