As things are so slow here at the moment I thought I would keep myself entertained with a game of Football Manager 2010 (I'm too tight to pay for the newest version!). I thought I would have a go at the Bundesliga and I though some of you guys might be amused by my attempts at managing in your league. If I am breaking any forum rules by posting this non-Civ2 content here please feel free to remove the thread or whatever. Please don't ban me though
I always like a challenge so I decided to play as Eintracht Frankfurt and see how far I could take them. They seem to have a fairly average, mid table team who could be relegation candidates if not handled properly. My transfer budget is £0 and my spare wage money is not more than about £30k per week. It looks like I am going to have to sell to buy and pick up out of contract players where I can. The board want me to finish in mid table and I'm not enclined to try and punch above my weigh as failure to deliver often results in the sack! I have decided to assume Stefan Reuter's identity for this game. I realise some of my decisions may seem odd, but bear in mind I am playing in an unfamiliar league and it may take me some time to adapt.
Looking at my team my best starting XI would be:
*NOTE I'm not able to type umlauts and other German letters, please forgive me
GK Proll (Nikolov)
RB Ochs (Steinhofer)
LB Spycher (Petkovic)
CB Russ (Vasoski)
CB Franz
CM Bajramovic (Meier)
CM Schweger (PreuS)
RW
LW Teber (Kohler)
ST Amanatidis (Tsoumou)
ST
Of course I may experiment with different formations, but this will give you an idea of my starting strength.
I plan to sell Mahdavikia, Fenin (I need the money), Zimmermann, Jung, Nadaroglu, Waidmann, Chris, Toski, Heller, Caio, Korkmaz, Lyberopooulos, Vaccaro and Demir if anyone will have them. This should give me enough cash to mould the team to my style. I like my teams to be hard working and determined with plenty of pace and strength.
I will keep you updated on my progress.