Basingstoke Town: The Race for the Premier League!

I’ve ditched my Stade Malherbe Caen game! I’m sorry for those of you who had really gotten into it but I felt I wanted to prove myself in the toughest of leagues and with the most focus on just English lower league teams I fancied that opportunity. Having said that I couldn’t just pick any team. I had to choose a team from at least the Blue Square South or North. Seeing as I wanted a similiar challenge to that of Johnny Karp.

I Opted between two teams really… Basingstoke and Staines. Staines would be funny just for the Ali G references (West Staines Massive) but I felt that Basingstoke was a team I actually had good chances with despite being ranked to finish in 18th position. Just for places above Dorchester. In real life Basingstoke finished this season in 16th, 1 point above Dorchester at 18th.

Their Stadium is The Camrose (What a lovely name!) and it boast a capacitiy of 600 (651 seated).

Their home support isn’t.. well let’s just say that they’re not famous/infamous for their supporterculture. But their home-end looks pretty nice with grandfathers and their grandchildren.

Onto the team then. They were rubbish! At least in my opinion if we had any hopes for promotion. So I took the Johnny Karp-approach and free transferred the ones i could and ofered the valued players to other clubs for 0 €. (I’ll change that to pounds later on, I had just forgotten, but the first few pics will contain the Euro valuation.) But instead of having uploaded all Romanian players I chose Scandinavians. I didn’t do a good choice there… as most of the Scandinavians are under contract with their clubs. It’s how we do it, at least in the third divisions. After those we tend to not give out any contracts, maybe just part-time ones to certain players. But I forgot that, so I had to look for my superteam in what was offered on the free transfer-market.

After hours of searching I ended up with a pretty decent team. Although I’m 1,000 € above my 17,000 € wage budget. But theres just some players that I can’t get rid of, and they must be compensated if a free transfer them. I’ll have to live with that and hope our overall good budget helps us at least for this season.

I chose to instantly have a rather large squad as fatigue is a big problem in the lower leagues. There are however a few key players that will be central points in my setup. Their ages also reflect that as there are about 6—7 players that holds wages just above 1,000€ a month. I’ll show you the gems I lured to Basingstoke Town.

Definitely the best signing i made this window. No one else seemed to find this guy on the market as I had no competition for him. Great aerial ability but also better on the feet than most Defenders I’ve seen in the Blue Square Premier! He’s the new Captain aswell. He’ll be playing in every game I’m sure, as long as he stays fit.

A central defender-companion for American Chris Rodd. Forrest is a good and steady player that will help build a solid pairing at the back.

Another vital signing is Alexis Nikolas. I heard that Johnny Karp failed in his attempt to sign this guy and that was a pity. He’ll be a perfect holding midfielder for my team. Boasts the highest contract in my team with 1,800€.

More of a attack minded midfielder which is much needed. Standing will hold one of the MC positions in my diamond midfield.

A good passer. Holds some good attributes to add to a ,what is turning out to be, steady midfield.

I have rather high hopes for this New Zeeland-player. Just got his first cap for the national team aswell. Will play just behind the strikers.

The real problem I have is with Wingbacks and Strikers. Our keepers our Okay but could cost us in some games, but the strikers could be anything from great to awful. Lets just hope that at least one of the strikers turn out to help propell the club forward.

I have chosen to play much like Ana Garcia. I’ve customized the players instructions to match their qualities but I really do believe that a shocking tactic can take the team a long way in these lower regions. Hopefully the players can fit into my ideals.

Cheers,

Majk