Welcome to our FM 2013 guide for who to manage in the npower Championship. Want to know every clubs media prediction, minimum expectations, transfer budget, available wage budget, best player and best young prospect (under 21,) then carry on reading.
There are many clubs to choose from and this guide should help you pick the right FM13 Championship club, whether you want to survive a relegation dog fight, or battle it out for promotion.
Barnsley
Media prediction: 23rd
Minimum expectations: Consolidate and learn from the experience (expecting relegation)
Stadium capacity: 23,287 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £100K
Available wage budget: £4,000 p/w
Best player: Mido (ST)
Best young prospect: Jacob Mellis (MC)
Birmingham
Media prediction: 4th
Minimum expectations: Respectable league position
Stadium capacity: 29,409 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: 0 (zero!)
Available wage budget: £627 p/w
Best player: Curtis Davies (CB)
Best young prospect: Nathan Redmond (AMR)
Blackburn
Media prediction: 2nd
Minimum expectations: Play-offs
Stadium capacity: 31,154 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £500K
Available wage budget: £61,000 p/w
Best player: Martin Olsson (DL)
Best young prospect: Ruben Rochina (ST)
Blackpool
Media prediction: 9th
Minimum expectations: Top half finish
Stadium capacity: 16,006 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £2 million
Available wage budget: £11,000 p/w
Best player: Gary Taylor-Fletcher (ST)
Best young prospect: Thomas Ince (AML)
Bolton
Media prediction: 1st
Minimum expectations: Promotion
Stadium capacity: 28,723 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £2 million
Available wage budget: £22,000 p/w
Best player: Lee Chung-Yong (AMR)
Best young prospect: Marvin Sordell (ST)
Brighton & Hove Albion
Media prediction: 10th
Minimum expectations: Respectable league position
Stadium capacity: 27,250 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £725K
Available wage budget: £9,500 p/w
Best player: Wayne Bridge, on loan (DL)
Best young prospect: Will Buckley (AMR)
Bristol City
Media prediction: 15th
Minimum expectations: Mid-table
Stadium capacity: 21,793 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £250K
Available wage budget: £9,000 p/w
Best player: Sam Baldock (ST)
Best young prospect: Sam Baldock (ST)
Burnley
Media prediction: 12th
Minimum expectations: Mid-table
Stadium capacity: 21,942 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £250K
Available wage budget: £11,000 p/w
Best player: Charlie Austin (ST)
Best young prospect: Kieran Trippier (DL)
Cardiff City
Media prediction: 5th
Minimum expectations: Respectable league position
Stadium capacity: 26,765 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £750K
Available wage budget: £6,000 p/w
Best player: Craig Bellamy (AML)
Best young prospect: Jordan Mutch (MC)
Charlton Athletic
Media prediction: 21st
Minimum expectations: Mid-table
Stadium capacity: 27,111 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £150K
Available wage budget: £9,000 p/w
Best player: Ricardo Fuller (ST)
Best young prospect: Chris Solly (DR)
Crystal Palace
Media prediction: 16th
Minimum expectations: Mid-table
Stadium capacity: 26,297 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £200K
Available wage budget: £33,000 p/w
Best player: David Goodwillie, on loan (ST)
Best young prospect: Wilfred Zaha (ST)
Derby County
Media prediction: 13th
Minimum expectations: Mid-table
Stadium capacity: 33,455 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £250K
Available wage budget: £16,000 p/w
Best player: Jamie Ward (ST)
Best young prospect: Will Hughes (AMC)
Huddersfield Town
Media prediction: 22nd
Minimum expectations: Mid-table
Stadium capacity: 24,590 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £3.8 million
Available wage budget: £8,000 p/w
Best player: James Vaughan, on loan (ST)
Best young prospect: Oliver Norwood (MC)
Hull City
Media prediction: 11th
Minimum expectations: Respectable league position
Stadium capacity: 25,586 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £400K
Available wage budget: £11,500 p/w
Best player: Liam Rosenior (DR)
Best young prospect: Tom Cairney (MC)
Ipswich Town
Media prediction: 17th
Minimum expectations: Mid-table
Stadium capacity: 30,311 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £1 million
Available wage budget: £12,000 p/w
Best player: Aaron Cresswell (DL)
Best young prospect: Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (AMC)
Leeds United
Media prediction: 6th
Minimum expectations: Respectable league position
Stadium capacity: 37,697 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £200K
Available wage budget: £11,500 p/w
Best player: Ross McCormack (ST)
Best young prospect: Aidan White (DL)
Leicester City
Media prediction: 7th
Minimum expectations: Respectable league position
Stadium capacity: 32,312 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £2.5 million
Available wage budget: £11,400 p/w
Best player: Ben Marshall (MR)
Best young prospect: Anthony Knockaert (ST)
Middlesbrough
Media prediction: 8th
Minimum expectations: Respectable league position
Stadium capacity: 34,992 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £400K
Available wage budget: £17,300 p/w
Best player: Rhys Williams (MC)
Best young prospect: Jason Steele (GK)
Millwall
Media prediction: 20th
Minimum expectations: Mid-table
Stadium capacity: 20,146 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £200K
Available wage budget: £6,700 p/w
Best player: Andrew Keogh (ST)
Best young prospect: Liam Trotter (MC)
Nottingham Forest
Media prediction: 14th
Minimum expectations: Mid-table
Stadium capacity: 30,576 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £5 million
Available wage budget: £11,700 p/w
Best player: Billy Sharp, on loan (ST)
Best young prospect: Henri Lansbury (MC)
Peterborough United
Media prediction: 24th
Minimum expectations: Consolidate and learn from the experience (expecting relegation)
Stadium capacity: 14,707 (6914 seated)
Transfer budget: £300K
Available wage budget: £5,500 p/w
Best player: Lee Tomlin (AMC)
Best young prospect: Joe Newell (AML)
Sheffield Wednesday
Media prediction: 18th
Minimum expectations: Mid-table
Stadium capacity: 39,812 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £200K
Available wage budget: £5,700 p/w
Best player: Jay Bothroyd (ST)
Best young prospect: Gary Madine (ST)
Watford
Media prediction: 19th
Minimum expectations: Mid-table
Stadium capacity: 17,477 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £750K
Available wage budget: £9,600 p/w
Best player: Almen Abdi (AMC)
Best young prospect: Sean Murray (MR)
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Media prediction: 3rd
Minimum expectations: Play-offs
Stadium capacity: 30,852 (all-seater)
Transfer budget: £5 million
Available wage budget: £41,600 p/w
Best player: Roger Johnson (DC)
Best young prospect: Danny Batth (DC)
I hope you found this guide helpful and will refer to this if attempting a campaign in the English second tier. Will you go for the financial aid of Wolves and Nottm Forest, or try a real challenge like Peterborough…either way keep enjoying the game and if you like this guide, please share it with your friends through the social media buttons, every click helps :)
Stuart
2 января, 2013 at 07:06
I think you need to change Leeds United. Since we have been taken over by GFH capital the minimum expectation will be the play-offs. The transfer budget at least treble (£600,000), also our best player/young prospect need changing to Luciano Becchio/Sam Byram
Darren Smith
2 января, 2013 at 12:00
Where did you get that information from? The information I have shown above is factual though, you are probably making the mistake of expecting SI to have updated the database when they haven’t yet. As for the players, that is all in your opinion, but based on in game experience, attributes and reports, the players I mentioned are most suitable, in my opinion of course…this isn’t about real life, its FM related only.
Stuart
2 января, 2013 at 12:10
You nasty, arrogant person. Also, your information is NOT factual — I friends who work at ER.So get off your high horse. If this is your high handed attitude with people then you can shove your website and I will pass this on to the SI community.
Darren Smith
2 января, 2013 at 12:18
Sorry if you misinterpreted my comment, I am replying from work between breaks so a little rushed for time, so I apologize if what I wrote came across as ‘nasty’ and ‘arrogant’, it certainly wasn’t intended that way… For instance the opening sentence was me querying if you literally checked this on fm, but I can see how it could be taken the wrong way. I was merely trying to answer your query by explaining that my information is right based in FM’s most recent patch unless I loaded the wrong one of course, I’d like to see the actual ‘facts’ if you are certain I’m wrong though as it will clearly need correcting.
By the way, what do you mean you have a friend in ‘ER’, what is ER? Again, I’m not been nasty, just pushed for time and wondering what the relevance is.
Minch
2 января, 2013 at 12:50
I belive ER is Elland Road, again confusing Real Life with the game.
Darren Smith
2 января, 2013 at 18:30
Ah I see, I too assumed it was a mix up but then wasn’t sure how he’d know about the SI community (which was mentioned by name) if he didn’t know this was an FM related post.
Miles Smith
2 января, 2013 at 12:52
You do know FM isn’t real, right?
Scott
3 января, 2013 at 11:19
Is this a joke? This guy is a douche!! Don’t apologise Darren, this guy is obviously a loose cannon!! Darren is going off in game experience and what scouts say…what a PR*CK you are Stuart.
These guys take the time out of their every day lives to give us FM13 players very accurate information and you have the nerve to come here and and talk to them like sh*t, IMO people like you aren’t welcome at this site.
Keep up the good work people. PS sorry for the poor choice of language.
Darren Smith
3 января, 2013 at 11:44
Thanks Scott, I think it may have been a misunderstanding where Stuart thought I was talking about real life…though where he’s got that idea I don’t know.
James Smith
2 января, 2013 at 12:50
This is really helpful, thanks for putting in the effort to post this! :D Respectable not respectful btw ;)
Darren Smith
2 января, 2013 at 18:29
No problem and thanks for the heads up…it would have to be the most common expectation that I screwed up lol :)
Wayne Myrrdhin Morgan
2 января, 2013 at 12:55
nice guide as always darren, In regards to leeds, ER most likely refers to Elland Road, anyway, im sure SI will have the budgets/expectations revised once they release the february patch once the transfer window slams shut again.
Darren Smith
2 января, 2013 at 18:31
Thanks Wayne, and I agree SI will definitely adjust the budgets etc come the new patch…Leeds might be worth a go then.
Paul Brocklesby
2 января, 2013 at 16:58
This is quality mate.
Darren Smith
2 января, 2013 at 18:31
Glad you like it.
Miles Smith
2 января, 2013 at 19:29
Any chance you can do an article on the Burkinabé Premier League?
Darren Smith
2 января, 2013 at 19:52
Wish I could but I don’t know enough about that region TBH and I prefer to right about what I know, wouldn’t be a problem for the budgets etc but the key players would be a bit of a guess.