I’m back, and raring to go!

Hello, fellow football manager lovers. It’s Calum again, and after my break from blogging for a short while I am back and am going to begin a new story to share with you!

I shall be Arsenal! They are  a great team with magnificent history and a wonderful youth setup. Although, in the last few years they have been struggling to win trophies and my aim with ‘The Gunners’ is to start putting some silverware back in the trophy cabinet. A squad analysis is always a good way to start a new career and I shall do the same here:

Squad Analysis

GK: Manuel Almunia

Manuel Almunia is a solid goalkeeper apart from his poor communication. Also, he is 33 so will be nearing retirement so I will look for a young goalkeeper to bring through the ranks to succeed Almunia.

RB: Bakary Sagna

Sagna is a great right back with good defensive attributes and also has great pace. He should be a solid starter for me in the upcoming years.

CBs:  Sebastien Squillaci and Thomas Vermaelen

The experienced Frenchman is a good defender but is not world-class. He could do a job maybe for a season or two but I certainly will look into buying a young CB to replace him.

Thomas Vermaelen, on the other hand, is a great CB with great defensive attributes and also a firm grasp of the mental side of the game even though he is only 24. This man will certainly feature in my plans for the seasons coming up.

LB: Gael Clichy

Gael is a solid left back with good defensive attributes and again great pace. I hope the pace of Sagna ans Clichy can help the attackers further up the pitch using overlapping runs. Clichy has one weakness though, his heading ability. However, hopefully we can train him and improve that side to his game.

DM: Alex Song

Alex Song is a great defensive midfielder. He has great strength and tackling ability and should be like a brick, protecting our back four. I am very happy with this position.

CMs: Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri

Well… what can I say about this player. I suppose the word you could use is ‘class’. Fabregas is a phenomenal talent and at the age of 23 is one of the best players in the world. Fabregas should be a very fine player for us for many years.

Samir Nasri is a clever little player in the middle of the park and should cause a threat to opposing defenders. I also have Wilshere coming through in this position so I won’t need to buy anyone else here.

RW: Theo Walcott

Theo Walcott may not be the most technically skilled player but he sure does have some pace. Theo should cause havoc in defences and I have belief that he could improve his technical play and become a great player.

LW: Andrey Arshavin

Andrey is a great winger that I shall use as a ‘Inside Forward’ because of his good finishing and dribbling abilities. However, we are a bit short of players in the wing positions so I may look to buy a player to cover for Walcott and Arshavin.

ST: Robin Van Persie

Van Persie is an amazing striker, with great technical, mental and physical ratings. He will lead the frontline and I’m sure he shall be up for the task. We have decent back-up for Van Persie so we will not look to buy another striker.

Here is my first team squad:

Transfer Targets

After my squad analysis I know the positions I need to strengthen:

• GK
• CB
• Wings

Also, I would like to buy some coaches to improve our training star ratings so that our group of youngsters can develop into stars!

Thank you for reading my post and the next post shall be about pre-season and my transfers!

Thanks,

Calum