Hello my friends, the story continues in 2010! At the end of 2009 my Notts County were doing great, 1st placed in League Two and undefeated in 24 league games. It seemed that promotion was in our hands, with a bit of luck and minimum consistency we couldn’t lose what we earned in the first half of the season. As you remember my board gave me some more cash for transfers and I decided to spend it right away. I bought six players, let’s see who they are.
I needed a new right back after Brendan Moloney‘s loan deal expired and Nottingham Forest didn’t want to extend it. I went for a player which I know from real life football, Romanian international Ovidiu Dananae. He is an athletic and reliable right back that could even play in a decent Premier League team. I paid 350K for his and I was delighted when he agreed to sign the contract.
I also needed a pair of centre backs to provide competition for the current first team regulars. I chose to sign a youngster and an experienced player. The youngster is Sean Morrison from League One side Swindon, he is strong and could become a first team regular in the future.
The other centre back, the experienced one, is Lithuanian Andrius Skerla. He wasn’t my first option for this role but after some other players refused to sign I had to get him. He could be a decent solution until the end of the season.
I also needed a new left midfielder to compete with Mitea for a place in the first team and I chose another Romanian, under 21 international Paul Parvulescu. He has good pace and technique, he might become a first team regular sooner than expected.
And now, the biggest signing, 1.5 million euro, with 1 million upfront and another 500K if we get promoted. He’s Brazilian, his name is Tinga, and he is a hard working central midfielder, only 19 years old! He was granted a work permit after we appealed the initial decision and I can see him becoming a leader of the team.
The last signing is a new striker, Russian under 21 international Nikita Andreev. I paid 325K for him to Spanish side Almeria and took advantage of the fact that he didn’t need a work permit, he also has Estonian citizenship. He is an ambitious youngster with good technical qualities. I hope his mental attributes will improve to match his technical abilities soon.
OK, enough about the signings, let’s get to the matches.
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Lye
24 ноября, 2009 at 16:15
You have made some good signings there mate, i don’t know most of the players but i am very familiar with Sean Morrison. He was my captain in my Vauxhall game in FM09 and played for me for 10 seasons. I can say he is quite reliable and can play all the way to championship, i hope he develops well in your game. Well i predict you will gain promotion probably in March based on your form. Keep it up..
JohnnyKarp
24 ноября, 2009 at 16:22
Thanks for the comment Lye, I hope Morrison could do well indeed, he might have what it takes to stick around a few seasons.
JohnnyKarp
24 ноября, 2009 at 18:21
@Lye
Btw, I tried to post a comment on your blog today and it doesn’t work, maybe you should check that.
eddie eddie
24 ноября, 2009 at 19:43
Well done I am sure you can stay unbeaten for the rest of the season.
JohnnyKarp
24 ноября, 2009 at 19:49
Thanks Eddie. We’ll probably have some motivation problems when promotion will be already in the bag but I hope I’ll be able to overcome those issues.
ze miguel
25 ноября, 2009 at 00:45
name of skin do you use?
plz ;) and good work
JohnnyKarp
25 ноября, 2009 at 09:18
@Ze Miguel
The skin is called «Vitreous».
Lye
25 ноября, 2009 at 02:53
Thanks Johnny for the information. I had fixed it.
paine
25 ноября, 2009 at 10:36
Hey Johnny, some good signings, you have a large squad now.
Tinga is an interesting player, I didn’t thought he could sign for a league 2 team, but probably Eriksson helped to raise your team reputation.
I know Andreev well, cause I bought him for my Peterborough side, he scored 2 key goals for my promotion this season.
I need to say that you have bought Andreev on steroids…my own version has only finishing=11!!
But has better mental skills, probably.
Well done.
JohnnyKarp
25 ноября, 2009 at 11:19
Thanks for the comment Paine. The team’s reputation seems to be good indeed, I was surprised that right back Dananae accepted to sign, he’s a fresh Romanian international that has good prospects right now, he’s targeted by PSV Eindhoven in real life. Andreev is a talented striker, I have high hopes about him.
Graig
2 декабря, 2009 at 11:51
some good players there how much did you get in jan mate
JohnnyKarp
2 декабря, 2009 at 12:19
Thanks Graig. I had around 2 million euro to spend if I remember correctly.