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Cool, thanks :) You've got a good squad
Ya on paper it looks good but with SM standards and everyone here already having so many big names, I might be fighting to avoid relegation first again. Not many 'superstar' names in there in my squad.
 

Damien

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Ya on paper it looks good but with SM standards and everyone here already having so many big names, I might be fighting to avoid relegation first again. Not many 'superstar' names in there in my squad.
Names aren't everything as shown by MK Dons finishing fourth last season. They do have some names but they're in the twilight of their careers.
 

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So many resignations and appointments. Jesus.

@RedSky Dont quit ffs. You want the caf league to die a slow death ? :(
 

Damien

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I fully expect to lose in the new league today. Forgot that my tactics had reset due to leaving and rejoining and only noticed 2 mins before tactics deadline so quickly had to put down any old rubbish
 

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I fully expect to lose in the new league today. Forgot that my tactics had reset due to leaving and rejoining and only noticed 2 mins before tactics deadline so quickly had to put down any old rubbish
You won, I had to play some reserves. Forgot a game and my teams been NMF for ages now.
 

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Fecksake, why did Herrera decide to sell Hazard? and not even contact me despite being the first person to show interest and put bids in?
I've been bidding for Hazard ever since I went to City!
 

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I've a ton of players to send out on loan/get rid of at the end of January. It's ridiculous how the AI just goes batshit and starts buying complete and utter shite.
 

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So my squad:

Goalkeepers (2)
David de Gea (24/91)
Paul Nardi (20/83)

Defenders (8)
Sergio Ramos (28/95)
Vincent Kompany (28/94)
Rafael da Silva (24/91)
Ricardo Rodriguez (22/90)
Serge Aurier (22/89)
Lucas Digne (21/89)
Luke Shaw (19/88)
Kurt Zouma (20/88)

Midfielders (8)
Gareth Bale (25/94)
Samir Nasri (27/92)
Paul Pogba (21/92)
Antoine Griezmann (23/91)
Alarcon Isco (22/91)
Christian Eriksen (22/90)
James McCarthy (24/89)
Memphis Depay (20/88)

Forwards (4)
Lionel Messi (27/99)
Mario Goetze (22/93)
Alexandre Lacazette (23/90)
Heung-Min Son (22/89)

Loaned Out
Juan Iturbe (21/87) (Ipswich)
Leon Goretzka (19/87) (Ipswich)
Calum Chambers (19/85) (MK Dons)

Both Ben Davies and Andre Gomes will most likely go up to 88 when reviewed if anyone wants to loan them. Karim Rekik should go up to 87 when City are reviewed and Stones might get a plus one.
 

RedSky

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Mines gone up another 30m. Which is my minimum target for each Season. Up to 320m now roughly (have 3 players on loan still).
Nottingham Forest Squad Value: #NFSV
£340.9M

Only a 20m rise this time round but i'm not surprised given the huge purchase of Neymar. I imagine by the time Spain is reviewed the value will probably be up by another 8/10m anyway.
 
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RedSky

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Karius (84)
Geis (87) Laporte (87) Mendy (87)
Knoche (87)
Firmino (89) Onazi (87) Thauvin (88) Durm (87)
Aboubakar (87) Drmic (87)

Only Laporte left to rise. Durm could maybe get a + 3 to 87 if that's the case, then he'll take Bittencourts place. Currently my Cup squad is 17 rating better off.​
So my Cup squad now looks like:

Karius (87)
Bell (87) Laporte (88) Durm (88)
Knoche (88)
Thauvin (88) Geis (88) Korb (87) Bittencourt (87)
Vietto (85) Drmic (87)
Vietto and Laporte will get rises and I have Mendy (87) ready to step in if needed. I might switch out Laporte if he goes to 89 and put Bell in the middle with Durm playing as RCB and Mendy as LCB.