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Submitted by System on 09/03/2006, 09:50. Print file.
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19 | Delroy Facey           |ST  | 74  | In Bolton         | Fast Training
20 | Jeff Smith             |CM  | 68  | In Bolton         |
21 | Martin Petrov          |LS  | 67  | Wolfsburg         |
22 | Jussi Jaaskelainen     |GK  | 64  | In Bolton         |
23 | Simon Charlton         |LB  | 55  | In Bolton         | Was û3
24 | Jermaine Johnson       |CAM | 66  | In Bolton         |
25 | Louis Saha             |ST  | 77  | Fulham            |
26 | Emerson Thome          |CB  | 69  | In Bolton         | Created player
27 | Khalilou Fadiga        |LM  | 70  | Inter Milan       |
28 | Timo Hildebrand        |GK  | 74  | WFB Stuttgart     |
35 | Danny Livesey          |CB  | 60  | In Bolton         |
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Analysis:
This was my starting team. For Professional, and in the Premier League, it's not that bad. Still, I had some trouble getting up and going. The team was compact and balanced:
3 Goalkeepers
8 Defenders
10 Midfielders
8 Attackers
This is why I had little trouble winning the league. By starting a better team, the probability of finding one that is easy to balance is extremely high.
As usual, I played the 4-3-3 system with the following best lineup:

Pedersen             Jardel               Saha
(Petrov)             (Kallon)            (Davies)

Djorkaeff            Campo                Okocha
(Nolan)             (Fadiga)          (Giannakopoulos)

Gardner           Laville           N'Gotty            Charlton
(Barness)         (Livesey)          (Thome)             (Hunt)

Hildebrand
(Jaaskelainen)


Bolton Wanderers Professional Year 2                 Transfer budget: 14.0M
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No.| Name                   |Pos | Skl |    Bought from    |   Special
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2  | Glen Johnson           |RB  | 70  | Chelsea           |
4  | Kevin Nolan            |CAM | 53  | In Bolton         |
5  | Bruno N'Gotty          |CB  | 65  | In Bolton         |
6  | Youri Djorkaeff        |LCAM| 65  | In Bolton         | Created player
7  | Stelios Giannakopoulos |CM  | 55  | In Bolton         |
8  | Per Frandsen           |CM  | 65  | In Bolton         |
9  | Dimitar Berbatov       |ST  | 73  | In Bolton         |
10 | Jay-Jay Okocha         |CM  | 80  | In Bolton         |
11 | Ricardo Gardner        |LCB | 64  | In Bolton         | LCB??? No way!
12 | David Bellion          |ST  | 70  | Manchester Utd.   |
13 | Mario Jardel           |CF  | 85  | In Bolton         | Created player
14 | Kevin Davies           |ST  | 69  | In Bolton         |
15 | Ibrahim Ba             |CM  | 64  | In Bolton         | Created player
16 | Ivan Campo             |CM  | 73  | In Bolton         | Picture :-)
17 | Michael Ricketts       |ST  | 75  | Middlesbrough     | Former BW pl.
18 | Florent Laville        |CB  | 67  | In Bolton         |
19 | Delroy Facey           |ST  | 74  | In Bolton         | Fast Training
20 | Anthony Le Tallec      |CAM | 69  | Liverpool         |
21 | Martin Petrov          |LS  | 73  | In Bolton         | Fast Training!
22 | Jussi Jaaskelainen     |GK  | 64  | In Bolton         |
23 | Paolo Montero          |CB  | 66  | Juventus          | Picture :-)
24 | Stilian Petrov         |CM  | 74  | Celtic            |
25 | Louis Saha             |ST  | 77  | In Bolton         | Picture :-)
26 | Emerson Thome          |CB  | 69  | In Bolton         | Created player
27 | Khalilou Fadiga        |LM  | 70  | In Bolton         | Picture :-)
28 | Timo Hildebrand        |GK  | 74  | In Bolton         |
29 | Robert Huth            |CB  | 68  | Chelsea           |
30 | Florent Sinama Pongolle|ST  | 73  | Liverpool         |
31 | Henrik Pedersen        |ST  | 78  | In Bolton         |
35 | Danny Livesey          |CB  | 63  | In Bolton         |
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Analysis:
A lot of transfers this season, however, there were a few that made me feel sorry for the spent cash. Anthony Le Tallec prove very difficult to train (or I just didn't pick the right skills to train), and the second player was David Bellion - he was useful in very few matches, so I started to regret this signing. One way or another, the fault was entirely mine.
Still, there were several "good hits" like Stillian Petrov, Ricketts and
Montero. I still managed to win the league and all other cups, but failed to achieve that awful "7 consecutive clean sheets" objective, so I was penalized with less cash for transfers the next season.
A note here: I bought Ricketts because I had the cash and for one other reason: he is a former Bolton Wanderers player. It was unclear to me why
Sam Allardyce sold him, but one way or another he found his way back to this team :-)
As you see, the team is a lot stronger now. It is gradually starting to improve and is becoming a serious threat to the other teams in both England and Europe.
I won't give you other analysis save for the team lineup - once you've balanced the team, it's easy to keep it this way.

Tactical scheme:
4-3-3

Pedersen            Jardel            Saha
(M. Petrov)         (Berbatov)       (Ricketts)

Djorkaeff           S. Petrov         Okocha
(Le Tallec)          (Fadiga)          (Campo)

Gardner          Thome              Laville          Johnson
(Montero)         (Huth)            (N'Gotty)        (Livesey)

Hildebrand
(Jaaskelainen)

A formidable lineup, I'd say. I had enough swaps to replace the tired players - of course, due to the balanced scheme. Despite the fact that I gave you the (4x2)+1 scheme for defenders, I always prefer having 8 defenders which I use in a rotation system. This way even if one of them is injured, the rest will compensate for his loss. This simple scheme allows you to have one more midfielder, which is quite nice if you want that middle line strong in all matches (since they're sometimes 6+ in a month).


Bolton Wanderers Professional Year 3                 Transfer budget: 11.5M
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No.| Name                   |Pos | Skl |    Bought from    |   Special
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1  | Oliver Kahn            |GK  | 94  | Bayern Munich     | for 11.0M...
2  | Glen Johnson           |RB  | 70  | In Bolton         |
3  | Celestine Babayaro     |LB  | 73  | Chelsea           | Picture :-)
4  | Kevin Nolan            |CAM | 57  | In Bolton         |
6  | Youri Djorkaeff        |LCAM| 65  | In Bolton         | Created player
8  | Per Frandsen           |CM  | 65  | In Bolton         |
9  | Salva Valesta          |ST  | 74  | Valencia          |
10 | Dimitar Berbatov       |ST  | 73  | In Bolton         |
11 | Tomas Rosicky          |CM  | 74  | Borusia Dortmund  | Picture :-)
12 | David Bellion          |ST  | 70  | In Bolton         |
13 | Mario Jardel           |CF  | 85  | In Bolton         | Created player
14 | Kevin Davies           |ST  | 71  | In Bolton         |
15 | Ibrahim Ba             |CM  | 66  | In Bolton         | Created player
16 | Ivan Campo             |CM  | 73  | In Bolton         | Picture :-)
18 | Fabio Cannavaro        |CB  | 77  | Inter Milan       | Picture :-)
19 | Delroy Facey           |ST  | 74  | In Bolton         | Fast Training
20 | Anthony Le Tallec      |CAM | 69  | In Bolton         |
21 | Martin Petrov          |LS  | 73  | In Bolton         | Fast Training!
22 | Jussi Jaaskelainen     |GK  | 64  | In Bolton         |
23 | Owen Hargreaves        |CM  | 77  | Bayern Munich     | Picture :-)
24 | Stilian Petrov         |CM  | 74  | Celtic            |
25 | Paolo Motntero         |CB  | 68  | In Bolton         | Picture :-)
26 | Emerson Thome          |CB  | 69  | In Bolton         | Created player
27 | Khalilou Fadiga        |LM  | 70  | In Bolton         | Picture :-)
28 | Kolo Toure             |CB  | 76  | Arsenal           |
29 | Robert Huth            |CB  | 72  | In Bolton         |
30 | Florent Sinama Pongolle|ST  | 73  | In Bolton         |
31 | Henrik Pedersen        |ST  | 78  | In Bolton         |
32 | Timo Hildebrand        |GK  | 74  | In Bolton         |
35 | Danny Livesey          |CB  | 67  | In Bolton         |
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To achieve this lineup, I had to break my heart first and sell Jay-Jay
Okocha and Louis Saha. Okocha left for Chelsea (transfer money: 6.7M, with
Okocha's transfer value: 5.0M) and Louis Saha for Manchester United (where he was actually transferred now from Fulham). I parted with 2 of my best players and well as with some secondary ones, but one way or another, I got
Oliver Kahn (who was the main reason of my success this year) and managed to purchase several other good players, which made my lineup even stronger.
You can take this as an example of point 5 of the In-depth transfer strategies. Selling Okocha and Saha allowed me to buy Rosicky, Hargreaves and Cannavaro - 3 great players. So I guess there's no point to feel heartbroken now :-D

As always, I used the 4-3-3 scheme.

Pedersen            Jardel            Davies
(M. Petrov)          (Salva)         (Berbatov)

Hargreaves           S. Petrov          Rosicky
(Djorkaeff)          (Campo)          (Le Tallec)

Babayaro          Cannavaro            Toure           Johnson
(Montero)         (Huth)              (Thome)        (Livesey)

Kahn
(Hildebrand)

Bolton Wanderers Professional Year 4                 Transfer budget: 11.5M
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No.| Name                   |Pos | Skl |    Bought from    |   Special
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2  | Glen Johnson           |RB  | 70  | In Bolton         |
4  | Kevin Nolan            |CAM | 61  | In Bolton         |
5  | Alpay Ozalan           |CB  | 75  | Aston Villa       |
6  | Youri Djorkaeff        |LCAM| 65  | In Bolton         | Created player
7  | Olof Mellberg          |CB  | 77  | Aston Villa       | Picture :-)
8  | Per Frandsen           |CM  | 65  | In Bolton         |
9  | Salva Valesta          |ST  | 74  | In Bolton         |
10 | Dimitar Berbatov       |ST  | 77  | In Bolton         | Training
11 | Tomas Rosicky          |CM  | 74  | In Bolton         | Picture :-)
12 | David Bellion          |ST  | 70  | In Bolton         |
13 | Mario Jardel           |CF  | 85  | In Bolton         | Created player
14 | Kevin Davies           |ST  | 71  | In Bolton         |
15 | Ibrahim Ba             |CM  | 66  | In Bolton         | Created player
17 | Mario Stanic           |RM  | 75  | Chelsea           | Picture :-)
18 | Fabio Cannavaro        |CB  | 77  | In Bolton         | Picture :-)
19 | Eric Djemba-Djemba     |CM  | 79  | Manchester United | Decent :-)
20 | Anthony Le Tallec      |CAM | 69  | In Bolton         |
21 | Martin Petrov          |LS  | 77  | In Bolton         | was 67
22 | Dmitri Sytchev         |ST  | 82  | Marseille         |
23 | Owen Hargreaves        |CM  | 77  | In Bolton         | Picture :-)
24 | Stilian Petrov         |CM  | 76  | In Bolton         |
25 | Delroy Facey           |ST  | 74  | In Bolton         |
26 | Emerson Thome          |CB  | 69  | In Bolton         | Created player
27 | Khalilou Fadiga        |LM  | 70  | In Bolton         | Picture :-)
28 | Kolo Toure             |CB  | 76  | In Bolton         |
29 | Robert Huth            |CB  | 72  | In Bolton         |
30 | Florent Sinama Pongolle|ST  | 73  | In Bolton         |
32 | Timo Hildebrand        |GK  | 77  | In Bolton         |
35 | Danny Livesey          |CB  | 71  | In Bolton         |
65 | Santiago Canizares     |GK  | 82  | Valencia          | Picture :-)
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In this season, my team was at his best and I just went on simulating games
(I simulated about 45% of the games) - and actually missed the second transfer window. Quite foolishly of me, because I had 5.0M in my transfer budget which I clearly wasted. Well, what's done is done. And as you well know, these money do not add up to your next year's transfer budget, so consider them lost... I did. Still, I wasted one dodgy objective this season: Score in every match (League). I give you 100% certainty that I scored in every match (even in the simulated, even when I lost to other teams), but made 0-0 in the second math with Bordeaux (2-1 agg.) and went on, but I guess this was considered a waste and the objective wasn't completed. Absolutely awful, which meant less transfer money for the following season too.

Here's the lineup again:

Salva            Jardel           Sytchev
(M. Petrov)       (Berbatov)     (Sinama Pongolle)

Hargreaves           S. Petrov          Rosicky
(Djorkaeff)       (Djemba-Djemba)       (Stanic)

Cannavaro          Mellberg            Toure           Johnson
(Thome)          (Ozalan)             (Huth)         (Livesey)

Canizares
(Hildebrand)



Bolton Wanderers Professional Year 5                 Transfer budget: 11.5M
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