Football Manager 2009 Good Players (part 3)

Last chapter of the list of players that I found useful at different level clubs(mostly Steaua and QPR). They're not necessarily wonderkids, but they did not fail me in any way, quite on the contrary. Often bought at bargain prices, these players are very very good. :)

SO @ last...FORWARDS

• ALEX TEIXEIRA - MY.FAVORITE.PLAYER.EVER .
Even in real life, he is a very high regarded brazilian youngster from Vasco da Gama. Not very cheap, but I even bought him @ Steaua Bucharest in fm2009 930...after 10-15 rejected offers. He needs at least 1 million EURO per season and comes for about 8 million transfer fee. SOOO worth it! He plays at the same level on 7 positions(MRLC, AMRLC, FC). I often give him a free role, he is a match winner, very constant - goals, assists, man of match, you name it.

• Marquinhos from Palmeiras - he is quite similar with Alex Teixeira, almost just as good, but for a heftier fee. He accepted playing in Premier League for QPR, but in the Steaua game it was impossible landing him. Real Madrid got him :)
• Seleznyov - strong ST from Shakhtar - was transfer listed and easily signed before 930 patch. Very very good reliable striker. Non EU, though :(
• Mauro Zarate - argentinian/italian AMRLC FC - very good
• Robert Lewandowski - polish young striker - grows very much in a few years

• Christian Benitez - he does not have good determination, but other than that, he is quite good. My actual Steaua captain.
• Sebastian Pinto - strong, tall, a bit "fat" striker, got him free and for a low pay, he is a very good performer, even from the bench - scores a lot
• Bogdan Stancu - ambitious romanian young striker from Steaua
• Jean Jacques Mandrichi - not much fuss, but reliable
• Tomas Necid - very good young czech striker
• Nikola Kalinic - strong striker, got him free then sold him to avoid striker inflation :) , although he scored pretty much and had good grades
• Johnatan Cristaldo - young very promising argentinian, got upset for staying too much on the bench and I had no time to raise him - but he gets very very good
• Sebastian Fernandez
• Gonzalo Bergessio - constant performer, a real threat to any adversary, accepts almost any league
• Raul Bobadilla
• Kevin Monnet Paquet - not much is you see his attributes, but he is a very good player, versatile too. a bit expensive though
• Lamine Diarra
• Tomas Micola - czech young AMRLC FC. good performer
• Gheorghe Bucur - maybe the best romanian striker in the game, along with Florin Bratu

• Zdenek Senkerik - cheap but very good solution if you don't have much money, scores a lot even from the bench. Not that good for Champions League level, though
  

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FOOTBALL MANAGER 2010 official announcement

Release date for both FOOTBALL MANAGER™ 2010 and FOOTBALL MANAGER™ HANDHELD 2010 is October 30th, 2009.
source: footballmanager.com

Announcement link

LONDON (August 12th, 2009) – Sports Interactive & SEGA Europe Ltd. can today announce that Football Manager™ 2010 for PC and Apple Macintosh, and Football Manager™ Handheld 2010 for Sony PSP will be released on October 30th. [...]

New Features :

• Polish
• Improved Match Engine
• Match Analysis
• New User Interface
• Tactical Overhaul
• News Center
  
• New Data Editor

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Football Manager 2009 Good Players (part 2)

I continue the list of players,with the midfielders and attack players.

MIDFIELDERS

• Franco Zuculini - very cheap young argentinian/italian DMC-MC RC, is one of the best I've seen so far, he evolves each year, in 1-3 years he becomes a world class player

• Jiri Kladrubsky - versatile MC DMC RC, plays even DRLC, good physical attributes, very constant in EPL with QPR, one of the best I've seen. Kind of hard to get in a league lige Romania.
  
• Tiago Gomes - Steaua loaned portuguese MC - cheap, very complete young central midfielder
  
• Mirel Radoi - Sold by Steaua to the arabs, he is hard to get due to high salary, but plays equally well as DC or DMC/MC
  
• Nikola Drincic - non - EU, but worth every penny
  
• Rodrigo Mancha - brazilian mediocre reliable DMC MC
  
• Ognjen Vukojevic
  
• Lubos Husek
• Mario Holek
• Ovidiu Petre - romanian very tall DMC, good heading

• Mascio(until 930) - best player, but not real - erased from database in FM 930
  
• Valdimir Yurchenko
• Gabriel Paraschiv - not cheap, experienced romanian AMC
  
• Tiberiu Ghioane - complete midfielder
  
• Lukas Magera - MC ST
  
• Milos Pavlovic
• Costin Lazar

WINGERS

• Radek Sirl - best.left.winger.EVER - WBL/ML/AML, crossing 19, scores lots of goals, many assists, very consistent. Transfer listed by Zenith until FM930, not easily taken after.

• Thiago Neves - very good brazilian, versatile
• Sotiris Ninis - greek AMRC
• Lubos Kalouda - czech international, plays in Russia, very very good AMR
• Janosz Szekely - Steaua AMR, despite attributes of 13 mostly, he is fantastic, scores lots of goals
• Barboianu - grows incredibly, a friend of mine sold him for 10 mil EUR after just one year of play
• Samoel Cojoc - young versatile WBR MR, but I trained him as AMR
• Ochirosii - romanian wonderkid, ambitious
• Leandro Benitez - argentinian experienced AMLC, very good technique attributes, not so good physical, but sooo worth it
• Diego Valeri - argentinian-italian AMRL, bought him very difficult at Steaua, now everyone wants him :)
• Ricky van Haaren - young dutch winger
  
• Dejan Skolnik
• Alvaro Pereira
• Artavadz Karamian
  
  

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Football Manager 2010 leaked screenshot

Miles Jacobson leaked on the SI Twitter account - www.twitter.com/SI_games - a few days ago a screenshot of soon to come FM 2010. This was deemed a mistake, but a good one for the hungry fans :)The game will be out as usual by october-november 2009.

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Football Manager 2009 Good Players (part 1)

I will compile a list of players that I found useful at different level clubs(mostly Steaua and QPR). They're not necessarily wonderkids, but they did not fail me in any way, quite on the contrary. Often bought at bargain prices, these players are very very good. I will specify the level I used them at, but most of them will perform well in any league.

First of all - GOALKEEPERS - (first 2 are my favorites):

• Bogdan Lobont(The CAT from Dinamo Buc., comes free after 1-2 years of play) - had him @ QPR in the Premier League and he was very reliable. I finished 2 years in the row on the podium with him in goal.

• Vincent Enyeama - better than Lobont, but with high hopes. He won't come to a low level club, and even at QPR in EPL he was desperate to go to Arsenal. VERY GOOD keeper
• Pantilimon -young, very tall, Romania's high hopes keeper. Cheap(around 2-300k in 2009) and when he is young he accepts playing for lower quality clubs.
• Tatarusanu - another young very tall player, but not likely to accept any deal before 2010, as he is already transferred to Steaua
  
• Robinson Zapata from Steaua - also very reliable
• Federico Agliardi - did very well replacing Lobont and Enyeama at QPR - he doesn't look like much, but he is very very good. In the Steaua game I play, Chelsea bought him in 2009.
• Paulo Santos - FREE, 34-35 years but good for 1-2 years at a club of even Uefa Cup level
  
• Bogdan Shust - young ukrainian rising star GK

DEFENDERS(side or central)

• DORIN GOIAN - very tall and strong DC - underrated romanian(even in real life). PLays at Steaua but wants better. Will cost a few bucks but he is worth the price. Scores many many corner goals if played right.

• Nenad Tomovic - serbian DRC, cheap but very good, even for Champions League matches. I play him DR in 442 tactic, and he has an average >7.10 per season
• Tore Reginiussen - norwegian young international defender. Costs about 1-1.5 mil euro, very complete and constant DC
• Nemanja Pejcinovic - still another young serbian - DRLC - but more expensive(about 3 mil euro). I love the fact that he is very versatile, plays very well on any position in the defensive line
• Jan Lecjaks - young(19 y0) D/WB L - czech player. @ such young age he is very good for any level of play.
• Yezerskyi from Shakhtar
• Andriy Rusol - free in 1-2 years, very good in my first year in EPL with QPR
• Andreas Granqvist - swedish national team DC
• Emeghara D/WB RL ML nigerian from Steaua
• Golanski DRC from Steaua
• Guglielmo Stendardo - almost a copy of Goian - tall strong underrated italian DC
  

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TUG's Training

I use the classic, well known, TUG's training schedule. It's not original for me to say that, but I think it's the best out there. I tweak it just a bit, lowering the intensity of each schedule, but not much.
I don't even change settings in off-season periods.
It's very good, specially for the under 24 players, as they develop more and need dedicated training.

Two thumbs UP! :)

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