FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: Dória

Name: Matheus Dória Macedo

Nationality: Brazil
Contract: Botofago
Age: 18
Value: 6.25M£
Salary: 5 750£/week
Position: DC

Summary: The easiest way to describe Dória is world class. He is absolute world class and would be a superstar wherever he goes. He is tall, strong and quick, anytime your defense is leaking you can be sure Dória has nothing to do with it. IRL this guy has already played a match for Brazil, at age 18! I can't say anything bad about him and he is a stable defender which mean bad form is a rarity. So what's the problem? Economical, He is already at start of the game a great defender and is valuated at 6.25M£, expect to pay far more than 6.25M£ and he isn't going to ask for a small salary. But at the same time the best thing with him could besides that he is a world class defender also be that his value is rising (as you can see on my save game he is valuated 27M£ in 2018). I doubted my decision to give him a 10 out of 10 but he is one of the few world class talents out there and he isn't that expensive either (we're not talking about a galactico buy here) so in the end he gets a tad weak 10/10.
Recommendation: 10/10

FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: Daniel Amartey

Name: Daniel Amartey

Nationality: Ghana
Contract: Djurgårdens IF
Age: 18
Value: 300k£
Salary: 1300£/week
Position: DC/DMC/MC

Summary: What is this guy doing in Sweden? Daniel Amartey is a great wonderkid playing in Swedish Djurgårdens IF. He is an all rounder defensively. He develops steady but needs to play and because he isn't world class at the start of the game. Given enough play time he will be a class defender. Very high lowest level, he has everything you could ask for in a defender. Even though he is great defender he will not be the world class type. What makes up for his limits is that he is cheap, you can easily get him for 1.2M£ at start of the game, I managed to get him after two seasons for 0,9M£ and he is a bargain. Daniel is not a risky buy, he will develop and he is also a fairly good defender at the start so no worries. As for the salary he is asking for small amounts around 5k£/week. I've seen him play IRL both in matches and in training (My younger brother trains with Djurgarden IF's youth academy, in the winter first and academy teams share the same ground) and to me it is only a matter of time until he moves to a bigger club, no mistake by SI-scouts here at all!
Recomendation: 8/10

FM 2014 STAFF TO HIRE: Dave billows

Name: Dave Billows

Contract: Unemployed
Job: Fitness coach
Best training category: Strength & Aerobic
Best Raiting: 10 (5 Star)

Summary: Immense fitness coach. Having experience from David Moyes long spell in Everton he is a real world class fitness coach. Not only is he already world class but he is also not that old, only 41. Not that it matter because he doesn't have too much room for improvement but seriously he is a 5- star coach, what improvement is needed. However what is important with his relatively young age is that he has many years to come and still remain as world class fitness coach. The negative side is that he is very hard to recruit but not impossible, always worth a try for this man. It does make it easier to hire him as he is unemployed. Otherwise he is willing to work for about 1,200£/week and a must to recruit if you are a top side team!

Recomendation: 10/10

FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: Jerome Williams

Name: Jerome Williams

Nationality: England
Contract: Crystal Palace
Age: 18
Value: 89k£
Salary: 800£/week
Position: DL

Summary: In Crystal Palace there are two Williams, one is named Jon Williams the other Jerome Williams. Jon is in the first team, Jerome plays for the reserves. Jon is worth 3.1M£, Jerome is worth 89k£. Jon is the star youngster and scouts report that this is a promising four star talent, Jerome usually has no scouts on him, but when he has they give him no more than two and a half stars. But believe me, Jon is not even half the talent of Jerome. I've had Jerome in my team for six years or something and never have I had any problemn with him. He is a very offensive lefb back, I though converted him into LWB which suited my tiki taka tactic more. Anyhow he is developing steady, just be patient with him. As I stated earlier he is a very talented player but tutoring is strongly recommended to help him reach his potential. Try not to have too high expectations on him in the beginning as he is a slow bloomer. In my game he is making huge improvements even though he is 24, let him develop in his own pace. One special thing I love about this guy is unlike many other full/wingbacks good with his head but at the same time technical. When he is fully developed you will see him as an allrounder. His asking price isn't too high and initially in the game he ask for a very small wage both big plus.
Recomendation: 8/10

Update

Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been busy with a lot of things. To make it up for it I've got some big news coming up. New tactics, new players, new coaches and some surprises.

During the past week I've been skiing in the foggy swedish mountain :-)

Stay tuned for updates

MY FM 2014 CAREER: Wolves Resumé

I never intended this type of articles because it hasn't got anything to do with the guide, but since I've had a couple of request I can't see why not.

I would love to have told you a continuous story about my career but I've already played until 2020 therefor a recap would be the right way to go. 

So I started as Wolves in League One (English third division) and the whole club was a mess. The biggest problem I had was the minimal budget and to make matters worse I had a lot of poor players with very high wages and long contracts, a total nightmare. I sold what I could and bought what was available, I ended up having an okay but very young squad. To get the most out of the players I implemented a tactic that I thought would fit the squad, I choose a Tiki Taka Tactic but I would lie to you if I told you it worked out smoothly. In fact I had to adjust the tactic numerous times and in the end we found a working tactic. We cruised up the table and secured promotion with a couple of matches left to play. The season goal was fulfilled: we got promoted and furthermore we won League One which was the icing on the cake.

Now we were playing in the Championship. League One was a piece of cake, we probably were the big favorites but to be promoted again in the first season in Championship? No the media though we would end up at the 13th place, but seriously who cares about the media! In pre-season I figured out that Tiki Taka isn't to any good if I don't construct a plan B, therefor I developed a Gegenpressing tactic. I knew the club was poisoned with bad highly paid players so I wanted to redo almoast the whole team if we were to have any chance of success. In total I released or sold 27 players and I loaned out 10 players so in total 37 players left the club either permanently or temporary. At the same time I brought in 8 quality players, you call me mad for letting go of 37 players and bring in 8? Well we shocked everyone as we not just got the right results but also we won the whole Championship in big style, even though we probably had one of the thinnest budget in the whole league.

Okay i was the hero, we won against all odds everybody is happy. But now we are in Premier League and to summarize a couple of seasons: we have done very well. The first season was the most difficult because we were predicted to be demoted, but you can now guess that it didn't happen. At the same time we got a bigger budget, but even if it was bigger than before it was one of the smallest budget in the league. The thing is I had done miracles with small budget before and for the first time I could sign player I really wanted. Later after the first season I started to lap the wholes from the devastating time in the League One and Championship. The youth academy was a mess I rebuilding it wasn't going to be easy and it took time. But I managed and besides I even managed to rebuild the stadium. 

Among others there are some people I wanted to highlight that really helped me through my career. These players have followed me for a long time very loyally, some even from the start when we played in League One:

 
 

 FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ALI ADNAN, DAVID DAVIES,
 MEMPHIS DEPAY, WAYNE HENESSEY, ZELI ISMAIL

I've continued the hard work throughout the seasons, and each season we ended up at a higher place than the previous. I've been runner up for the Premier League's Manager of the Year Award twice and once I came in third place for the award. Next time I'll write about the season I'm in at the moment and to finish this Resumé here is a full list of the awards::

FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: Zeli Ismail

Name: Zeli Ismail

Nationality: England/Albania
Contract: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Age: 19
Value: 220k£
Salary: 500£/week
Position: MR/AMR

Summary: Ever heard of this guy? No? Well he isn't the most famous player in neither the real world nor in the FM communities. But this guy isn't nobody, he has represented England U16 and U17 and is about to break through in the lower divisions as a 19 year old talent. In FM this guy starts off as a pretty poor player, I am not going to lie to you, when I managed Wolves in FM 2014 the only reason I kept him was because of the lack of alternatives. Zeli Ismail isn't the biggest talent in the game but he isn't that bad either, he develops ok and he has some potential, never world class but he'll be a descent midfielder in the Premier League. He is quick and strong with an okay technique. I schooled him to be an AML were he plays as an inner forward, that way I believe you get the most out of him. The thing is if you have a very tight budget and can't get those supertalents, you might be looking for this guy because he is very cheap and he is willing to leave his League One team. Unfortunately he isn't top class or even close even when he reaches his top potential, but as I previously wrote he is a good signing if we are talking about really stretched budgets.
Recomendation: 5/10