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I don't know why anyone would be interested in this but me but people seem to so a quick snapshop of my team.

Moya- A fantastic find, I compared him to Gordon a £600k Aq Fee Keeper currently pulling £33k a day and he was almost identical. Stats Performance the lot. £10k a day.

Casas - Is not bad at anything and not good at anything he's 27 a very boring player but at the back I guess this is what you want. Generally someone has to do something pretty special to get past him and he's consistent.

Diakite - Well awesome 21 Year Old DC, £2,500k a day and would shame many earning ten times that amount.

Maltriz - 30 Years Old current Captain, reliable but not a fantastic DC. This is one area I'd like to improve.

Meretta - 18 Years Old and a £2million signing plays at Senior / U21 / U19 level. Slightly out of position here but I tried him out and to get past him it's got to be really really special.

Zabaleta - Will be 25 next season and the engine of the team. I think he has two stats below 10, free kicks and flair.

Arda - Ouch £33k a day still only 22 I keep asking myself is he worth it.... Sometimes Tarik (ely on the right) can get bossed around by a good left back. Arda whilst not as exciting generally is able to compete against anyone. I need to make a decision on this guy as soon as.

Sousa - 29 now, quite high profile and gets the job done has good days and bad days. Kind of fits in with the squad as Montero comes on for him if it's not happening.

Tarik Elounoussi (Ely) - Can use either left or right foot, agile, quick, flies down the wing and it's a great sight. Sometimes gets lost against a good left back but still only 21 and that's not happening so much now.

Buval - Covering for Derds (out injured) he just isn't quite there, he's strong, he's quick, but he never really seems to quite do it for me. Derds is first choice. On a Wage Auction end of season his Wage Demand is £8k and he's on £2k, as a squad player £8k is too much so might keep him at the right price.

Wendall - At 19 was a bit of a wimp, flimsy, had the skill but first team was too much for him. Now at 20 starting to emerge, could command a very healthy fee and if he does improve much more will become truly a world class player.

Future Plans - There is no doubt that Meretta could hold the DC's spot from Maltriz but I would become concerned with having so many under 25's on the field. With Wage Auctions about to start I would really like to get Arda on a new contract and secure two mature Full Backs.

I think perhaps every team could say this but a 26 Year Old ish Superstar in the MC / AMC role would just put the icing on the cake and shoot us to greatness :p

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Meanwhile the NFA Premier League is drawing to a close. It's taking some doing staying in that position as simply my players are not as good as the rest. Rafa's small squad got him through in the end (think he has just 15 players) although injuries have been turned up their not as high as they first were. Still he's done well and had real world class quality across the pitch.

Rafa has an ageing squad though so he'll need to do something if he's going to do it again and do well in UFFA next term. A lot of the teams have fallen idle again, FM Live is a horrbile game when it's starts to go wrong (no load save games).

Dundee Rio (change it back Kev) look good for second spot, they did the double over Rafa but lost points elsewhere.

Next season is going to be hard, I know AFC Plymouth is almost up and he's a really hard team to beat and just recently strenghtnend his squad with another top class striker. Sassine FC are literally littered with stars and assuming he can guide himself through the play offs has to be aiming for a Top 3 finish.

The Jakswans? Well avoid relegation was our aim, grab a few upsets along the way would be nice, but to finish in the Top 6 as looks likely is a fantastic success.

There is still some drama left for us in the season though. I think the U21 NFA title is in the bag but we're starting to shake at U17 level.

We're still alive and well in the UFFA Youth World Championships and at the Semi Final Stage.