More Friendlies, More Signings

By: Tom B | November 17th, 2009

Hello,

So I have been exploiting my huge wage budget by hitting up a couple of quality free signings.

First, I hit up Gauthier Diafutua, a pacy striker who is French of Congolese descent. He was born in Levallois-Perret, a community in the North-West of Paris. He’ll pack a threat from outside the box, with long shots of 16, however, I don’t think he is intelligent enough to play as a link up striker, instead I think I’ll keep him as an advanced striker (or even poacher), with long shots set to high. I’m only paying him €350 a week, so if he sits out matches when I choose to use 1 striker, so be it.

The other player I signed, who is quite an exciting prospect, is Jean-Baptiste Paternotte. He is a 28, from the north of France, in a city of 100 000 people called Compiègne.

He will become my Jamie Carragher. What he lacks in pace and capacity with the ball at his feet, he makes up for in mental attributesm ability to read the game, organise the defence and win the ball back. He is the archetypal “limited defender”. The fans were very excited with him as a prospect, exhalting me with adulation.

I’ve settled on a tried and true 4-4-2, with some quite good results against Ligue 2 opposition, and even beating Olympique de Marseille’s reserve side.

I’m still in the hunt for a central midfielder, a fullback and a right winger, but I now have 3 servicable strikers, which is a huge improvement on the 1 I started with.

Finally, I have Joel Kiki on trial at the minute, and was wondering if you guys thought he was worth signing? He’s young, almost as good as Paternotte, but I’m just unsure as to whether I want another “uncultured” defender in my ranks. He’s asking for €350 a week, which isn’t very much, but I’m not sure he’s adding much to the squad either.