Perhaps I may do so after so many years (Because frankly unless I can get lucky and sign some good players over the next couple of seasons – I’ll be staying in D2 lol)

My tranfer house rules are probably too strict for your liking but I had to be the brakes on the way it was before (I’d bring in a whole new team come first tranfer window! – Completely realistic of course..)

(I mean with the squad I’ve got after tomorrow’s pre-2009 transfers – I’ve picked up some pretty good players, but they’re still average compared to the galacticos of my old ML team.)

The unrealism of the PES2008 transfer market is a big issue that Team Seabass has got to address, surely? The Team Ranking idea was a good one but it’s been half-arsedly implemented. Why not have a Football Manager-style system where certain players won’t come to your club no matter what, unless you’re a) in D1, b) in Europe, c) in the ECC, or whatever? That could work, but they’ll never do it, because the kids wouldn’t like it. PES has taken a turn toward the mass market with next-gen PES, no question. (No disrespect to kids – of all ages – who love to play with the best players, but those of us with hair on our chins who’ve kind of grown up with ISS/PES should be catered for too.)

Mirandinha – Postma is average by the standards of the top SBs I could get. I’m trying to make it in Master League again with a different type of team from my old one. No SB will ever come close to the greatness that was Guimaraes! That goal he scored running the length of the pitch – the one you that made you, ahem, ‘wonder’ what skill level I was playing on (it was Top Player, and that’s why next-gen PES2008 isn’t a ‘proper’ PES game) – was probably the best I scored in my last career.

What always disapointed me is how I could sign certain players that this is no way that my team could sign him.

As a case in point is I’ve started a new ML with Heracles Almelo. I’m not doing very and even though I’m only ranked 12th in the league. Its coming up to the mid-season negoiations so I was looking at who I might be able to poach from teams in my league.

So I was pretty suprised to find that league leaders top scorer Djibril Cisse had 100 by his name for potential of signing.

I mean he’d be an awesome signing for most teams and some how even though I’m 11 places below themin the league he wants to come to me (or Marseille want rid).

Its crazy, luckily my house rules won’t let me buy from teams above me. (Unless its a loan deal).

Thats the sort of thing that really bugs me!