Brian Davis wrote:Svein66 wrote:How to build a team this way??
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Most people would surely say NO. But, as you reminded me recently, players here usually have only one season, even half-season contracts and changing clubs is, I guess, easier and more common than in Europe.
Let`s look at UDFC and building a team. In 2012 they finished 3rd in the league and could/should have kept the best players, got in some better players and made both the team and squad stronger. But they didn`t. Instead they signed 23 new players and let 22 go.
In 2013 they finished 2nd in the league, and again they could/should have kept the best ones and signed better players, but again, the changed almost the entire squad. 29 players in, 37 out.
In 2014 they finshed 2nd again, and they should have learned something from previous seasons, and kept the best players and signed better ones, both for getting a stronger team and a stronger squad.
But again, they fail to do so. 18 players are signed so far in 2015, many of them from other clubs in Division 2.
It looks as only 5 players from last season are being kept, one of them after only playing 4 (2+2) matches and who are far from being amongst the best players.
The 3 players signed yesterday, who`s said to come from Assumption College Sriracha, might not even come from a league club. There`s a 2nd Division club in Bagkok named Assumption United, and if it`s not that club they mean, the 3 is coming from a non-legue club. I don`t see any of those 3 being better, or as good as, the best players that has left UDFC in the last few weeks.
I really hope that UDFC will get promotion this season, but in my view, there`s nothing promising shown by the club or team yet. They beat Muang Thong United in a friendly, but there was at least 3 foreigners playing that still ain`t a UDFC-player, and they might never be.
To get into Champions League this season, UDFC will have to be better than last season. Possibly much better, as Khon Kaen, Roi Et, Ubon UMT and maybe 1 or 2 others will be fighting for the 2 (3?) places in Champions League. It will be, without a doubt, the strongest league in RL`s history, and to qualify for CL, you`ll need a very good team.
In a month, after 2-3 matches, we`ll now more about how our chances for promotion will be...
