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Old 01-03-2005, 04:15 PM   #197
tanglewood
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Originally Posted by Crapshoot
Btw, you might want to look at the free transfers in late july- in FM, very often, really good players remain unsigned and you can pick em up on the cheap. Its a bug I think, but one you can take advantage of.

Not really. In real life over the last few seasons, lots of good players are avaliable on a free right up until the season is starting. Four or five years ago it wouldn't have been the case, but now lower league clibs are much more financially stringent so quality is easy(er) to find on a free. Conversely, your chairman won't necessarily like you piling huge sums of cash on free transfers, but if it gets results.....
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