2015 Scottish Premiership Team Guides (COMPLETED)

[fmhaberdeenfan]

Hi everyone and welcome to these posts I'll be making.

Scottish Premiership Team Guides

I'll be doing them team by team. Hope u enjoy reading them.

[fmhaberdeenfan]

FMH 15 Scottish Premiership team reports

Team One

Aberdeen!!!!

Finances

Transfer Budget: 140k

Wage Budget: 30k

Team

Goalkeepers: Two goalkeepers that are first team quality but one is a lot better than the other. Jamie Langfield who is the best of them is at an old age of 34 and turns 35 in December. I normally sign a keeper on loan. U could try and get Lee Hollis. He was great in my first season and got a few clean sheets. A goalkeeper u might want sign.

Defenders: Aberdeen have a great defence featuring Mark Reynolds, Shay Logan, Ash Taylor and Andy Considine. They will only need another defender on loan in case of injury. I recommend signing Jack Grimmer on loan. He is a great centre back.

Mark Reynolds

Midfielders: They ooze quality with Jonny Hayes, Ryan Jack, Peter Pawlett and they also have some good Young midfielders like Cammy Smith. I don't think u should sign anyone unless there is a lot of injuries.

Forwards: Aberdeen has a superb attack. David Goodwillie and Adam Rooney have formed a great partnership. Don't forget Niall McGinn is positioned an attacker on this game. Niall is actually a winger in all the Aberdeen games.

I've only signed Aloys Nong and he was very good. He is on a free transfer.

Star Players

Adam Rooney scores lots of goals

Jonny is a very versatile player. He provides assists too

Mark Reynolds is the captain. He is very solid in defence

Niall scores goals aswell as Rooney.

Ryan is a brilliant midfielder.

Adam Rooney

Niall McGinn and Jonny Hayes.

The Clubs formations

4-1-2-2

GK Langfield

DR Logan

DC Reynolds

DC Taylor

DL Considine

CM Ryan Jack

RAM Peter Pawlett

LAM Jonny Hayes

ST Niall McGinn

ST Adam Rooney

The Clubs situation...

The club is looking to finish 2nd behind Celtic and maybe secure another cup. They are in the Euro Cup qualifiers at the start of season 1.

Thankyou for reading

[Dec]

A nice effort but you could recommend signings who have worked for you, a formation and more about their situation

[Ashez]

I'd also rather in game screenshots than just ones off google etc, two or three of the key players or something similar , nice work so far though.

[fmhaberdeenfan]

A nice effort but you could recommend signings who have worked for you, a formation and more about their situation

I will do that.

I'd also rather in game screenshots than just ones off google etc, two or three of the key players or something similar , nice work so far though.

Yes I'll do that. I'm really just testing team guides. So I thought I'd try and start in the Scottish Premiership because I know quite a lot about it. Thanks

[Ashez]

No worries, it is a learning curve but we're always happy to help and here to offer advice .

[fmhaberdeenfan]

I'll edit the Aberdeen team guide in a little while. See what u think when I edit it

No worries, it is a learning curve but we're always happy to help and here to offer advice .

Thanks Ashez.

[fmhaberdeenfan]

I've edited the Aberdeen report. What do u think of it know?

[Ashez]

I found it better and more interesting .

[fmhaberdeenfan]

I found it better and more interesting .

Thankyou

[fmhaberdeenfan]

Scottish Premiership Team Guides

Team 2

Celtic.

Budgets

Team

Goalkeeper

Craig Gordon is a decent keeper and Zaluska is a fine backup. I sign a goalkeeper in season 2 for free.

Defenders

Celtic's defence is brilliant. Virgil van Dijk, Emilio Izaguirre, Efe Ambrose and many more. I never sign another defender.

Midfielders

Celtic's midfield is brilliant too. U will need to give Kris Commons a new contract. But they have got James Forrest, Scott Brown, Charlie Mulgrew(who has a green CB but I play him CM.) and many more.

Attackers

Celtic's attack is very strong. They have Stefan Scepovic, Leigh Griffiths and John Guidetti.

The team I play

4-2-2-2

GK Gordon

DR Lustig

CB van Dijk

CB Ambrose

LB Izaguirre

MC Mulgrew

MC Brown

AMR Forrest

AML Commons

ST Guidetti

ST Scepovic

Key Players

Virgil is a class defender. I tend to have a lot of interest in him from other teams.

Kris runs the show normally.

Goals Goals Goals

Who I've signed before

They have both worked.

The Clubs situation

Celtic are mostly focusing on doing well in Europe. They should win the league title.

Thankyou very much for reading and if u found this useful please give it a like.

[Ashez]

Does Guidetti need replacing after his loan? I doubt it but can they sign him at any point?

[fmhaberdeenfan]

I forgot to say i usually use Stokes, Pukki or Amido Balde in season 2 when Guidetti loan ends.

[fmhaberdeenfan]

Team 3: Dundee

T- Transfer Budget W-Wage

Manager: Paul Hartley

Finances and expectations: Respectable League Position: T:4k W:28k

Continental Qualification: T:4.2k W:30k

Winners: T:4.8k W: 34k

Training Facilities: Adequate

Stadium Capacity: 11506

Last Season: 1st Scottish Championship (Promoted)

Squad

Goalkeepers

Scott Bain

Kyle Letheren

John Bonnar

Defenders

Ben Sivewright

Willie Dyer

Matty Alan

Cammy Black

Thomas Konrad

James McPake

Cameron Kerr

Paul McGinn

Midfielders

Gary Irvine

Iain Davidson

Kevin McBride

Calvin Colquhoun

Dale Davidson

Simon Ferry

Ryan Lamond

Calum McHardy

Kevin Thomson

Andrew Black

Nicky Riley

Jim McAlister

Gary Harkins

Martin Boyle

Forwards

Paul McGowan

Philip Roberts

David Clarkson

Luka Tankulic

Lee Cameron

Thomas Carberry

Peter MacDonald

Josh Skelly

Greg Stewart

Craig Wighton

Future Signings

Try sign players on loan. Transfer budget isn't good at all. So be careful when signing someone.

Difficulty Rating 6/10

Fun Rating 7/10

Summary

Dundee are decent side in the league for just being promoted. Their transfer budget is a worry though.

Thankyou for reading and I hoped u liked it. If u found it useful please remember to comment and like.

I also have to give a special Thankyou to Ashez who helped me to do the layout

Thankyou

[fmhaberdeenfan]

Team: Dundee United

Status: Professional

Manager: Jackie McNamara

Finances and Board Expectations: Continental Qualification: T:9k W:30k

Winners: T10k W:34k

Training Facilities: Good

Squad

Goalkeepers

Radowslaw Cierzniak

Marc McCallum

Michal Szromnik

Defenders

Sean Dillon

Cammy Ballantyne

Greig McNaughton

Conor Townsend (On loan from Hull City)

Jaroslaw Fojut

Callum Morris

John Souttar

Midfielders

Keith Watson

Mark Watson

Euan Spark

Darren Petrie

Calum Butcher

Scott Allardice

Paul Paton

Scott Fraser

Evan Horne

John Rankin

Bradley Smith

Scott Smith

Gary Mackay-Steven

Stuart Armstrong

Chris Erskine

Scott Lochhead

Rafa Malaga

Blair Spittal

Charlie Telfer

Aiden Connolly

Ali Coote

Ryan Dow

Forwards

Nadir Çiftci

Mario Bilate

Jordan Moore

They have 3 strikers out on loan.

Star Players

Stuart Armstrong

Gary Mackay-Steven

Nadir Çiftci

Future Transfers

I'm not to sure but who but I would sign players on loan. They have great youth.

Difficulty: 4/10

Fun 9/10

Summary

Dundee are top team. They have an amazing youth system with Ryan Gauld coming through it. They have a very surprisingly low transfer budget.

Hope u have enjoyed reading this and have found this useful. If so please like and comment.

Thankyou

I will do the formation and team later as Im busy

[fmhaberdeenfan]

Formation and tactic

Formation 4-4-1-1

GK Cierziniak

DR Dillon

DC Morris

DC Fojut

DL Townsend

MC Rankin

MC Paton

MR Dow

ML Mackay-Steven

AMC Armstrong

ST Çiftci

If u have anything u want me to include write a comment on what u think.

[fmhaberdeenfan]

Hamilton Accies Team Guide

Manager: Martin Canning (Alex Neil on original Database)

Founded: 1874

League Objective and Finances

Stay Clear of relegation: T95k W:28k

Respectable League Position: T:100k W:29k

Continental Qualification: T:110k W:31k

Winners: T:120k W:35k

Their current wage bill is £13,440

Kits: Home Kit- Red and white stripes

        Away Kit- Black and blue stripes

Training  Facilities:  Average

Stadium: New Douglas Park- 6078 capacity

 

Players

Goalkeepers

Blair Currie: 20yrs

Darren Hill: 32yrs

Michael McGovern: 29yrs

Report

Hamiton's goalkeeper position is quite weak and their best keeper is Michael McGovern. I strongly recommend buying a goalkeeper.

Suitable Buys

Jamie MacDonald: 28yrs, Falkirk

Jack Hamilton: 20yrs, Hearts

Grant Adam: 23yrs, Free Agent

Lee Hollis: 28yrs, Free Agent

Defenders

Shaun Want: 17yrs, DR

Ziggy Gordon: 21yrs DR, DC (Dark Green), DL (Dark Green)

Aldin El Zubaidi: 19yrs, DC and DR. (On loan at Arbroath)

Stephen Hendrie: 19yrs, DL

Martin Canning: 32yrs, DC

Michael Devlin: 20yrs, DC

Jesus Garcia Tena: 24yrs, DC

Jack Harrison: 17yrs, DC

Scott McMann: 17yrs, DC

Ben Reilly: 16yrs, DC

Darren Smith: 17yrs, DC

Craig Watson: 19yrs, DC

Report

I think that Hamilton's defence are quite good. Stephen Hendrie is a great young prospect. Although they have got a lot of centre backs I think they need more quality in that position.

Suitable Buys

Sebastien Faure: 23yrs, DC, Rangers

Alim Ozturk: 21yrs, DC, Hearts

Paul Quinn: 28yrs, DR, Free Agent (Formerly of Cardiff City!)

Midfielders

Grant Gillespie: 23yrs, MC

Jack Simpson: 17yrs, MR

Ross Cunningham: 17yrs, MR

Daniel Armstrong: 18yrs, MC

Darian MacKinnon: 28yrs, MC

Jon Routledge: 24yrs, MC

Louis Longridge: 22yrs, AMR, AML

Victor Gutsul: 16yrs, AMC

Darren Lyon: 19yrs, AML, ML

Danny Redmond: 23yrs, ML

Anthony Andreu: 26yrs, MC

Ali Crawford: 22yrs, AMC

Dougie Imrie: 30yrs, AML

Report

Hamilton's midfield is quite strong. Jon Routledge has decent stats but is very cheap. Lookout for Ali Crawford is a quality AMC and will be a key member of the squad. I don't think the midfield will need a lot done.

Suitable Buys

Tope Obadeyi: 24yrs, AML, Kilmarnock

Soufian El Hassnaoui: 24yrs, AML, Hearts

Liam Craig: 27yrs, AMC, AML, ML, MC, Hibs

Martin Woods: 28yrs, MC, Free Agent

Daniel Galbraith: 23yrs, AML, Free Agent

Strikers

Jaison McGrath: 18yrs

Mikael Antoine Curier: 31yrs

Eamonn Brophy: 18yrs

Greg Docherty: 17yrs

Colin Granger: 17yrs

Andy Ryan: 19yrs

Jason Scotland: 35yrs

Ryan Tierney: 17yrs

Report

Hamilton's attacking force is one to be fearful of if playing against. Veteran striker Jason Scotland's stats are decent. Andy Ryan is definitely the one to watch because he breaks into the first team if he plays well.

Suitable Buys

James Keatings: 22yrs, Hearts

Greg Stewart: 24yrs, Dundee

Lawrence Shankland: 18yrs, Aberdeen

 

Key Players

Stephen Hendrie: A wonderkid in the Scottish Premiership

Anthony Andreu: Brilliant midfielder who can score and defend well

Ali Crawford: Plays brilliant behind the strikers

 

Recommended Team

 

McGovern

Gordon  Devlin  Garcia Tena Hendrie

Imrie Andreu Longridge

Crawford

Ryan      Scotland

 

Situation

Hamilton Accies are in the Premiership after beating Hibs in the play off final. They have a awesome team for just getting promoted. Their finances aren't bad and they've got some brilliant young players.

Team Ratings

Team Rating: 7/10

Fun Rating: 8/10

Summary

Hamilton Accies are looking for a good first season back in the top flight. With brilliant youth players the team will be one of the best teams in 2 years. You will need to be ready to handle some hard matches but will win lots.

Thankyou's

I would like to thank everyone who has read this and feedback is really appreciated. Thankyou!

[JustM1kePlays]

Great write up ABER! I have never really managed in Scotland so I'm looking forward to the rest of your guides to see who I'd like to be.

On a side note - Im not to sure how it looks on the full site but it looks a little all over the place on the mobile site. Like you have centered some of it but missed other bits out.

[fmhaberdeenfan]

Thanks M1ke

[fmhaberdeenfan]

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

By fmhaberdeenfan

 

Introduction

Inverness CT were formed in 1994 when two clubs in the Highland League were put together. The teams were called Caledonian and Inverness Thistle. The club was formed with their target being an application for a place in the Scottish Football League. There was two vacancies at the time. They were successful and were placed in the Scottish Third Division. In the 2009-10 season Inverness CT won the Scottish Division one league and got promoted to the top tier. In March 2014 they reached their first ever major cup final. They played Aberdeen but were beaten on penalties!
 

Club Information

Manager: John Hughes

League Objective and Finances: Respectable League Position T:1k W:28k

                                                                 Continental Qualification: T:1.1k W:30k

                                                    Winners: T:1.2k W:34k

Current Wage Bill: £17,780

Training Facilities: Average

Stadium: Caledonian Stadium

Stadium Capacity: 7750

Kits: Home: Mostly blue with bits of red. Away: Mostly black 

Players

Goalkeepers (3)

Ryan Esson, 34yrs

Dean Brill, 28yrs

Cameron Mackay, 17yrs

 

Report: Inverness have a fine goalkeeper in Dean Brill but with Ryan Esson ageing and Cameron Mackay not looking like being a huge prospect i would strongly recommend to buy a keeper.

Who to Buy? Lee Hollis, 28yrs, Free Agent

 

Defenders (10)

David Raven, 29yrs

Graeme Shinnie, 22yrs  (Joining Aberdeen at end of season)

Gary Warren, 29yrs

Josh Meekings, 21yrs

Daniel Devine, 21yrs

Carl Tremarco, 28yrs

Chris Brown, 17yrs

Kane Hull, 17yrs

Calum Howarth, 18yrs

Ryan Baptie, 19yrs

 

Report: ICT are very good in defence and probably will not need anyone.

Who to buy? Jack Grimmer, 20yrs, Fulham

 

Midfielders (15)

James Vincent, 24yrs

Ross Draper, 25yrs

Richie Foran, 34yrs

Aaron Doran, 23yrs

Nick Ross, 23yrs

Marley Watkins, 23yrs

Greg Tansey, 25yrs

Lewis Horner, 22yrs

Danny Williams, 26yrs

Liam Polworth, 19yrs

Ryan Christie, 19yrs

Jason Brown, 18yrs

Struan McArthur, 17yrs

Blair MacLennan, 17yrs

Stephen Rennie, 17yrs

 

Report: ICT midfield boasts quality. The youngster Ryan Christie is a great player and has a great future. Aaron Doran is very creative and is one of the best players in the Scottish Premiership.

Who to buy? Nobody their midfield already is class.

 

Forwards (5)

Billy McKay, 25yrs (Will be at Wigan after transfer update)

Alisdair Sutherland,  17yrs

Calum Ferguson, 19yrs

Jaime Wilson, 16yrs

Chris Blackett, 17yrs

 

Report: ICT will have nobody good to play upfront after the transfer update. U will urgently need to sign a striker.

 

Strengths

• Quality midfield
• Solid Defence
• Great youth

Weaknesses

•  Strikeforce
• Not a good backup keeper

​Ratings

Squad: 8/10

Fun: 8/10

Summary

ICT are a fine team pushing for Europe. With great youth it will be a great career for u if u are looking to do a long career.

Thankyou for reading and please remember to leave a comment

                             

[Dec]

Nice guide, a lot better than when you started . I like the ratings. Maybe not make the whole article blue, just headers so it is broken up a bit?

[fmhaberdeenfan]

Nice guide, a lot better than when you started . I like the ratings. Maybe not make the whole article blue, just headers so it is broken up a bit?

Thanks. I'll just make the headings blue next Time.

[BordersPaul]

Played two seasons with ICT recently. Marley Watkins is good up front too (seen you had him in midfield), Billy McKay is a bit of a goal machine too but as you say he'll be down South when the update comes.

[fmhaberdeenfan]

Played two seasons with ICT recently. Marley Watkins is good up front too (seen you had him in midfield), Billy McKay is a bit of a goal machine too but as you say he'll be down South when the update comes.

McKay will be a big loss

[fmhaberdeenfan]

The rest of the team guides will have all January transfers on it

[fmhaberdeenfan]

Kilmarnock

Team guide by fmhaberdeenfan

 

Introduction

Kilmarnock were founded in 1869 making them the oldest team in the Scottish Premiership. Also known as Killie the team are based in East Ayrshire.

General Info

Manager: Allan Johnson

Transfer Budget: 95K

Wage Budget: 32k (Current Wages: 23k

Board Expectations: Winners/ Respectable League position

Stadium: Rugby Park, 18,128

Training  Facilities:  Average

Last Season: 9th

Squad

Goalkeepers: (3) Craig Samson, Conor Brevlin and Devlin McKay .  Rating: 5

 

Defenders: (11) Ross Barbour, Mark Connolly, Lee Ashcroft, Darryl Westlake, Chris Chantler, Mark O' Hara, Mark Thompson,  Adam Hodge, David Syme, Dean Hawkshaw and Sam Lidington. Rating:5

 

Midfielders: (11) Jamie Hamill, Sammy Clingan, Paul Cairney, Euan Smith, Tope Odebayi, Craig Slater, Alexei Eremenko, Manuel Pascali, Aaron Splaine, Jack Whittaker, Greg Taylor.  Rating: 6

 

Attackers: (7) Rory McKenzie, Josh Magennis, Lee Miller, Chris Johnston, Michael Ngoo, Scott McLean and Dylan Pooler. Rating: 7

(Ratings out of 10)

Strengths

·       Strikeforce

·       Decent Midfield

·       Some good players

Weaknesses

·       Weak Goalkeepers

·       Weak defence

Suitable Players To Buy

Goalkeepers: Conrad Logan, Leicester City

Leo Fasan, Celtic

Lee Hollis, Free Agent

 

Defenders: Coll Donaldson, QPR

Eoghan O'Connell, Celtic

Liam Dick, Falkirk

Paul Quinn, Free Agent

 

Midfielders: Jay Fulton, Swansea

Filip Twardzik, Celtic

Daniel Galbraith, Free Agent

 

Attackers:  Greg Stewart, Dundee

Lawrence Shankland, Aberdeen

Star Players

·       Lee Ashcroft

·       Mark O'Hara

·       Alexei Eremenko

·       Robbie Muirhead

 

 

 

Starting XI and Formation

4-2-2-2

Samson

Chantler  O'Hara   Ashcroft   Barbour

Eremenko  Slater

Cairney                                       Kiltie

Miller     Magennis

Average Rating

After the ratings I gave every position in the team the teams average is...

5.75

Chance of success

They have a slim chance of success with their only chances being the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.

Ratings

Fun Rating: 6/10

Difficulty: 7/10

Summary

Kilmarnock are going to be looking at having a solid league position. With some decent players it's your task to take them back to success.

 

 

Thankyou for reading and please remember to leave a comment.

[Dec]

Really enjoying these, though the standard text is too big. Just leave that size as default else it takes too long to scroll down for no reason.

[fmhaberdeenfan]

Okay I'll leave them to default next time. It's great u are enjoying the team guides. There will be more team guides once the Scottish Premiership teams are finished.

[fmhaberdeenfan]

The size is changed

[LordArcoDW]

Ratings system is real class mate, really an enjoyable yet informative Spl Guide