Anybody know, does a history of being a Rovers season ticket holder (But not this season or last) enable me to get a ticket for the game? I've been to about half a dozen games this year, but not kept the ticket stubs...

My Gainsborough team are going from strength to strength (Promoted to the Prem now), and I have to highly recommend a few players to you all. I'm not a hundred percent sure that two of them are there at the start of the game, but they are: Benoit Castil (Amazing young goalkeeper...only 23 at present in my game, in 2011, and looks set to become the best goalie in the game...got him at 4.6 mill), Junior (A brazilian forward...can't remember the club right now, but a fine player- better than Vucinic, who I saw somebody mention), Rodolfo Soares (Excellent Brazilian defensive midfielder) and last but not least, Marco Danili. Danili has for me been the pick of the bunch. In the first game I started him, he scored a hat trick and got a 10. He then did exactly the same in the next game. I thought it would peter out then, but in the next game he scored FOUR goals and got a 10. Then in the next game he scored ANOTHER hat trick and got a 10!! No cheating whatsoever. After that he just got 8's for a few games and scored a goal a game, then finally stopped scoring temporarily. I've never seen anything like it, and the guy is lazy apparently so I probably won't see it again. But put simply- get him. He should be at Torino. Cost me a pretty penny but worth them all. Only 22 at present in my game- finishing 20, heading about 16, jumping about 18, high dribbling, high first touch...just a damn fine young player. Was well above his level playing in the Championship.

I was pretty happy when Bolton got relegated on mine. But then they got promoted again, and Blackburn got relegated. Was tempted to take over the reins at Blackburn and revive them, but that would have made my endeavours with mighty Gainsborough pointless. Oh, and in addendum to the above post, it isn't quite a diamond formation I play, since the attacking mid is a normally positioned mid who makes forward runs.

Am I the only person that felt that Lucas Neill was a bloody defensive liability last night??

Fat Sam used to love to go on about how little was at his disposal, but he doesn't seem to bother anymore. He just moans about the fact that he's a fat frog-faced (Please don't use that word again) stops him getting more glamorous jobs. Can't stand the man. Or Ferguson. And Steve Bruce is pretty damned irritating too.

The sensor arrays are a damned pain, aye. Andy is pretty spot on about the lower leagues. I started the game with Gainsborough Trinity in Conference North, and it's now the end of the 2009/2010 season and I've just finished top of League One by about 14 points or something. It's very easy to get going if you know what you're doing. Some tips for starting from the bottom: 1. Shift the deadwood. I had some defenders on like, 200 quid a week (At that level, wayyyyyyyy too much) who had tackling of 2. These players need to be evacuated quickly (I even found one like that who was already contracted til 2009!!). If you can't find buyers- and there's a good chance you can't- then offer them to clubs at bugger all. Also, try to play them in friendlies. Those games count as first team matches and another club might notice the player. 2. Look for players on frees, and on loan, that will improve your first team and your squad. Look for players from higher leagues on loan, and more often than not you don't have to give ANY wage contribution. Loans were key to my early successes- free transfers key to my later successes. There's no question about it, as a lower league club (especially conference north) you HAVE to scout thoroughly. A lot of players' stats don't even show up initially! A good tip for the early days is going to higher league (sometimes even your own league) clubs and scouting your way through their whole reserve teams. These players are easier to get and will play at what is really below their level a lot. If you need specific names, look for Hameur Bouzza at Watford, if he falls out of favour like on mine. Within a year I had teams offering me almost 2 million for him (Which I rejected to ensure I got out of the National...and now I can't sell the git). 3. Selling players. If you want to get ridiculous amounts, you'll often find you can get nearly double what a club will usually pay if you're willing to accept the cash over the course of two months. An excellent cash cow for me especially when getting promoted is to sell off a star player who maybe can't cut it anymore, in a 24-month spread deal (For instance, I sold Terry Barwick- look him up to see how crap he is- for 1.2 million...he's now back to being valued at 8k...I immediately replaced him with 3 vastly superior players for free). If you're desperate for cash, then ask for a bit up front, but your club's financial security can be guaranteed for years with deals like this. Any defensive mid who is actually played in between the defence and midfield WILL play amazingly. These high average ratings should enable you to sell them for a lot, and quality defensive mids are surprisingly easy to get on frees I found. 4. Friendlies! Yes, friendlies are, at the lower levels, perhaps THE best source of income you can dream for. A home game against a Championship side (and once you're in the conference national I think theyll pretty much all accept friendlies) nets you 35k I think it is. You can play pretty much as many of these friendlies as you have the patience for before the season starts. The only better source of income I found in these pre-professional days was a good FA Cup run. 5. Contracts. Keeping your wage bill down below the board's crappy permitted level will probably prove impossible (though you're highly unlikely to get sacked for that fact if the club's finances are good). But a good way to help is to offer players contracts even if they're not due one, with reduced wages. They're shockingly willingly to accept crap contracts at times. If a player is a squad player only, feel free to offer them MAXIMUM goal and assist bonuses they'll never cash in on in exchange for reduced wages. Defenders and defensive midfielders in particular should be offered these...hell, even goalies. Release fee clauses will also reduce the wages they're willing to take. In the case of star players, you could offer them promotion wage rises if you're going up, as you can afford them next year much easier. And if you're not going up, who cares! Another little trick is to offer new contracts to players who have promotion wage rises if you've suddenly got a great chance of promotion. 6. Media. To improve your profile, pick a fight with big bosses (Particularly Allardyce and Ferguson!!! GRR!!). Aside from filling you personally with joy, your profile shoots up (meaning better job offers), and more to the point- your players will love it! Do this regularly and with impunity. And if say, Colin Hendry is around, praise him...and he'll praise you back. As a side note, I'm fairly sure that my constant goading of Ferguson while the pressure was on him at United got him the sack Follow these tips for financial stability, particularly in the lower leagues, and snag the best players you can on frees! I've shot through the leagues like this, and I don't think it's just because of my diamond formation.