Ern Dog
Championship
- 23 October 2009
With the next PES release imminent and being a ML enthusiast I am getting excited about starting a new ML, it also has had me thinking about past ML players. There have probably been a few threads like this in the past but I am just wondering about other peoples favorite signings, I dont mean buying in Kaka, Messi, Ronaldo.... But players you got as youths or a cheaper player whos stats may not have been impressive at first glance but the combination of the decent ones made them a very good player for a particular posistion.
My all time favorite signing was Corini in PES5. I needed a DMF to phase in to replace my current ageing one. I got him at 17 for free, he was not my first choice but lack of money and other players not wanting to join my club forced me into it. He had a playmaker star but his stats were not too great apart from long passing.
A mistake when selecting my bench for a big game left me with no choice but to give him his debut as a sub, we were 1 goal up with 30 mins or so left, I needed a DMF for safety and on he came. I was very surprised how well he played considering his stats, he held position well providing cover, had decent control when not under too much pressure and was able to play neat passes forward. This steady debut led me to fast track him and he was constantly a featured sub and occasional starter.
At about 19 his mentality began to change, his long passing at this age was alreay into the 90's & his technique was 80's and he started started to pop up in more advanced posistions in attacking situations, his playmaker star and sharp passing now took on a new dimension and he was often found playing in my forwards and wingers around the box.
As he advanced into his early 20s his development rocketed, he became a Stevie G type player. His range of passing was outstanding, he was able to play very short lobbed passes that I never seen from any other of my players, these were lethal around the box and he got many assists. He also turned into a goal scorer and I can remember him getting a hat trick and winning a game against Man U 3 - 2 pretty much by himself. His free kicks were also very accurate.
He was ever present in my team, had excellent condition & stamnina, and went on till he was 30 odd. When he got around this age, starting at late 20s I began to drop him a bit deeper and have him hold more, but his attacking instincts were still there and he could always be seen popping up in the box when the pressure was on to grab a late equalizer or winner.
He won many overall player awards and a few assist leaders also. I built my team around him when we were struggling in the 2nd div and as captain he lead us to promotion and premier league & champions league glory many times.
Never had a player quite that good since, not one that I kept from 17 to retirement anyway.
Edit: also just remembered that he was not a money hungry whore, I think he was 350 when i originally signed him and never demanded much more than that through out his career.
My all time favorite signing was Corini in PES5. I needed a DMF to phase in to replace my current ageing one. I got him at 17 for free, he was not my first choice but lack of money and other players not wanting to join my club forced me into it. He had a playmaker star but his stats were not too great apart from long passing.
A mistake when selecting my bench for a big game left me with no choice but to give him his debut as a sub, we were 1 goal up with 30 mins or so left, I needed a DMF for safety and on he came. I was very surprised how well he played considering his stats, he held position well providing cover, had decent control when not under too much pressure and was able to play neat passes forward. This steady debut led me to fast track him and he was constantly a featured sub and occasional starter.
At about 19 his mentality began to change, his long passing at this age was alreay into the 90's & his technique was 80's and he started started to pop up in more advanced posistions in attacking situations, his playmaker star and sharp passing now took on a new dimension and he was often found playing in my forwards and wingers around the box.
As he advanced into his early 20s his development rocketed, he became a Stevie G type player. His range of passing was outstanding, he was able to play very short lobbed passes that I never seen from any other of my players, these were lethal around the box and he got many assists. He also turned into a goal scorer and I can remember him getting a hat trick and winning a game against Man U 3 - 2 pretty much by himself. His free kicks were also very accurate.
He was ever present in my team, had excellent condition & stamnina, and went on till he was 30 odd. When he got around this age, starting at late 20s I began to drop him a bit deeper and have him hold more, but his attacking instincts were still there and he could always be seen popping up in the box when the pressure was on to grab a late equalizer or winner.
He won many overall player awards and a few assist leaders also. I built my team around him when we were struggling in the 2nd div and as captain he lead us to promotion and premier league & champions league glory many times.
Never had a player quite that good since, not one that I kept from 17 to retirement anyway.
Edit: also just remembered that he was not a money hungry whore, I think he was 350 when i originally signed him and never demanded much more than that through out his career.
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I never replaced him and retired his playing number. This was a big loss but also a great source of motivation and inspiration for the team and we decided we would win the league for Jaric!
) with Ronnie. The flip flap when timed correctly was a thing of beauty.
Don't get me started on this guy!
