The derby day trauma made me fear the worst but like a benevolent old uncle PES gave me some absolute dream match ups for my next few games - space just suddenly opened up, pretty much every shot I tried from outside the box had a better than usual chance of going in, there's even a straight from kick off goal. The only thing I changed was dropping Fernandes, which dropped my team spirit by 10 points, so it really has felt like another shift of the narrative. Approaching the transfer window and I feel like I pretty much can't sign anyone - I have a fortune but every player responds that they don't feel they'd get enough playing time. It's the problem with taking on the big club job, but then again I do have regen Messi up front as he was lying around the free agent pile!
