Midfielders
11. Nikola Drincic DM/MC
The man, the myth, the legend, the rocket powered freekicks. Okay, so most of them just decapitate someone standing in the wall, but they look good when they work. Alternating between MC and DM, the 25 year old had a tremendous first season, scoring 5 and providing 22 assists in his 40 official games (averaging comfortably over 7). A key part of the Montenegrin future, he also studied Advanced Pointing under Bruce Dickinson, as can be seen in his photo.
4. Aleksandar Petrovic (DM)
That might be a picture of our Alex, or it might be another one with the same name, hard to tell. A tough tackling 27 year old DM - a little too tough tackling at times, nasty habit of getting booked and then sent off - Alex was another who averaged over 7 on the run to the GWC Final. Has found himself pushed out a little following Drincic's move to DM following other signings, but definitely has a future for another season at least.
7. Mehmed Alispahic AMRC
The 22 year old Bosnian midfielder (master of kung-fu football by the looks of it) was something of a revelation in the first season, seeing off Milos Bosancic (all the way to another club) and defying the odds to more or less nail down a first team spot, making 34 official appearances, averaging over 7 and chipping in with 10 assists. Recent signings have put his place under further threat, but knowing Mehmed he'll just up his game. Would take a big offer to prise him away from the Carnage Bowl.
27. Stefan Ilic (AMLC)Young Stefan (20) progressed above expectations in his first season. Signed primarily to be a bit of exeperience in an otherwise young youth set up, he has come off the bench to some effect for the seniors, with 3 goals from his 8 appearances (4 of them as sub). A tremendous prospect, smothered in green arrows and with double digit attributes pretty much across the board, Stefan is another likely to be around for a while despite his Serbianity. Oh, that's a picture of one of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's cars. Came up on a Google Image search for "Stefan Ilic Football" for some reason.
36. Eldin Stanic (AMRC/FC)Despite having been around since the start, I'll have to bow to the Internet's greater knowledge and accept that little 15 year old Eldin is a regen. Progressing well though, with dependable U21 performances against players generally a fair bit older than him (have only just assembled the younger levels of team for competition). Another flying the Bosnian flag for Strathcarnage, and unlikely to move without a hefty cash incentive (for me).
25. Novica Jovicevic (AMRC)Novica is definitely a regen, having arrived from the Carnagecademy with an initial assessment of 2.5 stars of potential. Now showing 3.5 stars at 92%, he's been putting in the performances to justify it, scoring some lusty goals along the way. Averaging way over 7 across his U21 season (not bad for a 16 year old playing against big, mean 21 year olds), Novica should be ready for the step up to 1st team squad in a couple of seasons.
26. Srdjan Pejovic (DM)Srdjan was snaffled from the transfer market for £75k. Possibly over the odds, but young (15) DMs with solid attributes were few and far between (of course the Academy hatched one the very next day, but no matter). Capable and feisty, Srdjan will be left to ripen in the youth set up for a few seasons now (previous club had been playing him 1st team, no doubt in an effort to get his MV up. We'll have none of that malarkey here, thankyouverymuch).
26. Ivan Suskavcevic (DM)And the next day, out popped Ivan from the Academy Hatchery. A year older than Pejovic, and not as talented, he's nevertheless some welcome youth DM cover.
Next up: Forwards. Then a catch up on Academy hatchlings and a big signing!
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