Competitions

3 Liga. We are 11th at the half way point 8 points ahead of 16th place Dresden and 14 points off Stuttgart, Aue and Aalen are the surprising top 2 with Bielefeld and Heidenheim in the relegation zone.

Dfb-Pokal. Knocked out by Ingolstadt in the first round.

Transfers in

NDicka from Auxerre swap deal with Kobylanski - Promising youngster who can play in both central midfield and defence.

Korber from Hertha Berlin £1,050,000 - Joined after being on loan last season and will act as starting keeper.

Jeannot and Nitriansky from free agents - Jeannot is back up in defence while Nitriansky will play in the central attacking midfielder position.

Transfers out

Cueto to Unterhaching £370,000 - not needed as a back up on the wing with more promising youth players coming through.

Mai to Sandhausen £1,100,000 - decent money for a 67 Overall plus we had NDicka.

Ruhle to Aue £680,000 - Back up player but was in similar position to Cueto.

Scherder to Aalen £570,000 - With Richter able to play as a CB and Jeannot signing, we didn't really need him.

Youth Academy

Turkish Players

Kemal Ozsoy RM, OVR 58, POT 85-94

Ahmet Oztorun LM, OVR 55, POT 71-87

Bulent Cakmak CM, OVR 56, POT 80-94

Polish

Damian Kwiatkowski LW, OVR 54, POT 81-87

New Zealand players

Ed Cooper LB, OVR 61, POT 91-94

Patrick Kelly CM, OVR 59, POT 81-91

Liam Martin LW, OVR 62, POT 79-94

Austrian

Gabriel Gruber RM, OVR 60, POT 80-86

Moritz Pichler has probably been removed from the game but I am searching every so often.

Promoted youth players

Austrians

Adrian Binder LW/LM, 68 OVR, Has potential to be special

Ernst Hintermaier, RW/LM/CM, OVR 62, No potential status

Valentin Berger, RB/LB, OVR 64, Exciting prospect

Americans

George Michaels LM, OVR 58, Too lowly rated for potential status

Evan Morgan ST/CF, OVR 64, Showing great potential

Andrew Michaels CF/ST, OVR 62, Showing great potential

Polish

Wiktor Kaczmarek RB, OVR 61, Showing great potential

Andrzej Krawczyk GK, OVR 60, Has potential to be special

Germans

Patrick Richter LB/CB, OVR 64, No potential status

Erich Ludwig RM/LM, OVR 62, Showing great potential

Sebastian Albrecht CM/CAM, OVR 60, Showing great potential

What has your youth name experiences been like this year, I have noticed a few new names in Austria this year ?