I've hit a bit of a rough patch with Feyenoord in a new-ish game I started with them (FM09). First season, about 18 games in, I think, and I'm fifth. It's incredibly close for second place, though - only 2 points separating the teams from second to sixth. I'm quite pleased with my main purchases, though: Brazillian wingers Mota (from some Korean team for 1 mil) and Alex (from Internacional for 4.9 mil - he's been my player of the season so far, racking up 10 goals and 10 assists). Ajax will obviously win the league, being about 10 points ahead of anybody else. It doesn't help that Huntelaar is by far the best forward in the league, and that they have funds to buy the likes of de Jong (10.5 mil from HSV). Ah well.
I'm hoping to slowly bring some of the more promising youngsters into the first team over the next season or two. My transfer priorities for next season have to be a goalkeeper (to replace 36-year old Henk Timmer) and a DM (to replace 34-year old van Bronkhorst). I'm thinking of going for Velthuizen (partly because he seems to be the best young Dutch keeper around), but unsure about the DM; if Heerenveen finish low enough (they're struggling at 16th atm), I might be able to swoop in for Rafael Carioca even though he only joined in January. This also obviously depends on how high I finish - I'm still optimistic about 2nd, which would mean a CL place (or qualifier - I can't exactly remember).