Subject: Bargain or Robbed? You decide

is the difference between early 16 or 17 and late 16 or 17 but trained that much ?

I guess you'd know if anyone would...

The player you bought has a great talent
But if you are training only pace it is not so worthwile buying him

I will not just be training pace anymore.

WOW!!
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You are not wrong there, but my guy cost 340k less. ;)

Imagine how good your guy could be if he has talent.......but aren't you going to train mids?

Yep, the plan is to train midfielders.

The remainder of this season will be spent selling off players, that means eeking out the last few pops & will involve some pace & tech training. This will suit the new signings.

Well I am having the same sort of quandry right now, I need to change a bit myself. Mine will be pace wise though. Or sell everybody and start a fresh......not sure what to do really.

I think your problem is that pace is harder once they get older and in higher levels. I would think you'd be anle to buy mids that are trainable for you and still stay in the prem?

This was Herbski's skills at 16 when I bought him. He had a higher value than your guy, and randomned in most things within a few weeks however.

tragic stamina, tragic keeper
adequate pace, adequate defender
poor technique, unsatisfactory playmaker
weak passing, adequate striker

Yes I could, but my thinking is that buying in high level non-trainees is just a big drain on resources.

Over time their value is likely to fall quickly & as I really want to be making money that isn't something I want to accept.

I have no plans to buy & train up a group of players like Herbski as profitable as it might be. It just takes too long, I want big profits & fast.

In a couple of seasons I will cash in the money (in theory).

Fair enough, it also makes it harder to sell players like Herbski if you have trained them for so long....you get attached to them. ;)

It does indeed.

I plan to give my theory a go at least for one season. Training pace is still an option, at least so that I can have an entire squad of trainees & judge talent on 16 year old punts.

I'm still undecided on that, it feels a bit of a waste only training 10 players, I would have to make sure I am making very big profits to make that worthwhile. Perhaps passing/defender training could achieve that.

I expect you could make some huge profits on midfielders with tech, pm, passing and defending. Then sell to pace trainers like your good self. ;)

674k, what do you reckon

Ant Mannington, age: 18
club: Celtic Wanderers, country: England
value: 100 650 £, wage: 1 245 £
very good form, tragic tactical discipline


hopeless stamina poor keeper
solid pace poor defender
poor technique excellent playmaker
solid passing excellent striker
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What was his talent?

I think a bargain anyway

You could indeed, if I picked up some talented 16 year olds & trained defender for a season I would expect to get to a high level (perhaps around outstanding-incredible).

If I was then to list these players at the end of the season while still aged 16 I would imagine most pace trainers would pay a big premium for them.