Subject: Training opinion help

I've got this guy, and I don't know what to do with him. He is a 3.0 YS talent. I have currently 9 full-time trainees, and another defender that I've been double training on friendly days. ALL of my trainees have better than 4.0 YS talent, so I don't have any junk.

I have a dilemma. I can either keep this guy playing part-time with the defender and get him like 50% training or so, or I can sell him. OR I can sell another trainee (I have a 21 year old that I'm never going to turn into a ML starter) once he gets a pop or two and turn Billy into a full-time trainee. If he were 18 or 17 or 16, it would be a no-brainer. The question is, is a 19 year old ridiculously talented trainee worth a full-time training spot?

Your assistance is appreciated.

Billy Brillant, age: 19
Value: 39250 $, wage: 700 $
Team: Nanook of the North, country: USA
Form: solid

Tactical Discipline: adequate (1 Exp, 12 TW)

Stamina: average, Keeper: tragic
Pace: average, Defender: good
Technique: average, Playmaker: average
Passing: unsatisfactory, Striker: poor


Pop (Training Increases) History
Total of 6 in 11 weeks with team Nanook of the North: 1.8 Weeks/Pop
Total Pace Pops: 1 (12-Jun-08)
Total Technique Pops: 1 (15-May-08)
Total Passing Pops: 1 (22-May-08)
Total Defender Pops: 1 (01-May-08)
Total Playmaker Pops: 1 (17-Apr-08)
Total Striker Pops: 1 (24-Apr-08)


Training History
Pace: 1.8
Technique: 0.8
Passing: 0.7
Playmaking: 0.2
GTF of 0.58 (based on the total effective training of 3.5 in the 2 weeks trained with the club at least 50.0% and 6 total pops)


Junior History with Club
Initial Skill: 5, Final Skill: 8 (+33.33%), weeks in Juniors: 6
Talent in Juniors: 3 weeks/pop


(Player posting generated by Sokker Manager)

I'd sell the never-will-be 21 year old and get this guy to training full time.

Even at 19, I would go with him. Sell the 21 yo for a proffit and train him.

I would sell Billy AND the 21 yo.

I don't think I can get enough $$ for a 19 year old with those stats. No one will pay me ENOUGH of a premium for a 3.0 talent.... How could I sell him for $5k or something and let someone else turn him into a $3m player?

Does it really matter when you can make 3m+ off a better player?

If I sell the 21 year old for $3m, how do I turn that into $6m? (Nanook looks around confused, hoping for guidance and/or booze).

by training a new trainee instead of Billy

Whats the difference in turning a 5K trainee into 3M or turning a 3M trainee into 6M?

takes the same amount of time

Maybe this will help:

Lucky at 17yo

Luke Vandermeer, age: 17
value: 55 750 $, wage: 850 $

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

Lucky at 19 yo

Luke Vandermeer, age: 19
value: 202 000 $, wage: 1 275 $
club: Grenadier FC, country: USA
unearthly form, solid tactical discipline


very good stamina, average keeper
solid pace, weak defender
adequate technique, weak playmaker
adequate passing, formidable striker

*looks at Bo's skills and smiles*

What I meant is, the $3m 21 year old is talented, so there would be no reason to sell him to buy another talented trainee. Just because he won't start for me doesn't mean he's not a good trainee - he was a 3.75 YS talent when I bought him, and is popping like hotcakes since. It is just that I have better 20 year olds at his position....

Your guy at 19 is way better than Billy, though.

Billy's an American, train him!

me me me

If someone gave me decent money (he is a 3.0), I'd think about selling him. Hence option #1 on my poll.

That is a tough poll. Especially since you train MID and he has that unsatisfactory passing. I'd take him as a striker trainee if he was younger.