Subject: [youth] 04 March

Well, I for one am becoming sceptical of the claim that the skill level when a junior pops is his actual level. My junior this week had a quadruple pop to finish as a "very good" pull.

The problem is, he was in my training school for 21 weeks and started out unsatisfactory. He popped twice at 3 and 7 weeks under the old training rules, so his talent has to be greater than 3. And yet, 21 divided by seven.

Anyhow, here he is, not much to shout about, but hey, he has talent 3! Maybe.

Bryant el-Mubarak, age: 18

club: Gresley Rovers, country: Canada
value: 48 800 C$, wage: 1 000 C$
very good form, tragic tactical discipline
height: 181 cm

unsatisfactory stamina hopeless keeper
weak pace hopeless defender
tragic technique poor playmaker
average passing good striker

Mine dropped two levels to good this week. He will be dropped from the squad.

Howie Canestri, age: 19
club: Real Hawkes, country: Canada
value: 48 000 C$, wage: 1 000 C$
very good form, tragic tactical discipline
height: 184 cm


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

Stuart Ratté, age: 17

club: Konoha Warriors, country: Canada
value: 59 600 C$, wage: 1 120 C$
very good form, tragic tactical discipline
height: 159 cm

adequate stamina hopeless keeper
unsatisfactory pace tragic defender
hopeless technique adequate playmaker
average passing average striker



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