Subject: New To Sokker

Hi guys, I stumbled upon Sokker a few days ago and was wondering what advice on not to do. I checked the Newbie Canada forum but it looks like it's inactive...

Fehu already contacted me on opening up a youth school which sounds interesting but I don't know how to run one. What minimum trainer skill do I need to be my youth coach? How many spots do I keep open?

Is balancing the finances hard? Sorry for the noob questions...

don't open quite now the youth school, and don't extend your stadium.
to have a decent youth school, you need a decent coach, let's say an incredible or brilliant coach, with salary around 25 000 $ per week. i advice you to open it only when you afford such a trainer.

Thank you. I guess I'll try to win some games first.

buy some young players to be trained and some old guys to help you win matches.
what do you want to train?

Probably stamina as no one on my team has any. I have bought some young players to replace my old ones and I guess it's the end of the season so I will have some friendlies to test my tactics. Although my next match is a tough opponent.

if you keep those youngsters a bit longer, then stamina is ok. otherwise i advice you to train something else, like pace.

Yeah. I was thinking Stamina then Pace then Technique depending on the team. I just read that stamina the whole team gets training so with my terrible starter trainers I thought that would get the most training.

Do not be mislead :), open the school because a great 16 years can come to the beginning of the season !!!

Buddy, how are you supposed to advise this ..... Buy the young and train them running! In this league you will win it anyway. Do not waste any money on old players absolutely! They will eat a high salary and a training slot.

Buddy, how are you supposed to advise this ..... Buy the young and train them running! In this league you will win it anyway. Do not waste any money on old players absolutely! They will eat a high salary and a training slot.

Lord Legolas plays in Belgium and does not understand that every average Canadian from a junior school will be bought and trained. Lord Lord is not Belgium :)

we train stamina only between seasons in seasons

with not a decent trainer, the YS is useless. if he waits some time, he can afford a good coach.

is to open a junior school today for 3 weeks. The coach does not matter for such a time. When he turns 16, junior is lucky and will earn a lot.

Hi Subaru, welcome to Sokker!

I would give you some free tips :)

- Managing the tactics can give you a good advantage over your opponents. Make your own tactic, watch the games and adapt it to your players.

- Don't waste the money until you know how things work here.

- When your are done with the game, read the rules carefully in the part you want to improve. Training is usually the best part to invest, and youth school can be interesting specially at the beginning of the season, but it's a lottery after all.

Good luck, and have fun :)

Thanks for the help all. I think I understand a little bit. Hopefully I'll have some questions soon!

Imo invest in 16-19 year olds, train pace+def, or pace+playmaker (with decent technique+passing) or train an attacker pace+attack (and have him on decent technique).

Then when they are 21-22 sell them.
For example with a defender you can buy them at 18 years old for 5-50k with having solid pace and solid defense. Train pace for 2 seasons to get it up to at least brilliant (14)(pref magical (15) and then train def for 2 seasons to also get it up to brilliant(14)(pref magical(15).

You can now sell this 18 year old for 2-6million depending on his secondary skills.

If possible try to find these kinds of 18 year olds (if you want to train defenders, someone else should chime in if you want to train midfielders or attackers. Maybe it would be better for Canada since I already train defenders).

Solid pace. Solid def
Weak+ technique Poor+ playmaker
Weak+ passing.

If you buy a player like that, you can sell him for 3+ mil in 4seasons
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