Subject: Youths

I have a 16y/o in 4 weeks who hopefully will be good to train. Other than that I think I am waiting till 1st week of next season for a decent looking 17y/o to exit the academy.

Came out as magical - what a devastating skill distribution!

Mark Buckeridge, age: 20
club: HDFC Phoenix, country: Cymru
value : 111 300 £
wage: 1 455 £
very good [9] form
tragic [0] tactical discipline
height: 170 cm, weight: 72 kg, BMI: 24.91

unsatisfactory [2] stamina hopeless [1] keeper
hopeless [1] pace excellent [10] defender
weak [4] technique excellent [10] playmaker
excellent [10] passing very good [9] striker

He's 20 but even so that pace is a tough pill to swallow.

Raymond Woodroffe, age: 17
club: HDFC Phoenix, country: Cymru
value : 11 400 £
wage: 300 £
very good [9] form
tragic [0] tactical discipline
height: 190 cm, weight: 84.6 kg, BMI: 23.43

hopeless [1] stamina tragic [0] keeper
hopeless [1] pace weak [4] defender
tragic [0] technique adequate [6] playmaker
weak [4] passing tragic [0] striker

Came out as average, again a tough distribution but will list him and see if anyone is interested. Buckeridge I'll keep and just try and get as much pace into him as I can - he's got a talent of 3.8 so should still be trainable but he's got a very low starting point.

On another point though, the bot teams have taken in some new young players - I checked last week and there was nothing but this week we've got this guy who looks something special.

Damian Church, age: 18
club: Honest Hornets, country: Cymru
value : 70 800 £
wage: 855 £
formidable [11] form
tragic [0] tactical discipline
height: 164 cm, weight: 65.8 kg, BMI: 24.46

tragic [0] stamina hopeless [1] keeper
average [5] pace solid [8] defender
average [5] technique very good [9] playmaker
solid [8] passing adequate [6] striker

That is a bit of a bugger! This is why i just think 20 year olds are never worth it. :/

But perhaps this guy could be decent in the long run? It's hard to say really... His pace being so low at least means it shoukd train the first few levels quite fast. i think i would struggle not to train him, but i'd be wondering if i was wasting my time!

When would he go on the list?

I'm going to give him a try for the rest of the season, get him training pace and see how serviceable he can be made. He got a goal on his debut from the centre of midfield!

Sorry, i meant the guy in the bot team. I can never remember how this works.

Ah! I think it's usually on a Saturday, I'd have expected it to be the weekend just gone but if not it might well be this weekend coming after he's been in the squad for a full week. He's going to go for megabucks - I've just invested a load into the stadium so I won't be going for him chances are he's going to be out of my price range!

Nicholas Howse, age: 17

club: Blue Bois, country: Cymru
value : 42 600 £
wage: 450 £
very good [9] form
tragic [0] tactical discipline
height: 184 cm, weight: 80.3 kg, BMI: 23.72


tragic [0] stamina good [7] keeper
good [7] pace hopeless [1] defender
tragic [0] technique tragic [0] playmaker
unsatisfactory [2] passing hopeless [1] striker

talent is 4-4.1
selling tonight

Looks like we'll have a few keepers for the U21s in a season or two.... probably still a bit short currently.

Is Lionel Drewitt [40169172] any good?

Lionel Drewitt, age: 18
club: Thrilling Hornets, country: Cymru
value : 45 150 £
wage: 615 £
excellent [10] form
tragic [0] tactical discipline
height: 174 cm, weight: 63.4 kg, BMI: 20.94

hopeless [1] stamina hopeless [1] keeper
weak [4] pace adequate [6] defender
solid [8] technique average [5] playmaker
adequate [6] passing adequate [6] striker

Well rounded, would need some training but could in theory become anything. Another all round midfielder perhaps?

I guess he's unlikely to be great at U21 level unless talent is really good.

If i was going to train him i think i'd try and see his talent by training pace and then decide.

If talent is low, defender. Talent is high, could be a decent striker.... but again, probably going to be older than 21 before he's decent.