Subject: [U21 NT] Players

Let's move the discussion around training to the other thread.
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Manohari on TL.

Stanley Manohari, age: 20
club: Pune FC, country: India
value : 6 050 000 Rs.
wage: 72 500 Rs.
formidable form
unsatisfactory tactical discipline
height: 180 cm, weight: 65.9 kg, BMI: 20.34

good stamina hopeless keeper
adequate pace hopeless defender
very good technique hopeless playmaker
good passing excellent striker

Congrats Attila on getting Manohari.

:D thank you :D
I have to sell some players to get place for more young Indians.

Murli Rochan - Popped in pace and def
Lanel Zev - Popped in striker

Zev is a superstar! Best defender, almost the best striker, and midfielder too :) Could you copy 9 more Zev please?? :)

Yes he's a true all-rounder.
I was seriously thinking about his future. His skills are currently:

solid stamina tragic keeper
formidable pace brilliant defender
excellent technique excellent playmaker
adequate passing excellent striker

Next season I will train him in pace. After which I think he should be trained as a striker.
He can easily pop 3-4 times per season in whatever he is being trained in, plus 1 or 2 random pops.
If we switch to striker training, I think by the time he turns 25, his skills will be at least:

formidable stamina tragic keeper
brilliant pace magical defender
brilliant technique formidable playmaker
good passing brilliant striker

And at 27 maybe even:

formidable stamina tragic keeper
unearthly pace unearthly defender
unearthly technique outstanding playmaker
solid passing unearthly striker

What do you guys think??

This is an interesting plan, I wonder if it will be implemented. I didn’t think he could be trained as a striker. If he weren’t a defender, I’d rather think he could be a midfielder.

I think first to improve defense and speed to maximum (or divine level). Then look at what the other skills look like. In this way, he could be a very strong defensive midfielder.

If, on the other hand, you prefer to train as a striker, your player's defense is already high enough and you should now focus on developing his pace and tech skill (and later striker skill).
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This should be his last season of def training.
The goal is for him to be 1 of the greats by the time he's 26 or 27.

By the end of this season he will be close to magical in def. So in the next 5 or 6 seasons he can slowly pop to divine or superdivine. My belief is that when such a young player reaches a very high skill like Zev has achieved, then he shouldn't be trained in it till he reaches superdivine. He will randomly pop in that skill over time. Instead it would be better for his overall performance to be trained in another skil and bring that up as well.

The reason I suggested striker training is because he's already excellent in tech and striker. However in passing & playmaking he's only adequate and excellent. So 1 season will go trying to bring him to excellent in passing. Instead he could be incredible in technique or striker.

Plus with this plan he could play in both DEF and ATT. Imagine the number of tackles he would win against opposing defenders.

Zev is definitely future senior NT star, just that he could have been a bit more taller :P
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All the greats are short :P

I have a good news. Lavanya will be on good place. His new owner wrote:

"I am training GK and I will continue for 2 seasons.
I hope that he becomes Divine GK; and that he continues to play the games with the NT."

Great, then just like now we should persist in giving him games over Chohan.

Haha true

After giving it some consideration I think it would make sense to train Zev as a Def-Mid.
So next season I will train him in pace. After that if someone likes they can take him and train him in passing. Those of you that train Mids please keep Zev in mind and plan accordingly.

I think that is a very good decision.