Subject: Youth Players

I wrote to forum topic. Thank you.

Both players are saved :) Kishore Kartik is striker he will come to me for training.

Awesome. Kishore's skills align with that of an 18y formidable junior.

Skill: Formidable

Sampath Anirudhha , age 19
value: 5 050 000 Rs.
wage: 68 750 Rs.
very good form
height: 176 cm, weight: 76.3 kg,
BMI: 24.62

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

I'll be training him in pace.

Yes he's a great talent.

Harvinder Premkumar, age: 19
club: Lagends FC, country: India
value : 3 600 000 Rs.
wage: 53 750 Rs.
very good form
tragic tactical discipline
height: 170 cm, weight: 71.2 kg, BMI: 24.64

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

Skill - Excellent
Talent - 4.5 weeks
I could train him in pace but I don't think he's NT material. What do you think? I would rather just sell him and train potential NT players.

Bungo Arora, age: 16
club: Lagends FC, country: India
value : 1 437 500 Rs.
wage: 31 250 Rs.
very good form
tragic tactical discipline
height: 179 cm, weight: 75.3 kg, BMI: 23.5

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

Skill - Good
Talent - 3 pops in 6 weeks

He's a potential NT striker. I could train him in pace unless Attila wants to train him as a striker

Anirudhha could be a great defender or midfielder in U21 thank you for training pace.
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What do you think about Premkumar?

I just put him on the TL, but I don't think he's NT material.
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Unfortunatelly not enough good....too low the pace and technique :(

Based on the data I received from Attila (a big thanks to him), both Aniruddha and Premkumar are #1 in U21 if we look at the sum of passing and playmaking which are also the most important parameters for a mid. I consider pace as 3rd most important (provided it's not too low), followed by tech. They both are joint #1 with Subbarayan and Varati. But there's a catch: if we take the sum of all pace, tech, pass and play then Aniruddha comes last i.e #27 while Premkumar is #22 which is of course a huge variation and that's why I emphasized the 'provided pace is not too low'.
Which reminds me, @Attila, please keep sharing our player data every 3-4 weeks or whenever possible as it's easier for me to gauge whether a player is NT material or not. For example, in the case of Aniruddha, I can easily see him getting a game next season.

Another interesting facet is this: if the total sum of skills of a player is closer to 45, he has higher chances of atleast getting an U21 NT game. The lowest ranked player in total sum of skills to atleast get an NT game is Ragunathan, his sum is 42 and has played 2 NT games. This greatly improves our decision making capability as managers to take a call on whether it's worth the effort to train a particular player as also for other managers who are considering training Indian players but are unsure of whom to go ahead and buy. The end goal will of course be to raise the bar and make it more difficult for average players to get an NT game or even get into the squad and that might happen when more users come in and open their academies. But I always believe that regardless of the total player pool, we just need 11 good players on the field which is what exactly got our senior team the Asian Cup last season, mind you I'm not taking away Prezsmo's thunder by ignoring his brilliant tactics :P

Our goalkeeper is on TL his price is 5 million euro:

Harvinder Lavanya, age: 21
club: Viva Jujuy!, country: India
value : 1 741 000 u$s
wage: 15 350 u$s
outstanding form
excellent tactical discipline
height: 167 cm, weight: 61.7 kg, BMI: 22.12

very good stamina unearthly keeper
excellent pace poor defender
poor technique unsatisfactory playmaker
weak passing unsatisfactory striker

If you want a great goalkeeper to your club and you want to train for U21 and later for senior NT you could buy and train Lavanya pace skill. Of course if you have enough money for this tansfer :)

If you know of a way where I can show the skills of U21 players in a closed group, please let me know and I will be happy to show you every week.

Ragunathan, his sum is 42 and has played 2 NT games

There were indeed 2 matches when the player had to join the team. One match was a U20 and we have very few players aged 20 or younger. And in the other match, he wasn't better than him in terms of form (there could have been such a case due to injury or disqualification). I always try to put the top 11 players on the field when it comes to deciding between 2 players, it’s not a consideration to be my own player. However, in the case of Varati and Rantidev, I will be biased in the next matches because these 2 players are so rare Indian players and their talent is so good that I will put their game in the forefront if necessary over older players.

Of course if you have enough money for this tansfer :)

That's crucial haha.

If you know of a way where I can show the skills of U21 players in a closed group, please let me know and I will be happy to show you every week.

Will have to think about this. I don't think Sokker has the feature of private groups so if we do this, then it has to be done on an external website.

There were indeed 2 matches when the player had to join the team. One match was a U20 and we have very few players aged 20 or younger. And in the other match, he wasn't better than him in terms of form (there could have been such a case due to injury or disqualification). I always try to put the top 11 players on the field when it comes to deciding between 2 players, it’s not a consideration to be my own player. However, in the case of Varati and Rantidev, I will be biased in the next matches because these 2 players are so rare Indian players and their talent is so good that I will put their game in the forefront if necessary over older players.

It was just a small insight, I know there'll be other factors like the number of good defs/mids/fwds that we have so it's more of a general observation.

I agree that Varati and Rantidev have tremendous potential and can be played more often. Rantidev's excellent playmaking skills were there to see in the previous game.

I've written to Lavanya's owner. I'll buy him

Do you want to buy Premkumar?
I would be very happy if that were the case, because I see potential in it and with proper training (pace, technique) maybe it can be taken into account, as we don't have top midfielders except Satwant and Varati ....