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Building A Great Team (10/06/2008 16:47)

Everybody can build a Great team - It takes Time and Many Hours of Planning and Training over Many Seasons.

The Secret is to find the right players for the right position in your team. This can be very expensive, so the easiest way is to find the players at a young age and Train them into what you want them to be

Points to Remember:

1. Players mature and reach their peak between ages 28-34. This is between 31-38 for Goalkeepers. However players drop dramatically in Value after age 30. This presents a dilemma. Should I keep a player after age 30 and eventually get less for him or should I sell him at age 29-30 to get a Good price for him? It depends on how the players has performed for you, If they achieve High avge in games played, consider keeping them. If not Sell. Another attribute to look at is Speed. Players loose speed quickly after age 30, so if they are not high to start off with it's better to sell them before they become too slow

2. Captain - A captain influences the players around him and a good one makes the players around him play better. But a poor one makes the players around him play badly. A good Captain is age 27+ and has perception 80+. The more games a player plays Captain, the better Captain he becomes. It;s a Good idea to have a player capable of playing Captain in each position in the Field, ie Defender, Midfielder and Attacker. I dont like playing a GK as Captain

3. Quality is not Everything - You should look at the Individual Attributes of each player. The main Attributes are Goalkeeper (Gk, Passing, Speed, Perception) Defenders (Tackling, Passing, Speed, Stamina) Midfielders (Tackling, Passing, Shooting, Speed) Attackers (Shooting, Heading, Speed, Perception) However Perception is important for all players, even Defenders and Midfielders. This is especially true if you plan to change Formation/Style often. Likewise Passing is Important for all players, even Goalkeepers and Attackers, if you plan to use Continental Playstyle. Stamina is Important for all Players as High Stamina allows you to play more Games/Friendlies before Resting players in Training to allow them to return to Fitness 100 for next game.

4 Average age of First team is vital. Your team will not perform consistently untill the Average age is 26yo+ It is better to have all players age 26yo+ than having 2-3 34yo and many 20yo

5. Hidden Stats - There are 3 Hidden stats for each player. Learning- The ability of a player to improve in overall attributes. This can be determined by Scouting a player. An excellent scout will filter out ll players that dont scout excellent (High Learning Ability) Flair- The Ability of a player to play well in games. Attackers score more goals, Midfielders Score/Assist more Goals. Defenders defend better and Score/Assist more goals whilst Keepers are better Keepers - Less goals conceded. It's a difficult stat to isolate but players that consistently have higher avge/game and show up consistently in Top Goalscorer/Player/Assisters lists have higher Flair Temper- Player with high Tempers get booked/banned more often so look at cards from previous seasons before buying players

6' Tactics - You need a defender with High Passing and Perception to take Freekicks from your own Half. You need a Midfielder with High Passing and Perception to take Corners and A midfielder with High Passing, Shooting and Perception to take Freekicks in Opponents Half. You also need an Attacker age 27yo+ with High Shooting and Perception to take Penalties.

Lets's look at a what a Well Balanced Team consists of

Well Balanced Team:

1. 2x Goalkeepers - You need 2 Goalkeepers to play League/Cup games and the 6-7 friendlies/Round needed to get 250 friendlies/season. Goalkeepers mature later than outfield players and typically reaches peak at age 31yo+. One GK should be 31yo+ and his backup should be 23yo+. When buying a keeper look for high main stats (Gk, Passing, Speed, Perception) but also look for high stamina (75+) Perception and Stamina is difficult to train so buy players with high values in these 2. However none of the stats should be below 70 in a player age 23yo. The main stat is keeping so a it should be 85+ at age 23. Goalkeepers ae relatively cheap and you should seldom pay more than vaue for them. Look for keepers that have high avge in games (50+) and no cards in history. Also note number of goals conceded in previous seasons and divison keeper played in

2. 8x Defenders - There are 2 types of defenders; CB - Centrebacks amd WB - Wingbacks. CB should have High tackling and Stamina attributes. WB should have high Passing and Speed attributes. CB are generally older - 29yo+ whilst WB are younger 25yo+ It's good to change WB to CB as they get older and lose speed. The main stats for Defenders are (Tackling, Passing, Speed, Stamina) Perception is also important for all defenders, especially if you play Offside tactic or plan to change Formation/Style often. Perception and Stamina is difficult to train so buy players with high (75+) values in these 2.At age 23 the main stats should be Tackling 85+, Passing 70+ Speed 80+ Stamina 80+ Perception 75+ Buy players that have high avge (Flair) in games and few cards (Temper)

3. 8x Midfielders - There are 2 types of midfielders - CM - Centre Midfielders and Wingers. CM need High Tackling and High Shooting whilst Wingers need High Passing and Speed. CM are generally older - 29yo+ whilst wingers are generally younger at 25yo+ Once again Wingers should be moved to CM as they get older and Slower. The Main stats for Midfielders are (Tackling, Passing, Shooting, Speed) but Stamina and Perception is also important for these players. Perception and Stamina is difficult to train so buy players with high values(70+) in these 2. At age 23 the Main stats should be Passing 85+ Tackling 80+ Shooting 80+ Speed 80+ Stamina 75+ Perception 70+ Buy players that have high avge and Goals/Assists (Flair) in games and few cards (Temper)

4 5x Attackers - Attackers start reaching their peak at age 26yo+ and reach Maturity at age 29-34. Their main attributes are (Shooting, Heading, Speed, Perception) However Passing and Stamina are also important for these players If you plan playing Continental Style and play many Games/Friendlies. At Age 25 the Main stats should be Shooting 85+ Heading 85+ Speed 85+ Perception 80+ Passing 70+ Stamina 70+ Buy players that have high avge and Goals/Assists (Flair) in games and few cards (Temper). It's a Good idea to look at the Top Lists for Goals scored for each Country when buying Attackers. This will give you proven Goalscorers but these players are expensive

5. Some Low Quality Players - To keep the Avge Quality of your team down to Allow you to buy Youths of lower Quality (Example if your Avge team Quality is 80 you cant buy a player of Quality lower than -9 of your avge Quality ie 71 is lowest) Try to always keep your avge around 81-82 allowing you to buy Q72-73 players. It's a good idea to buy 1-2 low quality Goalkeepers early on to keep avge quality down. GK retire around age 43-45 so you can keep them for many seasons (Dont train these keepers as you want them to go down in Quality as the rest of team improves)

6. Players to Sell to Make Money - Buying Players Cheap and training them and then selling them at a profit once they've improved is the Best source of Income in Manager League. Midfielders and attackers are the best for this as they are the most expensive in the market. However only the very best will get the Highest prices so be careful not to price yourself out of the Market. If you can buy a Q70 17yo at 20 million and sell him on at q75 18-19yo for 40 million you are doing well. Once a player reaches 20yo, his value in the market will drop sharply. To do this you need to scout these youths. Only excellent scouted players will increase quickly in attributes so scout youths before buying them. Dont trust sellers who claim the players scout excellent, Scout them yourself first.

I Hope this clears up some of the confusion regarding building a team. It's not difficult to buy a Succesful team, but the Real thrill in Manager League is building your Youth Team through many seasons, Seeing your players reach Q90+ and eventually winning the Division 1 Title or League Cup

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