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Post by Ben on Jul 25, 2019 13:20:03 GMT
February/March 2034The season is quickly petering out into something very poor. Our goal difference has taken a huge hit over this period and we're really struggling. Probably safe from relegation but unlikely to finish any higher than 12th, currently occupied by a Milan side who have fallen off the rails. We've just come through a pretty tough run of fixtures and in our remaining eleven games do face Chievo, Cagliari, Torino and bottom side Palermo - so there should be scope for some more points. Realistically - I'm thinking ahead to next season already: who is capable of coming back to feature in the first team, who has stagnated and what am I missing in the development phase between 16 and 20.
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Post by Ben on Jul 25, 2019 20:25:21 GMT
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Post by Ben on Jul 25, 2019 21:05:20 GMT
2033/34 End of SeasonWe have, if anything, gone backwards this season and I know why. We haven't added anything new to the team, the best players are already established and, as such, aren't improving and teams are still seeing us as weak so are naturally attacking - something that we can only hold out for so long. We face quite a long spell in these doldrums, I feel, but I'm hoping that just the odd tactical tweak can allow us that extra 5% where needed and allow us to improve over the next few years. However - we did win this - so whatever! Onwards and hopefully upwards...
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Post by Ben on Jul 25, 2019 21:31:30 GMT
Loan DevelopmentMy first batch of loanees are just finishing up their spells and I want to see what I can learn from youth development taking place outside of my club. Firstly - here is the overview of their performances: Considerable amounts of minutes played as each of the players was considered an important first team player, normally a pre-requisite for me. Three of the players have averaged over 7 and Bologna reached double figures for AlbinoLeffe. Firstly - here is a run down of how each of the teams got on: -Catania finished 2nd. - Feralpi Salo finished 18th. - Parma finished 1st. - Vicenza finished 3rd. - Lupa Roma finished 14th. - Crotone finished 17th. - Gubbio finished 10th. - Suditrol finished 9th. - AlbinoLeffe finished 13th. - Foggia finished 1st. At the start of the season, I plugged their attributes into the excel document and I've done that again at the end of the season. Here are the changes: I find this really interesting. These players are playing first team football, at their level, but have made significantly less progress across the board than the players in my youth team. I know that youth development isn't going to be a more/more relationship and will naturally slow as they age but I would have expected improvements. Seeing Gasperoni and Della Valle actually decrease on paper (and that is important - they have gained 30+ matches of first team football and I'm not tracking hidden attributes etc) does worry me - what has gone wrong? It can't be league position as Catania (Della Valle) did well. Personality (although this is a very very broad area and Balanced can mean a huge amount) can't solely be to play as Lachaud has developed. Here is that breakdown: Bastian Lachaud -Balanced/Outspoken BalancedBalanced is pretty much anything that doesn't fall under another label. Also covers all negative personalities for real life players. OutspokenControversy 15-20 Fabio Della Valle - Balanced/Media Friendly BalancedBalanced is pretty much anything that doesn't fall under another label. Also covers all negative personalities for real life players. Media FriendlyThis is similar to balanced and covers options which aren't covered by anything else. Not a lot between them, that is visible anyway. Injury wise, Della Valle has just torn his hamstring but that won't have impacted too many of his attributes. Also - should I be expecting more from Vadivelou? He's been playing at a higher level than the rest (albeit the level he should be playing at) and he played well with his team winning the league. He had a couple of minor injuries which limited his playing time a bit. He might be classed as now good enough for Serie A but I feel that he looked a long way off when he played for me last season - it will be interesting to see what the loan has done for him beyond his (visible) attributes. --- So, a lot to think about here. I will be using the loan system again and some of these players will be returning, but I am yet to a) see anything that is hugely exciting but b) have enough data to say that for definite about their progress.
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Post by Ben on Jul 25, 2019 21:40:49 GMT
Youth DevelopmentAnother year done and this youth cohort has been my youngest yet to be monitored. Here is how they have developed: Intake 1 (2030/31) and included Ciavatta, L.Zafferani, Valentini, Zavoli, Muccioli
End mean technical - 6.69 (0.68 increase) End mean mental - 10.74 (1.52 increase) End mean physical - 11.94 (0.97 increase) Intake 2 (2031/32) and included MuccioliEnd mean technical - 6.03 (0.65 increase) End mean mental - 9.05 (0.60 increase) End mean physical - 11.11 (0.81 increase) Intake 3 (2032/33) and included nobody that has made the first team yet.End mean technical - 6.46 (0.88 increase) End mean mental - 8.79 (0.76 increase) End mean physical - 11.72 (1.33 increase) Next year - the 18 year olds move on and are replaced by a few younger players. I'll plug their info in and see how I want to approach their development next season.
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Post by Ben on Jul 27, 2019 15:59:32 GMT
Transfer DealingsI've made a few dealings this summer, as detailed above. I have moved on three loanees from last year - Lazzari, Bologna and Benassi as I feel that they have all reached an age whereby big developments are unlikely and I feel that they found their level at where they were on loan. Each move, including the deals for Farris and Colombini (who couldn't secure a good loan last year) have 50% of next sale clauses in, should they come good. I've also sent a few people out on loan. I will be tracking the below players: Despite Lachaud now being considered a Serie B player I was unconvinced by his performances in Serie C last year so he rejoins Suditrol, on the premise that he'll be played as a centre back. Santi couldn't find a suitable deal last year but has joined Serie B side Cesena - they are not predicted to finish too high but the first team football should allow him to develop. Likewise, Vigneron - fresh from a good loan at Serie C side Lupa Roma, moves to Serie B side Como. They are predicted 16th but, along with other loanee Damien Arnould, could form a good partnership and develop well. Gasperoni will hopefully not be relegated again and joins Lachaud at Suditrol and Fabre follows suit of Lachaud in rejoining an old club as I am not sure I believe the report that he is good enough for the tier above.
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Post by Ben on Jul 27, 2019 16:15:51 GMT
2034/35 (Intake 5) Youth DevelopmentBelow is the cohort of youngsters that I will be tracking this year: When comparing this group to last year, it is 0.4 years older and contains four players from last year - Lucia, Mularoni, Marra and Cervellini. The last two have made the most progress (1.1 and 1.6 average points) when compared to any one else on that I've tracked before. It is wort noting that, despite still being weak technically, they are about 0.6 average points better off, 0.5 mentally and 0.3 physically. However, the overall average of the new group stands at 0.8 better than the last cohort. Bare in mind that nobody from the last two cohorts has made the first team - could this one break the mould? I would consider no 'bad' personalities in this group but two balanced players could potentially go either way but I would also say that there are only reasonably good ones plus one good personality, that of Valentini. I am, for want of comparison again, using the same schedule as last year. This is the first time that I have re-written the schedule for the new year and want to see this as evolution rather than revolution in this area.
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Post by Ben on Jul 27, 2019 16:35:15 GMT
Playing style developmentsWhilst I want to keep the core of my philosophy the same - "a positive game focused on defensive stability with retention of possession where possible but with the ability to quickly move through the final third when the opportunity, through clever positional play, becomes available" I want to now approach the game whereby I hand some of this back over to my players. I now know all of these players as they have all been through my academy and I know how they play and, in most cases, have been able to mould them into what I want. Therefore - here is our base shape: - The first thing of note - I want this to be a base and not a one-size-fits-all approach. If necessary, the DMs can move up, the AM can move back or the wingers can move back to create a number of midfield combinations, further developed with different roles. - We have really struggled for goals over the past few years so I have allowed one wing back to be much more attacking, overlapping L.Zafferani, who is now finding his place on the right side of the team. Inside him, his brother Davide will have complete freedom to roam and do as he wishes. In future, I may look at the role he plays but this one allows him to move between the AM and CM strata without changing his game too much. - Both DM's look like basic DM(s) but, as part of the moving back to who I have their, Vadivelou has the trait of 'Gets into opponent's area' so will automatically find himself further forward than Maiolo. Whoever I play here offers me a different option but the idea of a double pivot makes me feel more comfortable defensively but also does offer just as many offensive options. - Whilst my central defenders are not the best technically, the development throughout the club should see them develop over time. Using BPDs along with a defensive full back who plays simple passes should mean that we automatically play out of defence, when the time is right and not being forced upon us by the team instruction. - As above - removing the majority of team instructions will allow the players to play their natural game but I have included ones that I don't believe can be utilised by player roles. I will add/remove these one at a time throughout the season when I feel necessary. - My concerns are that we are leaving the entire MC strata empty but by playing a higher line, I should hopefully alleviate that gap and, through having lots of players potentially behind the ball - will be able to push them wide. I will do some individual analysis of players as the season plays out, but Vadivelou scored a goal and got an assist from a position that he can't even play in on his first game back in our colours. That can only be a positive!
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Post by Ben on Jul 27, 2019 20:56:16 GMT
Staffing UpgradesI have finalised the staffing for this season, as seen below: Some quite large changes here but ones that have made the coaching team the strongest that it has ever been. I have been employing a promotion from within scheme where possible in this save - signing the best coaches at youth level and allowing them to progress through to my first team. My HoYD was out of contract so I was able to move my coach, Thomas Benedettini into his role. He has pretty much perfect attributes and personality for the role and is a 'Technical' coach, which may impact some of the young players. Whilst I favour promotion from within - my old assistant Sergio Pelliser was out of contract, so I decided to recruit from outside the club (both Polenta and Africo are certainly good enough to hold this role at some point, but neither have developed a relationship with me, yet) so in came Bruno Lage. He has had managerial experience at Benfica and later Penafiel, so his stock as a manager obviously had fallen but will be a key right hand man. I expect Africo to take his place within the next five years, though. Also moving in to the first team was Zafferani and Espinal, both from the U18 squad. We have a good range of preferred formations that are 'known' to my staff but all embody the same base style as I play - four at the back, mostly with DMs and a lone striker. Whilst there are only a few that favour passing, there is no coach that has a completely opposing style to my own and that is largely mirrored, with just two exceptions, in the pressing style. I feel that I have been able to make a good mix of coaching expertise, a coaching ethos and personalities. The U20 squad has a new manager after FM-legend Alessio Cerci moved on to manage a senior squad, Trapani so Ruben Neves has moved in. He's got some coaching badges left to get but is solid at what he does. Elsewhere, Iadaresta ad Di Paolo move up from the U18 squad as their stock, and their coaching badge success, rises. Once again, they share similarities in style and formation and all but Bollini have a really positive personality. Simone Bollini is a really good coach and does boost our Sammarinese quota (I know that youth intakes can be impacted by this but I'm sure we'll be getting Sammarinese youngsters, regardless). The U18 squad has a new manager, too as Rafael (once of Man Utd) joins us. He too is a bit raw as is new Polish coach Penkala. They both have great personalities and will hopefully complete coaching courses to develop further. The key objective of these coaches is development as all U20 coaches, Goalkeeping, Fitness and HOYD all work with the U18 squad anyway, providing enough quality so I feel that I can use these staff as 'experiments.'
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Post by Ben on Jul 27, 2019 21:29:32 GMT
August/September 2034A tough start, to be fair. The pessimist in me has included the bottom of the table rather than the top but I feel like we are making progress, despite the three losses and just one clean sheet in the league, something which I've always tried to build upon. Facing both Milan teams has been tough and, even though they aren't the side they used to be, going to Fiore is always tough too. I feel like our football has been good and we've deserved more than we've got - so I'm not too worried about this start.
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Post by Ben on Jul 28, 2019 9:09:51 GMT
October/November 2034Following our tough start, we have managed to kick on and move up the table. The draw against Verona in the last game of September stopped the rot but it took another four games to record a victory, including a drab performance away at Catanzaro, the only team who are arguably smaller than us off the field, where we couldn't score. However, the performances against both Sampdoria and high flying Lazio show that we are really capable of doing good things this year and, on our day, are a team that should not fear relegation. There is a gap already opening up with poor Brescia, also playing in the Europa Leauge, still unable to find a win at the moment. Unfortunately, the loan deals this year have yielded little on the pitch with Vigneron struggling to make the step up to Serie B and Fabre and Lachaud struggling to replicate similar form to last season.
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Post by Ben on Jul 28, 2019 18:02:13 GMT
The curious case of Davide ZafferaniNow Davide is a top top player - possibly even elite technically and almost perfectly suited as an Advanced Playmaker or a number 10. He's made over 300 appearances for me and is equally as integral at international level. He is possibly the best player that this nation has ever seen and we have luckily been able to suppress interest from a host of massive clubs across the continent. However, as our team performances and standing has improved somewhat this season, the ratings of my playmaker haven't. Here is how he compares this season to the last two in Serie A: No goals this season, slightly down on pass completion and considerably lower average rating. The only difference is playing him in the AM strata as opposed to the MC strata. Unfortunately, I haven't got access to any more detailed statistics from last year in order to accurately compare just how his game has changed. Likewise, I am loathed to rip up this system that has seen us occupy a mid table position in order to just get one player performing 'better.'
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Post by Ben on Jul 28, 2019 19:51:35 GMT
December 2034/January 2035We have put together a fantastic run and absolutely flown up the table to a position that is beyond our wildest dreams. Things are clicking and, despite the fact we have only kept three clean sheets in that entire time, we look more solid at the back despite, essentially, having one less defending player than last season. Coming up is the hard run that we faced at the start of the season and I expect that teams such as Lazio and 2032 winners Napoli will over take us but a finish in mid-table or even in the top half is certainly on the cards.
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Post by Ben on Jul 28, 2019 20:47:06 GMT
THE gripe with youth only challengesI absolutely love spending my FM time developing my youth talents from my own academy and making the best of the players that I have here, however, it has come to my attention that the new mentoring system pretty much makes a youth challenge, to the extent that I want it, impossible. This is not a moan or saying that it's a bug, just a realisation that this method of game play may not be suitable for me when I want to push the limits of developments through personalities etc. Firstly - here are my team leaders: I don't have numbers for their Determination but they are all 'good' and they are all F.Professional. There is no way that I can successfully bring through a player without him being influenced by one of these three. Even if they come through with 20/fantastic Determination and M.Citizen etc, they will, over time, revert to F.Pro and a good level of determination. I have put hours into developing my youngsters and bringing through the best personalities of backroom staff that I can - in order to give whatever chances I can to those newgens in my youth setup. However, judging by the experiences I have had on this game - they will never retain their personality or level of determination simply because they are not influential enough in the first team. In years gone by, and unrealistically I may add, I could tutor all youngsters and they would just retain that level throughout their career - that just doesn't, and rightly so, happen any more. This leaves me with some options... A) Continue it. But accept that all of my work into development and understanding the best mechanisms is pretty much pointless as they'll just be F.Pro anyway. B) Sell pretty much the entire first team so that, hopefully, the new team leaders are gathered from my youngsters who, at the moment, have better personalities. C) Sign players. Obviously, any youngster that I sign would still go through the same process so it would have to be a specific type of player. Thoughts?
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Post by Ben on Jul 28, 2019 21:03:48 GMT
2034/35 Youth IntakeStill not youth players from anywhere else! However, the French club have now not produced in three years so I will be ended that partnership as I look to reshape my affiliates over the next year or so. This is a decent intake but completely wrong on hierarchy - Ciavatta is probably the weakest in the intake but does have the 'best' personality. From the group - there are two that I particularly like: I will look more into their development once they have signed.
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Post by Ben on Jul 29, 2019 8:35:47 GMT
Youth Only (with a twist?)
Following on my from my thoughts about trying to continue my development and micro-management of a squad through personalities and training, I have been thinking about a slightly different way to take this game:
The initial plan that I have slept on is to not create a hard and fast rule but to allow myself to sign the marquee player I need every so often - maybe once a year, maybe one every five years. I don't want to say 1 a year and I don't want to start stipulating how many can be in the first team etc because, to me, that isn't realism. However, neither is signing nobody. I wouldn't want to sign anyone younger than 25 or someone that wouldn't immediately become a highly influential player because they, too, would be impacted by this shift towards a good level of Determination and a F.Pro personality. It then gives me a chance to go back in depth with my finances - right now, I have no real need to sell anyone and I can pretty much just click through contract negotiations knowing that whatever I offer is fine because we are making tonnes of money from the TV deal.
It does take away the 'challenge' of doing a youth only save but I'm not going to have a first XI of wonderkids sourced from all over the world any time soon. I also did this kind of thing with Beira-Mar, first moving to sign players from the local region, then from a certain country and then from anywhere before I became self sufficient. I feel that this could go the same way - maybe five transfers would be enough. That would still equate to a stupid figure of like 98% of all my players being thoroughly developed in a youth development focus style.
Thoughts?
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Post by ttgb on Jul 29, 2019 9:46:59 GMT
Just catching up whilst on holidays. Gr3at first couple if seasons at the top, well done.
Secondly I echo the youth intake concerns and tried to highlight it yo SI but was told it's working ok. I don't believe them.
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Post by Ben on Jul 29, 2019 9:56:06 GMT
February/March 2035A tough couple of months but eight points keeps us moving along at a decent pace. On this form, we won't finish any lower than tenth, which is a significant improvement on last years 16th placed finish. Anecdotally, it seems that, this season, we can either score or keep clean sheets and not both - but obviously perfecting that would see us much much closer to the top of the table.
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Post by Ben on Jul 29, 2019 9:58:53 GMT
Just catching up whilst on holidays. Gr3at first couple if seasons at the top, well done. Secondly I echo the youth intake concerns and tried to highlight it yo SI but was told it's working ok. I don't believe them. Thanks ttgb - I don't think that it 'isn't working' as such but there are some things that could be better. Literally every single of one my players is now F.Pro with the same level of determination. With a youth only challenge whereby I sign no-one, I'll have to quickly elevate 16 year olds fresh from my intake to the first team and make them team leaders before their personality 'drops.' Firstly, I don't think that this is possible and secondly, if it was, we would be much weaker on the pitch. My idea for the odd marquee signing could alleviate those worries.
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Post by Ben on Jul 29, 2019 10:47:30 GMT
Tycoon?Not at all necessary but let's see how this turns out...
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Post by Ben on Jul 29, 2019 10:49:37 GMT
Wonderkid WatchTwo more players that have developed well over the course of the season:
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Post by Ben on Jul 29, 2019 11:19:53 GMT
Delays
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Post by jawzy on Jul 29, 2019 11:34:28 GMT
You could slowly sell off the team leaders untill the right personalities come out at the top?
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Post by Ben on Jul 29, 2019 13:49:02 GMT
You could slowly sell off the team leaders untill the right personalities come out at the top? Every player within the first team is F.Pro because of this. I'd have to literally sell them all and hope that I had enough left in the U18 team to stay up! I think I've got an idea (but we are under a transfer embargo so can't confirm right now..)
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Post by Ben on Jul 29, 2019 13:50:09 GMT
2034/35 End of Season
Our third season has come to an end and we have made a solid seven place improvement. At times, we have looked like we have enough to qualify for Europe, but at others, we have looked like relegation fodder. With yet another winner (Roma last year, preceded by Inter and Napoli and no Juve win since 2023) it means that, whilst the league is really competitive (Atalanta finished 4th last year, Brescia 5th and Napoli 7th despite being backed by a tycoon still) that our co-efficients are taking a hit with teams not maintaining Champions League runs over the course of the seasons. What has somewhat disappointed me though is the player ratings: Just two players averaging over 7 this year and some worrying statistics. Firstly - giving my goalkeeper no instructions has meant that he's decided to try and hit 90 yard balls each time and, as such, we struggle to build from the back and his pass completion is atrocious. I was aware of it happening in the matches but I was hoping it was something that would wash out when we got out of our bad patch - it looks like that isn't the case. Also - we are still lacking a proven goalscorer, Zavoli's 34 goals in 150 appearances doesn't strike me with confidence, regardless of how good he looks on paper. The usual analysis will be conducted over the course of the summer break and I'll be back hopefully pushing for more.
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Post by Ben on Jul 29, 2019 14:10:12 GMT
Player Development (Youth and Loans)We are now two years without any youth players from our academy (both Vigneron and Vadivelou came via another academy at an older age so I haven't been including them in this tracking so, therefore, will exclude them from the 'academy' term) have made the first team - this is not a huge worry and I know that there is potential there but I am just working out how best to develop it. Here is the comparison of my academy intake from June 2034 to June 2035. And for comparison - historical intakes: Intake 1 (2030/31) and included Ciavatta, L.Zafferani, Valentini, Zavoli, MuccioliEnd mean technical - 6.69 (0.68 increase) End mean mental - 10.74 (1.52 increase) End mean physical - 11.94 (0.97 increase) Intake 2 (2031/32) and included MuccioliEnd mean technical - 6.03 (0.65 increase) End mean mental - 9.05 (0.60 increase) End mean physical - 11.11 (0.81 increase) Intake 3 (2032/33) and included nobody that has made the first team yet.End mean technical - 6.46 (0.88 increase) End mean mental - 8.79 (0.76 increase) End mean physical - 11.72 (1.33 increase) Intake 4 (2033/34) and included nobody that has made the first team yet.
End mean technical - 6.94 (0.75 increase) End mean mental - 9.04 (0.59 increase) End mean physical - 10.88 (1.2 increase) Initial reports say that I should worry - less development technically than the last two years, a dip on last years mental development and roughly the same mentally would suggest that, just like the previous two years, that there isn't much talent available because of the lack of development. However, the end numbers are all higher than last year for their average levels and this might indicate that we have some good players on our hands. Both Cervellini and Marra are, in my eyes, ready for first team football and I need to make the choice of whether that is with me or out on loan and Valentini is making strides towards being there. ---- I've also sent a few players out on loan. Here is the overview of their development: For comparison, here is our only historical data - Loan Cohort 1 (2033/34) and included Vadivelou and VigneronEnd mean technical - 8.21 (0.18 increase) End mean mental - 10.14 (0.34 increase) End mean physical - 12.54 (0.45 increase) Two players from the last loan cohort (one of whom has spent half a year on loan this year) have successfully been integrated into the first team and this cohort is about the same level as last - which is understandable as all of these players, minus Santi, were on the list last year. I am, once again, disappointed with the overall development of these players. Firstly - here is where they finished: - Suditrol finished 9th in Serie C/A (Lachaud/Gasperoni) - Cesena finished 2nd in Serie B (Santi) - Gubbio finished 4th in Serie C/A (Fabre) - Como finished 18th in Serie B (Vigneron) Good football may explain why Santi has developed the best, and Cesena also have good training facilities and a manager (Luca Jovic) good at working with youngsters. Vigneron is a confusing one - he returned from a poor spell at Como in January and has 968 first team minutes for us in Serie A. My coaching team believe that he has more potential (to be a Serie A player) so I would guess he hasn't reached his limit and must put it down to a neutral personality (no indication of professionalism) and determination is only good. On the back of a second poor loan, Gasperoni has agreed a pre-contract with Milan, of all clubs. I doubt he'll ever play for them but he must have something going for him. I can't say that I haven't tried to develop him so good luck to them!
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Post by ianf on Jul 29, 2019 16:52:25 GMT
Great work as always. I definitely find the whole personality degradation thing slightly annoying, especially when silly things happen such as when your team personality is “very determined” yet players lose determination points... I’m surprised you are loaning players to lower league teams - have you had success developing players like this before? In my experience keeping players in house until they are 18 and then giving them first team minutes or loaning them out to other comparable or slightly lower level leagues is the best recipe for development. So in your case the likes of Belgium, Holland, Switzerland etc top leagues or even weaker teams in Germany, Spain etc would be the right level if these are players you actually think will have a chance for your team someday. I always find a playmaking AMC or AMCs in general infuriating hard to get consistent ratings out of. I’ve actually had amazing success with an AMC played in the wideplamker role in my 442 - not that it really helps you... My only true success in that area this edition was an absolute world class beast who I played as an AP in a 4312 narrow to good effect. So basically I’m saying it’s probably not something you are doing wrong but a good challenge to try and solve!
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Post by Ben on Jul 29, 2019 20:30:22 GMT
Great work as always. I definitely find the whole personality degradation thing slightly annoying, especially when silly things happen such as when your team personality is “very determined” yet players lose determination points... I’m surprised you are loaning players to lower league teams - have you had success developing players like this before? In my experience keeping players in house until they are 18 and then giving them first team minutes or loaning them out to other comparable or slightly lower level leagues is the best recipe for development. So in your case the likes of Belgium, Holland, Switzerland etc top leagues or even weaker teams in Germany, Spain etc would be the right level if these are players you actually think will have a chance for your team someday. I always find a playmaking AMC or AMCs in general infuriating hard to get consistent ratings out of. I’ve actually had amazing success with an AMC played in the wideplamker role in my 442 - not that it really helps you... My only true success in that area this edition was an absolute world class beast who I played as an AP in a 4312 narrow to good effect. So basically I’m saying it’s probably not something you are doing wrong but a good challenge to try and solve! Well, to resolve the tea personality thing - I'm planning on bringing in one or two absolutely fantastic players with great personalities to be team leaders. They will then hopefully claw up every one else! I'm loaning them domestically because they aren't good enough/aren't attracting attention from elsewhere but I am not getting the results that I really wanted. I will have to have a look at this again because we are really missing a trick between the ages of 18-21 - very few of my players that have reached this stage have actually made the first team. I do want to keep on with the player in the AM strata and will attempt to do a bit of analysis on him as we go...
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Post by Ben on Jul 30, 2019 9:31:32 GMT
U18 Player Development (Intake 6 - 2035/36)Above is the sixth intake that I will be micro-managing and we are fresh from having Matteo Cervellini join the first team directly from last years cohort and Alessandro Missiroli, of the third intake, making his way to the first team following a successful loan spell. I have some optimism that this could be a good cohort for us, also - Nardella is already a very well rounded player as is full back Lazzari. Both of these positions are quite weak for us so this kind of talent is very much needed. On paper, at least, Boriello is the weakest, and looking at his during the U18 games - I'd have to agree. He does have a good personality and my coaches seem to like him but he's fighting for his future. Of all of the players - I would say that Micchi has the worst of the personalities, although there are some concerns about 'Light-Hearted.' Light HeartedPressure 15-20, Sportsmanship 15-20 Determination <18, Professionalism <18, Leader <19 No indication of ambition, which I know plays a role in development but also there is not 'the best' levels of determination and professionalism and no lower boundary (they might all have 1 for Pro and still be light hearted). Adding in their media handling gives me this: Colombini - UnflappableTemperament 15-20, Pressure 15-20 Carbone - UnflappableTemperament 15-20, Pressure 15-20 Boriello - UnflappableTemperament 15-20, Pressure 15-20 Having high ratings for temperament and being able to handle pressure is good. However - I don't think either of these will have any impact on player development and it doesn't give me any clues about their level of professionalism.
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Post by Ben on Jul 30, 2019 14:39:17 GMT
Relocation
This is fantastic and the expansion potential makes it even better. We might have to buy some fans though as the whole population of San Marino is only 33,000! Moving in September has cost us a season worth of season ticket sales but this, added to the TV money, means that we will literally never struggle financially again.
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