Training Squad

[Vince]

Ok, so I'm training playmaking, and when I first got my team, I didn't realize how much more valuable a 17 yo was versus an 18-21 year old. So my first set of trainees are all from 20-22 now. At the end of last season I bought a bunch of 17 yo inadequates for cheap, and I don't really know what I was on, but I now have a glut of young IM potential trainees, and I want to know who I should keep and who I should cut. Here are my IMs and what they do as of now:

Player			Stam	PM	Pass	Def	Age	Role
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Casey Nava		Inad	Pass	Weak	Wret	19	Starter (Unpredictable)
Darryl Nettles		Exc	Pass	Inad	Wret	21	Starter
Jim Vandyke		Exc	Pass	Dis	Poor	27	Starter
Tuomo Heikkila		Exc	Pass	Poor	Wret	21	Recently Starting (Nettles injured)
Francesco Areggo	Pass	Inad	Weak	Poor	18	???
Frank Bennebroek	Exc	Inad	Poor	Inad	18	???
Milorad Ninkovic	Exc	Inad	Inad	Poor	21	???
Max Hoyng		Exc	Inad	Wret	Wret	18	??? (Inad Winger)
Paul-Arnaud Gadreault	Exc	Inad	Weak	Poor	18	??? (Inad Winger)
Richard McNabb		Pass	Inad	Poor	Inad	18	???
Lucas Turpin		Exc	Weak	Poor	Poor	20	Back-Up Winger (Passable Winger)

I think that I'll ditch Vandyke when Nettles comes back from injury and start Nettles-Heikkila-Nava (though Nava's unpredictability is killing me...he gave up a goal yesterday, and I lost 2-1). I want to keep Turpin until he gets to Inadequate PM, I think he'll sell for more as a winger that way. As for the rest...I don't know. I know Nettles is going to pop soon, and Nava has to be a high Passable (I've gotten back-to-back Solid midfields).

I think that I'll use Turpin and Gadreault as friendly/cup wingers, but then I still have 5 guys for 3 slots. Ninkovic has to be out because he's 21; but after that it gets sketchy. Hoyng's secondaries are terrible, but his Head specialty is nice, as is the Inadequate winger skill. Who to get rid of, McNabb, Hoyng, Areggo or Bennebroek?

[Vince]

Dola - Is anyone else surprised that that midfield (Nava-Vandyke-Heikkila) makes Solid?

My wingers -

Name			Wing	Stam	PM	Pass
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Esteban Jose Pinilla	Pass	Exc	Inad	Inad		Got him for $25,000 :D
Tuncer Kuscu		Solid	Exc	Pass	Weak		He was a bit more expensive at $120,000

Edit - in the first solid midfield, they were both played Offensive. My squad was Normal at Paradise on Earth TS.

The Second Solid midfield, Pinilla was Offensive, Kuscu Towards Middle, but Kuscu got a Red Card 5 minutes into the second half.