A lot of advice needed

Breeze · 06-07-2004, 06:40 AM

Help. I have a bunch of decissions to make and I'm not sure what to do.

My team is : Confederates (72127)

To start with I have a qualification match to promote. It is a pretty evenly matched one (I'm not quite a good, but I could win), especially if I MOTS, since I've not done it this season. However, I'm not sure my team is ready to promote, and don't know if I'd be better served to remain where I am.

I have a bunch of players I'm not sure what to do with. Here is my lineup - with notes below.

Your 24 players

Andy Joiner - mid trainee - just upgrading abilities
128 000 US$, 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities
Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: wretched
Winger: inadequate Defending: poor
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: poor

Bart Willard - starting forward
330 000 US$, 19 years, solid form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Head]
Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: passable
Winger: passable Defending: weak
Scoring: solid Set Pieces: poor

Brian Byrne - defensive winger and 1/2 trainee
295 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities
Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: excellent Passing: poor
Winger: inadequate Defending: solid
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor

Chase Redman - wingback
60 000 US$, 28 years, passable form
Has poor experience and weak leadership abilities [Quick]
Stamina: formidable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: weak
Winger: inadequate Defending: inadequate
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: inadequate

Duke Ferrell - starting forward
78 000 US$, 26 years, solid form
Has weak experience and inadequate leadership abilities
Stamina: excellent Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: wretched Passing: inadequate
Winger: wretched Defending: wretched
Scoring: solid Set Pieces: wretched

Earl Davis - future coach - if he can stay healthy long enough to get to solid experience
23 000 US$, 29 years, wretched form
Has passable experience and solid leadership abilities [Powerful]
Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: inadequate
Winger: weak Defending: inadequate
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: wretched

Jackie Shingles - keeper
863 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities
Stamina: poor Keeper: formidable
Playmaking: poor Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: wretched
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: wretched

Jessie Spurlock - defensive middie
390 000 US$, 28 years, passable form
Has poor experience and wretched leadership abilities
Stamina: excellent Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: formidable Passing: inadequate
Winger: weak Defending: passable
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: disastrous

Kelly Stacy - Defender
73 000 US$, 18 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Technical]
Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: weak
Winger: poor Defending: passable
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: inadequate

Mike Wyatt - offensive winger - 1/2 trainee
220 000 US$, 20 years, passable form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities
Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: excellent Passing: wretched
Winger: inadequate Defending: wretched
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: poor

Nicholas Moore - offensive winger - 1/2 trainee
97 000 US$, 20 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Powerful]
Stamina: poor Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: inadequate
Winger: passable Defending: weak
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor

Nick Arsenault - back up
40 000 US$, 18 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities
Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: passable Passing: poor
Winger: disastrous Defending: inadequate
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: weak

Reuben Russell - coach
0 US$, 54 years, wretched form
Has weak experience and weak leadership abilities
Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: disastrous

Rickard Edvinsson - CD
37 000 US$, 22 years, weak form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities
Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: inadequate
Winger: poor Defending: passable
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: poor

Rob Biggs - backup Forward and Defender
73 000 US$, 20 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and wretched leadership abilities [Quick]
Stamina: poor Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: poor
Winger: weak Defending: passableScoring: passable Set Pieces: passable

Rodney Sharpe - recent youth pull - haven't determined where he fits yet
39 000 US$, 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Technical]
Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: passable Passing: wretched
Winger: inadequate Defending: inadequate
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: wretched

Sidney Wiseman - on the market
32 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities
Stamina: poor Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: weak
Winger: inadequate Defending: poor
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: inadequate

Tommie Henneman - offensive middie
429 000 US$, 18 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Technical]
Stamina: solid Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: formidable Passing: passable
Winger: poor Defending: wretched
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: weak

Vernon Stuart - another recent youth pull - not sure yet - has played forward and wing
184 000 US$, 19 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Unpredictable]
Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: passable Passing: weak
Winger: passable Defending: weak
Scoring: solid Set Pieces: disastrous

Weldon Patel - winger towards middle - 1/2 training to increase selling value
101 000 US$, 18 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities
Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: inadequate
Winger: poor Defending: poor
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: passable

William Holton - middie
380 000 US$, 19 years, weak form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities
Stamina: solid Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: outstanding Passing: poor
Winger: poor Defending: wretched
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: poor

William Kiser - mid trainee- increasing value to sell
136 000 US$, 17 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities
Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: excellent Passing: weak
Winger: weak Defending: wretched
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: poor

Willie Gregg - backup keeper
151 000 US$, 22 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities
Stamina: excellent Keeper: inadequate
Playmaking: wretched Passing: disastrous
Winger: wretched Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: disastrous

Wilmer Smith - middie
838 000 US$, 21 years, solid form
Has poor experience and passable leadership abilities [Unpredictable]
Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: outstanding Passing: wretched
Winger: poor Defending: inadequate
Scoring: passable

Here is some additional information you may find useful:

I PICed almost every game - so if you go back and look at the star ratings they will be slightly low
I have 4 good middies - Spurlock, Henneman, Smith & Holton. I was going to sell Spurlock since he's older, and address some of my teams other weaknesses, but selling Holton (no secondaries) might be better - or maybe I should sell both.
My wingers are really middies, but they seem to be pretty productive playing wing and they are still getting 1/2 training- increasing sale value. Not sure when, or which to sell them and get real wingers.
I need Defenders Bad (CD and WB).
I have a bunch of similar players and I'm not sure which or how many I should keep.
I have and 750,000 in the back not counting the bonus for winning the division.

These where my plans:

Sell Arsenault, Wiseman, Sharpe, Ferrell, Patel, Spurlock, Redman - and get a defender, WB, and possibly a better mid trainee.

Any advice is welcome - if you have any questions let me know - since I'm sure I forgot to put something important down.

Breeze
Confederates (72127)

streacer · 06-07-2004, 08:17 AM

I would grab 3x solid defenders (should be ~300K total, depending) and spend the rest on attack. Your defense is ok. Though I would personally try to balance it out a bit, instead of cramming everyone into the center.

750K - 300K = 450K to spend, plus whatever you make from sales.

Since money is tight and you already have decent forwards... and the forward market is so screwed up: I would normally go with a pure winger. But you train PM, so unless you want to cycle trainees (or are willing to sacrifice the 50% slot) you need forwards. You could probably grab a good excellent, or a formidable.

That is in terms of upgrades, and seperate from your training program (which should pay for itself.) Spurlock should easily buy you a decent trainee, with any leftover money going to forwards. Or you can splurge on the best trainee you can afford. But I wouldn't dump all my cash back into the training program... the whole point of training is that it pays for itself and the profits help your team improve as a whole.

Nyarlahotep · 06-07-2004, 12:02 PM

Honestly, I don't know that I would even bother buying any defenders. I would probably play Byrne as an offensive cd in league matches and then as a trainee in friendlies and put two passable defenders as defensive wb's. Or even keep Spurlock and play with two offensive cd's and one defensive wb. But then again midfield and offense have been on my mind this season so maybe that isn't a good idea.

06-07-2004, 08:17 AM	#2
streacer n00b Join Date: May 2004 Location: Hawaii	I would grab 3x solid defenders (should be ~300K total, depending) and spend the rest on attack. Your defense is ok. Though I would personally try to balance it out a bit, instead of cramming everyone into the center. 750K - 300K = 450K to spend, plus whatever you make from sales. Since money is tight and you already have decent forwards... and the forward market is so screwed up: I would normally go with a pure winger. But you train PM, so unless you want to cycle trainees (or are willing to sacrifice the 50% slot) you need forwards. You could probably grab a good excellent, or a formidable. That is in terms of upgrades, and seperate from your training program (which should pay for itself.) Spurlock should easily buy you a decent trainee, with any leftover money going to forwards. Or you can splurge on the best trainee you can afford. But I wouldn't dump all my cash back into the training program... the whole point of training is that it pays for itself and the profits help your team improve as a whole. Last edited by streacer : 06-07-2004 at 08:21 AM. Reason: forgot something

06-07-2004, 12:02 PM	#3
Nyarlahotep College Benchwarmer Join Date: Mar 2003	Honestly, I don't know that I would even bother buying any defenders. I would probably play Byrne as an offensive cd in league matches and then as a trainee in friendlies and put two passable defenders as defensive wb's. Or even keep Spurlock and play with two offensive cd's and one defensive wb. But then again midfield and offense have been on my mind this season so maybe that isn't a good idea.

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