A Beginner Survival Guide

[terpkristin]

I know I've seen plenty of things on a wide variety of sites, but since the question has been brought up at least 3 different times in various threads I've read of late, I'll start a new thread for it...hopefully this will be a short thread.

If there is any interest amongst the FOFC community and the HT community to make a "Beginner Survival Guide" of sorts, maintained and updated? I can donate space on my http://www.geocities.com/copilotte area, and donate my thoughts. If you might be interested in coordinating on this effort, please PM me or email me, [email protected] with HT Beginner Guide in the subject line.

Please cross-post this to other forums you might frequent, the more the idea gets around...

Sorry if I'm stepping on someone else's toes, if I am...let me know that, too...

~terpkristin

[Qwikshot]

1. Get Team

2. Scan Team

a)any young stars
b)good veterens
c)sellible commodities that don't fit with the team

3. Evaluate Series

a)lots of competition (i.e. teams have majority high value players, high transfer history funds, been in series for several seasons...also hattstats history)

b)lots of newbies (i.e. new teams, computer teams, or bad teams-low value players).

4. Final Initial Evaluation for Action

a)forwards

- skills used - scoring, passing

b)midifield

- most crucial component of team
- skills for inner mids- playmaking, passing, defense
- skills for wingers - playmaking, winger, passing
- stamina is critical for good midfield

c)defense

- skills for central defense - defense (passing soon)
- skills for wingback - defense, winger (passing soon)

5. Expand Stadium

-Upon evalutaion of team and series, expand stadium for addition funds during the year, use arena formula.

6. Coach

a) Solid Coach-best of the best either offensive or defensive minded
b) Passable Coach-acceptable but will add weeks to training
c) Experience means nothing
d) Leadership - high leadership will lead to less confusion, and a better team spirit if the coach is popular/sympathetic (I believe)
e) don't go crazy trying to get a coach (10k per firing)
f) firing a coach resets team spirit, fan spirit
g) new rules for coaches are coming up-subject to change

7. Training

a)figure out what you want to train

1.)forwards

-max trained per week is 6
- 6 to 7 weeks for a 17 y.o. for scoring (primary skill)

2.)inner mids

-max trained per week is 6
-wingers get half the experience
-7 weeks for a 17 y.o. for playmaking

3.)defenders

-max trained per week is 10
-wingbacks don't get halved like wingers
-8 weeks for a 17 y.o. for defense

4.)goalkeepers

-max trained per week is 2
-5 weeks for a 17 y.o. for goalkeeping

5.)wingers

-max trained per week is 4
-wingbacks get half the experience
-7 weeks for a 17 y.o. for winger

6.)other skills

-6 weeks for a 17 y.o. for passing
-shorter periods for stamina (which decreases form)
-shorter periods for set pieces
-general trains form and slight increases to all skills

b)set training level above 90 (risk of injury does increase as % increase, prevent injury with physios).

8. The Club
-invest in youth club at maximum
-assistant coachs and goalkeeping coaches help increase training
(no more than 10 total)

1.)If keeper training goalkeeping with 8 goal trainers and 2 assistants, or 7 goaltending coaches and 3 assistants
2.)If outfield training go with 8 assistants and 2 goaltender coaches, or 7 and 3.

-spokespersons increase sponsership money
-psychologists help with team spirit/confidence
-economists help with debt (don't buy any initially)
-doctors help players who are injuried
-physios help players prevent injury

9. Formations
-most popular is the 3-5-2
-since midfield is so crucial, only use the 3-5-2 or 4-5-1 to maximize midfield
-allowable formations are:
3-5-2
4-5-1
5-4-1
4-3-3
5-3-2
-using illegal formations risks the possibility of lost training for one week!

10.Transfer Wire
a)make sure you have enough funds
b)patience
c)don't overpay
d)buy players that will help your team, or turn a profit through training
e)make sure the disposition of the player will not cause problems with your team
1.)Avoid anti-clowns nasty/confrontational players with solid leadership
f)make sure players have good form
g)when selling a player use the Swedish league to get a feel for pricing.
h)Don't spend all your money in one clip.

Enjoy-Hope this is good for now.

[Qwikshot]

For transfer market strategy try this site.

http://www.mrfixitonline.com/readPosting.asp?PostingId=1062008