Midfield training - who goes where ?

[Alf]

Following a discussion with daedalus about my latest winger purchase, I am going to post my playmaking trainee(s) for more advice. I will also post their star rating.

I alternate bewteen 3-5-2 & 4-5-1 so I always have 6 middies & 4 wingers trained at playmaking every week. I just need some input on who to train where (I already have a strong opinion, but would like to get yours too !).

I will list them as 4 categories. YP means my Youth Pulls
- starting middies
- starting wingers
- backup middies
- backup wingers

Starting middies

Delporte Lasalle, 4*
377 000 Euro, 27 years, inadequate form
Has weak experience and poor leadership abilities [Technical]
Stamina: excellent
Playmaking: excellent <= might pop to formidable (14 weeks trained)
Defending: passable

Frans Martinsson, 3.5*
199 000 Euro, 20 years, solid form
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities
Stamina: excellent
Playmaking: solid <= nearly excellent
Defending: passable

Christer Ivarsson, 3*
166 000 Euro, 20 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities
Stamina: excellent
Playmaking: solid <= nearly excellent
Defending: inadequate <= high inad (trained 5 weeks)
Set Pieces: passable <= my highest set pieces guy...



Starting wingers


David Lenaour, 3.5*
264 000 Euro, 26 years, solid form
Has weak experience and weak leadership abilities
Stamina: passable
Playmaking: weak
Passing: passable
Winger: solid
Defending: passable

Thomas Lönnling, ??*
79 000 Euro, 18 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Head]
Stamina: wretched
Playmaking: inadequate
Winger: excellent
Defending: weak



Backup middies

Alain Bounyavong, 2.5* YP
165 000 Euro, 19 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Powerful]
Stamina: weak
Playmaking: excellent <= just popped
Defending: passable

Horst Hoffmann, 2.5*
122 000 Euro, 18 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities
Stamina: passable
Playmaking: solid
Passing: passable

Michel Bodnar, 2* YP
100 000 Euro, 19 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities
Stamina: weak
Playmaking: passable <= nearly solid
Passing: passable



Backup wingers


Torben Pütlich, 3*
102 000 Euro, 19 years, solid form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities
Stamina: solid
Playmaking: passable <= nearly solid
Winger: passable

Henke Johansson, 2.5*
101 000 Euro, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities
Stamina: passable
Playmaking: passable
Passing: passable





Other guys, sell or train instead of someone else ?


Roland Sabot, 2* YP
42 000 Euro, 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and solid leadership abilities [Unpredictable]
Stamina: poor
Playmaking: inadequate
Passing: passable


Matthias Jansson, 3*
80 000 Euro, 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Powerful]
Stamina: poor
Playmaking: weak
Winger: solid
Defending: inadequate



Lasalle is the beast of my midfield !
Martinsson and Ivarsson complete my defnesive midfield.

However, I want to be more offensive (2 passable passing backup middies) and expect Hoffman to start after this offseason stamina training.

The thing is I have 12 players for 10 spots (6 fast training and 4 slow training). Do you guys have any recommendations ?

[KevinNU7]

I'd sell the 27 year old and get Bounyavong stamina training until he is atleast passable. Then he will be jsut as good as the player you are selling. That will open up a slot for training and also not waste a slot on an old guy

[Alf]

Bounyavong just popped to excellent while Lasalle has 1 year of playmaking training (I hope he bumps to formidable => then he gets sold !)

I will edit players to show that. Thanks Kevin !

Edit typo : popped instead of pooped ;)

[damnMikeBrown]

Yeah, don't sell Lasalle until he pops. You've invested too much time in him to sell without reaping that benefit.

Jansson is a nice player, real nice, but not as a PM trainee. It looks like your wing positions are full, and training him won't add anything to his vaule for a long while.

Similarly, Sabot is not really up to snuff to be a trainee for you. If you had a lacking at any of your trainee spots, he'd slot in great, but you don't.

The only other guy I'd consider moving is Lenaour. He performs very well, however, and is only getting 1/2 training. If you can life with not -fully- utilising a 1/2 training spot, keep him. You could easily present a case that he's better playing, than the downgrade for gaining only a 1/2 training on a player.

[Alf]

I also played jansson as a WingBack where he puts up 2.5* (but defensive ratings suffer).

Lenaour really solidify my defense on his side (I play him on the side I don't have a wing back). I like his double passable (passing/defense). I know he takes one training spot (maybe sold if Putlich could start)

Jansson & Sabot are on the transfer market.