week 1 buys

[lytic]

I'm curious to see what people bought. I'll list mine after I'm done tonight.

[Katon]

Andreï Alduy
TSI = 890 (59 333 £) , 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Quick]


Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: passable Passing: solid
Winger: weak Defending: poor
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: disastrous

Cost me a quite obscene amount of money - $858,000 - but he's the best trainee I've ever had.

[lytic]

Well I guess I could post my 2 while I wait for my USA trainee.

Hennie Vervaeke (35458189)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A sympathetic guy who is temperamental and upright.
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities.


Speciality: Technical

Nationality: België
Total Skill Index (TSI): 1 380 (138 000 US$)
Wage: 1 392 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: SouthPark Cows
Warnings: 1


Stamina: inadequate Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: weak
Winger: poor Defending: excellent
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: wretched

César Soler (35343817)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A controversial person who is calm and honest.
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities.

Nationality: España
Total Skill Index (TSI): 600 (60 000 US$)
Wage: 936 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: SouthPark Cows
Warnings: 0


Stamina: weak Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: wretched
Winger: inadequate Defending: solid
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor

[NAIWF]

Am I the only one who wonders how lytic always seems to have so much money? Is it due to his recent HT promotion or something? :P

[YoSoySean]

Bribes... lots and lots of bribes.

[Raven Hawk]

Alan Northall (http://www9.hattrick.org/Common/playerDetails.asp?playerID=35436053)
TSI = 660 (66 000 US$) , 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities

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Bought him for $650,000. I would have spent more on a trainee this year, but I need to keep a reserve if I'm going to be making a run at the division this season. I figured $650,000 was a good price because a bid on a similar guy (passable/passable/passable) that had a TSI of 500 and went for $800,000. Saving $150,000 and getting a better TSI (with worse stamina) seemed like a good deal to me.

Edit: I also got him in time to play this week and get week 1 training. :D

[bmalek]

No trainees for me this season. I am still going to work on building up my 18 year old solid playmakers. I'm hoping to sell them off toward the end of the year for good recruits next year!

[lytic]

How depressing:

After 38 minutes SouthParks Hennie Vervaeke had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony.

RE: NAIWF... I saved all season. I even sold Preston Davis a guy I bought for $105k and sold for something like $7mil.

1 more:

Thomas Reyes (35493771)
17 years, passable form
A pleasant guy who is temperamental and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Total Skill Index (TSI): 1 110 (111 000 US$)
Wage: 1 020 US$/week
Owner: SouthPark Cows
Warnings: (this information is not available while matches are in progress)


Stamina: poor Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: weak
Winger: weak Defending: solid
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: poor

I'd like to get 1 more USA trainee, then I'll consider buying a new forward or something. Anything but midfield.

[Raven Hawk]

Damn, that's some shitty luck.

[cheetum]

my first buy:

Ken Vu (35563091)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is temperamental and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Total Skill Index (TSI): 810 (81 000 US$)
Wage: 880 US$/week
Owner: Ghetto Superstars
Warnings: 0


Stamina: weak Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: weak
Winger: weak Defending: weak
Scoring: solid Set Pieces: wretched

AKA "Ken Fu". oh.. and he already has 2 cup goals hehe.

still buying at least one more forward, maybe two. might wait till next week though. who knows maybe i will pull a great trainee and not have to buy one :p

[cheetum]

went ahead and picked up this guy too since the price was right. got both guys for about 2 mil. this guy scored a hattrick already (in his first cup match) :)

Virgil Gutierrez (35493694)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A sympathetic guy who is calm and upright.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Total Skill Index (TSI): 1 220 (122 000 US$)
Wage: 1 080 US$/week
Owner: Ghetto Superstars
Warnings: 0


Stamina: passable Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: passable
Winger: poor Defending: weak
Scoring: solid Set Pieces: poor

[KevinNU7]

people with money suck!

[sterlingice]

There's no way you could convince me to spend that kind of cash on a trainee. I can spend less than half that and get the same players midseason and in the end, I'd only lose one level of training and there's a lot less risk (i.e. I'd feel a lot better about my $600K player going down than my $2M player) and when you train these guys to upper levels, you don't even earn $1M per level in sales price so why do it since you lose money and add risk?

SI

[vex]

I don't buy them either, but instead, I buy them "pretrained", as in 17 yo formidables. at the end of the season or 18 at the beginning. That way, I save a seasons worth of training and pay about the same. In turn. I can sale them a season earlier than I could if I just bought a solid.

[BlueMage]

I got this guy for 800k. I was going for a U20 player from the Ukraine, but he went for around 2.6 mil, too steep for me. After that, I setltled on this American, and while he is a low solid, I like powerful players and i I think he'll be a good trainee. I am going after one more guy but if I don't get him I am going to save up and hopefully have a good season in V.


Edward Herrington (35493518) [Add this player to your bookmarks]
17 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is tranquil and upright.
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities.


Speciality: Powerful

Nationality: USA
Total Skill Index (TSI): 360 (36 000 US$)
Wage: 660 US$/week
Owner: The Mad Huligans
Warnings: 0


Stamina: poor Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: weak
Winger: wretched Defending: poor
Scoring: solid Set Pieces: poor

[lytic]

So here is my week 1 trainees. All I need now is a Hanguk trainee to finish it off.

Kurt Whalen (35494497)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is calm and upright.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Total Skill Index (TSI): 1 240 (124 000 US$)
Wage: 1 100 US$/week
Owner: SouthPark Cows
Warnings: 0


Stamina: passable Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: wretched
Winger: solid Defending: solid
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: passable

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Thomas Reyes (35493771)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is temperamental and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Total Skill Index (TSI): 1 110 (111 000 US$)
Wage: 1 020 US$/week
Owner: SouthPark Cows
Warnings: 0


Stamina: poor Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: weak
Winger: weak Defending: solid
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: poor

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César Soler (35343817)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A controversial person who is calm and honest.
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities.

Nationality: España
Total Skill Index (TSI): 600 (60 000 US$)
Wage: 936 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: SouthPark Cows
Warnings: 0


Stamina: weak Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: wretched
Winger: inadequate Defending: solid
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor

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Hennie Vervaeke (35458189) +3
17 years, passable form, injured (3 weeks)
A sympathetic guy who is temperamental and upright.
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities.


Speciality: Technical

Nationality: België
Total Skill Index (TSI): 890 (89 000 US$)
Wage: 1 392 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: SouthPark Cows
Warnings: 1


Stamina: inadequate Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: weak
Winger: poor Defending: excellent
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: wretched

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and my favorite name:

Dick Lentz (35496448)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is temperamental and honest.
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Total Skill Index (TSI): 430 (43 000 US$)
Wage: 700 US$/week
Owner: SouthPark Cows
Warnings: 0


Stamina: weak Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: wretched
Winger: wretched Defending: solid
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor

Why? Honestly, I'm not getting out of IV until defense is fixed enough. I don't think 6.6.2 is gonna fix it either. So I have fun with training U20 players. Sure it's not the more benificial moneywise. I got a week 1 high passable in Preston Davis and made out like a bandit on him. Due to injuries he ended up being better than a guy on the U20 squad, but it was too late by that point. The TS hit wouldn't have been worth the change since he would have been like 5th-6th string.
Maybe in 4 season I'll make my move to III when these guys are all mega stars. I have the best Belgie defender and I have the best USA Wing Back... and I have a guy named Dick Lentz!
So sure it wasn't the best thing for the team. Neither will getting an excellent coach with the sell of Per Fredrickson halfway through the season. To me, it's the game within the game.

[NAIWF]

I don't buy them either, but instead, I buy them "pretrained", as in 17 yo formidables. at the end of the season or 18 at the beginning. That way, I save a seasons worth of training and pay about the same. In turn. I can sale them a season earlier than I could if I just bought a solid.

That's pretty much what I do. It costs a little more in the beginning, but you can turn things over faster, and it allows better ratings than you'd get playing a 17 yo solid while trying to train him up.

[ntndeacon]

I needed some midfield help. This should help some in my ascent back in IV.

Travis Crandall
TSI = 9 510 (951 000 US$) , 22 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and passable leadership abilities

Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: brilliant Passing: poor
Winger: passable Defending: wretched
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: solid

[cheetum]

There's no way you could convince me to spend that kind of cash on a trainee. I can spend less than half that and get the same players midseason and in the end, I'd only lose one level of training and there's a lot less risk (i.e. I'd feel a lot better about my $600K player going down than my $2M player) and when you train these guys to upper levels, you don't even earn $1M per level in sales price so why do it since you lose money and add risk?

SI

I have been training scoring a long time and am quite familiar with the economy of it. part of what you say is true, and i still follow the same philosophy with my other trainees. but I didnt buy these two players for profit purposes. I will train scoring for about 3-4 more seasons and then switch. these guys are my "Franchise players" as they say in the NFL. at around 20-21 when they are titanic or beyond, i will switch my training but these guys will remain as fixtures in the superstar squad. The pride of the ghetto :P

and to vexroid who said "17 yo formidables. at the end of the season or 18 at the beginning", the guys i bought will hit formidable around week 7-11, by the end of the season (or beginning of next) they will hit outstanding if they remain healthy.

[rickJ]

for 357 000 US$ crappy stamina but most of my wingers and others still need it too. Still think it's a pretty good bargain.

Dorel Velcea
TSI = 580 (58 000 US$) , 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities

Nationality: România
Total Skill Index (TSI): 580 (58 000 US$)

Stamina: wretched Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: weak
Winger: weak Defending: poor
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor


This guy for 255 000 US$ I put bids on the cheap guys hoping for a crash before I went somewhere, forgetting I bookmarked a few non-solids... Oh well wanted a Mexican trainiee sometime anyway, plus it won't feel like I have to keep in a full training position next season.

Dimas Soriano
TSI = 940 (94 000 US$) , 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Quick]

Nationality: México
Total Skill Index (TSI): 940 (94 000 US$)

Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: passable Passing: inadequate
Winger: inadequate Defending: poor
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: weak

[ntndeacon]

I did get a 17 yr old winger trainee as well. Of course now i really need to sell one or 2 wingers to make that work.
Przemysław Bajger
TSI = 640 (64 000 US$) , 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: wretched
Winger: excellent Defending: weak
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: weak

[Mr. Wednesday]

Collin Jeffers, a young formidable scorer, for $1.05 million.