Me again, trying to upgrade...

[MikeVic]

I have $4.4M CDN right now, and would like to upgrade something. I just bought new trainees, so I don't need to upgrade those.

I run a 4-4-2, with these guys being my starting lineup:

Goalie:
Dhirendra Prakash
TSI = 2 580 , 24 years, solid form
Has wretched experience and wretched leadership abilities

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

Central Defenders:
Nils Celentano [1 accumulated booking]
TSI = 3 780 , 22 years, solid form
Has poor experience and weak leadership abilities [Head]

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

Ola Gustavsson
TSI = 5 190 , 21 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and wretched leadership abilities

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

Wingbacks:
Franz Schmidtke
TSI = 5 760 , 21 years, solid form
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities

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

Peter Björklund
TSI = 4 950 , 21 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities

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

Winger:
Allan Beardsley
TSI = 4 930 , 24 years, solid form
Has inadequate experience and poor leadership abilities

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

Midfielders:
I have another excellent, but his form is inadequate right now.

Anders Cederander
TSI = 600 , 23 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and wretched leadership abilities

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

Nunzio Guasti [1 accumulated booking]
TSI = 2 040 , 26 years, weak form
Has poor experience and weak leadership abilities

Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: formidable Passing: poor
Winger: poor Defending: poor
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: passable

Maximillian Karasev
TSI = 1 210 , 29 years, passable form
Has inadequate experience and poor leadership abilities [Technical]

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

Forwards:
Jorge Fontana [1 accumulated booking]
TSI = 2 010 , 27 years, passable form
Has weak experience and poor leadership abilities

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

Martin Stanfield
TSI = 860 , 28 years, weak form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities [Powerful]

Stamina: excellent Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: poor Passing: weak
Winger: wretched Defending: inadequate
Scoring: solid Set Pieces: solid
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So, what makes most sense to upgrade? I was thinking goalie?

[Vince]

Keeper, definitely.

EDIT -- Nevermind the rest, I'm just not very quick today.

[hhiipp]

What exactly are you training because all of those guys you listed are too old to be trainees.

[MikeVic]

What exactly are you training because all of those guys you listed are too old to be trainees.

Defenders. Those guys are from when I first started hattrick (could only afford inadequates). I don't want to sell them all and start over with starters, so I just upgraded my B squad trainees.

[Masked]

I would go with a forward. Keeper is clearly your worst player; however, since you run a 4-4-2 and your four best players are all defenders, your defense should be your strongest unit. Both of your forwards are old and don't have much experience. You should replace them before they start to lose skills and thus market value.

[BlueMage]

how good are the trainees you got? I'd spend half that on a keeper and the other on midfield...

Actually, i think i'd buy 6 more trainees, dump your current guys and run a 5-4-1

[sterlingice]

Took me a day or two to get to this thread, but oh well. It looks like you need midfield help more than anything. A good keeper is nice, but you've already got a halfways decent defense (presumably what you train, tho none of your players are great trainee age). Go get a cheap excellent keeper and you should be good to go. Buying a cheap keeper isn't too hard these days provided you have a little patience- just look for either a guy who isn't too old (23 or younger is my preference) and either has weak+ experience or has a high value for his level using the keeper valuation tool.

I'd also consider selling your guys and getting younger trainees of similar skills (19yo formidables and outstandings). But that requires a halfway decent judgement of the marketplace. Float all of your older guys for the "if someone gave me this cash right now, I'd be happy" price and hope someone bites on a couple of your guys in the next couple of weeks. If that's the case, then replace them with younger guys. Defense training is slow enough, you don't need it taking even longer because your guys are 3 and 4 years outside training age.

Then, look at upgrading that midfield. It's the most important thing in the game and you're manning it with your worst players. Sell Karasev before he gets too much older, if you can still sell him. And replace Cederander. With the rest of your team, you should be trotting out formidable or higher middies. Sure, the thing these days is to get ones with high secondaries. But, what that also means is that you can score a naked formidable or outstanding on the real cheap if you shop around (set a goal price- bookmark any who are under that price and follow them, waiting until one ends in the price range you're looking in). Put a couple of higher middies next to Guasti and you'll be surprised how quickly your team perks up.

As always, buy young as you might want to keep guys around for a while.

SI

[MikeVic]

Ok, thanks for all the advice. Looks like I really need to upgrade my strater trainees, get an excellent keeper or better forward, and sell Karasev for another younger midfielder.