Strategy question

[bjceac]

In my past two competition games I have had 40% possession. I am going to upgrade my titanic/titanic/magnificent midfield soon to at least ET in the place of teh magnificent. My backup middie is formidable with experience. My thought is to sell my formidable and bench my magnificent. Even though I am a wing trainer, I plan to, where the occasion needs it (i.e. the last two games), play the magnificent as WTM.

I would like to get to DIII soon, and I am on the cusp right now as far as talent, but the back catches up every season.

The question is this, is this a waste of salary? The mag will play in maybe 4-6 competition games per season tops, and with the midfield I plan to throw out there my salary for middies will be well over 150k/week. Having 15k thrown to the bench every week seems wasteful. My other option is to go for some youth in a lower level (out/brill) and enter him into a trainee position.

Any thoughts?

[PilotMan]

I plan on doing something similar with my other positions that I am not training. I certainly would help your ability to change your strategy against different opponents. I don't think that you really need a mag wtm in all honesty. I think that the formidable with experience will give you ratings that are close, but I like the idea of getting a youngster that you can train up. He will gain in value each week and he gives you the flexability to go either way, once you get him up to a certain level. I would try to have one good backup for flexablility and to cover potential injuries and cards. With your band of badguys you certainly need it. A one to two level diff at WTM isn't going to be worth the extra investment. IMO

[Mr. Wednesday]

The question is this, is this a waste of salary? The mag will play in maybe 4-6 competition games per season tops, and with the midfield I plan to throw out there my salary for middies will be well over 150k/week. Having 15k thrown to the bench every week seems wasteful.I would be worrying more about the 2.5 million + that you would be leaving on the table that could otherwise go into improving a position that sees more playing time, personally.

[sterlingice]

I would be worrying more about the 2.5 million + that you would be leaving on the table that could otherwise go into improving a position that sees more playing time, personally.
Ditto what he said.

Either that or incorporate your winger into your overall strategy so that it's not just 4-6 games a year. Be afraid of those ET middies- that's $50K in salary per week but if you're patient you can get them on the cheap (less than titanics) because a lot of people aren't wanting to pay those wages.

Myself, I went with my winger being a Super PM playing WTM so that if one of my guys got injured, i could move him into the starting middie spot and only have to worry about what to do on winger rather than middie.

SI