Short list question?

[JayD]

Why do some of the players overall change to question marks on my short list?

[JHedges2]

Re: Short list question?

Why do some of the players overall change to question marks on my shirt list?

As far as I know, the guys with the "?" for their overall have not yet been fully scouted. Once they've been fully scouted, you should have a value for their OVR.

[JayD]

Re: Short list question?

What is happening is that I fully scout the player and see his overall. I then put him on my shortlist but sometimes, a few months later, his overall goes back to a question mark. I'm wondering if this is due to me relocating the scout that originally scouted him.

[buziii]

Re: Short list question?

I think that information goes away after the scouting report "expires" after a month or two.

[snyder5man]

Re: Short list question?

I think that information goes away after the scouting report "expires" after a month or two.

Correct. I'm unsure about how long it takes, but it does go away. Also, the player may have gotten better or worse since being scouted.

[JayD]

Re: Short list question?

I've discovered SOFIFA. Problem solved.

[buziii]

Re: Short list question?

Yes, SOFIFA is the way to go early in your career mode. I'm now 5 - 6 years in and it becomes pretty useless. Then, you have to use your scouts and youth academy to find good, young, affordable talent. Most of the players I pick up now are generated.

[JHedges2]

Re: Short list question?

Yes, SOFIFA is the way to go early in your career mode. I'm now 5 - 6 years in and it becomes pretty useless. Then, you have to use your scouts and youth academy to find good, young, affordable talent. Most of the players I pick up now are generated.

What sucks about not being able to use SOFIFA is not being able to see players' work rates. I find these to be highly valuable to know...


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[SpHSpH]

Re: Short list question?

It is pretty annoying that it goes away (also ... the wage / value are things that are important to me for planning my transfers). If you think about it, in "real life" you would just put the *actual* file in a file drawer ... and you could go look at it whenever you wanted. It is not like your scout has only a finite amount of things he can know ...

I sometimes keep a detailed Excel spreadsheet (nerd ... I know) with my transfer interests ... and this can combine information that I get from my scouts (initially) and some fill-in-the-blanks from SoFIFA (eventually).

[JHedges2]

Re: Short list question?

It is pretty annoying that it goes away (also ... the wage / value are things that are important to me for planning my transfers). If you think about it, in "real life" you would just put the *actual* file in a file drawer ... and you could go look at it whenever you wanted. It is not like your scout has only a finite amount of things he can know ...

I sometimes keep a detailed Excel spreadsheet (nerd ... I know) with my transfer interests ... and this can combine information that I get from my scouts (initially) and some fill-in-the-blanks from SoFIFA (eventually).

Solid post.

I have a spreadsheet too.

#NERDALERT

[buziii]

Re: Short list question?

Me too...

::loads up pocket protector::