Recent content by herenow

Nope. No "Training" tab for the U18 squad. And see those "YTH" markers next to your players? I don't have those either, because my U18s are on full-time contracts, not youth contracts. I don't get it. Where's the "academy" that my Facilities page tells me I have?

Hmm. Well, it sure would be nice if my "extensive youth recruitment" could snare some "youth" who aren't already 18 years old and become ineligible for U18 games after a few months! I think something is still not quite right, though. For instance, I can't ever actually use the youth training...

I have a question about youth academies. (Just a heads-up: I'm still playing FM11, but I don't think this issue is so much about specific game mechanics but just the general nature of FM's youth system.) The Facilities page on my team's Information screen tells me that I have "State of the Art...

I see. Well, that could be smart. Do you learn stuff in those four weeks that wasn't apparent from the scout and coach reports?

Could someone tell me what are the benefits (in FM; not in real life) of bringing a player on trial? The only thing it does, as far as I can see, is reveal any attribute numbers that weren't previously visible -- but of course you can already get those with a simple scouting report. I mean, I...

My club recently finished a major upgrade of its youth and training facilities, and I've landed a pretty solid staff of youth-oriented coaches. Now I'd like to plump up my U18 roster and groom some kids for the long run. I've locked down a bunch of 15- and 16-year-olds to come in for trials...

Positive. (I'm so neurotic about my inbox and other details, it can take me hours just to work through a couple of weeks of the game.) If there's any legitimate explanation here, I suspect it involves the season break. Perhaps I would have gotten a message like that, or just some kind of sign...

"And if he's so easy to sell then why not just sell him?" Well, I probably will. But it's annoying for the reasons I listed above: He's well-liked, and so it will be a disruption of team morale, fan confidence, etc. If the player were still unhappy and asking to be transferred, that would be...

Haha, well, this guy is an £8 million 26-year-old attacking midfielder, with a constant stream of enquiries about his availability. So I knew I could easily sell him off. What I didn't count on is that the Football Manager software would abruptly erase my "promise" and thus transform any sale...

I'm managing as New York in MLS, which has a pretty big budget for an American team. No club came after the player, because I never actually got him transfer listed. I just promised I'd do it in the next window, which was about two months away. By the time the season break ended and the window...

Curious if anyone else has ever had this issue. I had a top player who was making noises about "wanting a bigger club." I told him I'd list him in the next transfer window, i.e., the start of next season. My promise then showed up in his Personal profile, per normal, and sat there for two...