Hi all,
I've recently been playing around with youth progression and trying to produce top quality youngsters for my Barca side opposed to buying them (other than stealing other club's promising newgens of course!).
What troubles me is that on paper Barca are very well equipped to have quality youngsters coming through - they have the Youth Academy and brilliant Training facilities, yet it seems that one of the critical areas you need to improve players is giving them games - and so loaning is incredibly important.
I have a few questions associated with this:
1. How does FM process non-playable leagures when it comes to Training and Match Experience? I read that if the league is not playable they won't join the team in training, thus missing huge CA upgrades. Am I better off loaning a promising player to a lower playable league than a decent league abroad?
2. Exactly how do you circumvent this when you have a 16-year player who isn't going to get in anyone's first team or bench. Is it better to sit them in your u19s and allow a senior player to tutor them for personality boosts?
3. How many games per season (roughly) do you need to play your youngster to get them a a maximum CA improvement possible for that year? I know the 'reputation' of the competition/league they play their games in contributes a lot, so a first team league outing should be worth more 'CA boost' than a reserve fixture, but has anyone worked out exactly how much use 'playing kids' is? The reason I ask is that I found myself with a Champions League group with a couple of poor sides and played 75% kids in both legs in the group stage, and I'm wondering what a huge 'rep' game like that would do for their progression.
It's no fun when your 'The New Messi' turns into an utter flop through not progressing properly, and I was hoping to clear up some questions in order to allow me to field a home-grown side and enjoy watching my team grow in the process.
I've recently been playing around with youth progression and trying to produce top quality youngsters for my Barca side opposed to buying them (other than stealing other club's promising newgens of course!).
What troubles me is that on paper Barca are very well equipped to have quality youngsters coming through - they have the Youth Academy and brilliant Training facilities, yet it seems that one of the critical areas you need to improve players is giving them games - and so loaning is incredibly important.
I have a few questions associated with this:
1. How does FM process non-playable leagures when it comes to Training and Match Experience? I read that if the league is not playable they won't join the team in training, thus missing huge CA upgrades. Am I better off loaning a promising player to a lower playable league than a decent league abroad?
2. Exactly how do you circumvent this when you have a 16-year player who isn't going to get in anyone's first team or bench. Is it better to sit them in your u19s and allow a senior player to tutor them for personality boosts?
3. How many games per season (roughly) do you need to play your youngster to get them a a maximum CA improvement possible for that year? I know the 'reputation' of the competition/league they play their games in contributes a lot, so a first team league outing should be worth more 'CA boost' than a reserve fixture, but has anyone worked out exactly how much use 'playing kids' is? The reason I ask is that I found myself with a Champions League group with a couple of poor sides and played 75% kids in both legs in the group stage, and I'm wondering what a huge 'rep' game like that would do for their progression.
It's no fun when your 'The New Messi' turns into an utter flop through not progressing properly, and I was hoping to clear up some questions in order to allow me to field a home-grown side and enjoy watching my team grow in the process.