Luke James - Wonderkid?

[mccollio09]

Well here's a player who I picked up for Liverpool, screenshot you'll see further down is at the end of the first season and he seems to be developing nicely. Not sure whether he is a wonderkid yet but he is going in the right direction.

I'd be interested to know if anyone has some success with him or if he has developed well in a future save:

Name: Luke James

Club: Hartlepool

D.O.B: 04/11/1994 (16 years old)

Nationality: English

Position: Striker / Right Winger

Strengths:
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  [*=center]Well rounded for his age, particularly high in finishing and composure

Weaknesses:
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  [*=center]16 so hard to tell, needs work on dribbling and first touch?

Description: Striker

Personality: Resolute


Suggested Roles:

Complete forward when developed, Right wing attack to start


Screenshots:

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Extra Info - Had him tutored by Gerrard and Suarez in first season, also have him in my first team where, if you look at his stats, he has done a better job than Henderson on the right wing for me. Got him on his own private training regime.
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[mccollio09]

Well update this and see where he is with his attributes by the time he is 21

 

[mccollio09]

Screenshot, as promised, at the age of 21, starting to come good but required a lot of work to get his finishing up:


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My aim is to turn him into a 'complete forward' (not too bothered about heading though), but basically I think with the amount of PA points I've spread across the board with his training schedule, he could easily have turned into a top quality poacher by now.

 

[mccollio09]

final update on Luke James:

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He has turned out decent (his goalscoring record is pretty awesome but I think that's more down to the tactics I am using).

I know he won't get much better than this, every time I have tried to improve something on him and it worked, a few of his other stats went down so he has definitely hit a platform there - Prime example of this being when I wanted to improve his finishing, composure went down at the same time to I hardly gained anything.


Conclusion - not world class but a good player nonetheless.

 

[tommyd150]

im signing him for west ham. 600k 15% future transfer fees. what would u do with him? loan him out or play him in league games etc

 

[TheFinalThird]

final update on Luke James:

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He has turned out decent (his goalscoring record is pretty awesome but I think that's more down to the tactics I am using).

I know he won't get much better than this, every time I have tried to improve something on him and it worked, a few of his other stats went down so he has definitely hit a platform there - Prime example of this being when I wanted to improve his finishing, composure went down at the same time to I hardly gained anything.


Conclusion - not world class but a good player nonetheless.

How do you develop these guys so well?