Pre-season friendlies

[Jamie92]

What's the best way to go about pre season...easy fixtures against lower league opposition, or testing yourself early against europe's elite...or a combination of the two? Who plays pre season tournements? And what's the benefit of a tour?

 

[sammyt]

The benefit's of a tour is that if you pick the right country and your club is of sufficient rep then you'll get a merchandise sales boost from that country which will help bring money into the club.

I don't tend to play as big clubs so I like to play a few big clubs away from home to begin with to get a bit of money in from fees and then play weak teams towards the end of preseason to help build up morale going into the new season.

 

[MANUMAD]

What's the best way to go about pre season...easy fixtures against lower league opposition, or testing yourself early against europe's elite...or a combination of the two? Who plays pre season tournements? And what's the benefit of a tour?

Poor teams - play against better teams (home you get good gate receipts away you get good money) / at home with (local) rivals.
Not poor teams- play against much weaker teams to increase the morale.

Dont play a lot of matches against better opposition cos your morale will happen - start with weaker opp then play against better teams then finish against a couple of weaker teams to build morale.

Look at ASK UNCLE MAD for more details.

 

[Crane]

Also, pre season is about getting that tactic familiarity back up. Make sure you've got the bar set at 50%, and 3 days in between games.

I also agree with MANUMAD. I usually finish with a team I should be beating about six to ten nil. Any players that don't have superb morale will play in this match.

 

[wfteng]

Play Against Better Teams

What's the best way to go about pre season...easy fixtures against lower league opposition, or testing yourself early against europe's elite...or a combination of the two? Who plays pre season tournements? And what's the benefit of a tour?

We should play against better teams:
If we gain victory, our players get motivated;
If we lose, our players get experience.

Some recent pre-season results are showing how better teams gain huge victory (H):
16/July/2014 Grazer AK vs Crystal Palace: Results 1-13
17/July/2014 Kermt-Hasselt vs Southampton: Results 0-6
20/July/2014 FC Großklein vs Burnley: Results 0-8
24/July/2014 L.A. Galaxy vs Man United: Results 0-7