I'm in March 2016, managing Liverpool with great success. However, this year's youth intake has made me curious about what factors are actually in play. The previous years I've always had good youth intakes, all facilities are top notch and I've had a couple wonderkids come through the ranks as well.
But this year I was surprised when I came to March and my assistant manager Mauro Tassotti (who handles youth intakes) said that "no single player stands out from this year's youth intake". Coincidentally I had just finished installing some other updates on my PC, and a reboot was required. I clicked reboot, and when I loaded up the game again I realized I had forgotten to save the game. So I loaded it up, went through the youth intake all over again, and guess what: "no single player stands out from this year's youth intake". I was surprised, as I had assumed it was incidental the first time. So I decided to try it again - all in the name of curiosity.
I've now tried about 10 times, and every single time I get "no single player stands out from this year's youth intake". This makes absolutely no sense. I even tried changing who handles the youth intake, and put my HOYD in charge of it - no change. Not even ONE player has a potential exceeding 1 star, and this is a team that has the best possible facilities, exceptional staff and a very broad scouting knowledge. So what can the reason be? I'm starting to think that the results of the youth intake is decided in good time before it actually takes place, since my last save was 1-2 days before the intake. If that's not the case, then I'm at a loss. I have not made any major changes in the staff either, and the facilities have only improved since last time. Check out the two best players from the last two years intake:
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Any ideas what could be causing this year's intake to be so ******?
But this year I was surprised when I came to March and my assistant manager Mauro Tassotti (who handles youth intakes) said that "no single player stands out from this year's youth intake". Coincidentally I had just finished installing some other updates on my PC, and a reboot was required. I clicked reboot, and when I loaded up the game again I realized I had forgotten to save the game. So I loaded it up, went through the youth intake all over again, and guess what: "no single player stands out from this year's youth intake". I was surprised, as I had assumed it was incidental the first time. So I decided to try it again - all in the name of curiosity.
I've now tried about 10 times, and every single time I get "no single player stands out from this year's youth intake". This makes absolutely no sense. I even tried changing who handles the youth intake, and put my HOYD in charge of it - no change. Not even ONE player has a potential exceeding 1 star, and this is a team that has the best possible facilities, exceptional staff and a very broad scouting knowledge. So what can the reason be? I'm starting to think that the results of the youth intake is decided in good time before it actually takes place, since my last save was 1-2 days before the intake. If that's not the case, then I'm at a loss. I have not made any major changes in the staff either, and the facilities have only improved since last time. Check out the two best players from the last two years intake:
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Any ideas what could be causing this year's intake to be so ******?