ZaZ said: Finally champions, even though predicted 20th and with weakest players in the league! I feel like many results were due to opponents getting complacent since we were never favorites. For most part, I just needed to relieve pressure from players and they delivered good results. In the last matches, I thought I could lose it since my team couldn't win, but I ended up being champion without playing because opponents didn't win their matches either.
Funny enough, I also won FA Cup, even though I played with team B until semi-finals. For reference, team B was my team A from last season, with players around 100 CA (based on players sold). Maybe I got lucky to face weaker teams until semi-finals, then I managed to win with last matches with team A.
Now, time to take a short break and test some new tactics before going for UCL. I would also like to win the league with worst team in the first season, playing something like Elche or Fulham. Expand
Can I suggest you to take a team n Brazil? We have a lot of games during the season, injuries, and a lot of championships... It could be nice to test with a middle to worst team in Brazil and test.
ZaZ said: My second season in Premier League ended up in 8th, one position short of Euro Cup. Can't be helped. For the third season, I managed to hire nine or ten new players, making a first team with enough quality to challenge for the title. My prediction is still last place, but with 28 matches played, my team is currently 1st. By the way, I checked the hidden stats of players from last season that got sold. Their CA was around 80-90, so it's kinda of a miracle that I finished 8th.
Results this season have been pretty good. Most of the matches I start with players very nervous, then I use team talk to tell them to play without pressure, then individual talk that I have faith on them for the ones that didn't get motivated. This seems to work like a charm when playing as underdog. During matches, I use shouts to encourage when not winning and no pressure or praise when winning (usually alternating). Half time pep talk is usually angry if winning by less than two goals, and praise or don't get complacent when winning by two or more, depending on how hard is the match.
Below are my first team players, in the same order as when you sort for position in team selection (GK, DR, DC, DC, DL, DM, MR, MC, ML, SS, SS). They seem to be slightly worse than players from Fulham or Newcastle, but at least they started to look like players from Premier League. As a reminder, most good players don't want to join my team because of low stature. Spoiler Expand
ZaZ said: For anyone interested in my Leamington journey, I ended up last season in 14th at Premier League. I also managed to upgrade my youth setup to maximum in all areas, including youth training, coaching, recruitment and level. Training facilities will need a couple more seasons to get maxed. In the current season, I am 5th and my goal is to reach the Euro Cup. I hired a couple of new faces and gonna link my best player below. Unfortunately, I still need one or two more seasons to increase my reputation so better players accept to join my team.
I'll post the stats of all my players by the end of the season, because I'm hoping to bring in some new faces during the next transfer window. I finally got world coverage and some good scouts, so I'm optimistic to step up and become champion in my third season at Premier League.
Anyway, I reduced my squad to 28 players, 6 of these from my youth set up. The other 22 are two players for each position. I am also rotating less, based on fatigue and injury risk, and allowing team B to play Carabao Cup and FA Cup (as well as those weeks when you have only one day to rest between matches). I was eliminated from Carabao Cup on the first match, which definitely helped me focus on the Premier League. Expand
Nice journey man. Good luck on the next games. Keep us updated.
Gpassosbh said: What changes you guys do at start of games against a better team? Any changes? Any tactic instruction rotation from one game to another, so the AI do not hack your tactic? Expand
Or you just play with the same tactic all season without any tweak???
What changes you guys do at start of games against a better team? Any changes? Any tactic instruction rotation from one game to another, so the AI do not hack your tactic?
ZaZ said: I play with 33 players, so each player only plays at most once a week. If you don't like to rotate players or play with a smaller squad, you can switch the match for a session of recovery, match practice and quickness training. Expand
ZaZ said: If I have one match in the week, I propose a friendly so it becomes two matches. I also delegate friendly matches to the assistant manager so it goes faster, then it usually uses the players I set before the match starts. Expand
But having extra matches isn't worse than have a day off? Do you think its possible to have a one game week schedule? If yes, what you recomend for training?
ZaZ said: Yes, especially if they get some play time. My strategy is to have 33 players and rotate them like below. Team A: 1-11, with 23-28 reserves. Team B: 12-22, with 28-33. Player 28 is third goalkeeper, so he is reserve for both teams. To make sure each reserve can substitute two players, I make sure to train WBI as DW (and vice-versa) and DLP as CM (and vice-versa). If someone from any team gets injuried, I substitute with the reserve from same team. I also always make 3 substitutions in every match, being at least 2 by 45 min. That way, I make sure everyone gets play time, so everyone develops better.
If I ever need to change order so team A plays an important match, then I play one match with team C, which is both reserves combined. That is enough to make team A switch from wednesdays to saturdays.
P.S.: This strategy considers two matches a week, including friendlies. Expand
Hum.. Thanks for the tips. One last question.. When you have 1 game week or 2 games week, what changes you do in training? Can you share your trainings for one game week and two games week??
ZaZ said: One for Pre-Season and another for In-Season (during matches). My schedule is focused in giving the most important attributes (speed) and increasing my chances of winning in the current season, by increasing happiness, reducing injuries and giving bonus for the next match. There are probably better schedules for gaining attributes, but this one makes my players grow well enough. Expand
Using this, you think you can have good young player development?
ZaZ said: I just added my training schedules to the first post, so it doesn't get lost in the topic. I also deleted the other one to not confuse people. Expand
You can try with Cuiabá, America-MG or Juventude.
Funny enough, I also won FA Cup, even though I played with team B until semi-finals. For reference, team B was my team A from last season, with players around 100 CA (based on players sold). Maybe I got lucky to face weaker teams until semi-finals, then I managed to win with last matches with team A.
Now, time to take a short break and test some new tactics before going for UCL. I would also like to win the league with worst team in the first season, playing something like Elche or Fulham.
Can I suggest you to take a team n Brazil? We have a lot of games during the season, injuries, and a lot of championships... It could be nice to test with a middle to worst team in Brazil and test.
Results this season have been pretty good. Most of the matches I start with players very nervous, then I use team talk to tell them to play without pressure, then individual talk that I have faith on them for the ones that didn't get motivated. This seems to work like a charm when playing as underdog. During matches, I use shouts to encourage when not winning and no pressure or praise when winning (usually alternating). Half time pep talk is usually angry if winning by less than two goals, and praise or don't get complacent when winning by two or more, depending on how hard is the match.
Below are my first team players, in the same order as when you sort for position in team selection (GK, DR, DC, DC, DL, DM, MR, MC, ML, SS, SS). They seem to be slightly worse than players from Fulham or Newcastle, but at least they started to look like players from Premier League. As a reminder, most good players don't want to join my team because of low stature.
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Title is coming... Good luck this season.
I'll post the stats of all my players by the end of the season, because I'm hoping to bring in some new faces during the next transfer window. I finally got world coverage and some good scouts, so I'm optimistic to step up and become champion in my third season at Premier League.
Anyway, I reduced my squad to 28 players, 6 of these from my youth set up. The other 22 are two players for each position. I am also rotating less, based on fatigue and injury risk, and allowing team B to play Carabao Cup and FA Cup (as well as those weeks when you have only one day to rest between matches). I was eliminated from Carabao Cup on the first match, which definitely helped me focus on the Premier League.
Nice journey man.
Good luck on the next games. Keep us updated.
Any tactic instruction rotation from one game to another, so the AI do not hack your tactic?
Or you just play with the same tactic all season without any tweak???
Any tactic instruction rotation from one game to another, so the AI do not hack your tactic?
Ill try.. thanks a lot
But having extra matches isn't worse than have a day off?
Do you think its possible to have a one game week schedule? If yes, what you recomend for training?
Team A: 1-11, with 23-28 reserves.
Team B: 12-22, with 28-33.
Player 28 is third goalkeeper, so he is reserve for both teams. To make sure each reserve can substitute two players, I make sure to train WBI as DW (and vice-versa) and DLP as CM (and vice-versa). If someone from any team gets injuried, I substitute with the reserve from same team. I also always make 3 substitutions in every match, being at least 2 by 45 min. That way, I make sure everyone gets play time, so everyone develops better.
If I ever need to change order so team A plays an important match, then I play one match with team C, which is both reserves combined. That is enough to make team A switch from wednesdays to saturdays.
P.S.: This strategy considers two matches a week, including friendlies.
Hum.. Thanks for the tips.
One last question.. When you have 1 game week or 2 games week, what changes you do in training? Can you share your trainings for one game week and two games week??
Using this, you think you can have good young player development?
You just use one schedule during whole season?