I was going to do a low-budget, non-statistically significant test and just sim it both ways (one where he's on the first team and one where he stays on the U18 squad for the remainder of the year), but it took waaaaay too long.  I have a newfound appreciation for all of the testing everyone does for the community so...thanks!

While we're talking about U18 teams...I would like to get everyone's insight on whether to bring up a player who is under 18 to play with the first team.  I have a 16-year-old that's good enough, but I worry that all the matches will reduce his training time which I understand is the most important part of development until 18.  Thoughts?

ZaZ said: If you use the auto-rest, then you should have less injuries than normal, because most injuries from training happen with tired players (which then will skip training and avoid those injuries). About match injuries, I don't think there is a noticeable increase. Expand

Thanks for the quick response.  I think I had some bad RNG right when I switched training schedules.  20 games in and so far no more injuries than expected.

I know this thread hasn't been active for a while, but I just started playing and I am soaking in the information.  @ZaZ I understand your basic training concept and have made the adjustments that you and EBSM suggest (to schedules and days off based on condition), but I have a couple of questions.

1) I'm definitely seeing more "Overall Risk of Injury: High".  Should I ignore this?
2) Does the quality of the medical staff impact this?  If yes, is there anything I can do besides hire better physios?

Thanks!