1.Before, I tested the "friendly matches" by banning matches. I noticed an anomaly when I did a comparison test, so I checked the archive of previous tests and found that the type ofsuspensionI had before was wrong
The correct situation is: Any player, playing in U18s, U23s, friendlies, official leagues, international competitions... :
All games counted as "matches" (regardless of whether it is a league of any prestige ,and How many prestige the opponent have ) will allow players to "grow more" .
2.Two test groups, each with 11 coaches, each responsible for 1 type of training (set in the coach page)
Set all coaches to half stars (all abilities of all 11 coach are = 1) and compare all coach abilities to 5 stars (abilities = 20) :
I only tested it once, and the difference was about 3%, which is a pretty small difference, It could be a random error (That is, the coach has no influence in game.) , Or it could be that the coaching staff's influence is simply very small
Edit 26/2/2025 : A more precise representation of the numbers looks like this:
Before the age of 24, there is basically no need to worry about participating in high Reputation leagues , You can supplement almost 100% growth with friendly matchs.
Starting at age 24: The mechanics change, at this point friendlies no longer get you all the growth, you need to add a certain level of official play. And the Reputation of the official games began to affect growth.
harvestgreen22 said: 1.Before, I tested the "friendly matches" by banning matches. I noticed an anomaly when I did a comparison test, so I checked the archive of previous tests and found that the type ofsuspensionI had before was wrong
The correct situation is: Any player, playing in U18s, U23s, friendlies, official leagues, international competitions... :
All games counted as "matches" (regardless of whether it is a league of any prestige ,and How many prestige the opponent have ) will allow players to "grow more" .
2.Two test groups, each with 11 coaches, each responsible for 1 type of training (set in the coach page)
Set all coaches to half stars (all abilities of all 11 coach are = 1) and compare all coach abilities to 5 stars (abilities = 20) :
I only tested it once, and the difference was about 3%, which is a pretty small difference, It could be a random error (That is, the coach has no influence in game.) , Or it could be that the coaching staff's influence is simply very small
Edit 26/2/2025 : A more precise representation of the numbers looks like this:
Before the age of 24, there is basically no need to worry about participating in high Reputation leagues , You can supplement almost 100% growth with friendly matchs.
Starting at age 24: The mechanics change, at this point friendlies no longer get you all the growth, you need to add a certain level of official play. And the Reputation of the official games began to affect growth. Expand Friendlies don't have the same reputation as league games, in fact they are really low - at least that's how I remember it (could be wrong). So more realistic scenario would be 10 rep for friendly maybe even lower, and league games 100+
Yarema said: Friendlies don't have the same reputation as league games, in fact they are really low - at least that's how I remember it (could be wrong). So more realistic scenario would be 10 rep for friendly maybe even lower, and league games 100+ Expand
The "reputation" in the table is indicates the reputation of the league in which it is playing , Nothing more (and I don't doubt that league prestige affects friendly matches)
All friendlies in the test were against "Very small reputation teams (foreign)" here
azsumnasko said: @animatron Unfortunately not really. Reduce the size of the squad and it he will be played.
@harvestgreen22 Have you tested with let's say 40,50,60 games (friendlies) per year? Do you think we can increase the gains if we have more games? Expand
While it is true that friendlies match can be played twice a week and 60 games a season, I have only tried 40 friendlies match at most in tests
Reason: I didn't continue to increase the number of friendlies match mainly because the schedule itself will have its own matches, I can't schedule friendlies match on the same day of the match, and I don't know how to make/build a blank match league, so I can only schedule so many matches because of the positions that have been occupied
can increase the gains if we have more games : yes ,conjecture based on the logic of its operation
animatron said: Is there a way to tell my U19 manager to play a specific player every single match? Expand
harvestgreen22 said: The "reputation" in the table is indicates the reputation of the league in which it is playing , Nothing more (and I don't doubt that league prestige affects friendly matches)
All friendlies in the test were against "Very small reputation teams (foreign)" here Expand Fair, I misunderstood the table
So basically B Teams that are in non-playable league and play no official matches can be effectively use for player's growth if we just set assistant to 'Arrange a fixture if there is no match in the week'.
As always thank you very much for providing crucial evidence!
Orion said: So basically B Teams that are in non-playable league and play no official matches can be effectively use for player's growth if we just set assistant to 'Arrange a fixture if there is no match in the week'.
As always thank you very much for providing crucial evidence! Expand
this would be true if they actually did that. My experience in france is that they aren't consistent about it.
Orion said: So basically B Teams that are in non-playable league and play no official matches can be effectively use for player's growth if we just set assistant to 'Arrange a fixture if there is no match in the week'.
As always thank you very much for providing crucial evidence! Expand B teams in non playable leagues actually do play official matches, that is why the assistant isn't scheduling friendlies for majority of the season (only preseason and winter break). You can see the players are getting competitive league appearances but you cannot see the actual matches or schedule.
The issue with B teams is that they are mostly semipro which is kind of awful for development. Different countries do B teams differently though. For example in France a B team is part of the main club, sharing professional status. In most other countries B team is an affiliate.
Yarema said: B teams in non playable leagues actually do play official matches, that is why the assistant isn't scheduling friendlies for majority of the season (only preseason and winter break). You can see the players are getting competitive league appearances but you cannot see the actual matches or schedule.
The issue with B teams is that they are mostly semipro which is kind of awful for development. Different countries do B teams differently though. For example in France a B team is part of the main club, sharing professional status. In most other countries B team is an affiliate. Expand
I am ware of this feature that the team can play games that are no in the schedule. I'm talking here about a case where B team have no games at all.
animatron said: Is there a way to tell my U19 manager to play a specific player every single match? Expand
What I do is create another manager(s) have him take over the B/U19 Team. Set the tactic and lineup and go on Holiday. You can then check in as often as you would like.
Orion said: I am ware of this feature that the team can play games that are no in the schedule. I'm talking here about a case where B team have no games at all. Expand
Just schedule 2 friendlies a week for them. Thats what I do.
detroitrex said: this would be true if they actually did that. My experience in france is that they aren't consistent about it. Expand
Yep - this is what I've run into in every single country in the game.
The best thing to do for your U18, U23, II, B, and other squads is to manually schedule 2 friendlies per week if there are no other matches. It doesn't matter what the reputation of the other team is - but, of course, you don't want to schedule friendlies that lose you money.
It's annoying, but you can do it for B teams that have no games at all. Heck, if you really want, you can have them play against the U18 team for every single friendly if you want. You still get the friendly match boost.
1.Before, I tested the "friendly matches" by banning matches. I noticed an anomaly when I did a comparison test, so I checked the archive of previous tests and found that the type ofsuspensionI had before was wrong
The correct situation is:
Any player, playing in U18s, U23s, friendlies, official leagues, international competitions... :
All games counted as "matches" (regardless of whether it is a league of any prestige ,and How many prestige the opponent have ) will allow players to "grow more" .
2.Two test groups, each with 11 coaches, each responsible for 1 type of training (set in the coach page)
Set all coaches to half stars (all abilities of all 11 coach are = 1) and compare all coach abilities to 5 stars (abilities = 20) :
I only tested it once, and the difference was about 3%, which is a pretty small difference,
It could be a random error (That is, the coach has no influence in game.) ,
Or it could be that the coaching staff's influence is simply very small
Edit 26/2/2025 :
A more precise representation of the numbers looks like this:
Before the age of 24, there is basically no need to worry about participating in high Reputation leagues , You can supplement almost 100% growth with friendly matchs.
Starting at age 24: The mechanics change, at this point friendlies no longer get you all the growth, you need to add a certain level of official play.
And the Reputation of the official games began to affect growth.
Is there a way to tell my U19 manager to play a specific player every single match?
@animatron Unfortunately not really. Reduce the size of the squad and it he will be played.
@harvestgreen22 Have you tested with let's say 40,50,60 games (friendlies) per year? Do you think we can increase the gains if we have more games?
harvestgreen22 said: 1.Before, I tested the "friendly matches" by banning matches. I noticed an anomaly when I did a comparison test, so I checked the archive of previous tests and found that the type ofsuspensionI had before was wrong
The correct situation is:
Any player, playing in U18s, U23s, friendlies, official leagues, international competitions... :
All games counted as "matches" (regardless of whether it is a league of any prestige ,and How many prestige the opponent have ) will allow players to "grow more" .
2.Two test groups, each with 11 coaches, each responsible for 1 type of training (set in the coach page)
Set all coaches to half stars (all abilities of all 11 coach are = 1) and compare all coach abilities to 5 stars (abilities = 20) :
I only tested it once, and the difference was about 3%, which is a pretty small difference,
It could be a random error (That is, the coach has no influence in game.) ,
Or it could be that the coaching staff's influence is simply very small
Edit 26/2/2025 :
A more precise representation of the numbers looks like this:
Before the age of 24, there is basically no need to worry about participating in high Reputation leagues , You can supplement almost 100% growth with friendly matchs.
Starting at age 24: The mechanics change, at this point friendlies no longer get you all the growth, you need to add a certain level of official play.
And the Reputation of the official games began to affect growth.
Friendlies don't have the same reputation as league games, in fact they are really low - at least that's how I remember it (could be wrong). So more realistic scenario would be 10 rep for friendly maybe even lower, and league games 100+
Yarema said: Friendlies don't have the same reputation as league games, in fact they are really low - at least that's how I remember it (could be wrong). So more realistic scenario would be 10 rep for friendly maybe even lower, and league games 100+
The "reputation" in the table is indicates the reputation of the league in which it is playing , Nothing more (and I don't doubt that league prestige affects friendly matches)
All friendlies in the test were against "Very small reputation teams (foreign)" here
azsumnasko said: @animatron Unfortunately not really. Reduce the size of the squad and it he will be played.
@harvestgreen22 Have you tested with let's say 40,50,60 games (friendlies) per year? Do you think we can increase the gains if we have more games?
While it is true that friendlies match can be played twice a week and 60 games a season, I have only tried 40 friendlies match at most in tests
Reason: I didn't continue to increase the number of friendlies match mainly because the schedule itself will have its own matches,
I can't schedule friendlies match on the same day of the match,
and I don't know how to make/build a blank match league, so I can only schedule so many matches because of the positions that have been occupied
can increase the gains if we have more games : yes ,conjecture based on the logic of its operation
animatron said: Is there a way to tell my U19 manager to play a specific player every single match?
I don't know
harvestgreen22 said: The "reputation" in the table is indicates the reputation of the league in which it is playing , Nothing more (and I don't doubt that league prestige affects friendly matches)
All friendlies in the test were against "Very small reputation teams (foreign)" here
Fair, I misunderstood the table
So basically B Teams that are in non-playable league and play no official matches can be effectively use for player's growth if we just set assistant to 'Arrange a fixture if there is no match in the week'.
As always thank you very much for providing crucial evidence!
Orion said: So basically B Teams that are in non-playable league and play no official matches can be effectively use for player's growth if we just set assistant to 'Arrange a fixture if there is no match in the week'.
As always thank you very much for providing crucial evidence!
this would be true if they actually did that. My experience in france is that they aren't consistent about it.
Orion said: So basically B Teams that are in non-playable league and play no official matches can be effectively use for player's growth if we just set assistant to 'Arrange a fixture if there is no match in the week'.
As always thank you very much for providing crucial evidence!
B teams in non playable leagues actually do play official matches, that is why the assistant isn't scheduling friendlies for majority of the season (only preseason and winter break). You can see the players are getting competitive league appearances but you cannot see the actual matches or schedule.
The issue with B teams is that they are mostly semipro which is kind of awful for development. Different countries do B teams differently though. For example in France a B team is part of the main club, sharing professional status. In most other countries B team is an affiliate.
Yarema said: B teams in non playable leagues actually do play official matches, that is why the assistant isn't scheduling friendlies for majority of the season (only preseason and winter break). You can see the players are getting competitive league appearances but you cannot see the actual matches or schedule.
The issue with B teams is that they are mostly semipro which is kind of awful for development. Different countries do B teams differently though. For example in France a B team is part of the main club, sharing professional status. In most other countries B team is an affiliate.
I am ware of this feature that the team can play games that are no in the schedule. I'm talking here about a case where B team have no games at all.
animatron said: Is there a way to tell my U19 manager to play a specific player every single match?
What I do is create another manager(s) have him take over the B/U19 Team. Set the tactic and lineup and go on Holiday. You can then check in as often as you would like.
Orion said: I am ware of this feature that the team can play games that are no in the schedule. I'm talking here about a case where B team have no games at all.
Just schedule 2 friendlies a week for them. Thats what I do.
Mantorras77 said: Just schedule 2 friendlies a week for them. Thats what I do.
You mean for the team that plays 'hidden games' in nonplayable league or the one with no friendlies on default?
animatron said: Is there a way to tell my U19 manager to play a specific player every single match?
Staff - Staff Responsibilities - Staff - Handles Team Selection (u19)
detroitrex said: this would be true if they actually did that. My experience in france is that they aren't consistent about it.
Yep - this is what I've run into in every single country in the game.
The best thing to do for your U18, U23, II, B, and other squads is to manually schedule 2 friendlies per week if there are no other matches. It doesn't matter what the reputation of the other team is - but, of course, you don't want to schedule friendlies that lose you money.
It's annoying, but you can do it for B teams that have no games at all. Heck, if you really want, you can have them play against the U18 team for every single friendly if you want. You still get the friendly match boost.