Hello all,

As a relatively new manager, about a month and a half, I have not been buying any players due to the ridiculous salaries I would have to pay. However, I have been accepting a youth player every week. In the long run does it pay to keep them all on the books? Does or did anyone use a minimum talent level to decide whether to keep them or some other criteria? Also, do players improve more quickly if they are played in games or does this not make any difference?

Thanks in advance

to be honest, at your level right now( since you just started) i woudn't keep those who have less than 1.5 stars talent. later on, you can become more choosey, and only take those with 2.5 and more.
the reason for this is, that with 1. stars talent, the highest positional rating a player could get is 3.5 stars, and he can't have any skill over 13. (i know at your point you prolly won't care about that, but at least positional rating is uite important).

if by improve by playing games you mean gaining positiona rating and team chemistry, then the answer is YES.
if you mean if players increase thier skills by playing games, hen i'd have to say NO.
so if you have a game that's not so important on your standing in your division for example (like games against bot teams, or friendlies), i'd always use those players that are not in your best lineup, just so that they can gain positiona rating and team chemistry.
hope this helps

my last 2 guys had 3. talent. that would be cool, but they both had consistency 1, and their fitness skills were like 8 or thelike. fired their butts. lol

moonlighting i dont think they work at all personally i think they get the roster of the local teams and randomly pick names off of it!

Do you get better youth players when you are in a higher division because you have better "contacts"?