If you have an injury to a key player and an important game and, for whatever reason, do not have a backup ready to play would you prefer to:

1. Buy in a ringer from the transfer market (obviously he would have low team chemistry)
2. Play a youth who is natural in that position and you have been playing a little bit and built up semi-decent team chemistry but has lowish skills
3. Play someone out of their normal position who has excellent team chemistry and overall decent skills (but obviously not exactly what is required)meaning they would play on both the offense and defence for that game?

I would be interested to hear what you guys think. If it makes any difference the opposition I have in mind is bottom division level so the opponents players would not be exactly top notch or highly trained.



ps - I am not facing this scenario in case you are wondering - but I might with the lack of depth at some positions in my team at the moment

Ringers typically don't go cheap, so I doubt as a new team that would be a very good option for you.

Playing a player out of position is something I don't like to do, but there are managers who do that frequently to raise tc for various players while they are training up their skills. I have actually had a player change positions on me and it seems to take a long time to get them back to the position you wanted them at.

I would always opt for playing a youngster that is looking to play the position you need him for. Always keeping tc moving up and adding bpos to the needed position

Thanks for the input guys. I guess it's just something to evaluate if and when I am faced with the position. It seems that none of the options I have outlined is "wrong" as such.

My gut feeling is that I would probably try and buy in a decent player as a short term stop gap. I have already bought a few older players to do the job while younger talent is being trained up to help with the promotion push this season, so I am able to afford to pay for the level of talent I think is appropriate for my division.

projectrracing wrote: Also depends on the position of the player that is injured. If you have no replacement for said positon, swap in extra positions that might have better backups. Injured S, I'd play a 4-4 defence w/ 2 CB and 1 S. Injured LB, I'd play a 5-2 defence. Injured DL, I'd play a 3-4 defence. Injured TE, play 3 WRs. Injured WR, play 2 TEs. Injured RB, play 2 TEs.

Great suggestions and certainly something to keep in mind. I must admit I was mainly thinking about my QB for whom I do not yet have a developed back up or even anyone in mind, as I am still waiting to see when my youth players cap so I can decide who is going to go where.