When do you sign them?

I'm just wondering on this....

When you have a bid accepted by a club and get to offer a contract your ass man will always give you his feedback like "thinks player x would be a decent signing" now what i would like to know is at which recommmendation do you sign them when he says "decent" or do you only sign them if he says quality,at any cost or definate purchase?

thanks for looking and feedback appriciated

Well, it depends on many factors really. If your ass man has very good stats on judging ability and potential etc, then his advice would be good, however if he doesnt have good stats, then his advice may well be completely useless, and a player he's claimed would be a good signing turns out to be titus bramble.

Its all up to you really, i think its just there to help you out and get a basic view of how good someone is.

Usually above Good.

But I don't always listen to him, I use Genie scout at the start of the season to look for gems and the Ass. Man doesn't always agree with my/scouts assessment.

I sign players on my own judgement.

Scouts are only to give me more detail and opinions, but I make the final decision.

my opinion is sign those players which are good and above, your ass men will recommend them compared to your reputation and compared to your best player in the team

and of course i've seen players with magnificent stats under perform and players with low stats playing fairly well

(Ex. my 17 year old striker who has got only one star at the coach report and constantly my ass men wants him out of the club finished second in my team with 11 goals in BSS league)

so sign the good and play them in friendly and you will see after a half season or a full one which ones to keep (give them a one year contract if your unsure )

... and a player he's claimed would be a good signing turns out to be titus bramble.

hey, touch-me-titus has turned out to be good this year!!

I select players to my shortlist according to my scouts recommendation and further selection is according to my own criterias (e.g. determination has to be over 10, preferrably over 15).

Then, if scouts recommend him and I approve the player myself, my assmans opinion doesn't really matter.

Sign anyone who isn't last resort or worse.

Sign anyone who isn't last resort or worse.

good way to fill up the wage cap really quickly then your stuck with bunch of winners

dont bother looking at it, unless your ass man has the best judging ability/potential in your staff, otherwise use your best scout to give a true indication

Well, it depends on many factors really. If your ass man has very good stats on judging ability and potential etc, then his advice would be good, however if he doesnt have good stats, then his advice may well be completely useless, and a player he's claimed would be a good signing turns out to be titus bramble.

Its all up to you really, i think its just there to help you out and get a basic view of how good someone is.

I have you know Matt, Titus Bramble has picked up 4 awards for Wigan this year haha.

And to respond to the original, I only sign from good to definite purchase with a good ass man

Only time I listen to my Assistant Manager about signings is if he's got a very high Judging Potential/Current Ability and he tells me to avoid signing someone. Can't remember the exact wording, but it's the one where he has zero confidence in the player. If he says anything else, I'll trust my own judgement

I only sign an assistant with very high JPA, JPP so I usually trust what they say as long as it matches with what a couple of the scouts reckon.

Cheers for all the feedback guys i am currently managing the villa and i cant remember the figures but my ass man is robertson and i think he is pretty good so i do listen to him most times