So, it seems the reserve squad is there just for the sake of asking for a transfer.

Now maybe it is just my team and players, but at start of season I picked for my 1st squad 1 goalie, 3, central defenders, 4, midfielders, and 3 central attackers. Plus 3 assorted midfielders as subs, since the midfielders tire more than anyone else in FM 2010. And set their ststus to indispensible.

The rest of my players, i put in the reserve side, and set their status as backup.

The only thing ALL of the reserves have ever done since, is request transfer after transfer after transfer, and keep demanding that i play them in the 1st squad.

Hello !! They are RESERVES. Players who may make an appearance once in a blue moon, hence their backup status and reserve squad status.

And i'm currently managing a 7th tier side, so it isnt as if they are all internationals or anything.

When was the last time a club IRL had every player in their reserves keep asking for transfers due to not breaking into the 1st squad ??

Bad thinking on SI's part !!

If their squad status before your changes were above backup, it is not unreasonable that they will be unhappy in the reserves

Even if you are playing 7th tier, imo it's unreasonable to think that you can get by with a squad of 14 players and dump everyone else in the reserves and set them to back up without them moaning, especially as FrazT says if their status was previously higher

I'd have left the squad status' as they are, and kept around 20 players in my first team squad, and set the ones who won't make the match day squad too regurlarly as available for the reserve team, in order to keep their fitness levels up. I find that this is the best way around this issue, the only minor change I'd make is maybe dropping someone to squad rotation, most fringe players find that acceptable

Even if you are playing 7th tier, imo it's unreasonable to think that you can get by with a squad of 14 players and dump everyone else in the reserves and set them to back up without them moaning, especially as FrazT says if their status was previously higher

I'd have left the squad status' as they are, and kept around 20 players in my first team squad, and set the ones who won't make the match day squad too regurlarly as available for the reserve team, in order to keep their fitness levels up. I find that this is the best way around this issue, the only minor change I'd make is maybe dropping someone to squad rotation, most fringe players find that acceptable

Exactly what I do, well near enough.

I keep a 22 man squad with the fringe players still training with the first team and made available for the reserves. My actual reserve team squad is generally made up of players that are too old for the under 18's plus the afore-mentioned players I'm not using on a matchday.

As already mentioned, I think your main problem may have been changing the status downwards.

You have a very strange approach to squad management it would appear.

Now maybe it is just my team and players, but at start of season I picked for my 1st squad 1 goalie, 3, central defenders, 4, midfielders, and 3 central attackers. Plus 3 assorted midfielders as subs, since the midfielders tire more than anyone else in FM 2010. And set their ststus to indispensible.

smallest squad i've ever seen, good luck playing the unhappy sods when you get an injury

This thread has to be a joke

This thread has to be a joke

May I ask why? And as you plainly didn't plan on adding anything to it, why did you post in it?

I just thought it was common sense that if you changed everyone's squad status then they would get annoyed. Maybe not.....didn't mean to offend

This thread has to be a joke

Nah, thats what I was thinking too. Mainly due to the last sentance.

This thread has to be a joke

Check the history of threads he's made and odds are that you're not wrong

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