Developing youth players question?

Is it best to loan them to a feeder club (or any loan) or play them in the reserves? Can they develop fine playing in the reserves for a season or two? Thanks!

In my experiance anything is better than leaving them in the reserves, it (for me anyhow) seems to stall the development totally. Slight progress can be noticed if the player(s) are being tutored but the best is to loan them to the highest league possible where the player will be a regular starter.

be sure the league you loan them to is active

I always send mine to a feeder club or offer them out on loan. They can stagnate in the reserves as its not normally a competive leauge. There have been some exaxmples of players irl showing great promise and then not doing anything caue they cant get a game for there club.

A good feeder club in an active league is the key to a successful player development imo.

Thanks, I have a feeder club in the SPL that I'll send them to.

Just make sure the SPL is an active league! Just to add a qusetion, does anybody think your manager rep increases the rate of youth development? ATM i have a world class rep and just wondered if it was of benefit to youth development at all?

What age are you guys sending them to?

I find when they are loaned out they dont get regular football or the player refuses to go on loan.

Just make sure the SPL is an active league! Just to add a qusetion, does anybody think your manager rep increases the rate of youth development? ATM i have a world class rep and just wondered if it was of benefit to youth development at all?

Yeah, in my ManU game, I have the SPL as an active league. That was the reason I took the SPL team as a feeder because Antwerp is, obviously, not in an active league.

What age are you guys sending them to?

I find when they are loaned out they dont get regular football or the player refuses to go on loan.

I just sent the 17 year old prospect Santon.