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@madeirabhoy - Are you looking to get help with this, or are you just venting frustration? Many people have tried to give you pointers, but you seem to flat our refuse any advise. If you want to vent, fine, but let people know so they don't waste their time trying to explain or advise if you are not willing to consider it.

I do mine myself, since I don't really trust my assistant to say the right things, but based on that, I've previously suggested a bunch of things like this:

I usually retrain players, and I do it alot. As I've written before, I have a spreadsheet that shows how well their abilities fit into different roles based. This overview I can put into roles and give it based on roles. This allows me to see how far off a "perfect" player they are. And if they are very high in a certain role, then I will look at it and perhaps retrain. Of course, I can't trust this outright, as players with high physicals will rate high in all roles that require many of the physical attributes, but it can give me some hints where to look.

In that case, please report it in the bug tracker.

Are you sure you are not misunderstanding? I think this means they signed a new contract with their current club instead of signing for you?

Ooof, bad luck there. They seem very patient with me so far! I play most matches, but on key highlights, unless we are in a rut and need us to win or if it's important cup matches. If the matches at the end of the season are dead rubber, I'll IR them unless I want to give the youth players a chance or two. The number of matches is a slog at times, but there usually are cup matches, the preview, or the intake itself not far off. Still, I do miss leagues with fewer games in a season at times.

The board just sold one of my best players... thanks for that!

XaW - Marine FC - Season 2027/28 (Season 4) - Sky Bet League Two Squad | Transfers | Finances We are professional, and most of the players I want to keep has signed new contracts, as well as a new stadium that's going to be finished during the summer. Things are looking good for the club, and we are now currently the 4th biggest club in Merseyside, after Liverpool, Everton, and Tranmere. So we are aiming at 3rd soon, as Tranmere just got relegated from League One. This season went excellently for us, as we finished in a very strong 10th place. A main issue is that we are conceding a lot of goals, but the reason is that we've been lacking in talented central defenders, so we've used players from the original squad too much for this level. We are slowly transitioning over now, though, but we still need more talent there. For the next season, I think I'd be happy for more of the same. We need more quality, and the intakes are still quite good, so for now, we just need time and development to happen. It's also interesting to note that Rochdale, who got promoted alongside us last season by winning the playoff in the Vanarama National, also got promoted again this season by winning the playoff. So they did a back-to-back promotion! Well done, Rochdale! FA Cup: We beat Chesterfield before we lost to Peterborough in the 2nd round. Carabao Cup: We lost to Oxford United in the 1st round. EFL Trophy: We got a group with Manchester City u21s, Rochdale, and Burton Albion. We finished a decent 3rd and got knocked out. Best players from the academy: Rakeem Hughes-Mason 26e - A great season for us leading the line and scoring a lot. Also scored in every one of his 3 caps for Antigua & Barbuda. Raphael Hughes 26b - He is now a first team regular in the midfield, and also likes to pop up with some goals. Kevin Gallagher 27a - A bit up and down, but with double digits in both goals and assists from out wide, I can't complain much. New club records: Most league apps - Sol Solomon - 227 apps Most league goals - Manassé Mampala - 95 goals Fastest goal - Freddie Sass - 1 minute, 4 seconds No new upgrades accepted this season, but got a new youth category! U18s They moved to the U18 Youth Alliance League North-West this season and finished in a strong 4th place. FA Youth Cup: They beat Atherton Colleries and Wigan before they lost to West Brom in the 3rd round. U18 Youth Alliance Cup: They drew Blackpool, Salford, Guiseley, and Bradford City in the group stage and finished 1st to qualify for the knockout rounds. There they beat Stockport in the quarter final before they lost to Rochdale in the semi final. Around the world Youth intake: Trophy cabinet Vanarama National League - 2026/27 Vanarama National League North - 2024/25 FA Trophy - 2025/26 (U18s) U18 National League North West - 2026/27 Player statistics: Most apps for the club Name Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Overton 25a England <N/A> 2025-Present 158 Rakeem Hughes-Mason 26e Antigua & Barbuda England 2026-Present 91 Raphael Hughes 26b England <N/A> 2026-Present 84 Charlie Rowlands 26c England Wales 2026-Present 83 Lewis Pritchard 26m England Ireland 2026-Present 70 Most goals for the club Name Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Goals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rakeem Hughes-Mason 26e Antigua & Barbuda England 2026-Present 50 Raphael Hughes 26b England <N/A> 2026-Present 16 Kevin Gallagher 27a England Ireland 2027-Present 14 Isaac Morgan 26d England <N/A> 2026-Present 11 Jordan Hazeldine 25b England Northern Ireland 2025-Present 6 Most assists for the club Name Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Assists ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Gallagher 27a England Ireland 2027-Present 14 Raphael Hughes 26b England <N/A> 2026-Present 10 Rakeem Hughes-Mason 26e Antigua & Barbuda England 2026-Present 10 Abdoul Kader Bamba 26a Germany Ivory Coast 2026-Present 8 Charlie Rowlands 26c England Wales 2026-Present 6 Supporters: Bingo: Summary:

I think I've outed myself as Norwegian here before!

Just a comment about this, as I've done the same in Norway, it's a pain to get the regions correctly. And even if you do, the teams will move regional leagues to even out the numbers it seems. This seems to happen when say multiple teams from one region is relegated from the national level into the regionals, while the regions have fewer promotion spots. So it leads to certain regions being overcrowded and others lacking teams. I guess the game tries to even out the numbers, but it screws up regional leagues massively in my Norway file. If you know of a way around this, feel free to enlighten me!

First international player is Rakeem Hughes-Mason 26e and he even scored in his debut for Antigua & Barbuda.

Well done, @glennuk!

As far as the youth intake, I think SI have said the level of correctness also depends on a few other parameters, and age is a factor. The younger the player, the higher the inaccuracy. It will also be more correct the longer the staff member has scouted or coached the player, to mirror them getting more and more knowledgeable of their skills. So to summarize, older players who have been at the club for a long time will be more accurate than newly arrived players from the youth intake. All depending on the attribute of the staff, of course. As for Man Utd and recruitment, I don't disagree, it was just one example. If you want older Man Utd players from when they were better, how about Bebe?

Do you use a VPN?