Goobertron Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Im new to FM09 but not to the series and im curious as to how to go about finding players worth buying when playing with a lower league team. I've generally only ever managed big teams so i've been able to rely a lot on having good scouts as well as already knowing who's good and who's not by simply watching football on TV and reading the papers. Anyhoo, as a lower league team who is naturally going to have pretty poor scouts how do i go about finding decent players at a price i can afford? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the man Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Check their stats Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goobertron Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 Check their stats Looking at stats isn't the problem. Its finding players worth looking at. I cant just go through every club and every player manually looking at stats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the man Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Well I'm afraid there is no quick fix but the only thing I can suggest is to get the best scouts possible for your club and send them to scour the country for the best players you can get. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feedolover Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 One point to note is if your using the player search, don't tick the box "ask assistant to filter unrealistic targets", you can set a max value and wage but you can capture many a player who doesn't show up. Also, after the first season, have a look at the big teams transfers out, because there is lots of good free transfers from players released Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathxxx Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Looking at stats isn't the problem. Its finding players worth looking at. I cant just go through every club and every player manually looking at stats. Unfortunately that's often still the best way. This is why I can spend literally hours searching for players at the start of a lower league save. Otherwise it's just a case of setting your scouts to look for players, getting scout reports on players you like the look of to ensure their star rating suggests they will be an improvement to your team, or that they are rated higher than the level your playing... ...or you could pop your head into Good Player & Team Guide, where there's a few shortlists and discussions available for lower league players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanydude Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 trial day too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marquez Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Transfer Rumours tab at the league screen can give you an idea of the players who can be at least decent for a club in that division too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcormack Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 im sorry to tell you but hard work is pretty much the best way, just through trawling through lists of players and finding out which ones are good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanriff Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 In conjunction with this, its really important when taking over a lower league club not to just kick half of the squad out of the door before looking for replacments. they might look rubbish, but they're probably good pro's for that level, and if you've managed solely at a higher level, its important to understand what a good lower league players looks like. A DC's attributes, for example, could all be 4, but if jumping, heading, teamwork, positioning, tacking, marking and strength are 13 he'll probably be pretty decent in the Blue Square North! Thats a extreme example, but I'm sure you get the point. Likewise, a player who's attributes were mostly 8 would look rubbish, but on average he'd have better stats than some players he played against. Then you take into account budget, contracts etc and you begin to see that, despite there seemingly being hundreds of players, there's actually quite a small pool from which to select. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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