AcidBurn Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 I am currently manager of Barcelona and got Tevez on a free transfer he had a brilliant first season but his second season wasnt as good due to Messi being an awesome striker. Real Madrid enquired so I said £50 million as this was his release clause and they accepted I thought this was a decent price so he is joining them at the end of the season. We are currently in the middle of Feb, I am now deciding if I should give him a training schedule of intense GK and nothing else. I am not sure if I should do it as it is kind of cheating. What do you think? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Do it. Might be worth giving him intense defending too, just to really tire him out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonSpurs Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 I'd do it, give him intensive goalkeeping, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenal_2111 Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 It is definitely cheating, it's up to you if you want to cheat. It would be quite funny though, and a good experiment to see if a player can become better as a keeper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathxxx Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Depends if the player has upset me really. If they have (requested move, etc...), then I put them on GK training or simply no training. If they haven't, then just general training. Guess I'm a cheat then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 Shall I retrain him as a GK aswell? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenal_2111 Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 I don't think you can do that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBA4LIFE Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Yehhh, go for it Tell us what happens P.S. If you can't do it, retrain him as a left-back or something Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 I never knew you couldnt do that the option is not there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonSpurs Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Train him as a sweeper then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 Currently training him as a sweeper I can tell he will come and score against me next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonSpurs Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Just be careful that it doesn't effect the morale of the dressing room. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekker Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Put him on max strength and aerobic training as well - you might be able to repeatedly injure him. It could backfire and turn him into superman though - it's the risk you take. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0x0r Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Back in one of the old SI CM games, I did that to Sol Campbell... He was leaving me on a free, so I set him to retrain as a keeper, with keeper training. He went off to an italian club and played (awfully) as their first choice keeper based on the fact it was his preferred position and he had a high reputation / CA :') I'll have to try to dig out the screenshots if they are still online somewhere. I probably posted about it on the old forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 Back in one of the old SI CM games, I did that to Sol Campbell... He was leaving me on a free, so I set him to retrain as a keeper, with keeper training.He went off to an italian club and played (awfully) as their first choice keeper based on the fact it was his preferred position and he had a high reputation / CA :') I'll have to try to dig out the screenshots if they are still online somewhere. I probably posted about it on the old forum. Thats wicked, wish I could have done that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bardock Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Don't train him as anything defensive there was a thread about this a while ago. If you train a striker as defender his attacking stats increase and vice versa. That only applies if he is training as a striker though but when he does go Barcelona are going to reap the benefits. And it's not exactly cheating I see nothing wrong with a manager screwing over a player he's about to sell. He'd really be an asshole though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maran Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 pretty cold if you ask me lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSGTroyer Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I have a training routine called "Make You Quit" which is as high as is allowed in Strength and Aerobic, and zero in everything else... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackemforever Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 This has given me an idea. Take a couple of very talented youth players, one goalkeeper and one striker, and put them in a training schedule with world class coaches to train them to the other position. So the striker becomes a goalkeeper and vice versa and see if they ever swap position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
medo24 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I sometimes make a training schedule with full strength and aerobic for older players who aren't playing first team and I want them to go down hill quicker so they will retire and become a coach. It always annoys how long they will stay in the reserves before retiring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 This has given me an idea.Take a couple of very talented youth players, one goalkeeper and one striker, and put them in a training schedule with world class coaches to train them to the other position. So the striker becomes a goalkeeper and vice versa and see if they ever swap position. You cant train an outfield player to be a GK which is a real pity as it would be great fun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 What about the impact of having a player unhappy with his training, if he's a popular lad with the other players then surely you risk of losing their respect & ultimately your job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Poor Tevez. Deserves so much better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 There wasnt much effect on Tevez he is just severely lacking match fitness after moving to Real Madrid. There were no bad effects on the team he was unhappy with his training but squad harmony was nearly full. I do know he will score against me next season its bound to happpen. Funny thing was last day of the season we needed to win by more than Madrid to get the league title due to injury Tevez had to come on the pitch for the last 15 mins. They won 1-0 and we won 4-0 with Tevez scoring our 4th goals, we won the league by 2 goals I wish he had scored the third and it had stayed 3-0 then he would have taken the league title off Madrid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazwefc Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 you could put him in the u18's that way they crnt play any games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keroppi Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Or you can just make sure his "available for reserve" is unselected... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 It doesnt matter now he has left, got Rooney to replace him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyW Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I wouldn't say it's cheating to put him on a bad training schedule - funny though... I've just tried this with Robbie Savage cos I hate him for taking up so much of my wage budget and being so crap! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyW Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 He's now out for a couple of months with a hip injury... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koki Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I sometimes make a training schedule with full strength and aerobic for older players who aren't playing first team and I want them to go down hill quicker so they will retire and become a coach. It always annoys how long they will stay in the reserves before retiring. Does that work? Do they retire earlier? I presume these players will moan about the heavy training workload and become unhappy and affect the morale of the whole squad? I ought to give it a try... these old players always annoy me, too. Not to forget the wages I have to pay them. Don't want to sell them though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgie93 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I'm going to have a look into that, looks like a lot of player could be coming my coaches Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyW Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Well Robbie decided pretty sharpish to retire after he got injured... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgreenio Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 might be worth asking him to learn all the PPM's (argues with officials), and discouraging all the PPM's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter-evo Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 AcidBurn is such a cold man. Very interesting experiment though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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