2feet Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 (edited) The way youth players are developed needs overhauling. You should be able to set a one year plan with your youth staff for each youth player at the start of the season, ie set an entire scheduled training plan for the entire season. For example, by the end of this upcoming season I want Player X to have played most his games as a right back, in the role of wing back. I grant you some free license to also play him in some other positions 5% / 10% / 20% of the time where you deem it necessary. I want you to adjust your tactics to make this player the most important player on the team because he has huge potential, even if it sets back the development of other players. I want him to specialise in extra technique training for 3 months, then 3 months on corners, then 6 months on ball control. You press confirm and he's all set for the year. No need to keep returning to the youth team to do more tiresome fiddling all the time, or trying to remember who's training schedule needs updating this week. This means more time focussing on the first team, the tactics, the games. Less stupid things to remember. Less admin = more fun. You set the youth schedule at the start of the year, then leave it to your youth staff to do it. Then you can check in after six months to see how he's doing: review attribute increases, review position familiarity improvements, review average rating scores, etc and make tweaks to the development plan if necessary. Talk to the player if he needs motivation. Edited December 1, 2022 by 2feet 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Zachary Whyte Posted February 16, 2023 SI Staff Share Posted February 16, 2023 Appreciate the suggestion, this will be placed under consideration from the developers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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