Realising Potential

[tony wright]

When signing a high-potential youngster, what can you do to help him achieve that potential, is it in his attributes, training facilities, coaching?

[FrazT]

Mentoring, quality of coaching, game time and patience.

[bowieinspace]

Their personality is really important - they need high professionalism in particular, ambition too and determination also (but professionalism is most important for development). If they don't have the right hidden attributes/personality they will struggle. Mentoring and a good overall squad personality will help improve this.

If they have the right personality then you need good facilities and coaching - focus on training until they're legitimately ready for first team football, but from 18 onwards they NEED game time, and the game time needs to be at an appropriate level to challenge them. 

[MilagrosRodriguez]

On 16/02/2024 at 04:48, bowieinspace said:

Their personality is really important - they need high professionalism in particular, ambition too and determination also (but professionalism is most important for development). If they don't have the right hidden attributes/personality they will struggle. Mentoring and a good overall squad personality will help improve this.

If they have the right personality then you need good facilities and coaching - focus on training until they're legitimately ready for first team football, but from 18 onwards they NEED game time, and the game time needs to be at an appropriate level to challenge them.  

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Ok, thanks. I will keep it in my mind.

Edited February 22 by MilagrosRodriguez

[NineCloudNine]

On 15/02/2024 at 23:18, bowieinspace said:

Their personality is really important - they need high professionalism in particular, ambition too and determination also (but professionalism is most important for development). If they don't have the right hidden attributes/personality they will struggle. Mentoring and a good overall squad personality will help improve this.

Just quoting to emphasise this. A young player/regen is worth investing time in almost irrespective of skill if they have the attributes you list. If they have good natural fitness as well then they are almost certainly going to be useful. I like this structure as I think it fits very well with real life. Highly skilled kids are two a penny. Highly skilled kids who are physically well developed make it to age group teams. But it's the ones who have the mental side as well who make it into the adult game.

[kopfan1977]

On 19/02/2024 at 17:51, NineCloudNine said:

Just quoting to emphasise this. A young player/regen is worth investing time in almost irrespective of skill if they have the attributes you list. If they have good natural fitness as well then they are almost certainly going to be useful. I like this structure as I think it fits very well with real life. Highly skilled kids are two a penny. Highly skilled kids who are physically well developed make it to age group teams. But it's the ones who have the mental side as well who make it into the adult game.

Ravel Morrison springs to mind. Ability in abundance. But mentality was shocking. Jordan Ibe another. Burst onto the scene, Failed at Liverpool as he wasn't putting enough into his development, went to Bournemouth, then lower and lower down the league pyramid.

[fc.cadoni]

From the manual:

How can I improve my players’ attributes and ability?

A player’s development is an inexact science but there are plenty of ways you can improve your chances of helping their progress:

- Improved coaching staff

The better the coach, the more impactful their attributes are on improving a player. In general, the better the coaching attribute, the more effective it is on the player’s attribute development.

- Improved training facilities

The standard of training facilities has an impact on determining the chances of a player’s attributes developing, how close to their potential they can get, and how likely they are to continue developing overall. Better facilities encourage a greater chance of a player realising their true potential.. It can also have the knock-on effect of helping the coaching staff develop, too.

- Playing time

A player with greater exposure to meaningful playing time will develop better than someone who isn’t playing quite as often. Playing first-team minutes is more valuable than playing reserve or youth team football, and a young player who stagnates from their teenage years into their 20s without starting to play regular football stands a higher chance of not being able to reach their potential.

- Training

A player develops most through day-to-day training; their overall development is affected by the quality of the facilities and coaches, the teammates they are training with, the appropriateness of the schedules given, whether they train with the first team or any of the club’s sub-teams, and whether they are tasked with additional individual work outside of the team’s sessions. The more of these that are met to as high a standard as possible, the quicker a player develops towards full potential.

- Mentoring

Young players can develop by working closely, during training, with a more experienced teammate or teammates within their squad. Their mental attributes and Player Traits are the only areas affected, and the entire concept is detailed more in the Training section of the manual.

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Players with high Professionalism, Ambition and Determination have higher chance to reach PA.

[NineCloudNine]

6 minutes ago, kopfan1977 said:

Ravel Morrison springs to mind. Ability in abundance. But mentality was shocking. Jordan Ibe another. Burst onto the scene, Failed at Liverpool as he wasn't putting enough into his development, went to Bournemouth, then lower and lower down the league pyramid.

What is sad about examples like this is that it must be obvious to them what is going on, but they are unable to do anything about it, even when they are older. Some come from really difficult backgrounds of course and unhelpful influences can be hard to shake off, so I know it's not easy.