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I hope you keep going, so many of your stars are still young, be good to see them reach their potential and start winning trophies.
Sometimes a save feels stale though. But usually for me it’s when I start winning!
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On 08/04/2024 at 07:53, Shrewnaldo said:
Wow, that's some going - particularly Atlético. Did they play a weakened side against you?
I'm sure I'd catch them eventually but I'm not sure I'll do it within my patience for the save. It's already exceeded my usual span for a save. I guess the youth development side lends itself to that additional longevity. If my squad gets picked apart by the big teams this summer then it might be a different story.
That's the weird thing, I haven't faced any weakened sides at all. Just won the whole thing too by beating Real Sociedad in the final. Don't understand what is happening at all! I have a solid squad but must have just got lucky with the tactic.
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3 minutes ago, HanziZoloman said:
If they are 18 and older, they should play a reasonable amount of games per season (12) with the senior team or loan team. If they are younger than 18 then they develop most in Training which is better addressed in the U19's because they play less matches and usually don't have more than one match/ week. They share the training facilities with the senior team.
Thanks but I don't mean moving them to the senior squad, I mean adding them to to training units, so that I can put them in mentoring groups with senior players.
I just got my first intake and I have a few 15 year olds I want to improve their personality.0 -
Is there any downside to adding all my under 19s to the senior training units? I want them to start getting mentored by senior players?
A lot has changed since I last played a few editions ago!
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Having a weird experience in my save as Real Zaragoza. Season 1 La Liga 2, not signed anyone at all and using a pretty basic 4-2-1-3 tactic. Somehow I am in the final of the Copa del Rey where I’ll play either Real Sociedad or Mirandes. Knocked out Athletic Bilbao 3-0, and Atletico. Big 3 didn’t even make the semis.
Do you think you’ll ever catch Barca and Real with your house rules? By the sounds of it, it’s a lot harder these days.0 -
1 hour ago, _Ben_ said:
And herein lies the ultimate challenge of FM. Because the game is not setup to allow us to build our own La Masia or similar - we're very hamstrung by what actually our youth sides are. It's not quite black and white but you either develop your own youth or have a really succinct playing style. If youth training had a huge impact or you had the ability to hugely influence it with your HoYD, you could only imagine the academies that would be built!
I think you're doing a wonderful job and it's making for a great read!
That would be a great feature if you could somehow set the ‘focus’ of your youth teams. Tilt them towards technical skills, physical, intelligence etc. you’re right at the moment it doesn’t seem like style of play influences intake at all.
Shrew I think you’re still doing well. Looking at your first team players attributes, they aren’t really at a top-half of La Liga level. It may take another season or two of development before you’re really competing for Champions League every year.
By the way, I have started a save in Spain, La Liga2, and I am struggling to understand the eligibility rules. I have a B team in a playable league, but I can’t seem to allow my first team backups to play there. Additionally, they are ineligible for the u19s too. Is there a way around this?
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Less of a how do I question, just didn’t want to start a thread for it.
If I have a B team that I want to use to develop my younger players, how should I set up my database?
Specifically I’m going to manage in Spain, so if my B team are in the 4th tier, do I need to set that league as playable? Full match detail? Would view only suffice with all players loaded?The 4th tier has 5 separate leagues so it would add to my load time significantly.
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3 hours ago, Shrewnaldo said:
I do remember the name. Didn't you used to post stories on TD?
Not me, but I used to follow his stories at the time. Brilliant writer, sadly he passed away.
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I’m not really clear on what settings result in newgen creation. Must be my setup, but I never get enough newgens from Africa, it’s very frustrating.
If you’re wondering about how different setups effect game speed, check out this thread:1 -
Fantastic read Shew. Haven't been around the FM scene for a quite a while but I used to read your website, and a lot of career posts back on the Dugout (remember DavidBR?). Thinking of starting a save as Zaragoza.
Do you have Fog of War turned on? Maybe its because I often played as lower leagues or nations but it really slowed down progress and I found it unrealistic in places.
I was going to say well done for resisting Gonzalez, I wouldn't have been able to do it. And then you signed him! He looks properly world-class.0
FM24 | A Sporting Heritage | The Guajes of Gijón
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Congratulations! Epic save. Took a long time but you stuck to your principles and achieved success! Thoroughly enjoyed following your journey.