After looking at quite a few websites and youtubes with inconclusive information about how mentoring works, I found this one. It seems official, so was encouraged.
So I understand mentoring works only between players inside the same squad. No more mentoring Under-19's with your Model Citizens upstairs. I understand its not realistic and agree.
So, from now on if you get a 200 pa player and is unprofessional and/or unambitious, you might as well sell or put in the B team with unhireable B-coaches. The player will under-develop until promotable to the first team, so its best to sell him. Got it.
This basically makes under-19s non-viable really. I have to land a professional/model citizen/driven 16 year old with a pa of 200 (or whatever is the highest you could keep at the club unless highly loyal).
So I'm into my 2nd year with a 2nd B division team in Spain. I'm within a year or two of going up to 1st division (currently in 2nd div). I'm thinking, whatever I sign is way better than what I can develop, got it. So fire the under-19 coaches and head of youth. I have a B team with no coaches. The Under-19's team doesn't have any fixtures generated even though my under-19's manager is in charge of scheduling friendlies, and neither does the B team. Not sure why i have those teams at the moment. So, its pointless to have them really. Its all a distraction from the game and wondering why I didnt go out for a beer instead.
So, about current youth intake, they always suck, unless i go the cheap route and waste time reloading a save to get lucky and get a player with a pa of 130, wooohoooo!! But its pointless, since the player will not develop. Even if he does develop to 130 because he has the right personality, by the time he does, i need 160 ap players. So why waste resources and time.
So i'm thinking youth systems are just a side show that may generate a player you might play in the first team, maybe in 500 tries, unless i go the reload save cheap "cheat" until something useful is produced. I'd be spending 70% of my time in FM20 just reloading and reloading and wasting time instead of playing. Otherwise, youth systems are a side show. Dont bother with B teams or under-19's if you want to play an honest game. Just go mercenary route and buy players the program feeds you and get actual real world "game time" in FM.
For me, youth development now is broken. Its pointless really.
The Unofficially Official Training and Mentoring Guide
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After looking at quite a few websites and youtubes with inconclusive information about how mentoring works, I found this one. It seems official, so was encouraged.
So I understand mentoring works only between players inside the same squad. No more mentoring Under-19's with your Model Citizens upstairs. I understand its not realistic and agree.
So, from now on if you get a 200 pa player and is unprofessional and/or unambitious, you might as well sell or put in the B team with unhireable B-coaches. The player will under-develop until promotable to the first team, so its best to sell him. Got it.
This basically makes under-19s non-viable really. I have to land a professional/model citizen/driven 16 year old with a pa of 200 (or whatever is the highest you could keep at the club unless highly loyal).
So I'm into my 2nd year with a 2nd B division team in Spain. I'm within a year or two of going up to 1st division (currently in 2nd div). I'm thinking, whatever I sign is way better than what I can develop, got it. So fire the under-19 coaches and head of youth. I have a B team with no coaches. The Under-19's team doesn't have any fixtures generated even though my under-19's manager is in charge of scheduling friendlies, and neither does the B team. Not sure why i have those teams at the moment. So, its pointless to have them really. Its all a distraction from the game and wondering why I didnt go out for a beer instead.
So, about current youth intake, they always suck, unless i go the cheap route and waste time reloading a save to get lucky and get a player with a pa of 130, wooohoooo!! But its pointless, since the player will not develop. Even if he does develop to 130 because he has the right personality, by the time he does, i need 160 ap players. So why waste resources and time.
So i'm thinking youth systems are just a side show that may generate a player you might play in the first team, maybe in 500 tries, unless i go the reload save cheap "cheat" until something useful is produced. I'd be spending 70% of my time in FM20 just reloading and reloading and wasting time instead of playing. Otherwise, youth systems are a side show. Dont bother with B teams or under-19's if you want to play an honest game. Just go mercenary route and buy players the program feeds you and get actual real world "game time" in FM.
For me, youth development now is broken. Its pointless really.