NielsPanis

@Fat Controller, nice to see someone else in Croatia. Is your U19 team playing in the CJL? My save is in 2031 but we still only play friendlies with the youth team, unfortunately. I'm 4th reputation-wise; Rijeka-Hajduk-Dinamo-Karlovac. In my save, your club: NK Kustosija Zagreb, has never been promoted to the Second League. Interesting to see you doing so well!

Hi all, I just ended my sixth season in Croatia and got second place after HNK Rijeka. We will be playing Champions League Football, albeit the League Path Second Qualifying Round. I'm loving the save so far and I'm enjoying the beautiful goals we score. The mistakes I made in my Norwegian Save are avoided and thus I have a core of strong footballers. Yet, after six seasons, the "original" players are overtaken by the youth players. My best 11 only has 2 players left, a winger (2.5 stars - Good Second League) and a goalkeeper (2 stars - Decent Second League). The winger is putting in some solid numbers, with an average of 15 G/A in the league, and around a 6.9 average rating. The goalkeeper is just declining season after season, his masterclass in the first season in the Croatian First League won't be forgotten (12 of 36 clean sheets and 8 (!) stopped penalties) but he has no future in our club. None of the original players have a personality other than "Balanced" so I won't use them as a mentor. (1) How do you all work with this transition? They are taking the playing time of players with a PA higher than their current CA. Yet, it feels like I need some older players in the team. A squad with the oldest player being 21 seems just weird. (2) Last season I got a 4 gold-5 white PA goalkeeper through my YI with a Professional personality. Would it be best to wait 1 or 2 seasons until he is 18 and start him then? Or should I start him as quickly as possible? I'm still uncomfortable with player development at a young age. (3) Does anybody know how to get my youth team into the Croatian Youth League system? Some third-division clubs do have their youth team in this league. Based on reputation, we are the 8th team in Croatia. Orijent (In Youth League) is 28th. We are only playing friendly matches at the moment and winning most of them against teams that are in this CYL. (4) How do you all build your squad? Until now, I built the squad with the best 11, then all "Original" players, and then the youth prospects, so 22 players. Then 3 youth players with bad personalities but high CA, they won't grow so just for the depth in the squad. The problem is that it seems like the starting 11 players are growing, but the rotational players don't. It feels like a waste of their PA to keep them in the squad. These rotational players have on average 10 starts and 15 substitute appearances from the 60th minute, so 30 minutes minimum. With the "original" players leaving, there will be more young players on the bench. I'm worried it will stagnate their growth. If someone is interested in my save, I will post a Season Review after season 7. Have a nice weekend!

How do you guys approached the coach side of this challenge? Pure personality, pure attributes or a mix of both? (High attributes with no negative personality) I'm just promoted to the Croatian top tier and have a lot of new staff to add to the club. I can't seem to find any high attributes + high professionalism coaches. Cheers!

You would suggest finding the sweetspot in offering the part-time deals instead of the youth contracts? That sounds fine as financially I can compensate for this. And for the current situation, can I do something about forcing my striker to sign a part-time contract so I can play with my 4.5 star striker instead of 2 star? Does the game acknowledge the fact we are both in a bad situation?

Hi all, This is my first time commenting on this thread. I'm fully invested in your YAC-saves and decided to do one myself. I'm managing Hønefoss BK in the Norwegian leagues. Yet, I'm having some difficulties you all may have a solution for as you all are more experienced than myself. Most of the talents demand a youth contract instead of a part-time deal after coming through the youth ranks. This is not the biggest problem in the beginning, but the rules in the Norwegian First Division make it difficult to play with these players. Rule: Players on a Youth or Amateur contract can play a maximum of 3 games in the league before they aren't allowed to play any more games in the First Division. I have a promising striker who demanded a youth contract and after that did not want to enter contract negotiations because the squad is not good enough. I literally cannot play him because he already maxed out the 3 games, in which he scored 4 times. What do I do now? Still in love with all of your amazing saves. Keep it going! Kind regards, Niels, Manager of Hønefoss BK