[Luton Town : Staring into the Abyss]

Stay strong James! Being alone is a lot better than being in a bad relationship. Chantelle is not the answer here.

[Luton Town : Staring into the Abyss]

It's nice to see Erica showing just the briefest glimpse of some humanity.

[Luton Town : Staring into the Abyss]

I think your being harsh on Chantelle.../me feels sorry for her.

I'm not completely finished with this story yet, but I'm surprised by this. I can't stand Chantelle. I mean, I don't loathe her like I do Patty Ridgeway, but man I'm glad James is moving on.

[SFraser's Training Schedules for FM10]

For those who would benefit from a helping hand in constructing training schedules based on SFraser's principles in this thread then here is an offering from DocSander and I:

This basic MS Excel Tool will allow you to check that the schedules you have modified from SFraser's original set are correct and, more importantly, start to create your own.

The Tool takes the Baseline and multiplies it by the Focus given to each category to output the slider positions.

DocSander and I will support this Tool as best we can here in this thread if there are any further questions.

Please, please, please make sure you give feedback on your training schedules here so that it can be used in the continuing development of training schedules and further the understanding of training players in FM.

Thanks DocSander, ProZone, and SFraser. I've downloaded the spreadsheet and I had a quick question about the baseline numbers. I came up with different numbers independently so I was wondering what you were using for your baseline numbers?

For instance, here was my take on the GK baseline.

Strength (3)

1. Natural Fitness - Physical

2. Stamina - Physical

3. Strength - Physical

Aerobic (6)

1. Acceleration - Physical

2. Agility - Physical

3. Balance - Physical

4. Jumping - Physical

5. Pace - Physical

6. Reflexes - Goalkeeping

Goalkeeping (7)

1. Aerial Ability - Goalkeeping

2. Composure - Mental

3. Concentration - Mental

4. Handling - Goalkeeping

5. Kicking - Goalkeeping

6. One On Ones - Goalkeeping

7. Throwing - Goalkeeping

Tactics (6)

1. Anticipation - Mental

2. Command Of Area - Goalkeeping

3. Communication - Goalkeeping

4. Decisions - Mental

5. Positioning - Mental

6. Rushing Out - Goalkeeping

Ball Control (2/1)

1. First Touch - Goalkeeping

2. Technique - ?

Set Pieces (1)

1. Free Kick Taking - Goalkeeping

And from the spreadsheet.

STR 3

AER 6

GK 7

TAC 6

BAL 2

DEF 0

ATT 1

SHO 0

SET 0

So we're pretty close, but why Attacking at 1 and Set Pieces at 0? Also, I think I remember ProZone posting that reflexes were dropped from the Aerobic category for the Outfielder Baseline - by that same logic should Technique be dropped from the Ball Control category for the Goalkeeper Baseline?

I had another minor inconsistency with the outfielder baseline in the spreadsheet.

Thanks again guys for sharing this with everyone.

[SFraser's Training Schedules for FM10]

DocSander and I are desperately waiting for your feedback on our joint 'project' which is designed to facilitate the training library idea. If you are really serious about it then let's get together and finish it off.

Any word on this? I'm excited to see what you guys come up with.

[SFraser's Training Schedules for FM10]

SFraser, this thread is top notch. I'm really enjoying the training discussion going on and it's helping me understand training a lot better. Thanks for taking the time to put all of this together.