Training Suprise

[Pontefract City]

IMHO I'd go for one more in speed.

 

[michaelowe]

Nothing has happened for a few days on my training report

Had a few youth balls few days ago but must be one senior ball in 2 weeks now

 

[chris boston]

Cheers, I'm going to train Giddy in shooting and Tosh in speed. Think those would be more important than an extra passing or bctrl ball - want my strikers to be more clinical and faster than the opposition's defence

 

[nekton]

Swietobor got his 6th in shooting, seems like he had a big partial there I'm gonna keep him on shooting until he's maxed there, here's hoping he isn't already!

 

[Pontefract City]

A youth defender got his second in speed and my goalie Kerry Collingsworth finally gained his 7th for keeping after a hard season of training...he'll still do crap

 

[Shark]

Wiley Kitts got his 7th in tackling

Going to get him up to 5 in speed, stamina and ball control now, which should take 2 or more seasons. Should be in the England squad by then

 

[myfatcat]

Well actually...

Player stats!

In addition to Steve's previous news item, I have gone through the whole squad and created a rough guide for average player stats needed to replace players currently in the squad (not first team):

Defenders
6/7 speed
5/6 stamina
5/6 intel
4/5 header
4/5 bctrl
8/9 tackling
4/5 cross bls

Midfielders
5/6 speed
5/6 stamina
5/6 intel
6/7 passing
5/6 bctrl
5/6 tackling OR shooting
4/5 cross bls

Forwards
6/7 speed
5/6 stamina
5/6 intel
5/6 passing
8/9 shooting
6/7 bctrl

Please make sure the player stats are similar before submitting to nemesis01, myfatcat or myself! Some leeway may be given if one or two stats are slightly lower as long as other stats are on the higher end.

And also please note your player may not definately get into the team, but if they have these stats then they're likely too. Depending on the response a new guide may be published.

Thanks a lot for your time! We really do appreciate you helping us to improve England's team and chances at the next tournament!

Regards,
Chris Boston

We've actually had 2 news items about the National team in just 2 days - something of a rarity. But the unfortunately important point, is that Wiley still needs at least another 10 balls before he makes the Squad...

 

[Shark]

Lol.. fair enough... but by the time he gets those 10 balls, he should only be in his mid-twenties

 

[Shark]

The Wiley Kitts of the future (Assuming he won't max)

 

[rony31]

2 balls today... promising youth gets 1st BC, off to shooting to see if he's maxed on 4... if not staying there, if yes, back to BC

also, starting defender got 2nd speed... off to tackling for the rest of the week for his 7th, then back to speed for 1 more

 

[nekton]

Originally posted by Shark

The Wiley Kitts of the future (Assuming he won't max)

This is a bit weird but how many new balls do you usually expect per season? I've always counted on 2 and no more, but it seems that you guys are expecting a few more than that. Do you have coaches with more balls than mine perhaps and that'll do the trick or do foreign players just train faster?

What's the deal here?

 

[rony31]

well, he's expecting 10 balls in 4 seasons... it's possible seeing as how he could have partial balls here and there

 

[Shark]

Yup, partial balls... and I'd say on average my players get 2 or 3 balls a season. Every skill he needs training on has a coach, and he's young so will train faster as well... it's possible.

 

[nekton]

Originally posted by nekton

Swietobor got his 6th in shooting, seems like he had a big partial there I'm gonna keep him on shooting until he's maxed there, here's hoping he isn't already!

Not maxed yet! Wee

 

[michaelowe]

Got a couple of balls for my youths in past few days again

But my seniors still refuse to get ANY balls. Think is 1 senior ball in 3 weeks LoL

 

[Pontefract City]

1st in BC for a young guy I beat shark to

2nd in Stamina for Ormond Newell...yeah haven't heard of him in a while have ya? He's still only 21 but he maxed at 7 shooting. I'm going to get him to 2 speed before I consider putting him on the bench

2nd in Passing meanwhile for my top striker Jerrard Eliss

3rd in Play Int for a sub midfielder

 

[chris boston]

Blair, go for 6 speed / 5 stamina first, he could possibly get into the team then if some players in the squad now don't get trained to their 5th ball (can think of 3-4 defenders off the top of my head). Then bctrl ahead of cbls.

8th shooting, got another soon to follow... both will probably max, but the question is whether to sell and cash in now, or train speed, stamina and bctrl and use as backups (or sell then, older but more balls)

 

[rony31]

Originally posted by rony31
also, starting defender got 2nd speed... off to tackling for the rest of the week for his 7th, then back to speed for 1 more

this is the sweetest ball yet... he got his 7th in his 1st day of training in tackling! thats 2 balls in 2 days! back to speed

 

[nekton]

Originally posted by rony31
this is the sweetest ball yet... he got his 7th in his 1st day of training in tackling! thats 2 balls in 2 days! back to speed

That's always nice! Only happened once for me though Crappy youth too... waste of space.

 

[chris boston]

Hehe I had speed and tackling like that once too! First team player as well!