Q&A Thread

hmm I get 11mill in the premiership. So maybe yours only goes up to 10mill in the championship?

how many scouts do people have/

Yep i can confirm that. 

4

7 in nz. 4 in Australia and Oceania. 

I could probably get rid of 1 or 2 in nz. Quality scouts don't always come around too often though. 

6 scouts.

7 scouts but could drop at least two sub-par ones but often find I have them used anyway.

3 average scouts, no real need for many more.

I've only the two - don't get used all that often, but I don't really trade much on the market.

My team seems to be playing well in the first half of matches but then get over run in the 2nd half, is that down to fitness? or any ideas?

What stamina levels do your players have?

14,15,11,15,8,19,17,13,13,11,8

I'd look to be subbing anyone under 14 at 70 odd minutes, everything else being equal. That might help. the 11s and the 8 are prime candidates to get tired and fade. The 8 might even be a 55 or 60 min sub

Thanks

I've got a young guy had him for 4 weeks (or game months) - all 4 of my scouts say he's in his late bloom. He's currently 2.7* rec, TI 26, and they all say he 's got 4.5* potential. My question is, am I the only one that seems unlikely to? He's in his late bloom and still 1.8* away from his apparent potential. 

Here he his: 

No chance.

Yeah that's what I thought. So, follow-up question - why are the scouts saying 4.5 star potential if he'll never reach that? Is it something to do with my youth academy and training facility levels (both 7)? Or is TM just being cruel to me by dangling the hope of a quality player in front of me before yanking it away again?

Sometimes scouts get it wrong.

It could be he is 4.5* and they are wrong about the late in his bloom part.

What are the DEV /20 rating and Youth /20 rating for the scout(s) involved?

Dev/Yth for my scouts are 16/17; 18/10; 20/12; 16/20. I think it's the first time I've ever had all 4 scouts and the YA say the same potential for a player.

I'm wondering if it's a situation where he'll get to around 3.5* by the end of his bloom (or a bit less probably) and then slowly creep up until he reaches close to his potential when he's 27 or 28

I think it means if he was optimally trained (i.e. TG = 10) then by the time he is at his peak (around 28) he would be 4.5.  In saying that, like Brandon says, I don't think they are always right.

cheers. Think it'll be a while before I get my facilities up to a 10, but even at 3.5* he should make a decent replacement for at least one of my geriatric first teamers

plus sometimes by the end of their bloom they still have another .5 to develop, it just takes a lot longer. 

Do goalkeepers get less TI, seeing as they have less skills to develop?

I deactivated my account about a month ago, and went to sign up again recently using an alternate email address and it's saying 'I'm unable to register at this time'. Is there a stand down period something of that nature in place before I sign up again.

Tried several times using alternate details/different computers/phone and it keeps coming up with that message.

Help would be appreciated!

have you tried logging in with your old details? Think they have a stop in place with IP addresses to prevent multis. 

Sorted. Eventually let me in with my second email address and subsequent details.

A couple of questions regarding player development. I currently have 7/10 training facilities and am considering upgrading them to 8/10. I've got about 3 or 4 4.5*-5* prospects now and I want to train them up. But is it worth it? Would I be better off selling them and buying better players already. 

I've got an ageing first team so I'll need replacement players soon, but I also know that getting decent kiwi players can be tough so I don't know if I want to get rid of potentially good ones. 

So what I'm thinking is I'll make the next couple of seasons "transition" seasons - sell off some of my older players while I can get cash for them, and to save on their wages, and play a younger, weaker, more inexperienced team. Obviously this will cost me in income and performances. Has anyone done this themselves? Would it be too hard to build my squad back up?

Bsacially I just want people's thoughts on it....

My two cents would be to try and develop those youngsters.  You could have a bit of a golden generation in a couple of seasons and climb your way up the ladder.

yeah that's what I'm thinking... upgrade the training facilities then?

yeah it's very boom or bust. Depends on your preference of strategy. I used to go with youngsters and had some very successful seasons with it. but have recently moved away from that and now sell them when I can and try to buy more established players. Am currently in a transition phase for sure (I even got relegated from the fever premiership!)

just did the upgrade, gonna go for the youth strategy. May as well give it a crack!

I also see that they've added an actual numerical value for the potetntial rating in scout reports now...

Yeah, they used to just have the 1-20 scale before the stars came in.  

I think while you have the youth potentials, you may as well go down that route.  The youth pull system can be quite brutal though and you can go for a number of seasons without getting anyone close to 5 stars.  I downgraded my youth academy recently from 9 to 8 as it wasn't producing and I just couldn't afford it.

Yeah, quality youth players are worth more to me as players than as money. And if I get cash-strapped then I can sell one but keep the others

Just got another potential 5* striker from my YA this morning :)

Just saw this update if it's of any help:

Another season update is imminent. It will commence on Monday the 29th of December.

The site will go off-line at approximately 9:00 am (danish overlord time (formerly known as tm time aka cet)).

---- (LT Note: You can copy paste below) ------

Here's the schedule as things appear at this time.

The week leading up to the update goes like this:

- On Monday inactive teams are marked for all to see.
- On Wednesday the last round of league games is played.
- On Thursday the draw for the play offs are made. Pay particular attention to your fixtures.
Also, the NT Sale is started by national team players from banned and inactive teams being put on the transfer list with deadlines expiring all through the weekend;
¤ Youngsters (age less than 18) are NOT included.
¤ There is no maximum age for nt rescue
¤ Players from 'bot' teams are NOT saved.
¤ Maximum NT rescue-ees: 25
- On ¡FRIDAY AND SUNDAY! division qualification matches are played.

The season update process will commence on Monday where the site will be closed (and transfer deadlines postponed accordingly.)

During the season update the following things are done:

- Player awards: top goal scorer, MVP, U21-MVP, U21 top-scorer, are handed out.
- Player stats are saved.
- Players who have announced retirement retire and old players who will retire after next season announce retirement. Players start considering retirement at 32, while keepers consider it after they turn 33.
- Player injuries are reduced by 2-4 matches depending on med center (and luck to a lesser extent).
- Player bans are left as they are, but any surplus yellow cards, which do not amount to a full one-day ban, are deleted.
- Club stats are saved.
- League -, national cup -, and QM trophies are handed out.
- League and national cup bonus is handed out.
- Inactive and banned teams are deleted.
- Promotion and relegation is handled. Note that fans in-/decrease wont happen until after the first league match of the new season.
- League, international cup and NT matches are laid out.
- Next season’s national stadias are decided. Capacity as well as facilities count.
- Youths which have not been drafted from the academy and who have turned 20 are deleted.
- The draw for next season’s NT tournament(s) is performed.
- The draw for next season's international club tournaments is performed.
- Match reports are converted to a less space consuming historic format.
- Clubs with too few players in their squad receive "crappy" players to meet the required minimum.
- ... And much much more.


Good luck with the final match(es) of the season!

Sincerely
The TM HQ

my team almost got deleted due to inactivity! Didn't realise I hadn't been on in that long! 

Where were you when you were shark? ;)

How does the inactive team/players bidding work?  Could be a few bargins or does everyone latch on and its just like buying a player through seraching transfers?

Alas only players thought to be worth $250 million are selected for the inactive bidding, which reminds me, I have to go through the NT shortlist to nominate NZ players worth saving....