Asunto: Show your youth school

No great prospect here. The 16y/os I've had over the past 6 months have all had bad talent. Would keep ones below weak if they have a lot of weeks to improve and could eventually turn a profit. End up not playing them once I've got a fair idea of talent.

Vernon Pennifold 17 good [7] outfield 1 Reject

Nick Fitch 17 adequate [6] outfield 7 Reject

Roland Shirt 18 good [7] outfield 9 Reject

Kirk Godsell 17 excellent [10] outfield 10 Reject

Vinay Davey 18 solid [8] outfield 15 Reject

Patrick Wager 19 very good [9] outfield 17 Reject

Christian Yorke 19 good [7] outfield 17 Reject

Bold Rodda 17 good [7] outfield 19 Reject

Vivian Weighill 16 unsatisfactory [2] outfield 19 Reject

Damon Smithers 17 solid [8] outfield 21 Reject

Stuart Cantrell 19 good [7] GK 27 Reject

Geoff Heyrick 19 weak [4] outfield 28 Reject

Justin Failes 18 average [5] outfield 28 Reject

Keith Gagg 19 average [5] outfield 29 Reject

Oscar Petherbridge 18 good [7] outfield 30 Reject

Geoffrey Grimsey 18 adequate [6] outfield 31 Reject

Timothy Purefoy 17 weak [4] outfield 32 Reject

Matthew Speed 18 solid outfield 1 18
Jeffrey Griffiths 18 excellent outfield 3 18
Dick Lend 18 weak outfield 4 18
Emile Deverell 19 solid outfield 4 19
Harry Scoones 18 very good GK 5 18
Greg Widdup 18 very good outfield 6 18
Zack Francombe 17 very good outfield 6 17
Philip Lucy 19 very good outfield 6 19
Dylan Plews 17 adequate outfield 6 17
Lance Tyrrell 19 solid outfield 6 19
Romeo Bromwich 17 good outfield 10 17
Rodney Jay 17 very good outfield 12 17
Dan Rudder 17 very good outfield 17 (+1) 18
Edmund Halfpenny 17 good outfield 21 (+1) 18
Lane Swift 18 good GK 22 (+1) 19
Trevor Morgan 17 adequate outfield 22 (+1) 18
Ernie Petherbridge 18 adequate outfield 24 (+1) 19
Alex Burdon 17 average outfield 24 (+1) 18
Kingsley Buller 18 adequate outfield 25 (+1) 19
Ray Fabicus 19 adequate outfield 25 (+1) 20
Kenny Wellings 16 average outfield 31 (+1) 17


I really need to fire some of these guys, any advice would be greatly received :)

I wrote mine earlier; sack pretty much anyone who has aged before they join the youth school, but steelers uses a good rule of thumb. Personally, i'd sack the bolds:

Matthew Speed 18 solid outfield 1 18
Jeffrey Griffiths 18 excellent outfield 3 18
Dick Lend 18 weak outfield 4 18
Emile Deverell 19 solid outfield 4 19
Harry Scoones 18 very good GK 5 18
Greg Widdup 18 very good outfield 6 18
Zack Francombe 17 very good outfield 6 17
Philip Lucy 19 very good outfield 6 19
Dylan Plews 17 adequate outfield 6 17
Lance Tyrrell 19 solid outfield 6 19
Romeo Bromwich 17 good outfield 10 17
Rodney Jay 17 very good outfield 12 17
Dan Rudder 17 very good outfield 17 (+1) 18
Edmund Halfpenny 17 good outfield 21 (+1) 18
Lane Swift 18 good GK 22 (+1) 19
Trevor Morgan 17 adequate outfield 22 (+1) 18
Ernie Petherbridge 18 adequate outfield 24 (+1) 19
Alex Burdon 17 average outfield 24 (+1) 18
Kingsley Buller 18 adequate outfield 25 (+1) 19
Ray Fabicus 19 adequate outfield 25 (+1) 20
Kenny Wellings 16 average outfield 31 (+1) 17

imho...

you need to sack:

Dick Lend 18 weak outfield 4 18
Ray Fabicus 19 adequate outfield 25 (+1) 20

I'd have sacked the players below weeks ago, but given how long you've possibly had them(?) You may as well keep them for the sake of another couple of k each. Just in case you get lucky with the distribution and they're worth more than that...

Emile Deverell 19 solid outfield 4 19
Lance Tyrrell 19 solid outfield 6 19
Philip Lucy 19 very good outfield 6 19

Also sack these two unless they're uber talented, even then age is against:

Kingsley Buller 18 adequate outfield 25 (+1) 19
Ernie Petherbridge 18 adequate outfield 24 (+1) 19

Edit: I only spared Swift because your current GK graduates in 5 weeks
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thanks thats really helpful, have followed your advice

Think I'll use this thread to continue moaning about my youth school;

I actually got 6 pops from 10 players and no plops! Better than last week's 5 plops and no pops, but only just!

Alf Hackford 17 average outfield 8
Seymour Sykes 16 very good outfield 9
Nobby Hambrook 17 good outfield 9
Barry Roads 18 good outfield 14
Reece Gosling 16 good GK 15
Tommy Pennifold 17 average outfield 18
Winston Covenay 17 good outfield 19
Derek Cundy 16 solid outfield 19
Benjamin Darnell 16 adequate outfield 21
Joseph Hesketh 16 poor outfield 26
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hmm.. for the first time in a while my youth school has no real good prospects, they are all very average... i hope someone special comes, got 6 spaces free just in case :)

Looking forward to a couple of weeks time. A couple of potential graduates aren't all that, maybe a foreigner will buy them...

Neville Ginger 17 excellent outfield 1
Norman Stubbins 18 very good outfield 2
Warren Gooch 17 formidable outfield 2
Rich Seaman 17 brilliant outfield 2
Desmond Cure 19 excellent outfield 2
Larry Charlesworth 18 outstanding outfield 3
Lane Frankcombe 19 formidable outfield 3
Hugh Apperley 16 good outfield 9
Roger Petty 17 average outfield 9
William Stares 18 formidable outfield 10

Rich Seaman looks tasty.

No pun intended.

If it had to be anyone...

Carl Britten 20 magical outfield 1
Boris Nance 19 magical outfield 1
Rod Suggitt 17 average outfield 5
Sean Martyn 16 good outfield 5
Stanley Jephson 17 solid outfield 6
Jon Elmitt 18 excellent outfield 7
Josh Chamings 18 good GK 8
Bill Doncaster 16 average outfield 9
Frederick Judson 18 very good outfield 10
Alistair Hartle 17 weak outfield 13
Danny Chadfield 17 good outfield 20
Jonathon Wrathall 17 poor outfield 20
Billy Easterbrook 17 weak outfield 21
Darren Beardall 16 poor outfield 22
Seymour Heppell 17 solid outfield 23
Aidan Bowler 17 hopeless GK 26
Stewart Sharp 16 solid outfield 27
Rhys Bates 16 poor outfield 28

Pretty good bunch if I'm honest and Jacob Blue earlier in the season has definitely made me appreciate youth schools.
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Mine has been rubbish for a while now. :(

Stephan Hollis 19 excellent [10] outfield 3 19
Brian Sheppee 19 formidable [11] outfield 5 19
Allan Blunsden 17 solid [8] outfield 8 (+1) 18
Gabriel Airy 17 excellent [10] outfield 9 (+1) 18
Toby Stupples 16 adequate [6] outfield 11 (+1) 17
Aaron Grainger 16 very good [9] outfield 11 (+1) 17
Jerry Lingard 18 solid [8] outfield 12 (+1) 19
Norman Vosper 17 formidable [11] outfield 13 (+1) 18
Morgan Fawkes 16 adequate [6] outfield 13 (+1) 17
Boris Peatfield 16 very good [9] outfield 17 (+1) 17
Samuel Nock 17 good [7] outfield 17 (+1) 18
Anwar Crocombe 16 poor [3] outfield 18 (+1) 17
Conrad Barlow 16 poor [3] GK 18 (+1) 17
Jared Sandry 16 good [7] outfield 18 (+1) 17
Alfred Freestone 17 adequate [6] outfield 19 (+1) 18
Toby Lend 16 poor [3] outfield 20 (+1) 17
Graeme Mabbett 16 adequate [6] outfield 22 (+2) 18
Luke Metherell 16 unsatisfactory [2] outfield 23 (+2) 18
Gavin Maynard 16 weak [4] outfield 24 (+2) 18
Geoff Goodenough 17 weak [4] outfield 26 (+2) 19
Ian Osmotherley 17 unsatisfactory [2] outfield 28 (+2) 19

Grainger and Vosper will be good if talented.

True but I have had real bad ones lately. :(

Only keeping the young ones with good skill.


Bobby Halls 16 adequate [6] outfield 13
Stephen Wilday 16 solid [8] outfield 18

I've had a JS open for about 4-6 weeks x(

not looking very good right now :(

Wesley Trent 18 excellent 1 18
Benjamin Reakes 16 poor 2 16
Brett Fairclough 18 outstanding 4 18
Robin Were 16 average 5 16
Jimmy Clapton 16 average 9 (+1) 17
Anwar Gattey 16 adequate 16 (+1) 17
Cecil Brundell 16 good 16 (+1) 17
Neville South 16 adequate 16 (+1) 17
Trevor Cavell 18 average 17 (+1) 19
Moe Wibble 16 solid 17 (+1) 17
Alistair Palfrey 17 good 18 (+1) 18
Jason Penwarden 17 good 20 (+1) 18
Pete Draper 17 adequate 20 (+1) 18
Peter Guppy 16 hopeless 23 (+2) 18
Ted Lowsley 18 adequate 29 (+2) 20
Edmund Sturgeon 17 adequate 30 (+2) 19
Jake Waight 17 hopeless 32 (+2) 19