Asunto: Youth players

Gave Caracalla the chop last week after no takers on TM.
Keeping Cloete- need to create training slot.
Same for the Cannibal until I can gauge talent.

Of the 4 I had graduate this week only one was of interest. He's not as good as my current 3 Mid trainees so I have put him on the market if anyone is interested.

Travis Tennant, age: 17
club: Hackney Marshes, country: Australia
value : 60 800 AU$
wage: 1 080 AU$
very good [9] form
tragic [0] tactical discipline
height: 177 cm, weight: 70 kg, BMI: 22.34

tragic [0] stamina tragic [0] keeper
poor [3] pace poor [3] defender
good [7] technique average [5] playmaker
average [5] passing hopeless [1] striker

Any idea of level pulled/level progression(talent)?

Can't remember exactly - pulled as Very Good and the graph was neither very good or very bad. He dropped a couple of levels in his first week. If you took it from that point he was pretty much a 4 but if you counted from his entry level then he was 4.5-odd - regression would no doubt have him in between those so I'm going to say 4.25

I have an 18yo youth GK due to graduate in 2 weeks. His talent is at least 3.6 and he's currently magical.

I can't train GKs, so I'll have to sell him.

Even if he was 3x 10, he'll have lots of points distributed in other skills, which will either make him less useless or open a chance to train for another position on the pitch. Shame the reform still doesn't touch the important matters such as YS. Still don't get it how is it possible that you may get a 14-17 youth that you've been waiting for about 2,5-3 seasons (which is extremely rare and, for some, even impossible to achieve without luck during many years in SK) and the highest possible skill to get is excellent.
In your case, as a future young gk owner, awaited long as F, takes all the joy of waiting. The same for those who get >19yo's. If your player was 19yo, he would be worth completely nothing now as a 19yo 3x 10.
Max. 10 skill would be fine for 16&17yo guys. For those >17yo, the max. skill should go up +1 with each year.

Do you really want to get a magical youth like this?

19yo
1 pace 13 def
4 tech 13 playmaker
3 pass 13 striker

because that's what you could get if you "unlock" the maxes at skills

you won't only get the good side of this change, you will also get the bad one

Yep, I'd rather take that risk more than a freak like:

2 10
5 10
10 10
Or 3x 10 + 8 gk for a field player.

It's a roulette here anyway, so nothing much changes but you'll also get a chance to receive some more money for a 'hurt kid'. No doubt that your example is worth more than the one I gave you while the sumskills are equal.

No bad side for me here.

If he comes out 10/10 across gk and pace I might be tempted. I suspect though as a magical pull he will get outfield skills too so if he had low gk and 10/10 pace/passing he may be trainable in another position.

Will have to wait and see on the skills. I haven't had a magical youth before. Keeper or not, it's still a bit exciting.

Now that I'm getting over my sickness and fevers, I can start looking at how these recent pulls have been looking (keep in mind, the U19s and down aren't completely up to date)

Here's my pulls for the week first up

Good, Talent 3.3

Rex Tong, age: 17
club: Achmids Soul, country: Australia
value : 48 800 AU$
wage: 960 AU$
very good [9] form
tragic [0] tactical discipline
height: 173 cm, weight: 71.8 kg, BMI: 23.99

tragic [0] stamina tragic [0] keeper
adequate [6] pace unsatisfactory [2] defender
weak [4] technique average [5] playmaker
weak [4] passing hopeless [1] striker

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Excellent, Talent 4.04

Toby Valentine, age: 17
club: Achmids Soul, country: Australia
value : 120 000 AU$
wage: 1 800 AU$
good [7] form
tragic [0] tactical discipline
height: 188 cm, weight: 90.5 kg, BMI: 25.61

unsatisfactory [2] stamina unsatisfactory [2] keeper
unsatisfactory [2] pace solid [8] defender
poor [3] technique very good [9] playmaker
poor [3] passing unsatisfactory [2] striker


Tong - Currently #2 U17 MID might give him a shot given Brown is out injured

Valentine - #5 U17 DEF

@Majortinkle - Tennant - #1 U17 MID - may be similar to my Tong given Tong has a few levels of pace on him

Solid GK

Blake Goodwin, age: 17
club: Ginger Nuts, country: Australia
value : 90 800 AU$
wage: 1 600 AU$
very good [9] form
tragic [0] tactical discipline
height: 185 cm, weight: 73.4 kg, BMI: 21.45

poor [3] stamina hopeless [1] keeper
tragic [0] pace hopeless [1] defender
hopeless [1] technique hopeless [1] playmaker
excellent [10] passing tragic [0] striker

LOL

Talent 32/6, will be sold or sacked.

Ante Bolton, age: 18, height: 173 cm
value: 69 200 AU$, wage: 1 160 AU$
club: Cool Runnings, country: Australia
form [9] very good, tactical discipline [0] tragic

stamina [3] poor, keeper [1] hopeless
pace [4] weak, defender [7] good
technique [5] average, playmaker [0] tragic
passing [4] weak, striker [7] good

Meanwhile...

Jose Snowball 18 unearthly [16] GK 1

Damn, he will be interesting if nothing else

Bit late this week but:

Pulled as very good
Mick OConnor, age: 18
club: The Comets, country: Australia
value : 59 600 AU$ wage: 1 040 AU$
very good [9] form tragic [0] tactical discipline
height: 178 cm, weight: 86.6 kg, BMI: 27.33

weak [4] stamina tragic [0] keeper
average [5] pace weak [4] defender
tragic [0] technique adequate [6] playmaker
adequate [6] passing weak [4] striker

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Pulled as very good

Tony Timpano, age: 19
club: The Comets, country: Australia
value : 52 800 AU$ wage: 1 000 AU$
very good [9] form tragic [0] tactical discipline
height: 177 cm, weight: 81.5 kg, BMI: 26.01

adequate [6] stamina hopeless [1] keeper
poor [3] pace hopeless [1] defender
weak [4] technique weak [4] playmaker
average [5] passing average [5] striker

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Pulled as good

Jeffrey Cunico, age: 18
club: The Comets, country: Australia
value : 40 400 AU$ wage: 880 AU$
very good [9] form tragic [0] tactical discipline
height: 179 cm, weight: 69.1 kg, BMI: 21.57

weak [4] stamina tragic [0] keeper
hopeless [1] pace poor [3] defender
hopeless [1] technique poor [3] playmaker
adequate [6] passing average [5] striker

Don't think any are amazing enough at this stage of the season. OConnor might be the best of them, would have to take a look at talent estimates.