Asunto: to reain or not to train?

i got to youths today and have 1 space open in my defender training spots i was hoping one would fit in

first one was excerlent +1 with pops every 6 weeks in the school and looks like

Angus Meine, age: 17
club: Ironshore, country: Scotland
value: 41 550 £, wage: 615 £
very good form, tragic tactical discipline


unsatisfactory stamina hopeless keeper
average pace hopeless defender
very good technique solid playmaker
weak passing poor striker



2nd was only in the school for 2 weeks with no pops so no idea of talent and but was adequete

came out look pretty pooe but aged only 16

Jason MacLaverty, age: 16
club: Ironshore, country: Scotland
value: 10 350 £, wage: 315 £
very good form, tragic tactical discipline


unsatisfactory stamina tragic keeper
average pace hopeless defender
tragic technique weak playmaker
hopeless passing poor striker


now i think the first one would recoup the money spent on him in the school if i sold him but not sure if its worthwhile training him up as a defender
the 2nd one i am not sure if he is as useless as he looks but aged 16 might train faster and get a few random pops would he sell just now to get the 1200 i spent on him in the school

or should i abandon them both and see if i can get a player on the market to fill the spot

thanks for any advice

Player 1

I think that you would need to train him untill he's halfway through his 18th year to get him up to average defence and throw in a couple of lucky randoms then the question is would he sell for more now as he is or as a better skilled 18 year old.

Personally, if i was training defence then i would sell him now, with the money that he should make then a better suited trainee could be brought in.

Unknown talents in 16 year olds are very common and some people will buy them to take the chance. Given what i would do with player 1 and having just the one space available then i would list player 2 and hope that somebody else takes the chance. There's always the chance of getting a few quid when he later sells if he does turn out to be talented.