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 Hi,

When you have multiple players available in a school, is it better to promote a player with a lower skill level but higher progression? How do you determine that?

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L 		03/07/2012 03:38
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 It depends - what is your plan for the jr player? If you are selling the player, unless the progression is high, average is better. If you want to keep the player, the higher the progression the better. You'll see good & experienced players (note I am not referring to myself as either) with youth squads of young, low average players, but their progressions are all 85+, probably more like 90+. 03/07/2012 03:44
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 Thanks.

My goal is to get my junior players to be as good as they can and play them in my senior team. The "problem" is that I am getting a lot of average players (14-21) with progression varying between 40 and 45 from my school. I got a couple of 50+ players but I wonder: should I be kicking players off my junior roster in order to put another player with better progression?

Also, since I only recently started monitoring and keeping a list of my school players, I no longer know which of my players have the highest progressions.

L 		03/07/2012 03:50
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 That's the key to the game I think - high progression players. So you're a step ahead of most.

My advice is to keep acquiring higher and higher progression players, as you can afford. I wouldn't say kick off, but rather if you can sell low progression relatively good average, its a win for you - you free up a roster spot for a better progression player, and you also earn a bit of money. Also, keep building and upgrading the stadium - it's great being able to exceed weekly expenses with two home games.

Finally, I don't know what you are training, but many managers train only certain positions, say defenders, or more specifically LDF CDF RDF. Some call this jr farming. This tactic allows you to train a specific position 7 days a week, ensuring that the jrs reach their potential as fast as possible. 		03/07/2012 04:08
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 Oh, I hadn't thought about that. So, if i "junior farm" my players who have the best progression, they can reach their peak and be ready to move to the senior team before the year is over? Or ar juniors "promotable" only at the start of a season?

Thanks,

L 		03/07/2012 05:30
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 Everything ABC said is absolutely correct, a few other things:

It appears you have a Brazil school, if you can get that school up to excellent level, or even high, you can start really making money and cultivate a quality set of juinors. 99 progression players usually fetch at least 10 million and up to 100 million in some cases. That right there can pay the costs of the school alone. You obviously aren't going to get a 99 progression player every day, but there's a chance you'll get one from time to time. At the very least you'll get good progression players you can sell for a few million, or you can start training and then sell them for even more money, and cultivate a great squad.

If turning your Brazil school into an excellent school isn't there right now, check out the Netherlands, Croatia, or Portugal. They all can produce good juniors, just at a slower rate.

I also can't stress how important junior farming is. Focus on one position set (GK, Defenders, Midfielders, or Forwards) and train them 7 days a week. It's going to train them up at a faster rate. I just realized this last season and in about 2 months of sort of part time training GK's I was able to raise some of them a good amount. Just focus yourself and you'll see a lot of value coming out of your schools. 		03/07/2012 05:57
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