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 Yes, I am a farmer.

But, is there any way of not fielding a Junior team?

The motivational factor for a GK being put on the pitch DROPS IMMENSELY. This hurts!

I know you'll say that it is your fault for being a farmer, and that is the price you pay, but is there a loophole around this?

 24/01/2013 02:04
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 Most people in the game are farmers, so do not be deterred by this!

Unfortunately, there is no way around your line-up conundrum. I would suggest, if you want to avoid losing so much motivation, that it is much easier to train a different position. Training defenders, for instance, allows you to start 5 defenders and two defensive midfielders, all to be trained seven days a week at full motivation...much less wasteful! 		24/01/2013 02:15
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 don't play a GK at outfield positions.i train mids.
in my junior team i play with just 7 players(all mids) most of the time. my junior team formation is GK LDF RDF IM IM LIM RIM RM LM RF LF.

now here i don't play any LDF RDF RF LF GK.these places remain vaccant.all the mids play at their normal positions.none of the mids play at LDF RDF RF LF or GK. it's better to get 50 motivation by being on reserves rather than 20-25 motivation playing out of position.
now consider if your GK is playing as RDF at the moment.
buy any RDF.
put him at RDF position and then subs. with GK.this way RDF wi be in 1st team while GK will go to reserve squad.now sell than RDF.once hez sold the RDF position will remain vaccant unless you put your GK there or you don't hit that automatic line up button.
you can keep buying more GKs and all will go to reserve squad. and will get atleast 50% motivation.


that's what i do with my jnr. squad. 		24/01/2013 08:01
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 Already tried that theory.

doesn't work with gk

 24/01/2013 08:49
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 Could it have to do with requiring a minimum amount of players needing to be on the pitch at any one time?

Would love to get an @'s response on this, especially one that trains/farms GKs. 		24/01/2013 09:01
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 The way that I have been able to 'somewhat' solve this problem is by buying very poor free goalkeepers - by doing a 'no team' search - and slotting them into my line-up.

By process of elimination, I am now left with six GKs and a regular GK on the pitch. Two in defence, two in midfield and two up front. Sacking any of these players results in a full 11 being placed on the park.

All my good GKs are on the bench or in my reserve list. 		30/01/2013 10:50
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 i think that's what most gk trainers do - 1 as starter, 7 subs and 7 reserves. to compensate, GKs have a much higher forecast/prog ratio than other players. there are lots of 99 fc GKs around.

if you want to make use of the outfield spaces you could trade players from schools or unsigned juniors.


Edited by aleph44 30-01-2013 11:08 		30/01/2013 11:07
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aleph44 said:
i think that's what most gk trainers do - 1 as starter, 7 subs and 7 reserves.
Edited by aleph44 30-01-2013 11:08



The hard part is working out how many players -and in what positions - need to remain on the pitch 		30/01/2013 11:13
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 how many = 10
what positions = doesn't matter, you'll be trading them, not training them.

hope that make sense 		30/01/2013 11:51
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 There is no way to get around the motivation issue. And even if you manage to do it and you are caught doing it, in that case you are looking at a really heavy fine which includes firing all your junior players (so all your effort in training them is gone) and also a heavy point penalty. 30/01/2013 11:55
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