Strategy – management – tactics part I
Answering a question of a friend (Al) about if it’s worthy to give sa or extra position instead of quality, I can say few things here where you can see also the roster at the next post.
The advantage of giving extra positions (like DC+DMC+MC, DL-DC+DR, DL-DC+DMC, MC+AMC, ST+AML-AMR, ML-AML+ST ) for me :

1) I can keep a small roster (the basic squad), so I can keep permanently 6 positions for the (less than) 1* players – the 0T academy youngsters , so to lower my quality for the upcoming Cup draw.
I keep those players for many seasons (from 18 y.o. to their retirement) so the q avg of the team, gives me Cup opponents from 2-3 levels bellow.

2) I can do a good coaching during the game as I can switch to any formation without doing any sub.
Also I can switch the players (DC to DR or DC to DMC or from ST to winger) if I see that a player doesn’t performing well.
Or just shaking the tree if I see that the game flow isn’t good.

3) I can find a better position for a player I bought, than his “natural”. As you know, I go for the nordgens the first day of the season but after that, it’s not so easy to find them.
So, if I bought a fast trainer ST but he doesn’t score, he can be excellent as a winger so I rarely disregard in the middle of the season players I bought .

4) I can do a better rotation when I have some loss from cards or injuries (saving some reds too).

5) The players of this small basic roster have more participation in games so the ‘re gaining more and get a higher quality in the end of the season.

6) Also maybe the team has a better “chemistry” as those players have played many games together (but that’s questionable ).

7) When I ‘m buying a defender without sa (if he has a useless sa like penalty specialist or C-K/F-K, I prefer to go for another), I give them “aerial” or “defending wall”.
Those are the perfect sa for defenders and I see them working almost in every game. Sure it’s worthy
Some others like F-K , C-K are questionable and I prefer to give a test before I give them.

8) If I see a fast trainer (or a simple player) with sa, I prefer to go for him even if I don’t know that his sa is “working”.
Those players with extra roles or sa it’s very easy to sell them the last 1-2 days of the season so to be ready for the next Cup draw.


The managerial plan of the team is to have/get 8 fast trainers + 6 very low q players the first day of the season. Then I buy some new fast trainers to replace the guys who ‘re getting older and gonna be sold at the end of the new season.
Then I also buy some 5* nordgen or veterans doesn’t matter as they ‘re gonna be sold also at the end of the season.
I don’t give quality sp to those 5* veterans because if they ‘ll be _0 or _5 6* players, it’s not gonna be easy to sell them.
So I add an extra role or a sa and keep them as 5*.

The 5* fast trainers, besides their new sa or role or both, at the end of the season can easily reach the 7* (I mean without many extra sources).
If I would go only for the q, after the 7*, the would need much more greens to improve.
Then, the next season they are 5* or early 6* and they start gaining a lot as their quality (stars) dropped from the next lv promotion.
Doing this circle, doesn’t need so many greens.

Only some seasons when I ‘m tanking, I keep many nordgen or train some to late 7*.

Tanking from time to time is a good strategy to save extra sources and develop more your nordgen.

An extra role and a sa need about 100 greens for a fast trainer.
As I buy 18 y.o. players and keep them for 4-5 seasons, that means 20 extra greens per season.
So, it’s not so big the number but still needs extra sources (farming or buying).

The high quality doesn’t make a player good performer too.
As Khris wrote somewhere and I agree, a 6* player can deploy almost all his talent in the field. If a ST of 6* can’t perform and scores, if make him 7* or 8* I don’t think (and didn’t see any example so far) he ‘ll start scoring.
Only if you have a super team of 8*-9* players, with their high quality can dominate the games and get higher rates.

A 6* players team was good enough for me so far, to win many titles (doubles and trebles).
When I found some 8* teams, I fought as I could but as they were active players too, I stayed in the same level as I had to face them in every season.
I didn’t have the sources to make my team 8* too and even if I could, the result would be doubtful.

You can see previous posts from older seasons and finals and see what I mean.

The next seasons, for me, the target is to win 3 more trebles and get the lv3 Treble achievement (win 10 trebles).
After that, I ‘ll see what will be the next challenge.

So, if you have extra sources, yes it’s worthy .