Toxcatl

[Toxcatl]

Thank you!

I find Fast Counter-Attacks more suitable for ML/AML. And I definitely want high Fitness on all my players, except maybe ST and GK (it's pain in the ass to train Fitness to a GK), because I want to be sure they can play with High pressing and M2M the whole game if needed. If it works like this, who knows =]

Maybe they changed the mechanics slightly since Al did his tests. But it should be 38% XP wasted on grey skills:

By the way, your player wasted 31%, not 27%.

If you want Passing and Creativity, then Use Your Head would be a better option IMHO, but still 19% go to waste:

[sasha m]

cheers mate, will do.
eventually. we'll see.
why I chose counter attack this time is thinking like "ok, maybe if i add him AMC while he is still young those grays will be perfect." have yet to think it trough.
but please continue with your reports, sorry about this digression.

[Toxcatl]

but please continue with your reports, sorry about this digression.

There is nothing to be sorry about, please, do it more often =D
If I sound harsh sometimes that's just because I'm a Russian. "The **** you say in battle rap, we say in actual life" (c) Oxxxy =]

[Kto]

If I sound harsh sometimes that's just because I'm a Russian

Yes, we have hard times growing up surrounded by snow and bears ^^

[sasha m]

omg, no.
it's not like that, and I even don't know what are you talking about. what I meant is I love this thread you started. unlike other showcases that focus on team's success this one is about building a team... and I love your philosophy ☺

so please continue (shutting up now)

ps: @kto: good one 😂

[Petje]

What changed your mind?
I’m happy with the results so far.


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[Toxcatl]

What changed your mind?
I’m happy with the results so far.

I was happy with the results too, but wanted to try different approach and compare them. I am writing down ratings of my players in FA matches. Old guard had ratings approximately 0.2-0.5 lower than fresh meat with whites trained equally (same positions compared). Not a big difference for 16 games though, could be just random fluctuation. I will continue to track ratings.

"Equally" means I use only clean drills, I train only main position even if player has several positions, and I don't train "leftover" skills -- never gray skills.

[Petje]

I don't have actual stats but some observations:
- For the first time a ST which is able to keep up with my AM's as far as scoring is concerned.
This season with a second ST, trained in the same way, it results again in a lot of goals.
- My feeling (no stats) is that my defenders get better rates than before.
- Already noticed, because before I already focused on physical and mental skills for daily training, is that I win most tough or potential troll matches in the second half of the game.

I will continue to experiment with your "MiniMax" method for at least another season, with a few adjustments. Maybe balanced skills are better, but I strongly believe there is are certain skills which should be given priority.

This season we are back in plat division and I want to see what will happen against serious opposition. Good idea to track stats for asso games. It's only 16 games and most are good matches to put it to a test.

[Toxcatl]

You can't get the whole picture without gathering statistics. I often thought "that guy is good, this guy is bad", but the records tell different story. Feelings lie -- we see what we want and expect to see, but records are reliable.

[sasha m]

"Equally" means I use only clean drills, I train only main position even if player has several positions, and I don't train "leftover" skills -- never gray skills.

hi tox, this question is haunting me few days now: how to train all white skills (and only them) for some single positions - like ML/R let's say, theres no drill to train his crossing without training some grays... what's your solution?