these two should help

http://forum.topeleven.com/tutorials...-part-1-a.html

http://forum.topeleven.com/tutorials...-pricopgc.html

1. skills help a bit, but since it takes 50pts to build a skill, most people would prefer to build atk/def/mentality stats. if you want skills, only put skills on young players who train good.

2. I personally don't let the "weakest skill" lag too far behind, maybe at most 6pts behind.

3. yes, I can attest to that having bought a few youth players myself. I was noob, and last season I bought two 18yr olds, the 350k value one trains even slower than my 26yr old (a default guy that came with the team), the one worth 950k gets like double the stated average of each training.

now the cheaper one has grown to be worth 480k, but the expensive one is now worth 1.5m. really. cheaper one grew by went from 18-20, the expensive one went 19 to 25 in 1 season. the gap is minor initially, but grows exponentially.

4. not sure myself, my free kickers are "either" footed lol.

5. I dunno what captain does exactly. don't think anyone knows too.

6. you don't get tokens until you hit lvl 4 manager and use negotiations. auctions don't get u tokens.

7. the limit is 3-5stars I think. so a 4star player to you is = 3star player to a manager 1 lvl higher and he can also buy. someone 4lvls up would not be fighting for that player. same for "high skilled players", my friend has a player on sale, but he's a lvl 5 manager and his player appears as 7stars to me, I can't bid.

8. lights, screen have no effect, just look pretty i guess. building effects are covered in the guides posted earlier.