Quote Originally Posted by Potemy View Post
Auctions are definitely the best value, but they're also the most uncertain, you could get the same players as negotiations for just 1 token at a fraction of their price, or you might have to go to over 100 rounds and pay several times their market value.

You can get pretty good players on negotiations, but it depends on how greedy the manager is.

Scouts are the most certain ones, you're sure to pay 50 tokens and some cash, so pick good players, higher value and quality, and lower age.

For me, I only go for auctions, I need about 21 players a season on a budget of 35 tokens a season, and I always get them too. I am very selective with my bids.
Bro, don't agree with your 2nd paragraph...depends on how "greedy". I posted a thread earlier to advise potential bidder to analyse the team of the Seller. Player may be a key player who was just rested or red carded. Another possible reason is the business sense. If I have just bought the player for 10T in auction, I will not sell him for 7T if I had hardly use him.

For Scouts, last season I bought a 6 star ST and 6 star MC. Both turn up performance ranging from 4 to 6 !! I was patient with them (no choice having spend 50T on each) and played them against weaker teams to gain confidence. True enough this season they are turning up 7 to 9 performance.