For these that don't like Academy players

[gogs67]

Look what you're missing out on, he was an 18 token player!


He's not got as many games due to resting him in a 'tanking' season, but this was done through training and 'green packs', no token buying.

[spornybol]

i got one for 24 tokens and did same he was shhhh, so NEVER again

[gogs67]

i got one for 24 tokens and did same he was shhhh, so NEVER again

I've bought four '24 token' youths and they've all been quite underwhelming, never again.
18, 15 and even 12 token ones however, can go on to great things as I've found out many a time!

[Christian Christiansen]

i got one for 24 tokens and did same he was shhhh, so NEVER again

I really don't get this post... If he was that good why never again
And a question for those who have bought more than 1 players from the academy. Were they duds with 5-6-4 ratings or were they really good players?

[John Naish]

I really don't get this post... If he was that good why never again
And a question for those who have bought more than 1 players from the academy. Were they duds with 5-6-4 ratings or were they really good players?

I believe "shhhh" is there for "sh*t", meaning he was bad.

[gogs67]

I really don't get this post... If he was that good why never again
And a question for those who have bought more than 1 players from the academy. Were they duds with 5-6-4 ratings or were they really good players?

The players highlighted are all academy 5,6 and 7 *.
The three at the bottom are as well, but they are all one star and never used, they are only there to keep my average lower so don't bother with their ratings.

[Christian Christiansen]

The players highlighted are all academy 5,6 and 7 *.
The three at the bottom are as well, but they are all one star and never used, they are only there to keep my average lower so don't bother with their ratings.

So the chance of getting a good player from the academy is 6/10?
P.S I see a beast striker there (Kerr)

[gogs67]

So the chance of getting a good player from the academy is 6/10?
P.S I see a beast striker there (Kerr)

All the players from the Academy that I trained up are decent so I'd say it's a pretty good hit rate if you put the time in. The 3 guys highlighted at the bottom have never been trained up and were played out of position all last season when I was tanking. They may well be decent players if I gave them the chance but I never bothered, so I wouldn't count them as being typical.!!
As for Kerr, he's the guy in the original post at the start of the thread!

[kynan]

The thing you have to evaluate is after you have spent your tokens on the player, then used green packs to power train him (and red packs for injuries), while possibly using more tokens to buy packs, add on the time it takes to train him (as you say you tanked a season too - so you could discount one of those stars if you hadn't) - then compare it to what you could get from a scout the question is - is it really that great?

I've never used an academy player. Maybe this is due in part to the fact that I already have several far superior players in the team to not make it worth while.

[HULIANO]

The thing you have to evaluate is after you have spent your tokens on the player, then used green packs to power train him (and red packs for injuries), while possibly using more tokens to buy packs, add on the time it takes to train him (as you say you tanked a season too - so you could discount one of those stars if you hadn't) - then compare it to what you could get from a scout the question is - is it really that great?

I've never used an academy player. Maybe this is due in part to the fact that I already have several far superior players in the team to not make it worth while.

He said he tanked for few seasons!