I'll be clear once again... The only difference between training him only and playing combined with training is he might get Man of the Match a skill point reward... Every player gets as much skill progress in a competitive match as in 70% of training (Stretching 7 times or all 3 types of training + Stretching once more, it doesn't matter)... 70% of training will consume 21% of condition average... Competitive match will consume between 16-26% condition or 21% average... But, in training its not always 3%, 6% or 9% condition loss... so, it might as well be 16-26% condition loss... If a player is poor or average performer and is never MotM, then really doesn't mater if he will just train or play and train...