Why is this high value 18 yo training worse than 23yo's?

[hullabaloo]

I bought an 18 year old the other, an MC. He is 5-star and his value is 1.7 million
The problem is, he is a **** trainer. Whenever i train my t4eam, he gets the lowest training. He is 18, yet he receives less training than my 23 year olds. If the average gain if 30% (i.e. Practice Match), he will get 28-30. If it is 20, he gets 18-20.

I played a game today. He scored the winning goal and got an 8 rating. In turn, he received only 53 in skill training for the game, while 19 year olds in my team who only got 7 rating for the game, received over 100 in skill training.

People told me that buying a player who has a higher value (eg, an 18yo who is 5 star can have less value than a 3 star 18 yo, despite being equally good) means that the higher valued player will train much quicker. But this player of mine is the exact opposite! He is worth a lot more than other 18yo's his age, yet he trains 2-3 times worse than them every single time!

My questions are: is something wrong with the game? Should I sell this player and just buy a new one who trains normally?

[dv8r]

Just because he's an 18 year old, doesn't mean he's going to be a fast trainer. Look at their price, is it similar or is the 23 year old more expensive? If yes, then the 18 year old is a slow trainer. You have to take in price as a factor.. A slow 18 year old trainer is as useless as a player retiring next season, you don't need him

[jtcfmb]

Not sure if he is expensive, but from your description he seems like the free 2 star player from the youth academy of another manager. Those players are not expensive and are very slow trainers.

[jtcfmb]

Whether expensive or not should be compared to players of same age and quality.

[Joshiko]

Not sure if he is expensive, but from your description he seems like the free 2 star player from the youth academy of another manager. Those players are not expensive and are very slow trainers.

agree with this !!

[Raykco]

Actually, 1.7M for a 5* 18yo, dosen't seem very high.

[hullabaloo]

im in league 2. 18 yo's usually cost between 500k and 1,4 million. Very few cost more than that. I thought that since this 18yo cost more than other 18yo's with 5 stars, his value must be higher becoz he is a fast trainer.

turns out i was completely wrong and the game set a high value for no reason lol. I'm gonna sell him asap, coz even if he is the best player on my team right now - in 2 months others will have caught up with him easily i guess.

thanks for the help guys!

[jtcfmb]

im in league 2. 18 yo's usually cost between 500k and 1,4 million. Very few cost more than that. I thought that since this 18yo cost more than other 18yo's with 5 stars, his value must be higher becoz he is a fast trainer.

turns out i was completely wrong and the game set a high value for no reason lol. I'm gonna sell him asap, coz even if he is the best player on my team right now - in 2 months others will have caught up with him easily i guess.

thanks for the help guys!

Just an advice since you are still in lower level. Keep the player for a few seasons. Anyway he is still 5 stars and performing well. Performance is better than quality points. You can have 3 star players that get better results than 4 / 5 star players. Just get lots of trophies while still in lower levels.

[Accyrover]

Jesus wept! give the lad a chance.
Probably still wondering wish way to put his jock strap on.

For your level 5* is high, in other words you will not see the best from him until next season when his head shrinks back to normal and he's a 4*.
I'm guessing he is one of if not the highest in quality in your team, bit of a primadonna.
18yo players are for the future, take what you can now, or PT him to scout, he'll only get slower though.

P.S SP and gains from a match have absolutely nothing to do with performances in the game, they are pre programmed before the game starts relative to his gains % in the training bar.

Case in question, my DMC tonight, last four games form 5-5-4-4 in his last match today gained 2 skill points 156% gains and was injured in the 20th minute.
MF player Sherwood 24yo injured; 30th minute in second game, 1 sp and 75% gains, his normal Avg for 90 minutes.

[hullabaloo]

judging by the two last posts above, i'm guessing that a 5* players usually trains slower than a 4* player?