Train now or after new season starts?

[Gobobo]

I have a striker from the Youth system, 18 years old and I trained him up to be my best substitute with a SA and at 112% quality.

My two main strikers are 122% and 23/24 years old, and I don't need a third right now as my AMC is the best player in my squad, and other midfielders are also scoring.

I'm not sure whether to power train the 18 y/o now and take advantage of his age, or wait until the new season when he drops 20%. As far as I'm aware he would train faster when 92% than 112%, but the extra year slows training down too.

[nikolgiorgos]

It depends from your managerial strategy.

he would train faster when 92% than 112%,

yes

but the extra year slows training down too.

18-19 y.o. its the same

[Gobobo]

18-19 y.o. its the same

Really? I notice a significant reduction after they hit 23, I thought it would be incremental and would slow slightly at 19.

If so I'll wait until the next season, save my greens until then and power train him to replace the (then) 25 year old, and have the older guy as the sub.

I find 5/6 years between top players optimum, with middlemen filling any gaps. My 20 y/o AMC replaced an excellent AMC who is now 26 and falling down the ranks to be number 6 sub. I have a third AMC who is just average, 19 y/o but I picked up for a single coin and is just there as backup. With 28 players covering 42 positions (some can play in 3) I probably will never use him, but having lots of reserves to train increases my daily bonus anyway ;-)

Thanks for your reply.

[Der_Ryan_M]

I would wait if he is not a starter it doesn't matter anyways.

[nikolgiorgos]

Really? I notice a significant reduction after they hit 23, I thought it would be incremental and would slow slightly at 19.

read this, it's useful

https://forum.topeleven.com/tutorial...tml#post500463