Quote Originally Posted by redsnoopy View Post
He came out from Youth Academy at 18. Trains ok for the usual skills. But after I put him up for training SA, the progress is abysmal. Why?

I regretted not letting him take the risk of the random Special Sponsors SA. At least, that is immediate, although I will be fearful of him being allocated the useless penalty SA.
The youth SA skill from special sponsor is actually available to be picked specifically - we can pick the one we like, so it is well worth using along with the other youth coach onto 1 youth. He should be around 75% with the best suited SA if initial quality is around 64% - 66%.

Normally, I would use those 2 special sponsor gifts onto a DC with heading SA or a DL/DR with wall SA. Either would easily cost 15T upwards in auction, and should be a very good backup sub player at least. As they tend not to be the best FT, they wouldn’t be considered as long term player unless they play so well that dropping them looks more insensible than not.