When the prices of players in the market goes down ?

[t11_fan]

I bought a scout which was 7*, nearly 8* and he played 4 seasons in all competitions (200 games) and in his 5th season he is a high 4* aged 27. But bought another scout GK to replace him, who is high 7*. So it depends what you think is better. I like to have a mix of both scouts and youth players which train fast.

If I had T for scout, I'd buy only MC. Main disadvantage of scout's skills are equal stats. Thats good only for MC.
Last season I've bought nordgen GK, 64 rating, (5* @L10) for few tokens. I've only upgraded his def skills and at the end of season he had rating 68 (6*), def skills 77. Now he has rating 70 (5* L11) def skill over 80. I wouldn't change him now for scout GK because i dont think i could find scout with rating 74 and def. skills over 80 and he'd be older than my nordgen.
Nordgen defenders and ST are useful too because I upgrade only def/att and physical. My nordgen ST has rating 65 (weak 5*) att skill 73, physical high too.
However, MC needs all skills def, att and phy skills, so it's way harder to keep him at high quallity.
My ex ST, not nordgen, but for me more useful than scout.
He has similar age, attack and physical stats as scout, but low (useless for ST) defensive skills and he costed me 1T (49T saved)

[nikolgiorgos]

Thanks for the advices guys.
I believe that in this critical point, before a final, a scout would be more useful because I just need to buy him, put him and expecting to perform well. A nordgen, 18 y.o. , 5*, with twice the money of a scout, isn't common in the market. If I could guess that it would be a biding war for certain , I also had to count at least 10T. He 'll be probably without SA and I have read that 18 y.o. need some time to perform.

Ok, my team is wealthy but I'm not Abramovich (even if I placed once over 15T in bidding war already)
In my 2nd season I bought a scout DL/DC Header, who also in this season become 6* and he is one of the MVPs and that I believe also for the next season even he would be 4* . So 50T /3 years = 17T for a year for such a player
With this season budget, I bought a scout MC, f-k specialist. I agree with you t11 fan, an MC holding the rythm of the game and his SA , F-K or Corner makes the diference.

[t11_fan]

Thanks for the advices guys.
I believe that in this critical point, before a final, a scout would be more useful because I just need to buy him, put him and expecting to perform well. A nordgen, 18 y.o. , 5*, with twice the money of a scout, isn't common in the market. If I could guess that it would be a biding war for certain , I also had to count at least 10T. He 'll be probably without SA and I have read that 18 y.o. need some time to perform.

Well, on transfermarket you need luck for every player, you can't know how many tokens will someone spend. I've been using nordgens for while, with 35T per season they are my only chance to keep team competitive. Although nordgens are expensive, advantage is that you don't have to buy new player for few seasons so it gives space and time to earn enough money for players future replacement. My GK should play 4-5 seasons, club will have money to replace him.
Great difference is between changing 6-7 or 12-14 players per season.
Have you tried to buy nordgen through negotiations?

[nikolgiorgos]

"Have you tried to buy nordgen through negotiations? "

I 'm not in that LV, yet, I'm LV3/season 3. I have 1 good nordgen but going for more 5* I was in the middle of biding war and gave up.
I have a competitive team (going for my 3rd L, semi CH.L., semi CUP) so I must have many have 5* players. In some season at the future I 'll think about tanking.

[t11_fan]

Level 3? Then you don't need scouts, 5* players on this level are enough to aim on the top of all competitions.

[nikolgiorgos]

Are you sure ?



this is my opponent (LV5) in CUP, semifinals, as I can see him

[t11_fan]

http://forum.topeleven.com/attachmen...ub-trophys.jpg
Levels 1-4, not a single scout used. Average rating of best 4 teams in low leagues is 3-4*, so if you have 11 5* players you can win trophys without problems. Save tokens for high levels

[Philip L. Willis]

I bought a scout which was 7*, nearly 8* and he played 4 seasons in all competitions (200 games) and in his 5th season he is a high 4* aged 27. But bought another scout GK to replace him, who is high 7*. So it depends what you think is better. I like to have a mix of both scouts and youth players which train fast.

Good post, people tend to massively generalizes advice to others, just because it worked for them.

I have both Nordgens and Scouts, it depends of what stage of the game you are at.

Nordgen and or Youth players tend to demand a lot of care! Scout come fully equipped.

A 18 yr old Nordgen or a 22 year old Scout are both desired items, highly recommended.

What is lacking in the popular misconception they your Nordgen or Scout will never SUCK! Pointless if they consistently rate 6 or less.

Again and again, people will push ONE thing that they feel give them big shinny trophies with handles, so YOU should do the same. Which is narrow minded and bad advice.

Peace.

[nikolgiorgos]

Great wall my friend Vahid but to tell the truth, I want the triple crown. After painting my wall with that , I go relaxing and hunting L and CH.L.
So, I missed an opportunity last year, won L & CH.L and lost in semi of the Cup. Same this year, almost sure 1st in League, good chances for CH.L., semifinals in CUP. That's why I'm thinking for a finance sacrifice for a scout who can give me 100%.
As I could watch the forum, higher levels, more difficult the cup (ok I read about tanking or selling half the team).

[Buffs Mad]

Got Mr Scout players too. I tend to buy a defender as I actually find them to be more consistent in spite of concerns about 'balance'. But this season there were no DCs worth having so I took a Striker, he gave me 4 days of incompetence and disinterest then a couple of games where the effort of stepping off the bench seemed to drain his lifeforce....then he started performing and scoring.

I've actually managed to hold onto a defender that is in his 4th season now - he's mid 5* and after a slump at the end of last season is ever-reliable again. He's my second most played player after my GK and still holds the team record for assists since in his first 2 seasons he took all the corners.

I have averaged a Scouted player a season.

One of the problems with Scouts is they are not as disposable as others.

But the bigger problem with Scouted players remains, to get them to last as Scout for 3 seasons means being very picky and the rest on the list are only useful for an emergency quick fix imo. A Scouted player should as far as I'm concerned be able, by design, to last as a Scout for the length of his contract through play and standard training so anything over 23 to me is not enough, which is very limiting.