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[Al Svanberg]

SEASON UPDATE 4 - Part 1

Hi guys, here comes my first season update. As I have said before, in these season updates I will focus on the development of my team, not so much the result of it.

But a short recapture, Al FC won the league and CL, and lost a tough game in the Cup final, 3-2. Had the lead 2-1 after 81' minutes played, then gave up a counter attack and a FK and the game was over within the blink of an eye.

HFF won the Treble and got a Poker after my FA being successful once again, I think we are 11-0-3-0 which is really good.

Building the optimal team Al FC

Players developed

Season 4 was the first of the four seasons during which I plan to build my "optimal" team. The plan is to pick up 3 fast-trainers per season, get them to 8 stars, and with any rests left over, push the fast trainers from previous years as high as possible. The positions I have to fill are the following (old screen dump, but tactic is the same):



So last season I picked up the following three players for Al FC:



I only got 2 of the 3 kids to the planned 8 stars (Killichz stayed at around 135%). But, I used around 60-70 rests on my Striker Wessels to get him to 8 stars, he had a bit of catching-up to do from last years.

-Goran Kilichz is a Serbian DL I picked up. I gave him the special ability Play Making. He was a DL and DC when I got him, which wasn't optimal, was planning to make this guy a DL/DML/ML, but that wasn't possible. There aren't too many Fast-trainers available so you can't be too picky.

I regret making him a Play-maker though. In hindsight, I should have made him a Corner-Specialist. I just think Corner-Specialist seem to be a bit more effective than PMs at taking Corners, and this is the only wing player I have with room for that SA.

Further, I want to have 1 offensive DC and 1 defensive MC. Hence I molded the following kids:

-Jerome Bogotá is a hard nosed German DC with a great right foot. He has the Play-making ability and plays the DC/DMC/MC positions.

-Daniel Najngulan is a Chilean defensive minded MC. He has the Defensive Wall special ability and plays the MC/DMC/DC positions.

Kids to be developed during season 5

I got up around 5 am on Day 1 of this season and managed to pick up the following kids for Al FC:

The 200+cm German goalie Bert Hauer:


The 162 cm Croatian dribbler [B]Robert Modrivic[/B (will give him the Dribbler SA)]:


The speedy Brazilian winger Leonardo Luca (will give him the Shadow-Striker SA):


All in all, the development of these 3 will cost me

Hauer
1 on 1 stopper -- 48 Rests
99% to 120% -- 72 Rests
120% to 140% -- 138 Rests

Modrivic
MC - 48 Rests
AMC - 48 Rests
Dribbler -- 48 Rests
99% to 120% -- 72 Rests
120% to 140% -- 138 Rests

Luca
AML -- 48 Rests
ML -- 48 Rests
Shadow-Striker -- 48 Rests
99% to 120% -- 72 Rests
120% to 140% -- 138 Rests

Total: 966 Rests

This is basically the amount of Rests I will have available (see: http://forum.topeleven.com/tutorials...op-player.html). I have had a target to get 3 Tokens per day from farming, but I am pushing that a little harder right now to reach these goals.

One problem is that I am not 100% sure that Luca is a top Fast Trainer. When I have run drills with him, he seems to add ability a little slower than expected. He also cost me 9.5m which is a mil less than the other guys. Will run some numbers to see if I can confirm or debunk this fear...

It was a bit annoying, because of the top fast trainers available on day 1, 3 had the penalty shooter SA which disqualified them for me...

I will revert with info on HFF later when I get more time.