Training vs friendlies

[Mitja fc]

Hello...

I am wondering what is more effective for main squad training...is it doing individiual training sessions or is it better to arrange and play bounch of friendly matches...

Did anyone calculate the effictivnes of both options?
I saw a good player doing alot of friendly matches in preseason so I am thinking of doing that aswell from now on...for team bonus I can still use subs and reserve training not to mention that with friendlies I can earn little extra cash and gain in morale and treatment boosters +greens for extra matches but is it as effective as training ?

[Ποσιδονας]

Did anyone calculate the effictivnes of both options?

yes, there are old posts saying about this.
Training and friendlies have the same effect (development - condition loss).
But there are others pros and cons.
The +4% for the man of the match , the money (if you have a big stadium), some extra boosters (a red, green and 1-2 blue) .

Cons are the injuries. You need a lot of reds to fix players.
Skills are gaining more randomly.
You should watch the games to see if it will go to the player you want and not a random one.
You must have some friends from lower levels so to secure your victories.

[nikolgiorgos]

more or less, it's like that.
It depends which lv you are
how many sources you have and you can farm daily
what kind of players you have

[Mitja fc]

Well I checked history related threads but all info provided there is speculations...
I played few friendlies and noticed that I get more %increase versus tougher opponents so I will focus on playing similary strong teams...
Last game I gained +24% total increase it was win after extra times so condition lose was around 15%...it equals gaining +2% per training session per player...majority of my main squad is above 100% and all are over 90% so training probably wouldnt be as effective...I have cca 160 blues and reds
I will use greens on fast trainners...bought one on auction for 2 tokens he was probably trained at end of last season cuz he had only 56%...he is DR I trained him def.heading attribute he gained +7 per 6 sessions with 13% condition lose and is now gaining cca 4 to 5% per training session...so cca 200 rests will be needed to get him on decent level...will get another one in 2 days from youth academy for whom I will also need atleast 200 rests...

Hopefully I will get enaugh rests till end of season to get my team on 100% in next season if not I will just tank it

EDITED: he is 18 year old so he came from youth this season xD

[nikolgiorgos]

Well I checked history related threads but all info provided there is speculations...

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I 've made a test, somewhere here
https://forum.topeleven.com/tutorial...-trainers.html
but don't remember exactly where

Also @Svanberg made a test. I think it's here
https://forum.topeleven.com/tutorial...ng-system.html

Friendlies and training have similar results (if players skills are balance)

I played few friendlies and noticed that I get more %increase versus tougher opponents so I will focus on playing similary strong teams..

wrong conclusion.
Ok, you 'll miss some blue packs. Not a big deal.

Last game I gained +24% total increase it was win after extra times so condition lose was around 15%

At extra time of a game, you loose more condition but gain more.
But remember that with High pressing and mtm defense, you also loose moore but gain nothing extra.

[Mitja fc]

I bought him at around 56% but he is gaining % really fast
The only problem is that I have a good player on that position already atleast for this season...

Kinda need free kick specialist in team He scored nice number last season...hopefully I get a MC player from academy and train him fks...otherwise I will just train rogy to 80% and wait for next season
Will read those articles more in depth when I get some extra time...for now I will remember that its good if TW/wage =100+

About friendlies...will try to play more matches versus lower opponents...I do play them with low pressure(i play all matches with low) I change mtm to zonal at start of a match