My squad is strong, with a number of top youths coming through such as Walton, Richardson and Hughes. The stadium is in a good state, with a new corporate box next on the wish list. Morei mpressive is my past rankings when considering I joined in season 6, my lowest ranking being 57 and even touching upon the top 10!!!
I’ve continued down the path of replacing older players with talented youngsters, and even have a youth team, as I move towards a more healthy average age of 25 (rather than 30). Some of my players are approaching their sell-by date, especially Pepe, so further investment will be required shortly.
However, the bulk my stadium payments are finally coming to an end, so I will now have a lot more money to play around with. I’ve already reinvested some cash, namely the money received from the Jandra sale, into my stadium in the form of 3 new blocks of Astilla seats, taking my total capacity to 26,000. I now plan to be on the lookout for a ‘marque’ signing to bring the corporate fans in – this is where the real money in stadiums exists.
My ranking is holding steady, very rarely outside the top 50 and occasionally touching the top 20 – a great achievement for a club 3 seasons old. Performances in all competitions have been steady and I expect to really be able to kick on with signings at the end of the 4th season.
Skills
Often skills are down to personal choice, but I think the skills you choose are important and choosing bad skills (no-one needs Physio 5 until they have nothing better to learn...) can really impact upon your team. So here’s the list of skills I went for, in rough order, and the reasoning.
1. Construction 4 + Foreman 4
I knew I was going to be building a lot of stadiums, so I wanted to save myself money and time. I went for the learning skill first (to level 4), which is debatable as to whether this paid off over the two skills I learnt.
2. Contract Negotiation 4 + Transfer Negotiation 4
In my opinion, these two skills are very, very useful and pay for themselves many, many times over. Having an entire team on 80% of wage demand, instead of 100% of wage demand, can save you £50,000 a day at the top end of the gameworld – which means you can have an extra two household players and stay under the ‘soft cap’ of £250,000 daily wages. Transfer Negotiation greatly helped me stretch my limited funds in wage auctions.
3. Scouting 5 and Judging Potential 4
I’ve almost finished learning Judging Potential 4, which is a key skill in this game in its current form. Being able to tell the potential of young players can really help you in signing younger players. I didn’t go for this straight away, as I always intended to sign older players first, where judging potential is of zero benefit.
4. Coaching
Next up, and for the foreseeable future, is coaching. Having a high level of coaching really helps bring on your kids. As I’ve moved more towards youth and away from senior, this is the next step in securing the long term future of my club.
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