JamieWilliams Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 My best youth player, a CB, is otherwise developing well but has poor anticipation. He started off with 2, now has 4 but still has a long way to go. Do you think such defenders will make it in the bigger leagues or it's a dealbreaker, i.e. should be offloaded? That's him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSJ3-BROLLY Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Personally, i'd let him go, also he seems to have poor positioning which is essential for defenders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucatonix Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 If it were me I would keep trying to develop him and possibly use him as a back up or if good enough in the first team for you. If he flops due to those poor mental attributes then you will be able to sell for a lot more after he is fairly well developed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey6 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 He's definitely one you want to keep hold of and look again at him as a first team player when he's around 21/22, loan him out as much as possible and get him tutored by players who have high anticipation (may rub off?) and training specifically around building anticipation and other mental attributes. As a side note, I've found that loaning a player out for half a season and playing him in your reserves for the other half works wonders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieWilliams Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 The (general) problem I'm having with my Spanish Second Division B club is that while there's decent interest for buying my young players, nobody ever wants to loan any of my players. So I often have to sacrifice league performance and put them in my first team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aderow Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 My best youth player, a CB, is otherwise developing well but has poor anticipation. He started off with 2, now has 4 but still has a long way to go. Do you think such defenders will make it in the bigger leagues or it's a dealbreaker, i.e. should be offloaded?That's him. Yikes......I hope he has a lot of potential so he can develop his mentals more..... All I can say is that if you were to play him I would suggest having a very good covering CB alongside him. I have a yound CB with anticipation of 9 and whenever I give him playing time, whether he is alongside a veteran CB or another youngster, I always play him with someone who is a good covering CB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieWilliams Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 I try to play him with someone that has good anticipation and pace. But I don't use the Cover. I have both on Defend. You know the Player instructions menu that lets you change the role and duty? It doesn't highlight anticipation for Defend and Stopper duties, only for Cover. Do you know why? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aderow Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I try to play him with someone that has good anticipation and pace. But I don't use the Cover. I have both on Defend.You know the Player instructions menu that lets you change the role and duty? It doesn't highlight anticipation for Defend and Stopper duties, only for Cover. Do you know why? Covering CBs have to be able to anticipate opposition moves because they are usually the last man between the attacker and the goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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