Youth Player Project - Sponsored by Dafuge&#039;s Challenge

Club              Season   Apps  Goals  Assists MOMs Rating
Hangzhou          2010     10(9) 0      0       0    6.84
Hangzhou          2011     0(3)  0      0       0    6.33
Hangzhou U19      2012     27    0      2       0    6.45

I dropped this guy down into the U19s, this allowed him to play some competitive games for the club. He got worse over the season stats wise and i have just released him.

YP3 - Dong Hongjun - DC

Club              Season   Apps  Goals  Assists MOMs Rating
Hangzhou U19      2011     20    1      0       1    6.65
Hangzhou U19      2012     28    1      2       3    7.06

Generally over the season he improved, playing in all but two games for the U19. I think he can improve again this season.

YP4 - Liu Hongjun - DC

PPM - Avoids Using Weaker Foot

Club              Season   Apps  Goals  Assists MOMs Rating
Hangzhou U19      2012     15    0      0       0    6.56

Disappointed this season by him, had some high hopes from the his starting stats. Played just over a dozen games but was average.

YP5 - Wang Xiaodong - ST

Has good physical stats to start with. Other stats like finishing and composure will need to improve over this season for me. Should have a good chance of scoring a few goals for the U19s.

DodgeeD · October 5, 2008

Shame YP1 and YP2 weren't working out ToMexico!! Looks like Dong Hongjun may be ready for the first team in a couple of season though.

Just thought I'd post a screenie of a recent tough Champions League game, which was pretty much won for me by Jurcik (Prodigy 1) and Ptacek (Prodigy 4) I love my youth system!!

NepentheZ · October 5, 2008

See. There is profit in this thread

Well done Big D.

DodgeeD · October 5, 2008

See. There is profit in this thread

True. Ptacek would have made it into my team regardless as he developed quickly but Jurcik may well have been let go in favour of some 'store bought' player by now if he hadn't been my first entry in this thread. Thanks for making me take a closer look at what my own team has to offer. :thup:

LiRiM-InSaNe · October 5, 2008

Just started a new game with Wycombe. WIll post my first prodigy when I get my new youth in take

WolvesBestEvaManager · October 6, 2008

I once got this regens at Wolves called Victor Saville and Jack Phillips. Victor went on to captain the club the Champions League Final and Phillips went on to make 80 England caps by the age of 29. Victor Saville was set to make his 100th cap for N.Ireland and the game crashed, I was gutted.

PS: I will start this soon but beware, I produce top class Regens!

Cycladic · October 6, 2008

Finally finished my season, due the averageness of my teams performances I could only really take 5-6 games at a time before I had to go do something else. I think I got a little too involved this season. However, did run into a nice bit of form a the end of the season, finishing 16th, 20 points off a promotion playoff spot, so I'm aiming to reduce that this season. The club still won't give me any transfer funds though, even though I've got 450k in the bank.

Youth Project 1 - Shaun Darby (DM)

After Joining (Age 15, 2008)

After One Season (Age 16, 2009)

After Two Seasons (Age 17, 2010)

[u]Club[/u]	[u]Season[/u]		[u]Apps[/u]	[u]Goals[/u]	[u]Assts[/u]	[u]MoM[/u]	[u]AvgRat[/u]	[u]League[/u]
Eastbo	2008/09		13(6)	  1	  -	 -	 6.37	BSP
Eastbo	2009/10		16(7)	  -	  -	 -	 6.57	BSP

Much the same as last season, I re-jigged my formation so I'm actually using a defensive midfielder, though he's still only backup there. Got some full games towards the end of the season due to some injuries and generally performed well enough. Didn't make any huge goal conceding mistakes, which is qg at this level.

Will have to make a decision now as to whether to keep him as backup, or let him go to see if he can make it as a first teamer somewhere else. He's contracted for one more season, so we'll see how he goes.

Youth Project 2 - Ryan Haynes (AM R, ST)

After Joining (Age 16, 2009)

After One Season (Age 17, 2010)

[u]Club[/u]	[u]Season[/u]		[u]Apps[/u]	[u]Goals[/u]	[u]Assts[/u]	[u]MoM[/u]	[u]AvgRat[/u]	[u]League[/u]
Eastbo	2009/10		46	  7	  8	 5	 6.98	BSP

First choice right winger straight away (playing a 4-3-3), played 4-4-2 for some of the season and he played on the right there as well.

Great season from him, he topped the MoM stat for my team, pretty sure, equal top at least, as my other young striker put in some good performances at the of the season. Will easily stay first choice next season and his attributes should improve even faster (you'll notice he's had some increases across the board). Hopefully I'll get some big increases in his shooting stats as he's now on a full time schedule.

Unfortunately, my scouts/assman are rating him at close to his full potential. Though he should easily be able to perform at this level and probably league 2 for some time. Hopefully I'll get some even better performances from him this season as he's now rated as a 'leading star' for most BSP sides.

Youth Project 3 - Luke Greenwood (D/WB RL)

After Joining (Age 16, 2010)

Hmm, not sure about this project. First, his mental stats are great for a 16 year old, especially at this level. His technical stats are good for a fullback and his physical ones can always be improved to a decent level. However, my scouts only rate him at 2-star potential.

Either way, right back is one of my weakest positions, if only he was right footed he could easily get 20+ games there this season, though we'll see how the season unfolds. My current left back seems a little injury prone, so he'll probably feature there at some point this season.

Got some random regens this season as well, Luke who's Irish and also a Finnish striker. Seemed a bit odd.

NepentheZ · October 6, 2008

Greenwood is mentally brilliant. He'll be killer in the lower leagues. :thup:

WolvesBestEvaManager · October 6, 2008

WBEM Wolves Prospects!

Youth Prospect 1 - Carl McMahon - Versatile

After Joining

Good lad with decent potential I reckon. Will give him afew games this year as back-up. If I feature him within the next 20 days he will become Wolves youngest ever player!

Youth Prospect 2 - Danny Ford - SW/CB

After Joining

One of the best of the bunch this year, could be better in the air but oh well. Will get afew games this season.

Youth Prospect 3 - Scott Logan - ST

After Joining

Best of the lot by a mile, IMO! Wont get many games because we are in the EPL....

btw, I apologise for posting this a month or so after the regens came through. Thanks!

I HOPE THIS WORKS!

WolvesBestEvaManager · October 6, 2008

OMG! OMG! Breaking News! Carl McMahon has just had his haircut! In other news Logan just scored a 40 yarder against Chelsea

ToMexico!! · October 6, 2008

proof of haircut?

WolvesBestEvaManager · October 6, 2008

Hahahahaha! Wait till the end of season update...he seems to have a new one every month though....

TSmith1991 · October 6, 2008

Youth Project 1 (09/10): Charlie Patterson, D/MC

Initial profile

Season 1

An undistinguished first season for YP1, who spent a lot of time on the sidelines. However, his physical stats are starting to take shape and now he’s on a full time contract, he should start to blossom. One first team start last season, when he came on at half time 4-0 up against Cambridge. The match finished 5-0, and he got a 6.

Youth Project 2 (10/11): Mick Bissett, AMR/C

Initial profile

My AssMan is raving about this bloke, but I’m not so sure. Ok, he’s young, and he’s got a bit of pace, but he’s going to need to work hard to improve those technical stats. He looks like he could be prolific at lower league level, but we’ll have to wait and see. My coaching staff seem convinced of his potential, at the very least.

ToMexico!! · October 7, 2008

Youth Players

YP1 - Wang Weimin - MC

Club       Season   Apps  Goals  Assists MOMs Rating
Hangzhou   2009     27    0      0       0    6.85
Hangzhou   2010     28    0      2       0    7.11
Hangzhou   2011     7(7)  0      0       0    6.79
Hangzhou   2012     6(6)  0      1       0    6.92
Hangzhou   2013     1(4)  0      1       0    6.80

Hardly used, the odd game to give him a run out. Provided a goal but not much more. Released.

YP2 - Wu Yabin - D/WB L

2011

2014 - Unattached

Club              Season   Apps  Goals  Assists MOMs Rating
Hangzhou          2010     10(9) 0      0       0    6.84
Hangzhou          2011     0(3)  0      0       0    6.33
Hangzhou U19      2012     27    0      2       0    6.45

YP3 - Dong Hongjun - DC

2014 - released

Club              Season   Apps  Goals  Assists MOMs Rating
Hangzhou U19      2011     20    1      0       1    6.65
Hangzhou U19      2012     28    1      2       3    7.06
Hangzhou U19      2013     32    0      2       0    6.50

Played lots of games but was poor, after such a great previous season. Released

YP4 - Liu Hongjun - DC

PPM - Avoids Using Weaker Foot

Club              Season   Apps  Goals  Assists MOMs Rating
Hangzhou U19      2012     15    0      0       0    6.56
Hangzhou U19      2013     28    0      2       0    6.71

Improved his overall performances. Played a substantial amount of games for the U19s creating 2 goals. Will need to improve again this season for a chance to gain a contract renewal.

YP5 - Wang Xiaodong - ST

Club              Season   Apps  Goals  Assists MOMs Rating
Hangzhou U19      2014     19    13     7       4    7.47

Had a fantastic season, started by scoring more goals than appearances with 7 in 4, before levelling off and finally finishing with 13 goals. Injuries hampered his debut season as he could have bagged loads more.

YP6 - Zhen Hao - AML

Have some high hopes for this guy, Zhen has some good starting stats in the right areas right across the board. My assman predicting he will progress into becomming a good Chinese Super League winger.

NepentheZ · October 7, 2008

Hao looks great ToMexico!! - Congrats, it only took you 6 seasons

Nice update Smithy :thup: YP2's got some good attributes to be a decent winger in the lower leagues. Average crossing, but not bad pace and acceleration.

TSmith1991 · October 7, 2008

Heh, maybe my assistant was right about him. First game in the U18's, he's gone and bagged a hat-trick from AMR. I'll keep my eye on him.

NepentheZ · October 7, 2008

Haha. Nice stuff. I tend to throw them right into first team football

DodgeeD · October 7, 2008

Like the look of Zhen Hao as well ToMexico!! (although he does seem to suffer from that common regen problem of being good at one out of crossing and corners but not both). Promising start to his career in the U19s. Watch out for the youth coach playing him on the wrong wing though. In various games, I've seen a few decent prospects fail after they spend all season being played out of position. As NepentheZ suggested, throw him into the first team!

blowcrapup · October 7, 2008

Hey. Is this only open to people doing Dafuge's challenge? As I am doing the 12 league challenge and would like to post about my regens that come through (if any).

DodgeeD · October 7, 2008

Hey. Is this only open to people doing Dafuge's challenge? As I am doing the 12 league challenge and would like to post about my regens that come through (if any).

I think that's just included in the thread title as that's where Nep started tracking his Youth Projects. I'm doing this with my team from Gundo's challenge and ToMexico!! and rancer890 are using players from their 'Asian small club to big club' teams. As long as the players are from the side(s) you manage, any new prodigies are welcome!

blowcrapup · October 7, 2008

Cool I got about 3 months left till the come through so I'll pick my first one then.

NepentheZ · October 7, 2008

Welcome to the thread blowcrapup. (Top 10 forum name, btw )

Yea theres no rule that says it must be in Dafs challenge. as Big D kindly explained, thats just where I decided to track the progress of my youth projects to add a little more heart into Dafs Challenge. We welcome anyone, and for FM09, it will no longer be sponsored by Dafs Challenge. :thup:

Lower Leagues Rule · October 7, 2008

Well I am playing as Darfo Boario in the Italian Serie C2/C in Jose RR's Big European Country thread, now I didn't have an Assistant Manager on Day 1 at the club, but I picked the payer I thought looked the best in my Youth Academy and made him player 1.

Darfo Youth Project

Player 1: Bassoli - WB/AML

First Day

Sept 3rd 08

Nov 5th 08

| Year  | Squad | Games | Goals | Assists | MoM | Rating |
|-------|-------|-------|-------|---------|-----|--------|
| 08/09 |  U20  |  6(4) |   0   |    3    |  0  |  6.80  |
|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_____|________|

This is his progress through to November 5th at which stage i have decided to include a second player who is showing some nice skills.

Player 1a: Masturzo - ST

Nov 26th

| Year  | Squad | Games | Goals | Assists | MoM | Rating |
|-------|-------|-------|-------|---------|-----|--------|
| 08/09 |  U20  | 14(0) |  14   |    3    |  2  |  7.79  |
|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_____|________|

NepentheZ · October 7, 2008

Welcome to the thread LLR. Nice update there. Bassoli's improvement was very good for only a few months..!! I like the attributes of Masturzo too. Great pace and good physical stats for a 16 year old.

rancer890 · October 7, 2008

Welcome to the thread blowcrapup. (Top 10 forum name, btw )
Yea theres no rule that says it must be in Dafs challenge. as Big D kindly explained, thats just where I decided to track the progress of my youth projects to add a little more heart into Dafs Challenge. We welcome anyone, and for FM09, it will no longer be sponsored by Dafs Challenge.

Oooo, Youth Player Project FM09 thread needs a new sponsor. Does my challenge have a chance?

Lower Leagues Rule · October 7, 2008

Welcome to the thread LLR. Nice update there. Bassoli's improvement was very good for only a few months..!! I like the attributes of Masturzo too. Great pace and good physical stats for a 16 year old.

I was quite impressed with the pair of them at only 16, so I will be keeping an eye on them Both shall be getting starts for the Seniors over the winter months as I rotate more during this period.

blowcrapup · October 8, 2008

12 League Challenge Youth Player Project

Player 1 - Cristian Cojocaru DC

Initial Profile

My Assistant says at the moment he has a Current Ability of 1 grey start and a Potential Ability of 4 gold stars. IMO I don't think he'll reach it or if he does he won't be near me at the time. (If any one has any training tips they will be greatly appreciated, The training forum is just full of tactics and its hard to pick good things out.)

If you are unfamilar with this challenge it basic involves trying to win the 12 highest rated leagues in Europe. This mean eventually my Youth Projects will come from a variety of countries but will more than likely not play for me as either they will have left the club or I will have but then again I will bring the ones I consider great with me around Europe.

NepentheZ · October 8, 2008

blowcrapup :

He looks pretty decent. I wouldn't worry too much about the Ass mans star rating, (unless he has 20/20 JPA/JPP). That changes pretty much on a game to game basis. If you go back to my last Report that had the 23 players (before the I had "Issues" with that game) - My YP19, Greg Davidson was rated 2*/4* by my Ass Man. By age 20, he was a regular in the England team and helping me to win a Premiership, while now being rated 7*/7*.

Also, with regards to training, firstly, make sure your coaches have a good "Working with youngsters" attribute. It may be worth hiring a youth coach just for this. Also, for any member of your staff that does have a good attribute in this area, put him as manager of the U-18's (Or whatever youth team you have). Then, create a schedule for your youth player projects. I have different ones for different positions, but the defensive one looks like this...

(Each training bar has 25 ticks, 1 being the furthest left, 25 being the furthest right [intense])

Strength : 20

Aerobic : 18

Goalkeeping : 0

Tactics :12

Ball Control : 12

Defending : 20

Attacking : 4

Shooting : 4

Set Pieces : 10

This is a pretty high workload, but they'll only be on it for 3-5 years. The reason I have it set out this way is because players are often generated with low physical attributes, and this will look to boost them quickly. It does mean they'll get tired quickly in games initially, and form will drop if they're played in a lot of matches, but I assure you its worth it for the growth. The other categories aren't too improtant at this stage in the players career. Mental stats will increase regardless of traning in tactics, and the small work on the other areas will just help maintain, or add small growths to what they already have. Then, when the player is around 20-21, and coming towards the end of the attribute growth, I put down the physical aspect of things to maintain what they have (I find level 8 maintains stats) - and put on massive workloads for The other required fields. So defense goes to 25, set pieces, ball control, tactics all move up to 20. This is so that the player gets a lot of training on the technical side of things, but his overall workload is still only on "Medium" (MAYBE the first notch on heavy) - and doesn't get tired from training too much. So now you can play them every game and see the rewards pretty much on a monthly basis.

I have 1 DC in my youth projects thus far, YP3. He's 18 now, although this is only his second season with the club. Over the last 12 months (Apr - March) - His physical attributes have seen rises in Strength and stamina (2 points), and aerobically he's seen rises in Reflexes, Balance, Agility (2 points) and Jumping, Pace (1 point).

Tactically, we've seen decreases in almost each category by 1-2 points, and also losses in most of the other areas. This is worth it for the increase in Strength / Aerobic, as the other attributes will increase when his training changes. (Also, he's just returned from injury)

I also find that just having them on the bench and giving them even 5 minutes play here or there helps boost attributes.

I'll do a full extensive breakdown of my training in my next update, but I do suggest getting them on FT contracts as soon as possible. :thup:

blowcrapup · October 8, 2008

Thanks for that Nepenthez. I'm going to use that as a base to devlop my own. My Ass Man has an JPA of 9 and a JPP of 10 so his opionion is worthless now. Although he did spot the best out of the bunch. Are sending them to feeder clubs worthwhile? I would guess no for the first few years as they would lose your coaches and get few games but I think it could be useful when he turns 19ish if he's not up to my standards.

NepentheZ · October 8, 2008

I began to give my youths 1 season with me (as a 16yr old) and then farm them out for game time to the feeders. Its good if they go to a really poor feeder, because the stats (Games, Goals, MotM etc) excell, and thats always nice to see.

Lower Leagues Rule · October 9, 2008

Darfo Boario Youth Player Project

Season 2 Beginning Update

Player 1: Bassoli - WB/AML

July 2008

July 2009

| Year  | Squad | Games | Goals | Assists | MoM | Rating |
|-------|-------|-------|-------|---------|-----|--------|
| 08/09 |  U20  | 15(3) |   0   |    4    |  0  |  6.89  |
|       |  Sen  |  6(4) |   0   |    0    |  0  |  7.00  | 
|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_____|________|

___________________________________________________________________________________

Player 1a: Masturzo - ST

Nov 2008

July 2009

| Year  | Squad | Games | Goals | Assists | MoM | Rating |
|-------|-------|-------|-------|---------|-----|--------|
| 08/09 |  U20  | 29    |  21   |    9    |  3  |  7.45  |
|       |  Sen  |  0(1) |   0   |    0    |  0  |  6.00  | 
|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_____|________|

____________________________________________________________________________________

Player 2: Bartolini - DC

June 2009

As selected by my Ass Man, he looks alright. Again though I think I have found better in my second choice.

____________________________________________________________________________________

Player 2a: Citi - DC

July 2009

____________________________________________________________________________________

So these will now be the four players I am going to be following.

ToMexico!! · October 9, 2008

LLR - Citi has great mental stats for such a young player. His physicals will pick up as he ages and technical stats should increase game after game. Good Luck :thup:

Butts · October 9, 2008

William Jonhstone

First season so didn't have the best player thing from assman but this guy looks pretty good stuck him in the first team should be good off the bench in this league

Butts · October 9, 2008

Just scored on his debut:D

Adam C · October 9, 2008

I'm going to start this now Nep. Does it matter what side I start at?

ToMexico!! · October 9, 2008

Youth Players

YP1 - Wang Weimin - MC

Club       Season   Apps  Goals  Assists MOMs Rating
Hangzhou   2009     27    0      0       0    6.85
Hangzhou   2010     28    0      2       0    7.11
Hangzhou   2011     7(7)  0      0       0    6.79
Hangzhou   2012     6(6)  0      1       0    6.92
Hangzhou   2013     1(4)  0      1       0    6.80
Nanjing    2014     17(2) 0      6       0    6.32

Snapped up by Nanjing, he played quite a few games for them in the heart of midfield with a more creative role.

YP2 - Wu Yabin - D/WB L

2011

2014 - Unattached

2015 - Retired

Club              Season   Apps  Goals  Assists MOMs Rating
Hangzhou          2010     10(9) 0      0       0    6.84
Hangzhou          2011     0(3)  0      0       0    6.33
Hangzhou U19      2012     27    0      2       0    6.45

YP3 - Dong Hongjun - DC

2014 - released

2015 - Retired

Club              Season   Apps  Goals  Assists MOMs Rating
Hangzhou U19      2011     20    1      0       1    6.65
Hangzhou U19      2012     28    1      2       3    7.06
Hangzhou U19      2013     32    0      2       0    6.50

YP4 - Liu Hongjun - DC

PPM - Avoids Using Weaker Foot

2015 - released

Club              Season   Apps  Goals  Assists MOMs Rating
Hangzhou U19      2012     15    0      0       0    6.56
Hangzhou U19      2013     28    0      2       0    6.71
Hangzhou U19      2014     32    0      1       0    6.69

Again played a lot of games, but was largely disappointing. Released

YP5 - Wang Xiaodong - ST