How do you avoid buying an injury prone player?

[Sussex Hammer]

Bought Wellington Nem in 2013 (game year) for a fair whack and the fella has only played about 15 games for me. Injuries since joining are : Jaw - 4 weeks (training), Achilles - 4 weeks (training), Ribs - 5 days (match), Hamstring - 3 months (match), Hamstring - 3 months (match), Calf - 3 - 4 months (match). Add to that various thigh and face issues that were resolved in a matter of days.

His record only goes back to when I bought him in 2013 so I can't see any previous issues. His natural fitness is 14, stamina 14 and strength 12 which are better than my other winger Matt Jarvis whose worst injury was a 3 week hamstring problem. Ok he has quick acceleration which IRL can cause a few hamstring issues but again I have other players with quick acceleration but not the injury problems.

I have an average training schedule so not one that is high intensity. I admit I rushed him back on one injury but have been careful since giving 45 minute run outs for the reserves then a few sub appearances but still the problems continue.

I suspect injury proneness is a hidden stat but I was wondering if anyone can avoid buying a suspect player or if you do buy one is there anything that you do to help him get over reoccurring problems. I may try and sell to recoup some money which is a shame because on his day he is a good player.

[lewcal]

A scout should tell you if the player is injury prone or not, also injury proneness is a hidden stat.

[wazza]

A scout should tell you if the player is injury prone or not, also injury proneness is a hidden stat.

As this also you can check the players history

[AcidBurn]

If a player is injury prone the scouts will list it as a main weakness or a specific weakness.

[stevie_G_32201]

As this also you can check the players history

If a player is injury prone the scouts will list it as a main weakness or a specific weakness.

These 2 are what i look for, scout mention of injury pronesness or look at his injury history.

[AcidBurn]

I may have just been lucky I signed this player on 5.7.2057 and sold him on 2.12.2060. He was listed as injury prone when I signed him but I put him on a light training schedule and as you can see he was not injured for me but as soon as he went within a month he was out for 3 months. So a lot can be down to luck.

[stevie_G_32201]

Injury free for 3 whole years, that's impressive for an injury prone player.

[AcidBurn]

I know at the time I was in a rush to sign him and only noticed he was injury prone just before I pressed confirm on a £15.5 million offer. I decided his attributes were worth the risk.

[Sussex Hammer]

Well I checked the scout report and nothing under weaknesses and as I say the only injuries under history are those he has had under me. Just unlucky I guess!!

[kingjericho]

If a player is injury prone the scouts will list it as a main weakness or a specific weakness.

On most cases this will happen, but sometimes (this happened to me in a couple of cases) the player has other weaknesses and the scout report doesn't mention the injury proneness. Then in the press conefernce to introduce the player I'm asked why did I buy an injury prone player.

[AcidBurn]

On most cases this will happen, but sometimes (this happened to me in a couple of cases) the player has other weaknesses and the scout report doesn't mention the injury proneness. Then in the press conefernce to introduce the player I'm asked why did I buy an injury prone player.

Fair point I guess with it only listing two weaknesses then injury prone might be their third weakness. I think something like injury prone should be shown regardless it's an important thing.

[scott MUFC]

you can manage injury prone players, If i'm playing lower leagues then an injury prone older player with great stats is worth the gamble.

[podunkboy]

I may have just been lucky I signed this player on 5.7.2057 and sold him on 2.12.2060. He was listed as injury prone when I signed him but I put him on a light training schedule and as you can see he was not injured for me but as soon as he went within a month he was out for 3 months. So a lot can be down to luck.

TIME MACHEEN! You'd think we'd be much sturdier in the future.

[Hikari]

Bought Wellington Nem in 2013 (game year) for a fair whack and the fella has only played about 15 games for me. Injuries since joining are : Jaw - 4 weeks (training), Achilles - 4 weeks (training), Ribs - 5 days (match), Hamstring - 3 months (match), Hamstring - 3 months (match), Calf - 3 - 4 months (match). Add to that various thigh and face issues that were resolved in a matter of days.

His record only goes back to when I bought him in 2013 so I can't see any previous issues. His natural fitness is 14, stamina 14 and strength 12 which are better than my other winger Matt Jarvis whose worst injury was a 3 week hamstring problem. Ok he has quick acceleration which IRL can cause a few hamstring issues but again I have other players with quick acceleration but not the injury problems.

I have an average training schedule so not one that is high intensity. I admit I rushed him back on one injury but have been careful since giving 45 minute run outs for the reserves then a few sub appearances but still the problems continue.

I suspect injury proneness is a hidden stat but I was wondering if anyone can avoid buying a suspect player or if you do buy one is there anything that you do to help him get over reoccurring problems. I may try and sell to recoup some money which is a shame because on his day he is a good player.

wow. Because I also bought Wellington Nem for my Man Utd side and he's played for me more than, say, RVP has.

[BiggusD]

I had a star striker in FM11 who was not injury prone, but as luck goes he was injured for a month or two. I carefully nurtured him back to health and in the first match, after a few minutes he was injured again, this time for several weeks. Did the same this time around, and in his first match after the second injury he was injured after an evil tackle and I ragequitted. Upon reload, he was injured again, and again. I think I reloaded at least three times before he survived the match. After that, injury free for several more seasons.

Nem is probably your star player, so he is OI'd to death... literally. Until he is 100% match fit don't start him in first team games.

[NobleZarkon]

Having a couple of injury prone players in your squad isn't the end of the world - helps with squad rotation!!

[Soccer]

I rely on scout reports and avoid signing injury-prone players.

[Richey2008]

In a previous iteration I bought Michael Dawson and he was more or less injured for about 4 years or so. I even wrote a (stylised with added fictional drama version of the)story about it in the stories forum. I was annoyed, but after a while I looked forward to seeing what his next calamity would be.