DamianJMcGrath Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Two quick questions: 1. If I've played the same formation for 10 years, does my youth intake change to not bring through certain players? For example, if I always play with no wingers, I don't really want a MR youth player coming through. Or if I play with a DLF/AF partnership, I don't need a Peter Crouch style target man. 2. I have six scouts. If I send 4 on assignment, and then individually scout 100 players, would my 2 free scouts take 50 each? Or do I need to wait for one scout to get through them all? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambo95 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Your youth intake is affected by the favourite formation of your HOYD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamianJMcGrath Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 As opposed to the favoured formation of the manager, based on the last x years? That seems odd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 If you add players to your scouting pool for assessment the system should attempt to evenly spread the workload, can;t remember if it goes as far as assigning players t the scout that is already in their country as it's been a while since I used the add to scouting pool option. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomit Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Players in the scouting pool does not get assigned to "free" scouts only, but spread between all your scouts, even if they're already on another assignment. If you want to use only your "free" scouts to scout the pool, you're going to have to assign them individually, player for player. And yes, the natural positions of your youths (youth intake) is predominantly determined by your HoYD's (or any other staff you have assigned this task to) preferred formation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamianJMcGrath Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 That's pretty silly, and doesn't that have a financial implication? If I've sent a scout to Brazil, then I set 20 English based players for individual scouting, won't the Brazil guy have to fly back and forward, costing money? Surely just using the free, non-assigned guys makes more sense? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomit Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Yes, I agree, but that's how it is. Simple solution is of course to assign the scouting of particular players to your free scouts, not using the "pool" option. If you feel strongly about it, suggest to SI that they rectify it. There seems to be a lack of common sense when it comes to the "auto" assignment of scouts, but as it does not seem to have any negative implications other than "that's not how it's done in real life", I'm not sure I should be getting all that worked up about it. And the financial implications, travel amount and time etc; I don't think it's calculated on such a detailed level within the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz13 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Your youth intake is affected by the favourite formation of your HOYD What happens if you don't have a DOF? Does it default to the HOYD? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomit Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I have 3 options when assigning the task of "brings youth players into the club ...."; The HoYD, the DoF, or the U18 manager. Whoever you delegate this task to will have the biggest influence on what the youths "natural" positions are likely to be, according to their preferred formation. It seems. So, if you eg prefer a 4231 wide formation, hire a HoYD, DoF or U18 manager that has the same prefered formation as yourself if you want the youths to fit naturally into your formation as much as possible. Or don't care too much about it and re-train your youths to fit. They're rather simple to mould at that age. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
isignedupfornorealreason Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I have 3 options when assigning the task of "brings youth players into the club ...."; The HoYD, the DoF, or the U18 manager. Whoever you delegate this task to will have the biggest influence on what the youths "natural" positions are likely to be, according to their preferred formation. It seems. So, if you eg prefer a 4231 wide formation, hire a HoYD, DoF or U18 manager that has the same prefered formation as yourself if you want the youths to fit naturally into your formation as much as possible. Or don't care too much about it and re-train your youths to fit. They're rather simple to mould at that age. Though if you have a general formation (4-4-2), you'll still get most of the positions anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamianJMcGrath Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 What about player roles, as opposed to formation? For example, I play 2 CMs with a B2B and DLP. I'd like some youth players natural to those roles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 As opposed to the favoured formation of the manager, based on the last x years? That seems odd. Surely you would appointed a Head of Youth Development with a similar football philosophy as yourself? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunstrikuuu Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 What about player roles, as opposed to formation? For example, I play 2 CMs with a B2B and DLP. I'd like some youth players natural to those roles. That will come down to training and to your youth intake guy's particular philosophies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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