carlmiles1879 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 So I generally play as my team Sunderland who have the obvious downsides of having no money but the major downside of having to deal with Jack "the curse" Rodwell who has a lovely record of playing for Sunderland about 37 times it is now I believe without us winning a game but who could also get injured on the journey from the physio room after being told he is fit to the managers office (seen it happen in game about 9am "Rodwell resumes full training" about 9:15as "Rodwell out for 6 months" So just wondering how people deal with very injury prone players, personally I try and get rid of the worst offenders but it is not always viable as no one in their right minds wants them for example in all my previous saves I have ended up with Rodwell seeing out his contract then sitting around injured and unemployed for awhile before retiring or being fit enough to convince some poor lower league team to take him then getting injured again. Newest game he is injured again and out until after Jan window so stuck with him until the end of the season again from previous saves I usually resorted to loaning him out (for virtually no contribution was the only way someone would do it) in the hopes of him impressing enough for someone to take him but he always ended up spending more time in the physio room than on the pitch and no one would take him. What do you do with players you really really don't want lurking in your physio room for 3 seasons? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
borivoje213 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 I try to sell them off too. But keeping their training intensity lower when their condition is lower, and not playing them unless they're in top condition. I'd be open to suggestions too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlmiles1879 Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 1 hour ago, borivoje213 said: I try to sell them off too. But keeping their training intensity lower when their condition is lower, and not playing them unless they're in top condition. I'd be open to suggestions too. Tried putting him on low intensity training permanently (easier than turning it back up on those rare occasions hes in good condition) and its very rare when he reaches top condition lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporadicsmiles Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 I avoid signing injury prone players unless I think there is a profit to be made from buying them cheap and selling them on. If I have a player already there, I will just limit his playing time and try to keep training lower. He will play the most important games (or be a useful backup, depends how good he is). If he can be sold and a similar less injury prone player found, then this is what I will do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasilli07 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Have you try renewing his contract and then try to insert a injury release clause? The disadvantage of this is to pay his signing on fee and agent fee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlmiles1879 Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 37 minutes ago, vasilli07 said: Have you try renewing his contract and then try to insert a injury release clause? The disadvantage of this is to pay his signing on fee and agent fee. Did not know that was possible cheers going to give this a shot Edit - It worked! signed for 1k more wages and the fee's were annoying but better than being stuck with a player on high wages I don't want for the next 3 years. Now we play the waiting game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy89 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Try and manage their training a bit better. Lowering their intensity and not focusing on too much. But mainly, I can and avoid signing/using injury prone players. They're just a liability, regardless of how good they are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlmiles1879 Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 9 minutes ago, Mattyboy89 said: Try and manage their training a bit better. Lowering their intensity and not focusing on too much. But mainly, I can and avoid signing/using injury prone players. They're just a liability, regardless of how good they are. I try and avoid them too but its a pain when you take over a team with a particularly bad one in there especially if they are crap too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
puffascruffowitz Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 I like how you say an injury prone player is an "offender" as if they're actively trying to sabotage the club. Although I wouldn't put it past some players to throw themselves down a flight of stairs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Interesting trivia: I have never had any injury problems with Sturridge in my team. Hang on. Should I demand my money back for blatant lack of realism? On the topic: there's only so much you can do if someone is injury prone. The easiest solution is to get rid of them. I think it's also probably the best thing to do, because they can really sabotage your plans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrazT Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I would normally give an injury prone player one season, then bite the bullet and get rid of them, if they have proved to be a problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marabak Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 It would be nice to offer a pay-as-you-play style contract, specifically for the more injury prone players. Obviously players would be reluctant to accept, but might if it was their only option. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
holidaysong Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Can you not kind of do that already though - i.e. low basic wage but really high appearance fee? I've gone with this approach before in previous FMs as a LLM manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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