bruntonpasty Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Cardiff Metropolitan University are an amateur team in the JD Cymru Premier League. All players on amateur contracts but with access to a good training & youth facilities and an OK academy set-up. Anyone managed them and had success? Can you sell amateur players for a fee, can you even become a semi or professional club? Looks a great set up for developing talent but not if you can't sell them for £££'s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 3 hours ago, bruntonpasty said: Can you sell amateur players for a fee No. Since they're amateurs they have no contracts, so they can leave when they want. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackBristol Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 I tried it, got about a dozen seasons in before i gave up. It's damn near impossible. Being the only amateur team in the league you have no hope of signing anything but the worst players in the league. If you do by some miracle manage to find a good player then you'll lose him stupidly quickly, often within a few months. If you get a good youth player come through your academy then you can already wave them goodbye. If they have any kind of ability or potential then they'll be gone within a couple of years. So essentially you have to build a squad of players who are too bad for any other team in the league to be interested in them and the bad players from your youth intakes. Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAwtunes Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Are they set as always amateur in the database? I suspect they are as a uni team. There is a smaller uni team in Swansea too, if you think Cardiff Met is just too easy!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Yeah they're set as an amateur team, although previously they have had players in on loan. Swansea Uni are in the league below and are also amateur. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashi112 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) On 29/09/2022 at 14:04, bruntonpasty said: Cardiff Metropolitan University are an amateur team in the JD Cymru Premier League. All players on amateur contracts but with access to a good training & youth facilities and an OK academy set-up. Anyone managed them and had success? Can you sell amateur players for a fee, can you even become a semi or professional club? Looks a great set up for developing talent but not if you can't sell them for £££'s. Right, 10+ seasons with them...i've gotten to the europa league group stages twice ( 1st time i finished 3rd in group n lost to villareal in the ECL 2ko round), dragged them up to 2* rep but not being able to upgrade youth facilities kinda sucked... @MackBristol i've signed cesc fabregas 2nd season ( he retired), had zach awe, Diamond Edwards has been with me god knows how long, its hard to keep the quality you bring in but its sooo worth it! @Colorado theres also HKFC in Hong Kong that are always Amateur Edited September 30, 2022 by dashi112 spelling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentonizking Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 21 minutes ago, dashi112 said: Right, 10+ seasons with them...i've gotten to the europa league group stages twice ( 1st time i finished 3rd in group n lost to villareal in the ECL 2ko round), dragged them up to 2* rep but not being able to upgrade youth facilities kinda sucked... @MackBristol i've signed cesc fabregas 2nd season ( he retured), had zach awe, Diamond Edwards has been with me god knows how long, its hard to keep the quality you bring in but its sooo worth it! @Colorado Are they still amateur? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashi112 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 1 hour ago, kentonizking said: Are they still amateur? YUP! i have 20m cash n nothing to spend it on...well the board wont bother... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentonizking Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 17 hours ago, dashi112 said: YUP! i have 20m cash n nothing to spend it on...well the board wont bother... That's impressive! To get to Europe as an amateur. They must be hard coded because they are a Uni team maybe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashi112 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 54 minutes ago, kentonizking said: That's impressive! To get to Europe as an amateur. They must be hard coded because they are a Uni team maybe They are coded to be Always Amateur, as are Swansea Uni and HKFC. most hated club in my run with them: Ferencvárosi TC ( 4 times in 11 years i drew them) Surprise win: Beating Lausanne-Sport 8-1 on aggregate in the ECL 1KO Round Surprise loss: 23/24 season CL 2QR, 1st leg beat Qarabag 5-2 at home...lost 11-2 away Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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