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On 10/04/2024 at 23:38, Jimbokav1971 said:

(53a) Brownlie (Dri) 5'11" does indeed look good. I'm just trying to not get too carried away. In the back of my mind I know we only have him on a 2+3 deal, (when he turns 16), so I really need to tie him down to a longer contract on the off-chance that he's as good as his initial PA suggests. 

I like (52a) Fraher (IRL) (F.Det) * and he's already made league & European appearances this season, to go with the 2 leagues and 1 European appearances that I have him last season after he came through the intake. He's actually ranked the 6th MC by CA at the moment which is pretty decent. At this stage I'm not sure if I'm going to.... 

(1). Loan him out somewhere next season,
(2). Sell someone ahead of him and force him into the 2nd Team,
(3). Select him as a permanent sub for both 1st Team and 2nd Team, (seems a rubbish idea for player development as I say it out loud), 
(4). Keep him in the U18's and make him available for U21 games. 
(5). Promote him to U21's squad and then loan him out in 2nd half of the season. 

I quite like that he's a little more workmanlike than some of the out and out "playmakers" we've been using. 

I *think* options 4 and 5 don't work all that well. Under 21 teams usually play in leagues with a very low reputation, so game time won't be seen as being at a "competitive" level. I might be very wrong here, but I think I remember reading somewhere that game time in the U-18's is worth more for their development than the U-21's? 

 

Either way, if you put him in the U-21's and make him available for the U-18's, he's going to miss out on valuable training time due to schedules not alligning. I'd probably look for a way to force him into a playing position in the second squad!

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Brownlie looks like an absolutely world class talent! And, knowing full well I'm a season late, Fraher might just be a good fit for a wingback in your tactic?

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I like how Quin is apparently good enough to win the Golden Boy, but not good enough to be on the NxtGn list!

Or is he just missing out because of his age?

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12 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

I don't think I agree with you. I have expected to get monster CA players through the intake, but it's never actually happened, (although maybe it will now that we're Fully Pro). 

It could of course be that the Ass Man who's advice I'm taking for the CA/PA views isn't very good, (I've just checked and his JPA is 7 and his JPP is 6). He's got a Bal personality and was appointed by someone else. I will get rid of him at the end of the coming season. 

I'm still struggling to understand why I failed so badly at developing (40c) Villanueva (PHI)(F.Det)*.

A reasonable personality with loads of PA and not much CA but forced to be given considerable game time way beyond his CA. When you add in that he also got experience at Senior National Team level then it's even more strange. 

Did you manually replace your coaches yet? I feel like you're missing out a bit by having that delegated.

 

Not that alone would explain something as extreme as Villanueva, but still.

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I've been following along steadily for a while, as I have with some of your earlier topics, but I don't think I've ever actually commented 

 

Arthurs looks class! I'd be looking to retrain him to a central midfielder as he'd fit the Mezalla role pretty well, but I suppose you're going to use him as a striker?

[Show me a system for IF or IW?]

How do you get a 7.89 in a single game?

The fact that this is the post that made me log into my account to write a comment for the first time in ages kind of irks me now..