Games Hattrick

[tigerT]

more brilliant advice, this time from the Oceanian Cup Champion and hopefully the "new Guss", i voted for you mate, us bigfooty hattrickers gotta stick together

ive started training as playmaking which is like CM yeah? i guess i have to wear some pain to get some gain, even though i would like to win every game
how long does it take for your players to go from rubbish to half decent? i have few players with a 'passable' attribute most are below that
do you get a player from the youth academy every week? and is there anything which tells you that your players have improved through training? or do you just have to notice the difference?

sorry to ramble on but one last question, do you change your training every week? or just keep it the same for weeks on end?

First of all thnx for voting for me mate yep us bigfooty hattricker's should stick together
The 2 most important things wen training are 1 - your coach which I see you got thnx to ed gein's advice, and 2 - young trainees. If you can start off with 17 y/o passable playmakers then get 6 of them, if they are too expensive then get 18 y/o excellents. You will need to outlay cash to begin with but will make money back many times over. If you have any player that youre looking to train in PM thats 19/20 and over and doesnt yet have solid PM skill then dont waste your time with him. If u are slightly unsure youre more than welcome to drop me a ht-mail anytime.

Definitely stick with the same training, not just for weeks on end but months on end at least. Some people like myself train the same skill over and over, sell and then start the process again, others switch to a new skill wen they are happy with the skill level attained in the previous training scheme, thats up to the individual, theres no right or wrong way.

That assistant manager program that Ed gave you will help you keep track of your training progress. Get to know all the denominations yourself from disatrous through to divine to familiarise yourself with it all and you'll be able to grasp it a lot easier when just looking at your players or players youre looking to buy.

and finally, Im not in the top division, I just promoted into division II, I think I am just the 2nd div III manager to win the Oceanian cup.

 

[RoosterLad]

alright cheers mate i will keep that in mind, i havent even had a full season in charge yet so im still learning
pretty bloody good effort to win the Cup in Div 3

what % do you train? im doing 80% at the moment. is that too much?

 

[tigerT]

hehe no probs mate, theres a bit to digest but you'll get ur head around it pretty soon.

I have always trained at 100% intensity, bump that 80% up to 100% to get maximum benefit out of coaching.

 

[RoosterLad]

alright, ive always thought 80 was too high and a good chance of getting injuries

 

[Weaver]

alright, ive always thought 80 was too high and a good chance of getting injuries

Hire physios. Train at 95-100% and have 5-6 physios. The physios will help keep your blokes from getting injured. Also an inury doesn't 'cost' you as much (just one player) as the missing training (which effects 8-10 guys).

 

[Weaver]

As for what price, the market has become fairly unpredictable the past several seasons and I have never been an expert on defender trainees but I'd be stunned if you didnt get 500k for him, somewhere between 500k and 1 mill seems about right to me, but dont take my word on that

Actually am stunned that the bidding has reached $500k. You'd have to be stoked to get that much for that trainee - very very lucky. Wouldn't have gone over $300k myself.

 

[Weaver]

He has been fully healed for 2 or so weeks, but the last 2 weeks ive actually spent training stamina which took his to solid, get a bit more value out of him i hope. What do you think i'll get?

Stamina training is almost irrelevent for defenders. Only matters for teams that use the PRESSING tactic. Most other defender-trainees would prefer that you hadn't coached up his stamina - basically increases his wages for no reason.

 

[wez10000]

Can someone tell me how i change my formation?

Im currently a 4-4-2 and i want to change to a 3-5-2

 

[RoosterLad]

im not 100% sure but you might have to change the players individual tactics via the drop down box in the orders screen

like change a defender to an extra inner midfielder or something

 

[wez10000]

im not 100% sure but you might have to change the players individual tactics via the drop down box in the orders screen

like change a defender to an extra inner midfielder or something

I couldnt find the drop down box but ill try again, thanks

 

[Vandal]

Ive always been confused bout the right amount of staff to have? or doesnt it matter?

 

[RoosterLad]

I couldnt find the drop down box but ill try again, thanks

its below the players names when you do the order
have you done any of your Manager License? you have to complete a few steps on that before you get the option

 

[Weaver]

Can someone tell me how i change my formation?

Im currently a 4-4-2 and i want to change to a 3-5-2

You don't actually change your formation with a setting.

It is just whatever you send your team out as. So if you use the drop-down box under a defender and choose "extra inner-mid" you have one less defender, one more midfielder ... therefore 3-5-2.

 

[Weaver]

Ive always been confused bout the right amount of staff to have? or doesnt it matter?

There are diminishing returns. So 2 is better than 1, but 10 isn't much better than 9.

You should have either 9 coaches + 1 goalkeeping coach (or 8 and 2). Never have more than a combined total of 10 for coaches. Try to have the full 10 if you can afford them.

Don't have any doctors unless you have an injured player. Treat them like contractors ... bring them in when you need them, then sack them. If you don't have injured players they are just a waste of money.

Physios are there to stop your guys from getting hurt from training too hard. I have 6 but you can probably get away with 2 or 3 while you are starting out. Can't have more than 10.

Economists depend on how much cash you have. You probably don't need any. Better to spend your money on wheeler-dealing for better players.

Psychologists just keep your team confidence up. Winning will do that too. Probably do without them.

Spokespersons. The most you can have is 10. If you afford 10 hire the full amount. These guys increase your income from sponsors and encourage members to join.

So basically try to have the full 10 coaches and spokesmen. Get some physios. The rest you can do without while you are starting out.

 

[Ed_Gein]

Actually am stunned that the bidding has reached $500k. You'd have to be stoked to get that much for that trainee - very very lucky. Wouldn't have gone over $300k myself.

Well it's sitting on 800k with 28 hours to go. I think i could get 1.5mil for this guy. Its early season, we know some people like to pay a lot of money for young players.

 

[Weaver]

Well it's sitting on 800k with 28 hours to go. I think i could get 1.5mil for this guy. Its early season, we know some people like to pay a lot of money for young players.

(Shakes head) The young players to buy at this time of the year are the ones created last week and this. They have the most time to keep developing. Huge prices paid for week 1 and 2, 17-year olds.

Also buying a guy who has just been created and not trained can be very profitable. He might not be the full 7 weeks away from going up a level, instead only 2-3.

The player we are talking about was created last season and has probably already been trained. He has no speciality.

 

[sainter]

its below the players names when you do the order
have you done any of your Manager License? you have to complete a few steps on that before you get the option

That's what I think it will be.

They didn't think the Manager Licence through very well. A lot of people couldn't complete their tasks over the off-season quickly because there were only half as many matches. Especially the poor people that have been held up because Challenge 7 required them to book a friendly and those that were in the Cup and won their first game couldn't progress.

 

[tigerT]

Actually am stunned that the bidding has reached $500k. You'd have to be stoked to get that much for that trainee - very very lucky. Wouldn't have gone over $300k myself.

Are you talking pounds? You mentioned you play in England? because 300k aus is not really very much at all for that guy. But 900k aus, yeah I agree

 

[Weaver]

Are you talking pounds? You mentioned you play in England? because 300k aus is not really very much at all for that guy. But 900k aus, yeah I agree

100k pounds is pretty standard for any solid defender. His solid passing isn't worth that match more.

 

[Ed_Gein]

Well he is up to AU$1.1 million with 5.5 hours to go. I'm rapt.

 

[doggmannx]

i am going to have a boring season ALL of the other teams in my league are bots

 

[Craig Ryan]

i am going to have a boring season ALL of the other teams in my league are bots

I started my team a while ago, but forgot about the game....
Hence I got relegated into a division with all bots.

Maybe we should play friendlies amongst each other! Although i'm only a VI team (and a fairly crappy one at that, but it will improve as I have previously played the game and have some idea as to improve)

My ID is 37301

 

[Vandal]

i am going to have a boring season ALL of the other teams in my league are bots

Same here, I guess ill just flog them all and get promoted pretty quick.

 

[Sammy D]

Been a hell of a few weeks for me.

Despite finishing 5th in Div IV with 23 points! I got relegated in the qualifier despite have 45 or so better hatstats & a PB hatstats of 250.

I then stupidly play my #1 keeper in a ********y cup match against a bot. Guess what, he gets injured for my first league match. n00b mistake if ever there is one.

Then during my first league match my #2 keeper gets injured after 16 minutes meaning I now have a solid defender as my keeper I get a guy sent off and with only 10 men manage to score the winning goal.

Did the HT-Gods even me up?

 

[Weaver]

I then stupidly play my #1 keeper in a ********y cup match against a bot. Guess what, he gets injured for my first league match. n00b mistake if ever there is one.

Only a mistake if you weren't trying to increase his experience. I play my goalkeeper in most matches, often even friendlies. Cup matches count for double experience compared to league matches.