Saturday : game day! Obviously the game bit + tactics beforehand. I watch some other games in my league quite often. Get in chat, be sociable...Afterwards: check your attendance / income for home games. Check minutes played for your players, see if you need to alter your planned lineup for Tuesday. ~Some hours later check the updated league table.
Sunday : probably the least eventful day. Fan survey will update based on Saturday's game.
Monday: check finances - nothing spectacular here usually, slight fluctuations in merch and such.
- You can spend new scouting points after the allstar break.
- Look at International / under 21 games (these are a lot more interesting if you have a player in them, or know the managers)
Tuesday: see Saturday.
Weds: See Sunday + It's B3 day (Champions League for BB)
Thurs: Cup day! Or scrimmage day...use these for experimenting with tactics, and for training your weakest / least important trainees. Rounding out minutes correctly for your roster. Make sure your training is set right I guess.
Friday: Pop day! (training happens) players skills rise and fall. As well as game shape updating. The first bit is equal parts exciting and anxiety inducing for those of us with both trainees and old (33+) players. Game shape is worth tracking I think, no matter what level you're at you can just aim to improve on last weeks game shape for your own team.
- I always check out game shape of my opponents too, between Friday morning's update and late on Saturday is where you make your main plan for next weeks training / games, etc.
Then as a new team I guess it's reading the forums to gain knowledge (Google is useful here). Most important is probably game shape which I've already mentioned but not explained.
For most teams there's usually at least one reason to keep an eye on the transfer market - for a new team #1 is picking up some new/extra trainees. Balance age vs potential vs TSP. I'd favour 1 and 3 initially. Then maybe look for 3-6 (or 8 if you plan on only training 3 players initially) low cost players with better skills than your starting players. Pay attention to salary as well, keeping this low is important.
(I'd also be expanding your arena, but this isn't exactly a thing that occupies much time on a weekly basis)
I ramble, and likely forgot some important stuff.
Transfer list + scouting opponents + second guessing your own tactical decisions + obsessing over future plans you can't speed up (or achieve because of cost) occupy the most time I guess.
Last edited by Bergkamp at 1/16/2017 5:46:38 PM