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Base your training around your MVP-Leslie. If you download the training simulator you will see that you can still train around the 7-1 guy despite height differences. You may want to do single position training until you find more prospects to add to your team. Maybe passing? Once you get a few more trainees, you could look at one on one training as your best option.

There is only one team in your Div that has a decent roster. The problem is you started about two weeks late. 1) You missed your best chance at getting cheap veterans, 2) You missed your best chance at getting cheap/good trainees 3) You are out of the Cup and lost your first two games. Those three factors hurt your economic chances. BUT you did land an awesome 7-1 Center

So at this point since you did already spend on your arena and a 50K trainee you might as well just play TIE and manage gameshape of your players. Your goal should be to try to make the playoffs. If you do that, you have a good chance at promotion. But before going and spending on your roster, add a few more trainees and a level 4 trainer. Then see where you stand. At this point you are probably just looking at an average season with a good draft spot. You should be fine with that

I'd add more courtside and lux boxes at your next build. Those sell out easy.

not to rain on your parade but i think it's still a decent time to land a <10k guy


but in my own opinion, I'd buy some young guys that can help your team for seasons to come (like a 7k player that can start in D5 and bench in D4 as a 6th man) You can easily get some type of player like that for less then 50k (but it my opinion)


D5 is full of crap so if you can spend 2 pts a week and have about 25+ pts you can go and do the combine and scout accordingly


It all comes down to whether you want to win and promote fast (which is buying a lot of old guys get a trainee or two and race to D4 [which i did and i kinda got stuck in a rut]) OR you can take the slow and turtleish way to D4 (which would be you buying young players and building for the future, to where you could probably promote to D2 faster instead of promoting to D4/D3 fast and then being stuck in a see-saw D3/D4 for a few season)

As said before, you run your team how you roll, and most importantly: HAVE FUN thats what it about

+1 for good guys, giving good useful and FUN advice, without the experienced user dismissal.

+1 for good guys, giving good useful and FUN advice, without the experienced user dismissal.

+1 for good guys, giving good useful and FUN advice, without the experienced user dismissal.

+1 for good guys, giving good useful and FUN advice, without the experienced user dismissal.

+1 for good guys, giving good useful and FUN advice, without the experienced user dismissal.

+1 for good guys, giving good useful and FUN advice, without the experienced user dismissal.

Hey there and a delayed welcome from me. I'd like to add some advice to diversify the opinions you are getting.

- I agree on doing what you think is most fun, that's what a game's about.

- Though I haven't been there, I don't think it's necessary to turtle in Div5. It seems easy and cheap enough to get out there fast, if not this then the next season. I don't want to smack the people that do give that advice, I just don't think it is necessary.

- Biggest advice from me; be smart with your money. If you make sure every dollar you spend is an investment to gain something out of it, you'll make the fastest progression. With this in mind, spending on your arena is always a good option (though not always the best). If you add an old guy (32+), make sure he'll help you win now. If you add a young guy (23-), make sure the money you spend on him is paid off by getting more money for him when you sell him, or having him on your team for a long time. A lot of new teams waste lots of money by overpaying, buying the wrong players or having too high salary staff/players. Not having money limits your options and makes progression slower.

- If you have enough time, I'd advice keeping an eye on the transfer list for an extended time, and learn the value of players. If you know the value of players better than others, you can make money off it, or at least save yourself money.

- If you haven't received an answer on your trainer question; I'd advice to look for an Advanced lvl trainer. You should be able to get one with a salary of below 15k/week for less than 20k buying price. I wouldn't spend much money on a staff member with lower salary. You see people bid 100k on a trainer that has 1k lower salary than other trainers. You'll need 100 weeks to make up for that extra money, but since the salary rises every week, you won't be keeping him for that long.

Good luck!

Okay, just purchased an Advanced trainer, 13K salary, for 26K. Pretty good deal, I'd say. So, would it be better to one-position train the 3 guys I have right now, or try to purchase a few more and two-position? I've decided to start looking for at least one young, preferably a few, salary-efficient guy to help me get out of D5 fast. I currently have 126K, so maybe if I get 1 or 2 high salary (for D5) guards for cheap, I can still have enough in the bank to get a few more trainees.

I think you should stick with the single position training, and focus on your arena.