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Why would the backup play more minutes when not set as the reserve? Surely he plays less minutes, not more.

Conventional wisdom is that starter/backup/reserve is split 36/10/2. Setting them as you have should be about a 38/10 split, and 42/6 is not surprising.

i didnt read all but in your pictures you had players playing only 2 minutes as backup. that is a little bit strange. nevertheless i dont think its a bug.

what can help is to have better players as backup.

if you want your players to play around 24min per game you can also use a blanc lineup and let your coach decide. but then you really need 7 players on the same level.

So I have tried to do what you have done in the past, (ie: set starter = reserver) in order to get a different balance of minutes - but i found the result to be very inconsistent, and not similar to what you were experiencing.

There are two main factors which influence substitutions.
a) Stamina
b) Backup/reserve's stats.

Stamina is the main thing in my opinion. If i set a $150k PF with Proficient Stamina, he plays all game. If i set a $150k PF with inept stamina as backup, then id be interested to see what happens. Probably the starter plays 40 mins or thereabouts.

So what I would suggest is that the players that you are using have different stamina and different skilled players as your backups. And that in the past, you had a consistent way of replicating the minutes, but either the stamina or player skill has changed.

Pretty interesting though! In general, though, there is no set 'formula' for getting starters to play 20-30 minutes. The fact that you were able to achieve this consistently over so many seasons is pretty remarkable, but probably just luck as well!

I might try out some of your settings in a PL game and see what comes out.

Hope this helps.

Last edited by Coach Regan at 8/24/2014 11:13:42 PM

The other 4 had same stamina : proficient !

ok there is the problem. players with stamina that high use to play a lot of minutes. it is stupid but i never would train stamina higher than 6...

no worries, i do like ur setup though, and im glad that ur alternative way of setting lineups was working for you (albiet, not anymore).
but its good to see people doing different things in the game.

ill try to remember this thread and post any results.