Thanks for the advise, it helps alot on my understanding for BB especially on how important a level 9 game shape is.
I do have a pitiful stamina player, but should I give gameshape training instead of stamina for PO?
I would advice you to do neither. Not when you are able to play 3 games a week. Well I should say it's been a habit since my real life coaching days, but my theory is that skill is much more important than stamina, and you'd be much better off having 10 skillful players with average stamina rather than 10 players who can never run out of steam yet only have average skill sets. From what I read, your player's stamina is adequate enough for them to perform. So I would suggest (unless it is off season) for you to train your player's skills instead. I've never tried training game shape in BB before, but from my experience in other manager games, training game shape training does not have much of an effect on your players. I would suggest you concentrate on spreading minutes throughout your roster if you want your players to be in good shape, instead of wasting precious training minutes just for a tiny boost in performance that only lasts the week.
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Fully agree with the concept: first skills, then stamina. Of course, possibly avoid critically low stamina. The same suggestion from me: first skills, than better gameshape (at the end of the season) than stamina. Of course is team average of stamina is 1.2... ;)
gameshape must be obtained thru minutes balancing. however, the thing I have to say here is that you can do an exception in a specific situation training gameshape (you are facing an on-off match in post season? this is the "match of your life"? you need all and now, so gameshape will give you more than primaries for next week only). It is left to managers to take bold decisions, unbalancing long (typically preferrable) vs short term.
Apart of my team (I did it some times), I remember our U21 coach asking for gameshape training - if possible - the week before WC finals. He won.