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Could you help me out with the draft list?My scout scouted some players and there's a total of 10 players with 5 ball ratings,but only one of them was scouted the second time.He has 4 ball potential,but he's 19 years old.So should I put him first in my draft list or should I put some of the other players with 5 ball ratings on top?

thanks. Good info to have there : )

I'm curious about this tho, not quite directly pertaining to the draft, but bear with me.

I've asked in the forums before regarding potential and soft caps and age. But I didn't really get an answer that made complete sense to me. Basically it was 'its like this... there for it is...' kinda replies.


If I were to get a lets say, PLAYER A - All Time Great potential but he has a starting poor skills set. Lets say he has 2,000 for his salary.

Most people have said its not worth buying the player to train because of the poor initial skills. He would take too long to train, and probably not reach his full potential. True?

This is based on these facts from my understanding:

1) Training slows down A LOT after the age of 25.
2) You waste time training poor skills when you could be training another trainee with a better starting skill set (for simplifications sake... a higher wage).

What confuses me is this:

With a higher potential, the salary cap for the player is obviously higher.Therefore you can train the player for a longer period of time. By this I mean the pops will be more consistent and take longer to slow down, compared to, lets say for an extreme contrast, PLAYER B an announcer with a really good starting skill set.

So by this, logic dictates to me that if I'm willing to be patient and focus on training PLAYER A in the long run, I'll finish with a better player than if I had decided to just invest in a player, PLAYER B, with lower potential but a better starting skill set?

I buy both PLAYER A and PLAYER B and train them equally (lets jus say in theory all factors being equal) There will be a time where the pops for PLAYER B will slow down a lot faster than PLAYER A. Therefore, chances are that PLAYER A will eventually be the better player with continued training.

Plus since his original skill set is lower, that means he can get more pops, meaning you have more control over which skills you want trained, and moulding the skills for towards the salary cap you desire.

Obviously it will slow down after the age of 25 as well, but even then the training would be faster an still possible for PLAYER A than PLAYER B.

True / False?

For me, I rather have ONE good player and train and keep him for many many seasons as a long term goal. And perhaps another side trainee for short term purposes.

Am I making any sense? Or can some one explain to me where I've misunderstood.

Last edited by Simply Vince at 6/16/2010 10:49:16 AM

If you want a draftee to train for the u21 you probably should be looking for medium potential but high skills right now. If you want a player to train for the AA you have to focus on a higher potential. You can train his skills while he is playing scrimmages and don't hurt your team's perfomance in the league. In a few years he will be worthy to your team. If you want a player to be good for your team in the III and IV you could look for a starter/star potential.

Are the (admittedly rough) salary/potential cap lists that people are posting adjusted for the changes in the salary structure or are we still basing things off of pre-season 11 lists?

Another factor to consider is that your team performace will suffer a lot until you get your $2000 salary guy up to a decent level. So there will be a lot of short term pain before you can have any long term success.

I see. But apart from that my understanding was correct? Cause I intend to jus aim for playoffs this season while upgrading the arena. My division's quite dead / non-competitive... so I think I can get away with putting 'Player A' with enough minutes for full training as a sub + scrimmaging :)

Just play him in the scrimmages