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hey mate

training update just occured and he popped in Inside Defense so now it is STRONG

very happy with that

Now finally everyone agrees with me, a level 4 trainer for a division IV team unless you get incredibly lucky. What you should be aiming for is one with a weekly salary of around $10,000 a week, you should find one like that for less than $20,000. If you can find one with stamina expertise that is almost as good as a level 5.

Stephen Gray (19609761)
Power Forward
Owner: Melbourne Kangaroos
Weekly salary: $ 6 126
Age: 18
Height: 6'10" / 208 cm
Potential: hall of famer


Now there has been wide debate about the difference between 47, 48 and 48+ minutes however the general opinion is it is not proportional and if you miss 1 minute it could cost you 10% of your training or even 25%. I have no idea about the actual figures but I would suggest ensuring 100% that he gets 48+ every single week. Hopefully you can do that in one game. Do you know how to do that?

If it was me I would keep this guy as he can be the cornerstone of your franchise forever, however you would earn a lot if you sold him, he would be worth at least $1,000,000 and probably more like $2,000,000-$5,000,000. This is the sort of insane money division IV teams can only dream of. But be careful not to waste it if you do get that windfall.

You have maybe the best 18 year old in all of Australia. Be very careful what you do with him, if trained very well he is a certainty to make the U21 and national teams.

Hey Yodabig

i have decided that I am going to keep him. i am in this game for the long haul and if he is going to be as good as everyone says then hes definitely staying on my roster

as he popped in inside defense, i sent off a message to iwen about what to do next (still waiting on a response)

at the moment im still training him in pressure

in terms of him playing 48 minutes im pretty sure i know how to do it

play him as a starter (C) and also as a reserve and a backup

i did that in the scrimmage and he went to the bench with 40 seconds to go in the game! weird

any help on further training would be good mate, i want him to make the junior national team

From my experience, to make sure a player gets full 48 minutes, you can't have 10 players that you select from your roster to play the match. The maximum number of players should be 9.
And like you said, play as a starter, reserve and backup, use SFDC for the substitution and use let them play for the foul trouble...and you can pretty much get a player 48 minutes.

no worries

just a quick question - the player needs to have 48 minutes in A WEEK of game time in order for training to work?

so for example, if he played 38 minutes league match then 10 minutes scrimmage , it will be ok??

Training works when the player gets any game time 48 minutes is when they get 100% training. Players can get training minutes in any of the 3 games a week.

If you're going to replace the trainer, first fire your trainer and DON'T buy another one until tuesday, or you will pay double (first the fee for firing your current trainer on Saturday and then a salary on Monday for your new trainer).

Last edited by Koperboy at 4/23/2011 3:21:02 AM

i disagree about the gameshape. The guys i train almost always get 48 minutes/week and don't go lower than 'strong' on GS

Hey Yodabig

i have decided that I am going to keep him. i am in this game for the long haul and if he is going to be as good as everyone says then hes definitely staying on my roster

as he popped in inside defense, i sent off a message to iwen about what to do next (still waiting on a response)

at the moment im still training him in pressure

in terms of him playing 48 minutes im pretty sure i know how to do it

play him as a starter (C) and also as a reserve and a backup

i did that in the scrimmage and he went to the bench with 40 seconds to go in the game! weird

any help on further training would be good mate, i want him to make the junior national team

Is this a language difference between australia and english? Pressure is training OD in my screen. Inside defense is trained by training inside defense. Since he did pop in ID (congrats) you're probably training the right thing, but just checking....


I see you're now training him with the minutes spread over multiple games. Nice safe choice, since you can start him in both your competition games. And sometimes it is actually more fun to not force trainees to play 48 minutes. Also his assists are awesome as a C. Good luck with promoting this season!

Last edited by Tesse at 4/23/2011 10:55:11 AM

whoops!! my bad mate

still getting used to the game.

nah it is definately inside defense training

i thought he was gonna have another triple double last night, only got a double double, but still, he is doing very well in his short time in the game so far