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I've trained Stockx & Verschaeren from scratch and I've build a team around them to be competitive when they were ready. They are both in NT.

But it's true that it would have been impossible with SF build...

When you started training them you weren't in BBBL obviously. There's no way you can afford to stick in the division having to field 2 x 48 min. on youngsters : it's an auto-loss at least in one championship every week !

I respect the very little time you needed to work your way to the world top of course, but remember that playing in a lower division is actually a huge bonus when it comes to reliability with training.

@Angi : yeah they buffed up the new teams a little didn't they ? That's a good thing, if there are any new starters they do deserve to get a better start, since the number of active players has been reduced.

However I don't stand with you when you say that high potential are too expensive : of course if you want a 18-yos starting with 55 TSP and HoF / legend that's gonna cost an arm or a kidney, but e.g. Gaethofs is on it's way to 140 TSP while he only started with 41, and that sort of players can leave for pretty cheap.

Right now there is a belgian 18-yos MVP on the TL, he left his draft team for less than 20 k ... And if ever money is really a problem, you can still do wonders with a potential 8. Just don't mafe a PF of him or you'll fall short :p

When you started training them you weren't in BBBL obviously. There's no way you can afford to stick in the division having to field 2 x 48 min. on youngsters : it's an auto-loss at least in one championship every week !

Surely, like Amenra is now in D.II to train his young player. But I don't think it's necessary a bad strategy.

However I don't stand with you when you say that high potential are too expensive : of course if you want a 18-yos starting with 55 TSP and HoF / legend that's gonna cost an arm or a kidney, but e.g. Gaethofs is on it's way to 140 TSP while he only started with 41, and that sort of players can leave for pretty cheap.

I agree with you here...
and I do not know where I've said the contrary. if you're refering to 'The must negative one here is that at a certain moment salaries for the high potentials are becoming to high to affort them in D.IV.' I ment folowing:
When you train a youngster, he will reach at a certain moment in his training levels 15 and more; further training them will increase his wage to a level you would not be able to affort in those D.IV. I referred to this situation if trained in an Utopia division 4.
i've probably expressed me in a wrong way....

and I know

Right now there is a belgian 18-yos MVP on the TL, he left his draft team for less than 20 k ...

he was mine, I put him on the TL as there was no training spot in my team and sold him for 18k; He was not trained and Is now for sale for $ 249 899. Shame!

Last edited by AnGi77 at 11/19/2017 3:30:17 PM

My bad, I read wrong, I am probably tired, sorry Angi.

@Guiguits : AZ is right, if he can't have a team around his best player, seeling at 28 might yield quite an amount of cash. No point in keeping him if you don't intend on winning something with him.

@mplume : of course it's a valid strategy, but I feel a little disheartened at the idea of going back down :/ However, the way things are I'll have no choice, I'm spending too much money on players I can't win something with (even my home games ...) so that's poor management from me. I should get rid of that, save money, tank a BBBL season while starting to train ... I'll give it a thought.