re: FIFA Thread. The 23rd is our day

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What do you search for?

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From my research ( A LOT of trial and error, nothing fancy) I've found thatif you go to your scouting network and say you want a forward then there are two ways to go about it. Do you want a pacey forward? Or say someone who is taller and has better finishing? If it's pace you want then you search for a "winger". The results that I get every time are either a LW, RW, LB or RB and they're always quick, but they are usually shorter. An "attacker" is what you would go for if you want a taller/natural forward who won't be that fast (the fastest true striker I've gotten out of my youth academy got up to a 78). I always used to search for "defensive minded" players for my LB's and RB's,, but they were always slow. That's just one example, you can play around with the others.

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So do you then buy your old player back or something? I'm confused.

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Yes, that's exactly what I do. Obviously if you're a smaller club this may not be possible, but my favorite team is City so the funds are there. I'll scout my players and once I promote them then you have to wait one transfer window before you can sell them, as I'm sure you know. When that passes then say I have a 72 overall 17-year-old CAM and a 70 overall 17-year-old RW, then I'll go to FC Dallas (I live in Texas) and I'll approach to buy a CAM and a RW and offer usually only a couple thousand dollars and the young player. Once it goes through then I cut the FC Dallas player and I add the guys I just gave to FC Dallas to my shortlist and I'll scout them once a year and when they're good enough IMO then I'll purchase the back. It can bite you in arse though if you don't have funds. I sent a CAM there in my current MM and when I tried to buy him back when he was a 82 overall 21-year-old they wanted $65 million for him. It's basically your own youth squad. The MLS teams work really well because for some reason there are never transfers over there, or no European teams will purchase them, or at least in my experience. One catch though, you can only cut two players I think each season, so unless you want a bunch of scrubs on your side riding the pine only do a couple per season. I've had success with this method, but I also scout the crap out of a lot players and some hit really well and others will never materialize.

I know it sounds kind of like a cheap way to do things, but unless a youth squad player is above a 75+ I'll send him off. I think we can all agree that it's really dumb when you find a player that is say an 18-year-old 63 overall with a potential of 89-94. If he improves +3 overall every season for 7 season then he'll only get to an 84. I sent one of those off in my current MM and I purchased him back when he was 22 and an 81 overall. It saved me a lot of trouble of having to send a guy out on loan and possibly not improving or having to play with a really crappy player for 3-4 seasons.