CFree3344

I was given Aaron on a season long loan from Valencia. Scouts said he was the next David Villa so i accepted him and since then he's come on leaps and bounds. Improved much faster than any of my other youngsters and they all play first team football whenever i can afford to play them.

But regardless of that some players haven't improved much at all. Henri Saivet seems to have stopped improving since last season even tho i played him and and got 2 in a CL group game. John Fleck the same, not much improvement this season.

So my question to you all is how do you get the best out of your youngsters? I've got great staff and a good training system, or so i think. Any ideas or is it just down to giving them time on the pitch now?

retired_yaya7

A good mix of training and time on the pitch, the more they play the more experience they will gain.

Get your most experienced players to tutor, having someone like for example Thierry Henry tutoring Walcott, (like he did IRL) can really help with thier progression.
Make sure its someone similar in personality/style though.

Also, encouragement is good.. praise them when they put in a good performance. That little word of encouragement and praise can help greatly with confidence.

retired_Ilener

I agree! Here's my training programme for youngsters:

14-18 year olds, they stay in the U-19's, the 17-18's get an occasional first team shot, especially in League Cup matches, friendlies, those sorts of matches. If I've won the title, any extra games go to the youngsters.

During their time in the U-19's, the are tutored based on their profile, obviously 'promising' players get first dibs, I also try to make sure that players whose playing styles are similar, I group them. Also, any special moves I want to pass on, I make sure those are passed on by tutoring.

Once they've hit 18-19, they get loaned out to my feeders. I will only loan out if I know they're going to play, I have a coach watch them, if they're mired in the reserves or U-19 squad, I pull them back. The really good ones, I offer to clubs for loan. Saivet went to PSV, Kroos went to Fulham, Aaron went to Gimnastic and Lulinha went to Parma. They all got first-team time, I was happy with those teams. Now they get first dibs on new players, including signing, loaning, that sort of thing.

After, they reach 20-21, I pull them back to Allianz, they make the first team, and then they ride the bench, I use them as subs. During League Cup, friendlies, and CL/UEFA Cup matches, any extra games (ie., we've made the knockout stages) they take starting spots in.

22 years old is when I make the decision to keep or not. By then, you'll know if they're any good or not, they're either playing first team ball or I move them on.

The average age of my squad is 25, while this seems fairly old, I've got many old players I use as tutors, including Ismael, Ze Roberto, Viduka and Paro.

Also, most important, I forgot to mention this, make sure your players have specialised youth training. I like emphasise physical training, but not too much. Young players are on light training overall, as they reach 17, I put them on medium training. Don't overtrain, that's the quickest way to hurt a young player!

And lastly, PRAISE, PRAISE, PRAISE, if your youngsters play a first team game, they get a 7 or better, I'm delighted in their praise.

CFree3344

Yea those are the sort of things i do. I've not loaned out my youngsters just yet. They're still a little too young to be guaranteed a first team spot if they go away. CL matches i play them if im already through/if i've won the group. League cup is sort of their cup. They beat Man City 6-2 away to get into the semis last match so they've got good support from the fans now lol.

They're all being tutored. Henri Saviet has been tutored by Rooney, Ronaldo and now Tevez. Each time was really worth it apparently but i've never seen stat improvement from it.

I tend to wait till they're 22-23 till i see if they're worth keeping. Some you know will have a bright future. I've already turned down a hopeful Wigan after Saviet lol.

Guess its a matter of time then. Thanks guys. I'll just put more praise on the guys cause that seems to be a big factor which i'm not doing enough of

retired_bangstad

Most of the young stars this forum is full of info about have a random PA. If it's generated low in your saved game, when it's reached the player won't improve further, except for some mental attributes.