Saumyajit

I have developed my own theory around team talks. What I found was it is very random and ambiguous. The same team talk has different effect on different players, and I found no definitive relation of effect to player personality. In anycase half the time people do not listen or no effect is identified by the ass man.

What I do these days is, no team talk at all. I just let the players play their game. Only when one of these two options come up( one more goal and encourage team) I use them on the entire team. That happens when you are losing at half time, and occassionally when you are drawing a game which you shopuld win.

Rest of the team talks like you can win the game, one more goal will do it etc. I make a point to use. These are the only ones which make a positive difference to the entire team.

Also I use I have faith on players with poor/ok morale as these i have found mostly improve morale and performance.

Rest of the really ambiguos ones I really stay away from, the ones like I am pleased, you can win, wish luck etc. Because they make some players happy/delighted but don't improve performance./ Also if I was managing a real football team I wouild not have been delighted to see my players enter the pitch looking delighted :p

As this is a computer simulation game, it will always take 100s of variables to produce effects on players wih team talk. And since it is impossible to understand what it actually does, just stay away from them. If anything is not broke don't fix it, if the tem is playing well don't go and say I am pleased and make them delighted all of a sudden. Only use encouragement/one more goal at halftime, and have faith in you if a player has poor moraleor has had a bad half. This is the thumb rule I use.

Thought this might be helpful. Feedback/criticism welcome.
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Saumyajit

Just ignore this. Did not mea to tupe this part at all

FrazT

I suspect that this will work for a while but eventually the team and the Board will decide that you dont care enough. If you think they are ineffective, let your Asst take them.

Dayle Wood

I let my Ass man do team talks. He has high attributes for motivating and tactical knowledge. Seems to do the trick... Saves me time and if anyone gets fed up its with him and not me.

Saumyajit

Don't think they are ineffective, I think they are counter effective, and this part of the game you always have the least idea what might happen. At least I could not figure it out in a predicatble manner to any degree of comfort.

Also regarding assistant manager team talks, might be an option. But I don't trust my ass man, going by the team report he gives me most of the time, leaving many of the better players in the 2nd lineup

Dayle Wood

Well I won the CL and Fa Cup last season so I can tell you letting the Ass man do the talks hasn't worked against me... Like I said though make sure he has high attributes in non coaching stats - motivating being the most important in my opinion.

When I hire an ass man its for those skills and not coaching that I look for. Coaches coach... Ass man can do all the other stuff like talks, sorting out friendlies and so on.

Saumyajit

Ok, I will let my ass man do it for sometime and see what happens...

by the way, one bug in the forum, if you click reply and then don't reply, it still shows your name as the last poster :o

Rez

Who are you using as your assistant manager?

Cadijk van Kaarhandel

I lost Alan Irvine who went to manage at some other Premiership team (can't remember who) so brought in Mark Bowen as my assistant - excellent for Premiership anyway. Leave team talks to him.

Rez

I have Alan Irvine...his stats arent that good but he is a good all rounder..Leave the talks to him you reckon?