<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by shawng1:
I'll make the competant ones full-time coaches and give the less-than-competant ones a "testimonial"-usually an appearance in the 2nd half of the last season's game or a friendly scheduled for their benefit-before I let their contract expire.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Testimonials are an important part of realism

In the rare instance I keep a player for 10 seasons I line up some glamour friendly for them to play in. Once a guy left right on ten seasons to go back to Brazil, to play for Santos. So I lined up a friendly with Santos so he could play against us
That was 97/98 though when it was a tad easier to line up friendlies with overseas teams.