buffdaddy110

At my part-time club, I was going to offer a promising 18-year old youth player a senior contract in order for him to train with the first team and go on loan etc in order to aid his development.

But he wanted a larger contract than his youth one and that would heve challenged my budget.

I then wondered if there was any advantage to him being on a senior contract if the training is part-time anyway?
The coaches are the same for both schedules.

Also, regarding going on loan, this would be to my affiliate feeder club one tier below (a non-playable league).
I have doubts whether playing here actually benefits my players at all?

I did a little holiday experiment: I made a save point and noted the values of a bunch of peripheral players (mainly ones I couldn't give away!). I then went on holiday for three months. When I returned, none of these players had made a first team appearance (and there is no reserve league) but some values had shot up (from £1k to £30k that is). I now had no trouble selling most of these players.
Back to the save point and this time I sent the players to my feeder club where they played regularly and well. After three months I recalled them and noted that none of their values had risen and I still couldn't sell nor loan them.

So a second question - are feeder clubs really any good for loaning your players to?

buffdaddy110

One more question.

Am I right with this sequence as applied to training grounds and youth facilities:
<UL TYPE=SQUARE>Minimal
Basic
Fairly Basic
Adequate
Average
Top?</UL>

Victoriaz

I can't answer your first question but I believe it goes

Minimal
Fairly Bsaic
Basic
Adequate
Average
Top