There is a catch. The training is done by coaches. Each coach has it's own attributes so he can train your squad differently at the different section. He may train your attackers well at shooting but can't train goalies. Same for defending , set pieces and all the other categories. You may want to select which coaches should train your players at different categories. If a coach trains too much players he will not give 100% so it's best to leave him with only a couple of jobs.

Training, tactics, preparing the team to play. But what if your team has weak players, not a real challenge for the opposition? What if you need a strong attacker or a playmaker?

Well, this means scouting. Scouting for players, for staff. Means that you must put your scouts to work. If you know what you want, you can give them specific orders or you can tell them to scout different things like the next adversaries, the league, the championship you are part of, you can tell them to look for players from different countries or areas. Each scout has knowledge about different countries, allowiing him to give you more results if you assign him to that country to scout. In FM 2007, there are also feeder clubs, who represent clubs who are part of are colaborating with bigger clubs, clubs with expand your knowledge which is good. In addition, these clubs allow you to farm out promising youngsters for valuable first-team experience. In exchange, you can loan them players with they could never buy.

Once the scouts are done (and this takes some time, depending on their tasks), they will present you what they have found and several additional informations like the players current attributes, potential attributes, if the scout recommands that specific player or not and also an estimative value that will be asked for that player. There are ways to get that player with less money by unsettling him at his team, buying him when he is injured, etc.

If you decide to make an offer to a specific player, that player will be added to your shortlist. When a player is added, you will receive news about him, the press might enquire you about your future plans regarding that player.

Thanks Pat for your description. He must go to a training session with Thierry Henry, he just recovered from a injury.

« Previous Page | 1  · 2  ·  | Page 3 of 4 |  · 4  | Next Page »

Please log in to access this section.