For Sale

[GNH]

This guy has become surplass to requirements at GNH United. Would be a good aquisition for a high level VI new level V club. A bargain at only £150,000 with his TSI and all round stats. http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Elmer Gonzales (13358449)
26 years, inadequate form, healthy
I speak US English!


A controversial person who is tranquil and righteous.
Has poor experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Nationality: Israel
Total Skill Index (TSI): 4 030
Wage: 736 £/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: GNH United
Warnings: 0


Stamina: EXCELLENT Goaltending: wretched
Playmaking: SOLID Passing: PASSABLE
Winger: inadequate Defending: inadequate
Scoring: PASSABLE Set Pieces: poor

Career Goals: 26
Career Hattricks: 0
League goals this season: 0
Cup goals this season: 0

[Birri]

if anyone wants an inadeqaute keeper this weeks youth pull is up for grabs

Christopher Gladwell (55378433)
20 years, passable form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is temperamental and upright.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): 1 480
Wage: 846 £/week
Owner: Rochford FC
Warnings: 0


Stamina: wretched Goaltending: inadequate
Playmaking: wretched Passing: wretched
Winger: disastrous Defending: wretched
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor

Transfer list: Keeper

Deadline: 15/02/2005 at 11.21

Asking price: 667 £

[Kent Shrimper]

Scott Staples (7628078)
24 years, disastrous form
A pleasant guy who is balanced and honest.
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Total Skill Index (TSI): 380
Wage: 560 £/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Southend United FC


Stamina: excellent Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: wretched
Winger: poor Defending: solid
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: inadequate

[Kent Shrimper]

Shay Cummins (49496708)
18 years, inadequate form
A sympathetic guy who is fiery and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): 740
Wage: 453 £/week
Owner: Southend United FC


Stamina: poor Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: weak
Winger: inadequate Defending: solid
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: inadequate

up for 50K

[MrB]

Quote[/b] (Kent Shrimper @ Feb. 13 2005,17:49)]Shay Cummins (49496708) *
18 years, inadequate form *
A sympathetic guy who is fiery and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Nationality: *England *
Total Skill Index (TSI): * 740
Wage: *453 £/week *
Owner: *Southend United FC *


Stamina: * *poor * Goaltending: * *disastrous *
Playmaking: * *wretched * Passing: * *weak *
Winger: * *inadequate * Defending: * *solid *
Scoring: * *passable * Set Pieces: * *inadequate *

up for 50K
Was he a youth pull?

[Kent Shrimper]

yeah, had him for a few weeks now, middle of last season i think

[Birri]

If any one wants him he has been my most consistant defender the past 3 seasons highest stars 4 lowest 3
I have just bought a 24 yr old to replace him

Gregory Hunter (28009640)
29 years, wretched form, healthy
A controversial person who is balanced and honest.
Has weak experience and poor leadership abilities.


Speciality: Technical

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): 1 040
Wage: 573 £/week
Owner: Rochford FC
Warnings: 0


Stamina: excellent Goaltending: wretched
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: poor
Winger: passable Defending: solid
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: inadequate

Career Goals: 7
Career Hattricks: 0
League goals this season: 0
Cup goals this season: 0
Transfer list: Central Defender

Deadline: 17/02/2005 at 09.49

Asking price: 70 000 £

[Matt the Shrimp]

This week's youth-pull up for sale - a great buy for any PM trainers...

Trevor Nolan (55717263) *
19 years, passable form, healthy *
A pleasant guy who is temperamental and honest.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Speciality: Unpredictable

Nationality: *England *
Total Skill Index (TSI): * 1 490
Wage: *483 £/week *
Owner: *Southend United Football Club *

Stamina: * *inadequate * Goaltending: * *disastrous *
Playmaking: * *solid * Passing: * *poor *
Winger: * *weak * Defending: * *poor *
Scoring: * *passable * Set Pieces: * *wretched *

He's on sale for £50K.

[Birri]

Quote[/b] (Birri @ Feb. 12 2005,11:06)]if anyone wants an inadeqaute keeper this weeks youth pull is up for grabs

Christopher Gladwell (55378433)
20 years, passable form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is temperamental and upright.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): * 1 480
Wage: 846 £/week
Owner: Rochford FC
Warnings: 0


Stamina: * wretched * Goaltending: * inadequate
Playmaking: * wretched * Passing: * wretched
Winger: * disastrous * Defending: * wretched
Scoring: * poor * Set Pieces: * poor

Transfer list: Keeper

Deadline: 15/02/2005 at 11.21

Asking price: 667 £
He sold for 3K!!!

[Hong Kong Blue]

Potential scoring/playmaking trainee. Only 17 yo and dead cheap, lsited for £0

Martin Napier (55610597)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A controversial person who is tranquil and honest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): 440
Wage: 355 £/week
Owner: Southend-United
Warnings: 0


Stamina: weak Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: inadequate
Winger: poor Defending: poor
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: wretched

[Birri]

Any one get anything decent youth pull wise ? I got naff all but my mrs got this bloke who she has put up for sale.

Patty Evans (55933072)

17 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is fiery and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Speciality: Head

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): 550
Wage: 437 £/week
Owner: tun tigers
Warnings: 0

Stamina: inadequate Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: wretched
Winger: poor Defending: weak
Scoring: solid Set Pieces: weak

Transfer list: Forward

Deadline: 21/02/2005 at 21.10
Asking price: £90 000

[* ORM *]

Still to get one youth pull with anything more than one inadequate in it http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif This week was particularly pants and duly consigned to Canvey Island.

Youth squad currently at inadequate but next week is three weeks of full investment - surely I am looking at passable next week ?

[blues_r_best]

Got a decent youth pull this week:

Joachim Craw (56040266)
19 years, passable form, healthy *
A popular guy who is balanced and upright.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.


Speciality: Unpredictable

Nationality: *England *
Total Skill Index (TSI): * 1 130
Wage: *447 £/week *
Owner: *The Shrimpers *
Warnings: *0 *


Stamina: * *wretched * Goaltending: * *disastrous *
Playmaking: * *inadequate * Passing: * *passable *
Winger: * *inadequate * Defending: * *solid *
Scoring: * *wretched * Set Pieces: * *disastrous

Up for £100,000.

[Birri]

Quote[/b] (Birri @ Feb. 19 2005,09:48)]Any one get anything decent youth pull wise ? I got naff all but my mrs got this bloke who she has put up for sale.

Patty Evans (55933072)

17 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is fiery and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Speciality: Head

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): * 550
Wage: 437 £/week
Owner: tun tigers
Warnings: 0

Stamina: * inadequate * Goaltending: * disastrous
Playmaking: * wretched * Passing: * wretched
Winger: * poor * Defending: * weak
Scoring: * solid * Set Pieces: * weak

Transfer list: Forward

Deadline: 21/02/2005 at 21.10
Asking price: £90 000
my mrs got over 120K for him her YP this week was an 18yr old passable scoring Solid passing who got 2 goals sunday sold for 256K ! I got another sh*te player who was fired http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[MrB]

Quote[/b] (* ORM * @ Feb. 19 2005,10:27)]Youth squad currently at inadequate but next week is three weeks of full investment - surely I am looking at passable next week ?
Here is the approximate amount of time based on full investment:

Wretched to Poor: 1 week
Poor to Weak: 2 weeks
Weak to Inadequate: 2 weeks
Inadequate to Passable: 3 weeks
Passable to Solid: 5 weeks
Solid to Excellent: 16 weeks (ie 1 season)

Obviously these are rough estimates.

[Birri]

I pulled another winner
Dara Cassar (56985786) [Add this player to your bookmarks]
22 years, passable form, healthy
A controversial person who is fiery and honest.
Has disastrous experience and solid leadership abilities.

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): 350
Wage: 473 £/week
Owner: Rochford FC
Warnings: 0


Stamina: wretched Goaltending: weak
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: wretched Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: weak
put him up for 0 as a setpieces to see if any muppets will bite did transfer compare and this bloke Noah Bickel (55842023) with a similar pants tsi and stats sold for £333333 got to be something dodgy !

[Barmy Army]

Quote[/b] (Birri @ Mar. 04 2005,20:21)]I pulled another winner
Dara Cassar (56985786) [Add this player to your bookmarks]
22 years, passable form, healthy
A controversial person who is fiery and honest.
Has disastrous experience and solid leadership abilities.

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): 350
Wage: 473 £/week
Owner: Rochford FC
Warnings: 0


Stamina: wretched Goaltending: weak
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: wretched Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: weak
put him up for 0 as a setpieces to see if any muppets will bite did transfer compare and this bloke Noah Bickel (55842023) with a similar pants tsi and stats sold for £333333 got to be something dodgy !
Solid leadership may be the reason

[* ORM *]

WOW !!!! My first YP with any degree of usefulness and what a pull !!!!!!!!! Especially as I am training defenders. Transfer compare values him at around 60K but he is going nowhere.

Kael Maric (57066142)
18 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is temperamental and righteous.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): 860
Wage: 424 £/week
Owner: Shrimperzone F.C.
Warnings: 0

Stamina: solid Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: poor
Winger: passable Defending: passable
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor

[MrB]

TSI 0. Bye!

[Kent Shrimper]

Midfielder for Sale

Matthew Hallmark (47292021)
19 years, inadequate form
A sympathetic guy who is tranquil and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities.


Speciality: Unpredictable

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): 1 270
Wage: 480 £/week
Owner: Southend United FC
Warnings: (this information is not available while matches are in progress)


Stamina: weak Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: excellent Passing: poor
Winger: inadequate Defending: poor
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: poor

[Birri]

Lukas Domdal (38820562)

19 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is balanced and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.


Speciality: Quick

Nationality: Danmark
Total Skill Index (TSI): 1 240
Wage: 576 £/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Rochford FC
Warnings: 0


Stamina: inadequate Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: excellent Passing: weak
Winger: poor Defending: poor
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: disastrous

Career Goals: 1
Career Hattricks: 0
League goals this season: 0
Cup goals this season: 0

Transfer list: Inner Midfield

Deadline: 10/03/2005 at 13.11

Asking price: 120 000

[Birri]

Peter Molbratt (31023486)
22 years, weak form, healthy *
A PLEASANT guy who is balanced and HONEST.
Has disastrous experience and SOLID leadership abilities.

Nationality: *Sverige *
Total Skill Index (TSI): * 970
Wage: *592 £/week *including 20% Bonus *
Owner: *Rochford FC *
Warnings: *0 *


Stamina: * *excellent * Goaltending: * *disastrous *
Playmaking: * *inadequate * Passing: * *poor *
Winger: * *poor * Defending: * *wretched *
Scoring: * *solid * Set Pieces: * *inadequate *

Career Goals: * 3 *
Career Hattricks: * 0 *
League goals this season: * 0 *
Cup goals this season: * 0 *
Transfer list: Forward
HE HAS SCORED 6 in 5 FRIENDLIES THIS SEASON
and would be a decent Div VI forward


Deadline: 10/03/2005 at 14.07
Asking price: £55 000[B]

[* ORM *]

Well according to transfer compare this one is worth anything between £25 and 60K. He has done absolutely nothing for me and I'd be delighted to receive the 25K asking price.

Angus McGuinness (50424973)
27 years, poor form, healthy
A nasty fellow who is temperamental and honest.
Has poor experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): 780
Wage: 467 £/week
Owner: Shrimperzone F.C.
Warnings: 0


Stamina: excellent Goaltending: wretched
Playmaking: passable Passing: passable
Winger: weak Defending: disastrous
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: poor

Career Goals: 0
Career Hattricks: 0
League goals this season: 0
Cup goals this season: 0

[Hong Kong Blue]

This week's youth pull is up for grabs. On the list for £0.

Bill Doohan (57178563)
19 years, passable form, healthy

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): 890
Wage: 483 £/week
Owner: Southend-United

Stamina: inadequate Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: weak
Winger: wretched Defending: weak
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate

I've also got a formidable striker with high inadequate passing listed, but I don't think anyone on here is in the market for one of them.

[mcrabb]

This week's youth pull - a semi decent one at last - is up for sale.

Darren Needham (57296828)
18 years, passable form, healthy
A controversial person who is temperamental and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities.

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): 1 000
Wage: 485 £/week
Owner: Crabby's Crunchers
Warnings: 0


Stamina: weak Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: wretched
Winger: passable Defending: poor
Scoring: solid Set Pieces: wretched

Listed for £100,000

[Matt the Shrimp]

Ah, and undercutting mcrabb massively is my youth-pull this week... listed at £20K.

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Stephen Coulthard [playerid=57316579]
18 years, passable form, healthy *
A controversial person who is balanced and upright.
Has disastrous experience and disastrous leadership abilities.

Speciality: Powerful

Nationality: *England *
Total Skill Index (TSI): * 470
Wage: *416 £/week *
Owner: *Southend United Football Club *
Warnings: *0 *

Stamina: * *poor * Goaltending: * *disastrous *
Playmaking: * *poor * Passing: * *poor *
Winger: * *poor * Defending: * *weak *
Scoring: * *solid * Set Pieces: * *solid

A bargain for a trainer of forwards, I'm sure you'll agree...

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Matt

[mcrabb]

Ah but with a much higher TSI, true scoring trainers will recognise that mine is much closers to excellent...maybe.

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (mcrabb @ Mar. 09 2005,09:54)]Ah but with a much higher TSI, true scoring trainers will recognise that mine is much closers to excellent...maybe.
...and of course nothing at all to do with having a second primary skill (winger) at passable and stamina at weak...

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[MrB]

Probably wouldn't cover a 500 swing in TSI.

Though of course winger and scoring are the two of the least compatible stats in the game http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[mcrabb]

Oh well. As long as I make some money on him I don't mind. I also noted that winger and scoring really isn't a good match. If only it had been passing...
Since I got my youth team to excellent I've had some real dross come through. Had about 4 players with a TSI over 200 (excluding two keepers that always seem to have higher TSI) in the last season and a half. The rest seem to have weak or lower for their stats.
I was wondering if there was a prime time to promote your youth players. I don't know how they generate new players - I'm sure it's fairly random - but it seems that if you wait a couple of days (e.g. promote a player mid-week) then they tend to be better than if I promote someone on Sunday. This is probably complete coincidence though.

[MrB]

I wouldn't know, I've never had anything above passable except one solid passer with bog all else! My youth squad will move to excellent either this week or next but I'm not expecting much improvement.

I guess you just have to sit, wait and dream for that 17yo excellent U-20 prospect!

[mcrabb]

My best two have been a solid keeper and a 17yo solid playmaker, solid scoring. Unfortunately the 17yo was the week before the end of the season so he wasn't 17 for long. Still it sounds like I shouldn't complain, it's more than some people have had.

[GNH]

My youth team has been excellent from day 1 and all I have pulled is utter dross for 4 seasons, with only 1 exception of a solid 17 year old defender. It is complete cack

[Hong Kong Blue]

Quote[/b] (GNH @ Mar. 09 2005,15:56)]My youth team has been excellent from day 1 and all I have pulled is utter dross for 4 seasons, with only 1 exception of a solid 17 year old defender. It is complete cack
Excellent from day one? Blimey, took me two seasons to get that far.

Since I have reached excellent I've been reasonably pleased with the results. One player, a 17yo solid PM and half decent secondaries sold for £300,000. Two of my current trainees were 18yo solids (one a high solid with inadequate passing, the other sadly turned out to be a low solid) and I've currently got a solid PM listed (see previous page) who is going to get sold for a mere £6,000 unless a bidding war errupts in the next couple of hours. http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/suspect.gif

I've also had a string of 18 or 19yo passable who have provided the odd grand here and there.

I'm still waiting for that uber trainee, but otherwise its ticking over nicely.

[GNH]

Quote[/b] (Hong Kong Blue @ Mar. 09 2005,16:22)]Quote[/b] (GNH @ Mar. 09 2005,15:56)]My youth team has been excellent from day 1 and all I have pulled is utter dross for 4 seasons, with only 1 exception of a solid 17 year old defender. It is complete cack
Excellent from day one? Blimey, took me two seasons to get that far.
I inherited a team with an excellent youth team and there was me thinking it would benefit me immensely http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/down.gif

[Matt the Shrimp]

My Youth Team started off as "excellent? yer 'avin a larf", but now it's "reasonably excellent". *I've had:

*17 yo solid striker - £135K
*18 yo solid striker x 3 - £50K / £76K (latter after training) / one currently for sale
*18 yo passable wingback (i.e. pass wing & def) - £50K
*18 yo passable defender - £20K
*19 yo excellent striker - still got, now an outstanding 22 year old
*19 yo solid playmaker x 3 - £50K x 2, £60K x 1
*20 yo solid keeper - trained to excellent, sold for £330K
*20 yo passable keeper - trained to sold, sold for £120K

Oddly, one of the best was a wk 2 17 yo inadequate striker whom I ended up keeping, and whom I flogged the other week for £737K as a formidable 19 year old.

Most of the other good transfers I've made are either pure luck (selling a solid 19 yo striker in my first week and picking up a whopping £340K for him), or as a result of training - e.g.

*Cabanilla - bought as a low solid striker for £72K, sold as high solid for £120K
*Askenbom - bought as a passable striker & passer for £70K, sold as solid in both departments for £213K

and best of all

*Tobiasen - bought as passable scorer and solid passer for £68K, sold as excellent scorer and solid passer for £400K

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So, all in all, I guess I'm in favour of youth policies. *As a final thought... mine seems to have got a fair bit better since I appointed a solid coach. *I know they're not supposed to be linked, but I think they are.

That said, it's only recently that my youth team has really started to bear fruit - and I'd guess that I'm now on my 4th season of it being at excellent, I think. *So I've shelled out a fair bit as well...

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Matt

P.S. Inherited an excellent YT?! Jammy swine! I inherited a poor/weak youth team (whatever the lowest level is), and have had to build it up from there...

[Shrimpersarmy]

Same here. mine started off as disastrous or wretched http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[MrB]

Just noticed one of my divisional rivals sold a YP for £1.8m a few weeks ago. Must have been some player! Surprisingly he hasn't spent any of the money yet http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (MrB @ Mar. 09 2005,17:33)]Just noticed one of my divisional rivals sold a YP for £1.8m a few weeks ago. *Must have been some player! *Surprisingly he hasn't spent any of the money yet http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
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Blimey! Still playing a waiting game on my new signing (namely my bloomin expensive midfielder)... got loads bookmarked, just need to get the right chap for the right price...

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[MrB]

That's handy, I listed a passable playmaker (my only original player left in the squad) for £30k and within 20 minutes someone had bid £60k! Excellent stamina & set pieces and passable passing probably help but he's 22 so is hardly going to be a great trainee (though I'm fairly sure he'd pop to solid with a couple of weeks IM training).

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Mar. 09 2005,17:56)]Quote[/b] (MrB @ Mar. 09 2005,17:33)]Just noticed one of my divisional rivals sold a YP for £1.8m a few weeks ago. *Must have been some player! *Surprisingly he hasn't spent any of the money yet
Blimey! *Still playing a waiting game on my new signing (namely my bloomin expensive midfielder)... got loads bookmarked, just need to get the right chap for the right price...
Oh well, that money was burning a whole in my pocket... *It has now been blown - namely £1.39m of it.

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The really bad news: for a midfielder, he has weak stamina; so I'm going to have to make a decision this season - probably once I'm safe and once I've sold one of my young strikers who has popped to brilliant - to spend at least 6 weeks training stamina (maybe even more - eek!) which, of course, will murder my form.

The not-so-good news: he only has wretched experience, but he's 22... so I guess that there'll be time for that to rise. *He also only has poor leadership, so there are limited "future coach" opportunities there. *And the wages are punchy... a cool £4,700 a week.

The not-too-bad news: weak form... but I'm not going to win the league this season, so I can live with that. *Weak passing is not great, but not awful either.

The good news: passable scoring - plenty of goals from midfield, perhaps?

The very good news: the TSI... a whopping 11,510... despite the weak form and the weak stamina... which means:

The whooping, punching the fists with delight news: magnificent playmaking. *Hence why I had to have him, despite the weak stamina.

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[Hong Kong Blue]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Mar. 10 2005,10:07)]despite the weak form and the weak playmaking...
Next time you are looking to spend £1m+ on a midfielder with weak playmaking, please let me know!

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Hong Kong Blue @ Mar. 10 2005,12:44)]Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Mar. 10 2005,10:07)]despite the weak form and the weak playmaking...
Next time you are looking to spend £1m+ on a midfielder with weak playmaking, please let me know!
Ah, weak stamina...

Go and do some filing, Weir.

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[Barmy Army]

When he played as a winger towards the middle he a week ago, he got 2.5*.

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Surely he's at least 4 as a designated inner midfielder

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Barmy Army @ Mar. 10 2005,15:24)]When he played as a winger towards the middle he a week ago, he got 2.5*.

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Surely he's at least 4 as a designated inner midfielder
I saw that, not sure what the previous owner was up to.

As a magnificent playmaker with weak passing and passable scoring, once I've got his stamina up he's got to be at least 5* on passable form, I reckon.

I say that because my formidable midfielder regularly gets 4.5* on solid form or better...

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[Barmy Army]

You jammy git Matt, he goes up two levels in form and is now 13,500+ in regards to TSI!

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My excellent striker hasn't moved off of weak form in about 5 weeks!

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[MrB]

A productive training evening for SZFC, two pops to excellent and 14 players increasing in form with only 3 dropping, woohoo!! Finally the effects of stamina training is out of our system.

[GNH]

Massive increase in form across the team this week. One 17 year old defensive pop to excellent http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif plus another couple due to pop to the same in the next week or two http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/blues.gif

[mcrabb]

Average improvements this week, but I got one defensive pop to Excellent and my first defensive pop to Formidable!

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Barmy Army @ Mar. 10 2005,21:59)]You jammy git Matt, he goes up two levels in form and is now 13,500+ in regards to TSI!
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It gets better... the striker I listed for £20K, well someone just paid £100K for him.

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Talk about overpriced!

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I'll finish the week in the black now, which ain't bad when I've just spent £1.39m. Marvellous.

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Matt

[mcrabb]

The striker that I listed for £100K didn't get any interest at all. So much for my confidence that he had a higher TSI. I probably should list him for less.

[Hong Kong Blue]

Quote[/b] (mcrabb @ Mar. 11 2005,12:15)]The striker that I listed for £100K didn't get any interest at all. So much for my confidence that he had a higher TSI. I probably should list him for less.
I tend to list most of my players for £0 to encourage a bidding war.

Last week for the first time I listed a player I'd trained up. I wanted to ensure I got a good price, so I listed for £800,000 (he was a formidable striker with inadequate passing). I had no bids.

I listed him again the following week for £500,000 and the lower price saw more teams take a look at him and he eventually sold for £878,667.

[MrB]

It happened to me last season, an excellent defender with good secondaries. *Listed him for £400k - no interest. *£350k - no interest. *£250k - sold for £420k!

I usually list for half the expected selling price.

Yep - my policy is the same as MrB's, with the caveat that I have a "reserve price" in my head beneath which Iwouldn't b prepared to et the player go. That said, the resere is usually about half the markt price.

So,Iwould have let that guy go for 20K, albeit reluctantly. I was expectig him to go for 40-50K. In the end, I must have had almost thirty bids before one punter upped the 2% increments, so that it leapt from 56K to 100K!

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In contrast, the midfielder / coach I sold last week was a key player for my side, and could thus only be replaced by a really good signing. So, his reserve was 300K. I only received three bids for him; luckily,one of those upped theante by 100K and heended up selling for 408K!

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It's fair to say I'm having a purple patch in the transfer market...

Right, must go - I'm on my mate's computer in Lyon (hence my log-in name) and his French keyboard is doing my head in!

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Good luck to the Shrimpers and the HT side,and see yuall in 9 days' time.

Matt

[MrB]

My youth team moved to excellent this week and here's the result:

Billy Artz (57724581)
18 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is balanced and honest.
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities.

Speciality: Powerful

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): 1 260

Stamina: weak Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: passable
Winger: poor Defending: inadequate
Scoring: solid Set Pieces: disastrous

Needless to say I'm reasonably pleased with that! The 3 players I sold yesterday netted me £220k leaving me £100k in the black. I have a winger selling tomorrow who should net £50k and transfer compare is telling me anything up to £300k so I should be able to go shopping!

See you later for the matches, another borefest on the way for me!

[MrB]

A lesson to be learnt. I listed this guy at £100k to try to spark early interest, didn't get the first bid till about half hour before the deadline and he ended up selling for £150k. Very similar players listed at £250k sold upwards of £350k!

Ho hum. At least we're £300k in the black.

[Hong Kong Blue]

Quote[/b] (MrB @ Mar. 16 2005,14:20)]A lesson to be learnt. *I listed this guy at £100k to try to spark early interest, didn't get the first bid till about half hour before the deadline and he ended up selling for £150k. *Very similar players listed at £250k sold upwards of £350k!

Ho hum. *At least we're £300k in the black.
I suppose it all depends on your valuations.

£150,000 is still a fair bit to pay for an 18yo solid half way through the season, albeit one with passable passing.

He seemed to have decent TSI, but most of the other players on transfer compare had higher.

£100,000 didn't appear to be that much of a bargain to me, I'd have suggested £30,000 or £50,000.

[MrB]

57693702 16/03/2005 990 £366 667 18 passable
49385864 16/03/2005 760 £306 000 18 wretched
57663541 16/03/2005 920 £300 000 18 passable
48872188 16/03/2005 1 300 £266 667 18 passable
57725823 16/03/2005 1 200 £238 000 18 passable
57724581 16/03/2005 1 260 £154 000 18 passable

Age = 18 & Scoring=solid & Passing=passable

There's mine at the bottom, I'd say I was quite unlucky! Some of the others weren't even youth pulls.

[Hong Kong Blue]

Yes, you were very unlucky to pull a £150,000 YP http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Kent Shrimper]

chaps can you keep your eyes out for 17 year old inner mids for me (Training), im not gonna have much chance to browse the transfer lists for the next couple of weeks

Cheers
Andy

[Birri]

Quote[/b] (Kent Shrimper @ Mar. 16 2005,21:43)]chaps can you keep your eyes out for 17 year old inner mids for me (Training), im not gonna have much chance to browse the transfer lists for the next couple of weeks

Cheers
Andy
what you looking for andy passable/Solid PM Inad/Pass Passing?
I just looked on the transfer list there are a lot on there most a decent prices

[Hong Kong Blue]

Got a couple more players up for sale - a solid winger and a passable defender with good passing - as I look to slim down my squad.

Mario Précourt (26355706)
25 years, inadequate form, healthy
A controversial person who is calm and upright.
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities.
Speciality: Head

Nationality: Canada
Total Skill Index (TSI): 360
Wage: 512 £/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Southend-United

Stamina: inadequate Goaltending: wretched
Playmaking: poor Passing: poor
Winger: solid Defending: poor
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: wretched

Up for £0, surprisingly no bids yet.



Richard Lloyd (25405380)
25 years, passable form, healthy
A controversial person who is temperamental and upright.
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): 1 300
Wage: 413 £/week
Owner: Southend-United

Stamina: excellent Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: passable
Winger: weak Defending: passable
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: disastrous

Listed for £0, although I think the latest bidding is about £2,000.

[MrB]

The defeat this week was somewhat tempered by the second decent YP in 3 weeks:

Will Harper (58716899)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A controversial person who is temperamental and honest.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Nationality: England
Total Skill Index (TSI): 1 140
Wage: 493 £/week
Owner: ShrimperZone FC

Stamina: inadequate Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: poor
Winger: inadequate Defending: weak
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor

Listed for £150,000 (not making the same mistake as last time!), deadline today at 20:46 CET.

[mcrabb]

I've decided to finally sell my experienced Israeli centre back. He's been a great player for me, but I need to bring on some young talent that don't take such a long time to train.

Moshe Machnes (13630679)
30 years, weak form, healthy
I speak Hebrew!


A nasty fellow who is fiery and honest.
Has inadequate experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Nationality: Israel
Total Skill Index (TSI): 1 730
Wage: 816 £/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Crabby's Crunchers
Warnings: 1
Injuries: Healthy


Stamina: excellent Goaltending: wretched
Playmaking: wretched Passing: poor
Winger: poor Defending: formidable
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: solid

He's listed for £500K. Not sure if this is overpriced for a formidable defender, but I sold a 29yo excellent defender for £400K last season so it seems reasonable.

My youth pull was rubbish - TSI of 70

[MrB]

Quote[/b] (MrB @ Mar. 29 2005,09:00)]Listed for £150,000 (not making the same mistake as last time!), deadline today at 20:46 CET.
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