Friday 10 January 2014

Preparing for a new season.

Your season is ended and you are looking forward to the change report - but a good CR invariably means bad form for the new season and the expense and effort of getting things back on track. Here I will discuss the best way to do this.

The first thing to do is put players into training 3 days before the season end date. If the season ends on 10th Jan then start a round of player training on the 7th of Jan. This is sometimes referred to as "training day". If you do this then players will finish training in the morning of the day after the change report.

The second thing to do is arrange a friendly the first match day after the CR (always the following day in private leagues). Initially just arrange this one friendly. The day after the CR you will get a round of training and then a friendly and these should put your form well on track for the new season.

I always wait til after this friendly to see if I need more friendlies. I will train any player with a red arrow or dismal form and if necessary I will arrange a friendly for a week later, but 75% of the time one friendly is enough. Bear in mind players form bars can turn negative after friendlies so playing too many costs you extra training sessions.

Following the above process with 1 friendly and a few players being trained a second time should see your team's average form around 14 going into the first match day.

Xpert leagues work in a slightly different manner and will be discussed separately.

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