Way back preemptive training used to be the bees knees but now things have moved on and the way to develop players to their full potential is keeping them in training permanently. With the removal of overtraining this is even more effective.
Perma training?
What this means is you train the player every 5 days - regardless of what their form is on. 20 form - still train them. It guarantees you can catch them as soon as their form stars to drop and 18/19 AF at the end of the season isn't overly rare. Obviously it works better with hard trainer players but the removal of overtraining benefit non-HT players the most.
Costs
This strategy is more suited to private leagues rather than the official league, and especially quicker leagues with shorter seasons, generally leagues with 6-8 teams per division. The costs don't seem massive on the face of it, potentially maybe 2 extra training sessions per season per player, but that can add up to an extra 5m/season in training costs. Obviously you can choose to be selective and only use it on your very best players, or you can include farm players in your squad to help meet the costs. I guess on final approach is selling select players on, and achieving 2 DJs in 4-5 seasons can really inflate player values.
When you say every 5 days, what dou you mean? you put your player in training and when the training ends you put him on train again?!
ReplyDeleteYes, even if they are on 20 form. Generally I'll only do it on players up to 22 because those are the most important years for development. if it's a strong league then i might do it up to 25yo. After 26 I would always just train normally as DV is less important.
ReplyDeleteMoney wise though, is it affordable in the long term? Probably only if you are able to sell on players for a good profit. But I couldn't do that at the minute, as I'm not rich and need any of the good players I have.
ReplyDeleteIt works very well with the 451 strategy shown here:
ReplyDeletehttp://xperteleven-guide.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/451-without-forwards.html
I usually go for Hard Trainers but they usually have 2 double jumps by 23 or sooner. If you wanted to use farms then they can be sold for massive profits.
Obiously it works better in 6/8 team leagues but you are better buying cheap players and spending more on training than buying expensive players with normal training.