Onderwerp: NEWS Sokker- big changes are coming!

TRAINING OF YOUNG PLAYERS
We will soon introduce changes in the way young players are trained, with the aim of improving the balance between playing for results and investing in squad development through training.

UHM do i need to worry... i just went back to 10 young trainees again.... did i missed something?

It got lost in the Bad News/Good News structure of the announcement but more attention really needs to be paid to this. Training Vs Competition is a big problem in this game. I am both hopeful and fearful of what changes are coming.

I heard that in Poland there's already some information given, so in short what was said in linguist forum: younger players could easier reach full (96%) training effectivity, older players will reach it slower, effectivity will be connected to minutes AND age. But no guarantee, not yet an really official info.

ok,.. i hope something like this indeed... hope the ten spots stay

96% for the friendly match would be fine. If you want the extra 4% then you'd have to sacrifice for the league.

I hope that this ideea will not make almost "impossible" to train older players(+26 yo) for NT, givven the fact that we know that they dont want anymore "super players".
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I hope so too

You aren't forced, it's your choice.

Geston wrote something like this:
16-17 yo train after 1 friendly for 96%
18 yo needs 10 min extra in official game to reach 96%
19 yo needs 15 min extra in official game to reach 96%
and so on.
Older players will need more playing time to reach 96% training. It will start being noticeable at 32+ years.

This is a pretty common thing, actually. At least in my line of work. Whenever 2 similar products for some reason are available to customers, but you prefer them to choose one over the other, it's quite natural to up the price of the product you least want them to choose :o) At least there still is a choice.

I think it's perfectly fair to prefer the old single payment method, but from a business perspective there's no denying that the subscription method has some obvious advantages.

So olders players will loose their skills even faster???
If yes, this would be the most stupid change ever.
This way the game will get even less competitive.
But maybe I am wrong??? I hope so.

Yearly subscription is the most advantageous for a business.

Let's wait and see for official announcement.
It's just that they will need more playing time to reach standard 96%.
So .e.g. (and this is only my invention) a 35 yo will need 135 min to reach 96% etc.

Yeah, I would like it to be added as an option too, apart from the monthly one.

I understand, but less training means faster drops, as simple as that.
Please sokker think this over, this would be a terrible decision.
In my country I am the only manager who is in top divsion for ages, but after such a decision I will relegate on purpose.
The last detail to force me this way.

This game needs to be more competitive and extra training for trainees is good for that, but you will kill it all with faster drops for older players.
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Maybe I'm missing something here, but don't most of your older players already play in more than 1 match each week, given that they are probably your best skilled players?