Sunday, October 09, 2005
Take some, give some
I have been making offers on young players. The goal is to start growing our first real field of playmakers. In this field, wingers and inners have their secondary skills tuned to the maximum. Project will run for 5 seasons and this is the first. During this season we will just focus on rearranging our material so that it is possible to form composed team.
Sunday, October 02, 2005
Financial frugality
Our strategy on finances has also showed some remarkable progress. We have bit over 600k euro in the bank and that sort of money is a good vehicle in earning interest. The reasoning behind this kind of money pool is that some day interest earnings will pay for the investments into our youth team. Tight budgeting will take us there...
Youth team investment pays off
I have invested 5000 euro into development of our youth team and this has been going on for just couple of weeks. Now we already got our first payback as the level of the youth team rose into wretched. Plans are to invest further and increase the amount after they will rise again.
Player generation cycle
Training improves the material. Improved material garners better sales income. This is the basic formula that one must follow as a hattrick manager. Train yourself a better income.
One dilemma in player sales is the timing, because as we sell our valued assets, we take huge leaps backwards in the team quality. Many people solve this by steadily recycling the material they have in the team.
Let me tell you, this is the key to mediocrity. If you handle your team with steady acquisitions and sales, you will manage to keep it in constant flux, and you will never reach your true potential. Set yourself a goal that you must reach and schedule it. This way, you will know what needs to be done to reach that goal. Let me give you and example.
You train several midfielders to be sold in the beginning of the next season. During the current season, games are going better and better. You just might win your division if you would just continue to play your current formation during the next season. But you need the money, for what? New generation of players that you plan to invest in. This new generation will be trained even higher and make even more money for you.
Let me ask you, why are you playing this game? Is it because you want to get into higher divisions and get success and admiration of others or is it because you like this way of spending your free time, making secure money and secure standings in your good old division?
To get promotions you need to drive your players bit longer and you also have to plan the correct timing for promotion. Only if you face diamond hard competition, it might make sense to let go your treasured players and start training young blood. They shine just at the right time for qualifications couple of seasons later.
Go in cycles. This will make sure that you get peak performance at crucial moments of promotion fights and steady low performance on times when you only need to remain in the division.
One dilemma in player sales is the timing, because as we sell our valued assets, we take huge leaps backwards in the team quality. Many people solve this by steadily recycling the material they have in the team.
Let me tell you, this is the key to mediocrity. If you handle your team with steady acquisitions and sales, you will manage to keep it in constant flux, and you will never reach your true potential. Set yourself a goal that you must reach and schedule it. This way, you will know what needs to be done to reach that goal. Let me give you and example.
You train several midfielders to be sold in the beginning of the next season. During the current season, games are going better and better. You just might win your division if you would just continue to play your current formation during the next season. But you need the money, for what? New generation of players that you plan to invest in. This new generation will be trained even higher and make even more money for you.
Let me ask you, why are you playing this game? Is it because you want to get into higher divisions and get success and admiration of others or is it because you like this way of spending your free time, making secure money and secure standings in your good old division?
To get promotions you need to drive your players bit longer and you also have to plan the correct timing for promotion. Only if you face diamond hard competition, it might make sense to let go your treasured players and start training young blood. They shine just at the right time for qualifications couple of seasons later.
Go in cycles. This will make sure that you get peak performance at crucial moments of promotion fights and steady low performance on times when you only need to remain in the division.
