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[wolfberries]

I'd have been interested to see the skills of those three with 20k wages.

[MOD-MrMoose]

I know the gracious CrowverLord has provided data before with Youth Pulls over $1k per nation per academy.

Maybe some data like that might help? I think the percentage of random youth pulls Australia receives had been reduced, I’d be curious to see if it’s having the desired impact.

I’d also be curious (but not sure if the data would be easy to grab) on a rough indicator on what the average $1k youth pull per season is per academy level.

Possibly pushing my luck

[GA-PowerBug]

i will look into my teams a little deeper later as I have one team with a superior academy and another with a deluxe and it would would be nice to explore the difference.

But I would like to preface that 12 weeks is a short timeframe, and there’s going to be teams with great runs and teams with terrible runs in that time despite having the same academy.

[GA-PowerBug]

& another lucky team

16.03 A $1,221 Slower Ball, (Gifted (Technique)
16.05 A $1,148 Skilled (technique), Gifted (Technique)
16.06 A $1,062 Gifted (Bowling)
16.09 A $1,093 Gifted (Technique)
16.10 A $1,264 Finisher
16.12 A $1,517 Wrongun
16.13 A $839 Opener, Skilled (Technique)

This team is certainly very lucky, this season.

These are the YPs for that team before this:
55 06 Sep 2023 Warwick Krummel 27,281 32,722 The Missing Link
55 29 Aug 2023 Josh Oates 27,365 32,133 Middle Stump Lubricators
55 22 Aug 2023 Lisle Langford 15,832 Retired
55 16 Aug 2023 Roger Cuthbertson 15,842 Retired
55 09 Aug 2023 Frank Monroe 26,591 32,669 The Missing Link
55 03 Aug 2023 Marshall White 17,266 Retired
55 28 Jul 2023 Alec Robson 16,251 Retired
55 19 Jul 2023 Hamish Law 20,687 Retired
55 14 Jul 2023 Brandon Trevaskis 13,802 Retired
55 04 Jul 2023 Aaron Casey 15,923 Retired
55 30 Jun 2023 Glenn Wray 15,505 Retired
55 20 Jun 2023 Owen Obst 17,032 Retired
55 14 Jun 2023 Lloyd Connelly 16,106 Retired
55 06 Jun 2023 Declan Jurica 18,456 Retired
54 30 May 2023 Nigel Sim 17,953 Retired
54 23 May 2023 Robbie Oaten 12,487 Retired
54 17 May 2023 Blair Coller 18,328 Retired
54 09 May 2023 Rhyce Buist 23,431 Retired

With these wages (read right to left to match with the above part)
689, 585, 500, 605, 544, 592, 528, 500, 500, 500, 635, 570, 612, 1258 (current wage), 504, 500, 948 (current wage), 839 (current wage).

It doesn't look as awesome over a 31 week stretch

[casperj]

Main TeamAcademy: Satisfactory - all rubbish. Couple kept because I needed some sort of Keeper

56 04 Dec 2023 Archibald Durie 15,291 Retired
56 27 Nov 2023 Benjamin Alam 16,474 Retired
56 20 Nov 2023 Trevor Haworth 10,829 Retired
56 13 Nov 2023 Elliott Glew 19,172 Retired
56 06 Nov 2023 Morgan Garrett 16,787 Retired
56 30 Oct 2023 Frankie Tobin 17,657 Retired
56 23 Oct 2023 Khair Faisal 15,169 Retired
56 16 Oct 2023 Laurie Bennett 20,019 Retired [kept for 5 weeks before firing, original rating would have been 19k]
56 09 Oct 2023 Matt Tooher 17,192 19,850 Crestfallen Sidekicks
56 02 Oct 2023 Edo Ferdinands 14,787 Retired
56 25 Sep 2023 Kyle Moriarty 14,479 Retired
56 19 Sep 2023 Bart Clouston 20,934 23,145 Crestfallen Sidekicks

Affiliate Academy: Lavish - 3 good pulls
56 04 Dec 2023 Harold Arthur 16,629 Retired
56 27 Nov 2023 Jimmy Armstrong 24,673 25,073 Spooning leads to Forking
56 20 Nov 2023 Gerard Chalmers 15,352 Retired
56 13 Nov 2023 Philip Gardner 13,647 Retired
56 06 Nov 2023 Gilchrist Boyle 12,670 Retired
56 30 Oct 2023 Gilchrist Bannerman 18,363 Retired
56 23 Oct 2023 Hugh McDonald 24,683 27,083 Spooning leads to Forking
56 16 Oct 2023 David Jardine 13,103 Retired
56 09 Oct 2023 Bryce Arthur 14,146 Retired
56 02 Oct 2023 Arthur Boyle 14,131 Retired
56 25 Sep 2023 Douglas Cunningham 21,516 Retired [kept for 4 weeks before firing, original rating would have been 20.4k]
56 19 Sep 2023 Matthew Cockburn 27,969 31,492 Spooning leads to Forking

[Jim]

56 04 Dec 2023 Ciaran McCoist 14,543 Retired
56 27 Nov 2023 Dion Vodanovich 19,577 Retired
56 20 Nov 2023 Campbell Gowans 25,528 26,138 Crazy Horses gifted Batting
56 13 Nov 2023 Jamie Barrett 17,530 Retired
56 06 Nov 2023 Alpin Cowan 26,008 27,291 Crazy Horses
56 30 Oct 2023 Gordon Findlay 24,027 25,822 Crazy Horses Gifted Bowling, Slower Ball (Be a good Med)
56 23 Oct 2023 Evander Fletcher 15,958 Retired
56 16 Oct 2023 Rangi Warren 21,377 Retired
56 09 Oct 2023 Neil Goddard 15,296 Retired
56 02 Oct 2023 Alec Irving 25,443 27,856 Crazy Horses
56 25 Sep 2023 Stewart Gamble 14,784 Retired
56 19 Sep 2023 Kyle Dalglish 28,146 31,087 Crazy Horses Gifted Tech Finisher (Beast player)
55 11 Sep 2023 Dugald Carrick 18,874 Retired
55 04 Sep 2023 Carl Free 16,891 Retired
55 28 Aug 2023 Roy Findlay 11,805 Retired
55 21 Aug 2023 Thomas Hewett 20,262 23,867 Crazy Horses Gifted Endo
55 14 Aug 2023 Terence Kilmartin 10,683 Retired
55 07 Aug 2023 Ronald Fleming 17,631 Retired
55 31 Jul 2023 Joshua Emerson 19,888 25,706 Crazy Horses Gifted Power
55 24 Jul 2023 Mack Gray 25,210 29,606 Crazy Horses Spin Spec, Skilled Batting
55 17 Jul 2023 Willie Crossan 14,462 Retired
55 10 Jul 2023 Andrew Ford 26,464 32,811 Crazy Horses Finisher (Very Good)
55 03 Jul 2023 Whetu Hotchin 12,220 Retired
55 26 Jun 2023 Mathew Gunn 11,886 Retired
55 19 Jun 2023 Patrick Holton 23,402 28,878 Billericay Bluebirds
55 12 Jun 2023 Shaun Haggie 22,072 29,627 Crazy Horses Gifted Fielding, Slower Ball
55 06 Jun 2023 Rory Henderson 21,487 28,760 Crazy Horses Yorker

This is the last season and half in deluxe. Being HG I keep players just in case I need someone as a gap filler(Italics)
S54 I kept 1/15 and who I’ve since sold as was a gap filler
S53 I kept 5/15 and 4 will go to seniors
S52 I kept 5/15 and 2 will go to seniors
S51 I kept 4/15 and 2 will play seniors

All these pull from deluxe . A real mix of no talents and relevant talents

[boscorp]

Are new teams still being accepted to set up in Australia, England and India? I thought i saw some new ones in England and was thinking that is counterproductive when we are trying to downsize them.

[wolfberries]

Not sure stopping anyone from joining the leagues in the top three is the right way to go, giving me a nudge in a direction is fine but outright banning them isn't something I'd agree with.

[boscorp]

Not sure stopping anyone from joining the leagues in the top three is the right way to go, giving me a nudge in a direction is fine but outright banning them isn't something I'd agree with.

I'm pretty sure closing the 3 to new teams for the moment would be the right way to go.
There has been a waiting list in the past for individual countries and i dont see why there shouldn't be now. New managers should of been made aware that there are 5 divs in those 3 countries and 4 in all the remaining ones.
Just the same as it would be counterproductive to allow any number of clubs to transfer to any of those 3 since it has already been established that countries of 120 teams with 4 divs is more appropriate for the current user base and direction of the game.

[GM-crowfan65]

You are right new teams are still accepted but we should put a note on the registration page to let new managers know that those three countries have 5 while the others have 4.

[boscorp]

You are right new teams are still accepted but we should put a note on the registration page to let new managers know that those three countries have 5 while the others have 4.

I still think it'd help and make sense to use the waiting list for those 3 countries, deferring their creation to the off season week and no delay for all other countries.

[GM-crowfan65]

And it might do that as well, we probably should stop people moving there at very least

[boscorp]

Are there any graphs or stats available (for everyone or members only) that show your own clubs supporter numbers over time?

[GM-crowfan65]

unfortunately the game doesnt store the previous numbers

[boscorp]

What is the cut off age for youth going on international tours?
I see a few selected to tour next week are already 21.0 and they'll be touring at 21.01 which is an extra 2 weeks compared to a domestic player.