New Soccer Project Managers - Need Help?

[Razvanica]

Welcome to the game. I have to say that my responses are subjective and the most important thing when you start SP is to make experiments on your own.

1. What is the best formula for setting the team aggression for each match based on the referee?

The formula that appears most often is
Aggression of your team + Aggression of the most aggressive player in the first 11 + Strictness of the referee = X.
X varies from 180 to 200, depending on managers. I use 200, but, as I said, it's subjective.

2. I'm trying to decide if I should keep my 5-3-2 formation or try to build a different kind of squad. I like the defensive focus but I think i'm going to have a tough time scoring. With a new squad/manager, what formation is recommended considering that the strength of my team is in the defense and midfield (on the match report it said 30% defence, 13% midfield, 7% attack)?

The fact that your match report said that, it doesn't necessarily make it true. This can be a consequence of playing with a defensive approach. You have just started, train your players and only then you can see which formation fits best your squad. A lot of managers use 3-4-3 or 4-3-3. My opinion is that the best tactic is the one that gives you the highest line ratings with the players you have. I am fan of 5-3-2 and I generally play like this but, again, this might just be my mojo.

3. Should I schedule friendly matches and/or subscribe to friendly cups to increase my squad's experience?

It's good to play friendly games when you are in H, especially at home. You can win a lot of money like this, and, as you say, you also increase your players' experience. But you have to be careful at your players' fitness, as a player with low fitness will get lower ratings and he will also be more injury-prone. If you only have players for one team (less than 20 players), I wouldn't suggest playing more than 1 friendly every day. With 2 teams you can play 2 or 3 friendlies daily and with 3 teams (more than 30 players), you can play 4 friendlies each day.

4. Having a new squad, should I try to sign cheap transfers right after my first week or should I just play my first season with my current squad to see how they progress?

You should absolutely keep all your initial players and train them. However, if you want to be able to play friendlies, you will also have to buy new players. There are a lot of cheap players on the market. You should also try to look for players that are not fully trained yet. You never know how the player will develop.

Good luck.

[Terbo49]

Yes, I need help.

Just joined today - hired a lot of staff, bought a basic youth setup, would like it very much if someone took the time to tell me some basics of the game.

Name of team is Black Phoenix.

[hercas]

I'm playing soccerproject for about a week and still can't buy players, when i can buy them?

[PatrykSWATA]

I'm playing soccerproject for about a week and still can't buy players, when i can buy them?

After a week, since you signed up.

[PatrykSWATA]

I have a similar problem to:

Do you think, it worth, to spend € 1.125.000,00 to build a 1000 seats, in case when:

My budget is € 2.300.000,00,
I have 5000 sits at the moment,
My fan base is 7600,
I still need to buy a good RB and all the midfielders.

Please, I want only experienced players to answer this question.

The thing is, now I have 3,28 M euro, and I'd like to build my stadium, from 5000 to 8000, because my fanbase is 9000.
If I do that, I will approximetely get 160 000 euro a match, including advertisement.
The problem is, the stadium will be rebuiding in 26 days, and I will have only 30 000 euro left.
The worst thing is that, right now I get less money, than salary of my players, so I have billion things in my head what to do.

Please tell me what to do.
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By the way, I found out something strange. The ticket price I set up, was 14 euro. Next day I see:

16 Jul 2009 + € 63.000,00 FC SWATY-FC Aalborg 4-0 Ticket-sales income (5000 tickets)

5000 * 14= € 70.000,00

WTH?

[Smiley]

if i were you, i wouldn't upgrade my stadion yet . Earn money with transfers. 5K seats are enough for you at the moment .

[PatrykSWATA]

if i were you, i wouldn't upgrade my stadion yet . Earn money with transfers. 5K seats are enough for you at the moment .

I respect your opinion, but I think I need more money a match, because of my player's salary.

I'd like to see some more suggestions.

[Razvanica]

By the way, I found out something strange. The ticket price I set up, was 14 euro. Next day I see:

16 Jul 2009 + € 63.000,00 FC SWATY-FC Aalborg 4-0 Ticket-sales income (5000 tickets)

5000 * 14= € 70.000,00

WTH?

That's because 10% of the income goes to the visitors.

I wouldn't build a 8k stadium for 9k fan base. But then again, all the top managers that I talked with told me that I should add some places to my stadium so perhaps I am not using the right strategy.

[PatrykSWATA]

By the way, I found out something strange. The ticket price I set up, was 14 euro. Next day I see:

16 Jul 2009 + € 63.000,00 FC SWATY-FC Aalborg 4-0 Ticket-sales income (5000 tickets)

5000 * 14= € 70.000,00

WTH?

That's because 10% of the income goes to the visitors.

Thank you.

I wouldn't build a 8k stadium for 9k fan base.

Any explanation why, please?

[Razvanica]

I wouldn't build a 8k stadium for 9k fan base.

Any explanation why, please?

I want people to pay a lot of money to see my team playing

I don't know, it's just that building 1000 seats costs ~1M and, with 13 euro/ticket, you get 13K extra-money. This makes ~200K every season, so you need 5 seasons before you can say you are making profit from this investment. I prefer spending that money on players or staff and build new seats only when I have some money I don't need. Let's just say that I don't see building seats as a priority and I would never advise someone to take a loan and build more seats or to spend all the money he has on the stadium.

[PatrykSWATA]

Oh, I found out that You didn't read my post properly:

(...) it's just that building 1000 seats costs ~1M and, with 13 euro/ticket, you get 13K extra-money. This makes ~200K every season, so you need 5 seasons before you can say you are making profit from this investment.

I said:

The thing is, now I have 3,28 M euro, and I'd like to build my stadium, from 5000 to 8000, because my fanbase is 9000.

So I want to build my stadium by 3000 not a 1000.

Does that change your mind now?

[Razvanica]

So I want to build my stadium by 3000 not a 1000.

Does that change your mind now?

No, it's the same thing. You would still start making profit after 5 seasons. You would win 40K more than now every game, but you would also have to invest 3M instead of one.

If you have 3M I would suggest adding 1000 or 2000 seats, but I wouldn't agree with spending all your money on the stadium.

[PatrykSWATA]

So I want to build my stadium by 3000 not a 1000.

Does that change your mind now?

No, it's the same thing. You would still start making profit after 5 seasons. You would win 40K more than now every game, but you would also have to invest 3M instead of one.

If you have 3M I would suggest adding 1000 or 2000 seats, but I wouldn't agree with spending all your money on the stadium.

Right, I will add only a 1000 seats.
Hope your suggestion will benefit my club.

Thanks.

[PatrykSWATA]

How much money would I get approximately, if I wanted to sale Michal Krzysztalowicz?

Check him here, he's on RF position: http://www.soccerproject.com/spnewl_spe ... ?tid=35123

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And another question:

In SPMT, shall I look at my player's maximum klasse, or prestiage? Which one is more important?

I can tell you straight away that hidden skill is nonsense.

[PaToM]

I think you might be able to sell him for €1M - €2M.
But I think this topic shouldn't be here...

However, I think the more important is the prestatie of a player, because that's the player's performance. Player's performance is always the most important, because when a player's age is about 32 and his global rating is for example 82, his performance will be only as high as performance of a 25-aged player with 76 GR.