winning team

[Nkezem]

Youth academy vs Buying superstars

    What’s the better way to build a winning team?

[aceb7bqw]

should be a good one

[onyxarium]

Depends how patient you are honestly because youth takes a few seasons to click while buying ready made talent can fix gaps straight away. I usually blend both, signing a couple leaders and letting the academy lads feed off their experience.

[Kendallenora]

I tried going all in on youth with Ajax in FM once and by the third season my squad average age was 21 and we bottled every big match. Now I just sign one experienced center back who’s pushing 30 to keep everyone calm, works much better.

[hugonadan]

ngl mix both is teh move bro, youth for the core and a few superstars to carry the big games ?

[Kazmia]

My cousin built a whole title winning squad on Football Manager just by signing players who were all over 6 foot tall.

[Vexlyn]

Buying superstars is quicker but half the time they wreeck the wage structure and then you are stuck trying to offload them two seasons later. I would rather just raid the smaller leagues for undervalued players around 23 or 24 and let them grow into the system.

[havenon]

Academy builds soul. Supersatrs just chase paychecks

[onyxoria5]

Lock your academy prospects into long contracts with low release clauuses before they break out and the big clubs circle.

[thornund]

Use the academy for depth but make sure you have a solid senior penalty taker, that alone can save you 10 points a season

[yukiororia576]

i feel like it depnds a lot on how your board rates patience, if they fire you after one bad season you gotta buy the finished article. what do you do when your best acdemy kid gets poached by a club you cant even match on wages?

[Zyxosyth]

Academy all day honestly but the odds you get a proper gamerchanger are rough, Ive sunk ten seasons into a build and then Real just pocheed my best striker for peanuts.

[Gander17]

Youth academy Bro

[toxicsci]

i reckon this match will be more interesting than the belgium match

[seleneayyn]

Once had an acadmy kid score a hat trick on his debut then he got injured for six months straight after.

[Emberarium]

real talk the best approach is mixing both but with a very strict wage structure, if you let the bought players eat all the budget the academy kids wont get game time and they stagnate fast. give them early cup runs and european sub appearances even if their stats look kinda rough cos match experience raises their hidden consistency stat way more than loans do.

[NeoAssassin]

yeah tbh mix is goat, homegrown core plus 2-3 ballers and ur set bro ?

[JajUHAKI4]

ez yeah tbh mix both is the bet, academy gives value and a couple stars carry when it matters fr ?

[peter1356]

France

[frostolesse]

academy kids need 30+ games a season or they just stall out, seen it happen too many times. i usually set up a b team friendly league on days the first team is resting so the youngsers stay match fit

[antoniohill40]

Buying stars collases without a decent academy spine.

[fikali92]

academy

[Sudzeng]

Argentina 

[AquaGalonnn]

France

[oduolaha]

France