Hi this is my first post.

Managing Tottenham Hotspur in FM2008 is driving me nuts,
I have wasted 100s of hours to always get sacked no matter what I do.

I`m obviously not understanding something here so any pointers would be very much appreciated.

I have tons of questions I `d like to ask but I`ll ask one or two at a time so as not to be too greedy.


Training:
I usually get a 5-7 star coach on each training attribute for the 1st team, although I tend to neglect the youth team as I am not allowed enough coaches to do it properly.
Hopefully this is acceptable?

Pre-season:
I train all my squad on

strength\Aerobic\ball control\tatics\set pieces
(high on str+aer medium on rest)

until they are just above the top line in the players training attributes chart or if the player complains & then I bung them on my own defined training for the rest of the season.

This works well for a few months and then all of a sudden bang! It all goes to pot as if the game sabotages them and most of my team are zapped to low training levels & I can never really get them going again for months. (this also happens using other peoples training schedules I have tried)

So, my questions are:

Am I training pre-season properly? If not could you advise me please?

Should I just ignore training once the season is underway?

I`m not sure which type of player need strength training more or aerobic less etc. please help.

When a player is playing badly I sometims give then a few days rest or bung them on general training, sometimes it works mostly not.
Should I tinker like this?

I`m not that good at this training lark & it appears that if you don`t get it right then you can`t do well in the game.
Most irritating and frustrating.

Rindhoops.

just to emphasize what Bole said, the pre-season training is not necessary! Just leave it in general, or put them straight into specific training regime.. and leave it as it is.. you don't need to change your players' training regime if they're injured or playing poorly. You may grant your players a week absent if he feels jaded (normally happens to youngsters when they have played too many games in a season under they belt). Other than that, you should not worry!

Thanks guys, sounds excellent advice,
I shall give it all a try tonight and report back.
Extra thanks for the training scheds old boy.
Your help is very much appreciated.

Rindhoops

rindhoops - remember, that if u give your team a hard time training,
they will be tired and exhausted after a few games in your new season.
light training, first friendly games with weak opponents,
then two or three with same strenght as your team, and one or two games
to finish your pre-season with strong opponents like Real Madrid,
Barcelona, Milan, Inter or Bayern.
I do this every pre-season, and rotate my squad very often,
and my players in Premiership (Man Utd) need 2-3 days to be 99% fit.
I also win tough games because my games have more fitness than other teams.
I sometimes in "opposition instructions" set my players to tackle hard
opposition players with lowest fitness, so sometimes it causes
injuries in opposition first squad
I know that it is not fair, but my board is only interested in winning
the title
I was sacked only once, in CM, and I don't want to be sacked again

well,how many friendlies ???????

You sound like the real man u manager but you're not a whinging hypocrital scotsman.

wait man.
what is the problem??? bad results ?????

Yeah, I guess. After 5 games or so the whole squad go flat, getting only 5s and 6s in a match whereas before 6s-8s, this leads to terrible results and it doesn`t seem to matter what I do.

http://www.fmscout.com/datas/users/3765-basic.rar

training...

LUHG

omg so many tactis.

i got like 2 tactics that i play with, 4-4-2 diamond and 4-4-2


i just need to have perfect "personal instructions"

LUHG