Last Update: 19th January 2008
 

 
   

 
 

 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Youths

How do I start a youth team?

You can start a youth team by going to “Office”, then select “Finances” and you will see a tab called “Education”.  From that tab you can set up your youth team. You can only start a youth team between week 1-2 and 12-13 in a season.

If you are a new team, you can order youths straight away. If you are new team read "When is the best time to order youths?"

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It is not obvious but in the Education tab where it says "Number of youth players" it REALLY means number of youth players, NOT number of new youths.  Hence if you want 5 youths , leave the setting at 5.  You will not get any new youths unless you increase the number or the original youths you ordered become seniors and new youths are ordered to replace them.   If you decrease the number you will get rid of existing youths.

When is the best time to order youths?

The best time to order youths is at the beginning of a season.  This is because a youth will stay with you for 3 seasons.  If he joins towards the end of a season that will count as a complete season, meaning he effectively only be with you for 2 seasons.

This is a waste as the benefits of youths is that they train quicker than seniors, so you want to get youths for the maximum duration, hence it is advisable to to wait until the beginning of the season.

I’ve started a youth team but they havnt turned up ?

The youths should arrive the Saturday after your order is placed (if you order on a Saturday, they will arrive the following week). You will not start paying for the youths until they arrive.

During the weekend between seasons no youth players will arrive – this is because the old youths are promoted that weekend instead. Delays have been known that cause this to happen a week late.

I ordered my youth squad. 4 youths came last week, but none arrived this Saturday. Why?

MZ’s youth system does not work in the same way as HT. When you place an order, you are not ordering X players per week, but a group of X players for a season. If you only ordered 4 youths, you will have a squad of 4 youths until you change your number of youths.

Do youths train quicker?

Yes they do. Youths can gain 2-5 balls a season, depending on factors such as hidden talent, the coach and the number of partial balls the youth already had.   In training camp, it isn't unheard of for a youth to 3 balls in a single skill!

How many youths can I have?

1-16 youths

One of my youths is awful and I want to get rid of just him

You can decrease the number of youths you have but it is luck which of youths is discarded, hence you can’t choose which one you get rid of.  If you set the number of youths to 0 it will close down the youth academy and you will need to pay £15,000 to reopen it later.

My youths have a strange value, are they really worth that much?

When your youth initially arrive, their value is actually in SEKs not in your native currency.  That might mean that they look completely overvalued.  During the next player value update, normally on Mondays, this value will be adjusted.  Note however, that if you sent the player to training camp, the value wont be updated until the Monday after the player returns from training camp.

When do youths become senior and when can I sell them ?

Youths can start as young as 15 and play as youths right up until they 18/19.  A youth cannot be sold when he is in the youth team.   Youths become seniors at the start of the season in which they become 19.  Be aware of taxation rules for youth that turn senior, see Transfer section.

During the transition between leagues, you have a window of opportunity to adjust the size of your youth team down.  If you leave the number of youth players at the same number as they were, then the youths that have become senior will be replaced by more youths.

How old are the youths?

Youths will be either 15 or 16 at the start of a season (the Saturday between leagues). They stay as youths for a full 3 seasons.

Are youths worth the money?

Different people will tell you different things. Some will say they are a total waste, whilst others have successfully grown home team players or made goof profits from youth teams.  Most established teams run a youth team so that is an indication that they are worth the effort.

My youths were sacked by another team. What is going on?

MZ uses a database that recycles all players, rather than deleting them. This means that when you order your youths there is a chance you will receive the recycled youths rather than newly generated ones. New youths only seem to be generated once all youths in a country have been recycled.

Youths end up being recycled if they were discarded by a team.  Remember you cannot individually sack a youth, you can only reduce the number of players in your youth team and it is random which will of the youths will be sacked (unless of course you reduce the team to 0, in which case you know all will be gone).

Recycled youths have freshly created stats including age, hence are no different to a brand new youth.

Why are my new youths worth so much?

When you initially get some youths, their player value is displayed in SEK rather than the local currency.  This means that frequently they may appear to be worth a lot more than the amount of balls they have suggests.  There is no "hidden" meaning behind this value and after the first player value update on Monday, the player value will be adjusted to something sensible.

Note that if you put the player in training camp, the player value wont be updated until they return from training camp.

 

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