Last Updated: 7th August  2006

Players When are players birthdays ? A game year is a season.  And so every season players gets one year older.  The players birthday can be any day within the season. A season is 15 weeks; 14 league matches and 1 week break.   (shame it isn’t made public – we cant organize the birthday boozeups) Form – “I want to play” and “I want to rest” what does it mean? If a player is in “I want to rest” then you should avoid playing them in friendly games or league game to get them to the state "I want to play" the quickest.  If he is a key player however, you may prefer not to play him in friendly games but play him in league games where he is very needed.  If you consistently play him, he will start loosing balls on form.  Basically rest him until he gets to “I want to play”. Players which are taken off the field to rest can spend a long time resting before they get the status “I want to play”.  Players may sometime need to rest for many weeks ( months isn't unheard of) before they get to the status "I want to play".   You will notice as they rest their form will gradually increase.  You will also notice that when a player that has been in the state of "I want to rest"  for a while and his form increase to 9 balls he is will get to the state "I want to play" soon after.   A resting playing should not be put onto the substitute bench either.  A resting player can be put onto training without it effecting his form.   Players that are satisfied should be given an even amount of games and rest.   Selling more than 10 players in a 15 week week period will negatively effect your form of your WHOLE team.   See Tactics section on ways to set up your team so you don't over work them.   [fab] More on form to come when I have how it works cleared up (14th Feb)   [fab] Common belief is that firing a player will not effect the form of your team in the same way that selling does.   [fab] An observation is that it appears that even when players say they “want to play”, their form doesn’t greatly improve if they are in a game.   [fab] It is the common belief that training does not effect a players form. Consequently players that say “I want to rest” can still be on the practice field without it effecting their form. Can I get a form of 10 balls ? Yes you can and when you do there wont be either the icon "I need to Play" or the icon "I need to Rest". If I sack a player where do they go ? Sacked players live in a pool of players. If they fit the criteria they can potentially turn up in a newly created team. My player is injured – what happensnext ? There are two phases in the injury process.  If the injury isn’t bad then your player may have skip the first phase.   The first phase is Unavailable – When a player is in this phase he cannot play.  If you go on that tactic screen you will see that you cannot put him on the pitch.   The second phase is Recovering – In this phase the player is available to play but is recovering from his injuries.  Consequently you can put him back on the pitch although there is a risk that he will further injure himself.       Note however, injuries that occur in a friendly league game are not persistent.  At the worse the player is injured in that one match. What's the chances of getting a long term injury? The chances of getting a long term injury is small: 0.125%.  A long term injury could be at long at 90+ days. Red cards – what's their effect ? If a player receives a Red card in a league or friendly league game, he cannot play the next match in the same league.  A Red card in one league does not effect a players ability to play in another league.  This is true for league, friendly league and cup matches.   A Red card in a friendly game has no consequence other than loosing the player for that match.   A Red card is persistent between leagues so if a player gets a Red card in the last game of the league, he wont be able able to play in the first game on of the new season. (this is normal league games not friendly leagues) (thanks to rrgriola for noticing this) Yellow cards - what's their effect ? If a player gets two yellow cards in a row in separate games, they will be suspended for the next match.  As the rule with Red cards, it only effects the league you are in.  If you get two yellow cards in the same game then the player will be sent off but will be able to play next game.   What is the purpose of the Selected/ Not Selected option in the list of players ? If a player has been set to “Not Selected” he will not appear in the tactic window.  You may want to do this when:   -        You have players that are going to be transferred out of your club and you can double check that they are not on the pitch in the tactic screen.   -        You have players you want to rest and you can check that they are not on the pitch in the tactic screen.   If you deselect a player that is on the tactic screen and do not replace him (change the tactic), he will play again in that tactic. Until the tactic is saved again, that player will keep playing, he is just invisible. When does a player value and salary get adjusted ? Player value gets adjusted every weekend.  Player salaries get adjusted at the beginning of a season. How many players can I have in my team ? You can have up to 99 players in your team How many foreign players can I have ? You can only have 3 foreign players. Consequently, you cannot make bids that would exceed that allocation.  Hence, if you have one foreign player in your team, you could only bid for a further 2. Do players retire ? No, players will stay at your club until you sell them or sack them. How can I have players with the same numbers ? To get players to have the same numbers, assign a bunch of players to an unassigned player value in one go.  So for instance, if you currently do not have a player number 50, then got to Players->Changer Numbers and assign several players to the value 50 and press Save.