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.
How many youths should I have?
To determine the number of youths you can afford, first work out your fortnightly profit: (week 1 total income – week 1 total outgoing)+(week 2 total income – week 2 total outgoing). This fortnight should include one home and one away league match. Do not count transfers. This is the maximum you should spend on youths a fortnight. Decide how much of this profit you are willing to spend. Now divide that amount by two to get your weekly total. This is the amount you can spend on your youth squad, plus coaching staff (if you do not have any).
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. There is currently a project being run called the Big Youth Experiment that is looking at this in more detail.
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.
How good are youths?
The quality of youths can vary a lot. Initial findings from the BYE suggest that average youths have between 11 and 16 total balls, with a best skill of 3-4 balls. Poor youths will have less, whilst good youths will have more. Good (4+) speed and stamina seems to be very rare.
From 311 youths, following statistics have been gathered by MZ User : larsp :
Average number of balls: 13.4
Best youth: 23 balls.
Worst Youth: 4 balls.
The best attribute were distributed like this:
1 ball: 1.29% of the youths
2 balls: 24.12%
3 balls: 52.73%
4 balls: 19.94%
5 balls: 1.61%
6 balls: 0.32% (one single player)
More information about youths from the Big Youth Experiment web site: http://www.zoneawards.com/bye/
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.
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 either15, 16 or 17 at the start of a season (the Saturday between leagues). It is possible for their birthday to fall just a day later, so if the youth promotion is delayed, it’s possible for an 18 year old to appear. All youths will age at some point during the season, so your youth will fit into one of three age groups 15/16, 16/17, 17/18.
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. It is hoped the BYE will give a better picture of the youth system.
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.
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