training advice needed

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.

listen about that pre season training.you do not need it.here are some my trainings.try it,they work for me real good.3276-boleupg.rar

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!

What i do for pre-season training is arrange 15+ friendlies, with 3 friendlies in a row and let my assistant play them.

He switches between 3 teams so your players wont get over worked but they do get their rythm back

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

yeah yeah sure.hey about that friendlies,do anybody play friendlies in the january?????(for non English leagues)

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

Bole_ : yeah yeah sure.hey about that friendlies,do anybody play friendlies in the january?????(for non English leagues)

german league yes.

and swedish...

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

with a swedish team around 5-10

with german around 3

szymcio : 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

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

Well guys I took all you advice.

Massive improvement to start of season but after just 5 matches
it all goes to pot, I think Bole`s training is too hard for most of my squad I tried tinkering with it to no avail. I wonder if the Spurs team just are not allowed to do well first season, but if you don`t make really good progress in the second season you are in big trouble with the board and if you have not won a cup or got in the top 3 you get sacked by third season, well, I do anyway. To be honest the board expectations are over the top. I have tried stating lower expectations at start of season but the team seem to play even worse than usual.

Thanks for all your advice everyone, I`ll keep trying but it`s so frustratingly hard to get anywhere with Spurs I am not enjoying it anymore, and that`s wht it`s supposed to be about isn`t it?

I have tried cheating but it seems pointless and unfulfilling.

Hopefully the update will help when it comes.

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

spurs is maybe one of the easiest teams, i mean to make them big.

all you need is to sell a few players, buy a few defenders, spurs already got some good players. but still it isnt that hard with spurs tbh.

and its not about the training i think.

i can upload my basic trainings, but that wont help much, plus u gotta rest your team once in a while.

and use proper tactics...:O_o

Bole_ : 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.