Question about training and heavy fixture schedule.

I am currently managing Wrexham in 2037, I have reduced my squad size to the lowest possible number and I am not even attempting to use U23 players, can´t be bothered with the "elevator" micro management of sending players up and down. As it is you can´t make a player from the U23 squad available for the first squad while leaving them in the U23, I would really love that.

I am often involved in all competitions to the very end, that means busy weeks with 2 or 3 days rest between each match, obviously the training schedule is revised by me and most of it is either preparation, recovery or light technical training.

I am very successful but also noticed that after I started to tamper with training schedules for better results my non-starters in the first team simply weren´t training anything useful, in real life there are two trainings schedules, one for starters and one for those who don´t get involved in a game. FM only has one schedule.

Moving a U23 player for the occasional experience becomes a hassle, I need to remember to pull him off training in the U23 squad, move him to the senior squad, give him a match and move him down again so he can train regularly.

I can tell a senior player to play U23 matches but I can´t move him to the U23 squad for regular training that doesn´t involve a very light schedule only, they get upset if I move them. The non-starters are basically just training match preparation and light training for almost an entire season and thus not really evolving. I found the problem could only be solved by having a minimal squad where everyone is needed, there is no room for rare starters as they won´t get the needed training.

My question is, have I understood this correctly about how training functions or do non-starters actually get some for of training I just can´t see?

Conclusion: You want players in U23 team to train with U23 training schedules, but playing or giving them chances for 1st team without doing that manually - up & down.

As far I know, you can't do it automatically. The only way is to move players from U23 to 1st Team and make them available for U23 matches; but as you know thoose players will train with 1st Team training schedules.

2021-02-20 10:59#281856 fc.cadoni : Conclusion: You want players in U23 team to train with U23 training schedules, but playing or giving them chances for 1st team without doing that manually - up & down.

As far I know, you can't do it automatically. The only way is to move players from U23 to 1st Team and make them available for U23 matches; but as you know thoose players will train with 1st Team training schedules.

Exactly, my first 5 seasons in the PL weren´t a problem, I had one game a week with the exception of a few cup games once in a while, everyone got to train as there was plenty of room to implement all sorts of training.

I mainly bought what I potentially thought to be wonderkids and wanted them to evolve, that was easy, no one suffered from being in the first team. I made sure I didn´t qualify for the European football to avoid strict board expectations while I built my team around the 9-10 youngsters. Things look very different now as I qualify for the CL every year ... there is no room to properly train those who aren´t involved in first matches every week.