To obtain a maximum 7 star (yes I mean 7 star and not 5 star) training setup in Football Manager 2008 (Worldwide Soccer Manager) you should try and hire coaches that should have at least the following attributes: [..]

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As you would expect in Football Manager 2008 (Worldwide Soccer Manager) different coaches need different coaching attributes depending on what they are coaching. It’s important though that you consider certain attributes when picking your coaches.

Here is a quick breakdown of what yousshould be looking for.

General Coaches

Adaptability – key if the coach is coming from abroad
Motivating - the coach will motivate players better in training
Level of Discipline – making sure your players stay on task and focused during training
Working with Youngsters – a necessity for youth coaches
Man Handling – your coach will handle player’s personalities better

Scouts

Adaptability – key if the scout is coming from abroad, but it will also help scouts knowledge increase quicker if he scouting in a foreign country.
Determination – scouts will be more determined to find more players
Tactical Knowledge – important if your scout is ‘scouting next opposition

Physios

Physiotherapy – obviously the physio would be useless without this
Level of Discipline – making sure players do not slack off when they are injured
Motivating – he will be able to motivate players to return from injury as soon as possible
Man Handling – physios who can handle players better, will be able to help them return quicker

Assistant Managers

Judging Player Ability – this will ensure you get better teams reports
Tactical Knowledge – important if he is in charge of your reserve team
Working with Youngsters – important if he is in charge of your u18 team
Man Handling – he will give you better advice on decisions you have to make when handling problems with your players
Motivating + Level Discipline – he will give you better advice on team-talks

Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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Due to licensing some National Teams don’t have proper players (Germany for example)

To get rid of this go to “C:/Program Files/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2008/data/db/800/lnc/all” once there copy the file entitled “fake.lnc” (You may wish to put it in a safe place as backup if needed) then delete the file “fake.lnc” and when you start a new game the countries effected will have the proper squad.

All this file does it put a “mask” on the national teams effected and once you remove it will get rid of the mask.

I’ve invested/wasted several hours of my life coming to terms with Football Manager 2008 (or Worldwide Soccer Manager) and have identified the following players as stars of the future:

The first grouping have the potential to be the best of the best and if you click the link on their name that will take you to a profile of how they are getting on in real life (these are still being created so bare with me) :

• Aaron – Valencia
• Alexandre Pato – AC Milan
• Anderson – Man Utd
• Banega – Boca
• Bojan – Barcelona
• Dos Santos – Barcelona
• Sebastian Giovinco – Juventus
• Guardado – Deportivo
• Lulinha – Corinthians
• Saivet – Bordeaux
• Ustari – Getafe
• Vela – Arsenal

This second grouping of future stars have the potential to be very, very good:

• Babel – Liverpool
• Jourdren – Montpellier
• Edwards – Millwall
• Hazard – Lille
• Bouzanis – Liverpool
• Johnson – Man City
• Camucho – At. Madrid

I’ll keep this list updated as I discover new ones and feel free to add your own in the comments.

Thanks for reading and I’d really like to point you in the direction of my Football Manager 2009 to get your thoughts on what you would like to see in Football Manager 2009 .

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