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Scout Hiring Guide

Ruderic — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:43:14 +0000

Many users of the Football Manager games (FM08,FM09,FM10 ETC) underestimate the value of scouts, searching for players on their own. In my experience, having the best scouts in your staff is as important as having the best coaches.

The main use I give to my scouts is the search for young promising players, also known as wonderkids. That is what I need several scouts with different areas of knowledge. I usually have 4 or 5 of them traveling around the globe looking for hot prospects.

Also, I usually get report cards from them before signing a new player. That way, I can read more things about the players, like their personality and if they are likely to adapt fast to my team.

Scout Attributes

When it comes to hire new scouts, you have to pay special attention to 2 key attributes, Judging Player Potential and Judging Player Ability. As you can guess, they indicate how good he is to judge player’s ability and potential.

However, those 2 attributes are not the only ones you have to pay attention to. A good scout also needs high mental ones, like Determination and Adaptability. A scout with good adaptability will aquire faster knowledge about an unknown country.

Recommended Scouts

The scouts I am posting here can be signed for free. If you are managing a small club, maybe they will not accept a contract from you. Feel free to leave a comment indicating wich scout has done a good job in your game.

Oliver Bierhoff
Andrea Pastorello
Paolo Berrettini
Txema Noriega
Ed van Stijn
Vlada Stosic
Horst-Dietter Hottges
Joop Lensen

This was a guest article written by Ruderic To read more of Ruderic’s Football Manager stuff checkout Football Manager Debot.

Football Manager 2011 Wonderkids & Future Stars?

Niall — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:24:42 +0000

Finding the wonderkids in any version of Football Manager is always one of the most popular aspects of the game. For the last few years we have done this little column to try and predict who the next set of stars will be in the game and in the past we have generally done pretty well.

Who do you think are going to be the wonderkids and future stars of Football Manager 2011?

What do you want to see from Football Manager 2011? How can they make it better?

Football Manager 2010 Wonderkids & Future Stars

Niall — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:56:46 +0000

Finding the wonderkids in any version of Football Manager is always one of the most popular aspects of the game. So following on from last years column who do you think are going to be the wonderkids and future stars of Football Manager 2010?

I’ll start with a few:

Luc Castaignos (Feyenoord)
Marco Fossati (Inter)
Christopher Buchtmann (Liverpool)
Marc Muniesa (Barcelona)
Janick Kamber (Basel)
Deniz Herber (St. Pauli)

The Wonderkids of Football Manager 2010 (FM2010)

This list will be changing over time and make sure you add any that you discover.

Goalkeepers

Sergio Asenjo – Atletico Madrid
Rui Patricio – Sporting Lisbon
Hugo Lloris – Lyon
Manuel Neuer – Schalke
Alphonse Areola – PSG

Defenders

Mamadou Sakho – PSG
Marcelo – Real Madrid
Raul – Atlético Paranaense
Davide Santon – Inter Milan
Joao Paulo – Fluminese
Breno – Bayern Munich
Cesar Azpilicueta – Osasuna
Dodo – Corinthians
Emiliano Insua – Liverpool
Marc Muniesa – FC Barcelona
Leandro Cabrera – Atletico Madrid
Micah Richards – Manchester City
Neven Subotic – Borussia Dortmund
Nicolas Otamendi – Velez Sarsfield

Midfielders

Francesco Bolzoni (DMC) – Genoa
Nuri Sahin (MC) – Borussia Dortmund
Aaron Ramsey (MC) – Arsenal
Sergio Busquets (MC) – FC Barcelona
Willian (AMC) – Shakhtar
Jack Rodwell (MC) – Everton
Axel Witsel (MC) – Standard
Etienne Capoue (DMC) – Toulouse
Jano Ananidze (AMC) – Spartak Moscow * FREE
Franco Zuculini (MC) – Hoffenheim
Levan Kenia (AMC) – Schalke
Carlos Eduardo (AML) – Hoffenheim
Marko Marin (AMR) – Werder Bremen
Mesut Ozil (AML) – Werder Bremen
Ignacio Camacho (DMC) – Atletico Madrid
Paulo Henrique (AMC) – Santos
Giuliano (AMR) – Internacional
Diego Buonanotte (AMC) – River
Juan Manuel Mata (AML) – Valencia
Moussa Sissoko (DMC) – Toulouse
Henri Saivet (AMR) – Bordeaux
Miralem Pjanic (AMC) – Lyon
Adem Ljajic (AMR) – Manchester United
Stevan Jovetic (AML) – Fiorentina
Jesus Navas (AM RC) – Sevilla
Sofian Feghouli (AM RC) – Grenoble
Eljero Elia (AM RL) – Hamburg SV
Alexis Sanchez (AM RL, F C) – Udinese
Eduardo Salvio (AM R, F C) – Lanus
Toni Kroos (AM C) – Bayern

Forwards

Mario Balotelli (FC) – Inter Milan
Neymar (FC) – Santos
Dentinho (FC) – Corithians
Daniel Villava (FC) – River
Andrej Kramaric (FC) – NK Dinamo
Walter (FC) – Internacional
Alberto Paloschi (FC) – Parma/Milan
David N’Gog (FC) – Liverpool
Tomas Necid (FC) – CSKA Moscow
Abel Hernandez (FC) – Palermo
Edin Dzeko (FC) – Wolfsburg

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What do you want to see from Football Manager 2011? How can they make it better?

FM09 – English Wonderkids?

Niall — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:39:06 +0000

This article was submitted by regular site visitor Claude Barry, if you would be interested in submitting an article get in touch.

In FM08 I choose to manage England, Chelsea and Newcastle. I like many others I love signing English wonderkids (which is crucial if you’re managing England as a country) however it seems like most of the good wonderkids in FM09 are from other countries so here is a list of some of the player who have impressed me so far on FM09 and were great on FM08;

Players who are top four Premier League standard

Billy Sharp – Sheffield United
Ryan Taylor – Wigan
Steven Taylor -Newcastle
Curtis Davies – Aston Villa
Scott Flinders- Crystal Palace
Leighton Baines – Everton
Giles Barnes – Derby
Nedum Onuoha – Man City

Players who I would consider good enough to play for England

Joe Mattock – Leicester
Michael woods – Chelsea
Michael Johnson – Man City
Adam Johnson – Middlesbrough
Victor Moses- Crystal Palace
Paul Anderson – Nottingham City
Scott Sinclair – Chelsea
Matt Derbyshire -Blackburn
Chris Taylor – Oldham

These are all of the players that I have found and would consider as wonderkids if you have any other suggestions excluding all of the obvious ones then please comment .

Football Manager 2009 Wonderkids

Niall — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:38:42 +0000

As we all know Football Manager 2009 (FM09) is out although we are all having issues running the the bad boy. Although it’s early days I thought it might be a good idea for us to try and identify who we think the new future wonderkids in FM09 are. I’m sure some of the wonderkids from FM08 will be there again (I’m thinking Saivet, Vela, Bojan etc) but I’m thinking we should be able to pull some new names out of the hat. That said feel free to throw in some of the old names in there but you get less kudos if you do.

The obvious (and expensive):

Anderson (AMC) – Man Utd
Balotelli (AM RL, ST) – Inter
Giovinco (AM LC, FC) – Juventus
Walcott (AM LC, FC) – Arsenal
Bojan (FC) – Barcelona
Aguero (AM, FC) – At. Madrid
Dos Santos ( AM RLC, FC) – Tottenham
Fiorillo (GK) – Sampdoria
Galvan (Cruz Azul)
Hamsik (Napoli)
Kroos (FC Bayern)
Pato (A.C. Milan)
Pjanic (Olympique Lyonnais)
Benzema (Olympique Lyonnais)
Saivet (FC Girondins de Bordeaux)
Sakho (Paris Saint-Germain)
Vela (Arsenal)

Less obvious (not so expensive):

Bruna (Liverpool)
Boucher (Havre Athletic Club)
Alamo (Tapachula)
David Rochela (Deportivo B)
Ansaldi (Rubin)
Wijnaldum (Feyenoord)
De Gea (Atletico B)
Diaz (River)
Villaluz (Cruz Azul)
Walter (Internacional)
Wilshere (Arsenal)
Kolodziecziak (Racing Club de Lens)
Paulo Henrique (Santos)
Maidana (Spartak Moscow)
Davila (Chivas)
Nemeth (Liverpool)
Willian (Shakhtar)
Neymar (Santos)
Taison (Internacional)
Welbeck (Man Utd)
Tales (Internacional)
Monzon (Boca)
Hobbit Bermudez (Atlante)
Esparza (Chivas)
Fleck (Rangers)
Dalla Valle (Liverpool)
Delfouneso (Aston Villa)
Shea (FC Dallas)

Right that’ll do to start the ball rolling so who do you think the wonderkids of FM09 are?

What do you want to see from Football Manager 2011? How can they make it better?

Football Manager 2008 – Wonderkids

Niall — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 07:04:04 +0000

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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