Brondbyfan
Senior Squad
We all know that your "scouting" coach in career mode makes it so you can see more of the statistics of the players you might be interested in from other teams. But some have theorized that the scout also decides how good the players that replace your retiring players are. It makes sense, since when these new players are announced it brings up a window from the scouting department.
So I decided to run an experiment. I chose Botafogo in the Brazilian league to start a new career, because they had several old players I knew would be retiring after one season. I simulated all the matches from that season. I did not upgrade my staff once, meaning I had a lot of points saved up. I saved right before the final match of the season. Then I simulated that match twice: once without upgrading the scouting coach, and a second time after throwing all of my upgrade points into the staff. These were the results.
*Original retiring players:
Valdo, CAM, age 41: Att: 69, Mid: 72, Def: 48
Fernando: CDM, age 38: Att: 52, Mid: 68, Def: 81
*New Players, scenario 1, No scouting skill upgrades.
J. Dos Santos, CAM, age 19: Att: 59, Mid: 62, Def: 38
J. Amauri, CDM, age 19: Att: 41, Mid: 57, Def: 70
*New Players, scenario 2, 3-star scouting coach
J Martins, CAM, age 17: Att: 53 Mid: 56 Def: 32
D. Elber, CDM, age 18: Att: 43 Mid: 59 Def: 72
This was fascinating to me, and not at all what I expected. Valdo's replacement had gotten two years younger but worse, while Fernando's replacement had gotten a year younger AND better. I decided to reload and run this scenario again to see what would happen.
* New players, scenario 2 repeated
J. Amauri, CAM, age 18: Att: 63 Mid: 66 Def: 42
G. Cesar, CDM, age 18: Att: 36 Mid: 52 Def: 65
Conclusion? It would seem that the scouting coach does indeed improve your young prospects, by making them either younger, better, or both.
If only the goddamn game had told me that in my first season at Madrid, Beckham and Salgado's replacements would have been better
you EA and your paper-thin useless manuals.
So I decided to run an experiment. I chose Botafogo in the Brazilian league to start a new career, because they had several old players I knew would be retiring after one season. I simulated all the matches from that season. I did not upgrade my staff once, meaning I had a lot of points saved up. I saved right before the final match of the season. Then I simulated that match twice: once without upgrading the scouting coach, and a second time after throwing all of my upgrade points into the staff. These were the results.
*Original retiring players:
Valdo, CAM, age 41: Att: 69, Mid: 72, Def: 48
Fernando: CDM, age 38: Att: 52, Mid: 68, Def: 81
*New Players, scenario 1, No scouting skill upgrades.
J. Dos Santos, CAM, age 19: Att: 59, Mid: 62, Def: 38
J. Amauri, CDM, age 19: Att: 41, Mid: 57, Def: 70
*New Players, scenario 2, 3-star scouting coach
J Martins, CAM, age 17: Att: 53 Mid: 56 Def: 32
D. Elber, CDM, age 18: Att: 43 Mid: 59 Def: 72
This was fascinating to me, and not at all what I expected. Valdo's replacement had gotten two years younger but worse, while Fernando's replacement had gotten a year younger AND better. I decided to reload and run this scenario again to see what would happen.
* New players, scenario 2 repeated
J. Amauri, CAM, age 18: Att: 63 Mid: 66 Def: 42
G. Cesar, CDM, age 18: Att: 36 Mid: 52 Def: 65
Conclusion? It would seem that the scouting coach does indeed improve your young prospects, by making them either younger, better, or both.
If only the goddamn game had told me that in my first season at Madrid, Beckham and Salgado's replacements would have been better
you EA and your paper-thin useless manuals.
