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Fifa 08 Best Youngs

StevePitts

Senior Squad
hectic;2465709 said:
I'm in the 7th season and this 15 yo has popped up in my youth academy
- Michel Dutoit (RF) France (born 1997) 67->91 192 cm
A nice find. By default he grows to 93 in the couple of seasons before the end of manager mode, but once signed to the manager's team he gets a five point boost to potential and will grow to 98

Minho10;2465889 said:
go to the 3rd page there is really good info there that's all you need
Actually to be fair to the young laddie who started the thread, and who has kept the initial post in the thread up to date with all of the confirmed findings, I would recommend starting with the first post:

The Best Scouted Talents In 08!
 

hectic

Club Supporter
Season 8, these players look like they will still grow beyond these figures

- George Alexopolous (CB) Greece (born 1996) 68->85
- Sam Barras (CM) England (born 1998) 61->83
- Terpak Blahoslav (CAM) Czech Republic (born 1999) 61->83
- Carlos Kirby (ST) England (born 1999) 66->83
 

StevePitts

Senior Squad
hectic;2470121 said:
Carlos Kirby (ST) England (born 1999) 66->83
The other three I posted about in the EA UK forum thread linked to above, but this fellow will peak at 90 when signed to the manager's team, although I'm surprised that you found him in season eight, because I'd reckon he was too young (unless your years are out of sync because you've switched between spring and autumn leagues)
 

hectic

Club Supporter
StevePitts;2470603 said:
I'm surprised that you found him in season eight, because I'd reckon he was too young (unless your years are out of sync because you've switched between spring and autumn leagues)

Yeah pretty weird eh? xD Before I formatted and forgot to back up my FIFA files I had another career going with Wycombe and found David Tracey in around the 10th season or something, whereas this time with my Liverpool team I found him much earlier (around the 3rd, can't really reember). The weird thing is that in both cases I didn't switch between spring and autumn leagues :S :o

btw StevePitts, how do find out this info? I presume you have to access the database, but how? http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/4773505-post72.html
I've been using CM08 to access info on player retirement ages, development etc, but it doesnt really show what they peak at and when.

edit: Kirby came through my youth academy
 

bdurnan

Club Supporter
amazing

guess what happened when i was plying fifa and a was playing around with my squad i put the formation barca on and put aguero into LDM and his overall rating went to 100 and i thought it could only go to 99 bt when i was about to play a game when i went to manage team and his rating was 77 :junior: :hump:
 

StevePitts

Senior Squad
bdurnan;2474585 said:
put aguero into LDM and his overall rating went to 100
That is a bug, pure and simple, and was there in FIFA 07 too. The value in Team Management from the manager mode main menu is wrong. The value that you see after selecting Next Match and Manage Your Team, or in Team Management whilst actually playing the game, is the correct one.
 

bdurnan

Club Supporter
cheers steeve

cheers mate

am at my 3rd season at barca and my squad is immense im wondering nobody has mention nasri or navas as the two are key players to my squad :hit::p:Carlos*o:
 

Orlovi

Club Supporter
hey i have fifa 08 for xbox 360 and do u guys know what the player growth is for these players

Miralem Sulejmani- SC Heerenveen
Marko Marin- Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bosko Jankovic- Palermo
Aleksandar Kolarov- Lazio
Dusko Tosic- Werder Bremen
Zdravko Kuzmanovic- Fiorentina
Milan Smiljanic (Lola)- Espanyol
Slobodan Rajkovic- PSV Eindhoven

* oh yea and Chelsea signed Branislav Ivanovic during the winter break and he's not in the game, so if i do an update of the game/teams online through live would he be out into the game?
 

rockyj123

Club Supporter
i think we should also discuss youngs that u can buy being a small club manager...i hate playin as big club manager coz they win every match....n its no
fun.. i switched to suderland and bought some players a like pique...
hes on 90 now....
and A Stokes 67-85.. 4 seasons...
 

JaWzZzZz

Club Supporter
futzy99;2419953 said:
Hey guys, who's the best young keeper?

Well all of you are wrong. The best young keeper is a Russian guy called Akinfeev. He's not actually in the game, apart from being in the Russian squad, so you have to kind of manipulate the game to get him. Firstly, make a Russian goalkeeper and put them in the free agents. Then, go to the international selections and replace Akinfeev for your created player, which will make Akinfeev go to the free agents. When you've done that, make a manager mode, search for people in the free agents list, and hey presto! There is Akinfeev :D He's 85 overall to start off with and 21 years old. Absolutely brilliant goalkeeper if you ask me!
If you want a few more good signings, do the same to these players in the Netherlands team:
- Bert Ronhaar - 87 overall - 22 years old
- Michelangelo Van Der Poel - 85 overall - 23 years old

There is also a player on Croatia's side who you can't get called Luca Modric. He's got 84 overall and he's 21 years old. Just follow my steps again and you'll have him on your team :)

I hope this will help you get a few good signings and fresh ones, cause you're not actually meant to get these players
 

StevePitts

Senior Squad
JaWzZzZz;2533950 said:
Well all of you are wrong. The best young keeper is a Russian guy called Akinfeev
I'm afraid you are wrong too. The best keepers in the game are two of the pool of youth players - Jerry Nelsen from Denmark, who is 99s across the board from season 3 onwards, and Ian Livesey from England, who achieves the same feat from season 7 onwards (both could get there quicker via the match XP system, but they aren't easy to find because they start off so high). Akinfeev peaks higher than any other real world player but his boosted potential is only 95 whereas Casillas' is 99 and Ochoa's is 98 so both can get higher than Igor with boosts from the match XP system (which are relatively easy to achieve for keepers)
 

JonnyJonny956

Club Supporter
Akinfeev

JaWzZzZz;2533950 said:
Well all of you are wrong. The best young keeper is a Russian guy called Akinfeev. He's not actually in the game, apart from being in the Russian squad, so you have to kind of manipulate the game to get him. Firstly, make a Russian goalkeeper and put them in the free agents. Then, go to the international selections and replace Akinfeev for your created player, which will make Akinfeev go to the free agents. When you've done that, make a manager mode, search for people in the free agents list, and hey presto! There is Akinfeev :D He's 85 overall to start off with and 21 years old. Absolutely brilliant goalkeeper if you ask me!
If you want a few more good signings, do the same to these players in the Netherlands team:
- Bert Ronhaar - 87 overall - 22 years old
- Michelangelo Van Der Poel - 85 overall - 23 years old

There is also a player on Croatia's side who you can't get called Luca Modric. He's got 84 overall and he's 21 years old. Just follow my steps again and you'll have him on your team :)

I hope this will help you get a few good signings and fresh ones, cause you're not actually meant to get these players

How do i put my created player into free agents ? Thanks
 

rockyj123

Club Supporter
Anderson Pico-RWB-70-85 in 4 seasons..20 yrs old
Tiago Ronaldo-CM-68-85 in 4 seasons....18 yr old... i think hes ronaldos bro coz he from portugal too
 

Sparrowgoose

Youth Team
rockyj123;2541544 said:
Anderson Pico-RWB-70-85 in 4 seasons..20 yrs old
Tiago Ronaldo-CM-68-85 in 4 seasons....18 yr old... i think hes ronaldos bro coz he from portugal too

Mate there are a lot of 'Ronaldo's' from Portugal or Brazil. Anyway, I think this Tiago Ronaldo is a fake player from scoutlist.
 

Sedd

Youth Team
talent mexic

mexican player scouted from america-- his name is hope" 1991 has around 60 but speed 80/80 and hi si a big talent---:coffe-anim:
 

StevePitts

Senior Squad
Sedd;2574547 said:
mexican player scouted from america-- his name is hope" 1991 has around 60 but speed 80/80 and hi si a big talent---:coffe-anim:
An interesting one. Thomas Hope is a LWM who should be available from the beginning of manager mode, starts at 65 overall (with 88 acceleration, 87 speed and 74 stamina), peaks at 81 between seasons 8 and 12 when signed to the manager's team and has a boosted potential of 90 (so plenty of room to grow through the match XP system - although IME wingers are not easy to push up even when played as often as they are fit and rested)
 


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