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Training
The long awaited stamina training week worked out about as good as I could have hoped. Pierre Wellens went up 2 levels to inadequate while Storm, Tryggvesson, and Little all went up one level to inad, inad, and passable. None of my starters needed any help (7 are excellent) but all of my trainees went up! Also, my form wasn't destroyed. Little's form remained in the crapper at weak but the other three UberTrainees(TM) are at solid. For starters, only 3 of the 11 players are below passable.

Future Training
Back to playmaking the rest of the year.

Form
Starters: (+1) (-6)
Entire Team: (+3) (-11)

Starters Form
Solid (or above): Connors Benito Christiano Spagnuolo Kimber Miguel
Passable: Meek Phelan
Inadequate: Starks Teepen
Weak (or below): Bush

Hopefully not much damage will be inflicted next week in the delay week.

Value
Starters: (+5) (-6)
Entire Team: (+13) (-8)

Value Highlights
Above $100K: 9(+0)/16(+0)
Above $200K: 6(+0)/9(+0)
Above $300K: 2(+0)/2(+0)
Team Leader: Tim Kimber ($521K)
Outfield Leader: Carlos Alberto Benito ($463K)
Milestones: None

Not much movement this week. Then again, it's a stamina week.

Team Stats
Total Wages: 36208 (+360)
Total Value: 4204000 (-54000)
Avg Value: 191091 (+5961)
Avg Age: 23 (NC)
Avg Form: passable (NC)
Avg Experience: poor (NC)
No of players: 22 (-1)
Nationalities: 12 (-1)


Youth Pull, Week 20.10
Last week's Werner Murillo sold for a whopping $1K. This week's is 17yo Brian Collier and he might garner that same $1K. Nothing impressive. Looks like I may be back in a youth pull slump.

Youth Pull Status
Youth Pulls: 38
Youth Pull Grocers: 24 (+0)
Youth Pulls Sold: 12 (+1)
Youth Pulls Still With Club: 2 (+0)
Total Sold for: 1111000 (+1000)

Youth Pull
Brian Collier (16847419)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A controversial person who is calm and honest.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.
Speciality: Powerful
Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 31 000 US$
Wage: 640 US$/week

Stamina: passable Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: poor
Winger: inadequate Defending: disastrous
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: weak



Conditions

Youth Squad: excellent (max)
Investment in the Youth squad: 20 000 US$ / week (NC)

Sponsors: dancing in the streets (up from high on life)
Supporter Club: 1425 members (+10)
Supporters: high on life (up from content)

Team Spirit: calm (up from composed)
Confidence: wonderful (up from wonderful)

Nothing like a draw with Brooklyn to get your confidence from poor to wonderful. Actually, that's probably the reading after the next game.


20.10 Week In Review

On the Field
We did the unthinkable and drew Brooklyn United! Herschel Meek scored the only goal and Timber made it stand up. Not only that but we got all time highs for stars (36.5) and NSI (72). If we win 3 of our next 4 (losing to Chock), we will finish in the money! And to think, this looked impossible a week ago. Then we went on the road and beat the Canadian Thoroughbreds in our first ever shootout, even if it was in a friendly. Ignacio Sanchez stopped a goal in overtime and then stopped a shootout shot. The Hippos scored on all 5 of their shootout shots including the game winner by Pierre Wellens. Clement Schrader scored both in regulation and in the shootout.


Off the Field
Last week's youth pull only sold for $1K. This week's will also sell for under $10K. It appears that we're in a bit of a youth pull slump. Last week's training bump, former starting winger Ivan Viseslav sold, however. He was 20yo but only was a pass pm/pass winger and sold for $115K.

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