This will be beneficial in the long term development of not only your youth players, but the future coaching stats of the player. Personally, I like to put everyone who is 28+ on a tutoring regime developing a member of the youth or an U21 player. In terms of coaches and their star ratings, it is better to go for ‘Quality over Quantity’ which basically means that you should be gaining as many coaches as you can so they can do a specific job in your training as multiple jobs will decrease their star rating and ultimately have a direct impact on players training.Ī good way to develop young potential backroom staff members is through tutoring. Maybe hanging on to that old player could pay dividend? Shame that you cant ‘scout’ coaches though to determine their CA/PA, but if you could then there would be no need for this guide! This to me makes no real difference as I get in the best staff I can regardless but it is nice to know that once players turn into coaches they have the ability to improve. So, a coach that has just come into fruition has a long career ahead of them as a member of the backroom staff and will most likely improve. What most people do not know is that, like players, staff have CA (Current ability) and PA (Potential ability). It may sound strange, but it works and will get your younger players fitter, faster. A physio will need one because of working with the health of the youth team. The coaches are obviously to work with youth development and you will see that some of the coaches also work with the youth squad (aside from the youth coaches). Scout – (Judging Player Ability, Judging Player Potential)Īside from these attributes, it is beneficial to have a high ‘Work with Youngsters’ for all the positions aside from scouts. In general, what you need to look for is these attributes in the following staff: (Note: DDM = Determination, Discipline, Motivation)Īssistant Manager – (Man Management, Tactical Knowledge, Judging Player Ability, Judging Player Potential) If you want to carry a saved game on for a few years atleast, this is a very important part of the game-play and you will need the very best staff if you want to excel. The backroom staff play a very important part in FM by aiding your players development and generally aiding your decision making for every aspect of the game. Johnny has already gave you a decent outline of the topic but i’m going to expand on that a little, taking you into a little more detail and recommending staff in each role for the elite teams in Football Manager. Hey, for anyone on here that doesn’t know me, and thats probably most of you, i’m Jake (Excessive) and i’m going to bring you a massive guide on the backroom staff in FM 2011.