In which week do you guys save your game when reloading the youth team? I saved the week before new players spawned, that is just before the transferwindow opens, but in 10 reloads I got the exact same players with minimum difference in skill. Is there a certain week which is optimal for reloading?
I save in the last week of June, because the new youth team players will appear in the first week of July (the same week they announce the ranking update, etc.). So if it doesn't work, I reload, proceed to next week and so on.
But there is something strange. The youth team players can be divided in three categories:
- the outstanding players ("the next Messi, CR etc", and "there is something special about this player"): those players usually have higher starting stats;
- medium-to-good players: these players have stats around 70 (between 68-70). They will develop to be good players, but I don't expect them to become fantastic;
- crap players: they usually have very low initial stats (between 41-55). Unless you are using dynamic development, they will take time to become good enough to just be part of the team. To be honest, I never tried to invest in one of them to see whether they develop faster or become any good... :unsure:
What I have noticed is that if you still have some medium-to-good players in your youth team by the first week of July, the "next big thing" will not appear. But if you promote him in the last week of June, then you will be able to have randomly your next big player, and the medium-to-good player that you have just promoted, he will disappear. It is strange, but it works (at last on my PS3).
So, my suggestion is that when you are in the last week of June, promote your youth players who have initial overall stats between 68-70, and save the game. After that week you will get your next big player after some reloads.
Just let me know whether it worked for you as well.