The LU Hattrick Team Owners Thread

[nibbs]

awesome. i sold Gal Zion, debt is now down to -$10,000. When I get this situation sorted out, whats the best way to go about investing money to make my team stronger?

 

[thewizard1o1]

Yes 5th on the ladder...highest i have ever been :twisted:.

New format looks good can't wait to get stuck in next week...

Sent out the challenge to you amigo for the first match of the new cup!

Cheers for the match Chile, maybe next time i will put one past ur keeper :lol:

 

[Dragons Cross]

Thanks Dog-E

I'm going to try a 5-3-2 with 3 inner mids to see how that goes. The reason I need 5 defenders is because I'm training them up to sell on and make some good cash. Also my midfielders' stamina is ordinary so this is probably another reason for my lack of possesion.

cheers

 

[nibbs]

how do you change formation?

btw, chileman, i challenged your heathcote team. i'm hoping we'll fear better than we did against rockhampton

 

[Dog-E]

Thanks Dog-E

I'm going to try a 5-3-2 with 3 inner mids to see how that goes. The reason I need 5 defenders is because I'm training them up to sell on and make some good cash. Also my midfielders' stamina is ordinary so this is probably another reason for my lack of possesion.

cheers

Dont know that a 5-3-2 will work like that - bcos if u use those 3 middies as INNER midfielders...then u have 0 wingers!...And if u switch one of your inner mids, back to being a winger - you lose that x-tra midfield boost!

Normally, i drop a fullback, or a winger & turn him into an extra Inner Midfielder when I want to play 3-4-3...Depending on whose in form, whose out of form and so on etc...But as weve already established - as a defender trainer - u dont really want to be dropping any defenders if u can help it!...Which leaves the winger as your only real option...And as we see above - that just won't work with a 5-3-2!

A 5-4-1 however - u can turn one of your strikers into an inner mid - problem solved re your midfield...you can also then have both of your wingers!....but then your attack will suffer...naturally!...It's all about balance & a lot of the success in Hattrick is in building & trining up JUST the right squad...so that no matter what, youve got all bases covered!

But it takes time - don't worry!

Oh and Nibbs - Formations are created by repositioning the players in your match orders screen... that is done by selecting the role you wish the player to play from the drop-down boxes under the player names on that MATCHES/ORDERS screen!...Dont reposition more than THREE of your players though - or your team will suffer confusion during the game, because of the overly complicated tactics...and play badly!

(The above is bearing in mind the 'offensive' & 'defensive' orders dont actually count as a repositioning - only actually moving player say from a winger - to a forward, and etc counts in the NO MORE MORE THAN THREE rule)

 

[Mad Dogg]

When I get this situation sorted out, whats the best way to go about investing money to make my team stronger?

Do you have a training system set up? I hate to keep stressing it, but training is the key to success in hattrick. Obviously training players helps you as they get better, but it's also selling them as they get stronger and using the money to buy better players in other positions. I now realise that if I had started training when I first started playing hattrick, I'd probably be in Div IV by now.

By the way, I see that you've transfer listed all the players on your team. Unfortunately, most won't sell for the price you've listed them at. To get an idea of how much you'll get for the players, click on the Transfer Compare button, which will tell you how much players with similar statistics sold for.

how do you change formation?

I see Dog-E already answered this, but I wrote this half an hour ago then my computer stuffed itself before I could post. But I'm still going to post it. :evil:

In the match order screen, you have two boxes for each position. The first is to choose the player who will play in that position, and the bottom box is for the individual orders. It has things like offensive, defensive, etc. To change the formation you choose to make a player a Extra whatever you want. For instance, if you want to play 3-5-2 (which is probably the most common hattrick formation) then you make a central defender or a wingback into an ‘Extra inner midfield’. Or for a 4-3-3 you’d tell a inner mid or a winger to be ‘Extra forward’. And so on for different formations. But don’t have more than three players in the same position (3 inner midfielders, 3 central defenders, 3 strikers) otherwise you’ll lose training for the week.

ps. the three players in the same position that I mention is different to what Dog-E talked about. His is something that I forgot to mention, and is that the total number of repositionings shouldn't go over 3 (offensive, defensive, towards middle and towards wing don't count as repositionings.

pps. Repositionings is a damn hard word to spell when you're not concentrating properly :lol:

 

[Dragons Cross]

Dog-E

What i'm doing is moving 1 centre back to inner mid and then making both my wingers centre backs. It means that I will have rubbish attack down the wings but my centre will be stronger. I'm going to focus the attack down the centre and see how I go, I don't really have any strong wingers anyway so I'm not losing much IMO. If anyone wants an easy victory over me all they need to do is focus their attack down the wings and I'm toast.

It's all just experimenting at the moment as the results don't really matter to me.

Cheers again for your help

 

[Mad Dogg]

I'm going to try a 5-3-2 with 3 inner mids to see how that goes. The reason I need 5 defenders is because I'm training them up to sell on and make some good cash. Also my midfielders' stamina is ordinary so this is probably another reason for my lack of possesion.

You may want to check out my games, as I'm also a defence trainer and play 5-3-2 and 5-4-1 (normally play one in the league, another in the friendly so that I keep my formation experience up in both). My team's Rockhampton Wolves (team ID# 37503)

I use 5-3-2 against the bottom four teams in my league, as even with only two inner mids and an offensive winger (who does normally have a fair amount of playmaking) I can beat their 5-man midfield. But I doubt your midfielders will be strong enough to do the same. Against the other three teams I normally use 5-4-1 with three inner midfielders and one offensive winger to try to win the vital midfield battle. However, in doing so I do lose some attack so it really comes down to which I think is more important in each match.

Experiment with your formations and see what kind of ratings you get with each. Scout your opponent and find out what his weaknesses and strengths are, and build yourself accordingly.

What's your team name, by the way?

And there's no such thing as a stupid question on HT Because a lot of us have all made a wide range of mistakes when we were new

Aint that the truth #-o :lol:

 

[Dragons Cross]

I'm going to try a 5-3-2 with 3 inner mids to see how that goes. The reason I need 5 defenders is because I'm training them up to sell on and make some good cash. Also my midfielders' stamina is ordinary so this is probably another reason for my lack of possesion.

You may want to check out my games, as I'm also a defence trainer and play 5-3-2 and 5-4-1 (normally play one in the league, another in the friendly so that I keep my formation experience up in both). My team's Rockhampton Wolves (team ID# 37503)

I use 5-3-2 against the bottom four teams in my league, as even with only two inner mids and an offensive winger (who does normally have a fair amount of playmaking) I can beat their 5-man midfield. But I doubt your midfielders will be strong enough to do the same. Against the other three teams I normally use 5-4-1 with three inner midfielders and one offensive winger to try to win the vital midfield battle. However, in doing so I do lose some attack so it really comes down to which I think is more important in each match.

Experiment with your formations and see what kind of ratings you get with each. Scout your opponent and find out what his weaknesses and strengths are, and build yourself accordingly.

What's your team name, by the way?

And there's no such thing as a stupid question on HT Because a lot of us have all made a wide range of mistakes when we were new

Aint that the truth #-o :lol:

Cheers, I'll have a look at your team and formations etc.

My team is Saint-Spurs AFC (56813) and I'm in the London region

 

[chileman]

btw, chileman, i challenged your heathcote team. i'm hoping we'll fear better than we did against rockhampton

No worries amigo, I'll accept it today!

 

[Deano]

Boy, searching for a clown is hard work.

I must have searched the Oceania/Africa zone 5 times now through 250 players and haven't found a single one.

I know it will all be worth it when I finally do find one, can anyone suggest anything to help me search or will it just be good luck when I find one?

 

[Dog-E]

Dog-E

What i'm doing is moving 1 centre back to inner mid and then making both my wingers centre backs. It means that I will have rubbish attack down the wings but my centre will be stronger. I'm going to focus the attack down the centre and see how I go, I don't really have any strong wingers anyway so I'm not losing much IMO. If anyone wants an easy victory over me all they need to do is focus their attack down the wings and I'm toast.

It's all just experimenting at the moment as the results don't really matter to me.

Cheers again for your help

No worries!

Thats an interesting formation!...can't see why it wouldn't work at all, if u set the right players & orders & etc!

And yeah thats the stuff - just get in there & have a tool around with it all!...Youll soon find out what works best for your team - and what players u might need to get what you WANT to do work!...But as Mad Dog says - juist make sure & be training & building, building & training your squad the WHOLE time - whatever else u do!...And the payoff will most definitely come a season or 2 down the track!

 

[nibbs]

whats the low down on training strategies? i don't have one in mind atm

 

[Mad Dogg]

This is a good site that explains training: http://www.hottrick.org/

Check out the Platypus Guide on the left side of the screen, there's two sections about training (I recommend reading the other sections of the guide also).

And as always, if you need anything further explained after reading that, feel free to ask.

can anyone suggest anything to help me search or will it just be good luck when I find one?

Clowns are often listed at $159k. Don't ask me why, it's just one of those things. So do a quick search for players who are listed at between $155k-$165k, and you'll narrow the search a bit. Good luck finding one of those rare solid/populars.

 

[Dragons Cross]

I got one the other day but had to fork out £50,000 for him which I think is worth it because he's a passable striker and only 20. I noticed that when I clicked on his attributes page he had "I speak English" under his name and when I clicked on that it said "Hi, my name is Gary the Clown". I'm not sure whether this is something that all the clowns have but I have seen it a couple of times. Maybe one of you pros can tell me.

 

[chileman]

Does anyone here still play managerzone as well, looking for some more friendlies!

 

[Dog-E]

on his attributes page he had "I speak English" under his name and when I clicked on that it said "Hi, my name is Gary the Clown". I'm not sure whether this is something that all the clowns have

Nah the owner - if they have supporter - can put a short player comment for each of their players - which will show up as the I SPEAK WHATEVER link on their attributes page....if they dont have that, they dont have a comment...or the owner does not have supporter (Costs about $AUD 10-12 for 3 months depending on the exchange rate at the time - cheaper if u go for a 12 month signup).

But someone has always put them there - theyre never automatic for clowns....or anyone else.

 

[Dog-E]

Oh and if u want more reading after youve finished at hottrick...or want another angle on something u can try
http://www.databased.at/hattrick

That website helped me heaps when i was new...and to this day i still sometimes use it as a reference if i cant remember , or dont know something!

 

[Mad Dogg]

Talking about the 'I speak...' section, I got a good laugh at your players', Dog-E. :lol:

I'll eventually get supporter and put mine up. But I've been saying that for about a year. Makes it difficult not having a credit card. :evil:

 

[nibbs]

ok, mad dogg. lets say i want to build my young players to be top midfielders. atm i have training set on playmaking. if i leave it there for the next 2-3 months what can i expect. is there anything else i should be considering if i want my youngsters to form an awesome midfield???