Youth development in European clubs

[oldfatbaldguy]

How does staff work for the affiliated youth teams of clubs in Europe that operate according to that model? I see that my club's U17 squad doesn't have a coach, and it has its own staff budget with money available, but I can't seem to hire anybody. Is it the responsibility of the youth team General Manager? Is my senior team's skills coach also working with the kids? Am I missing something?

The youth teams also have separate "team owners," which seems odd.

[oldfatbaldguy]

Apparently I can set the individual training for all affiliated teams, but I can't hire staff.

Originally Posted by oldfatbaldguy

How does staff work for the affiliated youth teams of clubs in Europe that operate according to that model? I see that my club's U17 squad doesn't have a coach, and it has its own staff budget with money available, but I can't seem to hire anybody. Is it the responsibility of the youth team General Manager? Is my senior team's skills coach also working with the kids? Am I missing something?

The youth teams also have separate "team owners," which seems odd.

With no disrespect meant to anybody who works on FHM (i've helped myself) this game should not have the european leagues. It just isn't set up in a way that works well for the euro system.

They should just make NHL-AHL ect and the Canadian juniors until the euro system can be done properly. It's what stops me from buying until its better.

[croatian]

Originally Posted by Rigafan

With no disrespect meant to anybody who works on FHM (i've helped myself) this game should now have the european leagues. It just isn't set up in a way that works well for the euro system.

They should just make NHL-AHL ect and the Canadian juniors until the euro system can be done properly. It's what stops me from buying until its better.

Dont know what is wrong with Euro leagues ? Apart from KHL waivers (which is fixed now), I didnt notice any game-breaking bugs...

Originally Posted by croatian

Dont know what is wrong with Euro leagues ? Apart from KHL waivers (which is fixed now), I didnt notice any game-breaking bugs...

I wouldn't say I've encounted any bugs just the way the game is designed and handles Euro stuff doesn't seem right. It feels like a 'best it can be' scenario at the moment.

I also have the same feeling with OOTP. Playing MLB and its minors is a very fun experience but trying to play in Japan or other International leagues doesn't feel right still.

Of course this is MY personal view!

[dmacgreg37]

Originally Posted by Rigafan

I wouldn't say I've encounted any bugs just the way the game is designed and handles Euro stuff doesn't seem right. It feels like a 'best it can be' scenario at the moment.

I also have the same feeling with OOTP. Playing MLB and its minors is a very fun experience but trying to play in Japan or other International leagues doesn't feel right still.

Of course this is MY personal view!

I imagine they bring in more buyers by having these leagues "best they can be" than they lose from not having them be perfect.

[PhilHell37]

I play in European leagues a lot, so I would not say they are unplayable. Though it is true that the game is (understandably so) focused on the North American leagues. But still I very much hope that the European leagues get more focus on fhm8 (only in khl you can add teams for instance) and they surely could use some improvements to make them more realistic (for instance only very few North American AHL/Echl players are willing to come to Europe, so in year 10 or so leagues like DEL or EBEL - who in real life have at least 6-7 North American Imports per team - have many Russians but almost no Canadians/Americans on the roster).