Press release "econ"omics

Many managers don't realize the importance of press releases in Xpert Eleven. That's probably because they don't know that one press release every week adds 200k econ to their finances every week. Either that, or they are too lazy to type a few simple sentences after every match.

The rules are that one press release of more than 250 characters during a week (Monday to Sunday) means that the team gets a 200k econ bonus from the sponsor on Monday for the team's "media presence".

200k a week might not sound like much, but look at the numbers over a whole season. In a league with 8 teams (such as the Xpert leagues) there are 14 matches every season, which amounts to a total of 2.8 million econ, which could be spent on the skilled youngster that you were looking for but couldn't afford.

Be careful, though. Being caught writing press releases that are absolutely rubbish (such as copying a daily event mail) could result in you being docked 20-30 points from your Xpert rating. The easiest and safest way would be to write a short match summary after every match. This way, you would have a template in mind and be able to write one very quickly.

You can write as many press releases as you want, but they won't fetch you more money. However, you will get an extra Xpert rating point for each day that you write a press release on.

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How do I decide when a player needs training?

Here are a few simple rules I use to decide whether or not a particular player needs training:

• If a player has form below 13 he needs to train. Period.
  
• If a player has form 13 with downward trend, it's a good idea to train him.
  
• If a player has form 14 with steep downward trend (red arrow), train him if he's an important player.
  
• If you have a player has a low average form, train him if he's in you long term plans for the quad.
  
• If a player is retiring at the end of the season and he's not skilled enough to be needed in this season's matches, don't bother with training him.
  

Every Xpert Eleven manager has his own opinion about when to train his players. Some would be more stingy on their training expenditure, so as to save enough for new players whereas some, on the other hand, are more generous, preferring to develop their players' skill through training. It all depends on what you believe to be a better option for your team.

I myself don't always follow these pointers exactly, preferring to relax these rules depending on the team, the stage in the season and the average form of the player concerned (especially if it's the second half of the season).

How do you decide when a player needs training?

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