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I have ran the same line up out for each league game (except 1) and have had much better balance until this week. I know in a previous post there was a comment about the last change was last season, and don't really mind the animation given since I have started.

The only explaination I had was stamina, but my overall team stamina is really bad. I have a decent coach so, where is he?

1. You have to train stamina

2. Stamina does not help when you give them a stack of minutes and tire the players out

Ok, but if the player is tired, the coach SHOULD pull them and put someone else in. It just seems weird and I saw some other posts about the LCD vs SFDC

I guess my question wasn't clear..... I wanted to know what factors would our coach consider in keeping players in for the entire game? I know score and fouls have an impact. I know it's a rating system, but I don't think me and my coach are thinking the same things. I can adjust, he can't.

When a coach is deciding to keep a player in for the entire game or not, there are a few things that are taken into consideration.

The players current performance (scoring etc.)
If the player is in foul trouble
If the player needs a little break (stamina comes into play here)
The player on the bench ready to replace him (whether their skills are any good)

Coach Picks from

When a coach is deciding to keep a player in for the entire game or not, there are a few things that are taken into consideration.

The players current performance (scoring etc.)
If the player is in foul trouble
If the player needs a little break (stamina comes into play here)
The player on the bench ready to replace him (whether their skills are any good)

I apologize, but I'm still confused about the coach orders even after reading several explanations.

Please help me clarify this in my simple man's terms

Let Coach Decide - puts player quality first and does not take into account the Depth Chart (but he does consider the other factors)
Coach Picks From Depth Chart - Coach will look at the players he has on the bench, favour the 1st sub before the 2nd sub, but still pick the better one (and consider all other factors)
Strictly Follow Depth Chart - Coach will put in the 1st sub, regardless of all other factors

I know this is a simplification, but could I look at it this way (let's say I have A-team and B-team players and some crappy C-team reserves)?

- If I want to win no matter what I use Let Coach Decide in both games

- If I want to play my B-team players in the second of the two weekly league games (the best players have already played for e.g. 40 minutes on average in the first match), but I still want my best players in at least for a short time to be able to win the game, should use Coach Picks From Depth Chart or Depth Chart until 4th?

- If I am more concerned about the minutes than I am about the result, I use Strictly Follow Depth Chart

Is that how it works?

It's my first week in the game, so I apologize for my impatience. I know I will be able to figure this out in time.
Anyway, my final question s this:

If I am just as concerned about the minutes as I am about winning the matches, and if I can put two reasonably balanced sets of starters in the two league games, would Coach Picks From Depth Chart in this case enable a fairly even distribution of minutes between the two player sets, A and B?

thx and sorry for the long post

It seems that even if you pick the same player at every sub, there is no guarantee he will play the full game. I have a player that I chose to play centre this week. I also picked him as the sub. However, he still only managed 22 minutes.

It seems that even if you pick the same player at every sub, there is no guarantee he will play the full game. I have a player that I chose to play centre this week. I also picked him as the sub. However, he still only managed 22 minutes.

Alas, foul trouble, poor stamina and poor play will do that. There may be other factors too, but I'm not smart enough to know what they are.......

Ok there are a lot of questions here but I´ll try and be as brief as possible.

Basically if you have a balanced team, Let Coach Decide will do everything you want to do.

If you have a starter and a backup that are fairly evenly skilled then they should get pretty even minutes (give or take some factors i.e. stamina)

Let Coach Decide DOES take into account your depth chart (they all do), but it does so to a lesser degree. This means backups get more minutes if they can perform.

The more "strict" you make your depth chart the more time the starter will get.

If you are good you can do everything on Let Coach Decide and players are less likely to be injured, because they are not playing for whole games.

I hope this gets to the point enough. good luck

Sure, but don't forget about training and form. Since they are more or less a variable, your the way a coach uses subs will change because 1 player who was looking good one week, may not be the next.