OFFICIAL GPTG FAQ

This is an FAQ which has the aim of helping out the new users in the forums and perhaps re jogging the memories of some of the more experienced members.

Well where to start...

This is the Good Player & Team Guide. (GPTG) And it is obviously for helping people with the finding of good players and the strengthening of their team.

Uncovered a rough diamond, think you've found an excellent player, have you built your dream XI, are you looking for some advice on building a successful team or do you need tips on the best players or staff for your team? No matter which it is, this is the place for you.


Explain work permits and how to get them

Work Permits are one annoying thing to get around. They are needed in the UK
and Ireland. So how do you get your player a work permit? What does he need to
get one?

Well, if the player you are looking at has one of these nations as either his
main nationality or second nationality (basically the EU + some other nations),
you're fine:


Austria Germany Norway
Belgium Greece Portugal
Cyprus Holland Slovakia
Czech Republic Hungary Slovenia
Denmark Iceland Spain
Estonia Ireland Sweden
Finland Italy Switzerland
France,incld French Guyana Latvia United Kingdom
Guadeloupe Lithuania
Martinique Luxembourg
Reunion Malta



If it isn't, you'll need a permit.

First of all, the player's calibre is taken into account. If he's a very good
player, has many international appearance's etc then he'll most likely get the
permit first time round. If not you can always appeal the decision, and usually
get the decision in your favour.

If your player was rejected a permit, why did this happen? Well, people are
given Work Permits if they are skilled workers. If your target is not much
better than British players, there is no reason, in the governments eyes, to go
for the foreigner and ignore the English players. Its purpose is to protect the
Economy from being saturated with foreigners, and help give the British people
jobs, no matter what the industry. I used the UK as the example, but the same
would apply to other countries needing a work permit.

There are ways to get around this though. First of all, you can get a European
feeder club. This means that even without a permit, you can still buy the
player. By sending him to the European feeder club for a couple of years, he'll
eventually gain EU Citizenship = instant permit. It's a lengthy process, and
I'd only recommend it for players who are 21 or under. Each country takes a
different amount of time for foreigners to gain EU Citizenship there, so here's
the list:

3 years 4 years 7 years 10 years
------- --------- -------- -------

Belgium Spain Denmark Greece
Poland Holland Slovenia


5 years
-----------------------------------------------------------

Austria French Guyana Italy Renuion
Cyprus Germany Latvia Slovakia
Czech Republic Guadeloupe Lithuania Sweden
Estonia Holland Luxembourg Switzerland
Finland Hungary Malta
France Iceland Martinique
Ireland Portugal





As well as loaning out, every so often you can try offering your player a new
contract. He will be reapplied for a permit, and if you're lucky, he may be
granted one.

When searching for a new player too in South American countries, keep an eye
out for his other nationalities. Many Brazilians have Portuguese/Spanish, and
some Argentineans have Italian as a second nationality. If you find players
like this then it means they will get an instant permit.

In certain south american countries if your first language is spanish, you wait only 2 years to gain citzenship

Courtesy of Rashidi



We'll start with an explanation of the terms "Current Ability" and "Potential Abiliyy".

Every player in the game will have a current ability, a number between 1 and 200 that indicates the overall level of skill the player possess. Current ability can change depending on a number of factors such as injuries, game time and training.

Potential ability is the maximum value that the CA can reach. It does not change.

Player A has CA 100 and PA 200
Player B has CA 100 and PA 110

Player A is the brightest prospect all in all, as player B has almost “maxed out” and is near his peak.

You can easily find out the CA/PA of any player in the database through the Editor that comes with the boxed game.

What does a negative PA mean?

A negative PA is assigned to some players in the game editor – when you start a new game FM will assign the player a PA from the following ranges:

-10 = PA 170-200
-9 = 150-180
-8 = 130-160
-7 = 110-140
-6 = 90-120
-5 = 70-100
-4 = 50-80
-3 = 30-60
-2 = 10-40
-1 = 0-20

How to Post a Screen shot

1. While in FM, press the 'Prt Sc' button (usually next to F12 on your keyboard).
2. Open an image editing program such as Paint and paste the image
3. Save the file as a JPEG
4. Upload the image to an image hosting website such as Photobucket or Imageshack
5. Post the direct Url to the image here.

What is an in-game Editor?

An in-game editor is a program such as FMM (Football Manager Modifier) which allows the user to change the data within the game after the game has started unlike the Editor that comes with the game which can only affect new games.

Genie Scout

The Genie Scout is a free tool that allow the user to look up information in a save game such as CA, PA, Sale Value, etc.

Next we come onto Regens and Freds.

The game's database starts off with a certain number of players and when someone decides to retire it means that there is 1 less player in the database. A regen is the retired player but the game makes him a brand new name, age, stats, description etc for him, and he is then placed in a random team.

A Fred is a player created by the game at the end of every season that has no relation to any player in the game, it is just to balance out the database.

Feeder Clubs & Parent Clubs

A feeder club is a club that is officially linked with a larger club which is known as the parent club. The feeder club's agreement with the parent club usually has a number of conditions.

These can be anything from, the parent club having to send some of it's younger players to the feeder club on loan or the feeder club holding an annual friendly between the teams to raise funds for the smaller team.

Also, the parent club usually pays the feeder club an annual lump sum of money for the privileges of having them as a feeder club.

Acronyms

In these forums there are a number of acronyms used which might be useful. Here a small summary of some of the more well used ones:

SI – Sports Interactive
FM – Football Manager
PA – Potential Ability
CA – Current Ability
GPTG – Good Player and Team Guide
RVP – Robin Van Persie
RVN – Ruud Van Nistelrooy
IMO – In My Opinion
IMHO – In My Honest Opinion
IRL – In Real Life
IIRC – If I Remember Correctly
AVB – Anthony Vanden Borre
KUTGW – Keep Up The Good Work
BTW – By The Way
DB – Database
TBH – To Be Honest
WP – Work Permit
CBA - Can't Be Arsed
TBF - To Be Fair
FTW - For The Win
TY - Thank You
FWIW - For what its worth
OFC - Of Course