The Scholars – Part 2: It’s a Man’s Field | KingOfTheRooks

It’s Monday and Andrew is trying to keep children in the football league. Let’s go!

Welcome back to our little, if not completely crazy, experiment. Can a bunch of teenagers be successful in the CM9798 world? So far, the answer appears to be a resounding ‘no’. You can catch-up on the last episode here. The table doesn’t lie, we’re struggling.

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Introducing: The Scholars – Part 1 – Well Done, They’re Sixteen | @KingOfTheRooks

Hello! Monday is traditionally a rough day so what better way to ease you into the week than King Of The Rooks messing about in the editor. I’ll let him explain…

It’s been a while since I’ve had the time to pull one of the many CM9798 ideas together. So, what is the plan here? Who are ‘The Scholars’? Teachers of the game…no. Our plan for this save is quite simple and also quite ridiculous.

Rules:

  • We can only sign players in the ‘Player Search’ with their club marked as ‘Schoolboy’
  • We cannot extend any contracts; once the contract ends, the player ‘graduates’ and we must return to the pool of ‘Schoolboy’ players for recruits

Daft? Yes. Will we get very far? The prognosis from the blog squad is doubtful. Given we’ll have teenage goalkeepers, its likely to be something of a Michael Owen meets Neville Southall’s coaching school.

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