Follow @FIFAscouting Today I am going to help you find a goalkeeper. This is the foundation of any strong team, so it’s essential you find yourself a good one. When starting a new career mode you may be tempted to simply go into the free agents, pick up J. Smith (OVR 77) and stick with him (this is especially true …
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Follow @FIFAscouting Over the coming days and weeks I’ll be posting a series of blog entries helping you choose the right player for any given position. Say you’re looking for a CDM: you will be able to look up my blog post, wherein I will list young CDMs, their potential, cost, the club the play for, etc. Furthermore, each blog …
FIFA 12 | Good Teams For Career Mode
Follow @FIFAscouting This article should help you pick a team for career mode. The trick is to pick a team that allows your scouted players room to grow without damaging team performance. For this reason, many popular teams like Manchester United and Real Madrid are out the window! Read on to find out which clubs can help nurture your emerging …
How to rescue “stolen” scouted players
Follow @FIFAscouting Every now and again you’ll get a message through saying that a scouted player that you are watching (but haven’t signed yet) has been poached by another club. This can be really frustrating if the playing looked very promising. The easy way to remedy this situation is to simply reload the save. These messages are like the “Youth …
Help for the November patch update
Follow @FIFAscouting A lot of people have been having scouting issues after installing the game’s November update. In particular, it now seems that players in your youth academy can sometimes refuse any contract offer you give them, even those with huge weekly wages. In my post on developing youth players I said that one way to easily sign youth players …
Easy method for five star scouts 3
Follow @FIFAscouting Here it is at last, the five-star scout method part 3! In this third and final part of the series, sidharth on the FIFA 12 forums has come up with a great idea that balances the previous two methods of finding these scouts (see his original post here). Whilst the first technique had a high chance of success …
Help with developing youth players
Follow @FIFAscouting So far the guides on this blog have covered finding great youth talent. But what about developing these prospects into world-beating players? Well, this guide should help you along that process. I’ll start by laying out what sort of contract to offer your youth players and how to avoid some common glitches, before moving on to how to …
Easy method for five star scouts 3 update
Follow @FIFAscouting A third and final installment for the five-star scout method is in the works right now, and should be ready by either Sunday evening or Monday. It is, in my opinion, the most viable method so far, costing less than method 1 and having more control than method 2. Stay posted 🙂
Easy method for five star scouts 2
Follow @FIFAscouting besidavi’s method for attaining 5*5* scouts on FIFA 12 is a very clever method and gives you a good chance of success. You do, however, need to have quite a lot of money for it. What if your club doesn’t have so much money? There is an alternative, although it will probably take longer to achieve good results …
Easy method for five star scouts 1
Follow @FIFAscouting In this post, besidavi on the FIFA 12 forums explains a good way to generate 5*5* scouts. The original post is here. To increase your chances of getting a 5*5* scout: OK, this procedure involves reloading from save states so if you’re against that quit reading now! It also needs a CM where money is not an issue …