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I am a returning player but I am trying to figure out the best way to start the game. Should I buy a player (18) I can train up and get really good? Or should I just wait it out till I have more funds? Or should I buy a couple players in one position to start training?

Hey there and welcome back!

First, completing the BB Tutorial will allow you to re-learn/remember aspects about the game quickly and make up to $250,000 as each completed task in the tutorial will award your franchise $10,000. Additionally, once you have completed the tutorial, your franchise will be given its 3 "Franchise Star Players". These players are typically much better than the other players on your team and will be key contributors in your first few seasons on BB. If you do not see the tutorial, you can re-enable it on the "Preferences" page.

From there, I have created a "New Franchise Guide" That thoroughly goes through my opinion on how to best start your franchises journey. There are obviously many other ways you can approach it, but I think it's a great watch and starting point: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAY0KhWipbA&t=251s)

Cheers,
E.B.W.

Since we are at halftime of the season and 7 training updates are left, I would go for 3 smaller 18yo, potential 8 players and train handling, add 3 more with the draft and continue with 1on1.

Buy a Level 4 coach and Level 4 youth trainer.

Should not be more than 30-50 k for the players and expand the bleachers of the arena.

Ah, of course, your way must be best, wasting 7 weeks for cheap 18yo.

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Welcome back to the game! Build that bankroll up, having the funds can really change a team's flexibility.

Others have mentioned various parts, some fun, some not so fun at first. Remember it's your game, your time to have fun. Test stuff out see what happens!

What I did was put all my money into the arena. Shave my team to just enough players to have decent game shape. You aren't affected by the salary floor for the first 24 weeks, so use that to your advantage by having a skeleton crew. I managed to max out my arena within 2 and a half seasons. When you hit your 24th week, you can invest in a few very high salary 33 year olds to spend up the salary floor. Usually those that have more than 100k salary go for really cheap, and their high salary will net you a decent amount of jersey sales.

Some people might argue that training prospects and selling them would earn you money, but in reality - you're spending a few thousand to buy those 18 year olds. You're spending a few thousand more to hire a coach. All that to train 6 players in 1 on 1 forwards, then sell them off for... Less than 100k? Let's face it, everyone is training their prospects in 1 on 1 forwards too, and when they switch to monorole training, they have to sell off half of the prosects. Players with nothing but high DR/HA and decent JS/IS don't fetch a good price coz there's an oversupply of them.

Can‘t imagine something more boring than sign for a team and wait half a year (28 weeks) to start training with another long period of doing almost nothing than training 1on1 forwards.

So less boring and not that much frustrating is an other way!

I agree, the arena will be finished a little bit later and yes, you might have to sell some of the 6 players when you are switching to one position training but you will learn about game tactics, how training works, use elastic effect and you will develop at least 3 players which can be supporting pillars of the teams or good subs.

That is what I strongly recommend.