Nice. Certainly looking better than most of my projects. The only team that even compares right now is the operation in my official league team.
A bit jealous, really. I'd probably be there if I actually took the time to make a roadmap for each of my teams.
I did get lucky over the years and wind up with a string of strong mids in my official team, though none of them were on a better path than the 17/4 path. One of them had 241 points in 252 games played, and probably missed 35 to 40 games strictly because of cards. He had a fleet of SQs like that Norwich City defender of yours. He had FK taker, Cool, Goal Instincts, Hard Trainer for good ones, then tough, cheats, and trash talker for the negative ones. Managed to get him to peak as a 16 skill in his early 30s. On raw talent, my current best midfielder will probably peak higher, but he would have to average nearly 2 points per game to even approach my best midfielder's point total because he's only got the cool SQ. Granted, the highest that ever got me was a 7th place finish in the Power League's Division 2 just after he retired.
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