Bit of a gamey post but bear with me - perfect for starting up those lower league saves where you rely so heavily on free transfers.
I found a way to trial players en masse by delegating responsibilities quickly and then taking back over - you don't have to press continue to let them join the club, they'll join straight away. Not sure if my explanation below will explain it well enough so I've had a friend do up a quick explainer video: https://medal.tv/games/football-manager-26/clips/mDOeiZecVQGAmgABU?invite=cr-MSxIUGksMTM1MDA2NDMx&v=33
Step 1: Add all the players you want to trial to the default shortlist (once you trial someone from this shortlist they're automatically removed, so this can help manage the load of trialling players way easier)
Step 2: Offer trial to a maximum of 29 players (anyone above 29 will be automatically cancelled by the board)
Step 3: Press continue, game will automatically stop when the triallists accept/reject your trial offer
Step 4: Press the button next to accept and cancel that says "Delegate 'Finalising player signings for Insert Club' to Insert Staff Member". This will automatically accept all the trial offers.
Step 5: Click a different triallist's acceptance, and press "Take Control of 'Finalising player signings for Insert Club'". This regains control of accepting the triallists, and forces all of the accepted triallists into your club (you will receive a bunch new inbox messages after clicking this button)
Step 6: Repeat until your shortlist is empty
I've managed to squeeze over 1800 players into my Vilaverdense 4th division Portugese side, and just letting the players sit there until I make a decision on what to do with them - but at least I get to scout how good they are on a shoestring!
Only drawbacks I see with this method is:
- Any real player signing gets lost in the sea of triallists and you won't get to press accept yourself
- Inbox clutter, but I'm only doing this preseason and just clicking mark all as read to get past that
- Trying to decide between hundreds of players for each position
Happy trial farming!!