just use him and see, you could play your nan in amc in this tactic and she would score. ignore pa and ca, its not the be all and end all
El Wray, you suggest ignoring CA and PA but it would be the same as to suggest ignoring Attributes.
For example, if you see that a player has Finishing, Composure, Concentration and Decisions are equal to “5” then you don’t have to play this player at all in order to tell with full certainty that this player will be missing about 95% of all his scoring chances in matches and if you are going use him at the AMCs positions in this tactic then it will be a bad choice because in this tactic the AMCs positions are supposed to be the main goals scorers.
Other example, if you see that a player has Technique, Passing, Vision and Decisions are equal to “5” then you don’t have to play this player at all in order tell that this player is just awful at making passes and if you are going use him at the AMCs positions in this tactic then it will be a bad choice because in this tactic the AMCs positions are supposed to be the main assisters and make a lot of passes.
In this game Attributes exists in order that a human player might look at them and say what things the player does good and what things the player does bad without the need to play and watch this player for few seasons in order to find out it.
It’s like in real life some person asks: “Hey guys! I’m going to buy a new laptop HP-988, do you think FM17 runs well on it?” and someone answers: “I wouldn’t suggest buying it because this laptop’s got a very slow processor to run FM17” and you say: “For God sake, just buy it, try to run FM17 on it and see it yourself, it might work great!!!”.
In this tactic the AMCs positions are supposed to do specific jobs and Romelu Lukaku is completely not type of player that you need for the AMCs positions in this tactic, he is “Target Man” type and it’s opposite what you need for the AMCs positions in this tactic so buying him would be spending your transfer budget in inefficient way because you can easily find someone more suited to the AMCs positions for that money.
You are right when you say that CA and PA is not be the all and end all, I say the same all the time but it still tells few things for certain:
1) Total amount of Points that Player has to spend on his attributes.
2) His developing potential. Will be he changing much or not in the future.
For example, let’s take 2 players: Player A = 140CA and Player B = 150CA, it might be that Player A is better for the AMCs positions in this tactic than Player B, even that his CA is lower than the CA of Player B… How can it be? As I said above CA is just a total amount of points that a player has to spend on his attributes but his efficiency at the AMCs positions in this tactic depends on the way these points are allocated and it might be that the CA of Player A is allocated in much more efficient way for the AMCs positions than the CA of Player B.
I mention the CA/PA of Romelu Lukaku just to show that this guy is already formed and he won’t be changing in the future, he’ll stay “Target Man” type for the rest of his career so buying him would be spending your money in inefficient way because for that money you can get someone else that is much more suited to the tactic and will be much more efficient.
Romelu Lukaka is a great choice if you need "Target Man" type of attacker and he costs a lot of money due that because when you need “Target Man” type attacker then he is one the best options in the game but for the AMCs positions in this tactic you need a completely opposite type of player so buying him would be like throwing your transfer budget money on wind becasue you will be paying extra money for something that you don't need so you always can buy someone cheaper but more suited for the AMCs positions than Romelu Lukaka.
everything, EVERYTHING, in life has to have context. from what tff said, it seemed like no matter who you are lukaku is bad
The context looks pretty clear to me in this case…
djs1 was going to buy Romelu Lukaka and Romelu Lukaka costs crazy amount of money because he is one of the best options in the game if you are looking for a Target Man type attacker but for the AMCs positions in this tactic you need a completely opposite type of player so it means if he bought him then he would pay extra money for something that he don’t need and there are always many other options that are much cheaper and would be much efficient than Romelu Lukaka.