right i dont know if im the only one in saying this, but surely every players potential is 200? because any player has the ability to become world class. take aguero for example, he stays at atletico, and his PA should stay about where his CA is, but if he moves to chelsea, he could well become the greatest player.
plus all the other players in FM who have a PA of -10 or -9 who play for rubbish argentinian (or wherever) sides wont have as much chance of reaching that potential as much as someone who has -7 in the game who plays for chelsea. in real life, the player with -7 would more likely have a higher potential than the bloke from argentina (for example).
sorry im not very good at explaining this, but i hope someone can see my point. basically, you cant decide a players potential, because you never know how good theyre going to be.
the best example i can come up with is that Ben who won Footballs next star! he played for welling united, and if he was on fm, his potential would have probs been -5 for a guess, but now, itl probs be -8 because hes at inter, if you understand?
EDIT: Had a rethink, basically, the PA is like a barrier, the player can get better than this potential, so when i brough Romelu Lukaku to Chelsea, he was still going to be an average player, whereas in real life his potential would have shot up. what does everyone else think?