Player ratings

[JonnyFM09]

The Gold star rating system from your assistant manager does anyone not use it.

Because i really want to know if it is any good

i have been using ever since i started playing FM about 4 years ago, and i have never once thought if it works.8-|

 

[taida]

Well, I started playing Cervi (GK) in my Celtic game. Assistant gives him 1 and a half gold stars, yet he's been more consistent than Boruc

 

[KingEric]

I only use it to assess youth team player potential to see which ones are worth giving contracts to. For first team players I would just go by their individual attributes because I find that the assistant manager could give high stars to a player when his attributes wouldn't suit my formation.. eg. a full back could be highly rated by my assistant manager because he can attack well but his defensive attributes could be alot poorer than my other full backs

 

[JonnyFM09]

cheers for views

 

[boogaloochimp]

Assuming that your asst. has good stats for judging PA, it really comes down to your teams reputation in the game. Zaki, for example who did a cracking job in Europe over three or four seasons for my celtic team would not get a good rating if your playing any of the top 6 premiership teams. His consistencey and ability is still the same but once you get your team to a certain standing within the game, only the top players in the world will get the top ratings [obviously]. I think keep an eye on their key attributes and if they work for you, ignore the stars. If any scout describes them as inconsistent, i wouldn't sign them.

 

[Max]

I use it if I don't know to much about the team, say if I'm abroad in Sweden or something, but if I know the players strengths and weaknesses in real life and on the game by looking at his stats then I won't use it.

Prime example of assistant's rubbish is Theo Walcott, says he is awful, and so does his stats, but he is a class performer.

 

[Arsenal&co]

i use it when im managing teams i am not familiar with