I can understand what Richie72 is saying and he is right to a point. If a 6 star team takes on a 7 star player then the average star of their opponents will rise because thats what the match engine will look for , it will average out the stars in your team across the number of members which means the weaker members of your Asso will be constantly outmatched , maybe not by the whole star 20% as Richie72 claims but there will be an elevation. It is something to remember when joining/recruiting Asso squads , how much benefit/damage will there be adding a manager such as this. No doubt he is a good quality manager in a single sense , no doubt there ,but added into a mixture the results can be not as you would like.

It must be remembered as well that there are 2 types of managers and Asso outlooks in this game , those who play to the best of their ability and those that look to exploit weaknesses in the system. The second type like to minimize star rating for Asso purposes and so gain an advantage in experience against much less experienced managers. It is a successful way of gathering materials such as tokens , greens etc and so some managers do it at the expense of personal team honours in League play where they only have to finish top 8 to collect the Asso bounty.