Improved Player Rating

[Buffs Mad]

EDit: this post seems more moany than I intended, but it is moany (a bit)

Ratings Feedback 2

Unfortunately the more I see the new ratings the less useful they are as a management tool. I don't mean to be rude but the changes appear to be more about massaging the e-peen of winning managers than giving feedback on players performance to aid management. It seems that even more than before goals and assists mean high ratings and losing means lower. This should not be automatic. There should be an aspect of opportunity and expectation. But, unfortunately, the weighting of reward in the context of 'opportunity and expectation' seems even more weighted towards goals and assists than it already was. Goals win prizes but they do not necessarily reflect the quality of performance - even crap can score

My team won 3-0 in the CL - one ST scored 1 and made 2 assists, rating 10; the other scored 1 and made 1 assist rating 9. All seems OK, right?

Wrong.

The fact is my ST were involved in 3 goals (rating 9 & 10, remember) against what is in effect a 2* team.
Note: I have no problem with the result, the match the stats it's the ratings than do not reflect all of this.

Pics you shout, Buffs let's see the pics!





Detail

My attack produces:

• 26 shots. 15 are not considered on-target so thats 15 that are either stopped by the pposition before they reach the last defender/gk, hit the woodwork or miss the target;
• 11 shots on target. So thats 11 that are either stopped by the last defender, saved by the GK or result in a goal. 1 goal came from a FK so my attack scored 2 from 11....and therefore the opposition made 9 definite goal saving blocks/deflections etc. (Their GK made 4 saves.)

[EDIT: btw I'm not making assumptions on the 'quality' of shots/saves/blocks because even if its poor defending that creates the opportunities its also poor attacking that doesn't take then and its certainly not outstanding attacking which produces 2 against failing def.]

My MCs rate 8 & 9, my wingers 8 & 8, my Strikers 9 & 10...........for that performance? And the opposition manager should be happy (he watched) that his team kept the score down but where is the feedback on his team's performance against 'the Mighty Buffs'? If my team failed then low ratings are deserved for me, if my team didn't fail then higher ratings should be deserved by him.

TL;DR?

Much tweaking is required and in particular it needs, imo, to focus on weighting the rewards; strikers are expected to score/assist, they should not be given the crown jewels for popping 1 or 2 in when in fact they should be doing more.