Quote Originally Posted by Kukilon View Post
The FK ability has always been the best it seems going by what others on the forum has been writing. One should also take into account that my FK taker was a low 6 star one but in regards to offensive and mental skills he was closer to 9. Not sure anything has changed though.

def 69
att 89
men 89

SA at least how I use them is to give players an edge in positions where I want maxed skills. Defenders and attacking players like ST and AMC*. They seem more wasted on well rounded player types. Most others seem to like well rounded players more.

Only played 12 seasons though but it seems to work with me in the last two seasons since I have done the trebble twice by applying this.

I always try players out for a few games to see their ratings before I invest any effort in them and giving them an SAs. Most of the time I buy them from auction house ready or from the scout though. SAs where feet are important I always go for "either" footed ones. A right footed FK for example to me is just a waste.

In the cup SAs are a must in my opinion since I'm always up against higher level players and since SAs dont count when you are paired up by QL it's the only way for me to stand a chance. This season none of my starters were without an SA. Going by MOM awards my well rounded players have never won them "CMs" and they both have dribbling SAs but lots of players around them gets red carded for fouling them. =)
I know that is why I had 3 FK takers in my squad and no one with one on one GK because I read the forum until I played someone with that and saw how effective it was. That one on one GK single handily won me the cup. I have never seen someone saved 3 'xxx.. must score' in a match.

In terms of FK takers tho.. I had less success this season then last season. In my season one my FK SP scored enough and this season my new fk sp scored every single fk for about 5 games straight then dried up. In the cup, their best players DC with no SP kept out all my fks and corners. I literally did not score a fk for about last 1/3 of the season even tho I have 3 fk takers. Also, my corner SP taker kept playing 6 because his corners were dire and only when I took him off FK duty did he play better.

I wonder if SP goes in waves, like sometimes it works and other times don't work, or is dependant on the player?