I too never buy any player that is not equipped with special ability. The reason being that i have noticed although a player that has a special ability is obviously better than a likewise player without that special ability, the price is the same. Having a special ability does not increase the transfer value. This i believe is crazy but true. I managed to give a 20yr old striker valued '5.3M' a 'one on one' special ability, to my amazement his value stayed the same? - I mean that player has just had an extra 50 skill points spent on him and his value did not budge. This makes me wonder how 'special' a special ability truly is?