Quote Originally Posted by dave1311 View Post
The game decides who will win and tactics make only a small difference. In fact it has been noted by many that the result is often worked out as early as the 75th minute.
It has been said in another thread that the result is predetermined 3 minutes before the game starts, which would be even sadder. If that is true, then your point about evenly matched league making results random is well made.

As far as a player going from 9 to 6, this is an everyday occurrence for me and I don't blame the game for it, but I have not figured out whom yet. I still don't know
a) how past ratings predicts performance in the next game
b) whether the rating affects the outcome of the game or other way around

Until I understand this better, I cannot get angrier or more concerned about inconsistent ratings than I am, which is not a lot.