Goalkeeper useless

[John Grant]

You seem to place a lot of emphasis on the player ratings after a match while I barely look at them. I only really look for players who are on a downward slide or those that are improving and other than that I dont notice much about the exact rating. Am I missing something in regards to the ratings , are they more important than I give them credit for ?
On a side note my best team sitting comfortably now on the top of the ladder has recently played the 3 main pretenders to the crown and convincingly won all 3. The latest was the top of the table clash against an opponent I considered to be my main threat and had me concerned. We were drawn to play a CL game the day before the League game and because I consider the League as the trophy I want most I dropped my whole team for the CL clash and sent in my reserve team. We lost that game 1-2 away( 1st Leg ) so that was encouraging. Next day I reinstated my first string team and absolutely smashed them , 4-0 at half time. 2nd half we just cruised keeping possession and benched 3 of my better players for a 4-1 end result.

[MiddleEarth]

You seem to place a lot of emphasis on the player ratings after a match while I barely look at them. I only really look for players who are on a downward slide or those that are improving and other than that I dont notice much about the exact rating. Am I missing something in regards to the ratings , are they more important than I give them credit for ?

The match ratings are just another statistical factor, nothing more. So, yes, my emphasis is on all possible facts which can have a direct influence to the predetermined result of a game. Besides, how do you know exactly which of your players are on a downwards slide if you don't take into account their ratings?

Meanwhile, the team played five matches since the last update. In between the two easy CL quarter-final matches (2-1 home and 5-2 away win), the team played 3 really strange league matches against the teams sitting in between fourth and sixth place of the table. In all three of them, the team dominated but couldn't really satisfy the managements high demands. Furthermore, also the 3 central defenders, acting as goalkeepers, seem to have the "every shot a goal" disease or they've just inherited those facts from the previous GK's... Just 3 saves out of 7 shots on target combined...

Here the details after 26 matches without a "real" goalkeeper;