Star player losing form

[khris]

Just all of a sudden. I added a new right back early in the season. The rest are the same player from last season. Just did couple of friendlies. 1st match nothing. 2nd friendly game I change his position to AML (his playing position AMR/AMC/AML), he scored 2 with rating 9.5. Is there any logic that player with multiple position must be rotated at some point?

train hard, play smart

No, usually those who have multiple positions, perform better in a specific one, cause this depend of the other players, and the own game I guess that assign a position inside your team, that you need to cover with a contributive player to see your team playing fluidly and, that particular player, scoring from there.

many managers have like...2-3 positions that perform at highest level, and many times when you have, a AML, and a AMC as key players + for example, a DL+MC that tend to score 50% matches, then the STs and, the AMR can't catch the performance of these....

Then people comes here complaining cause, my ST dont score, but, usually they have 3-4 players that are doing the job in terms of providing goals/assists.
Is a matter of space, and limited contribution roles, basically.

[dave1311]

For curiosity, did this happened after a new player signing? or you still having same team and this was all of sudden?

This very scenario has happened to me. I bought a new GK from Scout list and suddenly my 8* AML cannot score (last 3 matches) yet he was hitting 1-2 per game prior to GK signing. Suddenly his ratings dropped too. Now he is only getting 8 ratings and not 9 or 10 as before.

[Tactician]

This very scenario has happened to me. I bought a new GK from Scout list and suddenly my 8* AML cannot score (last 3 matches) yet he was hitting 1-2 per game prior to GK signing. Suddenly his ratings dropped too. Now he is only getting 8 ratings and not 9 or 10 as before.

This is quit some ****, isn't it? You bought a GK from scout list to improve your team and suddenly it is your AML that takes the beating when there should be no relation between the two. Put your GK to take free kicks and corners; maybe he will assist and also score a lot.

[nikolgiorgos]

I would keep using him (unless you have another same quality player) but not use him for f-k and penalties.

[Tactician]

I would keep using him (unless you have another same quality player) but not use him for f-k and penalties.

Yeah, better change instead of sticking and persisting with a proven old performer, but still keep him if he has potential to keep up with the quality as the team gets promoted, unless he proved that he is no longer good and is not a matter of form.