Quote Originally Posted by khris View Post
"that some players need time to adapt before they start playing well, and some will never play well..."

I was very skeptical with the idea of the adaptation of a player... now I have 3 versions...
1-player do nothing with 5* or more, nothing will do.
2-player do, contributes in high level or acceptable, when have all star levels 4--5--6 (inclusive I had excellent players with 2* ...and will do the same
3-a player that have some attributes of 3-4* for example in attack and don't play well until these have 5* for the internal % by default...
this, is what I call a player that need maybe adapation...
and thats my viewpoint... for now after 22 seasons... LOL
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This is a player I bought at the beginning of my first season, and he was 4-star DML AML ML... but his average rating after 13 games was awful, 6.31 (2 x rating 5, 5 x rating 6, 1 goal). In next season hes 3-star and scored 11 goals in 19 games with average rating 7.26 (2 x rating 6). In 3rd season, as 2-star player he scored 22 goals in 24 matches, 8 in CL with average rating 7.63 (no rating less than 7, 4 x 9)... So there is adaptation time for some players.... Similar was with his replacement, 2-star free AML ML from youth academy. He was playing for 5 or 6 in the first half of the season and then after a pause of 3-4 games he started playing for 7 or 8. He's 1-star player this season and his average rating is 7.54 after 13 games played (last season 7.67 in 18 games)... btw, my 5-star AML is warming bench lol