Came across this purely unwanted dichotomy a few days ago, after the signing of Adama Guédé, then-4*-now-3* (20) 29-year-old DL and DC. He wasn't exactly expensive, and as he was only level 20, not too many people in the second season would go after him. They were kind of wrong, as, even though A. Guédé's overall is 20, his Defensive skills average at 33.8, which was scout at the time, and is now Excellent (Yeah, I know, his attack and Phy+Men are really low (13.8 and 14 respectively)).
He was had to replace one of my players. Admittedly, I didn't need a defender right now, as my 3-man defence was great, "Very Good"-grade by themselves. Well, this guy's defensive skills were much better, so I replaced him with Rubén Báez, a Paraguayan, then-3*-now-2* (19) 20-year-old player. He, at 20, still has his whole life ahead of him, and, as he's been with the club ever since he was 18 back in L1/S1, I know that he is a real SP-farm. Every match is 2 SP, whether his name is in the comments or not. I thought that would mean that he would upgrade faster and faster, and I want him to upgrade faster and faster, but against A. Guédé, man, I don't know who I should put in defence.
Other Players in the defense are:
-T. Farkas (3* - 21)
-S. Cowan (4* - 28)
wat do? Guédé or Báez?