Testing: does individual skills matter?

[LeManiaque]

https://forum.topeleven.com/top-elev...tml#post447406
https://forum.topeleven.com/top-elev...tml#post447464
^^^ details for my old attackers

They're old and will almost certainly be starters until retirement. My 3rd old player is my DR, same range about 70q and 29 years. My attackers both do as well as ever (I have a second striker about 26 and 90%, also playing like always, but he is fielded less often, better off the bench). My DR has dropped off quite a bit, 1-2 MoM per season, down from a high of 14 in one season, about 1:3 matches played; and his goal scoring has dropped enormously. However, his ratings are equal or better whoever has played DL, usually with much higher quality (currently 100 left , 68 right). Here's a shot of current and many seasons ago.



Edit: his current stats. I approve of these ratings, they used to be more 9-10, but if you've read, I've taken 1st in CL group and QF cup both with mostly favorite teams from a level up.

[LarryC]

thanks for sharing.

It seems to give credit to my intuition that the global q%/ star rating can be misleading. When grey skills fall very low, they pull the player's quality% down. While It might well be that a player is still performant if his white skills are 100% or higher, regardless of the grey skills.

(Sometimes I also check the white skills of 4* players on the TM just in case it'd be such kind of player)

[LeManiaque]

It seems to give credit to my intuition that the global q%/ star rating can be misleading.

That's part of my "mental game", I think every team is thrown off by my formation and meager attacking %. In my cup and CL matches, my +1 level opponents will see me having like 50%Q attacking... It's easy to underestimate, easy to overlook the goal scoring rate of my attackers, or that my midfield also accounts for a lot of attacking effort.

Similarly, I assume some people look at 4411 or 4141 and assume I'll play pure central attacking or low defending, respectively. I really have come to like playing an "ambiguous" formation.