Special Ability - Useless or useful?

[Mr Mercury]

It's hard to be certain. My defenders with SAs often get higher ratings and more MoM than the normal players, but I haven't been keeping clean sheets so does it matter? Also midfielders and strikers seem to be getting a high rate of success with free-kicks, corners and one-on-one shots, but sometimes get goals from normal play or fail to score entirely.
I feel better having a few SA players on the field, it might convince the NGE that I deserve to win more often than not, but maybe I'm just dreaming.

[dv8r]

Updated this... Could do with some more input to be honest. Could even be stickied?

[Sxrenity]

The main SA i have found amazingly useful are the Free Kick and Corner Specialist SA's, you can see how effective they are for me in my showcase.

Defensive ones such as Wall and Aerial seem to have worked for me to, as i very rarely conceeded from free kicks or corners.

[reddeviljohn]

obviously free kick but this season defensive wall and aerial defender have really helped.

[July Fourth]

This should be in the guide of guides

[Bukefal]

is it worth to spend 50 skill points to train special abillity ?

[July Fourth]

is it worth to spend 50 skill points to train special abillity ?

On a young fast trainer yes if you spend some green boosters on him to train the skill points. otherwise no.

[Bukefal]

On a young fast trainer yes if you spend some green boosters on him to train the skill points. otherwise no.

Is it 22-23 yo, young enough ? or a player should start to train special abillity at age of 18 ?

[ndre]

sticky this s***!!!!

[jklm_37]

I've only ever bought players already with a SA...

Personally id far sooner use the skill points on improving the player...

Plus ive got a high quality free kick SA that can't score from set pieces for love nor money!!!...