How to deal with form problems?

So, at level 2 i have not a bad midfield among non-tokens...3 near 4-star MC plus a 5 star MC and the sort on day 2. And a couple of days ago a 3 star korean turned up in free transfer. hes worth 680k then so hes a fast trainer at age 20 (all my midfielders are ~20) and i sniped at him.... won at 7 rounds

SO, problem is he kept getting 5 rating.... which is very low compared to my other midfielders. And just this league match he earned a red card just at 30 min (yellow at 5 min) which led me to believe that i needed to improve his form or sell him. And incidentially one of my other midfielders is also injured... so i needed him to get his form back real quick becoz im in 3 leagues and i only have 3 midfielders to do the job (excluding ml and mr)… i know im being a noob here but this isuue is really nagging at me... Could anyone help?

I use form as a part of my guide to selecting the first 11 ill be putting out...

Normally they range from a 6 to an 8 or even 9...it's rarely that they go as low as a 5...if they did id bench them and hope that helps...

Im also a relative noob but i would say that your form problem is player based for some reason...

I can't think why tho:confused:....

Perhaps he's just a computer (nordeous) generated LAZY/BAD player :p??...

This may sound stupid, but I may have an idea that works. I once had a 5* striker who just could not score and kept getting low ratings. His lower quality strike partner was far better. After 9 goalless games, I was going to bench him, but his partner got injured, so he had to play. I put him alongside my 3rd choice striker, but he was still playing bad, until I swapped them round. He had always played as the left side striker. As soon as I put him in the right hand side of the pair, he just went mad. He got 10 goals in four games and received 3 man of the match awards.

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Originally Posted by Raykco

This may sound stupid, but I may have an idea that works. I once had a 5* striker who just could not score and kept getting low ratings. His lower quality strike partner was far better. After 9 goalless games, I was going to bench him, but his partner got injured, so he had to play. I put him alongside my 3rd choice striker, but he was still playing bad, until I swapped them round. He had always played as the left side striker. As soon as I put him in the right hand side of the pair, he just went mad. He got 10 goals in four games and received 3 man of the match awards.

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Ahhhhhhh...that makes total sense & sounds like a good idea to try out :)...

That's an interesting idea. Might be worth trying with players who can play in more than one slot (i.e. strikers who could play in any of the three striker positions, not multi-position players like DML/ML) to see if it affects their performance.

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Originally Posted by Raykco

This may sound stupid, but I may have an idea that works. I once had a 5* striker who just could not score and kept getting low ratings. His lower quality strike partner was far better. After 9 goalless games, I was going to bench him, but his partner got injured, so he had to play. I put him alongside my 3rd choice striker, but he was still playing bad, until I swapped them round. He had always played as the left side striker. As soon as I put him in the right hand side of the pair, he just went mad. He got 10 goals in four games and received 3 man of the match awards.

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I tried your idea in my two matches today & to my surprise it produced a form increase on every player id applied it to (all CD's, MD's & ST's (6 players)) :)...

Ty!...

my bad form problem is with my goalkeeper, where else do you suggest i try him?.....midfield? :D

Same problem here...

One of my best players in stars,but one of the worst in form...
At least 2 mistakes were goals; What I don't understand...in one game he wasn't bad according to the gameplay. Stopped 2 free kicks,and no weird things,but still a 5..
Should I sell him and let someone else get headaches or just bench him,power train him and let him play in friendlies?

Offering a new contract worked for me on my goalkeeper who had 5 rating and went to 7 and fine after that. You can recontract if he has less then 3 years still on your team.
! I only have done it 1 time and it could also be just luck, but if you got money to spare its worth a shot.
If you try it please post the result :P.

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Originally Posted by Moresuperpro

Offering a new contract worked for me on my goalkeeper who had 5 rating and went to 7 and fine after that. You can recontract if he has less then 3 years still on your team.
! I only have done it 1 time and it could also be just luck, but if you got money to spare its worth a shot.
If you try it please post the result :P.

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An interesting idea...if i try it ill be sure to let you know...

Same here my goal keeper is a 5 star with 24 quality ...he gets a rating of 5 or six every game ... With full morale and condition ...opponents score filed goals from 25 / 30 yards with 3 star.... I have tried man marking so as not to give opponents time and space to take their shots ..still happens also my defenders are 3 and 4 stars with 19 to 22 quality they have ratings. Of 7 to 9 ...so it's not my team formation or orders that is mucking around with my "star" players form ....I will try renewing his contract and also play him out of position a defender or something to kick start a "glitch" probably ... Will let u guys know how it works ...and if anyone else has suggestions I'm open coz this guy is 0.2 points away from being a 5 star 25 quality 25 year old goal keeper and I don't want to sell him :cool:

Damn he has a 3 year contract !!! Cannot renew it ..I'm hoping once he gets his .02 points he will improve

Ah fyi my korean player got better. Progressed from a few matches of 5 to 6~7 and sometimes now he gets 8~9. I say play the bad form players in practice matches or alongside a good player so that he doesnt matter much and gives him some practice.

Some players are just little brats that never are happy, I think they are some that only happy starting, some bench, etc. But some just need to get sold to another team, maybe they like it better there.

Little question: has someone ever achieved a rating of 10? my best was always 9..

Never got rating of 10 with any of my player
The max is 9 I think

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Originally Posted by Splatter95

Little question: has someone ever achieved a rating of 10? my best was always 9..

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My best was 9 too