How to deal with form problems?

[Zabanya]

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?

[jklm_37]

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....

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

[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.

[jklm_37]

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.

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

[Mr Mercury]

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.

[jklm_37]

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.

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!...

[atimforlife]

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

[Blitzwing013]

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?

[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.

[jklm_37]

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.

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