CA/PA and stats

Ok heres something I am hoping someone on here can explain. If I use two players for this example.

You have a striker who has a CA of 120 and finishing stat of say 14. The other has a CA of 100 but has a finishing stat of say 18. Is it the player with the higher CA of 120 a better striker (in general) to the player who has CA of 100, although this guy has a higher finishing stat?

I always thought the higher the CA the better...so another example is if a striker of CA 96 has a finishing of 16 and a striker has CA of 130 but finishing of say 8...the one with CA of 130 is still a better striker?

Am i right..or am I wrong here?

The player with the higher CA is only the better all round player. For example Emile Heskey has a higher CA than other Premier League strikers, but his attributes mean other players are better goalscorers. CA isn't used by the match engine, attributes are, but CA decides how high attributes can be.

Also remember hidden attributes come into it, so a player could have a high CA, a good balance of attributes for his position and role in the team, but low consistency, pressure etc mean he doesn't perform to that level very often.

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It will depend on his other stats as well - eg positioning.

If you have a finishing of 20 and a positioning of 1 it means when he gets lucky and happens to be in the right place at the right time he will most likely score.

However a player with finishing 10 and positioning 10 will probably score more goals because he at least has a chance of being in the right place at the right time, and although hes not as natural a finisher - he will still score some of them.

It depends on the vital stats for the position CA is just a general guideline of how good their stats are i thought, so a player with 18 marking and tackling was a defender, then if they were a striker they would have the same CA?

You could have a player with 140 CA with all the right stats to be a striker that plays in defence and they would be terrible, as far as i thought CA is a general overview of stats, not positional specific, positional stats are up to you to decide if they are good or not.

A higher CA will mean that the player is better all round, but the other player may be better at a specific role due to the distribution of his ability. So, a player with low CA, but high stats in finishing, composure, pace and off the ball is a better poacher than a player with a higher PA, but lower stats in these attributes. But the player with higher CA will have better all round stats.

You should just look at the individual stats IMO, and this is why coach reports are often wildly innacurate (or have been in the past, they may be better now).

One example I always thought of from a few years back was Tim Borowski. He had a high CA, but his attributes were spread. So he was an excellent all round player, but not so good in a specialist role. His stats from that edition would be perfect for a box to box midfielder now, though

CA isn't used by the match engine, attributes are, but CA decides how high attributes can be.

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Oh ok...thats interesting. Is there a guide on how high the attributes can be for a certain CA level? i.e how high can the attributes go for say a CA of 100, how high for a CA of 120 etc.. etc..

thanks for clearing this up....

I don't really think so...

A player may have 20 for one stat, and all the others under 10. Very unlikely, but possible, I think.

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It will depend on his other stats as well - eg positioning.

If you have a finishing of 20 and a positioning of 1 it means when he gets lucky and happens to be in the right place at the right time he will most likely score.

However a player with finishing 10 and positioning 10 will probably score more goals because he at least has a chance of being in the right place at the right time, and although hes not as natural a finisher - he will still score some of them.

Positioning is actually a defensive attribute. You're talking about off the ball, anticipation would also come into. And obviously composure is important as well.

Positioning is actually a defensive attribute. You're talking about off the ball, anticipation would also come into. And obviously composure is important as well.

Ah good point!