Start Of The Game - Strongest Defender

Hi,How come Pablo Zabaleta is the strongest defender at Manchester City?According to my assistant,in his report at the start of the game,he is my strongest defender.

I'm starting off with Man City as well just to get the hang of things (and splash cash senselessly too!). After playing for a while, you'll notice that coach reports can change on an almost week-by-week basis. I signed Badstuber and the assistant harped on for about a month about how he was the absolute best in every single position he could play, then suddenly changed tunes and sang the praises of Lescott and De Jong instead for a week or two before switching back again.

I've noticed these can be slightly wrong, while I was with Arsenal Eduardo was ranked above van Persie but it adds something to the game. Do you trust your assistant or go with your own judgement?

The Coach reports do seem to be a bit off. One week they will say so and so is the best central defender, next week it is someone else. I sign a new goalkeeper who initially has 4 stars and is much better than my previous goalkeeper, but a few weeks in he's only the 2nd best in my squad according to the coach. Hmm.

Actual play time seems to have quite a bit of an influence on these reports. I'm now playing as Newcastle, and Tim Krul switched from the second best keeper in the squad to the best one by far over the course of five or six games. And he is really good.

They are based on the players from i guess.

If a strikers is netting 1 goal/2 gmaes he'll have about 5 stars and 'be the best'

if he is getting constant game ratings of 5, he'll drop (that's how it seems to go with me)