Attributes you can't do without

For example, if a defender has less than 16 jumping (or looks like he won't make that, for a youngster) I won't even consider him.

Anyone have any equally firm attribute preferences?

pace of all my players must be at least 12, determination must be at least 13, passing skill of my midfielders has to be at least 15

Both my wingers must have pace of at least 16 and crossing of 15 at the very least or I won't even think about signing/playing them

agree there, determination and pace... gotta be high in those two, preferably both above 13.. also in gk's, as low eccentricity as possible.. i dont want another david james...

pace of all my players must be at least 12, determination must be at least 13, passing skill of my midfielders has to be at least 15

Interesting - I have no problem with one of my strikers having low pace as long as they're tall and strong, and I don't care about pace for my centre mids at all.

I can also live with 12 or 13 passing for one of my mids/my DM, depending which configuration of my formation I use.

i just thought, I'm writing this from the view that I'd be playing with a higher level team, which was a bit shortsighted. But in the BSS, I'd still have to have at least 10 jumping for a CB.

All my players must be 15+ Determination

All my players must be 15+ Determination

I tend not to take players with less than 10, but it's not a hard and fast rule for me. I also look for good teamwork and workrate where possible.

I need pace and acceleration. If they are less than 12, I will most likely keep searching. I'm in the lower leagues of Eastern Europe, so that's the only thing that I can rely on at the moment, my team is too small for any world class or even continental players.

The main ones I look out for;

Goalie - Reflexes 17+

Defender - Tackling 16+ (Heading 16+ for centre)

Midfielder - Passing 16+ (Centre Mid needs good work rate and team work of 16+. Winger needs 16+ crossing)

Striker - Finishing 16+

Pace was a key attribute for me when starting the game, but now with an almost entire squad of newgens, Pace seems a lot less important than technical ability. It's amazing how my side preferences have changed going through the transition of real players to computer generated ones.

1st stat i check is Decisions

2nd stat i check is Determination

3rd stat is Anticipation

after that i worry about positional values ...

all players must have:

pace and speed > 13

determination > 10

decisions > 12

DC: jumping + heading+tackle+marking > 15

ST: finishing > 16

AMR/AML: crossing > 15

I've played all the Fm's alot so i just have a two second look at a player and can decide whether he is any good or not. I think that i sort of pair attributes up. So if i am looking at and CB there are different variations of what i would consider (for example heading,positioning,jumping or tackling,marking,pace.)

Depends on the position really. The attribute distribution in FM08 is screwed anyway, so I don't look for specific attributes for a position. I look to see if a player can play good in any position, then re-train him to where I think he would be better suited.

Decisions is a must for me, 15 upwards. Like all my boys to be mentally tough. Cant play football for nothin though

The numbers depend on which league i'm in but...

Defenders - Marking, Heading, Tackling and Pace

Midfielders - Passing

Attackers - Finishing and Composure.

I like AM's to have good Long Shots or good passing (both would be nice)

Forwards obv Finishing and usually Pace