Abilities explained

I dont get the PA and CA, i just looked at my teams abilities in the data editor, a player has a CA of 99 and PA of -8, is this good or bad, what the best PA you can get and same with CA

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Please do not name players, especially with CAs and PAs in this forum. You can do so in the Good Players & Team Guide, but not here. I have edited your post accordingly.

Sorry i posted in wrong section, thanks

No you posted in the right section for your question, but included some information that a lot of people don't like to see.

With regards to CA and PA, they are both out of 200. A PA of -8 means he has the potential to be quite handy in the future.

The pa's are in brackets;

-10 = 180 - 200 pa

-9 = 170 - 180 pa

-8 = 150 - 170 pa

Basically it's a scale from 0 - 200, 200 being the best. Now CA is current ability, so that is how good a player is at present, so in you example the player has a CA of 99 which makes him pretty average (League 1/2 standard I believe).

PA or Potential Ability is how good a player can become if they get the best training, team facitiliies etc. The majority of players never quite reach their potential ability as training etc is rarely perfect.

In your example the player has a PA of -8 which means a random number will be created each time you start a new game.

-8 = PA between 130 and 160 (I think)

-9 = PA between 150 and 180

-10 = PA between 170 and 190

EDIT: I'm not entirely sure of those ranges Cpa might probably be more correct then me

Actually theyre like this:

-10 = 170-199 (common misconception that players can actually get 200, ive never ever seen one)

-9 = 150-179

-8 = 130-159