Newgen preferred squad numbers;

You know when you're selecting your squad numbers for the season, anyone ever seen a newgen with a preferred one? Me personally, never.

So is it just a pointless feature as the game gets further in?

Never seen them either, but I tend to give a player a squad number for life and have seen the odd occasion of players leaving my club and having the same number at his new club, even though it was never listed as a preferred number whilst with me.

I do that too. So, wouldn't it be better if they developed the number we chose for them as their preference? Otherwise it remains pointless?

do preferred numbers actually do anything in the game?

i have 5 players who want to wear the #10 in my team

To me it seems a pointless feature as it does nothing.

In fact, squad numbers doing nothing either, even though the news item that now comes up is IMHO a nice touch.

I /think/ the AI will give people their favoured squad number if there's no reason not to, though.