Newgens not developing certain technical stats

Seriously? The crossing for full backs have been an issue for as long as I can remember, so tiresome to hear that yet AGAIN its an issue... Sort it out SI, please

Been an issue for years, apparently it is impossible to solve for the developers. I don’t even know what to say at this point

The crossing issue has been the same for years. Did you notice an improvement in development respect FM23?

Could we have a save file to investigate this please? This is something we have improved over the years so to hear about the numbers is concerning.

 

I'm gonna add some of my findings in my save where I simulated until 2048 with 107 000 players loaded (originally 123 000). Every active player is now a newgen.

Centre backs
There seems to be a massive decline in the number of ball playing defender types of CBs. 
Passing, first touch and vision specifically are not developing enough for newgens. 
For some reason heading ability also seems to be very underdeveloped for newgen CBs. 
I also found a decline in marking and tackling but not as extreme as the previously mentioned attributes.

Out of 21512 natural CBs in 2023: 
4083 have 11+ passing
3096 have 11+ first touch
1994 have 11+ vision
9673 have 12+ heading

Out of 18226 natural CBs in 2048:
782 have 11+ passing
689 have 11+ first touch
761 have 11+ vision
1514 have 12+ heading

Centre mids (only actual CM players, not DM or AM)
For CMs I actually found that every single technical attribute except technique was significantly underdeveloped for newgens compared to the real players.
The mental and physical attributes however was mostly balanced with the exception of acceleration, agility and pace.

2023
Dribbling - 3109 (CMs with 12+)
Finishing  - 1191
First touch - 10616
Heading - 1161
Long shots - 4844
Marking - 2008
Passing - 10296
Tackling - 4531
Technique - 8663
Acceleration - 10990
Agility - 9675
Pace - 9793

2048 (number of CMs was 26% fewer than in 2023)
Dribbling - 569
Finishing - 230
First touch - 5912
Heading - 201
Long shots - 1148
Marking - 930
Passing - 5992
Tackling - 1323
Technique - 8906
Acceleration - 3334
Agility - 4499
Pace - 3524

Attacking mids (AML, AMC, AMR)
I do recall having a hard time finding newgen AMs with decent finishing in recent FM editions and my findings suggests that's an attribute that newgens do not develop enough.
I also found a massive decline in dribbling and concentration. 

2023
Dribbling - 11365 (AMs with 12+)
Finishing  - 5776
Concentration - 2100

2048 (number of AMs was 29% fewer than in 2023)
Dribbling - 2167
Finishing - 1339
Concentration - 272

Strikers
2023
Finishing - 11728 (STs with 12+)
Heading - 8079
Concentration - 1879

2048 (number of STs was 17% fewer than in 2023)
Finishing - 6516
Heading - 2143
Concentration - 228


I have uploaded my save game named "Beta Simulation 2048.fm"

Edited October 29, 2023 by LeoFM

@LeoFM needs to be hired as a official QA for Football Manager. The current QA just glosses over game-breaking issue for long term saves.

We'll take a look into the save, thank you. 

Any news on this??