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There are also cases where the listed height/weights may be from when players are teenagers etc. Which aren't very useful - for older players.

On the point about Rooney @ChrisNUFC, if he worked hard to stay fit - that fits the definition of the attribute. It's how well a player stays fit during injuries and when they don't train - and for "train" I'd say that is in-game training, not what happens "off camera", as it were. It doesn't really matter if Player A has to "work" at it each day or if Player B rocks up at pre-season training in shape without much effort - it may serve the same purpose game-wise. Re: Aarons as one of the players with 30+ "growth", he may have that high a PA, but given his age, the most he will likely reach is in the 140s anyway. The fixed PA will have been set from where he was at 21, and in all likelihood, he hasn't continued to develop at the original rate. Same with Lamptey as well. His CA is underpinned by some of his physical attributes, like acceleration. So even if he were to improve in mental areas of his game, it's unlikely he would also maintain that acceleration into his mid-to-late 20s anyway.

Thanks. Todorov isn't an U18 coach. He's the lead coach for the U16s, so he wouldn't be included in the game.

Thanks for this.

Which game mode are you playing? It isn't part of his current contract on the db, but if you start on "your world" it'll be his old contract still.

I'm not sure the table proves all that much - as I don't really care for assists as a stat. But I guess the question is of the 20+ sims, how many is he starting 25+ matches? Otherwise, it's hard to draw any conclusions from it. Newcastle may have a better team than the Leicester of last season, but that may also mean the goals are distributed across more players.

Isn't it entirely subjective, as Barnes likely overperformed last season + took a very high volume of shots? We don't really have the evidence to suggest that he will replicate that this season. If you look at the more advanced numbers, his xGOT was 9.8 last season - so it's possible he benefited from subpar goalkeeping on average. Also, tactically we don't know how the AI is using him at Newcastle and he's clearly in rotational use. He's getting 40% as his SOT % as well - which would suggest he's still a reasonable finisher.

Thank you for all this - I'm going to be taking a look back at the Palace passing in relation to the numbers, so this is all very useful. Even if it's in relation to Spurs. I'll DM if I have any questions if that's okay?

Sorry for the late reply on this one - mix up on my part. Thanks for flagging, as part of the overhaul we'd missed the transfer budget - for the release it has been raised to 15m. At least in the logic we'd followed was that whilst there was a large "fund" that was potentially avaiable at the end of the summer window, that would have to come from outside funding based on the state of the last accounts and overall overheads for this season. Gallagher being a "special" player, he would have warranted exceeding the general amount - i.e. a board request. Also in terms of FFP etc he would have been a low-risk gamble over a five-year contract, due to his ability and there is a likely prospect of selling one of Guehi/Eze/Olise to get funds back into the club within 12 months. So hopefully as part of the game mechanics 15m is a better starting point, knowing that there are high-wage players the club would likely need to offload be it in the "first window" or after the 22/23 season. I believe that the finance arrangement for AWB and the loan taken out in Dec '21 are all up to date. Any other feedback welcome, it was quite a large overhaul this summer, esp. with backroom staff. So there are potential gaps! Will aim to fix for Jan.

I can't speak for how players at other clubs are rated - but 17 dribbling for Zaha is still very high compared to the PL and the rest of the "top" leagues in Europe. Re: flair, he's still pretty high up there. I wouldn't say he's as much of a flair player as he was 5 or 6 years ago where he continually went after full backs.