FM 2009 editor

[lawsie]

I have never used it nor even look at player atrributes untill today.. But i was looking at a few well known players CA and PA etc and i have 2 questions.

First, if a player has a CA of 115 for example and a PA of -10... what does that mean exactly?

Secondly... why does Ronaldo (the brazillian one) have such great CA and PA (PA is top in world btw), when his stats in the game are really bad?

[Deano565]

-10 means a PA of 170-199

-9 is 150-179

with -8 being the next highest and so forth.

Ronaldo's PA may be high, but that was based on how he USED to play. Obviously at his peak he was performing at a level which justifies that PA, while his CA reflects his abilities now.

[lawsie]

but his CA is around 150 i think, i just glanced at it i might be wrong. But surely if his PA is so high then he should gain stats not lose them when training and playing?

[Blanco]

He is OLD, and is past his prime!!! Once you get past the age of thirty odd, then stats are likely to go down.

[lawsie]

Then maybe he shouldn't have that PA stat then?

[Blanco]

No... if you look at all the good old players (Rivaldo, Davids etc) they will have high PAs as well

[Deano565]

It just reflects that he used to be top class, theres countless other old players who have high PAs that they obviously wont reach because theyre declining with age.