Player attributes - what do they do?
It is important for your players to have the right attributes for the role you want them to play in your team. The information below will give you an insight into how player stats/attributes worked in the old Simulator and how we want them to work now.
For example shooting - players with higher shooting skills will have a better chance to score than players with lower shooting skills. Other factors will also affect their scoring chances, including the skill of the opposing goalkeeper.
Fernando Torres would have a shooting skill of 9 or 10, but as Chelsea fans can see, that doesn't mean he will always score.
| Attribute | Old Simulator | New Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | How fast a player can walk or run. | How fast a player can walk or run. Faster players will also be able to intercept more passes if they see them in time. |
| Stamina |
How far a player can run before they are tired or exhausted. This includes goalkeepers. When players become tired or exhausted their performance will drop. |
How far a player can run before they are tired or exhausted. this includes goalkeepers. When players become tired or exhausted their performance will drop. |
| Player Intelligence | A player’s ability to make footballing decisions. | A player’s ability to make footballing decisions and to avoid making tackles that result in a card. Intelligent players will see more passes. Intelligence helps players adapt to different roles on the field. |
| Passing | A player’s ability to pass the ball along the ground to a teammate (this skill was compromised by several bugs) | A player’s ability to pass the ball along the ground to a teammate. |
| Shooting | A player’s ability to strike the ball accurately with their feet. | A player’s ability to strike the ball accurately with their feet. |
| Heading | A player’s ability to pass the ball accurately with their head. | A player’s ability to control the ball accurately with their head - either to pass, or to score a goal. |
| Keeping | A player’s ability to stop shots. | A player’s ability to stop shots and anticipate an opposing player’s actions, and therefore make better saves. |
| Ball Control/Technique | A player’s ability to control passes with their feet (this skill was compromised by several bugs) Contributes to a players shooting ability. Your goal-scoring players will benefit from higher ball control. |
A player’s ability to control passes with their feet. Your goal-scoring players will benefit from higher ball control. Contributes to a player’s ability to play football and is an important skill for all players. |
| Tackling | A player’s ability to win the ball in a 1 vs. 1 situation. | A player’s ability to win the ball in a 1 vs. 1 situation. Also contributes to their ability to apply pressure. |
| Aerial Passing (Crossing) | A player’s ability to pass the ball through the air to a teammate. | A player’s ability to pass the ball through the air to a teammate and to cross the ball towards the opposition penalty area. |
| Set Pieces | A player’s ability to take free kicks. | A player’s ability to take free kicks. |
| Experience | An indication of the amount of competitive games a player has been involved in. Experience makes a large contribution to how a player can perform in a match. |
An indication of the amount of competitive games a player has been involved in. Experience makes an important contribution to how a player can perform in a match, although the overall effect has been reduced. |
Age, experience and quality
As players grow older they will change. Most of them will improve as they train every day, to a point where they start to get old and sadly become worse again. On the other hand, with age comes experience, especially from playing important games during their career.
In football, great teams blend youth and experience; the Arsenal Invincibles of 2003/04 had a mix of players:
Lehmann 32, Lauren 25, Campbell 29, Touré 23, Cole 23, Ljungberg 27, Vieira 28, Gilberto 28, Pirès 30, Bergkamp 33, Henry 28, Reyes 20, Edu 28, Clichy 18, Bentley 19, Fàbregas 17, Parlour 30, Cygan 29, Wiltord 29.
As someone once said, ‘if you're good enough, you're old enough.’
Cesc Fàbregas won the World Cup aged 22 years. In the old Simulator, he would have had to wait until he was 32. Not every player in the world is Cesc Fàbregas or Messi, just as not all young players in ManagerZone are great. If you have good young players, perhaps you have found your own star of the future.
Don’t expect them to play well in every game as great players still take
time to mature and develop.
If you have worked hard on your training and selection policy, you will be rewarded.
