I noticed there's actual ratings and potential ratings, are these significant? Would i look at them more so than current ability and potential ability when singing players?
As far as I know their isn't a actual rating. Where did you see that?
Maybe you mean the stars rating on scout reports? Or do you use a tool (as Genie Scout or FMRTE)?
I use FMRTE, should have said, sorry.
I'm pretty sure Genie Scout has a similar system. I'm guessing here, but I think this makes sense:
Actual Rating = how good the player is in his preferred position. This would probably be based on which attributes are important for the position he plays in.
Potential Rating = how good the player will be in his preferred position if he reaches his PA.
I'd assume that if a player can play in multiple positions, it would take the highest rating available.
If that's the case, they're definitely a more accurate measurement of how good a player is, since they would then be measuring how good the player is at their specific position rather than just how high their overall stats are.
Obviously it'd be even better to single out fewer stats that you are more interested in, since that gives even more detail. For example if you want a winger that plays in an advanced playmaker role, then you wouldn't need pace to be as important an attribute as it would be for a standard winger.
Yes they are .
Actual rating is in the present ,so simply how good is the player in his preferred position at present .
Potential rating how good the player potentially can be in a specific or preferred position .
Genie scout usually uses colour coding in this regard as well as the words ''God like player'' and '' world class player'' .If I am not mistaken ''God like'' will have a 80% or higher rating in terms of ''actual rating'' whilst world class will have below 80% but a potential of 80% plus .
In terms of actual rating and potential rating versus current and potential ability it depends what you want ?do you want success now or later and further to this do you want the player to be the best in his position in the world .A balance will need to be struck between these attributes ideally you want a player with current ability 180 and potential 181 + and a actual rating of 80% in his position that would in all likelihood make him a ''God like player" very few out there .
best to use the genie's advise as a guide and see colour coding in terms of position against ability .
Hope that makes sense ..lol .
