I've been signing players with minimum 15 pace/acc and it's amazing how well they perform despite mediocre stats elsewhere.
Take this guy, 750K from Rangers. He's fast, agile and can dribble but that's about it. Even his poor mentals didn't stop him averaging a 7.0 rating over 20 games.
Here is another very strong physical player that cost only 2.8mil. He has poor marking and position stats (by Serie A standards) which is what you'd think should be important for playing DM but he averaged a 7.05 in 31 games.
I have the highest average acceleration, pace and agility in Serie A and won the league in my first season. 3rd best crossing and dribbling across all positions but most other attributes are average or above average.
My strikers have below the league average in finishing and off the ball but they are about 3 points higher in pace/acc than the league average, highest dribbling too so I guess they're just walking the ball into the net. My midfield also has below average passing but that doesn't seem to matter, as long as they have the best pace and acceleration - 2nd highest dribbling too which helps.
So, now I sold my slower expensive players, brought in some guys who run fast for cheap as well as potential wonderkids, and still have 50mil in transfer funds with 100k leftover p/w for wages. What I take from that is you can safely ignore your scouts rating players only 2.5 stars as long as they have good physicals and can dribble.
Take this guy, 750K from Rangers. He's fast, agile and can dribble but that's about it. Even his poor mentals didn't stop him averaging a 7.0 rating over 20 games.
Here is another very strong physical player that cost only 2.8mil. He has poor marking and position stats (by Serie A standards) which is what you'd think should be important for playing DM but he averaged a 7.05 in 31 games.
I have the highest average acceleration, pace and agility in Serie A and won the league in my first season. 3rd best crossing and dribbling across all positions but most other attributes are average or above average.
My strikers have below the league average in finishing and off the ball but they are about 3 points higher in pace/acc than the league average, highest dribbling too so I guess they're just walking the ball into the net. My midfield also has below average passing but that doesn't seem to matter, as long as they have the best pace and acceleration - 2nd highest dribbling too which helps.
So, now I sold my slower expensive players, brought in some guys who run fast for cheap as well as potential wonderkids, and still have 50mil in transfer funds with 100k leftover p/w for wages.