Which stats actually make a difference to gameplay?
I regard speed, stamina and ball control to be by far the most important base skills for a player. aside from the occassional shooting or tackling in the camp mix, my youth train nothing but these three base skills until 7 and if unmaxed i begin to specialize them toward a position.
Ball control is too often undervalued by managers in the game and to the benefit of folk who dont. no point in having a 10 ball tackler who then maxes in 6 speed. whats the use in all that tackling too if he cant control the ball and loses it back to the striker in the box?
If a player has speed, stamina, and control then he will be an asset regardless what skills he maxes early in. tackling make him a defensive mid, if he maxes in shooting, make him an attacking mid, etc.
(youre welcome to go through my former posts in the forum section and pull my contributions. you should find lots of stuff)
