Snoweel

I've noticed that my central midfielders (2 x MC and 1 x DM in a 4-3-3) rarely score above 7 and often score a 6 - even when we win. At the end of the season, where most of my players season averages are over 7, my MC's and DM's hover between 6.5 and 7. Every now and then a superstar central midfielder might rate a measly 7.10 after his career-best season.

This has happened in a bunch of diferent teams with hundreds of different players and it's a consistent fact. The players all have comparable star ratings to the rest of the team but for some reason the blokes in the middle just don't rate as highly as the strikers, centrebacks, keepers and wide players.

Is it my tactics or has anyone else noticed this with their own tactics?

Note - my tactic is pretty good and I win a lot of games. Like I said it's a 4-3-3 focusing play through the middle (ie. DM and MC's touch the ball a lot). I don't think it's my tactic causing this anomaly so I'm interested to know if anyone else finds their central midfielders getting lower scores than all the other players.

And if so I guess it's a bug.

Amaroq

Its been mentioned pretty frequently; I expect it will get a subtle tweak in the next patch. DM's especially seem to get the short end of the stick.

mufc12345

im using a dm in my man united game ive gone unbeaten so far in the prem for 23 games. My dm player ratings are always rubbish even through he seems to have more passes tackles. Ive tried the playmaker tip someone mentioned and yeah he gets more of the ball but still on average only manages a 7.

Bluenose_92

My DM's

(Lucas and Fernando)

are Averageing

Fernando 6.91

Lucas 7.09

Only Hibbert and Saivet (Hibbert is 3rd Choice for me) and I've only recently signed Saivet are lower

mufc12345

the ratings for DM trick me into thinking they are wasted so i used to go back to 4 - 4 - 2 and then i would struggle to get a result.

Snoweel

So it's not just me then.

Thanks fellas.

fatboyjohnmulhern

2007: mc/dmc would get 7.5 to 8's for me, even rubbish youngsters whihc made their value soar
2008: a midfield player will never impress with best of 7.20!

bcm

MC's and DM's commit far to many fouls and they get too many cards, that's why they get lower ratings and that a match engine issue. Hopfully SI will fix it in the next patch.

mufc12345

i just feel if your team keeps a clean sheet your DM's rating should be taken into account, i dont seem to have much of a problem with cards though

bcm

I am halfway into the first season and my 4 MC's each has had 2 bans!