Older players stats drop - currently too harsh?

retired_dellydoolittle · 02-01-2008, 12:10 AM

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Originally posted by SiDolman:
I agree this needs to be looked at, its just far too predictable. For example Fulham have just signed Litmanen at the age of 36, in football manager you would never sign anyone at that age to play in the premiership or probably even the championship.

Apart from the fact that all players seem to decline at exactly the same age, i think that their severe drop in performace could also be down to a couple of points;

Firstly that speed could be too important in the match engine.

Secondly attributes achieved by experience are not as important in match engine.

Either way i do believe in many cases, players in football manager (especially attacking) just decline too much after the age of 32. This ignores many past and present premiership players who can still perform at the highest level Giggs, Scholes, Bergkamp, Beardsley to name a few

:thup: :thup:

retired_dellydoolittle · 02-01-2008, 12:12 AM

or maybe Paulo Maldini. nobody mentioned him and he's probably greatest legend still playing.

retired_roshawnda82 · 02-01-2008, 12:16 AM

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Originally posted by NepentheZ:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by ZlatanFollower:
in all fairness, you say that they are useless by the end of the first season

we are not at the end of the first season yet, so they may well be useless

also, were these players used a lot throughout the season as, if not, this may have sped up their decline. I know that i played hyypia for about two seasons and he was fine until i stopped

That's quite a stupid comment, to be honest. Do you expent FM to predict the future of humanity? Botswana could be a world force in 2010, do you expect FM to mirror that in a world that is unknown? Lets be honest here, when a player gets to 30/31 years old, the Physical stats decline in the masses. There are a few examples where this is true to life, but there are also a few examples where its completely the opposite (Sheringham/Speed).

I never buy players over 28, and excluding the odd exception that happens once every 15 seasons, I'll never keep a player past his 32nd birthday. usually get rid of them by 30-ish. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Do you not realise that this policy does not at all represent the majority of real life football?

I do think physical stats drop off far to quickly currently.

Older players stats drop - currently too harsh?

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