They are (more or less) random for a lot of players.FM attributes are pretty accurate to be fair. Sports interactive employ a vast number of scouts.
I knew managers used Championship/Football Manager. How else do you explain our transfer policy in the 90's? No way Tramezzani was watched by a scout.
Very much think it will be used as a starting point, rather than an online shopping tool. The raw data they collect might be tweaked for the game, but imagine that data set can be used in other forms.Whilst I can believe they use it as a quick reference guide for who's playing where and at what club, I don't buy for one second thus suggestion that any top flight club relies on a computer game, no matter well scouted it claims to be, to dictate transfers or junk like that.
If the scouts at SI were that good then would they not have jobs at real football clubs?
They're are sharing factual(ish) information:
"The Football Manager database will supply biographical, contractual and positional details to Prozone."
So not how good the player is at set pieces.
They're are sharing factual(ish) information:
"The Football Manager database will supply biographical, contractual and positional details to Prozone."
So not how good the player is at set pieces.
hmm, will only be useful for a few weeks then, as new contracts are drawn up outside the most high profile ones that get into the news. Also, how do SI lay hands on these contract details? Even the most reliable news sources still disagree on player contracts when they talk about them, so what's their source? I'd love to know.
I hate to be so skeptical, i love the idea of a Prem Manager playing FM, rage quitting after conceding a late one in a cup game at some non-league bog, or watching some 38 year old Skrill North part time plough horse suddenly become Messi and their £28m, 5* keeper becomes rooted to the penalty spot... or so i've heard happens *cough*
Just very hard to believe that the game info on contracts can be considered reliable, and even then, the second you hit "continue" and a week passes, half of that info is out of date.