Ricardo Kaka\' Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 How is Ibra not a top 5 forward? I said that based on ability alone (technical and physical) he is the best in the world. His mentality is what brings him down. The point of having hidden stats and mental stats is to allow players to have technical stats that fairly represent them without being overrated. Ibra's technical stats should not change, his mental stats and hidden mental stats should be lowered to better represent him as a player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny10 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Sone Aluko needs improving Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Marek Hamsik has only been mentioned once? blasphemy. he is going to be incredible on 09. expect his already excellent PA to be even higher and more CA to start off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benji!!!!! Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Michael Kightly and Matt jarvis-both are average players on FM considering their quality in real life. Kites is high CCC to loe EPL, and jarvis is average championship. They are easily the best two wingers in the league, and have so far ripped defences apart. SEB needs a lift too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
megafan2005 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Sone Aluko needs improving his speed and dribbling needs to be upped (Y) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flosi Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 nemeth from liverpool should get better than he currently gets imo. And Pacheco and Plessis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawKam Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 I've heard lately that there's a 15year old kid called Zele Ismail from Wolves who rumored to be attracting Chelsea for 2million. He's Macedonia-born English i presume. link: http://www.tribalfootball.com/?q=node/200674 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky_07 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Possebon Rafael Fabio All from Man Utd they are going to be good players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP_Doosra Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Zele Ismail should be good according to the hype but is he old enough to be in the game? Also there's a Brazilian who Inter are interested in by the name of Raul who should be quality as well as Coutinho. As mentioned before hopefully some of the Aussies will be improved such as Djite, Nathan Burns, Milligan, James Holland, Kruse, Zullo, Kantarovski, Rukavytsya, Chris Payne and Spiranovic. May as well give PA and CA boosts to G.Barry, A.Young, G.Agbonlahor, J.Milner, C.Cuellar and C.Gardner as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawKam Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Zele Ismail should be good according to the hype but is he old enough to be in the game? Yes he should be old enough. I think John Bostock is 15 at the start of FM08. -9 or -10? =] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
4GIVME Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 the whole braga team should be atleast -9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstom Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Is it Wilshere for Arsenal? I saw him play in the Ajax Tournament and he looked a great prospect. Also saw him play the week before in the Emirates Cup and he played Nedved off the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzing_hornet Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Walcott should be much better now. Both in his current and potential ability. Based on an excellent showing against Croatia and a handful of decent showings from Arsenal i assume ? A predictably over-hyped reaction. Kerlon Some fancy tricks doesn't make you a promising player, especially when you've not exactly lighted up either league competition in Brazil, his name has been doing the round for a while now and if he was truely that good then he'd have made the move to Europe by now. <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Kerlon </div></BLOCKQUOTE>He will not have improved, he has been plagued by injury over the last few seasons and he hasn't developed as well as his former U17 national team mates the likes of Anderson of Man Utd. I would expect Kerlon to be abit worse on the new FM, as at the moment he doesn't seem the player that his potential has suggested. He has hardly shone at Cruzerio over the last few years. Exactly. Man Utd twins Fabio and Rafael should be better this time around me thinks. Based on..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowSimao Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Urretavizcaya from Benfica, very talented 18 year old striker/winger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesberner Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Anthony annan and Steve Mandanda Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesberner Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Rafeal and Fabio , Possebon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanArmy Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I totally agree with most of whats above guys good work! but a few that have gone a miss (or maybe i've missed them) James McCarthy (Hamilton) - Seen Him A Few Times....Most Of The Times He Is Clearly A League A Head Of Him Self Steve Fletcher (Hibs) - If Real Madrid Are Sniffing About Then You Have Gotta Be Doin Something Right! John Fleck (Rangers) Im A Celtic Man and If He Isn't In The Premiership By The Time He Is 20 there Is Somethin majorly Wrong. Matej Rapnik & Eggert Jonsson (Hearts) The Two Of Them Are ones To Watch, tear up reserve games for fun. Kevin Mcdonald (Dundee) - The Next Roy Keane Imo Leigh Griffiths (Livingston) - Livi Have A Habit Of Producing Good Young Strikers (Snodgrass Now at Leeds and Dorrans WBA) This One Is 10 times the 2 of them. Christophe Berra (Hearts) Solid as a wall and surprised he aint a prem/top championship player Simon Ferry (Celtic) Never gonna get a game for us no matter how good he is, Better off moving to championship to further his career Gary Glen (Hearts) Doesnt Miss in My current FM just needs games at hearts ust now David clarkson (Motherwell) Great wee striker think he need to move like ross mccormack. will be better with a quality striker alongside him Craig gordon (The Evil Lot Sunderland) The BEST Brtish Keeper By A Long Shot, Natural Shot Stopper and Awesome Reflexs For a 6ft 3+ Guy. Alan 'I have Always got different minging blonde on my arm' Mcgregor (Rangers) come a long way since being a ned, top quality keeper. will make prem someday. Alan Hutton (Spurs) The scottish cafu...Better imo. give him til the end of next season and you'll have europes top lot after him. These Are Some Of The Good Scottish Talents Around. I Advise You Guys To Check Them Out!!! Well Worth It!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigman1985 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 gordon is not the best brittish keeper i think joe hart will become better and id pick calamity james and green over him now, carson too hes a good shot stopper but is still error prone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaf_Fan_85 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Davide Petrucci - The 16 year old poached by Man U from Roma will probably start out with a -7 or so, but has been called by the Italy U16 coach the best kid he's ever seen for the Azzurrini. Sebastian Giovinco may also see his stock rise some more after Italy's excellent performance at the Toulane tournament, although he seemed spent for the Olympics. Paolo De Ceglie should also see an increase in PA and CA. He's doing well at JUve, and could be a very solid wing back for the Azzurri. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanArmy Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 im meaning in terms of natural ability, how often (this is prob better directed at scots btw) does gordon make a mistake? or even that pull off a wonder save. if gordon was english he would be 1st choice anyway. joe hart is a good keeper but still needs more games and james is a good keeper too but he is old school bear in mind sunderland are a bottom half team and pompey and man city are top half. better team = better defence. he was linked with man u and arsenal before he went to sunderland, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marconegri Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 The youth set-up and potential of about 6 young players from Hamilton Accies should be upgraded or re-visited. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileylad Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 It's just a waste of time, I'm just a bit snipey about grammar etc. though so ignore me. If you're snipey about grammar, then 'though' should have had a capital T after the full stop. People in glass houses... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-lewis-16- Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 mate it wasn't the end of a sentence, it was just to save him from writing etcetera. In which a full stop is used to show the condensed word. (wow had to check my punctuation and spelling a few times there, just to save myself from embarrassment and ridicule) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Macauley Chrisanthus - Currently at HamburgFranco Di Santo - He's at Chelsea now isn't he? Jovetic - Young Serbian striker at Partizan. Linked to Utd and is reasonably well known already. Pique - Apparently rated highly by everyone but Utd. (I'm listing him because I reckon he will improve more, which is unexpected) Manucho- Needs a boost in stats tbh. Sadick Adams - I reckon he will become a stand out must buy next year. I expect they'll dig up a few new gems, correct or not, for us to devour as well Jovetic is at Fiorentina Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileylad Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 mate it wasn't the end of a sentence, it was just to save him from writing etcetera. In which a full stop is used to show the condensed word.(wow had to check my punctuation and spelling a few times there, just to save myself from embarrassment and ridicule) Perhaps you meant: Mate, it wasn't the end of a sentence; it was just to save him from writing et cetera, in which a full stop is used to show the condensed word. You really side-stepped that 'embarrassment and ridicule' landmine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Some fancy tricks doesn't make you a promising player, especially when you've not exactly lighted up either league competition in Brazil, his name has been doing the round for a while now and if he was truely that good then he'd have made the move to Europe by now. He has just moved to Chievo, but Cruzeiro didn't want him anymore as he was always injured and never did anything to deserve a place at their first team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefc22 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Marko Marin - excellent on 08 - Should be incredible on 09 apparently Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
killface Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Benzema - Dunno if you can call him a prospect really now, but I think/hope he will be amazing in the next FM.Theres a few belguim guys who should improve also, I can't remember there name of the top of my head tho ops! Lol. Theres also some young french people who should improve in next years FM, Lorc Remy should improve aswell I hope after his fairly successful loan spell. Aquilani also deserves a pretty big boost Aquilani is a 180 PA and Benzema is a 185. They will not get a boost. Their stats look low due to having two good feet, but trust me both outplay their stats by long ways. Same goes for Nasi, Ben Arfa, Jesus Navas, Cristiano Ronaldo, etc. Look at CA, not stats for attacking players especially, because having two good feet makes a huge difference. You were correct about Belgium, Steven Defour needs a boost and so does Axel Witsel. Marin's goal last month for Germany was awesome. He deserves and upgrade and Toni Kroos should get a slight down grade maybe a 175-180 set PA. With Marin going up to -10 or 180ish set. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianQuinn Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 The guy above talking about improving allan mcgregor lol , he cant even get a game for scotland anyway Paul Caddis and Cillian Sheridan need to be improved a bit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigman1985 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 charles renken....aparently hes a good young player, an african who lives in america and is 14 i guess he wont make this game though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proto Tarkula Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Aleksandar Tonev from CSKA(Sofia) needs improving. He's great irl and despite he's 18 years old, he is first team regular. Maybe 150-160 PA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawKam Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Question, has anybody seen Asmir Begovic play? Is he actually good because in the 8.0.2 patch, he's got a PA of 178, just wondering if he's a hot prospect or not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaf_Fan_85 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I watched him play for Canada at the U20 World CUp Last year. A PA of 178 is WAY Too high. Despite his size, he flaps for crosses, and isn't that great of a shot stopper IMO. He can barely out jump his defenders on the national team, and having worked and spoken with some of his Canadian coaches in the past, they say that the only reason he's anywhere is because of his height. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeekoHFC Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Steven Fletcher of Hibs, should have a -9 PA, Real Madrid were also interested last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
croaker Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Alexis Sanchez his manager wouldnt play him after they had won the league because people were out to hurt him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttaammiiss Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I totally agree with most of whats above guys good work!but a few that have gone a miss (or maybe i've missed them) James McCarthy (Hamilton) - Seen Him A Few Times....Most Of The Times He Is Clearly A League A Head Of Him Self Steve Fletcher (Hibs) - If Real Madrid Are Sniffing About Then You Have Gotta Be Doin Something Right! John Fleck (Rangers) Im A Celtic Man and If He Isn't In The Premiership By The Time He Is 20 there Is Somethin majorly Wrong. Matej Rapnik & Eggert Jonsson (Hearts) The Two Of Them Are ones To Watch, tear up reserve games for fun. Kevin Mcdonald (Dundee) - The Next Roy Keane Imo Leigh Griffiths (Livingston) - Livi Have A Habit Of Producing Good Young Strikers (Snodgrass Now at Leeds and Dorrans WBA) This One Is 10 times the 2 of them. Christophe Berra (Hearts) Solid as a wall and surprised he aint a prem/top championship player Simon Ferry (Celtic) Never gonna get a game for us no matter how good he is, Better off moving to championship to further his career Gary Glen (Hearts) Doesnt Miss in My current FM just needs games at hearts ust now David clarkson (Motherwell) Great wee striker think he need to move like ross mccormack. will be better with a quality striker alongside him Craig gordon (The Evil Lot Sunderland) The BEST Brtish Keeper By A Long Shot, Natural Shot Stopper and Awesome Reflexs For a 6ft 3+ Guy. Alan 'I have Always got different minging blonde on my arm' Mcgregor (Rangers) come a long way since being a ned, top quality keeper. will make prem someday. Alan Hutton (Spurs) The scottish cafu...Better imo. give him til the end of next season and you'll have europes top lot after him. These Are Some Of The Good Scottish Talents Around. I Advise You Guys To Check Them Out!!! Well Worth It!! kevin mcdonald is a burnley now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benji!!!!! Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Matt Murray needs a boost. When fit and in form, he'd be englands goalkeeper. But because he doesnt play in the prem and is injured a fair bit it wont ever happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHARLIERODD Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Felipinho... not in this FM but tipped by pato as the next pato in FFT so hopefully he's in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 tipped by pato? the teenager with his vast footballing knowledge? i doubt it.. sam vokes ,darcy blake and the other welsh under 21's might warrent a raise though... they've done well... and clearly the youth cup winning man city youngsters need a boost... kieran gibbs and g.hoyte also... and the rest of the arsenal youth will be even better this year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexta200 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Quote: Originally Posted by adamj11 View Post Kerlon Some fancy tricks doesn't make you a promising player, especially when you've not exactly lighted up either league competition in Brazil, his name has been doing the round for a while now and if he was truely that good then he'd have made the move to Europe by now. hes made the move to chievo mate he will be better on 09 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lufc_4_eva Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Fabian Delph class class and more class this lad will be huge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsk360 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 janczyk and roger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ask0t Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Walcott without a dought, Hulk and candeias of FCPorto Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGLiverpool Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 i think david amoo was -7 last year in PA, perhaps the push to -8 there should be -7.5 for example PA's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagine Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Mario Balotelli Wonder if he will be better. seems quite good on FM08 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenal_2111 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I haven't really heard of Balotelli IRL, so can't comment. But I don't think he'll improve much TBH. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopsy101 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 balotelli was a sub/firstteamer at the end of last season for inter. was reknowned for pace and power. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenal_2111 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Oh right, didn't know he did well. Who would you compare him with? Drogba sorta player? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopsy101 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 not really no. more pace than he has power to be honest. he reminds me completely of babel now that i think about it, except younger! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenal_2111 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Thats a weird player to be compared to... But I look forward to seeing him IRL and on FM in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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