Understanding scouting reports

[dejarik]

Hello everyone!

I'm struggling to understand which parts of the scouting report I should pay more attention to when it comes to player potential - especially stars vs. the actual words.

Potential ability is found three places - in the "Potential Ability" stars, in the words of the Recommendation and (sometimes) in the Observations.

Look at this report:

If he has the potential to be a Premier League player, does that mean that his actual "stars" are more like 3,5 than 2,5?

Compare to this one:

This player also "has the potential to be a Premier Player in the future".

Same here, but it's a "decent Premier League player".

 

Also - what does "could improve a lot" mean?

 

For players with a high current ability, it seems that potential ability isn't mentioned in the summary. Examples:

 

With regards to my own players - do you know what the logic is between these examples? Do you know what the words correspond to in actual PA?

Currently operating at an Championship level - Potential to be a PL (Premier League) right winger in the future (CA 3 stars, PA 4,5 stars inc. one black star)

Good player for most Championship sides - Potential to be a good PL player in the future (CA 2,5 stars, PA 3,5 stars)

Currently operating at a PL level - Could improve a lot in the future

Currently operating at a PL level - Could improve by a slight amount in the future (CA 3.5 stars, PA 4.5 stars inc. one black star)

Decent player for most PL sides - Potential to be a good PL striker in the future (CA 3 stars, PA 3,5 stars)