Can AMC win ballon d’or

[mc22]

This may be a silly question, but what does it generally take for a player to win ballon d’or, and does the game let AMC perform well enough to be able to win it? 
 

I got tired of my usual 442 I have been running for years and don’t know how to set up a solid 4231, but managed to sign Grealish to my Everton team after the first season. My new project is just making him the focus of team and win everything. I can post current tactic once I get back to computer but any advice on simple effective 4231 would be appreciated.

[denen123]

18 minutes ago, mc22 said:

This may be a silly question, but what does it generally take for a player to win ballon d’or, and does the game let AMC perform well enough to be able to win it? 
 

I got tired of my usual 442 I have been running for years and don’t know how to set up a solid 4231, but managed to sign Grealish to my Everton team after the first season. My new project is just making him the focus of team and win everything. I can post current tactic once I get back to computer but any advice on simple effective 4231 would be appreciated.

Average in-game ratings and to some extent, player reputation. Your teams performances in competitions also count. To your other question, Yes he can. All you need is a boost in the above and voila, 

[mc22]

Just now, denen123 said:

Average in-game ratings and to some extent, player reputation. Your teams performances in competitions also count. To your other question, Yes he can. All you need is a boost in the above and voila, 

Thats actually a great answer, I was wondering how team reputation would factor, we are a few games away from winning the premier league in my second season so hopefully this bodes well. 

[CaptCanuck]

Make sure he takes any and all set pieces. They tamped it down a bit with the last patch, but your main set piece taker will still see a decent bump in average rating vs if he didn't.

[mc22]

On 30/03/2021 at 18:34, CaptCanuck said:

Make sure he takes any and all set pieces. They tamped it down a bit with the last patch, but your main set piece taker will still see a decent bump in average rating vs if he didn't.

This has been a game changer, so far this season Grealish is taking all set pieces and so far 3 assists off corners in 5 games, not great but not bad either. His total numbers might be wild end of season 

[stopazricky]

2 hours ago, mc22 said:

This has been a game changer, so far this season Grealish is taking all set pieces and so far 3 assists off corners in 5 games, not great but not bad either. His total numbers might be wild end of season

What @CaptCanuck was probably referring to was the fact that even if they don't get any assists from that, most well placed set piece shots will count as a key pass. I've seen my players play horribly for 90 mins and still get 7.1 or something like that because they were taking charge of corners and my Center Backs were strong enough to almost always head the ball on target.