Sunstrikuuu Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Red cards, especially first-half red cards, don't have an especially catastrophic result on player ratings. In a game the other day, a midfielder who was sent off in like the 10th minute for a straight red finished with a 6.5, having contributed nothing of note before his sending-off. That meant that, when I criticized his last game, he was able to tell me he'd played excellently, and had I been to the opticians lately. I don't have a save to bug-report this because I threw my computer out the window.In another game, a player sent off, straight red, in the 34th minute of a game in which my team was comprehensively outplayed finished with a 6.3; his midfield partner had a 6.2, primarily because he had a longer time to be there on the pitch getting bossed because his team was a man down. Sendings-off hugely affect a team, especially when they occur early in a match. A first half red card is pretty close to the worst thing a player can do. And media organizations that do player ratings tend to grade players harshly for 'em - for instance, the Express gave Ainsley Maitland-Niles a 2 for two first-half yellow cards, even though one of them was harsh. I know the FM player ratings don't work that way, and I think I can count on two hands the number of times I've seen a rating below 5 in twelve years of this game (and maybe on one finger the number of times I've seen a rating below 4). But a player who's gotten sent off should essentially never be able to have a higher rating than anyone on the pitch, unless someone's given away penalties or own goals plural. It should be impossible for a player who's received a first-half red card to feel anything other than shame and regret for his performance. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRHaggs Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Same with fouls in the box leading to penalties. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Michael Sant Posted February 24, 2022 SI Staff Share Posted February 24, 2022 As you mention the ratings system does work differently in FM compared to what the perhaps more expected norms are from media sources. We'll keep this idea in mind moving forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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