Hi @mercut1o, @_mark_efc_ and @evertonmarc.
Firstly I would like to introduce myself as Everton’s assistant researcher. This is a fairly new role to me, I only undertaken this around mid-September time so there was a lot of data I had to analyse in a short space of time so unfortunately some will have slipped through the net and I can only apologise first and foremost.
I’m confident that some of the issues mentioned were prevalent in the early beta and have now been rectified (I found this out the hard way by having multiple Everton saves and searching for bugs - the board expectation one got me the sack to begin with). Some of these were not noticeable on the database from my perspective.
So to reiterate Pete’s comment;
- board expectations were lowered
- previous relationships and past players/staff were altered or removed
- Onana’s language abilities have been upgraded
- Iwobi’s and Obama’s attributes were altered higher whilst Doucoure’s were dropped slightly as I was unhappy with these. To comment on the pace specifically, if I’m correct Onana’s pace is 17, which ranks him quick but his off the mark is far lower than other players. Iwobi ranks fairly upper-middle for the squad which is fair in comparison to players around him. Godfrey/DCL/Vinaigre/Gray being the quickest - players like Onana/Tarkowski have high pace due to their height which sees them have long strides for longer bursts of run as opposed to quicker/off the mark players. I left these unchanged from their Lille/Burnley ratings - I am going to complete a more thorough analysis before the winter update on all first-team players to reflect 2021/22 and first half of 22/23 seasons. Gordon is a standout figure for acceleration and pace as this was noticed after the data lock.
Again, I’m sorry that you encountered so many issues with the first-release but hopefully most were captured for the full-release. Please, if you continue to find any errors with the data of the squad/club in general, contact me and I’ll make a note of these.