Croguy

1) Why is the key man sometimes different to the dangerman? Isnt it the same thing?

2) Why does the key man always change in a team? I've noticed just on my team, that about 4 players have been key men. Shouldnt you just have the one key man all season long?

3) How can a key man that gets a match rating of 6 be classified as having a solid game? 6 is a bad game, especially that from your key man. 7 should be a solid game!

James.Clench

Why didn't you ask all your questions in one post

Croguy

Hmmm didnt I just do that - 3 questions in one post? Dont answer if u got nothing useful to say.

FrazT

The whole "key man " feature is flawed.

The key man is chosed by the game at the start of each match, so cant be the same throughout the season. Your key man might be a DC but he is unlikely to be a dangerman, so there is a difference. 6 is the starting point rating in FM 08 and I think the rating of " solid " means average so perhaps 6 is about right. 7 is an above average rating. I wouldnt worry too much about it because the feature is cosmetic only and serves no other function.

Starr_Man5

Anybody else not understand this comment?..



Key men change all the time IRL - you'll see it in the papers saying "Key man - (Whoever)" then the next time said team plays it'll be "Key man - (Whoever else)".

I do agree that 6 isn't a solid game, '08 ratings are a little bit stuck in the mid-range of 5 -(rarely)8
I think 8 is a solid game, especially for a key man.
Look at a real life match for comparison and the player ratings the next day in the paper;
Steven Gerrard would be considered a "Key Player" and if his rating was 6/7 it would say something like;

"Played ok, but not up to his usual standards."

He's almost expected to get a 8 or 9 every match and even then it would just be another "Solid display".

Neji

I was wondering

Dangerman and Key man are different things, like FrazT said if your keyman is your GK or DC then he isn't really going to be your dangerman. Also I think that your Keyman can change over the season. If your keyman plays really badly for half of the season, he won't really stay as the key man. I think it should stay as one man for the majority though, but it's not an all important feature so I can live with it. I'd prefer confidence to be fixed first

Neji

Actually I think it's because the OP posted two other threads with some questions in them. Not relating to this one though, so I don't see a problem.

Croguy

Thanks for the answers. I still consider anything under match rating 8 for a key man to be a failure. Oh well, its a new feature and hopefully SI will rectify it for `09.

backpackant

I assumed the key man changed depending on either a) form or b) who you were playing against.

For my Leeds team in 2010, if I'm playing Man U or Chelsea my key man tends to be Breno (DC) or Pletikosa (GK), but if I'm up against a mid-table or lower team it tends to be Stancu (ST) or whoever my highest scoring striker happens to be.

I know it's cosmetic and doesnt really affect the game, but am I far off on this?

glamdring

I assume the analysis of how well he did is based purely on the rating and doesn't take into account the fact that you might expect a higher rating from a key man than any other player of the same rating.

So 6 being solid sounds fine, but you would perhaps expect something more than a "solid" performance from your key man.

At Fiorentina my key man was almost always listed as my goalkeeper