Rate my Buy... Please

[RPI-Fan]

Nicolás Albores (5362885)
29 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is balanced and honest.
Has weak experience and poor leadership abilities.

Nationality: España
Assessed value: 67 000 US$
Wage: 1 284 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Averill Park Mercury
Warnings: 1


Stamina: excellent Goaltending: wretched
Playmaking: passable Passing: inadequate
Winger: inadequate Defending: weak
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: wretched

I bought him for $74k.

His last few matches he has been putting up 3 stars... looks like he was replaced by a trainee and that's why he was sold.

Also, consider that my midfield includes one 3-star guy, another 2-star player, and a 1-star player.

Thanks!
~kyle

[Bee]

Take my opinion for what it's worth (nothing basically), but whenever you can get a 3 star player for less than $100K, I think it's a good deal. His ratings aren't that great, but if he's putting up 3 stars...he's probably a very high passable PM and very high inadequate passing.

[Vince]

Bee, I'd say the *** rating has more to do with his 'Weak' experience than anything else. But I do agree, good buy, especially because you have probably a season or two before he starts declining.

[Doug5984]

I would say very good buy becuase of what Vince and Bee said- but also because he has Inadequate winger, if for some reason you really needed a midfield boost for one game you could pick up another 2.5 star middie and then play this guy as a winger towards middle, he has the ability to play 2 positions which for me is a big +

[illinifan999]

I'd say it would be a nice buy. Woulda been better if he was younger and trainable, but you gotta take what you can get, right?

[RPI-Fan]

Yea' - I train forwards anyways, so age isn't a concern except for when he starts to decline.

[RPI-Fan]

Also - going from 3 stars, 2 stars, and 1 star in the midfield to 3 stars, 3 stars, and 2+ stars - what kind of midfield boost should I look for?

I was putting up Poor with mediocre TS, and weak with Good TS. Weak is the highest it's ever gotten to...

Thanks!
~kyle

[FrogMan]

I'd say you shold be able to achieve inadequate on a regular basis. I have two 3* and a 2.5* and the lowest I usually get, while playing normal (no PIC involved) is inadequate. Gotta say though that my 3* may be in part because the players have good secondaries and I play them accordingly (one is inadequate passing, played offensive, the other inadequate defending, played defensive). When all the stars align just right and I put another middie at winger toward middle, I can get solid...

FM

[RPI-Fan]

Redux... this guy cost me $60k.

Tschüge Berner
85 000 US$, 26 years, solid form
Has weak experience and wretched leadership abilities

Stamina: excellent Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: passable Passing: inadequate
Winger: inadequate Defending: wretched
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: passable


Has regularly been putting up 2.5-3 stars as an offensive winger or inner mid. If I play this guy in the mid, I'll have the following midfield...

2.5 (defensive wing)... 2.5 (inner) ... 3 (inner) ... 3 (inner...) 2.5 (offensive wing)

What kind of midfield ratings would that get me?

How about if I went...

2.5 (towards middle) ... 3 (inner) ... 3 (inner) ... 2.5 (offensive wing)

Thanks!
~kyle