MY CM2 PAGE
UNDER CONSTRUCKTION
Footballing skills:
Creativity:
Whether the player can create
goalscoring chances for his team-mates with incisive passes,
headers, flick-ons etc.
Dribbling:
Whether the player can take on and beat
defenders to create dangerous situations from which a goalscoring
chance might arise.
Flair:
Whether the player has the tendency to do
the unexpected, for example shoot from 30 yards, or try something
brilliant.
Heading:
Whether the player is good in the air and
wins headers either in defense or attack.
Marking:
Whether the player has the ability to
track an opponent and mark him out of the game.
Off the Ball:
Whether the player makes good runs
into space which can lead to a shot/header on goal if he is given
the ball.
Passing:
Whether the player can pass the ball
where he wants it.
Positioning:
Whether the player has good defensive
positional sense and rarely gets caught out of position.
Set Pieces:
Whether the player can make use of set
piece situations(corner, free kick) either by making a creative
pass or a direct shot on goal.
Shooting:
Whether the player scores goals.
Tackling:
Whether the player is good at making
tackles to dispossess an opponent.
Technique:
Whether the player has good control,
first touch, and all round technical ability.
Goalkeeping skills
Shot Stopping:
This is the goalkeepers ability to
save shots.
Passing:
This is the goalkeepers accuracy when
kicking or throwing the ball out.
Set Pieces:
This is the goalkeepers ability to
defend set pieces, line up the wall etc.
Positioning:
This is the goalkeepers positioning
for shots, crosses etc.
Aerial Ability:
This is the goalkeepers ability in
the air, for example when handling corners and crosses.
Rushing Out:
This is whether the goalkeeper can
rush out quickly in one-on-one situations.
Physical attributes
Aggression:
Whether the player goes in hard when
competing for the ball, without necessarily being dirty.
Injury Proneness:
Whether the player is often out
of action with injuries. The higher the rating the more likely
the player is to get injured.
Pace:
Whether the player has speed and
acceleration both in and out of possession.
Stamina:
Whether the player can keep going at the
end of the most grueling matches.
Strength:
Whether the player has strength in
holding off opponents to keep possession or in competing to win
the ball.
Mental attributes
Determination:
Whether the player keeps
battling,even when the odds are against him.
Influence:
Whether the player can motivate and
inspire team-mates, as for example a captain would.
Intelligence:
Whether the player can read the game
and make good decisions about when to sit back, push up
etc.
Hidden attributes
Big Occasion:
Whether the player rises to the
occasion in big games, play- offs, top of the table
clashes, cup,finals, etc.
Character:
Whether the player reacts badly to
on/off the field events. On the field this could be whether he reacts to provocation, off the field
whether the player reacts to being dropped, fined etc.
The higher the rating the more likelythe player will react badly to on/off the field events.
Consistency:
Whether the player normally performs
to his ability and rarely has an off day.
Dirtiness:
The amount of bad fouls, bookings and
sending off a player is likely to commit/get. You can tell who has a high rating for this because of
the amount of fouls, yellow and red cards the player has,
or the number of disciplinary points.
Ability:
This is an overall rating of how good the
player is now.
Potential Ability:
This is a rating of how good
the player could become. For a young player his ability will tend to rise towards his potential ability as he
gets older;for a player at his peak his ability will
tend to be equal to his potential ability; for an older player his ability will tend to drop below his potential
ability. The ability rating is therefore a variable
rating and all the other ratings are relative to this
rating and the potential ability rating.
What the playing styles stand for
The manual lacks information on the meaning of the three playing
styles
I have included a small description of each. Even if the styles
are quite
self-explanatory it might help out a bit...
Long Ball:
This is where the ball is hit long and high up front
into zones asoppose to any target man. Even if the
defenders win the ball, advancing midfielders and strikers are
quick to close down possession and try and win back the ball.
A lot of the lower division teams would employ this style of
play, sometimes known as a 'percentage game'.
Passing:
This is where the team would build up the play by short
passing movements. Examples of this style would be
Liverpool, Newcastle, and Nottingham Forest.
Direct:
This is where the ball is played from the back to the
forward players, without necessarily being passed through the
midfield.
This differs from Long Ball, in that passes are aimed at
particular players (e.g. a targetman), rather than just booted
into areas.
Examples of teams playing this style are Blackburn and Everton.
Good players to buy, english and foriegners
This is a list of players who are good buys and not always that
expensive
which can be very useful managing lower division club when your
finances
isn't that good as it was was when you managed Newcastle...
(Note that this list applies to version 2.0 96/97 update)
Home based players
Player name-------Current Club-------Positon
Richard Wright---Ipswich Town---GK
Lee harper---Arsenal---GK
Ian Walker---Tottenham Hotspur---GK
David Unsworth---Everton---SW/D LC
Tony Waughan---Ipswich Town---D LC
Christian Dailly---Derby County---D/M RLC
Jon O'Connor---Everton---D RC
Mommanis Bokoto---W.B.A.---D L
Marlon Broomes---Blackburn---D C
James Saddington---Bristol City---D RC
Mike Lapper---Southend---D L
Mark McNally---Derby County---D RC
Bryan Hughes---Wrexham---AM C
Neil Lennon---Leicester City---AM C
Chris Holland---Newcastle United---AM R
Lee Bowyer---Leeds United---M RLC
Lee Clark---Newcastle United---M LC
Roy Keane---Man Utd---DM C
Sasa Curcic---Aston Villa---M C
Eric Cantona---Man Utd---F C
Karl Conolly---Wrexham---F C
Graeme Tomlinson---Man Utd---F C
Michael Branch---Everton---S C
Noel Whelan---Coventry City---S C
Foriegn based players
Foreign players a bit more expensive but is often proved to be
good buys,
especially those who come from eastern Europe
Sebastiano Rossi--- AC Milan--- GK
Plavio Roma--- SS Lazio--- GK
Fernando Caceres--- Boca Juniors--- SW/D C
Paolo Maldini--- AC Milan--- SW/D LC
Nikola Jurcevic--- Casino Salzburg--- D R
Anton Dobos--- Steaua--- D R
Barjuan Sergi--- FC Barcelona--- D/M L
Migel Angel Nadal--- FC Barcelona--- SW/D C
Diego Simieone--- Atlethico Madrid--- M C
Mario Basler--- Bayern Munich--- M RC
Dani--- Ajax Amsterdam--- AM/F RLC
Alexander Prizetko--- Dinamo Kiev--- F RC
Ronaldo--- FC Barcelona--- F C
Enrico Chiesa--- Parma--- F R