Comments on: Potential FM24 Wonderkids You NEED to sign!

By: Espen

Espen — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:34:19 +0000

In reply to Lowchamp. You are partly right. I have been out of business since May due to herniated disc. I've actually not been able to work for months.

By: Lowchamp

Lowchamp — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 13:39:11 +0000

Thanks so much for the reply! One small question, so would you say the low PAs on Moore/Nwaneri are a result of the database just not getting updated as much (which I totally understand)?

By: Espen

Espen — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:50:42 +0000

In reply to Lowchamp.

You are totally right that the expectations for Nwaneri and Moore is high but I need to say that some of the work on the english players hasn’t been done by me in regard to the English wonderkids. When you made your comment I thought you were only referring to the potential wonderkids post and not the NextGen database in terms of comparison.

I’m a Spurs fan too and got high hopes for Moore. I will make a minor modification to the post – Nwaneri is set as -9 in db and the lowest Pa ceiling of 130 is probably too low on Moore. I can agree on that when looking closer at it.

Really appreciate your feedback!

By: Lowchamp

Lowchamp — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:23:25 +0000

Adding on to my previous comment, (again bias is present probably) but for Moore and Nwaneri I have heard that those two are two of England’s best prospects, so compared to other players in the FM23 database (I’m assuming the database you are referring to is your own NextGen 2023 database) I’d say they should be rated pretty highly?

By: Lowchamp

Lowchamp — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:01:50 +0000

Thanks for the reply. I am a Spurs fan so may be biased but I was surprised you gave Mikey Moore a -8 and Ethan Nwaneri a -8.5 while also giving Shea Lacey/Kian Noble a -8.5 when they “achieved less” than the first two (in terms of playing up the age group, their impact up the age group, etc.)

Felt Moore was always at least a -9 (-8.5 at the lowest) while Nwaneri a -9.5 (-9 at the lowest). I may be too biased based on Nwaneri’s PL record and Moore’s media coverage tho.

By: Espen

Espen — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:34:52 +0000

In reply to Lowchamp.

Potential Ratings will always be a subjective opinion… It’s hard to predict how far they will reach in professional football at such a young age but I’ve tried to set a PA rating based on comparison to other players in the FM23 database, their likeliness to reach top football and the standard of football clubs they might play on 5 to 10 years into the future. Whether it’s -85 or -9 is just a minor detail as the minimum PA is what I consider the most.

What do you think the PA should be? Which players are ‘wrong’? Open for your input

By: Lowchamp

Lowchamp — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:16:05 +0000

Is there a criteria for rating these guys? Not sure if I agree with some of the ratings (could be me just being dumb)