Football Manager 2022: 10 Tips To Get You Started

10. Take Star Ratings with a Pinch of Salt

While star ratings assigned to players by your scouts and other staff members are a great indicator of whether a player is, or will be in the future, good enough for your team or not, it’s still always a good idea to have a good look at the player’s attributes - especially considering the role you may be asking them to play.

Every seasoned Football Manager player will have a story about the two or three-star fringe player that threw the team on their back and helped drag them to glory. If the attributes are good enough for the role that they are playing then often the star ratings matter little.

It’s worth also remembering that star ratings are also relative based on the league you are managing in and the players that you already have in your squad. For instance, a five-star player at Vanarama National League level is very much unlikely to be a five-star player at Premier League Level.

The Scouting ability of the staff member evaluating the player also matters here, as the better the scouting ability the more accurate the scouting report is likely to be. However, bear in mind, just like with real-life, even the best scouts make mistakes sometimes.