Cmon, you're sounding like a serious Gooner fanboy
Defensive rating in the 70s?! He plays as the forward thinking/looking one, to Song's defensive/disruptive focus in a deep midfield pair. Not minding getting stuck into a tackle doesn't mean you know how to play defense. 2 (two) league goals in 40 league matches - the only 40 he's ever played btw, don't really hint at needing a better shooting rating.
He has incredible potential and has performed really well this season and hopefully he doesn't buy into the hype or succumb to it. But for a video game which sets its stats in the Autumn, 66 is hardly a gross injustice. I am sure he'll be overated in PES2012 to overcompensate for it
Instead of rolling your eyes why don't you just state what your think his ratings should be (in your opinion)? Sure, because I'm a gooner the ratings I would want to see might be on the high side (what else would you expect), but certainly the ratings he has are out of whack!
Ok, so maybe the 70 defensive rating is high in hindsight, but 45? This guy has played as a defensive midfielder for England btw! So let's say just 15 or 20 stats points higher might be fair?
As for shooting, he's actually got a great shot, but rarely uses it. Sort of like Hleb but with ability
...But no, his shot acc is 65, so maybe make it in the 70s at least since I can't recall him ever hitting a poor one.
So, yeah, I'm not saying put his stats through the roof, just little tweaks dude, like to say his pass accuracy should be 80 isntead of 75, when he's pulling the strings (making game-changing passes) against some of the biggest teams in the world on a regular basis.
I don't think that's fanboyism, and like I said, this thread isn't even about what we want to see, it's what we expect to see (trying to help others make some cash here!). I mean, if I was just being a fanboy I could argue his pass accuracy should be 85 even (really), but I'm not taking it that far. Just make it closer to what we've all seen in real life. Stamina 71? How about 75 or 80 for someone who runs at top speed almost all game and has played more games for the team than any other player this year? Mentality 60, how about something more reflective of a player who has performed well in big games and consistently well at that? Out of those 40 games, has he played badly in even one? Not that I can remember. How many players can you say that about? :no: Not many.
Anyway, there is a much more interesting point to be talked about here than the boring and typical "you're a fanboy if this or that" blather you see all over the web...
This point is, this really isn't about Wilshere at all. In fact, I think there's a real problem with how Konami rate young players. They've had this problem for a long time, and it has more to do with the lack of depth in their development system than anything else. I said this about the way they rated Rooney when he was younger too by the way. I mean, his shooting ability at that age was way under-rated. In other words, Konami don't seem to be able to model young and highly-talented players correctly, simply because if they try to do so they will get too good in ML by the time they are in their mid 20s.
I think that's the real problem. Just my opinion though. In fact, the way I see it, because of the development system they have they may not actually be able to make the kinds of stat changes they want to for Jack, which is sad really -- that their own system might limit their ability to give players ratings which are in line with their performances in real life.
