The fall of a wonderkid - Souleymane Coulibaly

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Footygamer
20 years ago
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22 Oct 2012 16:49:58
I'm currently compiling a little look at how various Wonderkids progress in FM2013 and it's interesting to see how the AI can let certain players fall by the wayside.

Souleymane Coulibaly has a potential ability of -9 which makes him have equally the highest potential of any other young player on the game. Admittedly players with a minus potential are randomised so he may infact only have a PA of 160, however he could also have a PA of 200. This should make him at least suitable as Premiership player, even if he doesn't set the world alight. Yet as you can see from my little experiment, he wound up playing less than 100 games in a disastrous career which finally ended in 2025 at the tender age of 30.

What could have been Souleymane, what could have been.....

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The OG KiKo
19 years ago
2 days ago
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22 Oct 2012 16:53:04
Looking forward to seeing how the list turns out, wish there was some story behind it. Maybe he found drink or drugs? Or Fantastic
Crane
16 years ago
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22 Oct 2012 16:53:22
-9 is 150-180 iirc. -10 is 170-200.

Still though, he's had a shite career on your game. The AI were largely shit at developing young players on FM12, disappointed to see not much has changed (unless this is an anomaly).
Footygamer
20 years ago
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22 Oct 2012 16:56:20
There is no -10 in the new game so it's definitely changed. -9 is the highest (well lowest...) it goes.
Crane
16 years ago
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23 Oct 2012 11:38:16
Didn't know that, was just basing it on FM12.
Dodds'
17 years ago
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30 Oct 2012 11:49:00
Did he have any bad injuries?
Meguel
14 years ago
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30 Oct 2012 16:22:20
By Rob | Permalink | On 22 October 2012 - 17:56 PM
There is no -10 in the new game so it's definitely changed. -9 is the highest (well lowest...) it goes.


No -10 or no players set as -10? Like last year there was only 1 -10 rated player.
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
4,253
09 Nov 2012 17:55:15
Anyone remember Savio Nsereko who used to play for West Ham? Just came across him on FM, his career has turned out even worse than this.
Deicide
14 years ago
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16 Nov 2012 03:30:08
By Franck | Permalink | On 09 November 2012 - 17:55 PM
Anyone remember Savio Nsereko who used to play for West Ham? Just came across him on FM, his career has turned out even worse than this.


via wikipedia:

In October 2012 Nsereko was arrested by police in the Thai resort of Pattaya on a false kidnap claim. He had reportedly attempted to extort €25,000 from his family by telling them he had been kidnapped and demanding a ransom.


Jason
20 years ago
1 month ago
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16 Nov 2012 05:03:04
Tottenham signed him, but never played him. Genius.
iansimms2004
16 years ago
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19 Nov 2012 18:42:34
Apparently this is another bug where players with very good potential don't get played and just go downhill bigtime... A few big names, Bale was one of them. Saw a thread on SI community.
Fat Penlon
13 years ago
6 years ago
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20 Nov 2012 01:54:42
Forgive my ignorant question…

What is the difference between a player with a potential of say 180 and one with -9 or the equivalent value with a '-' prefix?

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