Player star ratings drop

Hi!

I would like to ask about the phenomenon of the star ratings dropping in my team. I am curretly in the 3rd season btw.

I have for example Munir as my main striker. He started the season with 4* potential. Now in November he is suddenly 3* current ability / 3* potential. I have been playing him loads since the first season so cannot say he was not getting enough games

I also have Odegaard and Tielemann and they are suddenly only 3,5* potential, eventhough they used to be 4-4,5* potential. I have been playing them in the 2nd team and sporadically in the first team.

Am I doing something wrong or do these stars simply show the average ability of my team. So the better my team gets, the more certain player stars start to drop?

Worry about it or just ignore?

Regards!
anak

Star ratings are relative to the quality of your team. So a player's rating drops it doesn't necessarily mean his ability dropped (although it might if he is an older player) just that it dropped in comparison to the overall quality of your squad.

Also based on your scouts knowledge of the player and how good he is at judging players current and potential ability.

Yes but in this case its his assistant manager that would be giving the star ratings on this occasion i assume

Should've really put staff instead of scout

Ok, thanks a lot.

What I am surprised about though is that Tielemann now has a 3.5* potential (still 19 years old). He is meant to be the only -10 potential player in the game...

As I meantioned he has been playing in my U21 team and occasionally in my first team (about 10-15 matches per year). I have excellent training facilities (at Tottenham) and 4,5* coaches all around. Did I do something wrong or could it be that his potential still changes in the next 1-2 years?