Relevance of "Overall" stat

[davef]

I've just noticed I have an MF whose stats show him to be 25 (keeping) and 86 (tackling) and 99 on everything else. But, Overall, he only rates as a 90.  He's 36 and hasn't reached his 8th season yet.

The rest of today's MF are all 94 and 95 (with just one being 91 and he is 2 years younger than the player in question) and his performances have been good with one Yellow, one Injury and one AWOL.

I don't think I've ever really bothered with the Overall stat thinking it fairly random and irrelevant but I'd be happy (pleased even) to listen to other thoughts on the matter.

[3 Eyed Raven]

  I haven't been looking at over-all stat.  But looking at my squad at the moment  I only have 4 players who have a 95 overall despite having a very strong squad.  Those 4 players are also my only 4 players who can play ion any side of the pitch  so maybe a weighting is given to that in determining overall stat.    Two of them are definitely not my best players just going off other stats, although one of them is. 

 One of then is a central striker.  He is not quite as good as my other central striker   ( by one point), ignoring tackling)which he is also inferior in)  who only has an overall of 90 despite being 99 in everything (except tackling)  The one with the 96 overall misses about 3 or 4 games a season due to being AWOL while the 90 seems to always turn up.

It would be interesting to know if the match engine  takes into account overall stats when computing results.  I always thought it didn't   and thought it was just a guide for managers ( if they wanted to use it)  in selecting teams,

[rockline]

I have 12 players with 95 overall.
I think players with higher overall grew faster on stats. When you buy a player with very high stats he doesn´t have to grew very much in stats, so his overall is lesser.
In my team i have buyed 17 players for less than 1000 credits, only three cost me more than 1000:
Midfielder cost me 2700 has 95 overall
Midfielder cost me 2100 has 93 overall
Defender cost me 3000 has 92 overall

So, my best players aren´t the most expensive, and the ones with higher stats.
Most of my players that cost me 500 credits, were lower on stats, and they need to grew faster.
Not sure if its because of this.