I don't know if any of you guys ever experience this, but sometimes I have a player in my team who has weaker stats than another, but he always seems to perform well/better than the guy with the good stats. An example I have is Ballack and Rolfes in the CDM role, now Ballack has much superior stats to Rolfes but whenever I bring Rolfes in he just seems more aware, a bit snappier to respond, his passing seems better too even though the stats suggest it is worse than Ballack's.
I was thinking that perhaps morale is playing a part in this but Ballack has better morale due to starting games for me more often, it isn't anything to do with fatigue either because I always rotate my squad when they get under 85 fitness.
noo, it can be anything, Links the players have with other players, formation, side you play him on, morale, fitness, it could be just the formation you are playing against, if your testing one against a 442, then testing one against a totally different team, then ofcourse, they will play different, players have different Traits too, some players will push, some players will drop back, depending on there traits, theres allot too it.