I created PERFECT twin Wonderkids in FM23

What about an experiment comparing goalkeepers with perfect attributes but one very small and other very tall. See which one does better.

Well, the extremely early transfer to a massive club kind of axed the original intent of the experiment but we still learned a few things. My main takeaway was just how quickly and reliably physical attributes develop and how long they stay viable.

The reason why he doesn't look like he's got 199 CA is because he's two footed. Improving their weak foot ability increases their CA A LOT for some reason.

Perfect. This show me that there is significant improvement in attributes with training and playing. Just like in real life. When you play as a youngster you learn and improve

Should have shown their team trophy pages! Wonder if WK1 propelled United to titles, or maybe he wasn’t enough

The #1 wonderkid has Professional personality, while the #2 wonderkid is Light-Hearted, that's big in this kind of scenario of development. I think you should make the wonderkids the same personality and base Determination attribute (or at least just the same personality)

Imagine being the Boston Utd wonderkid and your brother is the one that gets picked up by Madrid but you two are the exact same player. Talk about a sibling rivalry

I think one of the hidden issues in the experiment is the registration limits. I wouldn't have picked a La Liga team due to the restrictive non EU slots. I would have had three wonderkids. One in Boston Utd, One at PSV and One at Bayern Munich. Where the fact that the kids aren't competing with every player not in the EU for a roster spot. I think all the experienced FM players would have deduced that Real Madrid would have been an incredibly difficult squad to break into not having Next Gen 50 ability at 18, because the game produces a lot of those every year

You need to look at the club honours each earned. As in real life, the Balon D'or and other individual awards are usually given to the best player from the team that won the big trophies and it's likely Real were more successful

What if you do a experiment where a Defence has perfect striker stats and a striker has perfect Defence stats ¿Will they change positions by time passes or they will stay?

The B-teams in Portugal were an amazing boon. Obviously we're magnitudes more top heavy than English football, by this I mean we have 4 competitive clubs and the rest has no chance, so the fact that they could place their young talent competing against 2nd league pros did wonders for these kids' development. We can almost pinpoint the surge of Portuguese youth teams to that exact moment. I thought they were great for us.

You'd also have to look at how their respective teams did, when considering individual awards.

On attributes, going back to CM01/02 they changed the way ability worked all but preventing the perfect 20 player. I can't remember the exact mechanic used (weighting was introduced), but effectively it averaged out players preventing extremes. This deflated attributes in the early versions of CM4 (causing the attribute loss saw in 03/04 which ruined the game after a few seasons) and subsequent FM, but also meant players who had some real stinking attributes were at an immediate advantage because they could have higher peaks elsewhere (and continue improving those through focused training while neglecting others). When preferred moves, new positional training and so was introduced it really started to muddy the water on how attributes were then rated for a player (was it still by main position?). Still remember when you'd get a 16 year old Man Utd youth player released at the beginning of the game on 01/02 I think, Poole? He was low reputation so didn't load each time the game came on, but he had 20 finishing and rubbish stats elsewhere - but he'd run riot in lower league for £20 a week.

6:08 the B team system is terrible everywhere excapt ouer in Germany. We had second teams too and its so great to have it and it works very well especaly the SC Freiburgs second team

It looked to me like WK2 was getting paid 100-150k more per week, which is significant over a career. WK2 also winning 2 Balon d'Ors would make his marketability significantly more too, which translates to more endorsements and more income. WK2 clear winner in football and in life, in my eyes.

Could you try a similar thing but with players on different continents? , or one player from each continent for another experiment , you put them in the team that in every continent has the best facilities

this is weird, but the amount in which you remind me of my father in law is crazy! Must be a Lincolnshire thing lol

If you can do a 16 team world cup on FM23, please do a world cup with teams that have qualified only once for the world cup. There are only 18 teams who have qualified once and I'd love to see it.

All these experiments are very interesting Tom, thanks

Great stuff Tom. Really interesting Experiment, i also like too wait for a Young Player too Develop, Loan them out etc but it looks like, if you have a really Special Young Player at the Club, even at the Age of 16 or 17, it might be wiser too get them i the First Team and Player right of the Bat. Would have been nice too have seen what each Perfect Wonderkid Won throughout their Careers.