Basic Position Skills

Note: Please read my post about Abreviations and Acronyms first.

In order of importance

DP/TA/AE for CB (Centre Back)
TA/DP/PA/CO/BC/AE for LB/RB (Left, Right Back)
TA/DP/PA/CO/BC/OP/AE for WB (Wing Back)

TA/PA/DP/BC for DM (Defensive Midfielder)
PA/BC/TA/DP/OP for LM/CM/RM (Left, Centre, Right Midfielder)
BC/PA/OP for OM (Offensive Midfielder)
OP/PA/BC for RW,LW (Right, Left Winger)

OP/SC/BC/AE for FW/ST (Forward, Striker)

RE/GP/CT/IN/OR (Goalkeeper)
Note for Goalkeeper: You need the highest RE you can find, then the highest GP you can find and then mix of the rest of the skills.

Note: You need approximately CO greater than 40 for seniors, 32 for youth (which automatically get +8 bonus to CO) to not get tired during a 90 minute match.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

written by suzukii November 19, 2009

Here are the abbreviations that you will see and hear from other managers on the forum. So the next time a manager asks what the CO is on your LWB that you are going to select for your IC match on Wednesday, you will say OK.

AE - Aerial (jumping and heading ability)
BC - Ball Control (receiving passes, dribbling) (Compares an attacker to a defender's TA)
CB - Center Back, Centre Back (type of defender)
CC - Customized Competition (private Cups)
CM - Center Midfielder, Centre Midfielder
CO - Conditional Orders for Tactics
CO - Constitution (Need about 32 for youth, 40 for seniors to not get tired during a match)
CT - Control or Catching (Goalkeeper ability)
DM - Defensive Midfielder
DP - Defensive Positioning (Compares a defender to an attacker's OP)
FB - Flank Back
FK - Freekick
FW - Forward
GK - Goalkeeper
GP - Goalkeeper Positioning (Goalkeeper ability)
HT - Half Time, Hat Trick
IC - International Cup
IN - Interceptions (Goalkeeper ability)
LC - League Cup (National)
LL - Little League (Youth Draft)
LS - Long Shot
ME - Match Engine
MZ - Midfield Zone
NT - National Team
OM - Offensive Midfielder
OP - Offensive Positioning (Compares an attacker to a defender's DP)
OR - Organisation (Goalkeeper ability)
PA - Passing
PB - Penalty Box
PM - Personal Message
RE - Reflexes (Goalkeeper ability)
SC - Scoring
SP - Set Pieces
ST - Striker
SUG - Suggestion (used on the Forum)
T.O.G. - The other game (Hattrick.org)
TA - Tackling (compares a defender to an attacker's BC)
VIP - Paid (optional) subscription that adds features to Freekick
W - Winger
WB = Wingback