Speed

14/10/15 02:02
Their centre broke through and outran my fullback and centres. All 3 players have speed of 40, but he accelerated away. He has a speed of 17.
How can that happen?
Bug?
14/10/15 09:19
Player bonus / morale much higher than yours perhaps?
14/10/15 10:07
Shouldn't be that, my morale is 90+ and better defensive acceleration as well from what I remember. Player vs player, mine was higher in just about every facet.
14/10/15 10:27
In your strategy, try to increase Attack speed and Defense speed (not too much or your players will fail their pass / tackle)
17/10/15 06:59
Also the speed skill isnt the speed the players is running, its how fast they react in general. Theres another skill [attack acceleration] this is what makes a player run fast once he got the ball. if your speed is 20 and attack accelerate is 40 or higher the player will outrun a player with high speed skill only
19/10/15 15:43
Have a look to the help page (in advanced strategy and in player's instructions).

The attack acceleration is a used as factor of player's speed. The player's speed is the base running speed.