The skill points matter. They effect what rank you'll reach.

I'm a gold 2 player. Sometimes hit gold 1. Went 20 and 9 a few weeks ago and then back to 17/11. I'm currently on 10/4 (old buddy, destroy. Kill all hippies) this weekend so far.

So have you noticed how you can sometimes get on a good early run which makes it look like you can reach a rank or maybe 2 higher ?

I've been in positions in previous fifas where I could go 18/4 and is still end up with 25/26 wins. Most I've ever had was 27 with a ligue 1 tots team.

When in a good weekend league position I'll have games that I'm dominating, creating chances but my players can't hit a barn door. This is because of how I create my chances. I'm not a skiller. I use a few but I don't spam them or combo them. Ball roll, drag back, step over turn and heel to heel. That's my repertoire. But if I want to git gud and reach higher ranks then I have to improve my game. That's by incorporating skill moves into chance creation or leading up to the shot.

It improves shot power/accuracy. That's part of the fifa/fut magic.

Also the rock, paper, scissors effect of tactics. These effect how your player perform also.

People blame scripting and other words for it but it's really a poorly implemented tactics engine. Or more to the point not full explained by EA.

If they told us how tactics can effect team/player performance and what skill points mean in FUT/WL. It would stop alot of the conspiracy.

That's not excusing atrocious referees, player selection that makes it impossible to defend at times. Terrible defensive meta. Etc