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Published 16:21 10 Feb 2016 GMT
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We're absolutely not knocking Peter Crouch. This is a man who has scored at a World Cup, while playing for England. The thing is, that World Cup was nearly a decade ago. Crouch hardly starts a game for Stoke City these days and hasn't scored a league goal so far this year.
Although we're not doubting that Crouch's past achievements are worthy of a reasonable rating, he's not worth a higher one that Jamie Vardy on this season's evidence.
As with Crouch, Adebayor is a player who has been amongst the goals in the Premier League in years gone by. By now it's clear that FIFA's ratings must take into consideration a player's history when arriving at their current rating - which is just as well given that Adebayor was without a club until a few weeks ago.
He's only made two appearances since joining Crystal Palace, so perhaps there's still time to justify his rating of 79.
Bafetembi Gomis - 77
Like Vardy, Gomis has enjoyed his own scoring purple patch this season, marking each of his first five appearances for Swansea with a goal. Since then, his scoring rate has slowed significantly - only notching one league goal since August.
Again, Gomis' rating is probably down to the form he showed in previous years, breaking the 20-goal-a-season mark three years on the trot before he left Lyon for Swansea.
Although injuries have played a part, Andy Carroll has only managed double figures in a Premier League season once. He's bagged three in this year's campaign, yet still finds himself with a higher rating than Vardy.

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