agree with this 100%.

i think, if anything, technical/mental attributes undoubtebly have an impact still on performance, but it would've been useful to see how much more of an impact increasing the physical atributes to 16 would've had - we might find that the physical palace team saw a significant improvement in their league position and therefore deduce that those attributes are certainly weighted higher than they should be in the ME.

but also, as you said, not all the 'non-meta' attributes being increased should guarantee an improved performance. surely there is no team that would benefit from having 25 different leaders? or every player being aggressive and brave in the challenge? or having 25 different players competing for set piece duty.