Admittedly, alot of people won't respond to this because they want to keep it to themselves. That's fair enough

Basically, I go for high Teamwork and Consistency values because these cannot be changed. Usually this means that talent is quite low, but as it's the start of the game, I dont mind whether my player reaches his maximum level, because that won't be a while yet!

I'm also going for younger players, 20 and below, unless it's a linebacker - These seem to be harder to transfer!

At the moment teamwork is the most important for me. Talent and consistency are of secondary concern, since low consistency means that the player can sometimes play better than he could otherwise and low talent doesn't mean much until players start getting above 12 (or 13?). I also try not to buy older players since they don't have much time to get better. Stats are of no concern at the moment, all players are bad anyway