FM2009 - potential ability

Ok, before I delve into the editor and start generating a list of players I'll outline what it is I'm actually looking for:

The way I've always played the game is to highlight the best young talent as early as possible, hopefully signing players before they become too expensive and then develop them through my youth and reserve teams. The idea being that they will then become part of the first team squad for a number of years, or can at least be sold for a profit (sometimes both).

The easy way to identify this talent early in the game is to use the Data Editor installed with the game to look for players with a high potential ability rating.

Each player in the game is assigned a potential ability rating, with various factors ultimately determining whether a player converts that potentail ability into actual 'current' ability.

The basic scale is 1-200, where 200 is the maximum. Most players are assigned a value on this scale, and that value determines how good the player can become. It's important to note at this point that even if a player ends up with a high current ability it does not guarantee he will be a better player for you than a player rated much lower - this will depend on how good you are at getting the best out of that player with the tactics you employ.

As well as the basic scale the game can also assign a negative potential ability value, which essentially means that a player can fall anywhere within a given range. These negative ratings are as follows:

-10 = 170-200
-9 = 150-180
-8 = 130-160
-7 = 110-140
-6 = 90-120
-5 = 70-100
-4 = 50-80
-3 = 30-60
-2 = 10-40
-1 = 0-20

Again, none of this means that a player will actually fulfil his potentail - but it does give an indication about how good a player may become.