1 Does anyone play target men and finds them integral to their play and if so can they show me their tactics and break it down a bit?
2 Should I just put him on Quickness training and force him to become faster or should I embrace his gorilla like physicality?
3 Should I just groom him up and sell him to Inter Milan for a lot of money or is he too good for that and could propel this small club from Bergamo to Italian and European glory?
4 Why is he bald at 15?
1 - Very rarely, as in your case, almost always they perform like ****. I've had the oddball target man who's done very well, and few who've done very well the way you'd expect from a target man. The first case of the former was Zigic with Sampdoria in FM11, he did well with positioning, off the ball movement and so his 12 pace was enough, he scored me bags. But his game was more alike to what -I- (and here note I know almost nothing of real football) expect from a poacher. Of the latter, Artem Dzyuba worked more like what I expect, with headers to companions not just ahead, but also behind, when not in position to strike, passing, crossing; but he only did for a few matches, that vanished. Now I've got a regen that has 19 yrs, around 18 heading, 15+ jumping, 18 passing, crossing, finishing, 14 composure, 10 pace, 8 dribbling and acceleration, 13-15 in decisions and off the ball. I've played him twice, in a 4-2-3-1 deep, in which I've manually set the AMC (T-A) a bit more offensive, the AMR/L a couple ticks from standard (IF-As) and him (TM-S) with the attacking set to two-three lower then AMC, no runs forward, no runs with the ball, medium long shots (12), often passes and crosses, and similarly along an AF-A in a 5-3-2 and in both cases he's been marvellous, scoring and creating goals (not just with last pass) acting as what I expected from the TM. So what I'd tell you is to either give him a match in your first team or manage one of the younth matches (it may not be possible, I set this morning to control reserve team and the match was played out of my control, the difference was in the post match report -I- picked somebody's as top performer) and see if he behaves like a target man should. If he does, then maybe you can risk developing him that way. Else, try to round him.
2 As above, if he doesn't play like a target man is supposed to, go for that. At his age and with his phisical stats, he looks like one that can be turned into something else than a TM.
3 You still have several years ahead to watch his development. Watch his progression each year and decide according to how likely he'll reach his potential or not and the offers you may get.
4 He went to Spain and got fooled. That is someone
le tomó el pelo.
