Thats because Ameobi is a plank of wood! Carrol isnt on fire in front of goal but makes a good target man / assist forward for anyone with pace, i use Hooper, bought for under a million and ships them in with his pace.
I usually play with 3 forward but found since the last patch that this will...
Being a newcastle fan I always go for an excessively attacking formation. Ive starting to see good results out my big target man (andy Carrol) but cannot get the best out of players with pace, ive gone through a selection of fast forwards and rarely see any rewards out of them. Any hints or lil...
Use some direct passing in your team, this will get your players to effectviely lob the ball to him, short passing will aim to keep the ball on the ground and nullify a large amount of the effecy a target man will have, best combination ive found,
pace forwar Deep Lying Forward...