Best attributes for a lone striker

[Montanaro]

I'm running a 4-2-3-1 formation, with two cms, one AMC and two AM wingers and a lone striker.

I was just wondering what y'alls opinions were on what attributes a good lone striker in my formation would need. We usually play a short passing medium tempo game. Goals come off crosses, wingers cutting inside and passing, or straight through the middle (pretty much every way).

Some suggestions I have heard before are that he needs to be strong with good headers, and he doesn't need to be fast. What about some mental or technical attributes?

 

[Jake]

http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/f73/important-attributes-for-players-t23869.html

Key attributes can be found in there.

Depends what kind of lone striker you want. Do you want a headless chicken who will work their socks off chasing down lost causes in the hope of pressurising the defenders into mistakes? EG Olic, Tevez, Bellamy

Or do you want a deep lying ball player who has good movement, vision, first touch, passing eg Rooney

Do you want a targetman, with good heading, strength, vision, first touch eg Zamora, Carew, Heskey, Crouch

 

[Montanaro]

Well the wingers I have don't get many assists of crosses, so I'm questioning the need for good heading stats. My strikers hardly outscore my AMs, which is something I wanted with this formation though.

my AMs usually do the pressuring on defenders, so I figure somewhere between deep lying and targetman I suppose.

I was pretty much wondering what kind of mental stats would be appropriate.

 

[plozz]

I play with the same formation, although I play a counter-attacking style.

I rely on fast wingers and a fast striker.

I play my striker as a poacher because with 2 CMs, 2 wingers and AM i dont really want the striker to do anything except score goals.

I use strikers with good pace and acceleration as well as good composure and finishing.

A great lone striker for me has been Welliton, brazilian plays in russia. Scores over 30 goals most seasons in the premier league for me in all of my saves.

 

[techguyatny]

my lone striker plays deep and acts as a dummy, feeding balls to high wingers and supporting midfield runs. he rarely scores but he leads serie A in assists. my midfield players and wingers have more goals than my "lone striker"