Hulk's individualism

[JDvzs]

Need some help with this guy, he's a wonderful striker, just lacks a bit composure and sometimes likes to stupidly blast the ball at goal but neverthless has scored 30 goals in 39 appearances for me. Yet there are some things I dislike about him, first of all he will not stop blasting the ball at goal because when I ask him to he always refuses...

Anyway my main concern with him is the fact that he will rarely let go of the ball, even when there's a clear through ball chance when his teammate striker Tevez (yes I'm managing City) or another player starts running at the defence. He'll just hold onto the ball and run and keep running and yes sometimes this will lead into beuatiful goals where he just dribbles the whole opposition, but these are rare occasions.

My question is what should I do to improve his vision of play. I asked him to start attempting more one-two's but I'm not sure about that. Have you guys an idea for this problem?

(Btw, I play his as a poacher with Through Balls set to 'Sometimes')

Cheers

 

[Raikan007]

thats just the way he plays unfortunately great striker but infuriating on occasions.. he will never unlearn certain PPM's though so don't even try and waste your time I personally just let him be, he scored something like 51 goals in 44 games in his 1st season with me at Porto... he wasted a few oppurtunities for Falcao who was in a better position than him, but hey, he won me matches!

you can ask him (through PI's) to cross and play through balls often as well as drop the shoot from distance slider all the way to never, I have him doing all 3 on always and he is killing teams

 

[oneskyride]

i suggest you play him on the right wing this way he'll be more of a team player and have more options to pass . also maybe reduce his creative freedom a bit.

 

[kandersson]

I guess you could reduce a bit his creative freedom, then reduce his RWB and long shots via player instructions, but tbh I agree with Raikan: just let him do his thing, the guy can be unstoppable...

and you really want him to keep blasting that ball with that long shots attribute

 

[JDvzs]

Truly infuriating at times. He prefers to shoot with his right foot than to assist Tevez, happens all the time. But yeah I understand your point of view, let's see how he plays if he starts using more one-two's. Because another issue is that if he doesn't pass the ball to Tevez, he won't become free to receive for a through ball as well (as in a Counter-attack for example) so hopefully this will help. I'll try messing a bti more with the sliders on the next pre-season

(How did you do in European Competitions with Porto?)

@ kandersson:

Yeah blasting the ball form long shots is fine. What really annoys me is when he's in front of the goalkeeper, everyone else is just miles away and he kicks the ball towards another planet.

 

[chapman7]

Would you happen to have 'hold onto ball' via Personal Instructions ?

 

[JDvzs]

Good point chapman7. I can't tell you for sure right now (I'm at 'work') but I think not. I might try reducing his Creative Freedom, thanks for that tip guys.

 

[Raikan007]

(How did you do in European Competitions with Porto?)

1st season I pulled a AVB, beat Liverpool 5:3 in the final as well! won the league on goal difference though

 

[Lord_Slop]

In my FC Bayern save he's the complete opposite of that, usually raking in the same number of goals and assists, less goals than you guys get definitely, but the whole team's scoring improves.

I play him as a complete forward - support and with the shout "work ball into box", he rarely shoots from distance for me, but sets up Ribbery and Robben consistently. iirc he scored around 30 goals last season for me and around 24 or 25 assists.

My problem with him is different though, he goes in way too many goal draughts atleast twice a season and he doesn't really kick off his scoring till around February or March, he's maybe scored 10 goals till that point, then scores another 20 or 25 in the last 2 months of the season. Any ideas as to how I can get him to play at the beginning of the season the same way he does at the end?

 

[Raikan007]

give him an ear full when he performs below par, tell him he needs to improve or be dropped! allow him to shoot more and devistate defences like he usually does, then revert to your version of his play

 

[rhhthsrthr]

I just don't understand Hulk, he does about 30 goals in 10 European matches but then only 9 in 20 League matches. Main reason why I'm reluctant to buy him along with the suggestions that he wastes possession.

 

[JDvzs]

Well played AVB, now don't be a **** and go to Chelsea like he did (yeah, I sympathise a lot with FCP).

I've noticed the same goal draught problem with him, and I do what Raikan said, give him an ear full. Usually 2 to 3 games after that he starts scoring again.