Strikers couldn't finish their dinner?

[xelliotx]

So at the moment I'm managing mansfield town and I'm in the 2019/2020 season, I've got a decent team and finished 7th last season, but this season my strikers cant finish anything, I've got dongou who is 24 and around 4 star current ability, with a few other younger regens with 5 star potential, some of my strikers have 17 finishing and still miss a lot of chances and its costing me hugely, I've got good staff too for attacking, what is going wrong?

I play 4231 counter usually

 

[martianmanager]

Finishing is pretty poor throughout imo/experience.

Seems like an in game issue. Heck, try going to the editor, gice him 20 finishing, 200 CA and the results will still largely be the same.

 

[Sherkey]

Because finishing isn't the only criteria? Try looking at what his Composure is, as well as concentration. And most importantly, PPMs..

 

[MANUMAD]

And also tactics ...

 

[WJ]

Finishing is how accurate his finishes are without any other influences. Decisions, composure, technique and consistency all play a part in how well he finishes chances. Then your tactics can also help or hinder their goal scoring. Quite a lot to consider!

 

[alexdesouza]

Because finishing isn't the only criteria? Try looking at what his Composure is, as well as concentration. And most importantly, PPMs..

More important than PPMs is the philosophy. If he's ahead of the play he's got less time, etc.

But I have to say your response was the best I've read on this site in ages ^_^

 

[xelliotx]

I mean, they do miss a lot of chances where you would expect PREMIER league players to score, they aren't **** players and have decent composure, my wingers seem to be grabbing all the goals

 

[Millennial Gaming]

If your wingers are grabbing the goals instead of your strikers then maybe you have your tactic set up to have wide players shoot on sight rather than cross the ball when they have the opportunity.

In my Utd save I developed Henriquez to have great finishing/composure/concentration stats and he was bagging me 40 goals a season but my wingers were also chipping in with nearly 30 assists each but only 10-20 goals (combined) - even those were typically from free kicks. So it all depends on what your team is organized to do.

 

[alexdesouza]

Batshuyai has 73 goals in 84 games for me in my HSV save.

Strikers are fine. It's you.

 

[rocheyb]

I'm up to April 2021 in my Southampton save, and I'm on the verge of my second (not consecutive) Premier League title; about to face Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-final; I have won the last three Capital One Cups and three of the last six FA Cups, plus the Europa League two seasons ago.

My wingers usually get into double figures for both goals and assists, but my strikers are consistently my top scorers. My team's game is based around getting crosses into the area for my Shadow Striker and Deep-Lying Forward. They also link up well together through the middle with one-twos and play the wingers into the channels. This current season, I have added a world class Trequartista for whom I make tactical accommodations and he has weighed in with plenty of goals and assists as a result.

Stats for the last three seasons, all competitions...

2018/19 - Won: Premier League, Europa League, Capital One Cup
Jay Rodriguez - Shadow Striker: 33 apps (5 as sub); 24 goals
Christoffer Jorgensen - Deep-Lying Forward: 25 apps (13); 21 goals
Erik Gomez - Deep-Lying Forward: 26 apps (10); 17 goals

2019/20 - Won: FA Cup, Capital One Cup; 2nd: Premier League; Semi-final: Champions League
Jay Rodriguez - Shadow Striker: 39 apps (3); 32 goals
Erik Gomez - Deep-Lying Forward: 45 apps (11); 32 goals
Christoffer Jorgensen - Deep-Lying Forward: 20 apps (8); 9 goals - injured for 4 months

2020/21 - Currently: Top of Prem by 6 points with 5 matches to go and one game in-hand; Won Capital One; Lost semi-final of FA Cup to Chelsea; Semi-final of Champs Leg vs Bayern Munich is my next match
Jay Rodriguez - Shadow Striker: 31 apps (5); 23 goals
Christoffer Jorgensen - Deep-Lying Forward: 26 apps (8); 20 goals
Erik Gomez - Deep-Lying Forward: 30 apps ( 6 ); 15 goals

The wingers get plenty, too. It's possible that with just three more goals, I will have 7 players in double figures for the season.

I have already posted a thread explaining my preferred 4-4-1-1 tactic, for which I have posted the link at the bottom of this message. I called it "The REAL 4-4-2", but I could just as well have called it "The REAL 4-2-3-1" - because in my formation, the wingers get up and attack but they also track back and engage in build-up play from deep in their own half and help their full-back when necessary. Jose would be proud of us!

The Shadow Striker, in the No.10 position, is the key goal threat. I've explained his role in detail in that thread, including screenshots of chosen goals to show how he implements my instructions on the pitch.

But it's also worth saying that I finished 6th, 3rd, 6th, 6th and 8th before I eventually won the League and only picked up my first FA Cup in 2016. I was patient and got to grips with the game over time, by understanding what worked with my squad and what didn't, and learning what qualities I needed to bring in when signing new players.

http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/foot...1-real-4-4-2-how-i-learned-play-triangle.html

 

[jefflogan123]

This game is really rigged. People with good stats (over 15) in finishing, composure, concentration can't score a **** goal. I got Mandzukic up front. Scored one goal out of 28 attempts, more assists than goals. Now I can only score goals with set-pieces. Dude with 14 finishing, 5 concentration and 10 composure can score 10 goals in 34 attempts. Both of them have the same set of instructions. Maybe I need to research more on tactics.

 

[WJ]

This game is really rigged. People with good stats (over 15) in finishing, composure, concentration can't score a **** goal. I got Mandzukic up front. Scored one goal out of 28 attempts, more assists than goals. Now I can only score goals with set-pieces. Dude with 14 finishing, 5 concentration and 10 composure can score 10 goals in 34 attempts. Both of them have the same set of instructions. Maybe I need to research more on tactics.

Dude, start a thread, post your tactical setup and maybe even the profiles of these strikers in question.

I created a thread a few weeks ago to check striker efficiency, but didn't get a lot of responses. My strikers are scoring at a rate better than real life. They did back then and they still are.

http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/football-manager-2014-discussion/164850-striker-efficiency.html

 

[emman23]

Its an issue, but if you think about it, if they convert those chances almost everytime, we got a goal unlimited football simulation.

I do have 3 players with a combined 100+ goals and 60+ assists between them in a season, happened multiple times.