Currently with Newcastle, third season.
Squad:
It's not a bad team - and its starting to play to their potential. Playing the 'Steaua Bucharest' tactic from this forum (thanks SB) as the AI was 'getting' my existing 4-4-2.
Player instructions there are essentially one-notch attacking on a short and slowish tempo with tight marking and no target man tick instruction.
The new full backs have certainly helped knot up the defence up - but the main concern is of the complete lack of consistency of the forwards. Rarely getting over 7.0 unless they score, missing clear cut chances, very low score returns. Dominating games but winning only 1-0.
I'm concerned that if I take up Man City's offer of Pogbreynak he will simply fall into my tactical black hole and suffer the same fate as the other strikers. Last season Cardozo scored 30 goals, Martins 26 the season before, and Bojan has been wondrous. Podolski on the other hand only has three goals for the first half of this season, two in an easy drubbing of Red Star.
Have tried PPMs to improve finishing, lobbing etc. And pep talks. Are there any suggestions as to how to get my strikers to wake up? Has any one else suffered if, for example, strikers are rotated too much?
I seem to have more 'normal' performances when they come off the bench - but am not sure what this should be telling me.
deelang
Squad:
Martins Cardozo
Bojan Podolski
Bojan Podolski
Matias Fernandez Moutinho Diarra Marquinhos
Fleck Adrien Rafael Carioca Balotelli
Fleck Adrien Rafael Carioca Balotelli
Bale Collocini Chygrinski DiSilvestri
Insua______ Taylor______ Belletti
Insua______ Taylor______ Belletti
Given
Kuzshack
Kuzshack
It's not a bad team - and its starting to play to their potential. Playing the 'Steaua Bucharest' tactic from this forum (thanks SB) as the AI was 'getting' my existing 4-4-2.
Player instructions there are essentially one-notch attacking on a short and slowish tempo with tight marking and no target man tick instruction.
The new full backs have certainly helped knot up the defence up - but the main concern is of the complete lack of consistency of the forwards. Rarely getting over 7.0 unless they score, missing clear cut chances, very low score returns. Dominating games but winning only 1-0.
I'm concerned that if I take up Man City's offer of Pogbreynak he will simply fall into my tactical black hole and suffer the same fate as the other strikers. Last season Cardozo scored 30 goals, Martins 26 the season before, and Bojan has been wondrous. Podolski on the other hand only has three goals for the first half of this season, two in an easy drubbing of Red Star.
Have tried PPMs to improve finishing, lobbing etc. And pep talks. Are there any suggestions as to how to get my strikers to wake up? Has any one else suffered if, for example, strikers are rotated too much?
I seem to have more 'normal' performances when they come off the bench - but am not sure what this should be telling me.
deelang