Striking Consistency

[Dickybran]

I seem to have a problem with my strikers performing consistently. I have Tevez, Balotelli, Defoe and Steven Fletcher. They have all had decent spells, but then always followed by a bad spell of 4 or 5 games. It's constantly up and down all season. Is there any way to stop this? Or is it just part of the game?

 

[iNickStuff]

Why do you have Defoe and Fletcher in your team?

Anyway, it's best to find the best striker roles for each of the players, but rotate them every four to five games. That way, they all have a chance, and if they play poorly in those roles, then you can change them. Look into their PI's (Player instructions) and tweak them to give them more freedom, or restrict it. It's important that you do this because it will help you learn about getting the best out of player.

For example, putting the Mentality and Creative Freedom sliders mid-way through for Carlos Tevez and the Closing Down slider all the way up, then you can see him drop deep and roam into space, whilst also having Roam From Position ticked. He could have the Complete Forward, Support role, or Defensive Forward role.

 

[Dickybran]

Defoe and Fletcher have scored a lot of goals for me. Defoe got me 40 in one season. Because my strikers are not consistent enough I end up changing them quite often. I like to play Tevez (Deep-lying/Support) and Balotelli (Poacher), but Balotelli can go from getting scores of 8+ for a few games in a row to getting 6.5 for the next few games. I like to think of it like IRL where even the best strikers have goal droughts, and that I should give them more of a chance, but when it gets to 4 or 5 games without scoring I have to do something about it.

 

[hh12345]

I have a similar problem with my strikers. One season will score 30 goals the next season 5 and tactis havent changed 1 bit. I have 4 worldclass strickers (all regens with 18+ determination) and despite awesome attributes and loads of chances they keep failing to put it in the net.

 

[infantryN1]

a good striker has to have a good composure along striker based technical ability

 

[Tankqull]

a good striker has to have a good composure along striker based technical ability

nope all you need is mental genius - Ivica Olic is allways scoring 1.x goals/per game for me and his technical abilitys are horrible...

 

[Dickybran]

I think there's more to it than just attributes. Like I say, I have Tevez and Balotelli. I have also had Dzeko, Torres and Suarez in the past and have had the same problem with all of them. Maybe I'm not giving them the right settings.