This is a game to get the ball in the opposition's goal you asterisks!

[Death Ball]

Picture the next plays:

1 - Striker robs the ball off the goalkeeper in the area line, in front of the post. There's no one between him and the goal. Instead of just kicking, he runs with the ball going wider, until the defense catches up with him. When he finally shoots, there's a defender blocking the shot (and the goalie has arrived to the line).

2 - Striker again robs the ball in front of the area, to a side. There's no one between him and the goal. The closer defender wouldn't be able to close half the distance before he would run to the goal line. He just has to kick or shove somewhat hard the ball, maybe after one step to get clear of the goalie's foot. The idiot makes a long backpass.

3 - This is less blatant. Striker has just got behind the defense and reached the ball passed to him, he's in mid length of area, has a decent angle to shoot. Instead he pushes the ball the typical way my strikers try to dribble: push the ball to the feet of the closest defender. His idea is dribble a defender that was in no blocking line to even the far post when he received the ball.

4 - Again striker has the ball, he's alone and no defender can get to him. He's almost in the penalty area. He does a side pass to the winger, who has defenders between him and the goal.


I have the strikers in run with ball always and forward runs always, attacking mentality and creative freedom medium or high. Normal pace, toward slow.

Question: Why did my players do retarded things like that? What orders would prevent that from repeating?. In the last three games I only got a goal, and it was a rival's own goal because when my guys get such a clear cut chance they pass the ball back instead of hitting for goal. (There's also this striker getting the ball on his feet in the area, lots of defenders, though, and instead of hitting it or trying a back pass, now that it was ptotally justified, darts to the goal leaving the ball behind for the defenders to take easily)

Thanks in advance.

 

[19-11-08]

is it possible that your'e players actually have mental illnesses and don't know their supposed to kick the ball into the net.

 

[StuW]

is it possible that your'e players actually have mental illnesses and don't know there supposed to kick the ball into the net.

I second that.

 

[habler]

I had Carlos Vela on a one on one with the keeper kick the ball out of play due to an opposition player being injured. i felt like injuring Carlos Vela.

 

[Nemes1s]

try to make the run with ball to mixed and put the creative freedom to less. i think your player will do less "improvisation" in the pitch and might send the ball where it supposed to be..

 

[Andy]

HAHAHA this made me laugh, you must be gutted.

 

[Kris]

were you watching the games? maybe yet another flaw with the 3d pitch...either that or i want to know what your showing them at training

 

[Zebedee]

What level of the game are you playing at and who were the players? Fairly common in the lower leagues I'm afraid - players crumble under the pressure and make bad decisions or even worse try to be overly clever and mess up badly.

 

[Death Ball]

I watch the matches full. the third may be 3d engine inaccuracy and even if it was right there was a small pass with the "let's take better angles to shoot" mindset.

I play Portsmouth in Premier League, was in sixth position before the three matches with these kind of plays happened, ninth after. I don't remember which player did do it, either Jimmy Briand or Adrián (I think from Deportivo de La Coruña), the replacements are picked from Gyan (who I hired during last days of june forgetting I had other who had accepted to join some time before), Jonathan Walters and Edgar Manucharyan (these two can work as wingers). All with decend decisions and creativity. I don't hire players with less than 13 in that under normal circumstances, 10 if I really can't pass without signing (not yet happened). Their ranges are: 12-16 I think, I'll show the screens when I get to play again. I don't think I missed bravery being too low.

I would sort of just take it as a meh, stupid play if it hadn't happened in three matches in a row (Tottenham who are strong, West Brom who are 20th and some other team). "Tactical change to the strikers?" you could say after I mentioned it's three matches in a row, but I didn't do changes like that.

Last match they didn't do that bad and in fact scored my first victory against Arsenal. Now really Chelsea is the only big english team I've not beat yet. But each match they find harder to get the 3-1.


EDIT:

Player Bravery Creativity Decisions Flair Finishing Composure Concentration

Adrián 12 13 13 15 16 16 14 (Could be case 1 and maybe 4)

Jimmy Briand 11 13 12 14 16 11 15 (He was in case 3 and 2. Maybe 4)

Asamoah Gyan 12 10 11 14 15 10 ( only could be involved in the fourth. Oh right, at the moment I signed him I was expecting to have other bids turned down and he was an emergency signing. Kept him for his speed.)

Edgar Manucharyan 10 15 11 15 14 11 11 (Could be the one in the fourth but I think I didn't field him in that match)

Jonathan Walters 16 14 12 10 14 14 13 (I think he's the case 1).


A couple have one of the mental ctats in levels I consider poor and rarely accept for the team, but I don't think they'd make for such blunders. It's like in D&D rolling ten 1's in a row T.T)




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And anyway, saw the link to the TT&F document, yay!, reading through. Nice read.

 

[Pantsil]

is it possible that your'e players actually have mental illnesses and don't know their supposed to kick the ball into the net.

that is the best reply i have heard so far on this website

 

[lazza32]

composure

low composure ratings on strikers often makes this happen. They panic

 

[mikelfc]

Similar things are happening with some of my players, and they dont suffer from lack of composure. I had a corner, the opposing goalkeeper spilled it, it fell to torres with an open goal but he stopped. he stood there for about 5 seconds then hit it back to my defender on the half way line and got injured (for three weeks) heading the ball when they hit it back into the box. that would have been avoided if he had simply done his job as a striker and shot instead of being a ****

 

[Jake]

Similar things are happening with some of my players, and they dont suffer from lack of composure. I had a corner, the opposing goalkeeper spilled it, it fell to torres with an open goal but he stopped. he stood there for about 5 seconds then hit it back to my defender on the half way line and got injured (for three weeks) heading the ball when they hit it back into the box. that would have been avoided if he had simply done his job as a striker and shot instead of being a ****

lulz