Sunday 11 January 2009

Effective Strike Partnerships 1 - Little n' Large

To win football matches you have to score goals, right? (I am a genius!) and usually you will be looking at your strikers to get the majority of your goals. If you can't get your strikers firing then you are going to struggle to get anywhere fast in FM. But what makes an effective partnership? In this series of posts I'll be writing about 4 different partnerships that work. This is Part 1.

Little n' Large
A partnership which works well IRL and also in FM is the little n' large version. Here you have one small, fast good finisher playing alongside more of a "target man" (TM) - someone who is strong, agile and can win the ball in the air and hold it up.
Real Life Examples: Crouch + Defoe, Heskey + Owen

Does it work in FM?
It can yes, I think many players have proven this in the past, with the little striker getting a lot of goals, the TM most of the asists, but also sometimes the TM will get some goals - but not as many.

How should I set it up?
Little Striker -> An attacking mentality, forward runs often, run with ball often, CF normal, short passing.
TM -> He should be your target man, and have the ball supply at either "To Feet" or "To Head". His mentality should be normal, low CF and a mixed passing style. Forward runs mixed, run with ball mixed, Through Balls mixed (Often if he is good enough). Hold Up ball should be ticked.

1 comment:

  1. Great post Jack looking forward to part two. I agree this can work very well if you get the correct players in place - but as you know that in itself isn't easy! ;-)

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