Shadow Striker Sucks

[soigne]

I've always wanted a shadow striker. Heard of how good they are at scoring goals from long range etc. At the start of this season I got "lucky" in the auction house and got a 20 yrs old 5* AMC with shadow striker ability. Sounds wonderful right? Or so I thought. This guy has been the worst player on my team for 8 straight games, getting 4 or 5 rating every game. (see below). He has no goal, only 1 assist. All of my previous AMCs under the same tactic were doing really well, averaging 7 to 8 rating. The only difference is the Shadow Striker ability. I have a feeling that this has something to do with the shadow striker ability because it seems to make the player worse.



Every game he will usually take one long shot and its always blocked or "goalie has no trouble with that". After that long shot he practically disappeared. You will rarely see him do anything else again. I'm playing a 4-1-3-1-1 formation.

I have no idea why he's playing this horrible. What is going on? Is shadow striker bugged? or is shadow striker only effective in certain formations?