my free kick specialists

[BridgeGoth]

FK ability I find rather useless on a defensive player.
I much prefer it on a striker, or an AM if I use them. I could live with it on a midfielder, I however have never had to worry about it since the best 2 players I've ever had were strikers which came with FK ability. Both of them scored an insane amount of goals.

[Kaizer Franz]

Sorry , it was late when i wrote my last comments , i didn't see that the uruguayan one was a DC , in my mind it was a MC lol

[cookizzz]

Sorry , it was late when i wrote my last comments , i didn't see that the uruguayan one was a DC , in my mind it was a MC lol

Sorry too that honestly I did not understand your last message and then forget it.

Yes, I agree. The attributes of this DC is best fit for role as MC. His attacking skills are close to most of my MC and even ST.

[Buffs Mad]

The decision has to be on performance. But ofc you need to decide which ones to test - look for guys who score or assist or shoot or cross already and give them a try.

I tend to favour MCs and Strikers for who I test but couple of seasons ago I ended up trying an either footed AML/ML Shadow Striker and he performed best.

This was an either-footed DC FK specialist - he was a starting team player from creation so they are sometimes 'unusually exceptional'. But now I remember, he didn't play that long to suffer Attacking lag.



My favourite Buffs' FK expert was a right footed MC with FK sa - a Scout Market purchase.



Can't find any good stats on him but he finished Season 3 as top scorer and season 4 as top Assist, 2nd as goalscorer.




I know its not FK SA but I currently have been testing CKers. I have a left footed MC No SA (105Q Crossing) and a rightie MC (105Q crossing) who I gave CK SA to. The rightie's performance in general has fallen since he got the SA and he has had only 2 assists to boot, compared with my leftie no SA guy who has had 14 assists.

PS. The rightie wasn't actually much good at CKs before the SA but I wanted the test and I was prepared to waste the sp to do so.
PPS. Whether being given responsibility for something he's not good at has affected performance (or whether his performance slump was coming anyway and affected CKs) I'm not sure - so I'll be removing him from CK duties for the rest of the season. If he starts performing better I might give him more CKs.

[David Grizzle]

I got a bit lucky I guess. My first season I used a scout who did pretty well on CK considering.

Since then it has been my LW/LAM who is a CK specialist nordgen FT. He has over 100 career assists in 3 1/2 seasons so far. One season he had 36. He slumped last season a bit but he is back to being my leading assist man.

As for FK it is now my CM who is still the only player I have ever had at the position that has been in good form consistently. A TON of busts at CM for some reason. Glad I found him and dread the day he gets too old to keep him at 7* without breaking the bank.

[Gabez Teh]

I know im at low level (4) but my dedicated FK has doing the job well. He saved my ass today from a burn from a 2star avg team, 2 FKs=2 goals he is doin above 80%



edit: hey "császár" is a hungarian name! császár means "emperor" in my lang. (french, right! defector son of a b.)

[Hope Rugg]

Just on skills in general, i have a corner specialist but he often delivers weak corners into the box. I checked his crossing stats and they're one of the strongest in my team, so i can't work out why he's poor at them. He's an MC a decent performer and gets some assists, so i've moved him to corners from the right only (inswingers), and getting someone else to take them on the left hand side. Will see if this makes any difference!

[cookizzz]

Just on skills in general, i have a corner specialist but he often delivers weak corners into the box. I checked his crossing stats and they're one of the strongest in my team, so i can't work out why he's poor at them. He's an MC a decent performer and gets some assists, so i've moved him to corners from the right only (inswingers), and getting someone else to take them on the left hand side. Will see if this makes any difference!

Test result is always the most reliable factor to consider in assigning corner kickers, free kickers, and maybe even defensive wall. If test result is bad, I will rank down the player even if he is looked like with best attributes for his role. Maybe there is related hidden attribute. I don't play against identified reality.

[Steppenwolf]

Just on skills in general, i have a corner specialist but he often delivers weak corners into the box. I checked his crossing stats and they're one of the strongest in my team, so i can't work out why he's poor at them. He's an MC a decent performer and gets some assists, so i've moved him to corners from the right only (inswingers), and getting someone else to take them on the left hand side. Will see if this makes any difference!

Well, corners have 3 sides... a corner taker... someone to jump high... and opponent's goalie to save it or let it in... You may have the best corner taker in the game, but, if there is no player in your team able to jump higher than his marker...

[Gabez Teh]

Well, corners have 3 sides... a corner taker... someone to jump high... and opponent's goalie to save it or let it in... You may have the best corner taker in the game, but, if there is no player in your team able to jump higher than his marker...

really?

i have THREE aerial defender specialist in my starting lineup, THREE!
exactly are: 41 heading+special, 42 heading+special, 48 heading+special
also my GK has 45 marking

"corner taker" was his DR(!!) with 40 crossing

guess what happened yesterday against 5th level (im 4th but he was weaker) oppo in cup... after a corner his 32 header MC scored a goal with header.... REALLY? ooh wait he had double corner opportunity... ok, got it
of course i had +15 poss from me and my buddies + full stadium... he wasnt there and the final result was a tight 1-1... with a real 63% ball possession... he defended almost everything.. lame...