Why my Striker not score enough

[pcmacdaniel]

Strikers aren't as bad as most the top 11 community thinks they are. What exactly causes them to click or fail, we'll never probably be able to find an agreement on. What I can tell you is, I have had no problems getting my strikers to score. The first player here Maxim Agapov has 32 goals and 15 assists through 18 games. The 2nd player, Nicholas was my leading scorer each of the last two season (won treble both those seasons too ).

What I do is

1. For strikers, focus on soft attributes, I can't change (height, weight and dominant foot). I know the general consensus is these things are cosmetics. I don't believe that to be the 100% the case, although I doubt they make a huge impact. But if they do (I think they do), ST, DC are the positions where they will. Height to help win the ball in the air; weight to help with the positioning and strength task of sealing off defenders in the battle to win positioning and get to the ball. These skills however are far less important to midfielders and wing backs.

2. Focus on the skills that will help win the ball in traffic (strength, positioning, heading), and the ability to take advantage of the ability to win the ball (shooting and finishing). Speed and Dribbling are important too, but "shooting technique" and "use your head" should be prioritized first. Positioning especially is a real nuisance to train, but is very important for a striker. Agapov is still needs work there.

3. Have a set-piece beast that is great at free kicks and corners. If the free-kick taker can't deliver a good free-kick/cross into the box, the striker can't take advantage. Likewise, a striker that can't take advantage of a good free-kick/cross is a problem.

Lastly, have a good free kick and corner kick takers. Striker can't score if they can't deliver a good free kick/cross into the box to give the striker the opportunity to score.



The 2nd player here, was my leading scorer each of the last two seasons. This season he doesn't play, as my formation is 4-5-1v and I have had no reason to change yet this season.