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Just a quick one about the positioning attribute. I was led to believe from reading many previous discussions that positioning is only relating to positioning when defending.
My query is that may it actually affect attacking as well. I ask because I have my first choice striker Michele Paolucci who scores lots and is rarely caught offside (Positioning 13, OTB 18).
It is a different story however for my backup striker Antonio Floro Flores.
Both players have similar stats although Flores has 9 for positioning and 15 for OTB. He scores some really classy goal but 70% of the time from an offside position which is really annoying when I need the goal to come back in a match.
I always believed that the positioning attribute pertained to any player on the pitch regardless of his role, defending or attacking. It's the ability to be where you're supposed to be accomplish a team's task. This seems to be more applicable for long headers on both ends, even offensively and I usually look at that stat when determining target men.
Similar type of stat exists in NFL (American) football when they call a receiver a good "route runner". He may not be the most skillfull athletic player, but will run his given pattern to precision and will always have the timing right.
positioning (and otb on the other end) will show most on winning long (and high) balls. they both determine if the player is in the right spot to defend or pose a threat. more stats affect straying offside imo. concentration, acceleration and also fitness level and some preferred moves may cause your flores to be off side all the time. oh, and also try changing his "forward runs" and "run with ball" instructions.
I think the fact that he's being caught off-side more often is down to a combination of his concentration(10), Positioning(9) and anticipation(12). Plus the fact that he has 17 for acceleration and pace.
This tells me that his positioning to recieve the ball's never that great to start with and his low concentration means he's not that good at staying focused on where the defensive line is or who the last man is that would be keeping him on-side. Add that to his relatively low anticipation, which to me suggests he'll not be that great at anticipating the perfect timing for his runs, and the fact that he's pretty quick and it seems to me that this will all add up to a player who could easily be caught off-side. Particularly if he has a fairly high mentality and forward runs set to often.
I have always understood it to be that positioning is for defensive positioning and off the ball is for attacking positioning. It could also be affected by anticipation, decisions, maybe concentration too, I suppose.
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