elsgouro

Hi,
have you noticed any difference in the use and the impact of a "tall+strong" target man in fm2008?

As you all now,a player with high heading&jumping could be almost unbeatable as a target man in fm2007. Does this still stand or is it toned down?

Colorado

Good question mate, I'd also like to ask does height make any difference in FM2008 as I'm led to believe it was purely cosmetic in FM07.

Cleon

It's still very effective but if you got a defender with better stats for heading and jumping then its not as bad as it was on 07.

elsgouro

Thanks, good to know that.
It was rather strange to see any guy-strong header,and only that, to destroy every defence.

crazy gra

I'm still sceptic about it. First game of the demo and Vidic is getting beat in the air several times by a striker, albeit with 16 jumping and about the same for determination. Very disappointing.

Dayle Wood

I'm still sceptic about it. First game of the demo and Vidic is getting beat in the air several times by a striker, albeit with 16 jumping and about the same for determination. Very disappointing. </BLOCKQUOTE>That was something that happened alot in 07 too. Crosses in seemed to always be headed by the striker rather than a defender. In reality defenders got to the ball as least as often as the striker and often moreso.

Hina

i think the defender is in passive more than i thought. for example, vidic often concede headers facing torres which is ridiculous. but this situation only happen in the goalkick header.as to the crossing, both him and Rio are on a very high performance actually. so i think this contrast somewhat seems not comply with regular

crazy gra

That was mostly how Vidic lost headers in my game, not through crosses like Dayle said. And that's unrealistic because I think it's easier for a defender to win a header from a long ball rather than a cross.

Maybe the demo has flaws like this, but it's certainly not helping to sell the game.

ubos

Imo, target men are not as effective in 08 as compared to 07. Drogba no longer an efficient a TM as compared to FM 07. Haven't really tried other target men though, will test out soon.