retired_stupubea

ok i am newcastle and i have just signed saviola and want to partner him with owen, can this work or are they too alike?

retired_Myoplex

yes it will work i've had martins and owen, martins and rossi work together and all 3 are "fast strikers" i find that crosses to the far post are effective (plenty of tap-ins, there's a good thread about that) and i'd make one of them target man with "run onto ball" chosen good luck, glad you're newcastle

retired_rayrhi

I think that this is a lethal combo. I would have both strikers on forward runs, high attacking mentality & freedom, and have your midfield play through balls often. If you play a flat 4-4-2 with no arrows on your wingers, I would use the strikers as a wide outlet. Place side arrows on each striker moving them toward the wing, and have your full-backs on direct or long passing. This could be a great counter-attacking system. Have them on run with ball too and cross often from the byline. Good luck pal. Let us know how it goes eh?

retired_stupubea

well im half way through the season and so far so goodim 5th in the league and so far the partnership is working, after a slow start saviola has really got some form he scored 4 goals in my last match away to bolton, owen who i have set as target man, was scoring for fun at first but hasnt scored for the last 4 games but stil has an impresive 10 golas in 13 appearences

morihuel

Woops, nice tips there arteta,

I'm currently using both short strikers (Rossi & Brandy), due to Rooney and Johnson injured.

My experience, i'm using the faster one - that is the one with more pace and acceleration - as the target-man with Run on to Ball supply and Rossi (slower one) as the finisher.

Works really well.