retired_mrchris1982

I have got two decent wingers and virtually each match they get the lowest stats and contribute not a lot in terms of assists. Their crosses complete ratio is poor too.

I have even got on loan a very decent winger and he is not much better.

What am I doing wrong?

What settings should he be on?

I am playing them in a basic 4-4-2 in line with the midfielders with long farrows rather than in the AMR/AML position in front of th emidfield but just behind the forward line.

The rest of the team have decent passing stats for the division and I have played as wide as you can get plus Play down both Flanks on passing.

Have I just signed 2 duffers?

retired_hope

It sounds like you wingers are being isolated from the rest of your team.

What passing style do you use?

retired_ssteinfeld

do you play a target man?

retired_mrchris1982

I do not use a target man as both my forwards are neither useful in the air or very fast.

The passing style I change from short, to long or even following the 2 by 2 rule.

retired_hope

So even if you sort out your wingers you will still not score as you have no one to win the header and score.

RoT doesn't affect your passing style. It is a mentality framework.

Why do you keep changing from short to long? If the rest of your midfield have good passing stats then you should stick with short or mixed.

I would suggest you re-think what it is you want to achieve.

retired_mrchris1982

If my midfield has good passing stats should I play something other than 442 then??

retired_FaultyFate

It looks like your wingers cannot complete crosses not because they do it bad but rather because there is nobody to get the cross and convert it into something.

Pesonally I find short arrows on wingers are better than long ones. With the long ones wingers play more like FCs than AM(RL). They face opposition D(RL) at their position and do not have much space. With short arrow the opposition FBs are either forced to step forward to meet your wingers, or they stay in their position giving your wingers time and space to make better decision.

If your wingers are good at dribbling, you can try to focus passing down both flanks and make them run with ball often, while cross ball mixed. They will be more involved then. And I do not think long passing style is of any help as your STs cannot win the ball and flick it to wingers or MCs. So maybe short-to-mixed passing with slow-to-normal tempo is better.