retired_hilda

your criterions... and at least stats...

retired_onlinetrainer

depends... fast striker or big man up front and depends what league im playing in as far as stats

my favourite stats though are obviously :-

finishing
composure
work rate
off the ball
decisions
strength
heading
jumping
pace and acceleration

Harblol

Pace
Acceleration
Finishing
First Touch
Composure
Heading (If Target Man should be 18+)

there just the basics

retired_rotert

There's a similar thread going on somewhere, but I can't find it to link to. One of the users has experimented and found that a striker with higher decision making and composure stats will score more often than one with better technical ability (you still need SOME technical ability, though).

Okay, it's only one user, but looking at my own, yes, of my first choice strikers, the one with higher decision stats scores more. On FM08, I think this is more important than ever.

Certainly, on FM07, young quick strikers would score for fun, which isnt the case on this year's.

I signed a guy called Rosenberg in 2011, who looks fairly average technically for a top-flight striker (key stats 14-16), but mentally he's excellent. Am three games in, he's scored 3, then 0, then 2. 5 goals in 3 games looks like a bargain freebie to me. Time will tell re consistency though.

retired_dubravka.maroevic

accelaration pace stamina:the most important atributes in the game;a striker like doudin(for me with 18 acc 20 pace 18 stamina) can get past even the best defenders in the world

retired_gwenlyn

Most of the attributes have been covered here, but one important one is missing - Long shots.

At the moment, the strikers that convert most of their chances have a good Long shots attribute score.

retired_huggabunch

Of course there are various attributes to consider and I do. But number one that i look at when checking out any striker is simple: Finishing. Although you need more than that, it's the starting point for any potential striker that I sign.