retired_matts213

If Im playing a 4-5-1 with the one striker up front, do I still need to make the lone striker a target man? Wouldn’t he automatically be a target man in this formation or do I still have to tick on the Target Man box to make him a target man?

retired_gocubbies1980

Im not sure but id tick the box anyways just to be safe....plus i cant believe this threads had 64 views and not one reply(except mine of course)

retired_rayanok

I dont with my carlisle team! just get me wingers to join in..... seems to work!

retired_fernleycoach1191

Well, I do't use target man when playing at home, since my tactic is more 4-3-3 than 4-5-1 when playing at home and I want to the striker to play along with the AM L/R wingers with forward runs in the attack, with the support of the AMC.

While using my away tactic, since it's more dependant on counter-strike and the wingers are in the M L/R positions with full runs to the attack, I set the striker to be my target man, so the players can try to pass him the ball as quickly as possible to take full advantage of the counter-attack, either by allowing the striker to run for goal or to hold the ball and allow the wingers to catch up.