how to get the best out of central attacking midfielders?

Im a fan irl of central midfielders who get forward consistently and score goals and have always tried to get this to happen within the game. i usually play a normal 4-4-2 and like to go with one defensive minded midfielder and one attacking. now my defensive one always produces normal to great peformances but my attacking one is always struggling to get past a 6 rating. over time ive used players such as lampard,fabregas,gerrard,anderson,deco and more i've created with great stats, and yes, they all have had games where they've been blinding, but more often than not, they just produce average peformances and rarely get past the 10 goal mark or if they do, the goals have come from dead balls.

i was wandering if someone has been able to get the best out of a central attacking midfielder and if so could they advise me on what to do. i've trialed an error with farrows, forward runs, little or much creative freedom, free roles, sort passing, the lot but can nver seem to get what im looking for.

can anyone?

Try makeing him a targetman with short or direct pass.

i play with matias fernandez in an AMC role and i have to say he is playing very well, i put his mentality the as same my mc's, i find like this he drops deep and can dictate the play. Also he is on mixed forward runs as i do not always want him to go forward and want him in the hole. Also TTB and run with ball is often, like this he can pick a pass for my strikers or if nothing is on he can go on a mazy dribble. Lastly i give him alot of creative freedom so he can decide what is best.

i play kranjcar sat off a striker but i think you mean actually a cm dont you?

Im exactly the same, i play a 4-4-2 with a flat midfield and one defensive minded mid and one attacking mid. The attacking player is usually my best player on the team stats wise, so he should technically be getting better than average ratings, but for me, that position normally gets lower than average.

yeah i play with a flat 4-4-2 so my attacking midfielder would play in the cm role, i have never seemed t have problems when playing them in the AMC role

Try giving him a farrow to AMC, long shots and forward runs on often. And make sure his mentality is attacking as well. I imagine that would probably help.

Try giving him a farrow to AMC, long shots and forward runs on often. And make sure his mentality is attacking as well. I imagine that would probably help.

I think you'll find you've fallen into an FM09 tautology here

Ah yes, I'm still stuck in 08 land

Make him have a free role & make him your playmaker