Attacking headers are always at goal, and never as a pass

I second this. I'm always hopefuly for knockdowns, but it seems as if once a player is within the box, they'll always look to take a header on as a shot, even if it would be easier to knock it down for a teammate. It dramatically decreases the effectiveness of target forwards.

We would need to see match examples of this to investigate further @Pezamaria so if you can share the pkm files we can in turn look into it. A guide on how to share these is available here: How to upload files to us - Instructions and Notes - Sports Interactive Community (sigames.com)

 

This happens to me a lot as well and it's frustrating. 

As said above Fraaj, we'll need PKM files to begin investigating, if you're able to provide any.  

Apologies I missed the reply. I'll upload them as I see it appear in future

Only one example in this one so not sure if it's helpful, and doesn't exactly show it happens a lot..........but for clarity my point is that every time there's a header in the box it always is an attempt on goal. So it's not me saying there's too many - it's that they are never a pass

This one is in the 53rd minute

53rd minute.pkm

Do you need me to highlight each time an example comes up in a match? Or can you view all headers in the box (For example) with ease?

There were a few in this one and I only noted two I'm afraid. 64th and 92nd min (both the same player btw, so maybe just him this time)

6492min.pkm

Couple of good examples. I chose situations where cross comes to inside of the box but in such position its better drop it than try to force it to goal direction. To be honest I don't want the header drops to be too accurate either because I don't want crosses to be main source of goals because that's not realistic either

65:08 Chance to drop deep cross ball to a penalty spot for a completely free player
86:38 Chance to drop byline cross ball to a penalty spot for a completely free player
 

ME22.3.0.0 Header pass options inside the box 1.pkm

Edited January 5, 2022 by Pasonen

37:38 Chance to drop header to center after a cross what flies a bit too far from goal mouth 

ME22.3.0.0 Header pass options inside the box 2.pkm

68:31 Wide freekick near byline. Chance to drop header center direction where most of the attacking players are and to angle to goal is small so a "pass" would be preferred.

87:10 Chance to drop header after far post cross to a center position wheres 2 attacking players

ME22.3.0.0 Header pass options inside the box 3.pkm

Thanks for providing examples between you both, our QA team can investigate further with these.

Not sure if you need more.......but just had a game with three good examples (Although all the same player so might be the explanation?)

 

19th, 58th and 83rd minutes

More.pkm

Appreciate the examples nonetheless Pezamaria, the more we have the better.