Individual Training: Poacher or Complete Forward for this youngster?

[ilkork]

I have this youngster (btw 16y old and bald?):

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In my tactics, he will play (not now, after some years) as Poacher and Complete Forward/S. I was wondering, what would the best approach be for his development.

1) Choose to train him as a Complete Forward so that he will focus on more attributes and with a additional focus on Finishing/Off the Ball, like the following image,

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or 2) choose to train him as Poacher with an additional focus on Dribbling so that he will focus more on the "important" attributes?

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His other (less important) attributes are very good for his age and i am sure they will be increased with/without me. I would really like to focus more on his Dribbling, Finishing, Off the Ball and Acceleration.
What should i do? Go with Poacher?

EDIT: I am in control of the youth's general training.
After the first 2-3 weeks of fitness training in pre-season and the one month of team cohesion after that, i distribute the other 4 categories (attacking, defending, ball control, tactical) equally, different training each week.

[herne79]

For me, Poachers and Complete Forwards are polar opposites, so asking someone to (eventually) play as either is a bit of a challenge.

Poachers are the ultimate goal moocher.  They sit in and around the penalty box waiting for the ball, take a shot and do not much else.  Thus a low Teamwork attribute is ideal.  Take a look at Lapadula at AC Milan that I bought for my West Ham team as a Poacher.

Complete Forwards are the jack of all trades forward, expected to work hard for the team and do a little bit of everything.  Thus a high Teamwork attribute is handy to have.  Take a look at Belotti at Torino that I also bought for my West Ham team as a Complete Forward.

Of course they can play as either role, but because their attributes differ the way in which they carry out the roles will differ.

[ilkork]

52 minutes ago, herne79 said:

For me, Poachers and Complete Forwards are polar opposites, so asking someone to (eventually) play as either is a bit of a challenge.

Poachers are the ultimate goal moocher.  They sit in and around the penalty box waiting for the ball, take a shot and do not much else.  Thus a low Teamwork attribute is ideal.  Take a look at Lapadula at AC Milan that I bought for my West Ham team as a Poacher.

Complete Forwards are the jack of all trades forward, expected to work hard for the team and do a little bit of everything.  Thus a high Teamwork attribute is handy to have.  Take a look at Belotti at Torino that I also bought for my West Ham team as a Complete Forward.

Of course they can play as either role, but because their attributes differ the way in which they carry out the roles will differ.

Well, here's the deal.
I am using two tactics for 99% of the matches. I always swap them during a match.

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1) 4-2-3-1 Attacking:

2) 4-2-3-1 Control:


I also swap the wingers and change them to Inside Forwards (Attack duty for the Attacking tactic and Support duty for the Control tactic)

With the attacking tactic, i want nothing more than goals.
The reason i also use a control tactic, is because my board wants a possession brand of football (wants an attacking one also) and i am too stubborn and stupid to remove it from the philosophies and take it personally "I am Olympiacos, the best team in Greece and i should have the highest average possession in the league"!
That's why i use a Poacher (really nothing else for that attacking tactic) and a Complete Forward/S for the control tactic (what else could i use?).
Also, i am sure that this youngster's teamwork will reach at least 12, so, it's not that bad for using him as a CF also.

Btw, i am planning to buy Belotti as well, good choice there mate, personal favourite in FM16

EDIT: Don't know if this thread is for "Good Player & Team Guide" anymore.
Maybe tactics & training?

[herne79]

ok no worries.

In terms of specifically how to train him (ie., your actual question in the OP), when you select a role to train the player as, all you're actually doing is just selecting a range of attributes to focus on.  In the case of the Complete Forward role then yes that will ultimately give you a nicely rounded forward.  Now and again there'd be no harm in switching his training to, say, the Poacher role for a few months to give him a little boost to some more specific "goal focused" attributes.

In Training, the roles are just labels given to differentiate a set of attributes to focus on, so you can use that to your advantage.

[ilkork]

12 minutes ago, herne79 said:

ok no worries.

In terms of specifically how to train him (ie., your actual question in the OP), when you select a role to train the player as, all you're actually doing is just selecting a range of attributes to focus on.  In the case of the Complete Forward role then yes that will ultimately give you a nicely rounded forward.  Now and again there'd be no harm in switching his training to, say, the Poacher role for a few months to give him a little boost to some more specific "goal focused" attributes.

In Training, the roles are just labels given to differentiate a set of attributes to focus on, so you can use that to your advantage.

Yeah, yeah, i asked the community about that 2-3 weeks ago, cause i chose my DLP to train as BBM (more attributes in training with this role) and wasn't sure if there would be a conflict since i don't use a BBM.

I did the math and it's about 45 weeks of training in one season, so, i could choose 30 weeks as Poacher and 15 weeks as Complete Forward. Or 25-20, don't know, will see.

Anyway, thank you for your time sir, i appreciate it.

[DannyFM87]

On 4/1/2017 at 07:04, ilkork said:

I have this youngster (btw 16y old and bald?):

 

Hahaha!!

[ilkork]

11 hours ago, DannyFM87 said:

Hahaha!!