Also found out that in my tactic at least DCs also get a lot of tackles in the MC position if their positioning is good. Koffi Kalukembi, Alex the MLC and Kevin Franck get a ton of passes in the MC position. MC - Artur Correia, very effective tackler. Dian Kirilov - tons of runs and goals in the AMC position. Dobek is great for winning headers and getting key passes. Orri Freyr Oskarsson and Morocutti are two big bruisers, great for winning headers and holding the ball up. Off the ball seems to be also important for getting that key pass in the last quarter of the pitch (my AMC and two FC's seem to get more if their Off the Ball is better). Out of the bargain guys, I've found the following to do great:Īrriki Afriye and David Avilla for strikers - I play a 3-5-2 so the 2-striker combo doesn't produce many goals (seems to be a characteristic of the game), but both get a lot of dangerous shots after which the I score from rebounds, not to mention key passes. Jumping skyrockets the number of Headers. Tackling will help a player win more, but even players with low tackling win a fair number of challenges. The defensive tactical skill, Positioning, simply skyrockets the number of tackles/game on any player who isn't in a F/AM position.
A player WILL score more if he has high ratings in the last three attributes, but they seem nowhere near as essential. The attacking tactical skill, Off the Ball, trumps even finishing, heading and long shots in terms of scoring. I've come to the conclusion that out of the technical skills the most important seems to be Creativity. What most of them share (especially the cheaper ones) are very high Creativity or Off the Ball or Positioning or Physical skills (Acc/Pace/Jumping) ratings.
With about 8 or 9 of the free transfers in my first team I won La Liga with Recreativo, having lost once.
Somewhat more expensive (1-5 mill.), but world-class: Non-free transfer, but usually under/around 100K-300K: Kristian Ravneng DR (great as a DC and an MC as well)