Hi! I have some questions about how you work with GK sets so I can clear my doubts and start working on more accurate sets. What guidelines do you follow when making sets for goalkeepers? What do the different abilities (and combinations) mean for you?
For example,
René Higuita, who has orange numbers in response but a mere
81 in goalkeeping skills, the same as average goalkeepers like
Éwerton or
B. Abate (with smaller numbers in all other categories).
What exactly do response and GK skills represent in a player? What can cause such a drastic difference?
About penalty-scoring goalkeepers:
Hans-Jörg Butt only has
53 in free-kick accuracy (which in later games became set-piece accuracy and included penalties, free-kicks and corners). While his set still has the PK Taker ability, how does this work in game? His shooting stats are pretty much average for a goalkeeper too. Does only the Special Ability matter for penalties? Do all players with
S04 shoot the same, then?
How do you measure other intangible stuff like teamwork? I can understand mentality, as that's the same for outfield players, but teamwork?
Manuel Neuer has
88 team work, which is the highest amongst goalkeepers in the forum. Now,
Shilton and
Pagliuca are just one point below with
87 team work... Maybe team work for goalkeepers is not what I thought it was?
Theodor Lohrmann is the goalkeeper with the highest Shot Power I could find and it's on
93... Would, for example, a goalkeeper like Éderson deserve
95+ in that category?
Is there any relation between jump and response? Jump and balance? And what do defense and agility exactly measure?
This questions are only to understand the creation of goalkeeper sets better. I would like to be able to start working on goalkeepers, but first I would need to get an idea of how you guys handle them.