Shinji Okazaki

[Helios]

[Helios]

A precious equaliser against Uzbekistan :



Agree to 80 in attack and Chasing back card, he harasses defenders all the time and his work rate is exceptional.

But his best quality as a forward (and even when he plays on wings) is his response.

He has it in him, the ability to surge from nowhere and place a perfect header or dives forward just enough to hit the ball that looked so far out of his reach. His finish may not be the best but he always has a leg up on defenders.

[Hayame]

he shot a wonderful bicycle kick against Hannover. Also he gets more and more important for the team. We have to add WF as his main position. He made nearly all games on this position. Also he improves more and more.

[Kempie]

Why's he got the "Fox in the Box" card, when it's only applicable to CF's, and he doesn't have that as a registered position?

[Gent Soc]

BUMP

Agree with Kempie.

[MaxPower]

Why's he got the "Fox in the Box" card, when it's only applicable to CF's, and he doesn't have that as a registered position?

Good point. Besides, he's been playing mostly as a SM during his spell at Stuttgart.

[tuco55]

Removed P19 - Fox in the Box. It was probably there because we changed to new format. There are still a few errors around.

[Helios]

I think that using him on the wing is a huge waste of his poaching and aerial skills, he would score a lot more goals if he plays in a more attacking central position, a couple of suggestions :

Attack: 79
Defence: 51
Balance: 80 (+3) Very strong and combative player for his size, even won physical duels against Terry and R. Ferdinand. With 77 he would be too weak to stand against most (if not all) Buli defenders.
Stamina: 86 (+1) Tireless hard working player.
Top Speed: 77
Acceleration: 86 (-1) 87 is a little bit overdone.
Response: 86
Agility: 78
Dribble Accuracy: 75
Dribble Speed: 79 (+2) Not as slow with a ball as a 77 may suggest
Short Pass Accuracy: 73
Short Pass Speed: 71 (+4) his passing is now way as slow as a 67 may imply. Just checked the Bundesliga ladders and 67 is the lowest value for field players !!
Long Pass Accuracy: 73
Long Pass Speed: 72 (+1)
Shot Accuracy: 76 (-2) He can be quite wasteful, he is by no means a surgical striker.
Shot Power: 80/81 (+2/+3) Hit them hard, see no reasons to give him a green value, his shots never lacked power.
Shot Technique: 81
Free Kick Accuracy: 63
Curling: 73
Header: 85
Jump: 80 (+3) With a 77, a 174 cm player would be completely inefficient in the air unless he's totally unmarked.
Technique: 77
Aggression: 85 (+2) Very aggressive going forward and making runs to get himself a goal scoring opportunity.
Mentality: 80
Keeper Skills: 50
Teamwork: 77

Condition/Fitness: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 6

SPECIAL ABILITIES:
★ Reaction (+)
★ Lines
★ 1-Touch Pass

PLAYER INDEX CARDS:
P10 – Incisive Run (+)
P15 - Free Roaming
P17 - Chasing Back
S01 – Marauding (+)
S05 - 1-touch play

[Fiddy]

Agree with Helios' suggestions, tho m not sure on SP, and Jump can even be an 81/82 he has a very decent leap.

[Hayame]

I can agree to the suggestions from Helios. Just on a few I have another opinion. 85 in STA is high enough. for him. I don´t unterstand why his Dribbling stats are so damn low. Surely he isn´t outstanding but DA 75 and DS 77 are much to low. Same about Agility. For me he is never so unagile. Top Speed is also a bit to low for me. In Technique he is also not that bad. He has a wuite good first touch. I can´t really understand how such a low Technique can be combinated with 1-Touch play.

So here I combinated my and Helios suggestions.

Balance: 80
Top Speed: 79
Acceleration: 86
Agility: 81
Dribble Accuracy: 78
Dribble Speed: 81
Short Pass Accuracy: 73
Short Pass Speed: 71
Long Pass Accuracy: 73
Long Pass Speed: 72
Shot Accuracy: 77
Shot Power: 80
Jump: 80
Technique: 80
Aggression: 85
Mentality: 78
Teamwork: 74

★ Reaction

P10 – Incisive Run (+)
S01 – Marauding (+)

[Malakayi]

He is a very uncommon type of player imo. I think cards are a bit wrong, and some additional suggestions:

SA 77 -> 78 ...good placing of the ball.
DS 81 -> 83 ...quick with the ball at his feet, good offensive dribbler but kinda sloppy (hence the "only" green DA ).
BB 80 -> 81 ...able to withstand a lot of physical pressure.
KP 80 -> 82 ...good shooter from distance, likes to take shots often from central positions.
JUM 80 -> 82 ...despite his height his biggest strength is his heading and he also is quite a good jumper.

add Incisive Run
remove Mazing Run
remove Track Back