I know a header from corner was too much overpowered (especially from VVD)Now you guys killed headers completely from the scoring optionsIt's funny that scoring from a header is almost 20~30% of all the scores in real footballScoring from a header in FC25 is less than 5%?? (except corner situation)It wasn't even easy to see a header goal from crossing before the patchNow the players seem to not know that how to use a header.I know it's not easy balancing the game but I always feel that you guys make the change too much, so that people feel that the game is broken(over power -> kill it -> over power -> kill it)

@RadioShaqs There is no problem with crossing. It‘s all about heading the ball. I agree with @1p5psman.It was already pretty difficult so score with headers in EA FC 24 and Fifa 23. But I have never experienced something like this. In EA FC 25, players (even those with decent jumping, heading accuracy and size) seem to have lost all sense of how to head a ball. Most of the time, my striker doesn‘t get close to the ball at all, because the CPU defender is always slightly quicker or better positioned. If that‘s not the case, my striker heads the ball downwards so that it bounces off the ground, or heads it with minimal force in a random direction. It‘s crazy.The last time heading was a viable scoring option was Fifa 18. That was a real football simulation, as you could score via multiple ways.

@1p5psman agreed, I can't score from headers now and it makes the game extremely boring, I only score from through balls.They've completely killed headers.

Now that EA have ruined headers surely there is no point in seeking out tall strikers with power headers and Aerial ability and that makes me wonder why i would try a formation that uses wingers that aren't inside forwards. I want to break down defences by what ever means possible and going through the middle gets boring.after a while. So i look for a new formation will open things up a bit but sadly a target striker in the traditional sense just doesn't work. So i am left disengaed with the game that i love for lots of other reasons including the player roles and changes this season. Please fix headers EA please please please

I agree, like man, I think it’s easier to score a bicycle kick than a header in fc25. You can literally have an empty net and when you try to head it in it goes over or he sends in to the corner flag.

Yeah! Joke! Try using the pass button when heading. It’s actually better. But it’s a real joke…

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23 Replies

number5
2 months ago
@1p5psman not to be a downer but Headers have been dead for 3 years now. I have been trying the lofted cross to a really tall ST with heading play styles and stats for 3 years and even if he is alone in the box, it’s either straight at keeper or wide 90% of the time.
This is an example of EA purposely driving a certain kind of meta. They won’t allow for multiple and have certain styles “clash” or cancel each other out. The sad part that is the beauty of sports games and sports in general. If you go all out attack and in play counter with fast strikers, I should be able to pounce on opportunities. If I play strong instead of fast defenders they shouldn’t get bodied by 5 foot women but they do.
The worst one is if you play the wrong side of me when I turn with the ball, or make a bad read I should be able to pursue the space and get clear for goal, but you can’t, the defenders will recover. Instead you have to do a skill move (if it registers) to make a defender really miss and get space which is so far from how things actually happen
RadioShaqs
Hero
2 months ago
@1p5psman I don’t think it’s that crossing is bad it’s that everything else is easier. It’s to easy to break down the defense. Why try to cross when you can first time lob do a flip flap power shot ect.

Should defense be harder to break down so you have to work the wings probably. Will people like that gameplay probably not.
tzmori
2 months ago
@RadioShaqs There is no problem with crossing. It‘s all about heading the ball. I agree with @1p5psman.
It was already pretty difficult so score with headers in EA FC 24 and Fifa 23. But I have never experienced something like this. In EA FC 25, players (even those with decent jumping, heading accuracy and size) seem to have lost all sense of how to head a ball. Most of the time, my striker doesn‘t get close to the ball at all, because the CPU defender is always slightly quicker or better positioned. If that‘s not the case, my striker heads the ball downwards so that it bounces off the ground, or heads it with minimal force in a random direction. It‘s crazy.

The last time heading was a viable scoring option was Fifa 18. That was a real football simulation, as you could score via multiple ways.
ZizziZizou
2 months ago
@tzmori Headers were practically penalties on FIFA 23... they were very easy, especially from corners.
ZizziZizou
2 months ago
@1p5psman agreed, I can't score from headers now and it makes the game extremely boring, I only score from through balls.

They've completely killed headers.
T0nyK1
2 months ago
Now that EA have ruined headers surely there is no point in seeking out tall strikers with power headers and Aerial ability and that makes me wonder why i would try a formation that uses wingers that aren't inside forwards. I want to break down defences by what ever means possible and going through the middle gets boring.after a while. So i look for a new formation will open things up a bit but sadly a target striker in the traditional sense just doesn't work. So i am left disengaed with the game that i love for lots of other reasons including the player roles and changes this season. Please fix headers EA please please please
SlickMick1995
2 months ago
@1p5psman Yep headers are dead. Corners are completely pointless at the moment for me. Can’t connect with anything and when I do, it’s super slow or straight into the ground. What a joke
sergiozogu
2 months ago
@1p5psmanI have the same problem, but from corners, too. Started a career from three seasons and scored only 2/3 goals using head from corners and none in other situations: every time the ball goes neither near the post, it jumps in a completely random direction even if I direct it (with or without helps). In FC24 I used to score frequently from corners and now my tactics are gone.
As now it’s impossible to score from corners, my defenders overall is encreasing very slow comparing not only to the past FIFAs, but to the earlier version of FC25.
For sure EA will fix this problem in the next update because it’s truly ridiculous.
edenhive
2 months ago
I agree, like man, I think it’s easier to score a bicycle kick than a header in fc25. You can literally have an empty net and when you try to head it in it goes over or he sends in to the corner flag.
Bajenjerka86
2 months ago
Yeah! Joke!

Try using the pass button when heading. It’s actually better. But it’s a real joke…