In the Youth Academy you can't scout Strikers taller than 6'3", this wasn't an issue prior to FC 25 and the problem is still occurring in FC 26, in fact it's honestly difficult to scout any Strikers above 6'0" in general.In the Youth Academy you should be able to scout Strikers who are 6'4"+, unfortunately we can't do that, for some strange reason it's capped at 6'3", not to mention most scouted Strikers in the academy are 5'7"'-5'9", the chances of getting Strikers within that height range is too high, and it shouldn't be the case, to reflect real life football, most scouted Strikers should be 6'1".It's extremely rare to get tall strikers in general, please fix this and patch it so we can get tall strikers on a regular basis, on previous editions of Career Mode I could scout "Physically Strong" or "Striker" and come back with Strikers who were 6'4"+, why has this changed? It's so unrealistic to scout "Target Forward" to only comeback with a bunch of Strikers who are all in the 5'7"-5'9" range, please resolve this, it's so frustrating, we should be able to scout Strikers who are 6'3"-6'6" on a regular basis; scouting CBs and DMs above 6'3" is pretty common I get a lot of them, so why can't this be the same for Strikers? Please fix this. EA_Darko EA_Aljo EA_Pulsar EA_Vendcera

For some reason it's capped at 6'3", im tired of getting short strikers, however it's just not strikers but Wingers and Fullbacks too, they're rarely ever taller than 5'8" which is so stupid.Any response to this? EA_Darko EA_Aljo This needs fixing, increase the threshold.

Yeah, another major issue for Career Mode. It almost seems like EA are intent on pushing away players from the franchise.They have sooo many bugs and oversights. I cannot fathom why they're not using a vast team of volunteer beta testers in order to identify all these countless issues and them fix them once and for all. It's really not that hard.

hello any fix to this? scouting for strikers is pointless

The general height threshold needs to be increased and the volume of taller players (5'10"+) one can scout needs to be much higher, you're right OP the Youth Academy should reflect real life football.I was doing my research and most of the Top Wingers, Fullbacks and Strikers in world football are 5'11''+ so why is it so hard to get a player from those positions taller than 5'8" in the youth academy? 1.1 Here we have some of the World's Top Fullbacks, most are 5'11'' and not a single one is below 5'10".1.2 Here is another assortment of Fullbacks and not a single one is shorter than 5'10" and multiple are 6'0" yet in the academy most Fullbacks are 5'5"-5'7", why EA?1.3 The top Strikers in World Football today are 6'0"+, multiple are 6'4"+ yet in the Youth Academy it's so difficult to scout a Striker tall than 5'9", and scouting a Striker who's 6'0" is virtually impossible, why EA?1.4 Here's another group of strikers and as you can see they're ALL 6'0", FOUR are 6'3"+, the modern Striker today is usually 6'0"+ so why is it so hard to scout TALL strikers on the game? Why can't we scout for the next Erling Haaland, Sesko, Isak, Thuram, Lukaku etc? If I search for a Striker, especially a TARGET FORWARD I expect to get back Tall players (6'2"+) in the scouting report and not a bunch of players in the 5'5"-5'7" range, it's so unrealistic and frustrating.1.5 The same applies to Wingers, why are the wingers in the academy so short? The top wingers in football today are mostly 5'11"+ yet in the academy I can barely get any Wingers taller than 5'8", as you can see here there are multiple wingers who are 6'0" yet it is LITERALLY impossible to scout a Winger taller than 5'10" in the academy, even 5'10" Wingers are extremely rare, please fix this we should be able to scout TALL WINGERS, I should be able to scout the next Ronaldo, Bale, Beckham etc 1.6 Once again the same applies to this list of Wingers too, increase the height threshold, it makes no sense to why 90% of scouted players are 5'5"-5'7" it's just not realistic from a footballing sense.Hope you look into this and fix it ASAP, only getting back short players has rendered the Youth Academy useless; increase the height threshold for Strikers, Wingers and Fullbacks and the volume of taller players that can be scouted. EA_Darko EA_Vendcera EA_Aljo EA_Pulsar

Yes, this is nonsense. Even CBs are consistently under 6ft. Strikers are the worst though. I want to find the next Haaland or Zlatan but I keep getting guys that are 5’9” or shorter. This needs tweaked big time.

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12 Replies

ZizziZizou
Seasoned Veteran
2 days ago
I copied this post for the sake of visibility lol, this needs to be pushed more.
SugasPs
New Rookie
2 days ago
I doubt they even test it, I've always believed that the beta is the complete game and they release it without looking at the bugs.
SugasPs
New Rookie
2 days ago
Great research 👍 I genuinely can't believe why we can't get taller players at a more frequent volume?
I'm tired of having midget Strikers and Wingers.
DraculNoctivagus
New Scout
2 days ago
Yeah, another major issue for Career Mode.
It almost seems like EA are intent on pushing away players from the franchise.
They have sooo many bugs and oversights. I cannot fathom why they're not using a vast team of volunteer beta testers in order to identify all these countless issues and them fix them once and for all.
It's really not that hard.
ZizziZizou
Seasoned Veteran
3 days ago
DraculNoctivagus thoughts on this? another bug that they won't address
ZizziZizou
Seasoned Veteran
4 days ago
The top Wingers, Fullbacks and Strikers in football are above 5'10" and most Strikers are above 6'1" please fix this ridiculous bug; I want to scout the next Haaland, Isak, Sesko, Thuram, Zlatan etc
The height threshold needs to be increased, and the volume of tall players that can be scouted needs to be increased too, I'm tired of having short Strikers/Attackers.
EA_Aljo EA_Pulsar EA_Vendcera EA_Darko
ZizziZizou
Seasoned Veteran
4 days ago
yep, it's something in the coding because it's genuinely fascinating how hard it is to get anyone above 6'0".
EA_Aljo EA_Vendcera
bunch23
Seasoned Vanguard
4 days ago
Yes, this is nonsense. Even CBs are consistently under 6ft. Strikers are the worst though. I want to find the next Haaland or Zlatan but I keep getting guys that are 5’9” or shorter. This needs tweaked big time.
VenturaTempura
New Novice
4 days ago
The general height threshold needs to be increased and the volume of taller players (5'10"+) one can scout needs to be much higher, you're right OP the Youth Academy should reflect real life football.
I was doing my research and most of the Top Wingers, Fullbacks and Strikers in world football are 5'11''+ so why is it so hard to get a player from those positions taller than 5'8" in the youth academy?
1.1 Here we have some of the World's Top Fullbacks, most are 5'11'' and not a single one is below 5'10".
1.2 Here is another assortment of Fullbacks and not a single one is shorter than 5'10" and multiple are 6'0" yet in the academy most Fullbacks are 5'5"-5'7", why EA?
1.3 The top Strikers in World Football today are 6'0"+, multiple are 6'4"+ yet in the Youth Academy it's so difficult to scout a Striker tall than 5'9", and scouting a Striker who's 6'0" is virtually impossible, why EA?
1.4 Here's another group of strikers and as you can see they're ALL 6'0", FOUR are 6'3"+, the modern Striker today is usually 6'0"+ so why is it so hard to scout TALL strikers on the game? Why can't we scout for the next Erling Haaland, Sesko, Isak, Thuram, Lukaku etc? If I search for a Striker, especially a TARGET FORWARD I expect to get back Tall players (6'2"+) in the scouting report and not a bunch of players in the 5'5"-5'7" range, it's so unrealistic and frustrating.
1.5 The same applies to Wingers, why are the wingers in the academy so short? The top wingers in football today are mostly 5'11"+ yet in the academy I can barely get any Wingers taller than 5'8", as you can see here there are multiple wingers who are 6'0" yet it is LITERALLY impossible to scout a Winger taller than 5'10" in the academy, even 5'10" Wingers are extremely rare, please fix this we should be able to scout TALL WINGERS, I should be able to scout the next Ronaldo, Bale, Beckham etc
1.6 Once again the same applies to this list of Wingers too, increase the height threshold, it makes no sense to why 90% of scouted players are 5'5"-5'7" it's just not realistic from a footballing sense.
Hope you look into this and fix it ASAP, only getting back short players has rendered the Youth Academy useless; increase the height threshold for Strikers, Wingers and Fullbacks and the volume of taller players that can be scouted.
EA_Darko EA_Vendcera EA_Aljo EA_Pulsar
SugasPs
New Rookie
5 days ago
For some reason it's capped at 6'3", im tired of getting short strikers, however it's just not strikers but Wingers and Fullbacks too, they're rarely ever taller than 5'8" which is so stupid.
Any response to this? EA_Darko EA_Aljo
This needs fixing, increase the threshold.