How can I stop my keeper from booting it long when he has the balls in his hand, with defenders available to pass to

[paz]

I have the instructions:

 

- play out from defence

- take short kicks

- distribure to centre back

 

But still my gk was boot it to our lone striker who will get beaten in the air and the opposition will counter us and often score.

Is there an additional individual player instructions menu that i am missing?

 

[DarJ]

If you are using a sweeper keeper change that to an normal GK and then try roll it out. If your are playing in lower divisions they will still boot it up sometimes regardless of what you do. 

[paz]

15 hours ago, DarJ said:

If you are using a sweeper keeper change that to an normal GK and then try roll it out. If your are playing in lower divisions they will still boot it up sometimes regardless of what you do. 

I am in the Premier League. I do have a sweeper keeper. I'll try changing him to a normal keeper

[Dagenham_Dave]

Also remember the opposition might be instructing a high press, so sometimes the keeper will boot the ball upfield to avoid the defenders being caught in posession. 

[paz]

On 14/09/2023 at 14:15, Dagenham_Dave said:

Also remember the opposition might be instructing a high press, so sometimes the keeper will boot the ball upfield to avoid the defenders being caught in posession. 

There's still enough room to pass the ball to the defenders. There's more defenders than attackers in the same area, so it'd be simple to still play out from the back, much in the way a Premier League team does, or my Saturday team does (with more chance of a defender making a mistake)