TARGET MAN: The target man is generally a support role, however he can still function as the main goal scoring threat but he has to really have good physical attributes.
His main duty is to use his physical ability to cause problems for opposition defenders, either by challenge them for balls in the air or holding up the ball and making them to choose between going to close him down and leave space behind them or holding their position and dealing with the other players that are coming to overload their box.
PROS: They create goal scoring opportunities for their teammates
They pull out opposition defenders
Excellent for counter attacks
They would be useful for corners
CONS: Your tactic becomes one sided because every player would like to pass the ball to the target man.
For this role to function properly you should be playing with mixed or direct passes and you should play with wingers that are very good at crossing the ball.