retired_amena

what would you guys do if you where Man utd away to lyon losing 1-0 58th min. these r the stats:

------------------lyon - man uts
shots--------------8-----------5
on target----------4-----------2
possession---------47----------53
pass completion----61----------75

retired_amena

i lost the lyon game 1-0 shot ratio 2:10

can anyone make any sense out these pics to what my forward problem could be?

Match stats



Player stats


Thanks for any help

retired_mgavlick

@ arteta is god: I think it goes without saying, the better the player the better the team. However, and here is where my tactics differ from most, if you do have poor players, you can use the defend and counter tactics to grab some decent results even when outclassed.

@ old gregg: An old friend is also struggling with West Ham. It seems they are a difficult squad to judge. I think the probable cause could well be that FM rates them as poor due to the terrible start they had (and poorer if you have no managerial reputation) so they actually need to use the more defensive systems, even though player for player they can easily be judged as superior.

I don't use opposition instructions. Just out of interest, which FC position do you use Tevez (FCL or FCR)?

@ Burst: Control

retired_mgavlick

Burst, it's a friendly, means nothing. Wait until competitive fixtures before worrying about the hows and whys of losing. I drew 1-1 with an Italian Seria B side (a feeder) pre-season, but my league record is 8-0-0 and my cup (inc CL) 5-2-0.

retired_amena

What do use to start of with against good teams if your also a good team?

.eg.
Man Utd vs Chelsea

i was thinking control both home and away and changing to counter if needed or would you start with counter or something completely different?

retired_amena

If you play tight marking across the field and you have closing down often would that pull the players away from there mark to chase the ball, so there for making tight marking pointless in conjuction with closing down often?

or have i missed the boat and been left behind standing at the dock all alone

retired_mgavlick

Man Utd v Chelsea: I would start with attack in assumption Chelsea will be playing a counter-attacking tactic. However, if they are more defensive than anticipated, I'd use control. It would depend if they lined up 4-1-2-2-1 (attack) or 4-1-3-2 (control).

I don't tight mark and close down often. Tight marking = low CD, loose marking = high CD. I thought that was pretty explicit in the opening post. However, my wingers do tend to CD often no matter the marking settings in recognition of the manual's advice.

retired_amena

im finding myself having a lot problems with my defensive using these ideas. It that the other team have lots of shots they just score every shot or there abouts they have take this game:



im playing control be my scout was saying there defensive is going to be hard to breakdown is that right or should i be playing something else?

.PS. there seems to be lots of corners playing this way also or is that just me?

thanks for any help :thup:

retired_amena

retired_mgavlick

How did Portsmouth line up, and what tactic did you use?