Masi`

Just wondered..

Do you ever start a game and think "I'm going to make 3-4-3 and only use that and make it work"?

Personally i struggle with anything other then 4-1-3-2. 442 i struggle, 5-3-2 i struggle.

My friend is playing a bizare 2-2-2-2-2 using Udinese, its taken him up to late December to start winning games but its now working for him.

I would love to play a 5-3-2 formation in Italy, but i can never get it to work. The main question is can you make any formation work?

pauly15

not really no!

had big problems with a 532/352 (3-2-2-1-2), my old 442 i was having problems with away from home and a new 442 diamond i couldn't get consistency enough to win the league with with chelsea...

skanky

i seem to be able to get a 4-1-2-1-2 (see how milan line up ingame) to work, even managed to get it working well with england in fm07.

cant get along with a 4-4-2 at all, guess i like that DMC/AMC a little too much.

had a bit of success with a 4-2-3-1 for a season too, 2 MC's with barrows and 3 AMCs with sarrows.

pauly15

I'm beginning to suspect there's a problem with the AMC... seems to destroy most formations.

i had limited success with a high tempo short passing 442 diamond (milan) also with chelsea (plus diego/riquelme/aguero) but never within 10 points of Utd for the league..

Masi`

Trouble i find with 4-4-2 is my team cant find each other when passing.

4-1-3-2 works great, but my players never pass to my forwards or they shoot from 30 yards out.

I must admit, i can make my team play better then Arsenal. Slick passing, keeping position but they will not pass to the ST!..... Actualy it sounds like real Arsenal, trying to walk the dam ball into the net!

ncfcgee

I've always struggled personally up until yesterday when i finally seem to have found a 4-5-1 that works for me.

em_unit

I've made an amazing formation :-

ST ST

MF MF MF

WB DM WB

DC DC

GK

With the WB's and the CMF with forward arrows (farrows?) with the Defensive Line pushed right up, your obbiously need the 2 CB's to have high stats in Pace, Acceleration and Stamina, and teamwork, tacking, anticipation and work rate prob. wouldnt go a miss. the WB's will need good attribs in marking stamina crossing etc etc etc, I get the to man mark there wingers if they play those 4-4-2, 4-3-3 formations etc.
I have had amazing success with this formation with Hull on the Rich Britain database, came 1st in the 1st season and won promotion now currently 13th, would be 7th if I didnt go bankrupt somehow!! with 28 games played in the Prem. leaugue

pauly15

don't you think it's a joke searching for these 'fm formations?'

"what works on this version of fm?"
'anyone worked out a training schedule?"

bah!

ncfcgee

I can understand why people search for them, everyone wants success but FM is so complex now that there is no longer a tactic guarenteed to work with every team.

Masi`

I never intended this thread to acquire a formation. Its just i get the feeling in game that you can only use a few formations and have success.

Just wanted to see if anyone has made a formation up and actualy had decent results!

em_unit

On my network game, my friend has a similar formation.... Its taken 5 months for it to start producing results, but its working and hes getting some good scores... Even good results again top teams (He's playing as Udinese)