retired_rjw13838

To succesfully execute the offside trap, pace is irrelevant. You need things like anticipation, positioning, teamwork etc.
Pace is needed for when your defenders have screwed up and someone has to go and chase the striker who broke through.

retired_skullking1971

Benoit2: Those attributes may be reqired at a higher level but i found pace suitible at the lower level. After all, the proof is in the pudding

retired_hope

What Benoit is saying is that it is high Positioning, Teamwork, Anticipation which increase the probability that the opposing team will be caught offside.

High Pace and Acceleration only allows them to be able to recover if they misjudged it and the player was onside.

What are your players doing, catching them offside or just recovering?

retired_plynnmoore

Gonna give this a try andysafc . Newly promoted with Leeds and struggling quite a bit i the premiership. Got Eddie Johnson as the targetman - excited to see if I will succeed with this

Cheerio from Norway

retired_plynnmoore

First match was a little strange (Charlton at home). Eddie Johnson was banned and I had to bring up a player from the reserve-squad with 18 on heading. After 45 mins my right back was sent off, so i decided to sub one of my strikers. Had lots of shots against, but only one on goal. Funniest thing happened; my reserve-player scored in the 89th minute and I won It might seem like the chances they got were'nt that big.

Next game is Arsenal at Ashburton.

retired_skyler900

Very good tried this tactic with bolton and after 10 games i am 3rd with a game in hand results like newcastle H win 5-2
Basel H win 8-0
chelsea H win 4-1
only lost 1 and that was to villa away but it was a ver close game also with this tactic i am averageing 3.2 goal a game so anyway so far very impressed

retired_hurtado22

This is a great tactic. My Blackburn team have reached the FA cup final (not yet played out) and finished 9th when I was 15th during Feb. While I was Swansea, it got me from 20th in Oct to the playoffs. You wont win every match, and I dont think that matters, its more that you can just let this tactic run, because the really smart thing about this formation is that the AI will defend when its got a lead and then often gives it away in the last 10 to me! It then goes 4-2-4 which just wont work as the tactics are too similar.

Hats off to you Andy, really good job and one I wish I could have thought of. Starting to enjoy FM07 for a change now....

retired_ballen000

anybody have a screenie of the tactic please? im at work so i cant check it out yet

thanks in advance

retired_skullking1971

Pleased to see it works for other teams too as i put a lot of thought into it.
Have you read threads like 'Does the AI cheat'?
Well all things they show happening in the game doesn't happen when using this tactic!
I also used to suffer those problems, regularly having more shots than your opponant then losing, but not anymore!
I'll put some screenies up shortly.

Sky King

I just tried this tactic with Inter. To my surprise, my first game ended in a 1-5 loss to Chievo Verona...granted this tactic may be for promoting teams, but it was surprising I got thrashed with Inter.