jan911

question for fuss: why is the strikers mentality normal? should`nt they be attacking?

tony starks

Is it better to have tight marking on or off? Could it be that defenders are too tight to strikers and thus when they get beaten to the ball the striker has a free run on goal?

Also can I ask the reasons for the CD's having closing down set to 0?

This has been the best tactic I've tried so far by miles but sometimes defenders make ailly mistakes that always lead to goals on the break.

FuSS

Testing V2 right now.

-Strikers have recieved mild tweaking
-Long shots reduced (save wastign chances)
-Hard tackling reducded (too many cards)
-Both MCs now equal (though I'm playing with DM/AM setup)
-DR/DL closing down slightly reduced
-DC/DC closing down slightly raised
-Wingers no longer swap (I liked this feature and it works, so feel free to turn it back on, only removed as most people dont have capable wingers)

Set peices still a mystery to me, will work on them for version v3.

Considerations----
= Man marking instead of zonal (without tight marking)
= Set peice setups
= AMC/DMC insead of equal MCs (although still play flat across midfeild)

FuSS

tony starks - currently experimenting with man marking. But for now zonal is much looser than man marking so tigh marking serves to tighten it up abit.

jan911 - I've upped the small strikers mentality, but if you up it too much they will get caught offside, so I prefer nearer to normal.

Trents - Trying some of these out, looks promising, thank you. Will see some milder forms of your tweaks in version 2, well done mate.

Gary derbyshire - Glad to here it, not bad although with afew decent signing I think you can do better, i'm currently number 2 with Westham with a game in hand and only 4 points adrift of chelsea.

Leandro Davide - Its a tough one with Man Utd.
=In real life Rooney plays an almost unique target man role in the hole behinde the main striker, this is quite rare for a player of Rooneys pace and agility.
=Typically a target man is a tall strong presence up front, the rest of the team will try to pick him out and its his job to hold up the ball and pass it on to the clinical stirker to finish the job.
=Think what Teddy Sheringham used to do for England and Adriano for Inter and arguable what Peter Crouch is SUPPOSED to do now (although he's frankly too weak and cant jump).
=Kloser's pretty good for the job...Alan Smith would be fantastic if he were over 6'0"..might still work, not sure.

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TARGET MAN:
Important stats (arguable)-
Tall (6'0"+)
Heading
Jumping
Strength
Work Rate
First Touch
Determination

A target man is similar to a good old fashioned centre forward - strong, wins balls in the air, holds up the ball, plays with his back to goal, waiting for support etc. A target man therefore should play in an advanced position and is very useful when playing direct/long passing as he can 'buy' time for your team by holding up the ball to give your midfield the chance to join him in the attack.

Hope that clears it up

FuSS

I'm away for a long weeknd so you guys will have to do without me while I'm gone, keep the thread up though please chaps.

Cheers, Fuss.

mattiebarr1

stared my 2nd season at west ham now, the tactic is till working well

hannawald5

I am going to try this tactic with Malmö FF in Sweden

hannawald5

Sorry for double post but I just played 5 games with Malmö and it didn't go well...

1 win
2 draws (1 we were worth winning easily)
2 losses (one 1-5 vs. rivals)

I tweaked it a bit but the results never improved.
I will try this tactic a bit more but that will be later...

willyw

Hey fuss, nice tactic! one question tho, about the swap positions. do u swap places with the ml-mr and the two strikers or do u swao the ML with the left striker and the MR with the right striker? im confused ty mate

ipswichjon

I'm going try this with Ipswich, I got them up with the barca domination tactic but it all went wrong and I ended up getting the sack in season 3, I'll keep you updated