retired_pamjoseph

Hi to all. I started with a LLT that has just promoted. I tried to play 4-4-2, but finally I had to play 5-3-2 CA. I had a fast striker in loan and he started to make goals amazingly (about 20 in 7 matches, 7 in one of them). My team went from 21 to 11 position, and now teams play with 3 DCs, 3 MCs and 2 offensive wingbacks. They are overwhelming me, and I will try a 4-2-3-1. Do you know any tactic against that 3-5-2 / 5-3-2?

Thank you very much.

retired_dhana

against 3-5-2 I would try a 4-4-2 or 4-1-2-2-1 with passing and attacking down the flanks if u have good wingers

against a 5-3-2 I would prefer possesion play and high pressure, since they focus on defence. Mostly I also play down both flanks(with taget man and fast attacker to get skrimige) to put pressure on their defence, but with build up play so they have to get back and U can push em back.

U have to look to your own players skills, if they lack passing (also creativity) I woulsn't recommend build up play.

retired_pamjoseph

When I say 3-5-2 / 5-3-2 I'm talking about the same tactic. Aka 3-2-3-2 with offensive wingbacks.

The fact is that I have no good wingers, I'm playing

---SC--SC---
------^-----
-<MC-MC-MC>-
------------
DL-DC-^-DC-DR
-----SW-----

I'm thinking also to take one SC (I have only one quality SC) to put him as DMC, so I could play the side MCs with dfarrows. What do you think?

retired_dhana

yeh U have to got a solid defence then, who isn't slow, because your midfield prolly will be overrun with 3 vs 5 (2 wingbacks)

retired_pamjoseph

Unluckily I couldn't test it properly. I tried a

--------SC-------
AML----AMC----AMR
--------MC-------
WBL-----------WBR
-----DC-DC-DC----

without arrows, but didn't succed. Since I had drown a couple of matches and I lost one with this tactic, morale decreased, and I was no longer told to win. Also a bit later I matched the best/beast team in the group (27 matches without losing, most of the wins) away, so I lost, losing also chances of promotion (i started league too bad, since I was a just promoted team without players).

But it seems that the first tactic (more defensive, with more arrows and more midfield) works better than this one, although when trying this I have loaned a couple of great young players.