retired_Rosangela carv

Right mates, I was wondering how you lot do this.

Basically in:

4-4-2 - I would have one striker (pacey one) set with 'often' fwd runs and the other striker with 'mixed' fwd runs.

4-2-3-1 - I would put the '1' upfront on 'mixed' for forward runs.

4-3-3 - I would have the middle ST on 'mixed' and the other two on 'often'.

Now I know it depends on the types of player etc, but in general is this what you would do?

retired_brinker317

I tend to put strikers on Mixed for Forward Runs - I find that 'Often' puts them offside too much.

An example from FM07 - playing a friendly, we (I forget who I was managing) battered a Non League side. In the first half I put a striker on forward runs, and he was offside something like 9 times in the first half. Put him back on 'Mixed' for the second, and he was only offside once.

laner

4-4-2, fast striker FR Often, RWB Often, everything else Rarely. the other target man striker FR Mixed, RWB Mixed, TTB Mixed, everything else Rarely, Mentality 2 notches behind the fast striker.

The idea is to get the faster dude to play off the target man. I managed to get Kalou 18 goals playing off the Drog (13 goals). Typical goals include the Drog heading through balls, or simply the Drog holding on to balls waiting for the run from Kalou.