retired_vince

just started a season with chelsea and cannot find any formation which suites my team can someone please help. heres a list of available players :
cech
a.cole
ferreira
terry
carvalho
makelele
j.cole
wright-phillips
ballack
shevchenko
drogba
mancienne
mikel
kalou
cudinci
boulahrouz
saviola(bought from barcelona 12m)
bridge
worley
fernandes
diarra
sinclair
hilario
sarki
morais
robben
essien
lampard
smith
Got walcott joining at next transfer window

played 5 league games won 2 drew 1 lost 2

cannot score worth a f**k currently sitting in 12th place with 50m to spend

can someone please help me sort out ma team cheers

retired_cait sevigz

I had some success with 4-1-2-1-2

Cech
Ferreira Carvalho Terry Cole
Hargreaves
Lampard Essien
J.Cole
Drogba Villa

Obviously you can use Makalele and Shevchenko.

retired_vince

cheers ill give it a try

retired_dssmith1965

4-1-3-2

Normal mentality (if a goal up; put on counter attacking, if a goal down; switch to Attacking mentality and Pressing yes).

Short Passing (Direct if Attacking mentality and 10-15 minutes left to go).

2 FBs
Passing - team
Forward runs - yes
Crossing - yes
Marking - zonal
Pressing - no

2 CBs
Forward runs - no
Marking - man
Pressing - no
Passing - mixed

DMC
Marking - zonal
Forward runs - no
Run with the ball - no
Hold up the ball - yes
Passing - mixed
Tackling - hard
Pressing - yes

3 AMCs
Passing - team
Forward runs - yes
Marking - zonal
Long shots - yes (if good shooting rating)
Try through balls - yes (if good passing and creativity)
Run with the ball - yes (if good dribbling)
Cross the ball - no

2 FWs
Forward runs - 1 yes (good movement), 1 no
Run with the ball - 1 yes (good dribbling), 1 no
Hold up the ball - yes (if good strength, technique and slow)
Passing - short

Some general pointers:
There's no obvious candidate for a free role in a 4-1-3-2, but experiment with the middle AMC or one FW. Make him the Playmaker in the Team Instructions so your team look to him when they have the ball.
Don't play man marking defenders AND offside trap - switch to zonal marking.
Defenders running with the ball isn't a good idea.
If playing a short passing game, play with less strikers and more width. Vice versa for Direct and Long Ball style of play.
Defenders (and Goalkeeper) shouldn't be given pressing instruction. It may work if you've given your defenders man marking instruction too but I wouldn't count on it.

retired_dbwicker

the help you need with chelsea is that they are a crap team change team!!!!!

retired_purrrple

Chelsea aren't a crap team, i just won all the cups possible with them

retired_im2cool4youboy_x

I find i get bored really easily with chelsea, they are crap to be

retired_purrrple

Not when you edt all the players with conference players.

retired_im2cool4youboy_x

i dont like editing either