retired_elpata

What problems do you see when you watch full games? What sort of mistakes are your players making, what positions just aren't clicking and how are the opposition scoring etc?

retired_maverick8

What's your formation and team instructions mate? Any chance you can take screen shots of individual instructions and post links to them via imageshack? This was I could help you.

Newcastle are a tough team to manage, what version of the game do you use?

Try getting Sammy Lee as your assistant manager and let him handle team talks.

Keep your players morale high as possible, maybe start the game as an ex-international. Offer contracts to all your key players, work on training schedules for your players, bring in better coaches, praise players who get two 8's or more in a row to give them momentum.

It sounds like you have a good tactic but your players suffer ups and downs in morale ratings.

Just a few ideas.

retired_elpata

Why does your AMC have rarely for long shots and through balls? At the very least you want them on minimum even if hes no good at long shots. He can still score a fair old few. As for rarely on through balls I can't understand this as surely hes the main supply for your striker?

Your fullbacks could be slightly more attack minded, at the minute they won't venture forward due to the defensive mentality. This can cause the opposition to run at you due to how deep they will be. Try a more normal mentality imo.

As for the team instructions why would you play counter attacking football yet choose a slow tempo and short passing? For me the idea of counter attacking football is to break fast and hit the opposition on the break. When you choose short and slow it simply doesn't work as it should as you do not break fast enough.

You also seem to play a bit to narrow, especially for the amount of bodies you have in the middle of the park. They just simply cannot create space.

retired_elpata

Fast and direct is for counter attacking play not short and slow. Short and slow is for a possession game. I find slow tempo a total contradiction of what counter attacking is for. I also think the manual states fast and direct is suited to counter attacking.

Think about it this way, counter attacking allows you to draw the opposition on to you and then you hit them on the break quick. How are suppsoed to break quick if you play slow?