retired_HAdvocate

First of all, I'm no guru but a gamer. And for you that are wondering about my name it's a backgammon term.

Scoring goals is an art form and needs some form of planning. But there are other reasons that Dry-Spells occur, so lets take at look at them:

A: Moral. When attacking players are low in moral they struggle to score. You have to find a way to get them back in good moral.

B: Training. Have you checked up if you have made sure you have maximum ammount of stars in attacking and shooting?

Now let's say these are not the problem and everything is how it should be. Then the only issue left would be something tactical. If you have a good team here are some of the issues one must look at:

Is my team attacking enough in terms of mentality?

Are there enough through balls being fed to my attacking players?

Is my team tempo too slow as I am having problems getting forward to chances?

Are my attacking options too one-sided?

Have I given enough creative freedom to my out-field players as I have a problem finding space in the opponent's tight formation?

Do I have too many offside rulings during the match?

Are my wingers performing well?

Is my team pushing up the field enough to pressure my opponents so that I am closer to thier goal?

Maybe I should give my Carlos Tevez-like forward a free role?


Am I closing down my opponent enough to win the ball back higher up the pitch so I'm closer to their goal?

Is it windy or are my attackers small people and I'm sending high balls to my attackers heads?

Is it raining?

I need that goal, so why are my players wasting time?


Now, I might have forgotten a few things so please forgive me. I actually learned this from all the big managers after reading Abramovic's "AI tactical behavior". If they can then we can. Viva FM....

retired_janae55

Well I don't care about my players' morals as long as they keep their morale up.

retired_janae55

On a more serious note, as to the questions you posted, I think everyone knows their problems. What's the problem is that they don't know how to solve it.

retired_HAdvocate

First, no I don't think that many people know their problems and you need to know them before you can change it. Looking at the questions above might trigger the revelation that you might be too deep with your d-line inviting pressure instead of causing it. It's because my filosphy now, compared to the earlier stages in the game, has become much more attacking to weigh up for the AI's more cautious approach. But I (maybe I'm alone on this one) like to try to play free-flowing football with good teams and you accomplish that by becoming more extreme when applying the sliders in tactics.

Second, if you know your problem then fixing it shouldn't be a problem. I'm just pointing out that your tactics might not be attacking enough as one might assume. The AI has always (as the other games before this one) complemented attacking formations.

retired_HAdvocate

I have personally found that the case is that Creative Freedom, Tempo, Width and Closing Down should be high for top-league clubs (14+). Passing should be short (6-) for all players and Mentalities and Defensive line have a link.

This just a view, it's trail and error. Sometimes one must try something new and it maybe works and maybe not. Reason why I've started posting is that I was in the same boat as everyone else and these are the conclusions I've come up with. I gathered the information on this forum, it's just lying around for people to pick up on and I'm only trying to point out some of the issues that I've experienced. I'm enjoying the game much more than before by breaking my so-called "barriers" I apparently have been running around with...

retired_laprudenti

This is how i play with big clubs m8 and i think your spot on in your views where tempo creative ect should be high

retired_lachina

Agree with Ubos on his comment that many guys out there do not know how to solve their problems despite knowing them.

For example,
I really have certainly no idea on how to play low balls. My strikers are all short, 1 a creative forward, Aguero and the other a goal poacher, Owen.

Every match, both of them will contest for at least 10 headers each!

Do you know how to solve this problem? I have already tried short passing with a slow tempo and a direct passing with a quick tempo with counter attacking on but same results.

retired_janae55

Well anyone who watches football irl and has decent knowledge of football will, to some extent, know his own team's flaws on the pitch on FM, unless he chooses to turn a blind eye of course. The problem is that their tweaks are not always correct and they do not know how to counter the AI's tweaking.

Of course, it's also true to some extent that those people might not even know their problems, but this can be partially due to the restrictions of the current 2d match engine (no, don't go into a 3d match engine debate here).

retired_Myoplex

I really have certainly no idea on how to play low balls. My strikers are all short, 1 a creative forward, Aguero and the other a goal poacher, Owen.

Every match, both of them will contest for at least 10 headers each!

Do you know how to solve this problem? I have already tried short passing with a slow tempo and a direct passing with a quick tempo with counter attacking on but same results. </BLOCKQUOTE>

make wingers and full backs cross to far post

retired_HAdvocate

Target Man Supply (apparenty you don't need to tick the Target Man Option) to Feet.