retired_roamerrn

Hi guys
Never tried FM or any other Football manager game before, So I decided to start at the bottom and work my way up.
By some fluke or miracle, I actualy got Grimbsy Town into League 1!
I'm being owned by everyone in the leauge so far and I have no clue about what sort of tactics and traning schedules to use.
How do you move the arrow around on the tactics screen? The one that pops up when you pull up a 4-4-2 attacking and you see the arrows in front of the 2 wide men?
The teams I get usualy play a 4-4-2 and I get my scouting reports like " be congested in the middle" or " not a lot of room for wide men" What sort of things do you have do to in terms of formations for these things?
I then tried sorting out different training schedules for players, changed the schedule from general for strikers and put their shoting all thea to the top and put defending al the way up for defenders.
So I guess I'm just looking for some guidence from the experienced guys here and would be grateful for a little bit of help.
I fel that I have just scratched the surface of the game and there's a whole lot out there I probably don't even know yet.
Thanks guys!

retired_jbabbott

if you got grimsby to leauge one then do u need to change ur tactics? it all depends what players u got to what tactics you play for example would u play down the flanks with slow wingers? no
would u play target man and long ball if u had peter crouch for example ? probably yes same with defenders u dont play offside if all ur defs are widely spread out in the pace attribute hope hope this helps anything else u wana no or ask write bk

retired_shaffam

Check put Rashidi's Fundamental Footbal Manager post for good ideas on tactics and what the sliders do.

With training, I kind of just put it where I think it should be and hope...I personally have never really gotten too worried about the training, the players seem to progress ok (I'm sure it could be optimized, but I like spending time on the tactics).