StrokeGuide

I require a clarification on how I interpret closing down, which I have written below

Individual closing down:It means which area of the field an individual will close down. So if someone has a closing down of 4 he will close down in and around his penalty box, for 16 he wil close down around the opposition penalty box.

Team closing down: It is proportional to the radius of an imaginary circle around every player in the team. A team closing down of 4 means everyone will close down anyone who comes within say x metres of him.

When individual closing down is ticked the player will close down in the corresponding area of the field, and his closing down radius will depend on team closing down. For example if a player has individual closing down of 16 he will close down around the opposition penalty area everybody who has the ball within x radius(corresponding to team closing down)

When individual closing down is unticked a player will close down within a radius of x metres corresponding to team closing down wherever he is on the field (means this applies both if he is in his own penalty box or the opposition penalty box and everywhere in between)

When in opposition instruction a player is set as closing down always he is closed down wherever he is in the field by the nearest player.

[i]Let me know if these are incorrect in any way, I suspect they are

retired_rjw13838

You are complicating things way too much there

Individual instructions override team instructions.

To be fair, I think the explanation in the manual is very clear on this.

StrokeGuide

Fine...but is closing down related to a specific area in the field or radius around the player?

retired_msperry121999

Its to do with the radius...

StrokeGuide

In that case, what is closing down always on opposition instruction? Does it mean nearest player will close him down no matter whether he is within the closing down radius set in team/indivdual instruction?

retired_rjw13838

Thats exactly what the manual says and its quite clear about it imo.

As such, I dont use the radius theory. I think the manual makes more sense.

retired_mgavlick

I am pretty sure of radius theory in FM06, but certainly not in FM07. Closing Down has changed a lot and is undoubtedly related to the position on the pitch now.

It's a shame. I liked Radius Theory. Dead and buried now!

StrokeGuide

So if radius theiry is buried, what does team closing down only(no individual closing down ticked) imply? The entire team wil close down in one area of the field??

kdunn

The problem is people dont really know. Like many things to do with this game people are in the dark.

And to make it worse, people say they know something when they just dreamed it up or 'feel' sure they are right.