retired_sissu

im talking about the tactical instructions

player instructions:
cross from byline
cross from deep

team instructions:
width wide/narrow

can you explain this for me pleas :thup:

retired_kathylc2000

From where your players should cross, from the byline means from wide positions, from deep means crossing from the centre of the field

And width means how much your players will play wide

retired_shea12s

Wrong IanZG2, surely this means how high up the pitch they cross from, not from how wide.

Cross from byline is useful only for your wingers and fullbacks. It means they try to cross the ball from the furthest forward they can, i.e they run right up to the line near the goal/dead ball line before crossing.

Cross from deap is useful when playing defensively or using with full backs. It means they will hit diagonal crosses from deep, midway between the halfway life and the byline. Useful if you have a target man who is dominant in the air.

As for team instructions width, this means how wide the team plays the ball. Set it to the furthest wide and the team will look to play an expansive game down the flanks, focusing the play through wingers or attacking fullbacks.

Narrow means they will look to play through the centre of the field, useful I find when you are trying to compact the midfield when playing against a team much better than yourselves.

retired_vmacalik

Going to disagree on the width wide/narrow. This refers to the gap between your players across the pitch. If you set width to wide, then your wide men will line up hugging the touchline and the gaps between your players across the pitch will be large

!----0---0----!
!-------------!
!0---0---0---0!
!-------------! Wide 4-4-2
!0---0---0---0!
!-------------!
!------0------!


!-----0-0-----!
!-------------!
!---0-0-0-0---! Narrow 4-4-2
!-------------!
!---0-0-0-0---!
!-------------!
!------0------!

You can focus passing through the middle with a wide formation or down the flanks with a narrow formation if you want.

retired_vmacalik

Hmm the diagrams didnt come out too wull but I hope you casn see what I mean