retired_amena

I'll start off by saying i love the game, i just wish i could win a game

I've had this game now for several months and i have yet to complete a single season as i keep getting fired or just give up being made the leagues bitch. I've been playing FM since if memory serves me right CM99/00 and in all the previous copies of the game i've won everything (everything i can win in the leagues i used that is) but this version i just cant get my head around. I've read through many posts on this website and i've even gone as far as to download tactics which i told myself i would never do but i still cant do any good. I know the more like real life they make it the harder it will become and i'm all up for making it more like real life but IMO its at a stage now where some parts of the game are almost spot on but other parts still need a lot of work doing to it.

After my little rant/FM life story here is my tactic can someone please point out where i could be going wrong?

flat 4-4-2
team mentality 16/17(HOME) 5/12(AWAY)
CB mentality 4
team closing down 12
CB closing down 4
passing 5 global
tempo 5
defensive line im a little up in the air with this one at the moment i use to go 15/17(HOME) 5/12(AWAY) but after reading some posts i've started going 3 all the time
width 12

everyone on mixed forward runs apart from CB(rarely) and 1 of my FC(often)
run with ball wingers/CM(only 1 of them)/FC(the opposite 1 that had forward runs) often - CB rarely - everyone else mixed

thats about all that i can think of at the moment.

I hope someone can help me :thup:

retired_wh0isj3ss3

First of all, up tempo to 18! Regardless of LLM or PL.

2nd: Whats your Creative Freedom for the players? The GK + Defenders should be on 1.

Long Balls on you GK as well to be safe from "stupid" passes.

Try Normal Width. I usually plays wider (18), even in Lower League, against stronger teams.

Set Long Shots to Rarely on you Strikers, and everyone else that "sucks" at this. I have only my 2 CM's on "high" there.

Through balls set to rarely on everyone except CM's. If you ahve a tall Target Man (Striker) as I play atm, set through balls on him to "Often", so he can pass it to your fast striker. Set FWR to "Rarely" on your Tall Striker, "Often" on your Fast Striker.

Mentality to 1 on your DC's, play global on rest (middle).

Against stronger teams, play Mentality 9 with Counter Attack, against weaker teams (home) play Mentality 13, Counter Attack unticked.


Take a look at the pre-set instruction (default) in the drop down menu, this is a great help to understand how each position should be set.


Good luck, hopes it helps!

retired_amena

thanks 4 the reply i'll try this out