retired_cindymerc

I've been playing most of FM 2007 recently on global settings for my midfield and strikers but just recently tried to make individual settings on each.

Since it's been proven Indiviual settings override team settings , can this way be flexible. If im winning at home will i have to change every sliders mentality to save possession.Im asking this because with the global method when needing a goal I slimply used the sliders to increase mentality and maybe tempo across the board. But I feel individually you can get more out of players, e.g. wingers and strikers should be attacking.

What do most tacticians on here use and which do you find better?

retired_cindymerc

No replies. Jus thought what others may find benefits the team more.

retired_hope

Hi Badboy500,

I use Global Mentality and leave it dead on normal.

To save possesion I would alter passing style, timewasting and tempo, not mentality.

To get a goal I would increase the individual mentality of one of my strikers. Also consider raising closing down, increasing directness and tempo and hard tackling.

To hold a lead I would go CA first, and if still only just in the lead with 10 mins to go I would drop my D-line and take off 1 striker for a DMC, increase timewasting, go easy tackling and decrease closing down.

Point is my team nearly all stay on team normal mentality, only one striker gets his increased to cause more trouble to the opposing defence.

retired_FaultyFate

Hi Badboy500

I use a combination of global and individual mentlities in the following way. My strickers are on attacking mentality (about 14 and 16, I think, I am not at home). AMC has mentality 12-13, and wingers 10-11 with short farrows). All defenders (flat 4) and DM are on global mentality (7-8) and I use counter attack option. Thus I have at least 5 players defending, and 4 or 5 attacking. The idea is that if I want to play more attacking game, I simply increase global mentality, and remove counter attack. Hence my defenders and DM start to joining attack more often. Of course, the exact numbers depend on how good your team is.

Btw, individual mentality override team setting, but not completely. You can test it very easy. Set all of your players on individual mentalities (say in a range 6-12) and then set global mentality on "All out Attack" (for last 15 minutes of any game). Most likely you won't see anything good , but your players will run forward as if they all have attacking mentality.

barefootboo

All out attack and Ultra defensive is the only two settings (I know of) that has been proven without a doubt to override individual mentalities. But I do agree that individual does not completely override team, call it gut feeling

retired_FaultyFate

Well, I guess something between two extreems also work somehow, though it is not easy to see. I just remember discussion in Cleon's Sheffield United project, where he points out he changed team mentality during a game, even though all his players have individual mentalities set. Another point, if the individual mentalities would completely override the global ones, it would be very boring (unless you created many different tactics) to change your style during a particular match. Yet people do it with more or less success (trick is to find which way to change).

retired_wh0isj3ss3

Team Mentality overrides Individual ONLY in 2 positions; In position 1 which is "All in Defense", and in position 22 which is "All Out Attack".