retired_modelchik3000

Ok still finding this game alot harder than previous versions, but starting to pick it up.

I am Blackburn, doing fairly well I think. 10th in the league, in the quarter finals of league cup, and also already qualified through groups or Euro cup with 3 wins out of 3.

I have just faced Arsenal at the Emirates.
I went 3-0 down in the first half (after 30mins), barely creating anything, so had to do something radical.

I took my leftback, Warnock off, as he had a 4, and put on a centreback, I switched from my 4-4-2 to a 3-1-4-2, very attacking down the flanks.

Straight away I pulled 1 back after the break, sadly I conceded another from a corner, then I pulled another 2 back in the 75th and 85th minute, leaving the last 5 plus added on time very tastey, and I nearly snatched an equaliser.

Sadly I didn't, and my news message says:
"My tactical gamble fails"

Blackburn's manager brought his team's unbeaten run to an abrupt end today with his decision to gamble on a previously untested 3-1-4-2 formation.
Following Blackburn's 3-4 defeat against Arsenal, some pundits were openly questioning my decision to change the 4-4-2 formation which had been working so successfully.

I know it was unsuccesful in that I still lost, but surely I should be praised for trying something different when the normal was failing badly, and making a good fight of it?!

Atleast the fans were pleased with the result

Dav1d

Do you read the papers? I think it's a good feature, never seen it but sounds good. The media get what they want out of a game, wrong or right.

retired_modelchik3000

Oh yeah,

I know papers make up alot of stuff. Still you would have thought they would have a little praise for me

retired_w0lfpack1

Yeah, that does seem a little odd. Obviously the tactical change (2-0) outperformed the 4-4-2 (0-3) on the day, so clearly it wasn't at fault.

retired_jackrrice

The game isn't smart enough to detect it. It simply foes with the tactics you used for the majority of the match. Thankfully nothing too bad came of it.

retired_2b135again

Yeah you should only get this from the media if you change your formation before kick off not during the match if it's actually improved your performance....needs minor tweaking

retired_changstaaa

You tried something unorthodox and you lost. That's pretty much all most sports journalists need to know to pin it all on you.