retired_Myoplex

hi i just played man city, as newcastle, i was away and wasnt favourite, so i used wwfan's away tactics and tweaked them a bit and used ashyr's tactics of going narrow throught the middle and direct quick counter attack. i had a deep defensive line, the lot.

i didnt win, i lost 1-0 which was coming i was absolutely battered. i'm so annoyed!!

and i was wondering, people say do the opposite to the opposition, but what do u do if the opposition goes short possession football and attacking? i either go defensive CA with direct passing (which is gonna give them possession) or i go short and possession which contrdicts the CA, what do i do?

retired_sdilts

Play balanced, high tempo and high closing down, try and upset their short passsing game, don't give them time and space. Play a quick tempo, quite narrow (as they will be looking for a killer through ball.

Basically play how teams play against Arsenal in real life.

retired_Myoplex

cheers mate will try it now

and also i have this thing were every single team is offensive against me (im newcastle obviously) and even against teams like sheff utd they 4-4-2 with farrows on there wingers :S i start off predicted 6th and im currently 6th after 6 games! is this that re-ranking thingy? :S

retired_BrownVanilla

also if you play direct and quick helps to play wide(atleast normal) and to focus play down both flanks - this can cretae some blistering counter-attacks

retired_Myoplex

thanks i used both pieces of advice and drew 2-2 against arsenal away!! was winning 2-0 and they had:
22 shots 6 on target
54% possession
17% better pass completion and i had 3 shots on target out of 3!! not so bad would have taken 2-2 at the start