DaveMac

I keep going back and forth in my mind about employing a direct attack vs. a short passing game and wondered how to tell which one your squad is best suited to play. I play an attacking style and the last few seasons I usually used the short passing game, a 4-4-2, with attacking wingers an AMC and DMC, and it was successful. However, I would like to play a strong, aggressive, attacking game that really can hit opponents on the counter and put them under pressure. In my mind a direct game would seem to suit this mentality. Any thoughts?

retired_mekeesha

There's a whole forum for this kind of query - it's called 'TACTICS' and it's just below this forum.

retired_ehoff15

Yea the Tactics forum will be the place to go.

If you give a more details as well, like what the key attributes of your players, how exactly you are set up at the moment (what value of mentality, CF, etc etc). That should kick off an interesting discussion over there

retired_dego72

I tend to go with mixed- conditions and weather can have such an effect (plus the abilities of your players) that I tend to let the players decide.

I then just have to worry about getting the shape right for what I want- keep it narrow and I get a short game, wide and they seem to play more direct.