retired_lafey

In FM2006 I had a tactic which set my main striker to lurk at the edge of the box and the corner taker would aim for him almost every time. The othre attackig players would rush the keeper leaving my striker free to shoot 8 out of 10 times. The result (having a decent striker) was that I would score from roughly one in three corners which was great. Having set up exactly the same tactic with identical team and player instructions in FM2007, the box simply appears crowded with my players not really making any clearly defined moves - except for my striker who lurks but the corner is never aimed to him!

Anyone else experienced this?

retired_Pthibert

Try the new corner tactic

set ur corners to mixed and ur taker may find ur ST if he is so free

retired_Pthibert

Thats not the ccorner tactic i talked in first statement

retired_biblegirlg

i had this problem too... i used to set my best long shot taker on 'Lurk outside area' but in 07, the penalty area gets too cluttered so he cant get an open shot.

how i countered this was to set either all the attacking players on 'Attack' near/far post. i prefer setting all on 'Attack far post' cos i noticed the 'Lurk ouside area' player to end to drift in parallel to the near posts most of the time.

i set my best header player to 'Near post flick on' and my strongest and most aggressive player to 'Challenge keeper' to keep him occupied. I normally put my best finishing striker to 'stand at near post' to tap in any loose balls or scramble.

I then set the corner taker to aim for 'Near post'. what happens is either the near post player will attempt a direct header at goal which if the challenge keeper player succeeds will be aimed at an empty goal, or the near post player flicks it on to someone attacking the far post or to the striker standing at the near post to finish. or the corner taker sends the ball to the Lurking outside player who is normally unmarked and he gets a clear shot at goal. all the defenders and attacking players will be congested at the far side with only the keeper and 2 of your players in front of the goal.

i have scored many goals from corners having both my DCs either challenge keeper or flick on and my MC Lurk outside area...
it does help i have Manice banging in the long shots.. hahhaha


try it out... remember to set all your attacking players to 'Attack at far post' less these four players: Flick on, Stand at far post, challenge keeper and lurk outside area...


oh yeah.. another thing i noticed. if you set some players on "Stay back if needed' and the defending team has no one forward, they tend to just crowd the penalty area and become more problematic and helpful, so i set a few on 'Stay Back' instead...