retired_aepressler

I've been an avid reader of this forum. I've read and tested various tactics, applied various theories and tried various reccomended/suggested things (for eg tweaks).

Ive tried,tweaked and tested Cleon's bluntblade and his box midfield tactic, the minimal fuss tactic and the box tactic. From studying all instructions of the tactic, the style of play, the advantage, the disadvantage etc.. i've decided to create a tactic basing on these three 'discipline' but making sure it suits to the players i have. I wanted to create a tactic that gets the best of my players at Liverpool FC.

My intention is not exactly to tell you guys this is a super tactic or it brought me 5 consecutive European success. not at all. Ive tried this for 10 games with liverpool. So far, its quite OK particularly at Home. Not so much for away games. I'd appreciate if somebody test this tactic and report back stuff like :

The success achieved using the tactic, what are the disadvantage, what tweak make the tactic better, what kind of players is most suitable, what did you do in improving the tactic particularly against teams better than you etc etc.

It's a basic 3-2-2-3 formation. I'm sorry for the no screenies, i'll provide it later today. But here's the team/players instructions. Followed by explanations.

FORMATION SETUP
<UL TYPE=SQUARE>
<LI> 3-2-2-3
<LI> Right Centreback and Left Centreback on Sarrow
<LI> Two DMC's just upfront the 3 centreback
<LI> Two MC's just upfront the 2 DMCs [ same setup in Box Midfield ]
<LI> The two MC's on long farrows.
<LI> The right and left side striker on barrows.
</UL>

TEAM INSTRUCTIONS

Mentality : 13
Creative Freedom: 8
Passing : 3-5
Tempo : 3-5
Width : 12-15
Closing Down : 13
Focus Passing: Mixed
Tackling : varied
Target Man : Ticked
Supply Target man to Head.


Rest Normal

PLAYERS INSTRUCTIONS

Goalie

Mentality : 5
Creative Freedom : 5
Distribution : Quick Throw
Distribute to : Normally to defender

Rest on Default


Right/Left Centre Back Centre Backs

Mentality : 7
Marking : Zonal
Passing : Team
Closing Down : Team

Rest on Rarely

Central Centre Back Centre Backs

Mentality : 5
Marking : Zonal
Passing : 10-15
Closing Down : Team

Rest on Rarely

Two DMCs

Mentality : 5 & 8
Creative Freedom : Team
FWR : Rarely and Often
RWB : Both Rarely
Passing : Both Team
Long Shots : varied, depends on the player's ability
Marking : Both Zonal
Closing Down : Both on Team (Sometimes the DMC with the lower mentality, i put very often and sometimes Man-Mark)

Rest on default

Two MCs

Basically, i use AMCs in this position. For my Liverpool team, its Gerrard and Luis Garcia. I put them on Long farrows. Sometimes up to the SC position.

Mentality : Both Team
Passing : Both Team
Creative Freedom : Both Team [put more if the player got good decision, flair and creativity stat, but i rarely put higher than the current setup]

Long Shot : Often
FWR : Often
RWB : depends on the players ability.

Rest on Default.

Target Man

Mentality :15
HUB : Ticked
FWR : Mixed
RWB : Rarely
Long Shots : Rarely
Rest on Team / Default

The Sarrowed Strikers

Mentality : Team
RWB : Often
FWR : Mixed
Cross Ball : Often
Cross From : Mixed
Cross Target : Target Man (sometimes Centre)

Rest On Default/Team

retired_aepressler

Correction.. the strikers is on Sarrow. NOT barrow. Thanks

retired_aepressler

I also sometimes changed the tempo. I never tried with counterattack ticked though. I was told that counter attack wouldn't work with mentality more than 8. It'd be interesting to see if somebody tested this tactic with counterattacking.

retired_aepressler

I'm still at work at the moment so i haven't really managed to provide you guys some screenshots of the tactic and instructions. However this is the basic setup of my formation.



&lt;---- FC SC FC----&gt;



MC MC (Long Farrowed)

DMC DMC

&lt;----CB CB CB----&gt;


My usual line-up with Liverpool :-

GK Reina

LCB Agger
RCB Hyypia
CB Carragher

DMC Sissoko (Lower Mentality)
DMC Alonso
MC Garcia & Kewell
MC Gerrard

FC Bellamy & Garcia (Right Side)
FC Crouch & Kuyt
FC Fowler & Kewell (Left Side)

* When i use fowler, i set RWB on rare, and remove the sarrow.

retired_aepressler

The last 10 games result (its not inorder, this is by memory. But this is the exact result)

Home V Man City 1-0
Away V Osasuna 0-0
Away V Man Utd 0-1
Home V Charlton 3-0
Home V West Ham 3-1
Away V Sporting 0-1
Away V Spurs 1-2
Home V PSV 2-0
Home V Newcastle 3-1
Away V Chelsea 0-2

Im having problems in Away games.

retired_bpx667

i would like to pull this or a simialr tactic off but i think no width will be an issue. especially away from home as you seem to be finding out.

retired_aepressler

Actually thats what the sarrowed SCs are for. Well, from the look of the setup.. the sarrowed strikers will provide the width. The problem i have is the supply to the 'wingers' always to their heads rather than their feet. Bellamy and Garcia isnt exactly good at jumping.

retired_aepressler

If anyone did test this tactic.. any criticism, comments, feedback are highly welcomed. I really want to make this formation work.

retired_aepressler

nobody interested ey? :cool:

retired_lalaliloudu75003

I am curious why you play such a massive width with short passing? Especially with only three at the back teams are going to find it easy to get past your defence.

Try decreasing the width to suit your short passing game. Maybe decrease the mentality of your DMCs so they aren't too far ahead of the centrebacks. So the only way opposition is going to get past you is on the flanks, which is probably already the case anyway (or through the middle cause you're so spread out with such small numbers?). Could be wrong though