retired_kjcurnyn

No, that is set by their creativity stat, not instructions.

I mean, i don;t have a single player in my team who i don't want to, inside my tactical framework, act creatively and look to set up a chance... However, i do have players who i want to stick to their job (create chances only when the situation is right) and others who i want to break the rules and run the game... Hense creative freedom.

retired_jicejam

Okay, you've changed my perspective.

retired_kjcurnyn

Yeah, the easiest way to envision it i find is this. If Gilberto has the ball and henry peels off to the left, then cuts in, you want him to try to feed him... So you still want him to be creative...

But you certainly don't want Gilberto leaving his DM post and actually playing football! Leave that to the other midfielders who, with Arsenal, would all be on very high creative freedom, as they move out of position regularly. How often do Hleb, Rosicky or Ljungberg play a game on the wings, as in staying there and acting as a winger?

retired_jicejam

True... I've even seen Theo Walcott drifting out of position...

that's why I set my two wingers and two forwards free roles.