retired_ms. mary

Excellet post Rashidi. Your attacking tips have certainly hepled me grab a few more goals. The only problem i find playing my 442 diamond is that quite often the opposition seems to find a way round the back of my defence. This is usaully a ball down the line which by passes my full backs. Also i used to be prone to balls over the top but setting my wo DC's on seprate closing down levels seems to have stopped this happening.

Cheers

retired_virginialaitano

Brilliant topic

i usualy play with real wingers FL and FR not FLC FRC. I like to keep the pitch wide so my center midfielder can get a run in while the outside midfielders and dmc hold position. this way i get 3 guys in the box when the cross is made.

now the problem for me is the gaps in the midfield. my ideal formation would be a 343 with a diamond midfield. If i play my center midfield as an amc it leaves to much space between him and the amc and if i play him as a mc with farrow he doesnt join the attack as much as i would like. I tried to fix this with pulling my outer midfielders in closer but this exposes my flanks. I'm thinking about fixing this by having my dmc play like .. a raging mad man ie. keane gatusso. Who just hounds everything trying to get through the middle of the pitch, also giving my amc a barrow but low closing down so he just denies the player being targeted by my madman a passing posibility. Still need to test it just popped in my head while typing this post : ).

hmm if it works it would work like a charm : D.

and now for something completely different:

have any of you been able to get you're dc's to join in on the midfield play. Like the dutch style having a defender join in or a attack drop back to create a numerical superiority on the midfield?

anyways thanks for the post

retired_Markpdoody

Defensive line is important. It potrays the method of play. High for possesion, low for safe defensive position in case the opposition have a fast attacker and normal which is to play possesion but on a safer side.

I remember Sunderland playing Arsenal and McCarthy tried to neautralize Arsenals passing game which did not work at all. He did this by playing a high defensive line and to a degree it had an effect but whenever Arsenal broke it became a very dangerous situation for them and they were defending running backwards.

I think the more strikers used the lower defensive line can be used to play a fast attacking game. The lesser striker and the higher the defensive line. 4-3-3 to 4-5-1. I just cannot see 4-5-1 being played with low defensive line. Too many players in too positions give the opposition all the time in the world to close down.

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retired_corellian

rashidi

what tempo do you use for home and away games?

home-15?
away-5?

retired_kellyk

My tempo is closely allied to my passing. For some of my tactics I have mixed passing and my tempo is almost mixed. For short passing I use slow tempo.

The manual this time around provides a lot of clues:

1. Advisable to have individual mentaltities..ie. "Group your defenders" with one mentality to get them to work more efficiently.

2. Dline and Mentality though related, the impact of both of them of them on the game isn't a big one. Which makes me feel that setting a DLine of mixed is enough in the game.

[B]FourThreeThree[b/]With all due respect, what your portray happens in real life but not in the game in any way whatsoever. It used to. What I'm saying is that Dline should have more profound effects on creating a tactic so that the effect of mentality would not be as profound.

retired_kellyk

em meant to say you can have individual mentalities and you can also effectively set up groups too.

retired_mgavlick

FRs and high CF for the sweeper? Any thoughts, Rash? I've never tried it myself, but it could work for home formations??

retired_kellyk

Risky for a sweeper. Worth a try, haven't really tried it out yet. But he'll lead loads of stamina and an above average workrate.

ZR 900

I am currently using "the trident" in a 5-2-3/3-4-3 formation, playing as Tottenham. My strikers have been having a bit of a trouble to score despite having a lot of possession and a great deal of opportunities to score. I had a tough start with Newcastle home, Manchester United away and Liverpool home and shortly after that I had to face Chelsea at home. The tactic seemed to be semi effective defensively but lack the ability to score (which meant a lot of 0-0 matches) so I did some changes and last two games I've scored 55% of all goals this season, and I think I have an idea how to make it more solid defensivly.

If you can be bothered, could you tell me a bit more of how you instruct your three forwards?
And lastly, is there any information about ScramjetII anywhere?

putz

this is really good man, thanks alot.
i am printing this as i speak