Ariel77

So I was thinking of a way to test tactics but I wasn't in the mood to have to play a whole season to do so.

I guessed that getting some teams, editing the assistant managers to be all equal, and going on vacation(game-wise) would be a decent way, maybe not the best, but they should give more or less the right results.

I was testing two tactics, so I took 5 teams for each, each time having a somewhat equal opposite, or at least the game's betting odds said so.

They were:

Chelsea - Manchester United
Bolton - Everton
Portsmouth - Charlton
Leeds - Birmingham
Hull - Burnley

Well, the results sure didn't confirm the media predictions.

Chelsea, with a 4-1-3-2 tactic, found themselves 1st with 14 wins, 2 ties and 3 losses.
Instead Manchester, with a 4-2-3-1, were 8th with 7 wins, 8 ties, 3 losses.

So you would guess that the 4-2-3-1 tactic is the worse of the two, but:

Everton(4-2-3-1), 2nd with 9 wins, 6 ties, 1 loss.
Bolton(4-1-3-2), 2 wins, 3 ties, 9 losses.

I'll put the other results just for the heck of it:

Charlton(4-2-3-1), 17th, 3 wins 5 ties 7 losses.
Portsmouth(4-1-3-2), 19th, 4 wins, 3 ties, 8 losses.

Birmingham(4-2-3-1), 8th, 8 wins, 6 ties, 7 losses.
Leeds(4-1-3-2), 18th, 7 wins, 6 ties, 9 losses.

Burnley(4-2-3-1), 23rd, 5 wins, 4 ties, 13 losses.
Hull(4-1-3-2), 16th, 6 wins, 10 ties, 6 losses.


So it seems that the 4-1-3-2 tactic went well for high-table(Chelsea), average for Championship relegation side Hull, a bit below average for relegation side Portsmouth, and horribly for mid-table Bolton and promotion contender Leeds.

Instead the 4-2-3-1 went very well for mid-table Everton(2nd place), average for relegation side Charlton, below average for league contender Manchester United, promotion contender Birmingham, and relegation side Burnley.


I'm still not sure what to make of the results though. Any suggestions?