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Originally posted by crouchaldinho:
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What you are saying is completely untrue. I have had a really successful career on FM without any barmy arrows and without any exploitation of the match engine. I have played with straight-forward variations of the 4-4-2 and 4-5-1 throughout my career.
You do not need to change formation to be able to counter the opposition for a starter. I never change my opposition, however I might change my marking strategy to cope with different formations.
It is clear to me that you need to WATCH what the opposition is doing in certain games in extended highlights and really analyse where things are going wrong. It could be a plethora of different things.
Some examples:
Team gelling, new formation, unhappy players, poor half time team talk, poor squad, unfit players, are your players match fit, how long have they been playing for the club, having you made a lot of new signings, is your squad an older or younger squad, what is there perosnality type etc. etc. etc.
On the tactical side, to me it sounds as though you are not getting it right.
I would suggest to you an easy technique to deal with the tactical side of things, as follows. Read the scout reports - they give you huge indications as to how the opposition will play. Then, for further clues, look at the opposition manager - this will tell you all you need to know about his usual style of play.
Personally, I think if you are playing at home you don't want to play defensively and counter. It doesn't make sense. You ought to be attacking them or at least playing a balanced tactic if you want to keep things tighter against a superior side. Playing too deep and sitting back at home plays right into the hands of the opposition. They will probably be playing a defensive, possession-based tactic, with a slow build up. They will just keep the ball and create one or two (or three in this case) clear chances. Yes, you were told to play deeper, but not so deep that you unlink it from your overall mentality.
This is my opinion. If I was playing against Yeovil, I would have attacked from the off, played a d-line slightly lower than my mentality. When I was 3-0 up, I wouldn't have changed anything. I would have waiting to see a change in their play - if there is nothing wrong, then I don't touch anything. In the second-half, I would have considered moving to a more balanced tactic, perhaps lowering the d-line just below normal and moving the time-wasting up a few notches. The 4-4-2 long arrows would mean that it is time to go deeper, more compact and more defensive. Save ultra-defensive, deep and time wasting for the 4-2-4.
Hope this helps.
I have won 3 lower league titles with St. Albans City and Derry City, 1 promotion with Kaiserslauten and 1 African Nations Cup with Ghana. All in all, this has been one of my most enjoyable saves on FM games.
You say you are making the right decisions but I would say that you are not.
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I'm sorry, I have just noticed that you said you were playing as Yeovil! That's the trouble with having a beer in the afternoon!
I still maintain what I said. You played too deep and too defensively. I would probably have started off with a balanced formation, with d-line a few notches deeper than normal. I would have stuck with this until they went 4-4-2 and then I would have gone slightly more defensive, narrow and added the time-wasting.
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Maybe I wasn't clear. I am overall doing fine with Yeovil. I am just sick of games like this. Chances are I will eventually win the L1 title using a 442 and 433 set.
I played a 433 Counter in this match btw. Not too defensive. I just positioned my dline deep b/c their strikers are quick. I just love that they got behind them anyway. Comical.
One point is that it is amazingly hard to hold a lead on the road. Just silly.
Also, another thing I notice is that if you "wish luck," you are almost certain to wind up with a draw or a loss late.
BTW, I was away.
Believe me Crouch, I have read wwfan's threads backwards and forwards. Up and down. I get it.
That is why I had them 3-0. Two great thru balls over the top to my loan striker, and MC off their set piece that buried them. It is exactly what I wanted to do.
I am just sick of not being able to stop those comebacks. It just happens too often. I could just see it coming. How often do teams come back from 3-0 or 2-0 down? Not often.
If I tighten up even more, they score. If I stay the same, they score. If I try to attack, they score.
Here I am playing a counter, they are pressing like mad, and all of sudden, they can also play great D and none of my long balls get thru? Really? I don't think so.
Sirdez, unquestionably, the 2d is still pathetic.
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