preventing one's players from back-passing to the goalie

retired_mekeesha · 06-19-2008, 03:47 PM

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Originally posted by chaddy101:
If you read the manual, mentality plays a role in the direction and ambition of passes.

That's spot-on. Defensive mentality and time wasting will increase back-passes, as will whether the oppo are pressing your players.

This is a tactical issue - the Tactics gurus on the other forum will probably be much more informative.

retired_rotert · 06-19-2008, 08:13 PM

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Originally posted by Archy-91:
Let me set the scene...

92 mins and 54 seconds on the clock, it's 2-2 in a top of the table winner takes all clash in the 3rd last game of the season. My mentality : all out attack. My right midfielder whips a cross into the box, it is cleared back to the halfway line, where my centre mid is standing, in the centre circle, ready to control it and lump it back into my 4 men in the box. But whats this... he's decided not to smack it back up to the box, but he's chosen to try and head it back to the goalkeeper, FROM THE BLEEDING HALFWAY LINE! Needless to say their stiker intercepts it about 20 yards out, is now one on one with the keeper, and coolly slots it hope to take the 3 points.

It quite obviously does not all hinge on mentality, and I rarely complain about problems with FM as I realise it'll never be perfect, but that really ground my gears.

My centre backs' mentality are usually set to defensive, which overrides the team instructions. Did you select this or change it? Also, his decisions might not be up there.

Besides, even if you've given all the right instructions, IRL defenders make stupid mistakes all the time. Even the best ones. I think the most famous recent example is Carvalho's clanger against Man Yoo where he slid it right in to Rooney.

There are definitely intelligence issues with FM, but I don't think it's enough to ruin the game. Except when you're 2-2 and your DC tries a header from the halfway line of course.

I'd be most upset. Real life OR game.

retired_candycorncats · 06-19-2008, 08:34 PM

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Originally posted by backpackant:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Archy-91:
Let me set the scene...

92 mins and 54 seconds on the clock, it's 2-2 in a top of the table winner takes all clash in the 3rd last game of the season. My mentality : all out attack. My right midfielder whips a cross into the box, it is cleared back to the halfway line, where my centre mid is standing, in the centre circle, ready to control it and lump it back into my 4 men in the box. But whats this... he's decided not to smack it back up to the box, but he's chosen to try and head it back to the goalkeeper, FROM THE BLEEDING HALFWAY LINE! Needless to say their stiker intercepts it about 20 yards out, is now one on one with the keeper, and coolly slots it hope to take the 3 points.

It quite obviously does not all hinge on mentality, and I rarely complain about problems with FM as I realise it'll never be perfect, but that really ground my gears.

My centre backs' mentality are usually set to defensive, which overrides the team instructions. Did you select this or change it? Also, his decisions might not be up there.

Besides, even if you've given all the right instructions, IRL defenders make stupid mistakes all the time. Even the best ones. I think the most famous recent example is Carvalho's clanger against Man Yoo where he slid it right in to Rooney.

There are definitely intelligence issues with FM, but I don't think it's enough to ruin the game. Except when you're 2-2 and your DC tries a header from the halfway line of course.

I'd be most upset. Real life OR game. </BLOCKQUOTE>

He actually said it was his MC, so I doubt that mentality is the issue here.

retired_bjm619 · 06-19-2008, 09:56 PM

There are are things like decisions, creativity etc that can also account for the back passes.

preventing one's players from back-passing to the goalie

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