When we are faced with a challenging flank attack, I tend to hold my CWBs back and give them more defensive instructions. The whole goal now is to play defensive football, but its possession based and to a large part a more resilient system. Its a subtle change, but it gives me a slightly more forward MC, plus access to more Player Instructions.Īt the back we still maintain the CWB combo, however this combo has now got personalised instructions, only players who can play the direct pass are allowed to play those heat seeker missiles. Its seen some changes: The left sided midfielder is now no longer a BBM, instead he’s now a central midfielder on support. This time around, we are trying to increase the potency of the 4132 whilst maintaining some defensive stability. In our third season, I made some more changes, largely due to personnel loss/gain. We had matches where we only had 5 shots on goal, but we would almost always score on the counter. With the DLF and the F9 now closer to the midfield, this allowed us to ping balls directly via the flanks to those 2, creating a lot of chances. We also opted to go the direct route from the back, whilst the Sporting system had EVERYONE pass short, the one WBA played was a lot different : we created the “bypass midfield” game, where I got the fullbacks to play direct and take more risks. This led to some major chances to the system: we increased closing down from the central mc and from the front two: close down much more. The only downside to this was the absolute absence of any closing down, unless we were in the opponents final third. And, getting the DLF involved like that helped. In our first season, I opted for a DLF instead of a TQ, the goal was simple, I needed him to do a lot of hard tackling, my system was based on winning the ball, and I had a single minded purpose of breaking play up in the opponents third. When I went over to WBA, the system changed. The only downside to picking this up was his failure to tackle hard, and this proved to be a game breaker with inferior sides. I opted for TQ and a F9 combination here because the TQ does drop a lot deeper than the F9 and can still play a defensive role, even though the descriptor says otherwise. Defensive in nature featuring a halfback its prime creative inputs came from the attacking fullbacks and the central attacking midfielder. I initially began with this system in Sporting Lisbon, in a league where we were one of the top sides, it wasn’t a really hard system. So the first system we created was a 4132 system, and this led me to my fetish for flying fullbacks. The players come back too well into defensive shapes. This led me to the unique revelation that defensive systems in FM are now too good to pass up, even for top sides. So managing them, required some defensive thinking, and that’s how my systems there began. They aren’t bad enough to be chucked into the Championship, but they aren’t good enough to secure a champs league spot with ease. West Brom are a side that’s stuck in that zone between teasing with Europe and flirting with relegation. Things have changed, I have a new wife who won’t be citing FM in another divorce case, or so I am hoping. Whilst my participation was limited, I just didn’t have the time to do blogs and detailed posts. I don’t plan on firing up another save to do detailed tests as these are time consuming and they make FM feel more like a job than anything else, it was the prime reason why I stopped playing when 12 was released. With WBA being my latest team, the tactics I’ve listed have really only been tested there. I avoid detailed discussions of tactics till a final patch is released, and by now we should be expecting to see some stability in the game and its always a good time to reflect on whats still working.Īs a manager I’ve played Barcelona, Liverpool, Atletico Madrid, Wolves, Sporting Lisbon and West Bromwich Albion. At least it gives you a view on how your systems have fared. At present there isn’t anything detailed like that, and it would be nice to have. One feature I plan to request from SI is a log that lists out how your team has done with specific systems you’ve created. I’ve wanted to avoid listing out details about tactics that I’ve been using, cause it inevitably leads to requests for detailed information, and then more requests on vetting other peoples selections, but this is for my own personal log more than anything else.
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