This is a question I've been meaning to ask for a while. When you start a new game (or move to a new club), obviously you need to sort out a good tactic for your team. Together with match fitness, this is what pre-season is for. Now, I was wondering how other people go about testing their tactics throughout pre-season (and perhaps the start of the competitive season).
Do you organize more friendlies than usual in your first season or whenever you're in the process of creating a tactic? Do you watch the games more in-depth? (i.e. not on 'key' or 'extended', for example) Do you dig into the statistics or just go with gut instinct and what you saw in the games you've played? If you dig into the statistics, how far do you go? Is there anything else specific you do? Do you perhaps experiment with the effects of training focus on the way your players fulfill their tactical duties? Do you test more than one tactic at a time? (maybe a home tactic and an away tactic or something) I'm interested to hear all of your answers to these questions!
I'm not trying to get advice and I'm not looking for a guide on tactics, by the way. It's just something I've wondered about for some time: how do other people do this? Maybe there are things I (and others on this forum) can learn from their approach, but mostly I'm just curious.
P.S.: I haven't bought the new game/beta yet but since this isn't really an edition-specific question, I thought I'd post it in the 2015 part of the forum.
Do you organize more friendlies than usual in your first season or whenever you're in the process of creating a tactic? Do you watch the games more in-depth? (i.e. not on 'key' or 'extended', for example) Do you dig into the statistics or just go with gut instinct and what you saw in the games you've played? If you dig into the statistics, how far do you go? Is there anything else specific you do? Do you perhaps experiment with the effects of training focus on the way your players fulfill their tactical duties? Do you test more than one tactic at a time? (maybe a home tactic and an away tactic or something) I'm interested to hear all of your answers to these questions!
I'm not trying to get advice and I'm not looking for a guide on tactics, by the way. It's just something I've wondered about for some time: how do other people do this? Maybe there are things I (and others on this forum) can learn from their approach, but mostly I'm just curious.
P.S.: I haven't bought the new game/beta yet but since this isn't really an edition-specific question, I thought I'd post it in the 2015 part of the forum.