Hello, I have a long-running save where I've been a journeyman before settling at Bayern Munich for 20 seasons to create an academy-only type of team. Being far into the future I won everything, rolling in the dough, the usual stuff of legends. I wanted to be the best paid manager in the world...
I'm not familiar with the players and their preferences or moves so I'm just going to give you a few of my thoughts based on what I see in your screenshots on what I think could help a more entertaining style.
You have a large number of instructions and some of them might disrupt the synergy...
If I want one player to go forward, then it works well if he has good cover, so he actually dares and affords to get high.
In your situation I'd try only one BBM and the other something like CM(D). Maybe also try the DLP with defend duty - I dislike playmaker roles so I had very good results...
Important match prep
Good topic! I could learn from this thread since I'm quite guilty of just using the regular formula unless I'm in a risky situation.
I think my most relevant process is when I prepared for the World and Euro Cup Finals in a long save in the 40s ( not a complete success...
Sounds like a solid old school tactic, it's a welcome frustration to possesion hoggers and I ocasionally tried something similar even with bigger teams - it holds hints of Leicester's grit. I feel you're building it rather well so far.
I'm fond of this tactical archetype you describe with...