Recent content by Cicero

Man there were some fun tactics on that match engine!

Wow, impressive! The two DMs look like they worked out really well for you. I had never tried using a DM(S) before this year but they're looking very solid and versatile right now. To see that pairing working well across different tactics is good to know.

Here's the corner setup @Zecharya

There's my defensive setup. Fastest player (or least useful defensively) up top, best CB in the air zonally marking the 6 yard box near post, other CB man marking a tall player, next best player in the air man marking a tall player. If you want to put the back player zonally marking the 6 yard...

I've never messed with free kick defense, for corners though I feel really good about my setup. I've tried all sorts of different corner routines for attack, this corner for attack is easily the most successful IMO...

Veez on defensive set pieces do you mean more from corners or free kicks and throw ins?

RIP Swansea haha

I think having two playmakers in the same area of the pitch usually isn't that beneficial , I would try DLP(D) + DM(S) to start with. I've never used the RPM role outside of in-game adjustments so I'm less sure what the best role to pair with that would be, although I'd lean towards DM(D) or HB...

Veez is back. Wide midfielders were really good on FM16 and from the 4-4-2 (2DM) that I tried and looking at your results it looks like they're still really good. I tried to see if I could sneak them into a 3 at the back formation and get them to do enough defending but even on very fluid they...

The 4-3-3 wide or 4-1-2-3 in general works very well on this game. It's also not rigid in terms of player roles, so you can swap them around depending on what players you have. I like to keep one winger, but on the other side you can have a winger, IF, or Raumdeuter. Your striker works as just...

My version uses trequaristsas, good luck!

You can try out my version a few pages back (35). It works well against teams you're better than or fairly even with. If you're a definite underdog, I'd recommend a more direct approach though.

Hmm other than buying better players to play the trequarista spots I'm not really sure. They have the responsibility of dictating the tempo of the attack, creating opportunities for everyone else, and they need to be able to finish as well, so you are going to want some pretty talented and...

I was using Sigur?sson in the middle because he's either footed, but yes in general I would still use your most creative player in the middle.

I still think Veez's version is better when you're the clear underdog, I just wanted to get in as many games with this version as I could for testing purposes.