Thanks for the feed back. Unfortunately none of the players you mention is in my game. I have Eto'o tutoring Savitsyi now, thanks for that point!
I guess there's no way around trying a 4-1-4-1. Even if I'm currently working in another direction. I will get back to that in a few posts...
The rest of september
With a fairly easy programme for the rest of the month, I decided to play all the matches in the 4-4-2 Attacking formation. The first match og the season vs. Stoke gave a good first impression. It was time to see if it would last.
The results:
The match vs. Rapid Wien...
First impressions of the tactics
Friendlies
I have discarded any knowledge gained from the friendlies, since they have been about getting players fit and tactical familiarity up.
The results though, was promising:
The first EPL-matches
Normally I would do this on a month-to-month basis -...
Transfers
Unfortunately my computer has been through a tough time this week.
Well, on to the transfers.
The following players have been sold.
I’m disappointed with the £4m for Naismith, but he was the player least suited for the 4-4-2, so I was very keen to get rid of his salary of 27k. In...
Current Squad and transfer targets
Squad assessment:
The starting eleven mentioned in the first post should be able to do a decent job in the premier league. But with the (potential) shipping out of the squad players mentioned in the same post, there are some issues that need addressing...
Tactics
The three tactics will be made so I easily can change between them during a match so the team can either go for a goal if needed or sit back and defend a lead.
With both full backs and wide midfielders as a given (needed to make the two banks of four, that must be in the formation) the...
Introduction
During a discussion with a friend of mine (yes, beer was involved) we talked about how FM recently seem to favor some sort of variation over the 4-2-3-1-theme in regards to tactics. 10 years ago the 4-4-2 was the go-to-formation, and we would like to see, if it would be possible to...
Hi all
I actually joined this forum because I wanted to do a manager story regarding the return of the once used 4-4-2 formation.
Hopefully I will get the first post up in a few hours - or maybe tomorrow.
Best regards,
JonesyJones