Had a go with Marseille and the results were fantastic. Only league defeat was @ PSG. Managed to defeat Tottenham in the Europa League final despite having Sakai sent off in 10'. The tactic was absolutely watertight defensively, as we conceded just 17 goals in the league and only 4 at home. As...
I've had a good bit of success in the first half of the season with the base Sunderland squad using that 41230. Didn't change to IWBs, but did use the closing down instructions on the GK and CBs.
Well, used a mix of the new tactic and the wee free men over the course of the season in the Championship. Managed to get a 9th place finish out of an absolutely wretched Birmingham side, so kudos for that. Media prediction was 21st. 16 wins, 17 draws, 13 losses. 84 GF, 69 GA. About what I...
Indeed. Spent big on 3 in the summer window: £30m for Oxlade-Chamberlain, £13.5m for Harry Kane, and £4.8m for Efe Ambrose. Also brought in Micah Richards on a free and kept Vargas around on a free as well. Extended Kranjcar's loan for another year as well. Heading into the season with this...
Just popping in again here. Gave it a go with a weak side in the BPL to see how the tactic fares with a bit of an underdog. Went with QPR. Went the whole season with the bog standard squad except for the additions of Antunes, Ciaran Clark, and Leigh Griffiths in January. Managed to secure a...
Success continues through season three at Marseille. First unbeaten season I've ever had in any iteration of FM. In addition, we won the Coupe de la Ligue and made it to the quarterfinals of the Champions' League where we succumbed to a humiliating thrashing 5-0 at Stamford Bridge to lose 6-2 on...
Two of my better ones at Marseille so far:
Lacking a bit in pace and any kind of technical ability, but built like an absolute tank and those mental stats at age 16. Should be a good one.
An interesting keeper prospect. Scouts think he's got 4 star+ potential.
Yes, it's fun, but at the same time frustrating cause I have to be super careful about who I get attached to. Thauvin has a 28m valuation right now and he's wanted, so if he starts making noise about wanting to leave I don't know what I'll do. I do have solid homegrown talent coming back as...
We enjoyed even greater success in season 2 of the tactic, despite (IMO) a weakened squad. Having been forced to sell Ayew due to his ******** and moaning about wanting to join up with Dortmund, and Doria to Real Madrid, I had to bring in Gustavo Henrique and Yannick D'Jeng. Also used some of...
Had a tremendous amount of joy with this tactic in the first season with Marseille. Retrained Andre Ayew as a striker to fill the CF role. I saw you had mentioned Ronaldo as who the role was supposed to emulate and I immediately thought of Ayew as having the attributes required for that role. He...
This tactic got me a 4th place finish with a bog standard West Ham side. Thought the combo of Downing/Jarvis + Andy Carroll would work well with the tactic and it did indeed. 21 wins, 7 draws, 10 losses. 64 GF 41 GA. Did average a little over 2 goals for at home, but was quite poor on the road...
Used Artisan's original version with Udinese. Not quite the stock squad, but only minimal transfers. Signed Victor Valdes on a free in January after I get fed up with the assortment of **** keepers in the squad and took advantage of Udinese's partnership with Granada and Watford to poach Jeison...
Results from the second season with Everton. Version 2 proved to be a vast improvement over version 1. V1 saw us finish 4th with 65 points, 70 GF and 52 GA. V2 saw us win the league with 84 points, 82 GF and 40 GA. Also reached the quarters of the Europa League where we were unfortunate to run...
Gave it a go with Everton. Finished 4th in the table. Scored 70 and conceded 52. As mentioned throughout the thread, I found the defense to be extremely leaky. I suppose the plus side is it was equally as leaky at home as it was away, which theoretically means the problem can be attributed to...