Change his wide play for sure. If are relying on him for crosses use hugs touchline and cross from byline, but I think his finishing attributes are so good that if you set it to normal wideplay and cross from: mixed, he'll score more goals (his ppm's cause him to drift towards goal anyway).
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No offense but the striker you are testing with is FAR better than Messi or Ronaldo and don't even bother comparing to "normal" players like David Villa, Drogba, Eto'o, Higuain, Torres, Rooney etc. It's misleading to claim 151 goals in your thread title, record scoring tactic, not team or...
In my opinion it's rough on the eyes and hard to use, there is too much contrast and too much wasted space. I have a widescreen monitor, the forum appears to use less than half of my screen area (40-45% of my screen width roughly). I don't know how much space the old layout used, perhaps it's...
Setting one of your strikers as a deep lying forward support might make the assistant manager stop telling you that. I would also vary the midfield roles more as there's really no need to have multiple advanced playmakers in your midfield.
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Your team can only have one playmaker anyway. By default, it is automatically set to a player who has been given a role of "advanced playmaker" "deep lying playmaker" or "trequartista". You were worried that only having one playmaker will make you lose if Fabregas has a bad day, or lose...
The first three are almost exactly the same with only slight change of wording... I can't guarantee that they have the same effect in FM2011 as FM2010 but it shouldn't be too hard to figure out which one is which. No idea what the 4th choice does
Benefit from experience: certain mental...
There are no auto win tactics this year so you really just need a sensible framework that suits your team and the players. If you aren't comfortable setting up the roles and duties yourself, TheBetterHalf has a great thread that could help you. There you can check out some of the strategy...
Like saroy94 mentioned you can't buy him in the first season, but he is normally available for 1m or less in the summer before season 2. He is especially a good buy for any team getting promoted to the top division since he is usually so cheap (I say usually because one save I noticed he was...
You have good players but the ones you mentioned for Sunderland are good too... I think you are underestimating them. They are certainly good enough that their good form or your complacency will allow them to easily beat you.
I know you are looking for a tactical solution but honestly my best...
Yes, I have seen this happen to some players, but I also trained other players for a long time and it didn't seem like they were going to hit natural. In any case, if you want a player to permanently play another position, you should definitely keep them on new position training. If you look...
Check out James Tomkins from West Ham. However some of these players that have been mentioned will refuse season long loans and Cardiff are already close to the loan limit anyway (I think you can only get one more under 24 loan).
Cardiff have a strong squad, you really don't need anybody...
Like some people have already clarified, the AI doesn't "learn" your tactic in the way that some people say it does. That being said, having different formations can definitely be to your advantage. I usually have at least 2 tactics in my match preparation, my normal one plus a more defensive...
A few quality, reliable target men that could step in for Lukaku:
Giampaolo Pazzini from Sampdoria
Marouane Chamakh - might not be too expensive 2nd season and beyond and he's very good and reliable, underrated by FM players imo
Guillaume Hoarau (PSG) - I don't see him talked about much but in...
The set piece instructions are for the position in your tactic, it doesn't matter which player you put there (in other words, the instructions are not for specific players).
answers to your questions:
1) yes
2) player C now uses the instructions for his new position.