Recent content by martyb36

You’re correct. If you select pass shorter on players instruction on a player and have short pass TI then he will indeed pass even shorter. This is definitely the case on anything with a bar that fills (passing, closing down etc). I’m not 100% on instructions such as Mark tighter however which...

I’d say De Bruyne is a roaming playmaker. I’d then probably put Silva down as a CM on attack duty in FM as you wouldn’t want too many playmakers/ball magnets. Could try him as a mezzala if you like.

I’ve had excellent results using target men. set your target man off centre (STCR or STCL). Change this depending on who you play so you can line him up against their CB who is weakest in the air (take into account bravery as well!) I then pair him with a shadow striker who plays ‘alongside’...

TOULON City EDIT - Ignore "TOULON City" title it was my recaptcha phrase and I typed it in title :@ More or less of a shock than Leicester winning Premier League? I wasn't managing them FYI. Seen some surprise WC winners in past games such as England and Croatia but this is something unreal...

I suppose classic wingers running down the touch line and crossing it to the big guy has been phased out for the most part in successful football teams so I can understand why this isn't as effective. However wide players cutting in and acting as some kind of inside forward is very much a...

It's hard to get tactics with wide mids/forwards working as well as narrow formations this year but it's definitely possible. Firstly make sure the MR/ML/AMR/AML are inside forwards or wide midfielders that stay narrow and cut inside. Defence. Looks good, although I try to get risky passing on...

Sounds good, I find I get better results with short and low tempo. I can never get direct working for me. Make sure you're defensive line isn't too high when playing control, I'd probably keep it standard. And I'd try Fluid to start with (essentially makes your lines closer together), which...

Firstly what are your team instruction? Player roles Unless you're specifically are trying to make the tactic be based around wingers crossing the ball to the target man I'd look to change to wingers to inside forwards. They work much better especially with your attacking full backs...

What you're saying would leave 3 back but they wouldn't all shift across to cover (there would still be a hole where the attacking full back is. You'd get the effect better by having 2CB 2WBs 1DM(half back). In defense it would be 442, then in attack the CB's split as the WB's move forward and...

Just wondering if anyone uses buy back clauses as a means to develop young players? I usually either loan them out or stick an unfinished product in the first team, which can be harmful to results. The general idea could be train them as usual and loan them out until approx age 21, if they...

Used my tactic that I shared here with San Jose. Won the league, got to the East vs West final but lost. Got beat in first round of Cup however. But all in all a massive achievement with one of the lesser clubs. Haven't uploaded screenies for that save to my thread yet though. Squad...

The description of "ineffectual" for that position when they are selected in it drew me to the conclusion they would be ineffective in that position until they had trained up to a higher competence. If they can play the position well enough but not reliably then they should have a rating to...

OK cheers, so they will still do a job in this position. I've never bothered risking them but maybe I should give it a go.

This has always confused/irritated me so thought I'd share it and see what people think If a player is natural at AML why isn't he at least competent at ML as standard? (And vice versa). I know we can retrain to fit this position but I thought they'd come straight out the academy with a basic...

Sorry been off the forum for a while. Agreed it does work great for underdogs, but also I've used it with some more favourite type teams as you can see in the two more recent screenshots and it's had some great results. I've also added a secondary tactic to be used when teams revert to...