Recent content by maxchaplin55

I would advise not to label this a 'guide', as I would say this is how you set up, and a lot of what you say is opinion and not fact. To defend effectively, you do not have to go route one. Mentality should not be determined by fluidity, and fluidity is not determined solely by formation. If...

Hi, I imagine this problem is very popular. 4231 is a very attacking formation, and it worked in the championship because you were the best side. Now you are arguably one of the weakest, I'd suggest keeping your 4231 tactic to use against weaker/similar teams, and creating a new tactic for those...

Thanks for your reply and advice, maybe putting a CM on defend duty would be wise against such an opponent, but I didn't notice them troubling me through the middle. My concerns were out wide or in the box, with Suarez being free, and Roberto not being tracked, I just wouldn't necessarily know...

Hi all, I have been playing FM for a few years now, and am confident on my natural instinct when it comes to the attacking phase, even the transition phase. Basically, on the ball, I am confident. Defensively, however, I always feel I lack knowledge, clueless is a strong word, but I could...

The Team Instruction 'Play Narrower/Play Wider' is just on the ball though? Off the ball, by default, your team shape will adapt to the opposition team shape, depending on your marking instructions.

Yes I completely agree with you, maybe it is also to do with the number 1 problem of my striker not dropping deep enough, also, although I have now moved the wingers further up into a 4231 and it is working alot better, will try with 442 again eventually and hopefully wont encounter the same...

Hi, thanks for that, I must have missed that option. I shall remember to use it if i try to get a 442 to work again, however for now I have decided to switch to 4231 as I feel it is more suitable to a team wanting to play attacking football.

Hi, I am in my 5th season at Newcastle, and various factors have led me to want to play a 4-4-2, and I am set in my ways of using 2 wide midfielders rather than attacking midfielders, and it has worked well, until recently. But there are a few other that I cannot seem to fix. I could play...

The roles seem balanced so I wouldn't chop and change too much. When using narrow formations it is a good idea to set opposition instructions on opposing wide players, I find closing them down always effective. Alternatively, you could set an attacking player to man mark a wide player, but...

I would suggest a few things. Possibly Changing your Anchor to a Defensive Mid, as he is more involved with transition than Anchor. Main thing though, when your central mids have the ball, the IFa plays as a second striker making forward runs constantly, and the Winger will stay so wide, he...

It is the reason many find the game difficult. Without actually viewing your tactics/screenshots, I am guessing you play attacking football, and most oppositions will sit back and do all they can to defend against you, sometimes having all players behind the ball, making it incredibly difficult...

Yeah, appreciate the time and effort Igneos, but that's all Mentality which I'm cool with.

Starting to think he may be joking...

What on earth? Possession football is possession football - it can be offensive, defensive, counter attacking. Just because a manager wants his team to attack, does not mean he wants his team to keep the ball. In fact, depending on whether he has a possession philosophy, if a manager really...

What you are describing here is a high press? Which is attacking football. I promise you.