Recent content by Obliterati

Box-to-Box, DLP-defend, Box-to-Box I think

So, Balotelli just went 0-for-9 in my game against Parma. That's Balotelli - he of the 18 finishing and 17 composure - took 9 shots, 8 from inside the box, 3 clear cut chances and 2 half chances, zero goals. Looking forward to the usual suspects coming in and telling me it's my tactics.

Jeez, did anybody actually look at the tactic he's using before jumping down his throat? It's not like he downloaded some crazy asymmetric-formation tactic that would get a manager instantly fired in real life, it's basically just a bog standard 4-2-3-1. If that's an exploit tactic then...

It's Steklo X4. You can get it on the Steam Workshop or over or over at sortitoutsi.com But be advised, it's not optimized for 14.3, so there's a few oddities.

I love this tactic. I'm using it with Juventus and just destroying the league. It's especially great for top teams because it can cut apart that %$@#&ing ultra-defensive flat 4-5-1 the AI tends to use when it's a heavy underdog. The AI thinks there are 5 of your guys attacking: the wingbacks...

The Five Stages of Football Managing 1) "Work the ball into the box, and shoot less often" 2) "I said work the ball into the box and shoot less often" 3) "Look dummies, I want you to slow down, work the ball into the box, shoot less often, and I really mean it this time." 4) "For the love...

Of course I did, because you said wasn't relevant to the problem. A 50 million dollar player with high stats across the board should not ever be taking 150 shots and hitting on 7% of them, no matter what the tactics are and no matter what his PPMs are and no matter what the game situation. It's...

Really? Let's take a look at some real world wingers and how they're doing this season: CR7: 25 goals on 183 shots - 13.6% Alexis Sanchez: 16 goals on 44 shots - 36.3% Antoine Griezman: 15 goals on 79 shots - 18.9% Eden Hazard: 13 goals on 60 shots - 21.6% Jay Rodrigues: 12 goals on 87 shots -...

The problem is I have to constantly spend the last ten minutes of a match on Overload with eight guys in the box just trying to get a result from a game I completely and utterly dominated. So yes, it would be nice for the final score to occasionally reflect the reality of the game, otherwise...

Man I'm tired of this...

Dortmund. Other highlights include Lewandowski scoring 22 goals in 34 games, and Mario Gotze piling up a whopping 35 assists. I finished with a goal differential of +75 (!!!), and won the Bundesliga with 8 games in hand. So, yeah. For me at least, this tactic was absolutely devastating. Well...

So I signed Doumbia and used this tactic for a season (rotating a few other tactics here and there to keep the AI guessing). It basically broke the game. Needless to say, I won the Bundesliga rather easily.

I agree with Ivo to a certain extent. We have an unbeatable advantage over the computer at present - we have brains, the computer doesn't. Some of us have been playing FM for so long that we're able to manipulate the AI with impunity. My current game with Dortmund, I've only lost 7 games in the...