Good replies, these all reinforce what I thought already.
But I did notice that a lot of the downloadable tactics use tight marking for every player and closing down on maximum...I think this is why my friends goalstorm tactic leaks so many goals!
They don't work in tandem, they are the complete opposite. What if your centreback is tightly marking an opposition forward and an opposition midfielder is running with the ball on the half way line, will your defender be pulled towards the midfielder leaving the attacker unmarked? If closing...
Can they work together? In reality you cannot mark tightly and close down, defenders would lose the players they were marking.
How does the engine deal with this?
Should tight marking be used with stand-off?
choose a more defensive mentality. I'm often defensive tactically, I still score lots of goals, but my team build up slowly. They just wait for the right pass.
I started an online gane with 3 friends. One had goalstorm and corner cheat until we rumbled him. Now he's downloaded a new tactic and started using another corner cheat - ball is played short to wingers who drive into box.
What is wrong with people, why can't you think for yourselves and stop...