Recent content by Runc

I'm going to disagree with the above advice about the AMC as advanced playmaker. That works for short passing, posession-based games, but not for a strategy based on fast counters from deep. Stick to the DLP, but try setting him as playmaker. If he's the only one capable of accurate long...

Wait until you've got your degree, got your career going, and had kids. They'll keep you stuck at home every evening with nothing better to do than play FM while they sleep. Seriously though, it's kind of easy with a job and kids as they leave nothing to choice - it's not like I really choose...

I'm using a 3-6-1 (3-2-1-3-1) pretty successfully. The striker plays with a support duty, and probably isn't essential for the attack (he's rarely the scorer, but does get assists), but I reckon the problem would come during transitions, as he typically drifts into space on the wing to give an...

Also if he requests a transfer the remaining bonus payments are cancelled.

November in my 5th season. I've had three tactics since pre-season and the team had become fully fluid at the two main tactics (a 4-2-3-1 deep and a 4-4-2 attacking). I'd been tinkering with a third tactic (4-2-3-1 narrow) and had yet to play a game with it, when I changed my mind, dropped the...

I bought Darwin Quintero in my first season and he got onto everyone's favourite player list pretty quickly, but I thought that was because he was banging in goals on the way to winning the Championship player of the year. No-one's got on his favourite player list yet, oddly. The only other...

Each pre-season I pick one download tactic to try for that season and make a tactic of my own (plus a variation of that with sliders set to whatever positions aren't covered by the main two that I feel might be most useful). Last season I used Raikan's Ama-Zing tactic alongside a 4123 of my...

The drawback for cover/stopper combos is the space it can leave between the stopper pushing forwards and the cover dropping back. This can be a gift for opposition midfielders who like to get forward. As you're choosing a big difference in closing down between the two, and instructing your...

Has anyone tried using 2 covering CBs? I'm planning on trying this once I wrap up my current season, but am guessing that they'd need a DM anchorman (both to act as stopper and to stop a gap opening up between defence and midfield).

Jerson Cabral (original player) is dubbed the new Arjen Robben in my game. Picked him up cheap in the second season. He's done ok over 2 seasons (AR 7+) playing as AML/AMR but often makes a lot of poor decisions and plays selfishly.

For a challenge in the Championship, you could try Reading. Kebe and McAnuff are two of the teams best players, both can play on either wing, and both have the cuts inside PPM. There's support for the wing positions with plenty of young AML/R players.

He's an excellent poacher in counter-attacking tactics when paired with AML/Rs playing as inside forwards (that seems to be one of the most popular and effective strats for FM2012). He scores more against teams that play a high defensive line, as he breaks through defenders and gets in a lot of...

Jan Kirchhoff - the new Christian Wörns Jerson Cabral - the new Arjen Robben

Yep, the occasional aggressive tone at half time if the team are underperforming works a treat. One or two players will often get angry, while the rest get motivated, but they're happy as anything once they've pulled off a win so I don't worry about that. I've often had press reports...

Cheers BoZ! All good points. Griffiths doesn't make it through a full 90 minutes anymore so that's a priority. Harte and Mills did well for me last season so they should be decent cover if the van Aanholt loan goes through. The 451 advice is good. I played that for some cup matches...