Please go and look at the tactics hes describing.
He is referring to the OP 3430 formations posted on tactic websites that are extremely common and are described in detail in my first post.
My explanation I believe is the best way to counter this - please review it and give your thoughts -...
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I would set them up as a creator with 2 finishers - a false 9 and two shadow strikers or 2 inside forwards on Attack.
Now you could also join them on running a 3 SS or AMa setup which would also be effective here as it is the most OP way to set up in this years FM.
I...
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On either side of the Defensive Mids place a Wing backs, my personal opinion is these can be IWB, WBsup or WBdef. also set them to close down a lot. So now you have 5 Tacklers and 2 cover guys in your back 7 covering their attempted overload in the middle.
Now how do...
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The second piece of advice is to set your tactic to the narrowest the team instructions will allow you to, this will help close up the gaps your opponent will attempt to exploit.
Now for the formation itself. I would recommend you go with 3 at the back - counter the 3...
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SO you can imagine the problem you are going to have trying to counter this with traditional 4-1-2-3 or 4-2-3-1 tactics right? you simple dont have the players in the area of the pitch you need them at best in the above formations suggested you will have 6 players...
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the 3430 formations that are op all play like so:
3 defenders control the middle, 2 supporting midfielders bombing forward during attacks creating a 5 man overload inside vs your 2 or 3 central defenders/defensive midfielders. To compound this overload the WBs also cut...
Wingbacks help overload wings which helped you win
Title suggests what im about to say but i think that helped you win due to the flooding/overloading of the wings which would have given you more open un-closed-down crosses which are more accurate and would have lead to more goals
My personal...
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