Recent content by talcottparsons

74 games unbeaten? With the 3-4-2-1? Wow. That's insane.

At the end of the 2019/2020 season, I ended up finishing 7th with Wigan in the PL (media prediction 19th). I won manager of the year to boot. I mostly used Elite but switched to Ronin sometimes when things just weren't working. Removed "get stuck in" from both tactics (too many cards) and...

Quick update on Elite: I removed "get stuck in," changed the WBs to "ease off tackles," and changed one of the WBs (depending on opponent) to WB-S. This has made a huge difference for me. I'm not letting crosses in anymore because the WBs are slowing down the wingers so they can't put a cross in...

Here are the results so far, playing control at home and standard away. My media prediction is 19th and I'm in 15th, 6 points clear of the drop. So I'm tempering expectations a bit but things haven't gone quite as well as I'd hoped.

Are you just using Elite? Or switching to 4-4-1-1 sometimes? When do you switch? I find I get beat a lot on the counter where teams do a couple big switches behind my fullbacks. I'm toying with putting one of the WBs on support to prevent that. So far my results are nowhere near as good as...

15100 COURT Ha! I thought I had injury problems! I actually am talking about team cohesion (which I didn't actually know about until yesterday). If you go to Analysis > Last Match > Team Talk Feedback your AM tells you how well your squad is blending.

No the tactic is fully fluid. I mean the team cohesion you can see in the team talk feedback. What's high enough there?

Yes the team is definitely playing good football. I'm still getting mixed results but being 12th on a media prediction of 18th with 10-12 new signings is probably good overall! What level of team cohesion are you shooting for, btw? My guys are "blending well" but I know there are several levels...

Thanks, Zyndar. I haven't played TOO many games with Samurai elite yet, but things seem to be going quite well with my Wigan save. Prior to starting this tactic, I won the Championship in my second season playing my own mix of 4-2-3-1 (with DMs and 3 CMs) and 4-1-4-1. But that required me to...