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    A more defensive approach

    I'm Arsenal and in the 1st season. I made a pretty decent 4-2-3-1 setup that works quite well at home and against smaller teams away. It's suprisingly solid in defense but doesn't quite cut it against the bigger teams away. I can still score, but also seem to get a minimum of three goals scored...
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    Defending

    I'm in my third season with Chelsea now. It's going quite good, but I feel that since the patch I have to scrape against lower teams more often and seem more vulnerable for a ransack by a big team (having just lost 5-1 to PSG away, luckily I already won 4-0). I play a possession 4-2-3-1. The...
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    away tactics, when your not favorite

    I’m looking for a secondary tactic that is mainly meant for playing away from home against better or similar teams. Currently I’m Tottenham and about to start my second season. Normally I play 4-1-2-3 but although I’ve won both the EPL and the FA-cup I lost quite a lot of points away from home...
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    Most dramatic loss?

    Was wondering if I had a really weird fluke in game or that it happened to other people as well. Don't mean losing 10-0 to Manchester United when being a division 2 club cause although thats a lot, it isn't really that embarrasing, it's expected. In my 2nd season with City, I had an away game...
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    pitch sizes and tactics

    A question on pitch sizes and tactics. I've read somewhere that it might be a good idea to play a narrow tactic on a wide pitch with closing down opponents who play on the sides. However I have mixed results doing this and also my pitch is rather long, so I like to play direct. But most narrow...
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    pairing central midfielders and strikers

    Lately I kind of screwed up who gets to play where. Was reading the TTF but probably got confused about the whole MCa/MCd FCa/FCd thing. At first things we're going good with Robihno and Vagner scoring one goal after the other but ever since they both have been injured they play like a blind man...
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    FM and the real world

    I was wondering, have any gems aka wonderkids from the FM game actually become great players in real life? Most players that become stars don't seem to reach that level in real life. From CM 00/01 I remember Cherno Samba, who was a young god for weaker teams become a leading striker, but I don't...
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    weak midfield?

    In my current game, my assistant manager comments on the weakness of my midfield. This can't really be true in my eyes as I think I have plenty of great midfielders. However things aren't going to smooth in the new season so I though I'd ask some 'expert opinions'. I generally play 4-4-2...
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    AMC's

    How to deal with multiple AMC's? Got hammered by Milan 2 times now and won 1 game 3-2. They tend to play 4-3-2-1 with two central AMC's. In other matches for instance Everton who play with one AMC behind a lone striker I have had trouble with AMC's but I tend to mark them with my spare...
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    plug&play

    Still not quite sure how tactics work in FM09. I was kind of used to plug&play tactics but this doesn’t seem to work well. Strange thing is that I can win from bigger teams but I struggle against the lower level teams.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"...
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    fitness

    In former FM/CM games players got back to 100% fitness quite easily. You would let them skip a match and the next match they would be 100% again. I mostly played with EPL teams so it was a nusy schedule but none the less it was doable to keep your players fit. In FM 2009 however there are lots...
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    Some insight questions

    He, <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p> New to this forum and quite new to football manager 2009. Have done FM’s in the past but that was way back in 2005 and earlier. Have read up on TTF and these (and other) forums about tactics, training...
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