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    4-2-3-1 Possession Tactic

    I currently have a 4-2-3-1 formation with the following player roles:- Goalkeeper (Defend) Full Back (Support) Full Back (Attack) Centre Back (Defend) Centre Back (Defend) Deep Lying Playmaker (Support) Ball Winning Midfielder (defend) Winger (Attack) Inside Forward (Support) Advanced Playmaker...
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    Sweeper Keeper or covering defender

    Hi, I have instructed my team to have a much higher defensive line and am playing with offside ticked as a result. I was just wondering is it better to make Joe Hart a sweeper keeper (defend) or Nastasic a covering defending to minimise the gap behind the defense. I am not using any individual...
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    4-2-4 Good Attacking Play But Conceeding Goals

    I am currently playing a 4-2-4 formation with the following player roles:- GK (Keeper - Defend) FB - (Full Back - Defend) CB - Centre Back - Defend CB - Centre Back - Defend FB - Full Back - Defend CM - BWM - Defend CM - DLP - Support W - IFW - Attack W - W - Attack FW - DLF - Support FW - P -...
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    Counter Attacking Football

    I have instructed my players to stand off more so that the opposition can come onto my team and then I can break on the counter. I'm assuming I need to have quicker width for this as it is currently set to default. My formation is 4-5-1 or 4-3-3 depending how you look at it. I;m wondering with...
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    Control Strategy

    How does everyone else set up the tempo and width for a control strategy? I currently have the tempo set to 0, width set to 4 clicks from the left, time wasting 4 clicks from the left and closing down 14 clicks from the left. Are there settings too high/low? I play Fluid, Control, Shorter, More...
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    Players Closing Down & Defensive Line

    Hi I was wondering what others set their defensive line to in relation to the closing down I currently have the following closing down settings for the players and am unsure where I should position the defensive line GK - 6 CB - 6 FB - 14 CM(defend) - 10 CM(support) - 10 W - 16 DLF - 18 P -...
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    Player Closing Down

    Just wondered how you set up the closing down for the individual players. I currently have all of my players on zonal loose marking and set up the closing down as follows. GK - 10 CB - 10 FB - 14 DM - 16 AM - 18 W - 18 FW - 20 I'm not sure whether to reduce these to the following:- GK:- 6 CB...
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    Creative Freedom

    Was just wondering how everyone sets up the individual creative freedom for the players. I set it up like the following:- GK: - 0 FB: - 0 FB: - 0 CB: - 0 CB: - 0 DM:- 0 W: - 10 W: - 10 AM: - 14 FW - 10 How much creative freedom do you give to your poacher?
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    Super Attack But Leaky Defence0

    Having completed a season with Wolves using a 4-2-4 formation the following happend:- League Pos - 8th Goals For - 77 Goals Against - 53 How do people set up their defence so that you conceed fewer goals but don't loose the attackingness of the tactic. GK - Keeper (defend) FB - Full Back...
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