I've tweaked this again and once again it seems more stable at the back, while still performing very well.
Heerenveen were predicted to come 8th from 18. They're currently 7th in real life.
I signed Adriano at left back, Ciofani at target forward who also became captain, and the legend that is Ragnar Klavan.
A few things to note here:
- Amin Sarr is a beast, scoring 41 in 35 as an Advanced Forward.
- Ciofani the Target Forward got 11 assists, so does seem more effective than the Complete Forward the previous version used. Also easier to find TFs over CFs!
- Halilovic the Roaming Playmaker got 7 assists. I'll certainly take that. I previously used a bog-standard Defensive Midfielder and they contributed next to nothing going forwards.
- The Mezzala (Haye in this case) is usually the best player behind the Advanced Forward (Sarr) but it just wasn't the case here. In fact, the new Carrilero (Olsson) role performed better. Based on previous form, I'll keep these as is, but it will be weird if these roles somehow don't work well together.
- Adrian (left wing back) got 14 assists, which is great. We only scored 6 from corners so it's not even massively skewed. Hence me sticking with Wing Back rather than Complete Wingback. The right back is just plain bad, hence less assists.
Again, I'd appreciate anyone trying this tactic v1.2. With the right players, it can greatly outperform media predictions.
