rothordegilian
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So, here we are a good few days into full release and I figured, having got the hang of the new tactical options, to see what the match-engine could handle this time around. And what better way of doing that than with a lunatic formation?
I initially thought of trying something VERY old fashioned...a WM or even Metodo, 3-3-4 or something equally bonkers. And then it hit me! I (and everyone else, to be fair) have been trying to recreate Brazil 1970 in CM and FM for years and it's never really worked. So that's the basis of this experiment. A nominal 4-2-4 but with people all over the place, someone bombing down the right wing for laughs and an attacking mentality. Oh and lots of possession. And bone crushing defending. Should be easy!
1. SHAPE.
I'm normally a stickler for aesthetic appeal of a tactic and I originally envisioned a bank of 4, 2 in the middle and 4 up front but I soon had to change to a 'dog-leg' defence. It was hard to get the left fullback to sit and never go forward. Although Everaldo was not adverse to going forward to join in the fun, his primary job was to sit more centrally whilst Carlos Alberto surged forward on the right and even setting the player to Limited FB still left the 2 central defenders exposed too often. So the defence consits of 3 central defenders set to defend only and a CWB on the right, set slightly forward to give him a head start. Interestingly, the defence forms a nice flat 4 at the back when (or more precisely IF) the CWB get's back in time to help out in defence.
The midfield just HAS to have a Regista who I have offset to the left to help cover the obvious space out there. Even so, there is still too much room there currently so perhaps a DM would be more use. But it's Brazil....you got to have a Regista! The other midfielder is currently set as BWM but this may change to BBM under further experiment. Either way, these two get a suprising amount of space as the sheer weight of attackers push the opposition back.
Up front, the Rivelino position is currently set as a winger and playing a little deeper than I hoped, but it's hard to get him into the game otherwise and it simply provides a free corridor for the opposition to attack otherwise. On the right 'Jairzinho' is set as IF to allow him to squeeze narrower and give the CWM space to run into and send in crosses. The top two are set as DF and Treq with the Treq set to hold up the ball and play people in. These two work beautifully together and the DF is the main source of goals currently. In an ideal world, I would set these two to switch positions as Pele and Tostao did in real life, but unless I've missed something, this is not possible.
Here is the basic shape (it's ugly, but...)
View attachment 405453
As you can see, the team instructions are quite complicated. Far more than I would have liked. I wanted to keep the instructions quite simple, only to find myself adding more to get them to play how I wanted. So this is where the tactic is at the moment. Hopefully I can cut out some of the instructions under more testing.
I initially thought of trying something VERY old fashioned...a WM or even Metodo, 3-3-4 or something equally bonkers. And then it hit me! I (and everyone else, to be fair) have been trying to recreate Brazil 1970 in CM and FM for years and it's never really worked. So that's the basis of this experiment. A nominal 4-2-4 but with people all over the place, someone bombing down the right wing for laughs and an attacking mentality. Oh and lots of possession. And bone crushing defending. Should be easy!
1. SHAPE.
I'm normally a stickler for aesthetic appeal of a tactic and I originally envisioned a bank of 4, 2 in the middle and 4 up front but I soon had to change to a 'dog-leg' defence. It was hard to get the left fullback to sit and never go forward. Although Everaldo was not adverse to going forward to join in the fun, his primary job was to sit more centrally whilst Carlos Alberto surged forward on the right and even setting the player to Limited FB still left the 2 central defenders exposed too often. So the defence consits of 3 central defenders set to defend only and a CWB on the right, set slightly forward to give him a head start. Interestingly, the defence forms a nice flat 4 at the back when (or more precisely IF) the CWB get's back in time to help out in defence.
The midfield just HAS to have a Regista who I have offset to the left to help cover the obvious space out there. Even so, there is still too much room there currently so perhaps a DM would be more use. But it's Brazil....you got to have a Regista! The other midfielder is currently set as BWM but this may change to BBM under further experiment. Either way, these two get a suprising amount of space as the sheer weight of attackers push the opposition back.
Up front, the Rivelino position is currently set as a winger and playing a little deeper than I hoped, but it's hard to get him into the game otherwise and it simply provides a free corridor for the opposition to attack otherwise. On the right 'Jairzinho' is set as IF to allow him to squeeze narrower and give the CWM space to run into and send in crosses. The top two are set as DF and Treq with the Treq set to hold up the ball and play people in. These two work beautifully together and the DF is the main source of goals currently. In an ideal world, I would set these two to switch positions as Pele and Tostao did in real life, but unless I've missed something, this is not possible.
Here is the basic shape (it's ugly, but...)
View attachment 405453
As you can see, the team instructions are quite complicated. Far more than I would have liked. I wanted to keep the instructions quite simple, only to find myself adding more to get them to play how I wanted. So this is where the tactic is at the moment. Hopefully I can cut out some of the instructions under more testing.