A few days ago I came home and I decided to play FM again, I wanted to be re-create some sort of tactic that will not have classical wingers. I chose Everton game that has two excellent side player, I picked the formation 4-2-2-2 and started to play.After few rounds I was not satisfied with the tactics although the results were very good but the impression was that main reason is individual quality of my players.Because of that I decided to completely change the arrangement of players and the complete renovate tactic. Most of teams play with wingers so I decided to sacrifice one attacker and simply put defensive line back to 3 players. That will help me in defending opponent crosses .I was playing with the Everton without any transfers, I even chose the lineup with quick pick option and I held second place with no problems with various changes of individual instructions for my players.Because I was pleased with the tactic I decided to start from the beginning and take some weaker club, I chose Aston Villa purely because they have Roy Keane for assistant manager.Because finances are very bad in this club I managed to buy only Balanta and Mijajlović and Radosevic came on loan.
I wanted this tactic contains a couple of important components which are:
-defensive block that will defend well, especially against the crosses.
-The wing back players who will not only do crossing they need also to score goals
-I need to have alot of my players in last phase of attack.
Team Brazil that is in a similar formation convincingly won the World Championship in Japan and Korea was my inspiration.
I was able to create the attacking tactic where in many situations there are 7 players in the opponent penalty box, where my two side players scoring easy goals on far post and opposing team do not have a solution for so many players in the attack phase. Because of that my friend who tested this tactic gave this name Seven from eleven.
TEAM INSTRUCTION
I wanted to play technical fluid football in attack phase and to play a pressing when I need to take ball from opponent so I gave the instructions for that style of football.
PLAYER INSTRUCTIONS
T I had to play a lot of games to know how my players behave in different situations with different instructions.
GK
DCL/R
DC
WBL/R
DMC
RMP
AMC
CF
Defence
Defence is arranged so that they are close to each other, the most important thing for me was to me the two defense on either side do not loose their position so I gave them instructions to close down less.
Tactic I tested with Aston Villa, third place in the first season, 22 clean sheets and only 18 goals conceded lowest in the Premiership.Also won double with Udinese in first season.
All training is done by assistant manager.
Opposition instruction I don't use.
Overload I use when I need a goal,last 15 minutes of the game.
When i need to save result in last 10m i go DEFENSIVE.
This tactic is pure plug and play.
All four midfielders need good long shot because constant pressure on opponents will create a lot of chances for shots
Roaming playmaker must have a solid defensive attributes especially tackling.
normaly I do substiton on players who receive yelow cards
tactic works on all versions
latest Version
3-4-2-1-Seven from eleven-by Meraklija _A6EC97CF-3849-4510-9AFD-37EC464C203E
LIKE EVERY YEAR I WILL PLAY THIS TACTIC WITH DIFFERENT CLUBS AND I WILL WRITE SOME SMALL GUIDE
