So here is first tactic that I will post. Been playing for long time, from mid of 90's. Tactics is not based on anything special, but reminds me of 90's tactics with 3 men defense and AM behind 2 strikers. I was going to try it with sweeper, but there are no many players today compatible with SW position. So let's start
FORMATION&STYLE
It is 3-5-2, with 2 DM’s , one def.mid and the other one deep playmaker. It is set to press more, short passing and zonal marking. Attacking, fluid, both counter and offside ticked.
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PLAYERS
Defense: not much to say, best CB you can get. Make sure to have at least 5 CB in the team, maybe even six. They often loose fitness, so you have to rotate them.
DM’s: classic DM, best like Bender, strong physically, good work rate &teamwork, solid technical. DP- not much to say, good teamwork, work rate, passing etc. players like Arteta etc.
WINGERS: Ideal are wingers that are more wingbacks then AM R/L . Players like Schmelzer, Zuniga..
AM: nothing special to mention, Cazorla was great. (H)
ST: I set it as combination of Poacher and other one. Other one can be target man (Schieber), CF (Lewa) etc. Depends what players you have.
TESTING
I tested with Dortmund and Arsenal, without doing any transfers. Going pretty good with both of them. A notch better results with BVB, but for me it seemed even better with Arsenal, just some unfortunate draws. Also, because I did not buy any players, I had problems with DM, Arsenal doesn't have DM beside Coq, and no DP besides Arteta. And their wingers are more AM/Forwards then Wingers/wingbacks. Chamberlain was doing pretty good on RM, and Gibbs good on left flank, but he got injured soon.
I don’t have time to test it further, hopefully someone else will.
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PREP&TRAINING
This formation is not usual, so at many clubs it will take time to get fluid. So when you start season, arrange as many friendlies as you can. Every 2-3 days. I let assistant take control of friendlies. As match prep I use team cohesion – very high, until beginning of the league. Then I use Balanced – Average. Training is Tactics only before becomes fluid. Then I change to def.pos., but switch to att.movement if I am playing home against weaker sides.
OI&TALK
I leave it all to assman, but I would not suggest you do that, if you don’t have good one.
NOTES
Both saves, Arsenal & Dortmund, I had some 50-50 games, but it went my way. Sometimes it won’t, so I am not saying anything like this tactic is unbeatable etc.
Corners are nothing special, I don’t like scoring bunch of goals from dead balls.
Don’t ask for players filters, because I don’t have one. Also, what is the point of playing with filters?
TWEAKS
If my team is struggling I drop down AM to CM. Also I noticed I often concede from corners, so maybe there something to work around, or try def.set pieces for preparation. Also my defense is sometime confused :/ , so maybe it is worth a try without playing offside. That’s for you to find out.
p.s. sorry for my English. Enjoy, hope it does good as it was for me.
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FORMATION&STYLE
It is 3-5-2, with 2 DM’s , one def.mid and the other one deep playmaker. It is set to press more, short passing and zonal marking. Attacking, fluid, both counter and offside ticked.
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PLAYERS
Defense: not much to say, best CB you can get. Make sure to have at least 5 CB in the team, maybe even six. They often loose fitness, so you have to rotate them.
DM’s: classic DM, best like Bender, strong physically, good work rate &teamwork, solid technical. DP- not much to say, good teamwork, work rate, passing etc. players like Arteta etc.
WINGERS: Ideal are wingers that are more wingbacks then AM R/L . Players like Schmelzer, Zuniga..
AM: nothing special to mention, Cazorla was great. (H)
ST: I set it as combination of Poacher and other one. Other one can be target man (Schieber), CF (Lewa) etc. Depends what players you have.
TESTING
I tested with Dortmund and Arsenal, without doing any transfers. Going pretty good with both of them. A notch better results with BVB, but for me it seemed even better with Arsenal, just some unfortunate draws. Also, because I did not buy any players, I had problems with DM, Arsenal doesn't have DM beside Coq, and no DP besides Arteta. And their wingers are more AM/Forwards then Wingers/wingbacks. Chamberlain was doing pretty good on RM, and Gibbs good on left flank, but he got injured soon.
I don’t have time to test it further, hopefully someone else will.
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PREP&TRAINING
This formation is not usual, so at many clubs it will take time to get fluid. So when you start season, arrange as many friendlies as you can. Every 2-3 days. I let assistant take control of friendlies. As match prep I use team cohesion – very high, until beginning of the league. Then I use Balanced – Average. Training is Tactics only before becomes fluid. Then I change to def.pos., but switch to att.movement if I am playing home against weaker sides.
OI&TALK
I leave it all to assman, but I would not suggest you do that, if you don’t have good one.
NOTES
Both saves, Arsenal & Dortmund, I had some 50-50 games, but it went my way. Sometimes it won’t, so I am not saying anything like this tactic is unbeatable etc.
Corners are nothing special, I don’t like scoring bunch of goals from dead balls.
Don’t ask for players filters, because I don’t have one. Also, what is the point of playing with filters?
TWEAKS
If my team is struggling I drop down AM to CM. Also I noticed I often concede from corners, so maybe there something to work around, or try def.set pieces for preparation. Also my defense is sometime confused :/ , so maybe it is worth a try without playing offside. That’s for you to find out.
p.s. sorry for my English. Enjoy, hope it does good as it was for me.
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. also I lost to bayern 1-2 at home, really don't know how 
(both ss are here). Im doing great in the league, I'm still in the German cup. Bad thing is I'll probably will be out of UCL. I lost first leg to Arsenal 2-4. It was 50-50 match, a bit unlucky for me, Gotze, REus and Schmelzer were all injured.