morphineseason
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Hey All
After 3 fairly average seasons with my Newcastle team, finishing 6th and 7th most seasons, I kept tweaking and tweaking and finally seem to have cracked it! Managed to finish 2nd last season and win the Europa Cup, Liverpool just dominating on my save.
Due to Newcastle not having a huge reputation 90% of the transfer were transfer listed players and in fact I've made a profit every transfer window so one could argue this has been tested on an 'average' team.
Update - Keep the DLF set to Attack.
Update - Set to cautious when playing bigger teams away from home
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No OI's and I leave training to my assistant.
The whole point of this tactic to peg back the opposition and essentially camp outside their box. I would recommend that both your IF's and DLP have some pace. I initially bough Martial (for 12M) as an IF but he's been devastating as the DLF scoring 19 goals in 15 games.
It's rare that you're going to completely demolish teams with a 5-0/6-0 score (although it happens) the whole point of this tactic is that it's incredible flexible in terms of facing both larger and smaller teams. Most results will be one or two nil.
Last Season:
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Fixtures
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Transfer
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Player Traits
CBs - As this formation doesn't hold an extremely high line, pace isn't super important here. So focus on bringing big, old fashioned cb's that can also pass. My cb's contributed over 10 goals from set pieces last season.
Wing Backs - Acceleration, Passing, Crossing. Everything else is secondary. The wing backs are so pivotal to the attack that if they can't be in possession comfortably the attack will usually break down with them.
DLP - Once again pace isn't super important with this role. A player that can tackle and has good passing and vision is important as most counter attacks come through him
VOL - Not many players that can play this role. Mobility is very important here. My VOL banged in 13 goals last season (finishing stat of just 10) as he usually arrives late in the box to finish off a phase of play where you're camped outside their 18 yards.
CM - Arguably the most pivotal player in the team. A big strong a typical box to box player is what you want. Power, pace, stamina, and big is what you want. My CM scored 16 goals last year, mainly from corner, but having a presence there adds a lot to your attacks
IF - The usual that you look for an supporting Inside Forward. Mainly there to provide assists rather than score, although a lot of their goals come from headers.
DLP - This is an odd one. The a typical DLP's haven't performed well for me. You want someone with the stats of an Advanced Forward (with a bit of strength). Martial has performed wonders for me, much to my surprise.
Let me know how you get on with it.
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After 3 fairly average seasons with my Newcastle team, finishing 6th and 7th most seasons, I kept tweaking and tweaking and finally seem to have cracked it! Managed to finish 2nd last season and win the Europa Cup, Liverpool just dominating on my save.
Due to Newcastle not having a huge reputation 90% of the transfer were transfer listed players and in fact I've made a profit every transfer window so one could argue this has been tested on an 'average' team.
Update - Keep the DLF set to Attack.
Update - Set to cautious when playing bigger teams away from home
View attachment 31128
No OI's and I leave training to my assistant.
The whole point of this tactic to peg back the opposition and essentially camp outside their box. I would recommend that both your IF's and DLP have some pace. I initially bough Martial (for 12M) as an IF but he's been devastating as the DLF scoring 19 goals in 15 games.
It's rare that you're going to completely demolish teams with a 5-0/6-0 score (although it happens) the whole point of this tactic is that it's incredible flexible in terms of facing both larger and smaller teams. Most results will be one or two nil.
Last Season:
View attachment 31127
Fixtures
View attachment 31126
Transfer
View attachment 31125View attachment 31124
Player Traits
CBs - As this formation doesn't hold an extremely high line, pace isn't super important here. So focus on bringing big, old fashioned cb's that can also pass. My cb's contributed over 10 goals from set pieces last season.
Wing Backs - Acceleration, Passing, Crossing. Everything else is secondary. The wing backs are so pivotal to the attack that if they can't be in possession comfortably the attack will usually break down with them.
DLP - Once again pace isn't super important with this role. A player that can tackle and has good passing and vision is important as most counter attacks come through him
VOL - Not many players that can play this role. Mobility is very important here. My VOL banged in 13 goals last season (finishing stat of just 10) as he usually arrives late in the box to finish off a phase of play where you're camped outside their 18 yards.
CM - Arguably the most pivotal player in the team. A big strong a typical box to box player is what you want. Power, pace, stamina, and big is what you want. My CM scored 16 goals last year, mainly from corner, but having a presence there adds a lot to your attacks
IF - The usual that you look for an supporting Inside Forward. Mainly there to provide assists rather than score, although a lot of their goals come from headers.
DLP - This is an odd one. The a typical DLP's haven't performed well for me. You want someone with the stats of an Advanced Forward (with a bit of strength). Martial has performed wonders for me, much to my surprise.
Let me know how you get on with it.
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