I'm sorry again Hazza, but it's not what I explained earlier in my different posts. I've absolutely nothing to teach you as I just wanted to try this "all exploits tactic" and it worked like a charm.
When you set a tactic, as you know there's 2 ways to mark the opposition:
- MAN : you mark the man being next to you and track him until he passes/loses the ball
- ZONAL : you mark the player getting in your zone and stop tracking him when he leaves it
Let's see what happen in this particular tactic with the 3 upfront:
- if MAN mark, the STL and STR will mark the opposite DCL and DCR : THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT
- if ZONAL marking, the STL and STR will stay in the DCL and DCR zone, and will leave YOUR OWN DR alone in a 1vs2 against the opposition MR/AMR and DR : THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT EITHER
This tactic has a 4123 shape and is a bit weak defensively against teams exploiting your flanks (only your DR or DL to protect the attacks from the sides). So what you want to do is a shape which can progressively change to a 4141 when you lose the ball. It was one point of the grid system.
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To make it happen, you have to make your STL marking the opposition DR, and your STR marking the opposition DL.
The thing is : how to MAN mark someone who is NOT in your zone?
For this, you have to SPECIFICALY select the opposite player you want to be marked. This is actually possible to do it DURING a match, or normaly before the kick off. I'll show you an example.
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Actually, I'm PSG and play against Sochaux: what I want is my striker right MENEZ to mark the opposition defender left MIKARI, and my striker left LAVEZZI marking the opposition defender right SAUGET. By doing this, I don't leave my own right defender BISEVAC against CAMARA (AML) AND MIKARI (DL), as MENEZ comes and help him to break their attacks. The same on the other side for LAVEZZI with MAXWELL against SAUGET and BOUDEBOUZ.
If MENEZ is on ZONAL or either MAN marking, he'll AUTOMATICALLY mark their DCL (El Karkouri) and LAVEZZI will mark their DCR (Yaya Banana). So to do it, you set this marking SPECIFICALY before the team talk (before the match)
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Now, your players mark the opposite players you asked them to.
In addition, you can add some OPPOSITION INSTRUCTION too. In this case, we'll show onto weaker foot their AML and AMR
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The job is done my friend. The thing is you don't want to be annoyed and follow these steps EVERY TIME you start a game. So what you do is going back in your tactic management page straight after youv'e done the changes and save the same tactic with the "new settings" (just changed the marking and the OI).
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The only thing is the OI (only them) will always be memorized when I'll play against 4231 tactic. Let's say I play against a 442 tactic, the marking change will stay, but the OI won't be applied (as the opposite team plays in an another tactic shape that the one I used to memorize them). So, I just have to go in the opposition instructions section before the team talk, and show both ML and MR onto their weaker foot. That's all.
NOTE : if you play against a team with a back 3 ( 3 DC WITHOUT DR and DL), then you put your STR and STL on ZONAL loose marking (not tight), as you don't want them to stick with the central defenders.
If it's a back 4, or 5, leave it as it is.
The main point of this tweak is MENEZ marking MIKARI when PSG loses the ball, and help BISEVAC in his defending duties. On the other hand, MENEZ is marked by El KARKOURI (DCL) when PSG gets the ball back. So in his attacking duties, MENEZ plays wide (cross and through ball OFTEN according to his natural foot and position on the field) and bring this DCL with him, leaving IBRAHIMOVICH and LAVEZZI 2 vs 1 against YAYA BANANA (DCR).
Guys, you understand the exploit now and hopefully you'll stop asking HAZZA if it's possible to put the STR and STL in the AMR and AML spot, as it won't exploit the ME anymore (so it becomes a completely different tactic)
I don't think I need to upload my tactic as I hope everybody is able to follow the steps explained. I just started a new save as I'm from Paris and a PSG supporter since I'm a kid (used to go to the stadium even when we were 18th in Ligue 1 and playing to avoid the relegation...). What else should I do when our squad welcomes Thiago Silva, Ibrahimovic, Lavezzi, Verratti??? No need to tell you how happy I am since I have new friends from QATAR :wub:
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The tactic is NOT fluid and takes more time to get it (as PSG until the 2011 start used to play 442), original squad (no transfer budget at the start), the full squad is new players who don't know each other, they don't speak french, I'm a "local reputation" manager... and look at the results? (In addition, the only loss in a preseason game was with a bunch of my U19 squad, as my 1st team players was tired and felt confident... a bit too much apparently
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Definitely, this tactic is HIGHLY exploitive.
Hopefully, I solved the confusion my threads started earlier
