maxchaplin55
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Hi all,
I think it's safe to say 4-2-3-1 is the most popular formation in world football, and is the formation I usually turn to, as I feel it offers the best variation.
However, I get left confused, as I like reading guides and some posts by the experts on here, and there are various rules such as the two central midfielders should be holding players, never closing down excessively and almost never to venture forward. I also read that if you have an attacking wide player, the supporting wide player on his side shouldn't also be attacking duty (makes sense to me). Guides also generally suggest not to use more than 3 attacking players.
This is all fine, but while I'm largely sticking to these rules when creating tactics, and finding the game hard, but just about playable most times, I will stumble across various "4231 Destroyer" type tactics on here, which just about break all these rules but have just won the Champions League with Scunthorpe United, unbeaten in 278 games.
My main point is how do these tactics do so well with both sets of wide players all on attacking duty, and with only one of the central midfielders holding, the other often roaming from his position frequently?
If if anyone could shed some light or spark a debate that'd be cool.
I think it's safe to say 4-2-3-1 is the most popular formation in world football, and is the formation I usually turn to, as I feel it offers the best variation.
However, I get left confused, as I like reading guides and some posts by the experts on here, and there are various rules such as the two central midfielders should be holding players, never closing down excessively and almost never to venture forward. I also read that if you have an attacking wide player, the supporting wide player on his side shouldn't also be attacking duty (makes sense to me). Guides also generally suggest not to use more than 3 attacking players.
This is all fine, but while I'm largely sticking to these rules when creating tactics, and finding the game hard, but just about playable most times, I will stumble across various "4231 Destroyer" type tactics on here, which just about break all these rules but have just won the Champions League with Scunthorpe United, unbeaten in 278 games.
My main point is how do these tactics do so well with both sets of wide players all on attacking duty, and with only one of the central midfielders holding, the other often roaming from his position frequently?
If if anyone could shed some light or spark a debate that'd be cool.