Thanks. This was my aim: to make it more strong from a defensive point of view but also try to keep the offensive part from the original tactic which was amazing. Seems that it is quite balanced between defense and attack now. As I said in the post I used it for one season with Inter which is not quite underdog and it lead me to some really impressive results for first season.The results will be up later for the testing, but this looks like you've improved the original for underdogs! Based on our testing, I've not seen an underdog tactic quite as strong as this one. It has the highest points per game (1.41) and while it doesn't score quite as many goals as the previous version, it looks much more solid defensively. Good job!
Fantastic tactic. I've taken over a struggling Swansea, 4 years in to a save and this has ticked the box in terms of the possession football wanted and the results needed. Seems to be really consistent so far and solid in defence.
Not sure if you tried it during testing/creation but I've had some success setting one of the BPD's to cover, when they're facing a pacey striker. Might be something to look at.
Great work though, across the board. Thank you!
i enjoyed the original with the 3 strikers but away from home it was terrible for me so im hoping that this one brings some stability.
I do love a good old fashioned 442!!
what do we need to do in regards to set pieces. who takes what etc?
As the years passed over the FM game it seems that it is almost impossible to just plug and play with a new tactic. The team needs to become familiar with the tactic and the players with their roles. If a team tries to use counter and the match statistics show that it had a few dangerous situations I switched the mentality from Positive to Atacking which is also mentioned in the post and in the previous comments. I had very good results with it and it seems that others also. Moreover this tactic was tested and it is ranked 1st for underdog and 6th overall if you sort the tested tactics by PPG (points per game). Sorry for your result.Tried this tactic and got beat 5-0 away from home against Augsburg, I’m Dortmund?
Third season using the the first version of the tactic was a bit strange. All the teams were playing really tight/defensive against my team. It was really hard to score the first goal but still I managed to win the games by switching from Positive to Attacking although I started to this almost every game which didn't happen the previous 2 seasons. Everything went smoothly until February when I had the first game in CL (1/8 stage and the first game was away). Lost 6-2 away and that really...
Very nice result. Glad it works for others as it worked for me.I used it away against big teams and it is very solid. I win CL second year with Napoli. And with BETA.