5-3-2, PLAYED 16, WON 16, SCORED 57 CONCEDED 1, 2 STRIKERS SCORING!!!

What kind of players do you need at cm? Balanced midfielders or will a player like Asensio do well at cm attack? Also what strong foot do you recommend for the strikers? E.g is it better with a left footed striker on the right or the left?

I’ve always gone for players I like in real life, the likes of Asensio as you say is great! Isco, Dele Alli, Savic from Lazio, Eriksen. As simple as it sounds, just anyone better than your current players haha!
Regarding strikers I’ve personally not noticed any difference playing a left footed player on the right for eg, maybe someone else can reply and tell you different haha!



 
Just the OP tac without any version of tweak?

Yes mate literally just the one in the OP. I’ve not tweaked it at all, kept all player roles, player instructions exactly the same as what’s on the download link. Worked a treat for me!
 
Props to the OP (and those who tweaked), this is a game-breaking tactic.

Playing with Wrexham, I've won consecutive promotions from Vanarama National and League 2, losing 2 matches in each season and shattering records for points and goals scored. I tweaked a little myself, taking off the individual instructions to tackle hard, and playing the central BPD as cover. The defense has generally been very strong. I play the attacking CM as a mezz, just because that suited the player I had there. I imagine you could play whatever roles you wanted for that midfield two, so long as one is support and one attack. Perhaps even two support duties would work.

It's a fun tactic if you want to focus on stuff like youth development, scouting, building a strong coaching team, and dealing with the board without having to worry about messing around with tactics all the time.

Question for the forum: like others, I've had the problem where the central of the three strikers doesn't play as well as the right and left-sided AFs. I know there are tweaks playing him as DLF or F9. Have people had success with this?

I dropped my central striker from Advanced forward to Complete Forward. (Pinamonti from Inter Milan). He obliged by scoring 60 goals in his first full season, aged 20.
 
How to counter this tactic ?

Yes mate literally just the one in the OP. I’ve not tweaked it at all, kept all player roles, player instructions exactly the same as what’s on the download link. Worked a treat for me!

How can I counter this tactic because one of my friend use it and no one until now knows how to counter this formation ::?
 
How can I counter this tactic because one of my friend use it and no one until now knows how to counter this formation ::?

That's what I like to hear!!! I personally hope there is no way to counter it!!!! Haha no in all seriousness I've no idea myself mate, maybe someone else on the thread can assist :)
 
Wow best tactic ever. Finished 2nd with Stoke City first season with 92 points. If only Man U weren't consistent I would have won the league. Won away at Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City, Man United, Spurs and Chelsea.

Front 3 were amazing (99 goals and 65 assists between them).

Won the FA cup beating Spurs 5-1 in the final.




 
6th season - Peterborough

Following on from last update, according to the media I'd finish 19th! Again exceded expectations and finished 5th (therefore qualified for Europa League :)) Moving into a new 23,000 stadium soon and have about £60m to spend on players next season :) The attached pics show some key updates. Only signings I've ever made have been players off TL, so never spent the earth on players. This save alone proves this tactic is great!

6th season in total, but only 2nd season in PL with Peterborough :) Although finished 5th in first season, was predicted to finish 19th 2nd season. Managed to finished 6th, again qualifying for Europa League :) First time in Europa League I got knocked out vs Atletico Madrid (who went on to win the whole thing and Spanish La Liga that season). Personally think if Britt Assombolonga hadn't got a long term injury (5 months out) I'd have comfortably finished in top 4 therefore qualify for CL. You can see his stats for his games he played before he got injured he was still banging them in for fun (he finished top scorer of the league in my first season in PL). Overall happy with the PL / Europa League season, again going to aim to strengthen all over the pitch. To me it shows this tactic does work as I'm playing bang average players a lot and still getting results IE Callum Gribbin, Lookman, Asombolonga and they're all stars for me so far. I think the fact I'm only in Europa League / general repuation of Peterborough is stopping "big" players interested in coming to me but hopefully I'll finish top 4 in order to attract better players. Hopefully it's going so well for everyone else :)
 
Has there been a recent update that has changed the match engine or AI? Effectiveness & form seems to have dipped dramatically over the last few times I’ve loaded my game.
 
Fantastic tactic! I use the tweaked one.

When you have to old your result what you do?
 
3rd season in PL - Peterborough

First two seasons in PL qualified for Europa League :)

Third season I got a massive budget of about £150m! Improved the defence and attack and signed a wonderkid in CM from Sunderland. It's paid off massively :)
 
Great tactic but little inconsistent. So, in the first season I started a new save with Hull, promoted by winning the league, winning also the FA cup but in the second season, we played 10 matches and I lost all my away games without scoring and conceeding at least 3 goals. What can be the problem?
 
Great tactic but little inconsistent. So, in the first season I started a new save with Hull, promoted by winning the league, winning also the FA cup but in the second season, we played 10 matches and I lost all my away games without scoring and conceeding at least 3 goals. What can be the problem?

Who are your defenders mate? You will see in my recent posts on the thread I've taken Peterborough from League One to Championship to PL to Europa League (twice) then finished 3rd so now in CL. Although I've exceded expectations I've also like you conceded a lot. I have simply focused on signings new GK and CB's, then made sure I've had signings capable of banging them in!! Just a case of improving your defence mate, it is a very attacking tactic as you'll know :)
 
Who are your defenders mate? You will see in my recent posts on the thread I've taken Peterborough from League One to Championship to PL to Europa League (twice) then finished 3rd so now in CL. Although I've exceded expectations I've also like you conceded a lot. I have simply focused on signings new GK and CB's, then made sure I've had signings capable of banging them in!! Just a case of improving your defence mate, it is a very attacking tactic as you'll know :)

Dawson/Gibson/Mazuch now I only changed Hector Moreno, he was on loan. I've bought Danny Ings, Arthur, Luke Shaw-loan, Javi Manquillo, Predrag Rajkovic, Torreiro from Sampdoria etc. very efficient in attacking at home matches but as I said it causes little defending/conceeding problems.
 
Are you using your 'Contain' tweak or just the original one?

I am using the dimartino tweak. In my experience this is the version that is the most consistent and has worked for both underdogs and bigger clubs. My "contain"-tweak was promising, but the dimartino-tweak is way better.

This is also an answer to @50ste08.

As soon as the tactic is fluid I use balanced training (average) with "attacking movement".

Usually angry or assertive teamtalks ("I am not happy"....) at half time when the other team are leading - but also when it is a draw - and even if we are leading by one goal. If I am leading by 4-2 at the break (which happens a few times with this tactic) I usually praise the players - but am angry/assertive (I'm not happy with your defending) to only the defence (including the goalkeeper). I feel this is an important part of why the tactic works so well for me, but maybe others gets good results without doing this.

Sorry for the late answers. As I said, I'm not really looking for any better tactics anymore, so I am just enjoying the game without spending that much time on this and other forums.
 
Defensively unbreakable. Offensively unstoppable. The quality of football mesmerizing. All with absolute consistency. This tactic is perfection.
 
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