Hi lads!
I discovered something, a set of instructions, that brought me success no matter where I used them, what team I used them with, or what formation I used it with. And I'd like to share.
Step 1:
So, basically, when you take a club, go to tactics screen, and click on skip tactic creator. A formation will be chosen by the game itself, which is usually something your players are familiar with, so no need to change. If you are already a long time behind helm, or have a specific formation you like or you wish to play, pick it, but do not change anything yet.
Step 2:
Change your central defenders to limited defenders. Creator usually sets them on defend duty, and do not change that. In fact, don't touch anything else, unless you know what you are doing. If you do, this guide isn't meant for you.
Step 3:
Change team mentality to attack, and team shape to very fluid. I have tested this even with my Hyde team in LLM, english amateur club in Vanarama north, and it works, so it should work everywhere.
Step 4:
Change Team instructions to: shorter passing, work ball into box, play out of defence, run at defence, play narrower, much higher defensive line, stick to position, close down much more, use offside trap, prevent short gk disribution, much higher tempo and more disciplined.
And you are ready to go. I don't promise you will win every match with this, but you should win most of them, if you have at least one quality player that will make a difference and is in good form, usually it's the more attacking striker. If you aren't scoring, substitute him. If the opponent attacks you, you will see plenty of goals, and if they park the bus against you, a few goals less.
The roots to this, compact, agressive style, go to Arrigo Sacchi AC Milan side in 1990, although in Italy you look for magic play, not collective, so he ordered more expressive creative freedom. This was recreated with Jupp "Osram" Heynckes Bayern side in 2012, but he played more disciplined. I beleive more disciplined would suit a lesser and greater team equally, and more expressive only greater teams, so I advise discipline if you are into LLM.
I discovered something, a set of instructions, that brought me success no matter where I used them, what team I used them with, or what formation I used it with. And I'd like to share.
Step 1:
So, basically, when you take a club, go to tactics screen, and click on skip tactic creator. A formation will be chosen by the game itself, which is usually something your players are familiar with, so no need to change. If you are already a long time behind helm, or have a specific formation you like or you wish to play, pick it, but do not change anything yet.
Step 2:
Change your central defenders to limited defenders. Creator usually sets them on defend duty, and do not change that. In fact, don't touch anything else, unless you know what you are doing. If you do, this guide isn't meant for you.
Step 3:
Change team mentality to attack, and team shape to very fluid. I have tested this even with my Hyde team in LLM, english amateur club in Vanarama north, and it works, so it should work everywhere.
Step 4:
Change Team instructions to: shorter passing, work ball into box, play out of defence, run at defence, play narrower, much higher defensive line, stick to position, close down much more, use offside trap, prevent short gk disribution, much higher tempo and more disciplined.
And you are ready to go. I don't promise you will win every match with this, but you should win most of them, if you have at least one quality player that will make a difference and is in good form, usually it's the more attacking striker. If you aren't scoring, substitute him. If the opponent attacks you, you will see plenty of goals, and if they park the bus against you, a few goals less.
The roots to this, compact, agressive style, go to Arrigo Sacchi AC Milan side in 1990, although in Italy you look for magic play, not collective, so he ordered more expressive creative freedom. This was recreated with Jupp "Osram" Heynckes Bayern side in 2012, but he played more disciplined. I beleive more disciplined would suit a lesser and greater team equally, and more expressive only greater teams, so I advise discipline if you are into LLM.
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