Adjusting match prep settings

[jnoodles]

Apologies if this should be in the tactics section but I thought I'd try here first...

I've been playing with 451 with Burnley for 3 seasons and have adjusted my match preparation manually throughout this time. However due to forgetting a lot of the time during pre season I changed it to let my assistant take care of it.

Having left it for a couple of weeks, I switched back to manual and when I checked the formations I've been playing for 3 years everything had gone from fluid to awkward.

Has this happened to anyone before?

Should I leave it to the assistant or do it myself? I'm a bit worried that I'll have a bad start to the season and can't understand how the levels have dropped so drastically.

Any help would be appreciated...

 

[Karzid]

Do they perform anywhere near as good as they used to? Could just be they got used to another tactic, but normally falling back into a previous tactic is nowhere near as hard as training them in a completely new tactic.

 

[jnoodles]

Oh right, well at least it shouldn't take them too long to get back up to fluid then. I just couldn't understand how they went all the way back to awkward anyhow, I've been playing the formation consistently for ages.

Thanks for the info mate

 

[SabbeH03]

only thing i can suspect is your assman changed the match prep training to a very low percentage?

I've not tested/proven it yet, too focused on other things on my save game atm but i have suspicions if you turn match prep down to none, they will slowly lose skills in the formation, particularly over long breaks without football. IE: in between seasons!

strange thing i find however is i can train them in a completely new tactic and unless i really try and specifically choose an absurd formation and playing style, usually they'll still be competant and everything =|

 

[havanaclue]

Same thing happened to me, the key is to do match prep yourself or let the *** manager do it, but don't change back and forth, the program doesn't seem to be able to cope.

I have team blend until everything is fluid and then have attacking movement. If the lads are **** at defending corners in one match so I have def set pieces for 3-4 games.