Arrigo Sacchi's 4-4-2: High Pressure, Attacking Tactic for Top Teams and Underdogs

[herne79]

Are the OI absolutely vital to success in this tactic?

Some people have reported success without using OIs. However the tactic was developed to use with OIs.

If you have a coach/***. manager with decent stats in defending and tactics, or you are confident of setting them yourself, then it is probably best to use them. Using a coach/***.manager to set them takes like 2 seconds.

However, each team is different and you may be ok not using them. But, if you don't use them, and your results are poor, then start using them.

 

[stuartar]

Have had much more success using the OI than not

 

[halidbeslic]

Have had much more success using the OI than not

u are using OIs like on first post?

 

[Orl]

Do you think that Viktor Fischer is better as winger or AF?

 

[pollackattack]

regarding PPMs, i might have the following suggestions:
FB - switch ball to other flank, knock ball past opponent (if acc and pace is good), get forward whenever possible(unsure about it, needs testing)
CB - run with ball rarely
DM - try killer balls often, theres possily other PPMs useful here, so come with suggestions
Wingers - run with ball often, knock ball past opponent, try killer balls often, try one-twos
CF - run with ball through centre, place shots, try killer balls often, come deep to get the ball, play one-twos(if fast)
AF -run with ball through centre, place shots, knock ball past opponent(if fast), play one-twos

@seanhrfc, what do you think about that ?

 

[seanhrfc]

Do you think that Viktor Fischer is better as winger or AF?

I would play him at AF, not sure if he's defensive enough for the winger position

@seanhrfc, what do you think about that ?

Yes top suggestions, I have to add that I've got one of my DMs dicatating the tempo & killer balls and the other gets forward as much as possible, I think that's a good combination.

Also my AF is lethal with his powerful shots!

 

[mouldy7890]

It's an unbelievable tactic! First season i won the Championship with ease and the second season i finished 4th on the last day of the season beating Utd 4-2! Charlie Austin has been a beast! He's made 13 caps and scoring 10 goals for England since I've been promoted! I'm currently 2nd towards to the end of third!

I haven't given Charlie Austin a go yet but am keen to do so when I start a new file. On my Walsall file he has just moved to Stoke and this is his record so far. He is tearing **** up so far! He has just won player of the month and has just been called up to the England squad. On my other Saints file he has 10 goals in 15 England caps.

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Only played two games today on my Walsall file and just go this result, incredible!! Gotta go out with the missus to go see her friend and her fella now as well. How can I leave after this? I took your advice Sean and played Fabio and Kyle Naughton as my wingers to shore it up and I got the smash n grab with my only 2 shots going in. That man Victor Andrade scoring again


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Pretty much a perfect start to the season, with the team winning every game except the Community Shield. My team has much more depth now and feel like they are making up for missing out on the title last year. I got my revenge win at Cardiff too.

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I have had my Assistant giving OI's out and found the best way to get the team playing well is to get tell them they are underdogs to get them relaxed and play with freedom especially against the bigger teams.

 

[pollackattack]

I would play him at AF, not sure if he's defensive enough for the winger position



Yes top suggestions, I have to add that I've got one of my DMs dicatating the tempo & killer balls and the other gets forward as much as possible, I think that's a good combination.

Also my AF is lethal with his powerful shots!

yeah that sounds reasonable for the DMs as its all about balance, if one stays behind dictating and the other bursting forward to link up with the CF that is coming deep do you have any opinion if the FBs should learn PPMs as get forward whenever possible and dribble down(flank)? you have obviously more experience with the tactic, so would you say they should be bombing down the wings or not ?

 

[Diavolo1992]

seanhrfc

Do you think, would work this tactic for milan?

 

[pollackattack]

sometimes, when in deciding OIs, when i click on opposition players i cant see all of their attributes, even if i scout the opposition before the game. anyone has the same ?

 

[markbcfc]

i`m thinking of signing fierro for 3.5m and will hughes for 7m as he can play a few positions but i might retrain him to complete forward what do you think

 

[seanhrfc]

seanhrfc

Do you think, would work this tactic for milan?

Yes no reason why it wouldn't.

yeah that sounds reasonable for the DMs as its all about balance, if one stays behind dictating and the other bursting forward to link up with the CF that is coming deep do you have any opinion if the FBs should learn PPMs as get forward whenever possible and dribble down(flank)? you have obviously more experience with the tactic, so would you say they should be bombing down the wings or not ?

I have trained one of my Full backs to dribble with the ball and the other to knock it past their opponent. They both had their best season getting 30+ assists between them!

sometimes, when in deciding OIs, when i click on opposition players i cant see all of their attributes, even if i scout the opposition before the game. anyone has the same ?

No not had this, strange one.

i`m thinking of signing fierro for 3.5m and will hughes for 7m as he can play a few positions but i might retrain him to complete forward what do you think

Fierro at 3.5m is a bargain, Barca (42mil) bought him from Lille (16mil) on mine and he get's 20+ goals a season! Hughes I think would be class in either wing position, not so much CF for me as he isn't as physical as I like my CFs to be.

 

[seanhrfc]

Also if anybody fancies a versus game, add me up on steam - SMP20

 

[jukilo]

@pollackattack, maybe that's because you started the game with the option "hide the players attributes" or something like this. It's when you choose your playable leagues, guess it's on the second part before starting a new game.
You can "counter" that by putting one of your scouts to give you a report about the next opposite team. Maybe the one with best tactical knowledge.
Try it, it's just a tip

EDIT: oooops. didn't read all from your post. sorry lol. maybe it's due to the first part of what I've write.. :s

 

[pollackattack]

@pollackattack, maybe that's because you started the game with the option "hide the players attributes" or something like this. It's when you choose your playable leagues, guess it's on the second part before starting a new game.
You can "counter" that by putting one of your scouts to give you a report about the next opposite team. Maybe the one with best tactical knowledge.
Try it, it's just a tip

EDIT: oooops. didn't read all from your post. sorry lol. maybe it's due to the first part of what I've write.. :s

no i never tick that on. i can see most players, say 95%. but some are either completely or partly invisible when it comes to attributes

 

[NattoKilla]

Just did my first Serie A game against Parma, my squad as been completely rebuilt, got quite a few young players now that should bode well for the future.

Lost 2-1, but what got me going was that I hit the woodwork five times , Lascala should of raped them.

My squad for the season, not sure where I can improve now for the time being.

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Humberto Mera is a regen, Brazilian scout I signed recommended him to me, cost me £1.3m but I don't think I'll regret that.

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P.S seanhrfc congrats on winning the world cup with San Marino, well deserved.

 

[seanhrfc]

Hi Sean, it appears it was all my own fault all along.

I started being more aggressive with my team talks at Home and also started using the suggested OI's and i've won 11 and drawn 2 of my last 13 games |)

Joint top of the table with 9 games left and CL qualification looking a certainty!

Thanks mate!!!

Fantastic glad to hear you've worked it out

 

[mika aaritalo]

poor starting but impressive finish.

this season, i had to change a large part of the team, because last season, too many loan player were in my team and went from the team all of them.

team

laliga

fixtures

cup

 

[kitchin75]

well first season in the spl with rangers done and i won plus the fa cup so cl football next season also not lost in 74 games in the league thanks sean

 

[GKorr]

Anyone else notices a lack of through balls from their wingers?