Came back to FM, a bit lost now..

[jeroentjee]

Hello people of FM-base,

I have been a lover of FM since 2007/2008 i think and played every verion of it since then, except for the last 2-3. Now i had the urge to come back and return to my old love and have some fun. Now i finally have a save where i had alot of fun with an English oriented selection of nations. Scotland, Ierland and England so i can build a good side with home grown talent. I started out at rangers, had 3 great seasons. I promoted in the first, ended like second in the second, and finally won the league in the third. I had an allround good season, not the best tho but i won some trophies and was doing fine. Now after my third season there was a job opening at everton, and i just had to take it. Big budget, nice players, reasonable league position to reach, it all was good in my opinion.

Now i'm at everton and everything has gone to ****. I tried to make a new tactic for my team, got alot of signings in, a lot of them out and thought it would be all good. Well, it isnt going well. I've made serveral tactics but none of them worked, not even against the smaller teams. Sometimes i sneak in a little win, but there is absolutely no consistency... So i hope you guys can help me out. I uploaded the save file and i'm willing to type a bit more details about the problems but to be fair, i have no idea what the **** i am doing wrong :'). So if you guys could, please, help this newcomer to fm 2016 out haha.

Greetz!


Save file: http://www.filedropper.com/rangers2v02

 

[Average Joe]

Post your tactic with images and instructions mate. Also post up your squad

 

[jeroentjee]

Hey Average Joe,

Thanks but i can't seem to put on any images.... I get the "post denied, new posts are limited by number of URLS it may contain and checked if it doesn't contain forbidden words." Im uploading thru photobucket is that the problem?
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edit: ok there they are, its a bit messy but its all visible

 

[vasilli07]

Can you change the language to English and post your setup again?

 

[jeroentjee]

The roles are:

GK (D)
FB (automatic)
D (D)
D (D)
FB (automatic)
Box to box midfielder (S)
advanced playmaker (S)
IF (support)
Engange (attack)
IF (support
complete forward/striker (attack)

Structured and standard

Higher tempo
Balanced width
Defensive line a bit higher up than normal
Sometimes pressure
USe the centre of the park
Short passes and posession football
Looking for the overlap and be patience
Dribbling: charge at defenders (i think thats what its called in english)

sorry at work now so couldnt get the screenshots hehe .

 

[Average Joe]

Stones - ball playing defender
Galloway - stopper
Baines - complete wingback - cross more often, look for pass rather than shoot
Coleman - wingback support, look for pass rather than shoot

Wilshere - deep lying playmaker
Other CM - try a ball winning midfielder if you have a decent ball winner, not sure what your current player is like. (strootman on support would be perfect as you have him) - hard tackling, close down more often

Vasquez - wingger attack - run with the ball often
Delofeu - winger support

Barkley - attacking midfielder - more risky passes

Sanbria - advanced forward

Normal tempo, slightly higher line, normal width, look for overlap

Set that until "fluid" or competent or whatever and see how you get on mate

 

[jeroentjee]

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this happens so much.... I mean there 3 defenders around the player with the ball, and he still manages to hold it and give the pass.... IS there anyway to keep these goals from happening because i think its just impossible..

 

[Average Joe]

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this happens so much.... I mean there 3 defenders around the player with the ball, and he still manages to hold it and give the pass.... IS there anyway to keep these goals from happening because i think its just impossible..

Set one player to mark the striker and the other defender to cover?

 

[vasilli07]

Your 2 central midfielders roles doesn't provide protection to your fullbacks. A B2B will bomb forward and adv playmaker is likely to move up and create plays too. In an ideal 4-2-3-1, the 2 CMs must be able to act as a defensive covers. IE roles with hold position. For attributes, their anticipation, positioning and tackling needs to be pretty good as well. You really don't need the 2 CMs to do much as you already got the front 4 and probably the 2 overlapping fullbacks doing the attacking.

In your screenshot, why is there only 9 outfield players?

 

[jeroentjee]

Hmmm so adjusting the mc roles will provide a bit more cover i will try that.

There 10 outfield players, 2 with the man with the ball, and 1 like right on him so 3 people around 1 person. He still managed to get a pass out and score :')..