Can you play 3 at the back and be successful?

absolutely, i played a 3-6-1 formation when i was stoke, and was really succesful, won 3 titles and a champions league in 6 seasons, but it really depends on who you have in cb, you need really good CBs to make it really effective
 
Of course. Try it with Napoli, works well for them.
 
I've found you have more success if one of the back 3 is a ball playing cb
 
so what's suit role with them ?

cover-stopper-cover or what ?
 
I am playing with Port Vale and I have 3 at the back. Top of the league after 38 games :D
 
Marcelo Bielsa showed it works. I haven't tried it in FM, but apparently it does work well.
 
I am playing with Port Vale and I have 3 at the back. Top of the league after 38 games :D

Sounds like I'm just using this to boast, but that's exactly what I did in FM 2010 with Port Vale. Went 3-5-2 and walked league 2, Brandy was a machine for me.

Tried in FM 2011 with various teams with little success though.
 
I played 3 at the back with AC Milan on FM10 with Stopper Cover Stopper and won the league. Works very well if you play the right midfield formation!
 
yes I did it on 010 and did fantastic with it tactic is on tactic downloads for 2010 if you want to try it
 
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