Disappointing results against smaller teams

[Squelchy451]

Hi. I'm managing Fulham and it looks like I'll be finishing Top 4 behind Manchester (both) and Liverpool.

I've been able to pull pretty good results against bigger teams (6-1 against Newcastle (6th), 4-2 against Arsenal, and I've gotten 2-0 and 2-1 against the Manchesters.)

However, I can only manage to draw Norwich, Stoke, and all these teams ranked 15th and below. The possession is below 45%, shots and shots on target are almost nonexistent, and the team isn't playing well. The pregame talk goes well, with mostly positive or neutral results. I try different tactics (flat 442 and 433 are my staple) but the team doesn't do well against weaker teams.

How can I fix this?

 

[craiglowerson1984]

Have u tried a different team talk? Ie against smaller teams maybe try " go out there and show me wot u can do" or maybe even "go out there n relax the result with come"

You could also try playing more attacking mentality for these games

 

[TheBetterHalf]

Besides the man management, how do you change your approach against those teams sitting deeper with more men behind the ball
In My saves, I get Pretty good results against the top teams by soaking up pressure and hit them on the counter but against the teams positioner 14-20 in the table, I need to play mord patient and use more width. Here, I tend to change to Standard and focus the play down the flanks, using " play wider, exploit the flanks and overlaps", all this within the same formation as before ( 4231 or flat 442). This works really good and as soon as I see that this opponent( normally, they are not weaker than me, they are just not as succesfull) starta to use à more attacking strategy and more players on support and attack, pushing up etc, I switch to counter and kill the game.