Emulating Steve McClaren's Eredivisie-winning Twente

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Hello folks, I'm at it again and this time, I'm making a tactic emulating Steve McClaren's Twente. Zonal Marking did a breakdown of their team many years ago.
What has Steve McClaren been doing right? | Zonal Marking

So, judging by their analysis. Their formation is something like this
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I know the guy said that the CMs do not have a holding role but in FM, you have to have some balance on tactics. So, I set the CMs as BBM and DLP(d).

As for the wingers, I pushed them back but set them to "Get Further Forward", "Cross From Byline", "Roam From Position". These intructions makes the shape of the tactic look like a 4-2-1-3
So, for the rest of the pre-seaon, I went undefeated with this tactic. The first challenge I had was a home match against Kransador and we won 3-2. You can take a look at the heat map to see where our players were.
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Try it and see if it works out for you

Twente 2009-2010.tac - Speedy Share - upload your files here
 
trialling this with Newcastle will let you know how i get on :)
 
As promised here is some screen shots

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I feel that this is quite a realistic tactic for what it sets out to achieve , I also think that its the right kind of tactic to develop clubs like Newcastle , Twente , Lazio , Montpellier , Stuttgart - that kind of middle of the road that probably should do better!

I will do a end of season review as well but so far so good i guess
 
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