Hey everybody
Firstly some background
I tried to develop a tactic that's really based upon one principle, the most important one for me in football: play beautiful, win in style. I'm so happy with the outcome that I'd like to share it with you.
The formation is a bit difficult to classify but it's certainly something of a 4-5-1. Because the tactic relies on quick short passes, the reasoning behind the formation was to always have as many passing options upfront as possible. Width is primarily delivered by the attacking wingbacks and to some leeser degree by the outer AMCs.
A midfield spotting three attacking midfielders is notoriously difficult to defend against because it isn't possible to defend with three DMCs. So there's always some doubt whether a DC has to step out, potentialliy leaving the other DC with a dangerous one on one situation. Otherwise one or two MCs will have to fall back actually to the DMC position, giving them less opportunity to support their own build up play. In addition in doing so they won't be able to pick up your deep lying playmaker, allowing him much time on the ball. And lastly a massive midfield helps a lot in having high ball possession, which for me also is a part of beautiful football. The downfall is of course a slight proneness on wing attacks. But there's some remedy to that. More on that later
A screenshot:
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Positions:
GK - a sweeper keeper
DCs: pretty standard stopper - cover combo. They should be dominant in the air
WBs: they are attack-minded
DM: an anchor man backing up your MC and giving him room for creativity
MC: deep-lying playmaker. Links attack and defence. Should be a good passer, high creativity and have some defensive skills if possible
AMC: a trequartista. Creativity, passing, also finishing
AMCL/R: attacking midfielders
ST: a poacher. Should be of the quick type, good finishing is important
Now on to the fallback: what to do when your opponent is overpowering the flanks? Witch a simple switch in formation your defence will gain more stability in such situations. Since your playing 5-4-1 it's a rather defensive tactic, but again it's ultimate goal is still stylish football. I use this one against opponents who massively play down the wings or against opponents that are big favorite or to shut up shop:
To give some impression of the style, here's a short video:
http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=1zm15yw&s=7
Some important points: the tactics main goal is beautiful football, and that's technically demanding at least for the attacking players. So I can't promise that it'll work well for lower league sides. Secondly testing is still ongoing, so use it at your own risk
Another screenie:
I'd really appreciate some constructive criticism. Thanks for your interest
Results:
Downloads v2:
http://www.mediafire.com/?3r8rclc22c9pahc
http://www.mediafire.com/?aqu3ul6m5auecgd
New in v2: The AMCr is an inside forward, so if you can play an AMC who's also comfortable as a striker there or at least look for good finishing. Enjoy
Downloads old v1:
http://www.mediafire.com/?czwrrqbo02md5r1
http://www.mediafire.com/?90jb9gsmwmz5d49
---------- Post added at 10:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:19 PM ----------
Another screenshot:
Firstly some background
I tried to develop a tactic that's really based upon one principle, the most important one for me in football: play beautiful, win in style. I'm so happy with the outcome that I'd like to share it with you.
The formation is a bit difficult to classify but it's certainly something of a 4-5-1. Because the tactic relies on quick short passes, the reasoning behind the formation was to always have as many passing options upfront as possible. Width is primarily delivered by the attacking wingbacks and to some leeser degree by the outer AMCs.
A midfield spotting three attacking midfielders is notoriously difficult to defend against because it isn't possible to defend with three DMCs. So there's always some doubt whether a DC has to step out, potentialliy leaving the other DC with a dangerous one on one situation. Otherwise one or two MCs will have to fall back actually to the DMC position, giving them less opportunity to support their own build up play. In addition in doing so they won't be able to pick up your deep lying playmaker, allowing him much time on the ball. And lastly a massive midfield helps a lot in having high ball possession, which for me also is a part of beautiful football. The downfall is of course a slight proneness on wing attacks. But there's some remedy to that. More on that later
A screenshot:
[/URL]Positions:
GK - a sweeper keeper
DCs: pretty standard stopper - cover combo. They should be dominant in the air
WBs: they are attack-minded
DM: an anchor man backing up your MC and giving him room for creativity
MC: deep-lying playmaker. Links attack and defence. Should be a good passer, high creativity and have some defensive skills if possible
AMC: a trequartista. Creativity, passing, also finishing
AMCL/R: attacking midfielders
ST: a poacher. Should be of the quick type, good finishing is important
Now on to the fallback: what to do when your opponent is overpowering the flanks? Witch a simple switch in formation your defence will gain more stability in such situations. Since your playing 5-4-1 it's a rather defensive tactic, but again it's ultimate goal is still stylish football. I use this one against opponents who massively play down the wings or against opponents that are big favorite or to shut up shop:
To give some impression of the style, here's a short video:
http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=1zm15yw&s=7
Some important points: the tactics main goal is beautiful football, and that's technically demanding at least for the attacking players. So I can't promise that it'll work well for lower league sides. Secondly testing is still ongoing, so use it at your own risk
Another screenie:
I'd really appreciate some constructive criticism. Thanks for your interest
Results:
Downloads v2:http://www.mediafire.com/?3r8rclc22c9pahc
http://www.mediafire.com/?aqu3ul6m5auecgd
New in v2: The AMCr is an inside forward, so if you can play an AMC who's also comfortable as a striker there or at least look for good finishing. Enjoy
Downloads old v1:
http://www.mediafire.com/?czwrrqbo02md5r1
http://www.mediafire.com/?90jb9gsmwmz5d49
---------- Post added at 10:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:19 PM ----------
Another screenshot:
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